Epangelo lohamba Jehoiakim nefyo layo
1 Pomafiku aJehoiakim, Nebukadnesar, ohamba yaBabilon, ya fikama i lwe, ndele Jehoiakim okwa ninga omupiya wayo omido nhatu. Eshi da pita, ye okwe i liteeka. 2 Opo nee Omwene ta tumu eemwiila dOvakaldea neemwiila dOvaarami neemwiila dOvamoab neemwiila dOvaammoni, di mu lwife Ye okwe di tuma okulwifa Juda, di shi hanaune po pandjovo yOmwene e i popififa ovapiya vaye ovaxunganeki. 3 Oshili osho sha ningilwa Juda palombwelo lOmwene, e va ekeleshi koshipala shaye omolwomatimba aManasse, molwoilonga aishe e i longa, 4 nomolwohonde ihe netimba, ye e i tilashi, eshi a yadifa Jerusalem nohonde ihe netimba. Onghee hano Omwene ina hala oku a dima po. 5 Noinima imwe tai hepaulula Jehoiakim naaishe e i ninga, inai shangelwa mbela membo lomafimbo eehamba daJuda? 6 Ndele Jehoiakim okwa ka nangala pooxe, nomona waye Jehoiakin a ninga ohamba ponhele yaye. 7 Nohamba yaEgipiti inai fikama vali i dje moshilongo shayo, osheshi ohamba yaBabilon ya nangala ashishe eshi sha li shohamba yaEgipiti, okudja kokamulonga kaEgipiti fiyo okomulonga waEufrat.
Ohamba Jehoiakin
8 Omido daJehoiakin da li omulongo nahetatu, ye eshi a ninga ohamba, nokwa pangela eehani nhatu muJerusalem. Nedina laina la li Nehusta, omona okakadona kaElnatan womuJerusalem. 9 Nokwa ninga osho inashi yuka momesho Omwene, ngaashi ooxe va ninga.
Jerusalem tashi homonwa ndele tashi tewa kuNebukadnesar
10 Pefimbo tuu olo ovapiya vaNebukadnesar, ohamba yaBabilon, va homona Jerusalem, ndele va kondeka oshilando. 11 Ndele Nebukadnesar, ohamba yaBabel, eshi ye uya koshilando, fimbo ovapiya vayo tave shi kondeke, 12 Jehoiakin, ohamba yaJuda, okwa pita mo. Okwa ya kohamba yaBabilon, ye, naina novapiya novakulunhu vaye nomalenga aye. Nohamba yaBabilon ye mu kwata onghwate momudo omutihetatu wepangelo laye. 13 Ndele yo oya kufa mo omamona aeshe omotembeli yOmwene nomamona omongulu yohamba. Ndele ya teta oingoldo yomoinima ya ningwa kuSalomo, ohamba yaIsrael, motembeli yOmwene, ngaashi Omwene a tongele. 14 Ndele yo oya twala oonakukalamo aveshe vomuJerusalem novakulunhu aveshe, noipuna aishe, eenghwate omayovi omulongo novahambwidi aveshe novapangeli voipatifo. Inapa fyaala nande umwe ponho yomapongo omoshilongo. 15 Ndele yo oya twala Jehoiakin moukwatwa kuBabilon, nosho yo ina yohamba novambada vohamba nomalenga ayo. Novanenenhu vomoshilongo ye va kufa muJerusalem, ye va twala moukwatwa kuBabilon. 16 Noipuna aishe i fike pomayovi aheyali, novahambwidi novapangeli voipatifo ve fike peyovi, aveshe ovaladi va ika okulwa, ovo ohamba yaBabilon ye va twala moukwatwa kuBabilon.
Sedekia ohamba yaxuuninwa yaJuda
17 Nohamba yaBabilon ya ninga Mattanja, xekulu yaJehoiakin, ohamba ponhele yaJehoiakin, ndele ya lundulula edina laye: Sedekia.
18 Omido daSedekia da li omilongo mbali nomudo umwe, ye eshi a ninga ohamba, ndele a pangela omido omulongo naumwe muJerusalem. Nedina laina la li Hamutal, omona okakadona kaJeremia womuLibna. 19 Nokwa ninga osho inashi yuka momesho Omwene, ngaashi Jehoiakim a ninga. 20 Osheshi omolwehandu lOmwene, eshi sha hanga Jerusalem naJuda, fiyo Ye e va ekelashi koshipala shaye. Ndele Sedekia okwe liteeka ohamba yaBabilon.
1 During Jehoiakim's rule, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded and took control of Judah. Jehoiakim obeyed Nebuchadnezzar for three years, but then he rebelled.
2 At that time, the Lord started sending troops to rob and destroy towns in Judah. Some of these troops were from Babylonia, and others were from Syria, Moab, and Ammon. The Lord had sent his servants the prophets to warn Judah about this, 3 and now he was making it happen. The country of Judah was going to be wiped out, because Manasseh had sinned 4 and caused many innocent people to die. The Lord would not forgive this.
5 Everything else Jehoiakim did while he was king is written in The History of the Kings of Judah. 6 Jehoiakim died, and his son Jehoiachin became king.
7 King Nebuchadnezzar defeated King Neco of Egypt and took control of his land from the Egyptian Gorge all the way north to the Euphrates River. So Neco never invaded Judah again.
King Jehoiachin of Judah Is Taken to Babylon
(2 Chronicles 36.92 10)8 Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled only 3 months from Jerusalem. His mother Nehushta was the daughter of Elnathan from Jerusalem. 9 Jehoiachin disobeyed the Lord, just as his father Jehoiakim had done.
10 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia sent troops to attack Jerusalem soon after Jehoiachin became king. 11 During the attack, Nebuchadnezzar himself arrived at the city. 12 Jehoiachin immediately surrendered, together with his mother and his servants, as well as his army officers and officials. Then Nebuchadnezzar had Jehoiachin arrested. These things took place in the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar's rule in Babylonia.
13 The Lord had warned that someday the treasures would be taken from the royal palace and from the temple, including the gold objects that Solomon had made for the temple. And that's exactly what Nebuchadnezzar ordered his soldiers to do. 14 He also led away as prisoners the Jerusalem officials, the military leaders, and the skilled workers—10,000 in all. Only the very poorest people were left in Judah.
15 Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin to Babylon, along with his mother, his wives, his officials, and the most important leaders of Judah. 16 He also led away 7,000 soldiers and 1,000 skilled workers, all of them trained for battle.
17 Then Nebuchadnezzar appointed Jehoiachin's uncle Mattaniah king of Judah and changed his name to Zedekiah.
King Zedekiah of Judah
(2 Chronicles 36.11-16Jeremiah 52.1-3)18 Zedekiah was 21 years old when he was appointed king of Judah, and he ruled from Jerusalem for 11 years. His mother Hamutal was the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah. 19 Zedekiah disobeyed the Lord, just as Jehoiakim had done. 20 It was Zedekiah who finally rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.
The people of Judah and Jerusalem had made the Lord so angry that he turned his back on them. That's why these horrible things were happening.
