2 Kings 24 – NIV & NASV

New International Version

2 Kings 24:1-20

1During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded the land, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. But then he turned against Nebuchadnezzar and rebelled. 2The Lord sent Babylonian,24:2 Or Chaldean Aramean, Moabite and Ammonite raiders against him to destroy Judah, in accordance with the word of the Lord proclaimed by his servants the prophets. 3Surely these things happened to Judah according to the Lord’s command, in order to remove them from his presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all he had done, 4including the shedding of innocent blood. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to forgive.

5As for the other events of Jehoiakim’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? 6Jehoiakim rested with his ancestors. And Jehoiachin his son succeeded him as king.

7The king of Egypt did not march out from his own country again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Wadi of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

Jehoiachin King of Judah

8Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem. 9He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father had done.

10At that time the officers of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon advanced on Jerusalem and laid siege to it, 11and Nebuchadnezzar himself came up to the city while his officers were besieging it. 12Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his attendants, his nobles and his officials all surrendered to him.

In the eighth year of the reign of the king of Babylon, he took Jehoiachin prisoner. 13As the Lord had declared, Nebuchadnezzar removed the treasures from the temple of the Lord and from the royal palace, and cut up the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made for the temple of the Lord. 14He carried all Jerusalem into exile: all the officers and fighting men, and all the skilled workers and artisans—a total of ten thousand. Only the poorest people of the land were left.

15Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. He also took from Jerusalem to Babylon the king’s mother, his wives, his officials and the prominent people of the land. 16The king of Babylon also deported to Babylon the entire force of seven thousand fighting men, strong and fit for war, and a thousand skilled workers and artisans. 17He made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.

Zedekiah King of Judah

18Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. 19He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, just as Jehoiakim had done. 20It was because of the Lord’s anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah, and in the end he thrust them from his presence.

The Fall of Jerusalem

Now Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

New Amharic Standard Version

2 ነገሥት 24:1-20

1በኢዮአቄም ዘመነ መንግሥት የባቢሎን ንጉሥ ናቡከደነፆር ምድሪቱን ወረረ፤ ኢዮአቄምም ሦስት ዓመት ገበረለት፤ ከዚያ በኋላ ግን ሐሳቡን ለውጦ በናቡከደነፆር ላይ ዐመፀ። 2እግዚአብሔርም በኢዮአቄም ላይ ባቢሎናውያን24፥2 ወይም ከለዳውያን፣ ሶርያውያን፣ ሞዓባውያንና አሞናውያን አደጋ ጣዮችን ላከበት፤ በአገልጋዮቹ በነቢያቱ አማካይነት በተነገረው በእግዚአብሔር ቃል መሠረት ይሁዳን ያጠፉ ዘንድ እነዚህን ላከ። 3ከፊቱ ያርቃቸው ዘንድ እነዚህ ነገሮች ሁሉ እግዚአብሔር ባዘዘው መሠረት በይሁዳ ላይ በትክክል ሊፈጸሙ ችለዋል፤ ይህም ምናሴ ስለ ሠራው ኀጢአትና ስለ ፈጸመውም ሁሉ፣ 4እንዲሁም ንጹሕ ደም ስላፈሰሰ ነው። ኢየሩሳሌምም በንጹሕ ደም እንድትጥለቀለቅ በማድረጉ፤ እግዚአብሔር ይቅርታ ለማድረግ አልፈለገም።

5በኢዮአቄም ዘመነ መንግሥት የተከናወነው ሌላው ሥራ የፈጸመውም ድርጊት ሁሉ በይሁዳ ነገሥታት ታሪክ ተጽፎ የሚገኝ አይደለምን? 6ኢዮአቄምም ከአባቶቹ ጋር አንቀላፋ፤ ልጁ ዮአኪንም በእግሩ ተተክቶ ነገሠ።

7የባቢሎንም ንጉሥ ከግብፅ ደረቅ ወንዝ እስከ ኤፍራጥስ ወንዝ የነበረውን ግዛቱን ሁሉ ወስዶበት ስለ ነበር፣ የግብፅ ንጉሥ ከአገሩ ዳግም ለዘመቻ አልወጣም።

የይሁዳ ንጉሥ ዮአኪን

24፥8-17 ተጓ ምብ – 2ዜና 36፥9-10

8ዮአኪን ሲነግሥ ዕድሜው ዐሥራ ስምንት ዓመት ነበር፤ እርሱም በኢየሩሳሌም ተቀምጦ ሦስት ወር ገዛ። እናቱ ኔስታ ትባላለች፤ እርሷም የኢየሩሳሌም ሰው የኤልናታን ልጅ ነበረች። 9አባቱ እንደ አደረገው ሁሉ እርሱም በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ክፉ አደረገ።

10በዚያን ጊዜ የባቢሎን ንጉሥ የናቡከደነፆር ጦር አለቆች ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም መጥተው ከበቧት፤ 11የጦር አለቆቹ ከበባ በሚያደርጉበትም ሰዓት ናቡከደነፆር ራሱ ወደ ከተማዪቱ መጣ። 12የይሁዳ ንጉሥ ዮአኪን፣ እናቱ፣ የክብር አጃቢዎቹ፣ መሳፍንቱና ሹማምቱ ሁሉ እጃቸውን ለባቢሎን ንጉሥ ሰጡ። የባቢሎን ንጉሥ በነገሠ በስምንተኛው ዓመት ዮአኪንን ማርኮ ወሰደው። 13እግዚአብሔር አስቀድሞ እንደ ተናገረው፣ ናቡከደነፆር የእግዚአብሔርን ቤተ መቅደስና የቤተ መንግሥቱን ሀብት በሙሉ አጋዘ፤ የእስራኤል ንጉሥ ሰሎሞን ለእግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስ ያሠራቸውንም የወርቅ ዕቃዎች ሁሉ ወሰደ። 14ደግሞም የኢየሩሳሌምን ሕዝብ እንዳለ የጦር አለቆቹንና ተዋጊዎቹን በሙሉ፣ የእጅ ባለሙያዎችንና ቀጥቃጮችን ሁሉ ጨምሮ በአጠቃላይ ዐሥር ሺሕ ሰው በምርኮ ወደ አገሩ ወሰደ። በዚያ የቀሩት የመጨረሻዎቹ ያገሪቱ ድኾች ብቻ ነበሩ። 15ናቡከደነፆር ዮአኪንን ማርኮ ወደ ባቢሎን ወሰደው፤ እንዲሁም የንጉሡን እናት፣ ሚስቶቹን፣ ሹማምቱና በአገር የታወቁትን ታላላቅ ሰዎችም ከኢየሩሳሌም ወደ ባቢሎን ወሰደ። 16ደግሞም የባቢሎን ንጉሥ በአጠቃላይ ብርቱ የሆኑትንና ለጦርነት ብቃት ያላቸውን ሰባት ሺሕ ተዋጊዎች፣ አንድ ሺሕ የእጅ ባለሙያዎችንና ቀጥቃጮችን በምርኮ ወደ ባቢሎን ወሰደ። 17ከዚያም የዮአኪንን አጎት ማታንያን በምትኩ አነገሠው፤ ስሙንም ሴዴቅያስ አለው።

የይሁዳ ንጉሥ ሴዴቅያስ

24፥18-20 ተጓ ምብ – 2ዜና 36፥11-16ኤር 52፥1-3

18ሴዴቅያስ ሲነግሥ ዕድሜው ሃያ አንድ ዓመት ነበር፤ በኢየሩሳሌም ተቀምጦም ዐሥራ አንድ ዓመት ገዛ። እናቱ አሚጣል ትባላለች፤ እርሷም የልብና ሰው የኤርምያስ ልጅ ነበረች። 19ኢዮአቄም እንደ አደረገው ሁሉ፣ እርሱም በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ክፉ ነገር አደረገ። 20እንግዲህ ይህ ሁሉ በኢየሩሳሌምና በይሁዳ ላይ ሊደርስ የቻለው ከእግዚአብሔር ቍጣ የተነሣ ነበር፤ በመጨረሻም ከፊቱ አራቃቸው።

የኢየሩሳሌም መውደቅ

25፥1-12 ተጓ ምብ – ኤር 39፥1-10

25፥1-21 ተጓ ምብ – 2ዜና 36፥17-20ኤር 52፥27

25፥22-26 ተጓ ምብ – ኤር 40፥7-941፥1-316-18

በዚህ ጊዜ ሴዴቅያስ በባቢሎን ንጉሥ ላይ ዐመፀ።