Joahas ma rire ombara mOjuda
(2Ozo 23:30-35)1 Otjiwaṋa tja Juda tja toorora Joahas, omuzandu wa Josija, natji mu twirisa a rire ombara mOjerusalem. 2 Joahas wa ri nozombura omirongo vivari nandatu tja rira ombara mOjuda; neye wa honapara mOjerusalem oure womieze vitatu. 3 Neko, ombara ya Engipte, we mu twara mouhuura, na ṋiṋikiza Ovajuda kutja ve sute osilveri yondjinda yozokirograma 3 400, nongoldo yondjinda yozokirograma omirongo vitatu na ine. 4 Neko wa zika Eljakim, omuangu wa Joahas, a rire ombara mOjuda na mOjerusalem, na rundurura ena re okurira Jojakim. Joahas wa twarewa i Neko kOengipte.
Jojakim ma rire ombara mOjuda
(2Ozo 23:36—24:7)5 Jojakim wa ri notjiwondo tjozombura omirongo vivari nandano tja rira ombara mOjuda; neye wa honapara mOjerusalem oure wozombura omurongo na imwe. Eye wa tjita ouvi komurungu wa Muhona, Ndjambi we. 6 Nebukadnesar, ombara ya Babilon, wa rwisa Juda na kambura Jojakim ne mu twara kObabilon a pandekwa nouketanga. 7 Nebukadnesar wa twaerera ovihuze tjiva vyondjuwo ya Muhona ne kevitwa mondjuwo ye youhona mObabilon. 8 Oviṋa avihe vyarwe Jojakim mbya tjita puna ovitjitwa vye oviyaukise, nouvi mbwa tjita, vya tjangwa mEkuruhungi rOzombara za Israel noza Juda. Omuzandu we Jojakin we mu pingena mouhona.
Jojakin ma rire ombara mOjuda
(2Ozo 24:8-17)9 Jojakin wa ri notjiwondo tjozombura omurongo na hambondatu tja rira ombara mOjuda; neye wa honapara mOjerusalem oure womieze vitatu nomayuva omurongo. Eye wina wa tjita ouvi komurungu wa Muhona. 10 Moruteṋi ombara Nebukadnesar wa twara Jojakin otja omuhuurwa kObabilon, na twaerere ovihuze vyondjuwo ya Muhona. Tjazumba Nebukadnesar wa zika Sidkija, omuangu wa Jojakin, a rire ombara mOjuda na mOjerusalem.
Sidkija ma rire ombara mOjuda
(2Ozo 24:18-20Jer 52:1-3a)11 Sidkija wa ri nozombura omirongo vivari na imwe tja rira ombara mOjuda; eye wa honapara mOjerusalem oure wozombura omurongo na imwe. 12 Eye wa tjita ouvi komurungu wa Muhona, Ndjambi we, nu ka puratenene ko nomerisusuparisiro komuprofete Jeremia, ngwaa zuvarisa mena ra Muhona.
Omawiro wa Jerusalem
(2Ozo 25:1-21Jer 52:3b-11)13 Sidkija wa sekamena ombara Nebukadnesar ngwe mu ṋiṋikizire okuyana mena ra Ndjambi kutja eye ma kara omuṱakame. Eye wa panḓa noukukutu okuritanaura nokukotoka ku Muhona, Ndjambi wa Israel. 14 Ovanane va Juda novapristeri notjiwaṋa wina va horera kotjikaro otjivi tjoviwaṋa mbye ve kondorokere, mokurikotamena koomukuru vovisenginina, notji va yamburura ondjuwo, Muhona omuini ndje riyapurira mOjerusalem. 15 Muhona, Ndjambi wooihe mukururume, wa kara pokuhinda ovatumwa kutja ve ve ronge, orondu eye aa vanga okuyama otjiwaṋa tje nondjuwo ye ondjapuke. 16 Nungwari owo va nyekerera ovahindwa va Ndjambi, ave temangura omambo we, nave yoro ovaprofete ye, nga korusenina omazenge wa Muhona kotjiwaṋa tje tji ya rira omanene, nga tji pe ha ri ondauriro.
17 Muhona otja eta ombara ya Babilon okuverwisa. Eye wa zepa ovarwe wovita omitanda va Juda, nandarire mondjuwo ya Muhona. Eye kena pa ṱirotjari nomundu, nangarire omutanda poo omukurundu, omurumendu poo omukazendu; Ndjambi we ve yandja avehe momake wayo. 18 Nebukadnesar, ombara ya Babilon, wa huura oviungurise vyondjuwo ya Ndjambi, ovinene noviṱiṱi, novihuze vyayo, novihuze vyombara novyovahongore ve na twara oviṋa avihe mbi kObabilon. 19 Eye wa hwika ondjuwo ya Ndjambi, nozondjuwo azehe zouhona motjihuro Jerusalem na haṋa otumbo twatjo na nyono outumbe watjo. 20 Avehe, mba hupa kotjiṱiro, Nebukadnesar we ve twara kObabilon, ku ve kemukarera nozondekurona ze otja ovahuurwa, nga ouhonapare wOvapersie tji wa uta. 21 Ovitjitwa mbi vya yenenisa imbi Muhona mbya zuvarisire notjinyo tjomuprofete Jeremia, indu tja tjere: “Ehi mari kara tjo nokuhinokukunwa oure wozombura omirongo hambombari kutja pe kare omayuva wOkusuva nge hi na ya yenenisirwe.”
Ombara Kirus ma rakiza Ovajuda ve yaruke
(Esra 1:1-4)22 Mombura ondenga youhona wa Kirus, ombara ya Persie, Muhona we mu kondjisa kutja a tjange omarakiza nu e ye hinde, ye resewe neraka enene mehi arihe rouhonapare we. Ihi tja tjitwa, kokutja imbi Muhona mbya hungirire notjinyo tjomuprofete Jeremia vi yenenisiwe, indu tja tjere:
23 “Omarakiza wa Kirus, ombara ya Persie, owo nga: Muhona, Ndjambi weyuru, we ndji zika okuhonaparera omauhona aehe mouye auhe. Eye we ndji rakiza kutja mbi mu tungire ondjuwo mOjerusalem, tji tji ri mehi ra Juda. Nambano, eṋe amuhe mbu mu ri otjiwaṋa tja Ndjambi, twendeye ngo! Nu Muhona nga kare puna eṋe.”
King Jehoahaz of Judah
(2 Kings 23.30-35)1 After the death of Josiah, the people of Judah crowned his son Jehoahaz their new king. 2 He was 23 years old at the time, and he ruled only 3 months from Jerusalem. 3 King Neco of Egypt captured Jehoahaz and forced Judah to pay 3.4 tons of silver and 34 kilograms of gold as taxes. 4 Then Neco appointed Jehoahaz's brother Eliakim king of Judah and changed his name to Jehoiakim. He led Jehoahaz away to Egypt as his prisoner.
King Jehoiakim of Judah
(2 Kings 23.36—24.7)5 Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he was appointed king, and he ruled 11 years from Jerusalem. Jehoiakim disobeyed the Lord his God by doing evil.
6 During Jehoiakim's rule, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded Judah. He arrested Jehoiakim and put him in chains, and he sent him to the capital city of Babylon. 7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried off many of the valuable things in the Lord's temple, and he put them in his palace in Babylon.
8 Everything else Jehoiakim did while he was king, including all the disgusting and evil things, is written in The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah. His son Jehoiachin then became king.
King Jehoiachin of Judah
(2 Kings 24.8-17)9 Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled only 3 months and 10 days from Jerusalem. Jehoiachin also disobeyed the Lord by doing evil. 10 In the spring of the year, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia had Jehoiachin arrested and taken to Babylon, along with more of the valuable items in the temple. Then Nebuchadnezzar appointed Zedekiah king of Judah.
King Zedekiah of Judah
(2 Kings 24.18-20Jeremiah 52.1-3)11 Zedekiah was 21 years old when he was appointed king of Judah, and he ruled from Jerusalem for 11 years. 12 He disobeyed the Lord his God and refused to change his ways, even after a warning from Jeremiah, the Lord's prophet.
13 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia had forced Zedekiah to promise in God's name that he would be loyal. Zedekiah was stubborn and refused to turn back to the Lord God of Israel, so he rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar. 14 The people of Judah and even the priests who were their leaders became more unfaithful. They followed the disgusting example of the nations around them and made the Lord's holy temple unfit for worship. 15 But the Lord God felt sorry for his people, and instead of destroying the temple, he sent prophets who warned the people over and over about their sins. 16 But the people only laughed and insulted these prophets. They ignored what the Lord God was trying to tell them, until he finally became so angry that nothing could stop him from punishing Judah and Jerusalem.
Jerusalem Is Destroyed
(2 Kings 25.1-21Jeremiah 52.3-30)17 The Lord sent King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia to attack Jerusalem. Nebuchadnezzar killed the young men who were in the temple, and he showed no mercy to anyone, whether man or woman, young or old. God let him kill everyone in the city. 18 Nebuchadnezzar carried off everything that was left in the temple; he robbed the treasury and the personal storerooms of the king and his officials. He took everything back to Babylon.
19 Nebuchadnezzar's troops burned down the temple and destroyed every important building in the city. Then they broke down the city wall. 20 The survivors were taken to Babylonia as prisoners, where they were slaves of the king and his sons, until Persia became a powerful nation.
21 Judah was an empty desert, and it stayed that way for 70 years, to make up for all the years it was not allowed to rest. These things happened just as Jeremiah the Lord's prophet had said.
Cyrus Lets the Jews Return Home
(Ezra 1.1-4)22 In the first year that Cyrus was king of Persia, the Lord had Cyrus send a message to all parts of his kingdom. This happened just as Jeremiah the Lord's prophet had promised. 23 The message said:
I am King Cyrus of Persia.
The Lord God of heaven has made me the ruler of every nation on earth. He has also chosen me to build a temple for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. The Lord God will watch over any of his people who want to go back to Judah.
