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Watu wa nchi wakamtwaa Yehoahazi mwana wa Yosia, wakamtawaza awe mfalme katika Yerusalemu badala ya babaye.
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
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Yehoahazi alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mitatu alipoanza kutawala; akatawala huko Yerusalemu miezi mitatu.
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.
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Naye mfalme wa Misri akamwondoa katika Yerusalemu, akaitoza nchi talanta mia za fedha, na talanta moja ya dhahabu.
And the king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
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Mfalme wa Misri akamtawaza Eliakimu nduguye awe mfalme juu ya Yuda na Yerusalemu, akambadilisha jina lake kuwa Yehoyakimu. Neko akamtwaa Yehoahazi nduguye, akamchukua mpaka Misri.
Then Neco king of Egypt made Eliakim brother of Jehoahaz king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.
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Yehoyakimu alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mitano alipoanza kutawala; akatawala katika Yerusalemu miaka kumi na mmoja; akafanya yaliyo mabaya machoni pa Bwana, Mungu wake.
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
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Juu yake akakwea Nebukadreza,
Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
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Nebukadreza akachukua baadhi ya vyombo vya nyumba ya Bwana mpaka Babeli, akavitia katika hekalu lake huko Babeli.
Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon.
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Basi mambo yote ya Yehoyakimu yaliyosalia, na machukizo yake aliyoyafanya, nayo yaliyoonekana kwake, tazama, yameandikwa katika kitabu cha wafalme wa Israeli na Yuda; na Yekonia
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations he committed, and all that was found against him, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.
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Yekonia alikuwa na umri wa miaka kumi na minane alipoanza kutawala; akatawala katika Yerusalemu miezi mitatu na siku kumi; akafanya yaliyo mabaya machoni pa Bwana.
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
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Mwaka ulipokwisha, Nebukadreza akatuma wajumbe, akamchukua mpaka Babeli; pamoja na vyombo vya thamani vya nyumba ya Bwana; akamtawaza Sedekia nduguye awe mfalme juu ya Yuda na Yerusalemu.
In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
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Sedekia alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mmoja, alipoanza kutawala; akatawala katika Yerusalemu miaka kumi na mmoja;
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.
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akafanya yaliyo mabaya machoni pa Bwana, Mungu wake; wala hakujinyenyekesha mbele ya Yeremia nabii aliponena kwa kinywa cha Bwana.
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD.
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Tena akamwasi mfalme Nebukadreza, aliyemwapisha kwa Mungu; lakini akajifanyia shingo ngumu, akajitia moyo nguvu asimgeukie Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli.
He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
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Na zaidi ya hayo wakuu wote wa makuhani, na watu, wakakosa mno sawasawa na machukizo yote ya mataifa; wakainajisi nyumba ya Bwana aliyoitakasa katika Yerusalemu.
Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.
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Naye Bwana, Mungu wa baba zao, akatuma kwao kwa mikono ya wajumbe wake, akiondoka mapema, na kutuma; kwa sababu aliwahurumia watu wake, na makao yake;
Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.
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lakini waliwadhihaki wajumbe wa Mungu, na kuyadharau maneno yake, na kuwacheka manabii wake, hata ilipozidi ghadhabu ya Bwana juu ya watu wake, hata kusiwe na kuponya.
But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
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Kwa hiyo akaleta juu yao mfalme wa Wakaldayo, aliyewaua vijana wao kwa upanga nyumbani mwa patakatifu pao, asiwahurumie kijana wala mwanamwali, mzee wala mkongwe; akawatia wote mkononi mwake.
So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,
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Na vyombo vyote vya nyumba ya Mungu, vikubwa kwa vidogo, na hazina za nyumba ya Bwana, na hazina za mfalme, na za wakuu wake; vyote pia akavileta Babeli.
who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials.
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Wakaiteketeza nyumba ya Mungu, wakaubomoa ukuta wa Yerusalemu, wakayateketeza kwa moto majumba yake yote, wakaviharibu vyombo vyake vyote vya thamani.
Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.
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Na wale waliookoka na upanga akawachukua mpaka Babeli; wakamtumikia yeye na wanawe hata kulipoingia milki ya Uajemi;
Those who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.
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ili kulitimiza neno la Bwana kwa kinywa cha Yeremia, hata nchi itakapofurahia sabato zake; kwa maana siku zote ilipokaa ukiwa ilishika sabato, kutimiza miaka sabini.
So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah.
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Ikawa katika mwaka wa kwanza wa Koreshi, mfalme wa Uajemi, ili kwamba neno la Bwana alilolisema kwa kinywa cha Yeremia lipate kutimizwa, Bwana akamwamsha roho yake Koreshi, mfalme wa Uajemi, hata akapiga mbiu katika ufalme wake wote, akaiandika pia, akisema,
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
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Koreshi, mfalme wa Uajemi asema hivi; Bwana, Mungu wa mbinguni, amenipa falme zote za dunia; naye ameniagiza nimjengee nyumba katika Yerusalemu, ulioko Yuda. Basi kila mtu katika ninyi nyote mlio watu wake, Bwana, Mungu wake, na awe pamoja naye, na akwee. </p>
“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.’”