2 Bakonzi 24
1 Wana Yeoyakimi azalaki mokonzi, Nabukodonozori, mokonzi ya Babiloni, akotaki na makasi kati na mokili; mpe Yeoyakimi akomaki mosali na ye mibu misato. Kasi sima, abongolaki makanisi mpe atombokelaki Nabukodonozori.
While Jehoiakim was ruling [Judah, the army of] King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded Judah. [They defeated the Judean army, and as a result, ] Jehoiakim was required to pay a lot of tribute/taxes to King Nebuchadnezzar. But after three years, Jehoiakim rebelled.
2 Yawe atindaki mampinga ya bato ya Chalide, ya Siri, ya Moabi mpe ya Amoni mpo na kobundisa ye. Yawe atindaki bango mpo na kobebisa Yuda kolanda liloba oyo Yawe asakolaki na nzela ya basali na Ye, basakoli.
Then Yahweh sent raiders from Babylonia and Syria, and from the Moab and Ammon people-groups, to attack the people of Judah and get rid of them, just as Yahweh had told his prophets to warn the people would happen.
3 Solo, makambo yango ekomelaki Yuda kolanda mitindo na Yawe mpo na kolongola bango na miso na Ye likolo ya masumu ya Manase mpe likolo ya makambo nyonso oyo asalaki;
These things happened to the people of Judah according to what Yahweh commanded. [He had decided] to get rid of the people of Judah because of the many sins that King Manasseh [had committed].
4 bakisa makila oyo asopaki, makila ya bato oyo bayebi likambo te. Pamba te atondisaki Yelusalemi na makila ya bato oyo bayebaki likambo te; mpe Yawe aboyaki kolimbisa ye.
Manasseh had even caused many innocent people in Jerusalem to be killed, and Yahweh would not forgive that.
5 Makambo mosusu oyo etali bokonzi ya Yeoyakimi mpe misala na ye nyonso, ekomama kati na buku ya masolo ya bakonzi ya Yuda.
The other things that happened while Jehoiakim was king, and all the things that he did, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
6 Tango Yeoyakimi akufaki, Yeoyakini, mwana na ye ya mobali, akitanaki na ye na bokonzi.
When Jehoiakim died, his son Jehoiachin became the king.
7 Mokonzi ya Ejipito azalaki kobima lisusu te elongo na mampinga na ye mpo na kokota na mikili mosusu, mpo ete mokonzi ya Babiloni abotolaki mabele na ye nyonso, longwa na moluka ya nor ya Ejipito kino na ebale Efrate.
[The army of] the king of Babylon [defeated the army of Egypt, and] took control of all the area that the Egyptians formerly controlled, from the brook [at the border] of Egypt [in the south] to the Euphrates River [in the north]. So [the army of] the king of Egypt did not return [to attack Judah] again.
8 Yeoyakini azalaki na mibu zomi na mwambe ya mbotama tango akomaki mokonzi, mpe akonzaki basanza misato na Yelusalemi. Kombo ya mama na ye ezalaki « Newushita. » Newushita azalaki mwana ya Elinatani, moto ya Yelusalemi.
Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became the king of Judah. His mother’s name was Nehushta; she was the daughter of a man from Jerusalem named Elnathan. Jehoiachin ruled in Jerusalem for [only] three months.
9 Yeoyakini asalaki makambo mabe na miso ya Yawe ndenge kaka tata na ye asalaki.
Jehoiachin did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as his father had done.
10 Ezalaki na tango wana nde bakonzi ya basoda ya Nabukodonozori, mokonzi ya Babiloni, babundisaki Yelusalemi mpe bazingelaki engumba yango.
[While Jehoiachin was king, ] some officers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came [along with the whole Babylonian army] to Jerusalem, and they surrounded the city.
11 Nabukodonozori, mokonzi ya Babiloni, ayaki ye moko na engumba tango basoda na ye bazalaki kozingela yango.
While they were doing that, Nebuchadnezzar himself came to the city.
12 Yeoyakini, mokonzi ya Yuda; mama na ye, basali na ye, bakambi na ye mpe bakalaka na ye ya lokumu bamipesaki bango nyonso epai ya mokonzi Nabukodonozori. Nabukodonozori, mokonzi ya Babiloni, atiaki Yeoyakini na boloko na mobu ya mwambe ya bokonzi na ye.
Then King Jehoiachin and his mother and his advisors and important officers and palace officials all surrendered to the Babylonian army. These thngs happened when Nebuchadnezzar had been king for eight years. He arrested Jehoiachin and took him to Babylon.
13 Ndenge Yawe alobaki yango, Nabukodonozori azwaki bomengo nyonso oyo ezalaki kati na Tempelo ya Yawe mpe kati na ndako ya mokonzi; bongo amemaki biloko nyonso ya wolo oyo Salomo, mokonzi ya Isalaele, asalaki mpo na Tempelo ya Yawe.
Just as Yahweh had said would happen, Nebuchadnezzar’s [soldiers] took [to Babylon] all the valuable things from Yahweh’s temple and from the king’s palace. They cut apart all the gold items that King Solomon had put in the temple.
14 Amemaki Yelusalemi mobimba na bowumbu: bakonzi nyonso ya basoda mpe basoda, bato nyonso ya mayele ya misala ya maboko mpe ba-oyo basalelaka bibende. Bango nyonso bazalaki bato nkoto zomi. Kaka babola nde batikalaki kati na mokili.
They took from Jerusalem [to Babylon] 10,000 people, including the important officials and the best soldiers and the people who made and repaired things that were made of metal. Only the very poor people were left in Judah.
15 Nabukodonozori amemaki Yeoyakini na bowumbu na Babiloni; amemaki mpe, longwa na Yelusalemi kino na Babiloni, mama ya mokonzi, basi ya mokonzi, bakalaka ya lokumu mpe bankumu ya mokili.
Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took to Babylon Jehoiachin’s wives and officials, his mother, and [all] the important people.
16 Mokonzi ya Babiloni amemaki mpe na bowumbu na Babiloni mampinga nyonso ya bato nkoto sambo oyo bazalaki makasi mpe babongisama mpo na bitumba, bakisa bato nkoto moko oyo basalaka misala ya maboko mpe oyo basalelaka bibende.
They also took to Babylon 7,000 of the best soldiers and 1,000 men who knew how to make and repair things that are made from metal. All of these people whom they took were strong and able to fight in wars.
17 Mokonzi ya Babiloni akomisaki Matania, noko ya Yeoyakini, mokonzi na esika na ye; mpe abongolaki kombo na ye, akomisaki yango « Sedesiasi. »
Then the king of Babylon appointed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Mattaniah, to be the king [of Judah], and he changed Mattaniah’s name to Zedekiah.
18 Sedesiasi azalaki na mibu tuku mibale na moko ya mbotama tango akomaki mokonzi, mpe akonzaki mibu zomi na moko na Yelusalemi. Kombo ya mama na ye ezalaki « Amutali. » Amutali azalaki mwana ya Jeremi, moto ya Libina.
When Zedekiah was twenty-one years old, he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal; she was the daughter of a man named Jeremiah from Libnah [town].
19 Sedesiasi asalaki makambo mabe na miso ya Yawe, ndenge kaka Yeoyakimi asalaki.
But Zedekiah did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as Jehoiakim had done.
20 Ezalaki mpo na kanda makasi ya Yawe nde makambo oyo nyonso esalemelaki Yelusalemi mpe Yuda, kino Yawe kobengana bango mosika ya elongi na Ye. Nzokande, Sedesiasi atombokelaki mokonzi ya Babiloni.
Yahweh was very angry. So (and finally/after he had been patient a long time) he expelled the people of Jerusalem and [the other places in] Judah and sent them to Babylon. [That is what happened when] Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
