Boqorradii Labaad 25
1 Oo sannaddii sagaalaad oo boqornimadiisa bishii tobnaad maalinteedii tobnaad ayaa Nebukadnesar oo ahaa boqorkii Baabuloon iyo ciidankiisii Yeruusaalem ku kaceen, oo intay hor degeen ayay qalcado hareereheeda ka dhisteen.
On January 15 of the ninth year that Zedekiah had been ruling, King Nebuchadnezzar arrived with his whole army, and they surrounded Jerusalem. They built ramps [made of dirt against the walls of the city], so that they could climb up the ramps and attack the city.
2 Oo sidaasay magaaladii u hareeraysnayd tan iyo sannaddii kow iyo tobnaad oo Boqor Sidqiyaah.
They did that for two years.
3 Oo maalintii sagaalaad oo bishii afraad ayaa abaartii magaaladii aad iyo aad ugu xumaatay, oo sidaas daraaddeed dadkii dalka degganaa cunto ma haysan.
After Zedekiah had been ruling for eleven years, the (famine/shortage of food) had become very bad. All their food was gone.
4 Markaasaa meel magaalada ahayd la jebiyey, oo raggii dagaalka oo dhammu intay habeennimo carareen ayay mareen jidkii iriddii u dhexaysay labada derbi oo ku ag tiil beertii boqorka; oo boqorkiina wuxuu maray jidkii Caraabaah. (Haddaba reer Kaldayiin waxay ku wareegsanaayeen magaalada.)
On July 18 of that year, the Babylonian soldiers broke through part of the city wall, [and that enabled them to enter the city]. All the soldiers of Judah [wanted to escape]. But the Babylonian soldiers surrounded the city, so the [king and] the soldiers of Judah waited until it was nighttime. Then they fled through the gate that was between the two walls near the king’s park. They ran across the fields and started to go down to the Jordan [River] Valley.
5 Laakiinse ciidankii reer Kaldayiin ayaa boqorkii eryaday, oo waxay ku gaadheen bannaannadii Yerixoo; oo ciidankiisii oo dhammuna way ka kala firdheen.
But the Babylonian soldiers chased/ran after them. They caught the king when he was by himself in the valley near the Jordan River. He was by himself because all his soldiers had abandoned him.
6 Oo markaasay boqorkii qabsadeen oo boqorkii Baabuloon ugu geeyeen Riblaah, wayna xukumeen.
The Babylonian soldiers took King Zedekiah to Riblah [city] in Babylon. There the king of Babylon decided what they would do to punish him.
7 Oo Sidqiyaah wiilashiisiina hortiisay ku laayeen, dabadeedna Sidqiyaah indhihii bay ka soo bixiyeen, silsiladona bay ku xidheen, oo waxay u kaxeeyeen Baabuloon.
There the king of Babylon forced Zedekiah to watch as the Babylonian soldiers killed all of Zedekiah’s sons. Then they gouged out Zedekiah’s eyes. They put bronze chains on [his hands and feet] and then they took him to Babylon.
8 Haddaba bishii shanaad, maalinteedii toddobaad oo ahayd sannaddii sagaal iyo tobnaad oo Nebukadnesar boqorkii Baabuloon ayaa waxaa Yeruusaalem yimid Nebuusaradaan oo ahaa sirkaalkii askarta oo ahaa addoonkii boqorkii Baabuloon.
On August 14 of that year, after Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling for 19 years, Nebuzaradan arrived in Jerusalem. He was one of king Nebuchadnezzar’s officials and captain of the men that guarded the king.
9 Markaasuu gubay gurigii Rabbiga iyo gurigii boqorka; oo wuxuu kaloo gubay guryihii Yeruusaalem oo dhan, kuwaasoo ahaa guri kasta oo weyn.
He [commanded his soldiers to] burn down the temple of Yahweh, the king’s palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. So they burned down all the important buildings in the city.
10 Markaasaa ciidankii reer Kaldayiin oo dhan oo la socday sirkaalkii askarta waxay wada dumiyeen derbiyadii Yeruusaalem ku wareegsanaa.
Then Nebuzaradan supervised all the soldiers of the Babylonian army as they tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
11 Oo Nebuusaradaan wuxuu maxaabiis ahaan u kaxaystay dadkii magaalada ku hadhay, iyo kuwii cararay oo u galay boqorkii Baabuloon, iyo intii dadkii faraha badnaa ka hadhay.
Then he and his soldiers took to Babylon the people who were still living in the city, the other people [who lived in that area], and the soldiers who had previously surrendered to the Babylonian army.
12 Laakiinse sirkaalkii askartu wuxuu ka tegey dadkii waddanka ugu liitay inay ahaadaan kuwa canabka iyo beeraha kale ka shaqeeya.
But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the very poor people to stay in Judah to take care of the vineyards and [to plant crops in] the fields.
13 Markaasaa reer Kaldayiin jejebiyeen tiirarkii naxaasta ahaa oo guriga Rabbiga ku jiray, iyo saldhigyadii iyo berkeddii naxaasta ahayd oo guriga Rabbiga ku jiray, oo naxaastoodiina waxay u qaadeen Baabuloon.
The Babylonian soldiers broke into pieces the bronze pillars, the bronze carts with wheels, and the huge bronze basin, all of which were in the temple courtyard, and they took all the bronze to Babylon.
14 Oo waxay kaloo qaadeen dheryihii, iyo majarafadihii, iyo alaabta laambadaha lagu safayn jiray, iyo malgacadihii, iyo weelashii naxaasta ahaa oo lagu adeegi jiray oo dhan.
They also took the pots, the shovels, the instruments for (snuffing out/extinguishing) [the wicks of] the lamps, the dishes, and all the other bronze items that the Israeli priests had used for offering sacrifices at the temple.
15 Oo sirkaalkii askartu wuxuu la tegey dabqaadayaashii, iyo maddiibadihii; intii dahabka ahayd, dahab ahaan buu u qaaday, intii lacagta ahaydna lacag ahaan.
The soldiers also took away the (firepans/trays for carrying burning coals), the basins, and [all the other] items made of pure gold or pure silver.
16 Labadii tiir, iyo berkeddii, iyo saldhigyadii uu Sulaymaan u sameeyey gurigii Rabbiga, dhammaan weelashaas naxaastoodu miisaan ma lahayn.
The bronze from the two pillars, the carts with wheels, and the huge basin were very heavy; they could not be weighed. (Those things had been made/A man named Hiram had made these things) for the temple when Solomon [was the king of Israel].
17 Oo tiirarka midkood sarajooggiisu wuxuu ahaa siddeed iyo toban dhudhun, oo korkiisana waxaa sarnaa taaj naxaas ah; oo taajka sarajooggiisuna wuxuu ahaa saddex dhudhun, wuxuuna lahaa shabag iyo rummaanno taajka ku wareegsan, oo kulligoodna waxay ahaayeen naxaas; tiirkii labaadna waxan oo kaluu lahaa iyo shabag.
Each of the pillars was (27 feet/8 meters) tall. The bronze capital/top of each pillar was (7-1/2 feet/2.3 meters) high. They were each decorated all around with something that looked like a net made of bronze chains connecting bronze pomegranates.
18 Oo sirkaalkii askartu wuxuu kaloo kaxaystay Seraayaah oo ahaa wadaadkii sare, iyo Sefanyaah oo ahaa wadaadkii labaad, iyo saddexdii iridjoog;
Nebuzaradan took with him to Babylon Seraiah the Supreme Priest, Zephaniah his assistant, and the three men who guarded the entrance [to the temple].
19 oo wuxuu magaaladii kala soo baxay sirkaal u sarreeyey raggii dagaalyahanka ahaa, iyo shan nin oo ka mid ahaa kuwii boqorka hor joogi jiray oo magaaladii laga dhex helay, iyo karraanigii sirkaalka ciidanka ee ururin jiray dadkii waddanka, iyo lixdan nin oo ahaa dadkii dalka degganaa oo magaaladii laga dhex helay.
And they found people who were still hiding in Jerusalem. From those people he took one officer from the Judean army, five of the king’s advisors, the chief secretary of the army commander who was in charge of recruiting men to join the army, and 60 other important Judean men.
20 Markaasaa Nebuusaradaan oo ahaa sirkaalkii askartu iyagii kaxeeyey, oo Riblaah ugu geeyey boqorkii Baabuloon.
Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon at Riblah [city].
21 Markaasaa boqorkii Baabuloon iyagii ku laayay Riblaah oo ku taal dalka Xamaad. Oo sidaasaa dadkii Yahuudah dalkoodii looga kaxaystay iyagoo maxaabiis ah.
There at Riblah, in Hamath province, the king of Babylon commanded that they all be executed. That is what happened when the people of Judah were (taken forcefully/exiled) from their land [to Babylon].
22 Oo dadkii dalka Yahuudah lagaga tegey oo Nebukadnesar oo boqorkii Baabuloon ahaa uu uga tegey, kuwaas wuxuu taliye uga dhigay Gedalyaah ina Axiiqaam oo ahaa ina Shaafaan.
Then King Nebuchadnezzar appointed Gedaliah, who was the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, to be the governor of the people who were still living in Judah.
23 Haddaba saraakiishii ciidammada oo dhammu iyaga iyo raggoodii markay maqleen in boqorkii Baabuloon uu Gedalyaah ka dhigay taliye ayay Gedalyaah ugu yimaadeen Misfaah, oo kuwaasu waxay ahaayeen Ismaaciil ina Netanyaah, iyo Yooxaanaan ina Qaaree'ax, iyo Seraayaah ina Tanhumed oo reer Netofaah ahaa, iyo Ya'asanyaah oo uu dhalay kii reer Macakaad, iyagii iyo raggoodiiba.
When all the army captains of Judah and their soldiers who had not surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar found out that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah to be the governor, they met with him at Mizpah [town]. These army captains were Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth from Netophah [town], and Jaazaniah from the Maacah region.
24 Markaasaa Gedalyaah u dhaartay iyagii iyo raggoodiiba, oo ku yidhi, Ha ka cabsanina addoommada reer Kaldayiin; haddaba dalka degganaada oo boqorka Baabuloon u adeega, oo waad nabdoonaan doontaan.
Gedaliah solemnly promised them [that the officials from Babylon were not planning to harm them]. He said, “You may live in this land [without being afraid] and serve the king of Babylon, and [if you do], everything will go well for you.”
25 Laakiinse bishii toddobaad Ismaaciil ina Netanyaah oo ahaa ina Eliishaamaac oo farcankii reer boqor ahaa ayaa yimid, isagoo toban nin wata, markaasuu dilay Gedalyaah oo uu dhintay, isaga iyo Yuhuuddii iyo reer Kaldayiin oo isaga Misfaah la joogayba.
But in October of that year, Ishmael, whose grandfather Elishama was one of the relatives of the descendants of King David, went to Mizpah along with ten other men and assassinated/killed Gedaliah and all the men who were with him. There were also men from Judah and men from Babylon whom they assassinated.
26 Markaasaa dadkii oo dhan yar iyo weynba iyo saraakiishii ciidammada way kaceen oo waxay tageen Masar, waayo, waxay ka cabsadeen reer Kaldayiin.
Then many [HYP] of the people from Judah, important people and unimportant ones, and the army captains, were very afraid of [what] the Babylonians [would do to them], so they fled to Egypt.
27 Oo sannaddii toddoba iyo soddonaad intii boqorkii dalkii Yahuudah oo Yehooyaakiin ahaa uu xidhnaa, bishii laba iyo tobnaad, maalinteedii toddoba iyo labaatanaad, Ewiil Merodag oo ahaa boqorkii Baabuloon sannaddii uu boqor noqday ayuu xabsigii ka soo bixiyey Yehooyaakiin oo ahaa boqorkii dalka Yahuudah.
Thirty-seven years after King Jehoiachin of Judah was taken to Babylon, [Nebuchadnezzar’s son] Evil-Merodach became the king of Babylon. He was kind to Jehoiachin, and on April 2 of that year, he released/freed Jehoiachin from prison.
28 Oo si roon buu ula hadlay, oo wuxuu carshigiisii ka kor mariyey carshiyadii boqorradii isagii Baabuloon la joogay.
He always spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and honored him more than the other kings who had been taken/exiled to Babylon.
29 Oo dharkiisii xabsiga ayuu beddelay oo hortiisuu wax ku cuni jiray had iyo jeerba cimrigiisii oo dhanba.
He gave Jehoiachin new clothes to replace the clothes that he had been wearing in prison, and he allowed Jehoiachin to eat at the king’s table every day for the rest of his life.
30 Oo xagga masruufkiisana boqorka xaggiisa waxaa laga siin jiray masruuf joogta ah, oo maalin kasta qayb buu heli jiray cimrigiisii oo dhan.
The king of Babylon also gave him money every day, so that he could buy the things that he needed. The king continued to do that until Jehoiachin died.
