Luo Chronicle 36

1 Mwet Judah elos sulella Joahaz wen natul Josiah, elan tokosra, ac mosrwella in Jerusalem.

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and they appointed him king in place of his father, in Jerusalem.

2 Joahaz el yac longoul tolu ke el tokosrala lun Judah, ac el leum in Jerusalem ke malem tolu.

Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem.

3 Tokosra Neco lun Egypt el usalla nu in sruoh, ac sap acn Judah in moli paun tausin itkosr lumfoko ke silver, ac paun itngoul limekosr ke gold in mwe takma.

Then the king of Egypt, when he had arrived in Jerusalem, removed him, and condemned the land to one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.

4 El sraklalak Eliakim, tamulel lal Joahaz, elan tokosrala lun Judah, ac el ekulla inel nu ke Jehoiakim, na el usalla Joahaz nu Egypt.

And he appointed Eliakim, his brother, as king in his place, over Judah and Jerusalem. And he changed his name to Jehoiakim. Truly, he took Jehoahaz with him, and he led him away to Egypt.

5 Jehoiakim el yac longoul limekosr ke el tokosrala, ac el leum in Jerusalem ke yac singoul sie. El oru ma koluk lain LEUM GOD lal.

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did evil before the Lord his God.

6 Tokosra Nebuchadnezzar lun Babylonia el utyak ac mweuni acn Judah, ac sruokilya Jehoiakim, kaprilya ke sein ac usalla nu Babylonia.

Nebuchadnezzar, the king of the Chaldeans, ascended against him, and led him bound in chains to Babylon.

7 Nebuchadnezzar el usla kutu ma saok lun Tempul, ac filiya inkul fulat sel in Babylon.

And to there, he also took away the vessels of the Lord, and he placed them in his temple.

8 Ma nukewa ma Jehoiakim el tuh oru, ke moul fohkfok lal ac ma koluk yohk el orala, simla ke [Sramsram Matu Ke Tokosra Lun Israel Ac Judah]. Jehoiachin wen natul, el aolulla in tokosra.

But the rest of the words of Jehoiakim, and his abominations that he worked, and the things that were found in him, are contained in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. Then his son, Jehoiachin, reigned in his place.

9 Jehoiachin el yac singoul oalkosr ke el tokosrala lun Judah, ac el leum in Jerusalem ke malem tolu ac len singoul. El wi pac oru ma koluk lain LEUM GOD.

Jehoiachin was eight years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months and ten days in Jerusalem. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

10 Ke fahsr in safla pacl ohu, Tokosra Nebuchadnezzar el usalla Jehoiachin nu in sruoh in Babylonia, ac el usla pac ma saok lun Tempul. Nebuchadnezzar el oru tuh Zedekiah, tamulel lal Jehoiachin, elan tokosra lun Judah ac Jerusalem.

And when the course of a year had turned, king Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, carrying away, at the same time, the most precious vessels of the house of the Lord. Truly, he appointed his uncle, Zedekiah, as king over Judah and Jerusalem.

11 Zedekiah el yac longoul sie ke el tokosrala lun Judah, ac el leum in Jerusalem ke yac singoul sie.

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem.

12 El oru ma koluk lain LEUM GOD, ac tia pusisel in lohng ma mwet palu Jeremiah el fahkak ke kas lun LEUM GOD.

And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God. And he did not show remorse before the face of the prophet Jeremiah, who was speaking to him from the mouth of the Lord.

13 Zedekiah el forla ac lainul Tokosra Nebuchadnezzar, su akkohsyel elan fulahk Inen LEUM GOD lah el ac pwayena nu sel. El likkekelana ac tiana auliyak ku forla nu sin LEUM GOD lun Israel.

Also, he withdrew from king Nebuchadnezzar, who had bound him by an oath to God, and he hardened his own neck and his own heart, so that he did not return to the Lord, the God of Israel.

14 Sayen ma inge, mwet kol lun Judah, mwet tol, ac mwet uh elos fahsr ke ouiya koluk lun mutunfacl raunelosla, ac alu nu ke ma sruloala. Ouinge elos akfohkfokye Tempul su LEUM GOD El sifacna akmutalyela.

Then too, all the leaders of the priests, with the people, transgressed iniquitously, in accord with all the abominations of the Gentiles. And they polluted the house of the Lord, which he had sanctified to himself in Jerusalem.

15 LEUM GOD lun papa matu tumalos El supu mwet palu pacl puspis in sensenkakin mwet lal, mweyen El pakomutalos ac kena tuh elos in tia tuhlac, ac Tempul in tia musalla.

Then the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent to them, by the hand of his messengers, rising in the night and daily admonishing them. For he was lenient to his people and to his habitation.

16 Tusruktu, elos aksruksruki mwet su God El supu nu yorolos, ac pilesru kas lal, ac isrun mwet palu lal, nwe ke pacl se kasrkusrak lun LEUM GOD arulana upala lainulos, ac elos tia ku in kaingkunla.

But they ridiculed the messengers of God, and they gave little weight to his words, and they mocked the prophets, until the fury of the Lord ascended against his people, and there was no remedy.

17 Ouinge LEUM GOD El use tokosra lun Babylonia in mweunelos. Tokosra sac el uniya mwet fusr lun Judah, elos finne muta in Tempul. Wangin pakoten lal nu sin mwet uh — mwet fusr ku mwet matu, mukul ku mutan, mwet mas ku mwet ku. God El eisalosyang nukewa nu inpaol.

For he led over them the king of the Chaldeans. And he put to death their young men by the sword, in the house of his sanctuary. There was no pity for adolescents, nor virgins, nor the elderly, nor even for the disabled. Instead, he delivered them all into his hands.

18 Tokosra Babylonia el wapi Tempul, ac iwen fil ma saok lun Tempul, ac mwe kasrup lun tokosra ac mwet pwapa lal, ac usla ma inge nukewa nu Babylon.

And all the vessels of the house of Lord, as much the greater as the lesser, and the treasures of the temple, and of the king and the rulers, he carried away to Babylon.

19 El esukak Tempul ac siti uh, wi pac lohm nukewa sin tokosra ac mwe kasrup we, ac kunausya pot lun siti uh.

The enemies set fire to the house of God, and they destroyed the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the towers. And whatever was precious, they demolished.

20 El usla mwet nukewa ma tia misa ke mweun nu Babylonia, yen elos ac mwet kohs nu sel ac tulik natul we, nwe ke pacl se Tokosrai Persia tuyak.

If anyone had escaped from the sword, he was led into Babylon. And he served the king and his sons, until the king of Persia would command,

21 Ouinge akpwayeyuk kas ma LEUM GOD El tuh fahk nu sel Jeremiah mwet palu, ke El fahk, “Acn uh ac fah musalla oan ke yac itngoul, in aolla Yac in Sabbath nukewa ma mwet uh tia akfulatye.”

and the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah would be fulfilled, and the land would celebrate her Sabbaths. For during all the days of the desolation, she kept a Sabbath, until the seventy years were completed.

22 In yac se meet ma Cyrus lun Persia el Tokosra Fulat, kas lun LEUM GOD su tutafme sel Jeremiah mwet palu, akpwayeiyukla. God El aknunakyal Cyrus tuh elan supwalik sie ma simla, in tuh ritiyuk in tokosrai nukewa ma el leum fac, su fahk:

Then, in the first year of Cyrus, the king of the Persians, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the heart of Cyrus, the king of the Persians, who commanded this to be proclaimed throughout his entire kingdom, and also in writing, saying:

23 “Pa inge ma sap sel Cyrus, Tokosra Fulat lun Persia. LEUM GOD lun kusrao El oru tuh nga in leum fin faclu nufon, ac El srisrngiyuwi tuh nga in musai sie Tempul nu sel in Jerusalem in facl Judah. Inge, kowos nukewa su mwet lun God, kowos folokla nu we, ac lela tuh LEUM GOD lowos in wi kowos.”

“Thus says Cyrus, the king of the Persians: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. And he has instructed me that I should build for him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judea. Who among you is from his entire people? May the Lord his God be with him, and let him ascend.”