< 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 one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
2 Akafanya maovu machoni pa Yahwe; akafanya kila alichokifanya Yehoyakimu.
And he did that which was evil in the eyes of Jehovah, 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 anger of Jehovah, it was so with Judah and Jerusalem that at length he cast them forth from his presence. And 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.
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it, and built forts against it round about.
5 Hivyo mji ukausuriwa mpaka mwaka wa kumi na moja wa utawala wa mfalme Sedekia.
And the city was besieged until 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.
And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore 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.
And the city was broken into; 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 is by the king's garden, (whilst the Chaldaeans were by the city round about, ) and they went toward the plain.
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 Chaldaeans 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.
And they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon, to Riblah, in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.
10 Mfalme wa Babeli akawachinja wana wa Sedekia mbele ya macho yake, na huko Ribla akawachinja viongozi wote wa Yuda.
And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. He slew also all the princes or 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.
And he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in chains; and the king of Babylon carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till 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.
And in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, (it was the nineteenth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, ) came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, one that stood in the presence of the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem.
13 Akaiteketeza nyumba ya Yahwe, kasiri, na nyumba zote za Yerusalemu; pia kila jengo mhimu mjini alilichoma.
And he burned the house of Jehovah, and the king's house; and all the houses at Jerusalem, all the great houses, burned he with fire.
14 Kama kwa kuta za kuuzunguka Yerusalemu, jeshi lote la Wababeli lililokuwa pamoja na jemedari wa mlinzi wakaviaribu.
And all the army of the Chaldaeans that was with the captain of the guard brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
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.
And some of the poor of the people, and the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters that had gone over to the king of Babylon, even the remainder of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, carry away captive.
16 Lakini Nebuzaradani, jemedari wa mlinzi, akawaacha baadhi ya maskini sana wa nchi kuitunza mizabibu na mashamba.
But some of the poor of the land did Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, leave for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.
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.
And the pillars of brass that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of Jehovah, the Chaldaeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
18 Vyungu, makoleo, kinara cha taa, mabakuri, na vitu vyote vya shaba ambavyo makuhani walikuwa wakivitumia hekaluni - Wakaldayo wakavichukua vyote.
The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the pans, and all the vessels of brass which were used in ministering, did they take away.
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.
And the basins, and the fire-pans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the censers, and the cups, and whatever was of gold or silver, did the captain of the guard take away.
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.
The two pillars, the sea, and the twelve brazen bulls that were under the bases, which King Solomon made in the house of Jehovah, the brass from all these was beyond 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.
For as to the pillars, eighteen cubits in height was the one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured it round, and their thickness was four fingers, being 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.
And a chapiter of brass was upon them; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits; and there was network with pomegranates upon the chapiter all round, the whole of brass. The second pillar also, and the pomegranates, were like unto these.
23 Hivyo kulikuwa na makomamanga tisini na sita ubavuni mwa kila kichwa, na makomamanga mia moja juu ya nyaya zilizokingamana kukizunguka.
And the pomegranates were ninety and six toward every wind; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network round about.
24 Jemedari wa mlinzi akamchukua Seraya mfungwa, kuhani mkuu, pamoja na Sefania, kuhani wa pili, na wale mabawaba watatu.
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah, the chief priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and the three keepers of the door;
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 a eunuch who had charge over the men of war, and seven men of those that were near the king's person, who were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land, who were found in the midst of the city;
26 Kisha Nebuzaradani, jemedari wa mlinzi, akawachukuwa na kuwaleta kwa mfalme wa Babeli huko Ribla.
these, Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, took, and brought to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
27 Mfalme wa Babeli akawaua huko Ribla katika nchi ya Hamathi. Kwa njia hii, Yuda akaondoka katika nchi yake na kwenda uhamishoni.
And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus was Judah carried away captive out of their own land.
28 Hawa walikuwa watu Nebukadneza aliwaamisha: katika mwaka wa saba, Wayudea 3, 023.
This is the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year, three thousand and 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 and 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 three and twentieth year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons. All the persons were four thousand and 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.
And it came to pass in the thirty and seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, that Evil-merodach, the king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,
32 Akaongea naye kwa upole na akampa kiti cha heshima kuliko cha wafalme wengine aliokuwa pamoja nao huko Babeli.
and spoke kindly to him, and set his seat above the seat of the kings that 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; and he ate bread before him 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.
And a constant allowance was given him by the king of Babylon, a portion every day, until the day of his death, all the days of his life.

< Yeremia 52 >