2 Cronicas 36
1 Kalpasanna, dagiti tattao iti daga ket innalada ni Joahaz a putot a lalaki ni Josias, ket insaadda isuna nga ari a kasukat ni amana idiay Jerusalem.
Then the people of Judah chose Josiah’s son Jehoahaz and appointed him as the king in Jerusalem.
2 Agtawen ni Joahaz iti 23 idi mangrugi isuna nga agari, ket nagari isuna iti tallo a bulan idiay Jerusalem.
Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became the king, but he ruled from Jerusalem for [only] three months.
3 Inikkat isuna ti ari ti Egipto idiay Jerusalem, ket pinagbayadna ti daga iti 4, 000 a kilo ti pirak ken uppat a kilo ti balitok.
King Neco of Egypt [captured him and] prevented him from ruling any longer. He also forced the people of Judah to pay him a tax of almost four tons of silver and about 75 pounds of gold.
4 Insaad ti ari ti Egipto ni Eliakim, a kabsat ni Joahaz a kas ari ti Juda ken Jerusalem, ken sinukatanna ti naganna iti Jehoiakim. Kalpasanna inyapanna ti kabsat ni Eliakim a ni Joahaz idiay Egipto.
The king of Egypt appointed Jehoahaz’s [younger] brother Eliakim to be the king of Judah. He changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. After Neco captured Jehoahaz, he took him to Egypt.
5 Agtawen ni Jehoyakim iti 25 idi nangrugi nga agari, ket nagari isuna iti 11 a tawen idiay Jerusalem. Inaramidna ti dakes iti imatang ni Yahweh a Diosna.
Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 11 years. He did things that Yahweh his God considers to be evil.
6 Kalpasanna, rinaut isuna ni Nebucadnesar nga ari iti Babilonia ket inkawarda isuna ket inyapanda idiay Babilonia.
Then the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jehoiakim’s army. They [captured Jehoiakim and] bound him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon.
7 Nangala pay ni Nebucadnesar kadagiti sumagmamano a banbanag iti balay ni Yahweh ket inyapanna idiay Babilonia ket inkabilna dagitoy iti palasiona idiay Babilonia.
Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took valuable things from the temple; they took them to Babylon and put them in king [Nebuchadnezzar’s] palace there.
8 Maipanggep kadagiti dadduma a pakasaritaan maipanggep kenni Jehoyakim, dagiti makarimon a banbanag nga inaramidna, ken dagiti naduktalan a maibusor kenkuana, kitaenyo, naisurat dagitoy iti Libro dagiti Ar-ari iti Juda ken Israel. Kalpasanna, ti putot a lalaki ni Jehoyakim ti simmukat kenkuana nga ari.
A record of the other things that happened while Jehoiakim was ruling, the detestable things that he did, including the evil things that people said that he did, is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah’. After [he was taken to Babylon], his son Jehoiachin became the king [of Judah].
9 Walo ti tawen ni Jehoyakim idi nangrugi isuna nga agari; nagari isuna iti tallo a bulan ket sangapulo nga aldaw idiay Jerusalem. Dakes iti imatang ni Yahweh ti inaramidna.
Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for [only] three months and ten days. He did things that Yahweh considers to be evil.
10 Iti panagrugi ti tawen, nangibaon ni ari Nebucadnesar kadagiti lallaki a napan nangala kenkuana ket inyapanda iti Babilonia, agraman dagiti napapateg a banbanag manipud iti balay ni Yahweh, ket insaadna ni Zedekias a kabagian ni Jehoyakim a kas ari ti Juda ken Jerusalem.
During the spring of the next year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent [soldiers] to bring him to Babylon. They also took to Babylon many valuable things from the temple of Yahweh. Then Nebuchadnezzar appointed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, to be the king of Judah.
11 Agtawen ni Zedekias iti 21 idi nangrugi a nagari isuna; nagari isuna iti 11 a tawen idiay Jerusalem.
Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years.
12 Dakes iti imatang ni Yahweh a Diosna ti naramidna. Saan isuna a nagpakumbaba iti sangoanan ni Jeremias a profeta a nangisao iti nagtaud iti ngiwat ni Yahweh.
He did many things that Yahweh his God considered to be evil. And he did not humble himself when the prophet Jeremiah gave him a message from Yahweh [to warn him].
13 Nagrebelde met ni Zedekias kenni Ari Nebucadesar a nangpasapata kenkuana nga agbalin isuna a napudno kenkuana babaen iti Dios. Ngem pinatangken ni Zedekias ti ulona ken pinatangkenna ti pusona a maibusor kenni Yahweh, a Dios ti Israel.
He would not return to Yahweh, the God that the people of Israel [said that they worshiped]. Zedekiah also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had forced him to solemnly promise using God’s name [to be loyal to him]. Zedekiah became very stubborn.
14 Maysa pay, nagsukir iti kasta unay dagiti amin a papanguloen dagiti papadi ken dagiti tattao, tinuladda dagiti makarimon a banbanag nga ar-aramiden dagiti sabali a tattao. Tinulawanda ti balay ni Yahweh nga impaayna a para kenkuana idiay Jerusalem.
Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and also the people [of Judah] became more wicked again, doing all the detestable things that the people of the other nations did, and causing the temple in Jerusalem that Yahweh had caused to be holy to become [an] unacceptable [place to worship him].
15 Namin adu a nangipatulod ti mensahe kadakuada ni Yahweh a Dios dagiti kapuonanda babaen kadagiti mensaherona ti Dios, gapu ta maasian isuna kadagiti tattaona ken iti lugar a pagnanaedanna.
Yahweh, the God whom the ancestors [of the people of Judah belonged to/worshiped], gave messages to his prophets many times, and the prophets told those messages to the people of Judah. Yahweh did that because he pitied his people and did not want his temple to be destroyed.
16 Ngem inuy-uyawda dagiti mensaherona, linalaisda dagiti sasaona, ken kinatkatawaanda dagiti profetana agingga a simged manen ti pungtot ni Yahweh kadagiti tattaona, agingga nga awan iti makalapped iti daytoy.
But the people continually made fun of God’s messengers. They despised God’s messages. They ridiculed his prophets, until finally God became extremely angry with his people, with the result that nothing could stop him [from destroying Judah].
17 Inyeg ngarud ti Dios kadakuada ti ari iti Caldeo a nangpapatay kadagiti agtutubo a lallaki babaen iti kampilan idiay santuario, ken saanna a kinaasian dagiti agtutubo a lallaki wenno berhen a babbalasang, dagiti lallakay wenno ubanan. Inyawat amin ida ti Dios iti imana.
He incited the king of Babylonia to attack [Judah with his army]. They killed the young men with their swords, even in the temple. They did not spare/pity anyone, young men or young women or old people. God enabled the army of Nebuchadnezzar to kill all of them.
18 Dagiti amin nga alikamen iti balay ti Dios, dadakkel man wenno babassit, dagiti gameng iti balay ni Yahweh, ken dagiti gameng ti ari ken dagiti opisialna-inyapanna amin dagitoy idiay Babilonia.
His soldiers took to Babylon all the things that were used in God’s temple—big things and little things, all the valuable things, and the valuable things that belonged to the king and his officials.
19 Pinuoranda ti balay ti Dios, rinebbada ti pader ti Jerusalem, pinuoranda dagiti amin a palasio iti daytoy, ken dinadaelda dagiti amin a napipintas a banbanag iti daytoy.
They burned the temple, and they broke down the wall surrounding Jerusalem. They burned all the palaces [in Jerusalem] and destroyed all the remaining valuable things there.
20 Inyapan ti ari idiay Babilonia dagiti nakalisi iti kampilan. Nagbalinda nga adipenna ken adipen dagiti putotna a lallaki agingga iti panagturay ti pagarian iti Persia.
Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers took to Babylon the remaining people who had not been killed with their swords. Then those people became the king’s slaves and his son’s slaves, until the [army of the] king of Persia conquered [the army of Babylonia].
21 Napasamak daytoy tapno matungpal ti sao ni Yahweh babaen kenni Jeremias, agingga a rumbeng nga aginana ti daga iti tunggal Aldaw a Panaginana. Nangilin ti Aldaw a Panaginana kabayatan a napanawan daytoy agingga iti 70 a tawen.
[Moses had said that every seventh year the people must not plant their fields; they must allow the soil to rest. But the people had not done that. So after the army of Babylonia destroyed Judah, ] the soil was allowed to rest. That continued for 70 years, fulfilling what Yahweh told Jeremiah and what Jeremiah had predicted/prophesied would happen.
22 Ita, iti umuna a tawen ni Ciro nga ari iti Persia, tapno mapasamak ti sao ni Yahweh babaen kenni Jeremias, tinignay ni Yahweh ti espirito ni Ciro nga ari ti Persia isu a nangaramid iti maysa a pangngeddeng iti entero a pagarianna, ket insuratna pay daytoy. Kinunana,
During the first year that Cyrus was the king of Persia, in order that what Yahweh told Jeremiah would happen would occur, Yahweh motivated Cyrus to write this and proclaim it throughout his kingdom:
23 “Kastoy ti kuna ni Ciro nga ari ti Persia: Ni Yahweh a Dios sadilangit, ket inyawatna amin kaniak dagiti amin a pagarian iti daga. Binilinnak a mangipasdekak iti balay a para kenkuana idiay Jerusalem, nga adda idiay Juda. Siasinoman kadakayo a maibilang kadagiti tattaona, ni koma Yahweh a Diosyo ti adda kadakayo. Mapalubusan isuna a sumang-at iti daga.”
“I, Cyrus, the king of Persia, declare that Yahweh, the God [who rules] in heaven, has enabled me to become the ruler of all the kingdoms of this world. And he wants me to [command that my workers] build a temple {a temple be built} for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Any of his people living among you people of Persia are allowed to go to Jerusalem. And I will pray that Yahweh will be with them.”
