1 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
Sedekia alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mmoja hapo alipoanza kumiliki; naye akamiliki miaka kumi na mmoja huko Yerusalemu; na jina la mama yake aliitwa Hamutali, binti Yeremia wa Libna.
2 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
Naye alitenda yaliyo mabaya machoni pa Bwana, sawasawa na yote aliyoyatenda Yehoyakimu.
3 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
Maana, kwa sababu ya hasira ya Bwana, mambo haya yalitokea katika Yerusalemu na katika Yuda, hata akawaondosha wasiwe mbele za uso wake, naye Sedekia akamwasi mfalme wa Babeli.
4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.
Ikawa, katika mwaka wa kenda wa kumiliki kwake, katika mwezi wa kumi, na siku ya kumi ya mwezi huo, Nebukadreza, mfalme wa Babeli, akaja, yeye na jeshi lake lote, juu ya Yerusalemu, akapanga hema zake juu yake; nao wakajenga ngome juu yake pande zote.
5 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
Basi mji huo ulihusuriwa hata mwaka wa kumi na mmoja wa mfalme Sedekia.
6 And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
Katika mwezi wa nne, siku ya kenda ya mwezi, njaa ilizidi sana ndani ya mji, hata hapakuwa na chakula kwa watu wa nchi.
7 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.
Ukuta wa mji ukabomolewa, watu wote wa vita wakakimbia, wakatoka mjini usiku, kwa njia ya lango lililokuwa kati ya zile kuta mbili, karibu na bustani ya mfalme; (basi wale Wakaldayo walikuwa wameuzunguka mji pande zote;) wakaenda zao kwa njia ya Araba.
8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
Lakini jeshi la Wakaldayo wakamfuatia mfalme, wakampata Sedekia katika nchi tambarare ya Yeriko, na jeshi lake lote walikuwa wametawanyika na kumwacha.
9 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.
Nao wakamshika mfalme, wakamchukua kwa mfalme wa Babeli, aliyekuwa huko Ribla katika nchi ya Hamathi, naye akatoa hukumu juu yake.
10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
Ndipo mfalme wa Babeli akawaua wana wa Sedekia mbele ya macho yake; pia akawaua wakuu wote wa Yuda huko Ribla.
11 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
Akampofusha macho Sedekia; tena mfalme wa Babeli akamfunga kwa pingu, akamchukua mpaka Babeli, akamtia gerezani hata siku ya kufa kwake.
12 Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,
Basi katika mwezi wa tano, siku ya kumi ya mwezi, ndio mwaka wa kumi na kenda wa mfalme Nebukadreza, mfalme wa Babeli; Nebuzaradani, amiri wa askari walinzi, aliyesimama mbele ya mfalme wa Babeli, aliingia Yerusalemu.
13 and burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men , burned he with fire:
Akaiteketeza nyumba ya Bwana, na nyumba ya mfalme; na nyumba zote za Yerusalemu, naam, kila nyumba kubwa aliiteketeza kwa moto.
14 and all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
Na jeshi lote la Wakaldayo, waliokuwa pamoja na huyo amiri wa askari walinzi, wakazibomoa kuta zote za Yerusalemu pande zote.
15 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
Kisha Nebuzaradani, amiri wa askari walinzi, akawachukua wafungwa baadhi ya watu waliokuwa maskini, na mabaki ya watu walioachwa katika mji, nao wale walioasi na kumkimbilia mfalme wa Babeli, nao mabaki ya vibarua.
16 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
Lakini Nebuzaradani, amiri wa askari walinzi, akawaacha watu walio maskini kabisa ili wawe watunza mizabibu na wakulima.
17 Also 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, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
Na nguzo za shaba zilizokuwa katika nyumba ya Bwana, na matako ya bahari ya shaba iliyokuwa katika nyumba ya Bwana, Wakaldayo walivivunja vipande vipande, wakaichukua shaba yake yote mpaka Babeli.
18 The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
Nayo masufuria, na majembe, na makasi, na mabakuli, na miiko, na vyombo vyote vya shaba walivyokuwa wakivitumia, wakavichukua vyote.
19 And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away.
Navyo vikombe, na vyombo vya kutolea majivu, na mabakuli, na masufuria, na vinara, na miiko, na vyetezo, vilivyokuwa vya dhahabu katika dhahabu, na vilivyokuwa vya fedha katika fedha, amiri wa askari walinzi akavichukua.
20 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
Nguzo mbili, bahari moja, na ng'ombe kumi na mbili za shaba zilizokuwa chini ya matako yake, ambavyo mfalme Sulemani aliifanyia nyumba ya Bwana; shaba ya vitu hivyo vyote ilikuwa haiwezi kupimwa kwa kuwa nyingi sana.
21 And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
Na nguzo hizo, urefu wa nguzo moja ulikuwa dhiraa kumi na nane, na uzi wa dhiraa kumi na mbili ungeweza kuizunguka; na unene wake ulikuwa nyanda nne; nayo ilikuwa ya uvungu.
22 And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these.
Nayo ilikuwa na kichwa cha shaba juu yake; na urefu wa kichwa kimoja ulikuwa dhiraa tano; palikuwa na mapambo ya wavu na makomamanga juu ya kichwa hicho pande zote; vyote vilikuwa vya shaba; nayo nguzo ya pili ilikuwa na mapambo kama hayo, na makomamanga.
23 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.
Palikuwa na makomamanga tisini na sita katika pande zake; makomamanga; yote yalikuwa mia juu ya wavu huo pande zote.
24 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
Naye amiri wa askari walinzi akamtwaa Seraya, kuhani mkuu, na Sefania, kuhani wa pili, na wale walinzi watatu wa mlango;
25 he took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.
na katika mji akatwaa towashi mmoja aliyewasimamia watu wa vita; na watu saba katika wale waliouona uso wa mfalme, walioonekana katika mji; na karani wa jemadari wa jeshi, aliyewaandika watu wa nchi; na watu sitini katika watu wa nchi, walioonekana ndani ya mji.
26 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
Na Nebuzaradani, amiri wa askari walinzi, akawatwaa, akawaleta kwa mfalme wa Babeli huko Ribla.
27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.
Naye mfalme wa Babeli akawapiga na kuwaua huko Ribla katika nchi ya Hamathi. Ndivyo Yuda alivyochukuliwa utumwani, akatolewa katika nchi yake.
28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:
Watu hawa ndio wale ambao Nebukadreza aliwachukua mateka; katika mwaka wa saba, Wayahudi elfu tatu na ishirini na watatu;
29 in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:
katika mwaka wa kumi na nane wa Nebukadreza aliwachukua toka Yerusalemu watu mia nane na thelathini na wawili;
30 in the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar, Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
katika mwaka wa ishirini na tatu wa Nebukadreza, Nebuzaradani, amiri wa askari walinzi, akawachukua mateka katika Wayahudi watu mia saba na arobaini na watano; jumla ya watu hao wote ni watu elfu nne na mia sita.
31 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,
Hata ikawa, katika mwaka wa thelathini na saba wa kuhamishwa kwake Yehoyakini, mfalme wa Yuda, katika mwezi wa kumi na mbili, siku ya ishirini na tano ya mwezi, Evil-merodaki, mfalme wa Babeli, katika mwaka wa kwanza wa kumiliki kwake, akamwinua kichwa chake Yehoyakini, mfalme wa Yuda, akamtoa gerezani.
32 and spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,
Akasema naye maneno mazuri, akaweka kiti chake juu ya viti vya wafalme waliokuwa pamoja naye huko Babeli.
33 and changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.
Naye akabadili mavazi yake ya gerezani, akala chakula mbele yake daima, siku zote za maisha yake.
34 And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
Na kwa posho yake, alipewa posho ya daima na mfalme wa Babeli; kila siku alipewa posho hata siku ya kufa kwake, siku zote za maisha yake.
