2 Wafalme 25
1 Ilitokea kwamba katika mwaka wa tisa wa utawala wa mfalme Sedekia, katika mwezi wa kumi, na siku ya kumi ya huo mwezi, Nebukadreza mfalme wa Babeli alikuja pamoja na jeshi lake lote kwa ajili ya kupigana dhidi ya Yerusalemu. Akaweka kambi kuelekeana nayo, na wakajenga ukuta kuizunguka.
In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it around it.
2 Hivyo mji huo ulizungukwa mpaka miaka kumi na moja ya utawala wa Sedekia.
So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
3 Katika siku ya tisa ya mwezi wa nne wa huo mwaka, njaa ilikuwa kali sana kwenye huo mji kwamba hapakuwa na chakula kwa ajili ya watu wa nchi.
On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
4 Wakati huo ule mji ulikuwa umebomoka ndani, na wapiganaji wote wakakimbia usiku kwa njia ya lango kati ya kuta mbili, karibu na bustani ya mfalme, ingawa Wakaldayo walikuwa wote wameuzunguka mji. Mfalme akaenda kuelekea upande wa Araba.
Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city around it); and the king went by the way of the Arabah.
5 Lakini jeshi la Wakaldayo likamfuata mfalme Sedekia na kumchukua katika tambarare ya bonde la Mto Yoradani karibu na Yeriko. Jeshi lake lote lilitawanyika wakamwacha.
But the Chaldean army pursued the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
6 Wakamkamata mfalme na kumleta mpaka kwa mfalme wa Babeli huko Ribla, ambapo walipitisha hukumu juu yake.
Then they captured the king and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they passed judgment on him.
7 Kama kwa watoto wa Sedekia, wakawachinja mbele ya macho yake. Kisha akamtoa macho Sedekia, wakamfunga pingu, na kumpeleka hadi Babeli.
They killed Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes, then put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
8 Basi katika mwezi wa tano, katika siku ya saba ya mwezi, ambapo ulikuwa mwaka wa kumi na tisa wa utawala wa Nebukadreza mfalme wa Babeli, Nebuzaradani, mtumishi wa mfalme wa Babeli na amrijeshi wa walinzi wake, wakaja hadi Yerusalemu.
Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
9 Akaichoma moto nyumba ya Yahwe, nyumba ya mfalme, na nyumba zote za Yeruselemu; pia kila jengo la muhimu katika mji akayachoma.
He burned Yahweh’s house, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He burned every great house with fire.
10 Kama kwa kuta zote zilizoizunguka Yerusalemu, jeshi lote la Wababeli ambao walikuwa chini ya amrishi wa walinzi wakaziharibu.
All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
11 Basi watu waliokuwa wamebaki ambao walikuwa wameondoka katika mji, wale waliokuwa wameasi kwa mfalme wa Babeli, na mabaki ya watu-Nebuzadani, amiri jeshi wa mlinzi, wakachukuliwa kwenda utumwani.
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive the rest of the people who were left in the city and those who had deserted to the king of Babylon—all the rest of the multitude.
12 Lakini amiri jeshi wa mlinzi aliwaacha baadhi ya maskini wa nchi ili wafanye kazi kwenye shamba la mizabibu na kulima.
But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
13 Na zile nguzo za shaba ambazo zilikuwa kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe, na misimamio na bahari ya chuma ambayo ilikuwa kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe, Wakaldayo wakazivunja vipande vipande na kubeba shaba kuirudisha Babeli.
The Chaldeans broke up the pillars of bronze that were in Yahweh’s house and the bases and the bronze sea that were in Yahweh’s house, and carried the bronze pieces to Babylon.
14 Masufuria, mabeleshi, makasi, vijiko, na vyombo vyote vya shaba ambavyo kuhani alivyokuwa amevitunza kwenye hekalu-Wakaldayo wakavichukua vyote.
They took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they ministered.
15 Masufuria ya kuhamisha majivu na mabakuli ambayo yalikuwa yametengenezwa kwa dhahabu, na yale yaliyotengenezwa kwa fedha-yule nahodha wa mlinzi wa mfalme akavichukua pia.
The captain of the guard took away the fire pans, the basins, that which was of gold, for gold, and that which was of silver, for silver.
16 Zile nguzo mbili, ile bahari, na vile vitako ambavyo Suleimani alivitengeneza kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Yahwe shaba ya vyombo hivyo vyote haikuwa na uzani.
The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for Yahweh’s house, the bronze of all these vessels was not weighed.
17 Urefu wa ile nguzo ya kwanza ulikuwa ridhaa kumi na nane, na kichwa cha shaba kilikuwa juu yake. Na urefu wa kichwa ulikuwa ridhaa tatu, pamoja na mapambo ya wavu na makomamanga yote yakizunguka kwenye hicho kichwa, vyote vilikuwa vimetengenezwa kwa shaba. Na ile nguzo nyingine ilikuwa vivyo hivyo kama ile ya kwanza pamoja na wavu wake.
The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of bronze was on it. The height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital around it, all of bronze; and the second pillar with its network was like these.
18 Yule amiri jeshi wa mlinzi akamchukua Seraya kuhani mkuu, pamoja za Sefania, yule kuhani wa pili, na walinzi watatu wa kwenye lango.
The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold;
19 Kutoka mjini akamchukua mlinzi, afisa mmoja ambaye aliyekuwa msimamizi wa maaskari, na watu watano ambao walikuwa wakimshauri mfalme, ambao walikuwa bado katika mji. Pia alimchukua mfungwa wa afisa jeshi la mfalme, kwa ajili ya kuandika watu kwenye jeshi, pamoja na watu sitini muhimu kutoka hiyo nchi ambao walikuwa katika mji.
and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city.
20 Kisha Nebuzaradani, amiri wa mlinzi, akawachukua na kuwapeleka kwa mfalme Babeli huko Ribla.
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
21 Mfalme wa Babeli akawaua huko Ribla katika nchi ya Hamathi. Kwa njia hii, Yuda akaiacha nchi yake kwenda utumwani.
The king of Babylon attacked them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
22 Na wale watu waliokuwa wamebakia katika nchi ya Yuda, wale ambao Nebukadreza mfalme wa Babeli aliwaacha, akamuweka Gedalia mwana wa Ahikamu, mwana wa Shafani, msimamizi wao.
As for the people who were left in the land of Judah whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor.
23 Kisha wakati maamiri wote wa majeshi, wao na watu wao, waliposikia kwamba mfalme wa Babeli amemfanya Gedalia kuwa liwali, wakaenda kwa Gedalia huko Mispa. Hawa watu walikuwa Ishmaeli mwana wa Nethania, Yohanani mwana wa Karea, Seraya mwana wa Tanhumethi Mnetofa, na Yezania mwana wa Mmaaka-wao na watu wao.
Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.
24 Gedalia akafanya kiapo kwa watu wake na kuwaambia, “Msiwaogope Wakaldayo. Muishi katika nchi na kumtumikia mfalme wa Babeli, na itakuwa vema kwenu.”
Gedaliah swore to them and to their men, and said to them, “Don’t be afraid because of the servants of the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”
25 Lakini ilitokea kwamba katika mwezi wa saba Ishmaeli mwana wa Nethania mwana wa Elishama, kutoka familia ya kifalme, wakaja na watu kumi na kumshambulia Gedalia. Gedalia akafa, pamoja na watu wa Yuda na Wababeli ambao walikuwa pamoja nae huko Mizpa.
But in the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal offspring came, and ten men with him, and struck Gedaliah so that he died, with the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah.
26 Kisha wale watu wote, kutoka chini kwenda juu, na maamiri wa jeshi, wakainuka na kwenda Misri, kwasababu walikuwa wanawaogopa Wababeli.
All the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces arose and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
27 Ilitokea baadaye katika mwaka wa thelathini na saba wa utumwa wa Yekonia mfalme wa Yuda, katika mwezi wa kumi na mbili, siku ya ishirini na saba ya mwezi, Evil-merodaki mfalme wa Babeli akamtoa Yekonia mfalme wa Yuda kutoka gerezani. Hii ilitokea katika mwaka ambao Evil-Merodaki alipoanza kutawala.
In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, released Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison,
28 Akaongea naye kwa ukarimu na kumpatia kiti kizuri zaidi kuliko kile cha wafalme wengine ambao walikuwa pamoja naye Babeli.
and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,
29 Evil-Merodaki akamvua Yekonia nguo za gerezani,
and changed his prison garments. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life;
30 na Yekinia akala siku zote kwenye meza ya mfalme katika maisha yake yote yaliyokuwa yamebakia.
and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him from the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
