2 Nyakati 36 – NEN & NIVUK

Kiswahili Contemporary Version (Neno: Bibilia Takatifu)

2 Nyakati 36:1-23

Mfalme Yehoahazi Wa Yuda

(2 Wafalme 23:30-35)

136:1 2Fal 23:30; 2Nya 33:25Watu wa nchi wakamchukua Yehoahazi mwana wa Yosia na kumfanya mfalme mahali pa baba yake huko Yerusalemu.

2Yehoahazi alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mitatu alipoanza kutawala, akatawala huko Yerusalemu kwa miezi mitatu. 3Mfalme wa Misri akamwondoa madarakani huko Yerusalemu na akatoza Yuda kodi ya talanta 10036:3 Talanta 100 za fedha ni sawa na tani 3.75. za fedha na talanta moja36:3 Talanta moja ya dhahabu ni sawa na kilo 34. ya dhahabu. 436:4 Yer 22:10-12; Eze 19:3Mfalme wa Misri akamweka Eliakimu, nduguye Yehoahazi, kuwa mfalme juu ya Yuda na Yerusalemu na kubadili jina la Eliakimu kuwa Yehoyakimu. Lakini Neko akamchukua Yehoahazi, Nduguye Eliakimu akampeleka Misri.

Yehoyakimu Mfalme Wa Yuda

(2 Wafalme 23:35–24:7)

536:5 Yer 25:1; 36:1, 27-32; 2Fal 23:36-37Yehoyakimu alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mitano alipoanza kutawala, naye akatawala huko Yerusalemu miaka kumi na mmoja. Akafanya maovu machoni pa Bwana Mungu wake. 636:6 Yer 25:9; Eze 29:18; 19:9; 2Fal 24:1-6; Hab 1:6-10Nebukadneza mfalme wa Babeli akamshambulia na kumfunga kwa pingu za shaba akampeleka Babeli. 736:7 2Fal 24:13; Yer 27:16Nebukadneza akachukua pia vyombo kutoka Hekalu la Bwana na kuviweka katika hekalu lake36:7 Au: katika jumba lake la kifalme. huko Babeli.

836:8 1Nya 3:16Matukio mengine ya utawala wa Yehoyakimu, machukizo aliyoyafanya na yote yaliyoonekana dhidi yake, yameandikwa katika kitabu cha wafalme wa Israeli na Yuda. Naye Yehoyakini mwanawe akawa mfalme baada yake.

Yehoyakini Mfalme Wa Yuda

(2 Wafalme 24:8-17)

936:9 2Fal 24:8; Yer 24:1; 27:16Yehoyakini alikuwa na miaka kumi na minane alipoanza kutawala, naye akatawala huko Yerusalemu miezi mitatu na siku kumi. Akafanya yaliyo maovu machoni pa Bwana. 1036:10 Isa 52:11; Dan 5:2Mnamo majira ya vuli, Mfalme Nebukadneza akatuma watu, nao wakamleta Babeli, pamoja na vyombo vya thamani kutoka Hekalu la Bwana. Naye akamfanya Sedekia, ndugu yake Yehoyakimu kuwa mfalme wa Yuda na Yerusalemu.

Mfalme Sedekia Wa Yuda

(2 Wafalme 24:18-20; Yeremia 52:1-3)

1136:11 2Fal 24:17; Yer 39:1Sedekia alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mmoja alipoanza kutawala, naye akatawala huko Yerusalemu kwa miaka kumi na mmoja. 1236:12 Yer 39:18; Kum 8:3; Yer 21:3-7Alifanya maovu machoni pa Bwana Mungu wake, wala hakujinyenyekeza mbele ya nabii Yeremia, ambaye alinena neno la Bwana. 1336:13 Eze 17:13; Kut 32:9; 2Fal 17:14; Neh 8:16-17; Yer 52:3; Kut 17:15Pia alimwasi Mfalme Nebukadneza, ambaye alikuwa amemwapisha kwa jina la Mungu. Akashupaza shingo na akafanya moyo wake kuwa mgumu wala hakutaka kumgeukia Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli. 1436:14 1Nya 5:25Zaidi ya hayo viongozi wote wa makuhani pamoja na watu wakazidi kukosa uaminifu zaidi na zaidi, wakafanya machukizo yote kama walivyofanya mataifa wakinajisi Hekalu la Bwana alilokuwa amelitakasa huko Yerusalemu.

Kuanguka Kwa Yerusalemu

(2 Wafalme 25:1-21; Yeremia 52:3-11)

1536:15 Hag 1:13; Yer 11:7; 44:4-6; Hos 11:8; Yer 25:3Bwana, Mungu wa baba zao, akawapelekea neno kupitia wajumbe wake tena na tena, kwa sababu alikuwa anawahurumia watu wake pamoja na mahali pa maskani yake. 1636:16 Mit 1:25-31; Mik 2:11; Yer 7:26; Dan 9:6; Lk 16:14Lakini waliwadhihaki wajumbe wa Bwana wakayadharau maneno yake na kuwacheka manabii wake mpaka ghadhabu ya Bwana ikawa kubwa dhidi ya watu wake na hakukuwa na namna ya kuituliza. 1736:17 Yer 9:21; 18:21; Mao 2:21; Eze 9:6Mungu akamwinua dhidi yao mfalme wa Wakaldayo, aliyewaua vijana wao wa kiume kwa upanga ndani ya mahali patakatifu, ambaye hakumbakiza kijana mwanaume wala kijana mwanamke, wazee wala vikongwe. Mungu akawatia wote mikononi mwa Nebukadneza. 1836:18 Yer 17:20; 2Fal 25:13Akavichukua kwenda Babeli vyombo vyote kutoka Hekalu la Mungu, vikubwa na vidogo, hazina za Hekalu la Bwana pamoja na hazina za mfalme na za maafisa wake. 1936:19 Amo 2:5; 1Fal 9:8-9; 14:13; Mao 2:6; Za 79:1-3Wakalichoma Hekalu la Mungu na kuzibomoa kuta za Yerusalemu, wakachoma moto majumba yote ya kifalme na kuharibu kila kitu chake cha thamani.

2036:20 Ezr 2:1; Neh 7:6; Yer 27:7Wale watu walionusurika kuuawa kwa upanga wakachukuliwa kwenda uhamishoni Babeli. Nao wakawa watumishi wake na wa wanawe mpaka wakati wa utawala wa ufalme wa Uajemi ulifika. 2136:21 Law 25:4; 26:34Nchi ikaendelea kufurahia pumziko lake la Sabato, wakati wote wa kufanywa kwake ukiwa ilipumzika mpaka ile miaka sabini ilipotimia katika kutimiza neno la Bwana lililonenwa na Yeremia.

Koreshi Atangaza Uhuru Kwa Waliokuwa Uhamishoni

(Ezra 1:1-4)

2236:22 Yer 29:10; Isa 44:28Katika mwaka wa kwanza wa utawala wa Koreshi mfalme wa Uajemi, ili kulitimiza neno la Bwana lililosemwa na nabii Yeremia, Bwana aliusukuma moyo wa Koreshi mfalme wa Uajemi kutangaza katika himaya yake yote kwa maandishi:

23“Hili ndilo asemalo Koreshi mfalme wa Uajemi:

“ ‘Bwana, Mungu wa mbinguni, amenipa falme zote duniani, na ameniagiza kumjengea Hekalu huko Yerusalemu katika Yuda. Yeyote wa watu wake miongoni mwenu, Mungu wake na awe pamoja naye, wacha huyo mtu na apande.’ ”

New International Version – UK

2 Chronicles 36:1-23

1And the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.

Jehoahaz king of Judah

2Jehoahaz36:2 Hebrew Joahaz, a variant of Jehoahaz; also in verse 4 was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for three months. 3The king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents36:3 That is, about 3.4 metric tons of silver and a talent36:3 That is, about 34 kilograms of gold. 4The king of Egypt made Eliakim, a brother of Jehoahaz, king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Necho took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.

Jehoiakim king of Judah

5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for eleven years. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God. 6Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked him and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon. 7Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon articles from the temple of the Lord and put them in his temple36:7 Or palace there.

8The other events of Jehoiakim’s reign, the detestable things he did and all that was found against him, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son succeeded him as king.

Jehoiachin king of Judah

9Jehoiachin was eighteen36:9 One Hebrew manuscript, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 24:8); most Hebrew manuscripts eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for three months and ten days. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. 10In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon, together with articles of value from the temple of the Lord, and he made Jehoiachin’s uncle,36:10 Hebrew brother, that is, relative (see 2 Kings 24:17) Zedekiah, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Zedekiah king of Judah

11Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for eleven years. 12He did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke the word of the Lord. 13He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take an oath in God’s name. He became stiff-necked and hardened his heart and would not turn to the Lord, the God of Israel. 14Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful, following all the detestable practices of the nations and defiling the temple of the Lord, which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.

The fall of Jerusalem

15The Lord, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them through his messengers again and again, because he had pity on his people and on his dwelling-place. 16But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words and scoffed at his prophets until the wrath of the Lord was aroused against his people and there was no remedy. 17He brought up against them the king of the Babylonians,36:17 Or Chaldeans who killed their young men with the sword in the sanctuary, and did not spare young men or young women, the elderly or the infirm. God gave them all into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar. 18He carried to Babylon all the articles from the temple of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the Lord’s temple and the treasures of the king and his officials. 19They set fire to God’s temple and broke down the wall of Jerusalem; they burned all the palaces and destroyed everything of value there.

20He carried into exile to Babylon the remnant, who escaped from the sword, and they became servants to him and his successors until the kingdom of Persia came to power. 21The land enjoyed its sabbath rests; all the time of its desolation it rested, until the seventy years were completed in fulfilment of the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah.

22In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfil the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing:

23‘This is what Cyrus king of Persia says:

‘ “The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up, and may the Lord their God be with them.” ’