2 Ahemfo 25
1 Ɔbosome Tebet (bɛyɛ Ɔpɛpɔn) da a ɛtɔ so dunum wɔ Sedekia ahennie mfeɛ nkron so no, ɔhene Nebukadnessar dii nʼakodɔm nyinaa anim, bɛko tiaa Yerusalem. Wɔtwaa kuropɔn no ho hyiaeɛ. Wɔbobɔɔ mpampim wɔ kuropɔn no afasuo ho.
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 king of Babylon came, he, and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it on all sides.
2 Wɔkaa Yerusalem hyɛɛ kɔsii ɔhene Sedekia ahennie no mfeɛ dubaako so.
And the city was besieged to the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
3 Ɛduruu Tammus bosome (bɛyɛ Kitawonsa) da a ɛtɔ so dunwɔtwe no, Sedekia ahennie mfeɛ dubaako mu no, na ɛkɔm a aba kuropɔn no mu no ano ayɛ den yie, ama wɔn aduane a aka no nyinaa asa.
And on the ninth [day] of the [fourth] month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
4 Na kuropɔn no ɔfasuo fa bi abu agu fam enti, asraafoɔ no nyinaa yɛɛ adwene sɛ, wɔbɛdwane afiri kuropɔn no mu. Nanso, ɛsiane sɛ na Babiloniafoɔ atwa kuropɔn no ho ahyia enti, wɔtwɛn kɔsii anadwo, na wɔdwane faa ɛpono a ɛda afasuo mmienu a ɛwɔ ɔhene no nturo no mu mu. Wɔyɛɛ ntɛm faa wiramkwan de wɔn ani kyerɛɛ Yordan bɔnhwa no.
And the city was broken up, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which [is] by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees [were] against the city on all sides: ) and [the king] went the way towards the plain.
5 Nanso, Babiloniafoɔ no tii wɔn, kɔkyeree ɔhene no wɔ Yeriko tata so, ɛfiri sɛ, saa ɛberɛ no, na ne mmarima no nyinaa adwane agya no.
And the army of the Chaldees pursued the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.
6 Wɔde no brɛɛ Babiloniahene wɔ Ribla, ma wɔbuu no atɛn.
So they took the king, and brought him to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
7 Babiloniahene maa Sedekia de nʼani kann hwɛɛ sɛ, wɔrekunkum ne mmammarima nyinaa. Afei, wɔtutuu Sedekia ani, de kɔbere nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn guu no, na wɔde no kɔɔ Babilonia.
And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
8 Ab bosome (bɛyɛ Ɔsannaa) ɛda a ɛtɔ so dunan wɔ afe a ɛyɛ Nebukadnessar mfeɛ dunkron adedie mu no, Nebusaradan a ɔyɛ awɛmfoɔ so panin a ɔyɛ Babiloniahene mpanimfoɔ nu mu baako no kɔɔ Yerusalem.
And in the fifth month, on the seventh [day] of the month, which [is] the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem:
9 Ɔhyee Awurade Asɔredan ne ahemfie ne afie a ɛwɔ Yerusalem nyinaa. Adan pa a ɛwɔ kuropɔn no mu no, ɔsɛee ne nyinaa.
And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great [man's] house he burnt with fire.
10 Awɛmfoɔ so panin no hwɛ maa Babilonia akodɔm no bubuu Yerusalem afasuo no.
And all the army of the Chaldees, that [were with] the captain of the guard, broke down the walls of Jerusalem on all sides.
11 Nebusaradan a ɔyɛ awɛmfoɔ so panin no kyekyeree wɔn a wɔkaa kuropɔn no mu no, twaa wɔn ne nnipa a aka no ne akodɔm a wɔdaa wɔn ho adi sɛ wɔtaa Babiloniahene akyi no asuo.
Now the rest of the people [that were] left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carry away.
12 Na awɛmfoɔ so panin no maa mmɔborɔfoɔ no mu bi tenaa Yuda, sɛ wɔnhwɛ bobe mfuo ne mfuo foforɔ a ɛka ho no so.
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land [to be] vine-dressers and husbandmen.
13 Babiloniafoɔ no bubuu kɔbere mfrafraeɛ afadum, kɔbere mfrafraeɛ nsuo nteaseɛnam ne Po a na ɛwɔ Awurade Asɔredan mu hɔ no, na wɔsoaa ne nyinaa kɔɔ Babilonia.
And the pillars of brass that [were] in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brazen sea that [was] in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
14 Wɔtasee nkukuo, sofi, nkanea akapɛ, nyowaa ne kɔbere mfrafraeɛ nneɛma ahodoɔ a wɔde di wɔn afɔrebɔ ho dwuma wɔ Asɔredan no mu no nyinaa.
And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered, they took away.
15 Nebusaradan a ɔyɛ awɛmfoɔ so panin no sane tasee nkyɛnsee a wɔnoa mu ne nhweaseammɔ ne nkuku ne nkaka nkaeɛ a wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ ne dwetɛ ayɛ no nyinaa.
And the fire-pans, and the bowls, [and] such things as [were] of gold, [in] gold, and of silver, [in] silver, the captain of the guard took away.
16 Kɔbere mfrafraeɛ a wɔnya firii afadum mmienu, nsuo teaseɛnam ne Ɛpo no mu no, na emu yɛ duru dodo sɛ wɔbɛtumi akari. Ɔhene Salomo berɛ so na ɔyɛɛ saa nneɛma yi guu Awurade Asɔredan mu.
The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
17 Na afadum no mu biara ɔsorokɔ yɛ anammɔn aduonu nson. Kɔbere mfrafraeɛ no ntaasoɔ a ɛdeda afadum no mu biara so no ɔsorokɔ yɛ anammɔn nson ne fa a wɔde kɔbere mfrafraeɛ no ara bi a ɛyɛ atena sɛso ne ateaa aba sɛso atwa ho nyinaa ahyia de asiesie no.
The hight of the one pillar [was] eighteen cubits, and the capital upon it [was] brass: and the hight of the capital three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the capital around, all of brass: and like to these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
18 Awɛmfoɔ so panin no kyekyeree ɔsɔfopanin Seraia, nʼabadiakyire Sefania ne apono ano sohwɛfoɔ mpanimfoɔ baasa sɛ nneduafoɔ.
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
19 Nnipa a na wɔakɔtetɛ no mu nso, ɔkyeree Yuda asraadɔm no mu panin baako, ɔhene no ankasa afotufoɔ baanum, asraadɔm sahene no twerɛfoɔ panin a na ɔfa nnipa wɔ adwuma mu ne ɔmanfoɔ aduosia.
And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, who were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land [that were] found in the city:
20 Ɔsahene Nebusaradan de wɔn nyinaa kɔɔ Babiloniahene anim wɔ Ribla.
And Nebuzar-adan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:
21 Wɔ Ribla a ɛwɔ Hamat hɔ no, ɔhene no ma wɔkunkum wɔn. Enti wɔtwaa Yuda asuo firii nʼasase so.
And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
22 Ɔhene Nebukadnessar yii Ahikam babarima Gedalia a na ɔyɛ Safan nana no sɛ amrado a na ɔhwɛ nnipa a wɔkaa Yuda no so.
And [as for] the people that remained 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, ruler.
23 Ɛberɛ a asraadɔm asahene ne wɔn mmarima tee sɛ Babiloniahene asi Gedalia amrado no, wɔkɔkaa ne ho wɔ Mispa. Nnipa a wɔkɔkaa ne ho no ne Netania babarima Ismael, Karea babarima Yohanan, Tanhumet a ɔfiri Netofa babarima Seraia ne Maakatni babarima Yaasania ne wɔn mmarima nyinaa.
And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of Maachathite, they and their men.
24 Gedalia dii nse, kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, Babilonia mpanimfoɔ no amma hɔ ɔhaw so. Ɔtuu wɔn fo sɛ, “Monnsuro sɛ mobɛsom Babiloniafoɔ. Montena asase no so na monsom Babiloniahene, na ɛbɛsi mo yie.”
And Gedaliah swore to them, and to their men, and said to them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.
25 Tisri bosome (bɛyɛ Ɛbɔ ne Ahinime ntam) no mpaemu wɔ saa afe no mu no, Netania babarima Ismael a ɔyɛ Elisama nana a na ɔfiri adehyeɛ abusua mu no de mmarima edu kɔɔ Mispa, kɔkumm Gedalia ne nnipa a na wɔka ne ho a wɔyɛ Yudafoɔ ne Babiloniafoɔ no nyinaa.
But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.
26 Afei, nnipa a wɔwɔ Yuda nyinaa, ɛfiri akumaa so, kɔsi ɔkɛseɛ so ne akodɔm asahene, bɔɔ huboa, na wɔdwane kɔɔ Misraim, ɛfiri sɛ, na wɔsuro sɛ Babiloniafoɔ no bɛyɛ wɔn biribi.
And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.
27 Ɔhene Yehoiakyin dii mfeɛ aduasa nson wɔ nʼasutwa mu wɔ Babilonia no, Ewil-Merodak bɛdii Babiloniahene. Ɔhunuu Yehoiakyin mmɔbɔ, enti ɔyii no firii afiase saa afe no ara mu Adar bosome (bɛyɛ Oforisuo) da a ɛtɔ so mmienu.
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth [day] of the month, [that] Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
28 Ɔkaa abodwosɛm kyerɛɛ no, na ɔmaa no diberɛ a ɛwɔ animuonyam sene ahemfo a wɔne no wɔ Babilonia no deɛ.
And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that [were] with him in Babylon;
29 Enti Yehoiakyin yii nʼafiase ntadeɛ guu nkyɛn, na ɛfiri saa ɛda no ɔdidii wɔ ɔhene didipono so ɛberɛ biara, kɔsii ne wu da.
And changed his prison garments: and he ate bread continually before him all the days of his life.
30 Na Babiloniahene no sane maa Yehoiakyin sika ɛberɛ-ano-berɛ-ano, ma ɔde tuatua ne ho aka, kɔsii ne wu da.
And his allowance [was] a continual allowance given him by the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
