2 Amakhosi 24

1 Ngezinsuku zokubusa kukaJehoyakhimi uNebhukhadineza inkosi yaseBhabhiloni yahlasela ilizwe, uJehoyakhimi wathela kuye okweminyaka emithathu. Kodwa waphinda waguquka wamvukela uNebhukhadineza.

in/on/with day his to ascend: rise Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon and to be to/for him Jehoiakim servant/slave three year and to return: turn back and to rebel in/on/with him

2 UThixo wathuma abahlaseli bamaKhaladiya lama-Asiriya lamaBhabhiloni lama-Aramu lamaMowabi, lama-Amoni, amhlasela. Wabathuma ukuchitha uJuda njengelizwi likaThixo alikhuluma ngezinceku zakhe abaphrofethi.

and to send: depart LORD in/on/with him [obj] band Chaldea and [obj] band Syria and [obj] band Moab and [obj] band son: descendant/people Ammon and to send: depart them in/on/with Judah to/for to perish him like/as word LORD which to speak: speak in/on/with hand: by servant/slave his [the] prophet

3 Ngempela konke lokho kwenzeka koJuda mayelana lomlayo kaThixo ukuze basuswe phambi kwakhe ngenxa yazo zonke izono zikaManase azenzayo,

surely upon lip: word LORD to be in/on/with Judah to/for to turn aside: remove from upon face his in/on/with sin Manasseh like/as all which to make: do

4 langenxa yegazi elachithekayo lingelacala. Ngoba wayegcwalise iJerusalema ngegazi elingelacala njalo uThixo wayengazimiselanga ukuthethelela.

and also blood [the] innocent which to pour: kill and to fill [obj] Jerusalem blood innocent and not be willing LORD to/for to forgive

5 Ezinye izehlakalo zembali kaJehoyakhimi azilotshwanga yini egwalweni lwembali yamakhosi akoJuda na?

and remainder word: deed Jehoiakim and all which to make: do not they(masc.) to write upon scroll: book Chronicles [the] day to/for king Judah

6 Wafa uJehoyakhimi waya ekuphumuleni kubokhokho bakhe. UJehoyakhini indodana yakhe yathatha ubukhosi.

and to lie down: be dead Jehoiakim with father his and to reign Jehoiachin son: child his underneath: instead him

7 Inkosi yaseGibhithe ayizange ihlasele futhi iphuma elizweni layo, ngenxa yokuthi inkosi yaseBhabhiloni yayisithethe ingxenye yelizwe layo enkulu kakhulu, kusukela eSihotsheni seGibhithe kuze kuyefika eMfuleni uYufrathe.

and not to add: again still king Egypt to/for to come out: come from land: country/planet his for to take: take king Babylon from Brook Egypt till river Euphrates all which to be to/for king Egypt

8 UJehoyakhini wayeleminyaka elitshumi lasificaminwembili esiba yinkosi, njalo wabusa eJerusalema okwezinyanga ezintathu. Ibizo likanina lalinguNehushita indodakazi ka-Elinathani; evela eJerusalema.

son: aged eight ten year Jehoiachin in/on/with to reign he and three month to reign in/on/with Jerusalem and name mother his Nehushta daughter Elnathan from Jerusalem

9 Wenza ububi phambi kukaThixo, njengalokhu okwakwenziwe nguyise.

and to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD like/as all which to make: do father his

10 Ngalesosikhathi amabutho kaNebhukhadineza inkosi yaseBhabhiloni afika eJerusalema, awuvimbezela umuzi,

in/on/with time [the] he/she/it (to ascend: rise *Q(K)*) servant/slave Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon Jerusalem and to come (in): besiege [the] city in/on/with siege

11 uNebhukhadineza yena ngokwakhe wazafika amabutho akhe esewuvimbezele umuzi.

and to come (in): come Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon upon [the] city and servant/slave his to confine upon her

12 UJehoyakhini inkosi yakoJuda wazinikela enkosini yaseBhabhiloni, yena lonina lezinceku zakhe kanye labathenwa bakhe. Ngomnyaka wesificaminwembili wokubusa kwenkosi yaseBhabhiloni uNebhukhadineza wathumba uJehoyakhini.

and to come out: come Jehoiachin king Judah upon king Babylon he/she/it and mother his and servant/slave his and ruler his and eunuch his and to take: take [obj] him king Babylon in/on/with year eight to/for to reign him

13 Njengelizwi likaThixo, uNebhukhadineza wabutha yonke inotho yasethempelini likaThixo lenotho yesigodlo senkosi, wabutha zonke izitsha zegolide ezazisethempelini likaThixo, ezazenziwe nguSolomoni inkosi yako-Israyeli, njengokutsho kukaThixo.

and to come out: send from there [obj] all treasure house: temple LORD and treasure house: home [the] king and to cut [obj] all article/utensil [the] gold which to make Solomon king Israel in/on/with temple LORD like/as as which to speak: promise LORD

14 Wathumba abaseJerusalema bonke: izikhulu zonke, lawo wonke amadoda empi lazozonke izingcitshi ezileminwe, abantu abazinkulungwane ezilitshumi. Kwasala abantukazana kuphela elizweni.

and to reveal: remove [obj] all Jerusalem and [obj] all [the] ruler and [obj] all mighty man [the] strength (ten *Q(K)*) thousand captivity and all [the] artificer and [the] locksmith not to remain exception poor people [the] land: country/planet

15 UNebhukhadineza wamthatha uJehoyakhini wayamgqilaza eBhabhiloni. Wathumba njalo eJerusalema unina wenkosi labafazi bayo lezikhulu zayo lamadoda aziwayo elizweni.

and to reveal: remove [obj] Jehoiachin Babylon [to] and [obj] mother [the] king and [obj] woman: wife [the] king and [obj] eunuch his and [obj] (leader *Q(K)*) [the] land: country/planet to go: take captivity from Jerusalem Babylon [to]

16 Inkosi yaseBhabhiloni yathumbela eBhabhiloni wonke amadoda angamaqhawe, azinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa, aqinileyo ayengaphuma impi, kanye lezingcitshi ezileminwe eziyinkulungwane.

and [obj] all human [the] strength seven thousand and [the] artificer and [the] locksmith thousand [the] all mighty man to make battle and to come (in): bring them king Babylon captivity Babylon [to]

17 Inkosi yaseBhabhiloni yabeka uMathaniya isinini sikaJehoyakhini waba yinkosi esikhundleni sikaJehoyakhini, yasimupha ibizo elitsha lokuthi nguZedekhiya.

and to reign king Babylon [obj] Mattaniah beloved: male relative his underneath: instead him and to turn: changed [obj] name his Zedekiah

18 UZedekhiya waba yinkosi eleminyaka engamatshumi amabili lanye, njalo wabusa eJerusalema okweminyaka elitshumi lanye. Ibizo likanina lalinguHamuthali indodakazi kaJeremiya, waseLibhina.

son: aged twenty and one year Zedekiah in/on/with to reign he and one ten year to reign in/on/with Jerusalem and name mother his (Hamutal *Q(K)*) daughter Jeremiah from Libnah

19 Wenza okubi emehlweni kaThixo, njengalokho okwakwenziwe nguJehoyakhimi.

and to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD like/as all which to make: do Jehoiakim

20 Kwakungenxa yokuthukuthela kukaThixo ukuze kwenzakale konke lokhu eJerusalema lakoJuda, njalo ekucineni kwabangela ukuthi uThixo abachithe. Ngalokho uZedekhiya wayihlamukela inkosi yaseBhabhiloni.

for upon face: anger LORD to be in/on/with Jerusalem and in/on/with Judah till to throw he [obj] them from upon face: before his and to rebel Zedekiah in/on/with king Babylon