1 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 host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. 2 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 3 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 ¶ 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 round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain. 5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him. 6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. 7 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 ¶ 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, unto Jerusalem: 9 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 burnt he with fire. 10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. 11 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 But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. 13 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon. 14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. 15 And the firepans, 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 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 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
18 ¶ And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: 19 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, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city: 20 And Nebuzar-adan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah: 21 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 ¶ 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 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 a Maachathite, they and their men. 24 And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto 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 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 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 ¶ 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 did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; 28 And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon; 29 And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life. 30 And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
Okutekapo kwaJerusalem
(2 Ondjal. 36:13-21Jer. 52:3b-11)1 Sedekia okwa tsu ondumbo nomukwaniilwa gwaBabilonia Nebukadnezzar, nomolwashoka Nebukadnezzar okwe ya nomatangakwiita ge agehe e ta ponokele Jerusalem mesiku etimulongo lyomwedhi omutimulongo gwomumvo omutimugoyi gwepangelo lyaSedekia. Oya yungu ontanda pondje yoshilando e taa tungu omituni dhekondekela 2 e taye shi kondeke sigo omumvo omutimulongo nogwotango gwepangelo lyaSedekia. 3 Mesiku etimugoyi lyomwedhi omutine gwomumvo tuu ngoka ondjala yekomba sho ya li ya geya, aantu sho ya li yaa na sho taya li, 4 omakuma goshilando oga kumunwa po. Aababilonia nando oya li ya kondeka oshilando, aakwiita ayehe oyi iyaka mo uusiku. Oya pitile momukala gwosheelo pokati komadhingililokuma gaali kombinga yeyana lyuuwa e taa fadhuka po yu uka kolusilu lwaJordan. 5 Ihe aakwiita Aababilonia oya landula omukwaniilwa Sedekia e taye mu kwatele molushandja popepi naJeriko, naakwiita ye ayehe oye mu halakana. 6 Sedekia okwa falwa a yi komukwaniilwa Nebukadnezzar, ngoka a li muRibla, naankoka Nebukadnezzar okwe mu pangula. 7 Oya dhipaga aana yaSedekia montaneho ye; opo ihe Nebukadnezzar okwa tsipulitha mo omeho gaSedekia e te mu tula momalyenge nokwe mu fala kuBabilon.
Ehanagulopo lyotempeli
(Jer. 52:12-33)8 Mesiku etiheyali lyomwedhi omutitano gwomumvo omutimulongo nomutimugoyi gwepangelo lyaNebukadnezzar, omukwaniilwa gwaBabilon, Nebusaradan, omugandjindunge gwomukwaniilwa nondjayi yiita ye, okwe ya muJerusalem. 9 Okwa fike po otempeli, ombala nomagumbo gaanamadhina agehe muJerusalem, 10 naakwiita ye oya kumuna po omadhingililokuma goshilando. 11 Nena Nebusaradan okwa fala kuBabilonia aantu mboka ya thigalele moshilando, oshihupe shomangomba naamboka yi igandjele kAababilon. 12 MuJuda okwa thigile mo oohepele, mboka yaa na sho taa likola, e te ya tula miilonga yiitsambe yomiviinu nomomapya.
13 Aababilonia oya tatula po oongundhi dhiikushu nuutemba mboka wa li motempeli, osho wo ondama yoshikushu, e taa fala iikushu ayihe kuBabilon. 14 Oya fala ko wo iihupulo, iikangwa yokuyuka omutoko gwokoshiyambelo, iikonde yokutetitha uulapi woolamba, iiyaha yokukutha ombinzi moontselelandjambo, iitsininitho niikwaniipangitho yiikushu ayihe yilwe ya li hayi longithwa motempeli melongelokalunga. 15 Oya fala shaa shoka sha ningwa moshingoli nenge moshisiliveli, iiyaha iishona niikangwa yomakala ga hanya. 16 Iinima yoshikushu mbyoka Salomo a li e yi hambulithila otempeli — oongundhi mbali, uutemba nondama — oya li iidhigu okuvihwa. 17 Oongundhi mbali odha li dha faathana: shaa ndjoka oya li yi na uule woondya omulongo nahetatu, yi na oshipaka shoshikushu kombando, oondya ndatu momuthika. Oshipaka kehe osha kundukwa kuulenga wa tatwa nomwa longelwa iiyimati yoshikushu yomugranati.
Aajuda taa falwa kuBabilonia
(Jer. 52:24-27)18 Nebusaradan, ondjayi yiita, okwa kwata omuyambimukuluntu Seraia, omuyambi omutiyali Sefania naayambi aalangeli yatatu yoposheelo shotempeli. 19 Moshilando okwa kutha mo omumbala ngoka a li omutaleli gwetangakwiita, aagandjimayele yatano yomukwaniilwa mboka ya kalele natango moshilando, amushanga gwondjayi yiita, ngoka a li ha kutu aakwiita, naanamadhina yalwe omilongo hamano. 20 Nebusaradan okwe ya fala komukwaniilwa gwaBabilonia moshilando Ribla, 21 moshikandjo Hamat. Oko nkoka omukwaniilwa e ya dhengitha e te ya dhipagitha.
Osho ngaaka Aajuda ya falwa muupika kokule nevi lyawo.
Gedalia, omupangeli gwaJuda
(Jer. 40:7-9Jer. 41:1-3)22 Omukwaniilwa gwaBabilonia Nebukadnezzar okwa langeke Gedalia yaAhikam, omutekulu gwaShafan, a ninge omupangeli gwaJuda, e te mu tula po, a tonatele ayehe mboka inaa falwa kuBabilon. 23 Omalenga Omajuda naakwiita mboka inaa igandja sho ya kundana shika, oya yi kuGedalia kuMispa. Mbaka oyo Ismael yaNetania, Johanan yaKarea, Seraia yaTanhumet gwokuNetofa naJaazania gwokuMaaka. 24 Gedalia okwa ti kuyo: “Otandi mu lombwele kutya inamu tila mu igandje kAababilon. Kaleni moshilongo shika, ne mu longele omukwaniilwa gwaBabilon. Nena otamu kala nawa.”
25 Ihe momwedhi omutiheyali gwomumvo tuu ngoka Ismael yaNetania, omutekulu gwaElishama gwomezimo lyaakwaniilwa, okwa yi kuMispa e na aalumentu omulongo e ta dhipaga Gedalia nAaisraeli nAababilonia mboka ya li puye. 26 Nena Aaisraeli ayehe, aale naafupi, pamwe naakuluntu yomatangakwiita oya tembukile kuEgipiti, oshoka oya tila Aababilonia.
Jehoiakin ta piti mondjedhililo
(Jer. 52:31-34)27 Momumvo ngoka Evilmerodak a ningi omukwaniilwa gwaBabilon, okwa sile omukwaniilwa gwaJuda Jehoiakin ohenda e te mu pititha mo mondjedhililo. Shika osha ningwa mesiku etimilongombali netiheyali lyomwedhi omutimulongo nomutiyali gwomumvo omutimilongondatu nomutiheyali, sho Jehoiakin a falwa muupika. 28 Evilmerodak okwe mu ningi nawa e te mu yele nesimano e vule aakwaniilwa aakwawo a li nayo muupika muBabilon. 29 Jehoiakin okwa li a pitikwa, a hule mo oonguwo dhe dhomondjedhililo e ta li poshitaafula shomukwaniilwa omasiku ge agehe, manga a li e na omwenyo. 30 Esiku kehe manga a li e na omwenyo, okwa li a gwanithilwa oompumbwe dhe adhihe.
