1
Ikawa katika mwaka wa kenda wa kutawala kwake, katika mwezi wa kumi, na siku ya kumi ya mwezi huo, Nebukadreza, mfalme wa Babeli, akaja, yeye na jeshi lake lote, kupigana na Yerusalemu, akapanga hema zake kuukabili; nao wakajenga ngome juu yake pande zote.
So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
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Basi mji huo ulihusuriwa hata mwaka wa kumi na moja wa mfalme Sedekia.
And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
3
Siku ya kenda ya mwezi wa nne njaa ilikuwa nzito ndani ya mji, hata hapakuwa na chakula kwa watu wa nchi.
By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
4
Ndipo mahali pakabomolewa katika ukuta wa mji, watu wote wa vita wakakimbia usiku kwa njia ya lango lililokuwa kati ya zile kuta mbili, karibu na bustani ya mfalme; (basi wale Wakaldayo walikuwa wakiuzuia mji pande zote;) mfalme akaenda kwa njia ya Araba.
Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
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Lakini jeshi la Wakaldayo wakamfuatia mfalme, wakampata katika nchi tambarare ya Yeriko; na jeshi lake lote walikuwa wametawanyika na kumwacha.
but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.
6
Ndipo wakamkamata mfalme, wakamchukua kwa mfalme wa Babeli huko Ribla; wakatoa hukumu juu yake.
The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.
7
Wakawaua wana wa Sedekia mbele ya macho yake, wakampofusha macho Sedekia, wakamfunga kwa pingu, wakamchukua mpaka Babeli.
And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
8
Hata mwezi wa tano, siku ya saba ya mwezi, ndio mwaka wa kumi na kenda wa mfalme Nebukadreza, mfalme wa Babeli, Nebuzaradani, amiri wa askari walinzi, mtumishi wa mfalme wa Babeli, akaingia Yerusalemu.
On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
9
Akaiteketeza nyumba ya Bwana, na nyumba ya mfalme; na nyumba zote za Yerusalemu, naam, kila nyumba kubwa aliiteketeza kwa moto.
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
10
Na jeshi lote la Wakaldayo, waliokuwa pamoja na huyo amiri wa askari walinzi, wakazibomoa kuta za Yerusalemu pande zote.
And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
11
Na mabaki ya watu waliosalia katika mji, nao wale walioasi, na kumkimbilia mfalme wa Babeli, na mabaki ya watu wote wengine, watu hao Nebuzaradani, amiri wa askari walinzi, akawachukua mateka.
Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.
12
Lakini huyo amiri wa askari walinzi akawaacha watu walio maskini ili wawe watunza mizabibu na wakulima.
But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
13
Na zile nguzo za shaba zilizokuwako nyumbani mwa Bwana, na matako, na ile bahari ya shaba, iliyokuwamo nyumbani mwa Bwana, Wakaldayo wakavivunja vipande vipande, wakaichukua shaba yake yote mpaka Babeli.
Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.
14
Nayo masufuria, na majembe, na makasi, na miiko, na vyombo vyote vya shaba walivyokuwa wakivitumia, wakavichukua vyote.
They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.
15
Na vyetezo, na mabakuli; vilivyokuwa vya dhahabu katika dhahabu, na vilivyokuwa vya fedha katika fedha, amiri wa askari walinzi akavichukua.
The captain of the guard also took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.
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Zile nguzo mbili, na ile bahari moja, na yale matako, Sulemani alivyoifanyia nyumba ya Bwana; shaba ya vyombo hivyo vyote haikuwa na uzani.
As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
17
Urefu wa nguzo moja ulikuwa dhiraa kumi na nane, na kichwa cha shaba kilikuwa juu yake; na urefu wa kichwa ulikuwa dhiraa tatu; na mapambo ya wavu na makomamanga juu ya kichwa hicho kote kote, yote yalikuwa ya shaba. Nayo nguzo ya pili ilikuwa vivyo hivyo, pamoja na ule wavu.
Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.
18
Na amiri wa askari walinzi akamtwaa Seraya, kuhani mkuu, na Sefania, kuhani wa pili, na wale walinzi watu wa mlango;
The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
19
na katika mji akamtwaa towashi mmoja, aliyewasimamia watu wa vita; na watu watano katika wale waliosimama mbele ya mfalme, walioonekana mjini; na katibu wa jemadari wa jeshi, aliyewaandika watu wa nchi; na watu sitini katika watu wa nchi, walioonekana mjini.
Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
20
Kisha Nebuzaradani, amiri wa askari walinzi, akawatwaa hao, akawaleta kwa mfalme wa Babeli huko Ribla.
Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
21
Naye mfalme wa Babeli akawapiga, na kuwaua huko Ribla katika nchi ya Hamathi. Hivyo Yuda wakachukuliwa utumwani kutoka nchi yao.
There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.
22
Na kwa habari ya watu waliosalia katika nchi ya Yuda, aliowasaza Nebukadreza, mfalme wa Babeli, akamweka Gedalia mwana wa Ahikamu mwana wa Shafani awe liwali juu yao.
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.
23
Kisha, wakuu wote wa majeshi, wao na watu wao, waliposikia kwamba mfalme wa Babeli amemweka Gedalia kuwa liwali, wakamwendea Gedalia huko Mispa; nao ni hawa, Ishmaeli mwana wa Nethania, na Yohana mwana wa Karea, na Seraya mwana wa Tanhumethi Mnetofa, na Yezania mwana wa Mmaaka, wao na watu wao.
When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.
24
Na Gedalia akawaapia wao na watu wao, akawaambia, Msiogope kwa ajili ya watumishi wa Wakaldayo; kaeni katika nchi; mkamtumikie mfalme wa Babeli; itakuwa vyema kwenu.
And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”
25
Lakini ikawa katika mwezi wa saba Ishmaeli mwana wa Nethania, mwana wa Elishama, mmoja wa wazao wa kifalme, na watu kumi pamoja naye, wakamwendea Gedalia, wakampiga hata akafa, na hao Wayahudi na Wakaldayo waliokuwa pamoja naye huko Mispa.
In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
26
Wakaondoka watu wote, wadogo kwa wakubwa, pamoja na wakuu wa majeshi, wakainuka kwenda Misri; kwa kuwa waliwaogopa Wakaldayo.
Then all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.
27
Ikawa katika mwaka wa thelathini na saba wa kuhamishwa kwake Yekonia mfalme wa Yuda ,katika mwezi wa kumi na mbili ,siku ya ishirini na saba ya mwezi ,Evil-merodaki,mfalme wa Babeli ,katika mwaka wa kwanza wa kutawala kwake,akamwinua kichwa Yekonia,mfalme wa Yuda,akamtoa gerezani.
On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.
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Akasema naye maneno mazuri, akaweka kiti chake cha enzi juu ya viti vya enzi vya wafalme waliokuwa pamoja naye huko Babeli;
And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
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naye akambadilishia mavazi yake ya gerezani, akala chakula mbele yake daima, siku zote za maisha yake.
So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.
30
Na kwa posho yake, alipewa posho ya daima na mfalme, siku kwa siku sehemu, siku zote za maisha yake.
And the king provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life.