2 Wafalme 25
1 Hivyo katika mwaka wa tisa wa utawala wa Sedekia, katika siku ya kumi ya mwezi wa kumi, Nebukadneza mfalme wa Babeli, akiwa na jeshi lake lote, alifanya vita dhidi ya Yerusalemu. Akapiga kambi nje ya mji na kuuzunguka mji pande zote.
And it cometh to pass, in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth of the month, come hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, he and all his force, against Jerusalem, and encampeth against it, and buildeth against it a fortification round about.
2 Mji ulizungukwa na jeshi mpaka mwaka wa kumi na moja wa utawala wa Mfalme Sedekia.
And the city entereth into siege till the eleventh year of king Zedekiah,
3 Ilipowadia siku ya tisa ya mwezi wa nne, njaa ikazidi kuwa kali sana ndani ya mji, hadi hapakuwa na chakula kwa ajili ya watu.
on the ninth of the month — when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath not been bread for the people of the land,
4 Kisha ukuta wa mji ukavunjwa, na jeshi lote likakimbia. Wakaondoka mjini usiku kupitia lango lililokuwa kati ya kuta mbili karibu na bustani ya mfalme, ingawa Wakaldayo walikuwa wameuzunguka mji. Wakakimbia kuelekea Araba.
then the city is broken up, and all the men of war [go] by night the way of the gate, between the two walls that [are] by the garden of the king, and the Chaldeans [are] against the city round about, and [the king] goeth the way of the plain.
5 Lakini jeshi la Wakaldayo likamfuatia mfalme na kumpata katika sehemu tambarare za Yeriko. Askari wake wote wakatengwa naye na kutawanyika,
And the force of the Chaldeans pursue after the king, and overtake him in the plains of Jericho, and all his force have been scattered from him;
6 naye akakamatwa. Akapelekwa kwa mfalme wa Babeli huko Ribla, mahali ambapo hukumu yake ilitangazwa.
and they seize the king, and bring him up unto the king of Babylon, to Riblah, and they speak with him — judgment.
7 Wakawaua wana wa Sedekia mbele ya macho yake. Kisha wakayangʼoa macho yake, wakamfunga kwa pingu za shaba na kumpeleka Babeli.
And the sons of Zedekiah they have slaughtered before his eyes, and the eyes of Zedekiah he hath blinded, and bindeth him with brazen fetters, and they bring him to Babylon.
8 Mnamo siku ya saba ya mwezi wa tano, katika mwaka wa kumi na tisa wa utawala wa Nebukadneza mfalme wa Babeli, Nebuzaradani jemadari wa askari walinzi wa mfalme, afisa wa mfalme wa Babeli, alikuja Yerusalemu.
And in the fifth month, on the seventh of the month (it [is] the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), hath Nebuzaradan chief of the executioners, servant of the king of Babylon, come to Jerusalem,
9 Alichoma moto Hekalu la Bwana, jumba la kifalme, na nyumba zote za Yerusalemu. Aliteketeza kila jengo muhimu.
and he burneth the house of Jehovah, and the house of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem, yea, every great house he hath burned with fire;
10 Jeshi lote la Wakaldayo, chini ya jemadari wa askari walinzi wa mfalme, walivunja kuta zilizoizunguka Yerusalemu.
and the walls of Jerusalem round about have all the forces of the Chaldeans, who [are] with the chief of the executioners, broken down.
11 Nebuzaradani jemadari wa askari walinzi akawapeleka uhamishoni watu waliokuwa wamebaki katika mji, pamoja na mabaki ya watu wa kawaida, na wale waliojisalimisha kwa mfalme wa Babeli.
And the rest of the people, those left in the city, and those falling who have fallen to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude, hath Nebuzaradan chief of the executioners removed;
12 Lakini yule jemadari wa askari walinzi akawaacha baadhi ya wale watu maskini kabisa ili watunze mashamba ya mizabibu na mashamba mengine.
and of the poor of the land hath the chief of the executioners left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.
13 Wakaldayo walivunja vipande zile nguzo za shaba, vile vishikilio vya shaba vilivyohamishika, na ile Bahari ya shaba, ambavyo vyote vilikuwa katika Hekalu la Bwana. Hivyo wakaichukua hiyo shaba na kuipeleka Babeli.
And the pillars of brass that [are] in the house of Jehovah, and the bases, and the sea of brass, that [is] in the house of Jehovah, have the Chaldeans broken in pieces, and bear away their brass to Babylon.
14 Wakachukua pia vyungu, masepetu, mikasi ya kusawazishia tambi, sahani na vyombo vyote vya shaba vilivyotumika katika huduma ya Hekalu.
And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they minister they have taken,
15 Jemadari wa askari walinzi wa mfalme akachukua vile vyetezo na yale mabakuli ya kunyunyizia, vitu vyote vile vilivyokuwa vimetengenezwa kwa dhahabu safi au fedha.
and the fire-pans, and the bowls that [are] wholly of silver, hath the chief of the executioners taken.
16 Shaba iliyotokana na zile nguzo mbili, ile Bahari na vile vishikilio vilivyohamishika, ambavyo Solomoni alikuwa ametengeneza kwa ajili ya Hekalu la Bwana, ilikuwa na uzito usioweza kupimika.
The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases that Solomon made for the house of Jehovah, there was no weighing of the brass of all these vessels;
17 Kila nguzo ilikuwa na urefu wa dhiraa kumi na nane. Sehemu ya shaba juu ya nguzo moja ilikuwa na urefu wa dhiraa tatu na ilikuwa imepambwa kwa wavu na makomamanga ya shaba kuizunguka kote. Ile nguzo nyingine pamoja na wavu wake ilifanana na hiyo ya kwanza.
eighteen cubits [is] the height of the one pillar, and the chapiter on it [is] of brass, and the height of the chapiter [is] three cubits, and the net and the pomegranates [are] on the chapiter round about — the whole [is] of brass; and like these hath the second pillar, with the net.
18 Yule jemadari wa askari walinzi akawachukua kama wafungwa Seraya kuhani mkuu, kuhani Sefania aliyefuata kwa cheo, na mabawabu watatu.
And the chief of the executioners taketh Seraiah the head priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold,
19 Miongoni mwa wale watu waliokuwa wamesalia katika mji, alimchukua afisa kiongozi wa wapiganaji, na washauri watano wa mfalme. Akamchukua pia mwandishi aliyesimamia uandikishaji wa watu wa nchi, pamoja na watu wake sitini waliopatikana ndani ya mji.
and out of the city he hath taken a certain eunuch who is appointed over the men of war, and five men of those seeing the king's face who have been found in the city, and the head scribe of the host, who mustereth the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who are found in the city,
20 Nebuzaradani jemadari akawachukua hao wote na kuwapeleka kwa mfalme wa Babeli huko Ribla.
and Nebuzaradan chief of the executioners taketh them, and causeth them to go unto the king of Babylon, to Libnah,
21 Huko Ribla, katika nchi ya Hamathi, mfalme wa Babeli akaamuru wanyongwe. Hivyo Yuda wakaenda utumwani, mbali na nchi yao.
and the king of Babylon smiteth them, and putteth them to death in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, and he removeth Judah from off its land.
22 Nebukadneza mfalme wa Babeli akamteua Gedalia mwana wa Ahikamu, mwana wa Shafani, awe msimamizi wa watu aliowaacha Yuda.
And the people that is left in the land of Judah whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon hath left — he appointeth over them Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan.
23 Maafisa wote wa jeshi na watu wao waliposikia kwamba mfalme wa Babeli amemteua Gedalia kuwa mtawala, wakamjia Gedalia huko Mispa. Hawa walikuwa Ishmaeli mwana wa Nethania, Yohanani mwana wa Karea, Seraya mwana wa Tanhumethi Mnetofathi, na Yezania mwana wa Mmaaka, pamoja na watu wao.
And all the heads of the forces hear — they and the men — that the king of Babylon hath appointed Gedaliah, and they come in unto Gedaliah, to Mizpah, even Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and Johanan son of Kareah, and Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maachathite — they and their men;
24 Gedalia akaapa ili kuwatia moyo wao na watu wao. Akasema, “Msiwaogope maafisa wa Kikaldayo. Kaeni katika nchi na kumtumikia mfalme wa Babeli, na itakuwa vyema kwenu.”
and Gedaliah sweareth to them, and to their men, and saith to them, 'Be not afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans, dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it is good for you.'
25 Hata hivyo, katika mwezi wa saba Ishmaeli mwana wa Nethania mwana wa Elishama, aliyekuwa wa uzao wa mfalme, akaja pamoja na watu kumi, nao wakamuua Gedalia, na pia watu wa Yuda, pamoja na Wakaldayo waliokuwa naye huko Mispa.
And it cometh to pass, in the seventh month, come hath Ishmael son of Nathaniah, son of Elishama of the seed of the kingdom, and ten men with him, and they smite Gedaliah, and he dieth, and the Jews and the Chaldeans who have been with him in Mizpah.
26 Baada ya haya, watu wote kuanzia aliye mdogo sana hadi aliye mkubwa kabisa, pamoja na maafisa wa jeshi, wakakimbilia Misri kwa kuwaogopa Wakaldayo.
And all the people rise, from small even unto great, and the heads of the forces, and come in to Egypt, for they have been afraid of the presence of the Chaldeans.
27 Katika mwaka wa thelathini na saba tangu Yehoyakini mfalme wa Yuda apelekwe uhamishoni, katika mwaka ule ambao Evil-Merodaki alifanyika mfalme wa Babeli, alimwacha huru Yehoyakini kutoka gerezani siku ya ishirini na saba ya mwezi wa kumi na mbili.
And it cometh to pass, in the thirty and seventh year of the removal of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty and seventh of the month hath Evil-Merodach king of Babylon lifted up, in the year of his reigning, the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, out of the house of restraint,
28 Alizungumza naye kwa upole na kumpa kiti cha heshima zaidi kuliko wale wafalme wengine aliokuwa nao huko Babeli.
and speaketh with him good things and putteth his throne above the throne of the kings who [are] with him in Babylon,
29 Hivyo Yehoyakini akayavua mavazi yake ya mfungwa, na siku zote za maisha yake zilizobaki alikula mezani mwa mfalme.
and hath changed the garments of his restraint, and he hath eaten bread continually before him all days of his life,
30 Siku kwa siku mfalme alimpa Yehoyakini posho siku zote za maisha yake.
and his allowance — a continual allowance — hath been given to him from the king, the matter of a day in its day, all days of his life.
