Yeremia 52
1 Sedekia alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mmoja alipoanza kutawala; akatawala miaka kumi na mmoja huko Yerusalemu. Jina la mamaye lilikuwa Hamutali; alikuwa binti Yeremia wa Libna.
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign. He reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
2 Akafanya maovu machoni pa Yahwe; akafanya kila alichokifanya Yehoyakimu.
He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
3 Kwa hasira ya Yahwe, matukio haya yote yalitukia Yerusalemu na Yuda, hata alipowatoa mbele yake mwenyewe. Kisha Sedekia akaasi dhidi ya mfalme wa Babeli.
For through the LORD’s anger this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
4 Ikawa katika mwaka wa tisa wa utawala wa mfalme Sedeki, katika mwezi wa kumi, na siku ya kumi ya mwezi huo, Nebukadneza, mfalme wa Babeli, alikuja na jeshi lake lote dhidi ya Yerusalem. Wakapiga kambi kuukabili, nao wakajenga ukuta wa kuusuria kuuzunguka.
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 round about.
5 Hivyo mji ukausuriwa mpaka mwaka wa kumi na moja wa utawala wa mfalme Sedekia.
So the city was besieged to the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
6 Katika mwezi wa nne, siku ya tisa ya mwaka huo, njaa ikawa kali sana mjini hata hakukuwa na chakula kwa watu wa nchi.
In the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
7 Kisha mji ukatobolewa, na wapiganaji wote wakakimbia nje ya mji wakati wa usiku kwa njia ya lango lililokuwa kati ya kuta mbili, kwa bustani ya mfalme, japokuwa Wakaldayo walikuwa wameuzunguka mji. Hivyo wakaenda kwa njia ya Araba.
Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled, and went out of the city 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 all around. The men of war went toward the Arabah,
8 Lakini jeshi la Wakaldayo likamfuatia mfalme na kumpata Sedekia katika tambarare za bonde la Mto Yordani karibu na Yeriko. Jeshi lote lilikuwa limetawanyika mbali naye.
but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
9 Wakamkamata mfalme na kumleta hadi kwa mfalme wa Babeli huko Ribla katika nchi ya Hamathi, alipotoa hukumu juu yake.
Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he pronounced judgment on him.
10 Mfalme wa Babeli akawachinja wana wa Sedekia mbele ya macho yake, na huko Ribla akawachinja viongozi wote wa Yuda.
The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. He also killed all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
11 Kisha akayaondoa macho ya Sedekia, akamfunga katika vifungo vya shaba, na kumleta Babeli. Mfalme wa Babeli akamweka kifungoni hata siku ya kufa kwake.
He put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison until the day of his death.
12 Basi mwezi wa tano, siku ya kumi ya mwezi, ambao ulikuwa mwaka wa kumi na tisa wa utawala wa mfalme Nebukadneza, mfalme wa Babeli, Nebuzaradani akaja Yerusalemu. Alikuwa jemedari wa walinzi wa mfalme na mtumishi wa mfalme wa Babeli.
Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, who stood before the king of Babylon, came into Jerusalem.
13 Akaiteketeza nyumba ya Yahwe, kasiri, na nyumba zote za Yerusalemu; pia kila jengo mhimu mjini alilichoma.
He burned the LORD’s house, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, he burned with fire.
14 Kama kwa kuta za kuuzunguka Yerusalemu, jeshi lote la Wababeli lililokuwa pamoja na jemedari wa mlinzi wakaviaribu.
All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down all the walls of Jerusalem all around.
15 Kama kwa watu maskini sana, watu waliosalia walioachwa katika mji, waliokuwa wamemwendea mfalme wa Babeli, na baadhi ya watu wenye ujuzi - Nebuzaradan, jemedari wa askari walinzi, akawachukua baadhi yao uhamishoni.
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the poorest of the people, and the rest of the people who were left in the city, and those who fell away, who defected to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
16 Lakini Nebuzaradani, jemedari wa mlinzi, akawaacha baadhi ya maskini sana wa nchi kuitunza mizabibu na mashamba.
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vineyard keepers and farmers.
17 Lakini kwa nguzo za shaba lilizokuwa katika nyumba ya Yahwe, mishikio na bahari ya shaba iliyokuwa katika nyumba ya Yahwe, Wakaldayo wakaivunja vipande wakaondoka navyo kurudi Babeli.
The Chaldeans broke the pillars of bronze that were in the LORD’s house and the bases and the bronze sea that were in the LORD’s house in pieces, and carried all of their bronze to Babylon.
18 Vyungu, makoleo, kinara cha taa, mabakuri, na vitu vyote vya shaba ambavyo makuhani walikuwa wakivitumia hekaluni - Wakaldayo wakavichukua vyote.
They also took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the basins, the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they ministered.
19 Makalai na chetezo cha uvumba, mabakuri, vyungu, kinara cha taa, vikaango, makalai zilizotengenezwa kwa dhahabu, na zilizotengenezwa kwa dhahabu - kapteni wa mlinzi wa mfalme akazichukua pia.
The captain of the guard took away the cups, the fire pans, the basins, the pots, the lamp stands, the spoons, and the bowls; that which was of gold, as gold, and that which was of silver, as silver.
20 Nguzo mbili, bahari, na ng'ombe kumi na wawili wa shaba waliokuwa chini yake, vitu Selemani alivyokuwa amevifanya kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Yahwe, vikiwa na shaba nyingi sana isiyoweza kupimwa.
They took the two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze bulls that were under the bases, which King Solomon had made for the LORD’s house. The bronze of all these vessels was without weight.
21 Nguzo zilikuwa na urefu wa dhiraha kumi na nane kila moja, na mstari kuzunguka kila moja wenye urefu wa dhiraha kumi na mbili. Kila moja ilikuwa na unene wa vidole vinne na tundu.
As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits encircled it; and its thickness was four fingers. It was hollow.
22 Kichwa cha shaba kilikuwa juu yake. Kichwa kilikuwa dhiraha tano urefu wake, kazi ya waya zinazokingamana na makomamanga kukizunguka. Chote kilitengenezwa kwa shaba. Na nguzo nyingine ilikuwa na makomamanga yake vilikuwa kama ya kwanza.
A capital of bronze was on it; and the height of the one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital all around, all of bronze. The second pillar also had the same, with pomegranates.
23 Hivyo kulikuwa na makomamanga tisini na sita ubavuni mwa kila kichwa, na makomamanga mia moja juu ya nyaya zilizokingamana kukizunguka.
There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were one hundred on the network all around.
24 Jemedari wa mlinzi akamchukua Seraya mfungwa, kuhani mkuu, pamoja na Sefania, kuhani wa pili, na wale mabawaba watatu.
The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold,
25 Kutoka mjini akamchukua mfungwa afsa aliyekuwa juu ya askari, na watu saba wa wale waliomshauri mfalme, waliokuwa wamesalia mjini. Akamchukua mfungwa afsa wa jeshi la mfalme aliyekuwa na wajibu wa kuwaingiza watu katika jeshi, pamoja na watu mashuhuri sitini kutoka katika nchi waliokuwamo mjini.
and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and seven men of those who saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe of 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 middle of the city.
26 Kisha Nebuzaradani, jemedari wa mlinzi, akawachukuwa na kuwaleta kwa mfalme wa Babeli huko Ribla.
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
27 Mfalme wa Babeli akawaua huko Ribla katika nchi ya Hamathi. Kwa njia hii, Yuda akaondoka katika nchi yake na kwenda uhamishoni.
The king of Babylon struck them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
28 Hawa walikuwa watu Nebukadneza aliwaamisha: katika mwaka wa saba, Wayudea 3, 023.
This is the number of the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year, three thousand twenty-three Jews;
29 Katika mwaka wa kumi na nane wa Nebukadneza alichukuwa 832 kutoka Yerusalemu.
in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty-two persons;
30 Katika mwaka wa ishirini na tatu wa Nebukadneza, Nebuzaradani, jemedari wa walinzi wa mfalme, aliwahamisha Wayudea 745. Jumla ya watu walioamishwa walikuwa 4, 600.
in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty-five people. All the people numbered four thousand six hundred.
31 Ikawa baadaye katika mwaka wa thelathini na saba wa kufungwa kwake Yohoyakini, mfalme wa Yuda, katika mwezi wa kumi na mbili, siku ya ishirini na tano ya mwezi, Evili Merodaki, mfalme wa Babeli akamfungua Yehoyakini mfalme wa Yuda kutoka kifungoni. Ilikuwa mwaka ambao Evili Merodaki alianza kutawala.
In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and released him from prison.
32 Akaongea naye kwa upole na akampa kiti cha heshima kuliko cha wafalme wengine aliokuwa pamoja nao huko Babeli.
He spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,
33 Evili Merodaki akaondoa mavazi ya gerezani ya Yehoyakini, na Yehoyakini akala chakula cha daima katika meza ya mfalme siku zote zilizosalia za maisha yake.
and changed his prison garments. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life.
34 Na alipewa posho ya chakula cha kila siku kwa maisha yake yote yaliyosalia mpaka siku ya kufa kwake.
For his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
