2 Wafalme 24
1 Katika siku za Yehoyakimu, Nebukadreza mfalme wa Babeli akaiteka Yuda; Yehoyakimu akawa mtumishi kwa muda wa miaka mitatu. Kisha Yehoyakimu akarudi na kuasi dhidi ya Nebukadreza.
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him.
2 Yahwe akatuma vikosi vya Wakaldayo dhidi ya Yehoyakimu, Washami, Wamoabu, na Waamoni; akawatuma dhidi ya Yuda kuiharibu. Hii ilikuwa ni kuthibitisha pamoja na neno la Yahwe ambalo aliloliongea kupitia watumishi wake manabii.
The LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, bands of the Syrians, bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the LORD’s word which he spoke by his servants the prophets.
3 Ilikuwa baada ya mda mfupi kwenye kinywa cha Yahwe kwamba hili likaja juu ya Yuda, kuwaondoa usoni mwa uso wake, kwa sabau ya dhambi za Manase, yote aliyoyafanya,
Surely at the commandment of the LORD this came on Judah, to remove them out of his sight for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did,
4 na pia kwa sababu ya damu isiyokuwa na hatia aliyoimwaga, kwa kuijaza Yerusalemu kwa damu isiyokuwa na hatia. Yahwe hakuwa tayari kusamehe hilo.
and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD would not pardon.
5 Kama kwa mambo mengine yanayomuhusu Yehoyakimu, na yote aliyoyafanya, je hayajaandikwa kwenye kitabu cha matukio ya wafalme wa Yuda?
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
6 Yehoyakimu akalala pamoja na wazee wake, na Yekonia mtoto wake akawa mfalme katika sehemu yake.
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
7 Mfalme wa Misri hakushambulia tena nje ya nchi yake, kwa sababu mfalme wa Babeli alakuwa amezishinda nchi zote ambazo zilikuwa zikitawaliwa na mfalme wa Misri, kutoka kwenye kitabu cha Misri mpaka Mto wa Frati.
The king of Egypt didn’t come out of his land any more; for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates, all that belonged to the king of Egypt.
8 Yekonia alikuwa na umri wa miaka kumi na nane alipoanza kutawala; alitawala Yerusalemu miezi mitatu. Mama yake alikuwa anaitwa Nehushta; alikuwa binti wa Elnathani wa Yerusalemu.
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
9 Alifanya yaliyo maovu usoni mwa Yahwe; alifanya yale yote ambayo baba yake aliyafanya.
He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that his father had done.
10 Katika kipindi hicho jeshi la Nebukadreza mfalme wa Babeli liliishambulia Yerusalemu na kuuzunguka mji.
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
11 Nebukadreza mfalme wa Babeli akaja kwenye mji wakati maaskari wake walipokuwa wameuzunguka,
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it,
12 na Yekonia mfalme wa Yuda akatoka nje kwenda kwa mfalme wa Babeli, yeye, mama yake, watumishi wake, watoto wake, na maafisa wake. Mfalme wa Babeli akamteka katika mwaka wa nane wa utawala wake.
and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon—he, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers; and the king of Babylon captured him in the eighth year of his reign.
13 Nebukadreza akachukua kutoka pale vitu vyote vya thamani katika nyumba ya Yahwe, na walio katika nyumba ya kifalme. Akavikata vipande vipande vitu vyote vya dhahabu ambavyo Suleimani mfalme wa Israeli alivitengeneza katika hekalu la Yahwe, kama alivyokuwa amesema ingetokea.
He carried out from there all the treasures of the LORD’s house and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the LORD’s temple, as the LORD had said.
14 Akawachukua wote utumwani Yerusalemu, viongozi wote, na wapiganaji wote, mateka elfu kumi, na mafundi wote, na wafua vyuma. hakuna aliyekuwa amesalia isipokuwa watu maskini katika nchi.
He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. No one remained except the poorest people of the land.
15 Nebukadreza akamchukua Yekonia utumwani Babeli, pia na mama yake na mfalme, wake, maafisa, na wakuu wa nchi. Akawachukua kwenda utumwani kutoka Yerusalemu mpaka Babeli.
He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, with the king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officers, and the chief men of the land. He carried them into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
16 Wapiganaji wote, elfu saba kwa hesabu, na mafundi elfu moja na wafua vyuma, wote wanaostahili kumpiga- mfalme wa Babeli aliwaleta hawa watu kwenye utumwa Babeli.
All the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths one thousand, all of them strong and fit for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
17 Mfalme wa Babeli akamfanya Matania, kaka yake na baba yake na Yehokimu, mfalme katika sehemu yake, na kubadilisha jina lake kuwa Sedekia.
The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
18 Sedekia alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na moja wakati alipoanza kutawala; alitawala miaka kumi na moja katika Yerusalemu. Mama yake alikuwa anaitwa Hamutali; alikuwa binti wa Yeremia kutoka Libna.
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
19 Alifanya yaliyo maovu machoni mwa Yahwe; aliyafanya yale yote ambayo Yehokimu aliyoyafanya.
He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
20 Kupitia hasira ya Yahwe, haya matukio yote yalitokea Yerusalemu na Yuda, hadi alipowaondoa kwenye uso wake. Kisha Sedekia akaasi dhidi ya mfalme wa Babeli.
For through the anger of the LORD, this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
