2 Siangpahrang 24
1 Jehoiakim siangpahrang ah oh naah, Babylon siangpahrang Nebuchadnezzar mah caeh moe, Jehoiakim to saning thumto thung tamna ah ohsak; to pacoengah angzoh let moe, anih to tuk.
While Jehoiakim was ruling [Judah, the army of] King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded Judah. [They defeated the Judean army, and as a result, ] Jehoiakim was required to pay a lot of tribute/taxes to King Nebuchadnezzar. But after three years, Jehoiakim rebelled.
2 A tamna tahmaanawk khaeah Angraeng mah thuih ih lok baktih toengah, Judah prae to tuk moe, paro hanah, Angraeng mah Babylon kaminawk, Syria kaminawk, Moab kaminawk hoi Ammon kaminawk to patoeh.
Then Yahweh sent raiders from Babylonia and Syria, and from the Moab and Ammon people-groups, to attack the people of Judah and get rid of them, just as Yahweh had told his prophets to warn the people would happen.
3 Angraeng lokpaekhaih baktih toengah, Manasseh mah sak ih kasae hmuennawk pongah, Judah kaminawk to angmah hmaa hoi takhoe bit hanah, hae hmuennawk hae Judah nuiah phaksak;
These things happened to the people of Judah according to what Yahweh commanded. [He had decided] to get rid of the people of Judah because of the many sins that King Manasseh [had committed].
4 zaehaih tawn ai kaminawk ih athii palong moe, Jerusalem to zaehaih tawn ai kaminawk ih athii hoiah a koisak pongah, Angraeng mah anih nuiah zae tahmen han koeh ai.
Manasseh had even caused many innocent people in Jerusalem to be killed, and Yahweh would not forgive that.
5 Jehoiakim siangpahrang ah oh nathung kaom hmuennawk hoiah a sak ih hmuennawk loe, Judah siangpahrangnawk ahmin pakuemhaih cabu thungah tarik o na ai maw?
The other things that happened while Jehoiakim was king, and all the things that he did, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
6 Jehoikim loe ampanawk khaeah anghak; anih zuengah a capa Jehoichin to siangpahrang ah oh.
When Jehoiakim died, his son Jehoiachin became the king.
7 Izip prae Wadi hoi Euphrate vapui khoek to, Izip siangpahrang mah tawnh ih hmuenmaenawk to Babylon siangpahrang mah lak pae boih pongah, Izip siangpahrang loe a prae thung hoiah tacawt ai boeh.
[The army of] the king of Babylon [defeated the army of Egypt, and] took control of all the area that the Egyptians formerly controlled, from the brook [at the border] of Egypt [in the south] to the Euphrates River [in the north]. So [the army of] the king of Egypt did not return [to attack Judah] again.
8 Jehoiachin siangpahrang ah oh naah, saning hatlaitazetto oh boeh; anih loe Jerusalem ah khrah thumto thung siangpahrang ah oh; anih amno ih ahmin loe Jerusalem ah kaom, Elnathan canu Nehushta.
Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became the king of Judah. His mother’s name was Nehushta; she was the daughter of a man from Jerusalem named Elnathan. Jehoiachin ruled in Jerusalem for [only] three months.
9 Anih loe ampa mah sak ih hmuen baktih toengah, Angraeng mikhnukah kahoih ai hmuen to sak.
Jehoiachin did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as his father had done.
10 To nathuem ah Babylon siangpahrang Nebuchadnezzar ih tamnanawk loe caeh o moe, Jerusalem vangpui to takui o.
[While Jehoiachin was king, ] some officers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came [along with the whole Babylonian army] to Jerusalem, and they surrounded the city.
11 Anih ih angraengnawk mah takui o li naah, Nebuchanezzar loe vangpui thungah akunh.
While they were doing that, Nebuchadnezzar himself came to the city.
12 Judah siangpahrang Jehoiachin loe, angmah ih amno, tamnanawk, angmah ih angraengnawk, a toksah kaminawk hoi nawnto Babylon siangpahrang khaeah caeh; Babylon siangpahrang loe siangpahrang ah ohhaih saning tazetto naah, Jehoiachin to naeh moe, thong pakhrak.
Then King Jehoiachin and his mother and his advisors and important officers and palace officials all surrendered to the Babylonian army. These thngs happened when Nebuchadnezzar had been king for eight years. He arrested Jehoiachin and took him to Babylon.
13 Angraeng mah taphong ih baktih toengah, Angraeng im hoi siangpahrang im ih hmuenmaenawk to Nebuchadnezzar mah lak boih; Angraeng im hanah Israel siangpahrang Solomon mah sui hoiah sak ih laom sabaenawk to paro pae boih.
Just as Yahweh had said would happen, Nebuchadnezzar’s [soldiers] took [to Babylon] all the valuable things from Yahweh’s temple and from the king’s palace. They cut apart all the gold items that King Solomon had put in the temple.
14 Jerusalem ih kaminawk boih, angraengnawk boih, misahoih kaminawk boih, bantok sah thaih kaminawk hoi sum tok sah thaih kaminawk boih, sangqum boihah kami sang hato tamna ah a caeh haih; prae thung ih kamtang koek kaminawk khue ni a caehtaak.
They took from Jerusalem [to Babylon] 10,000 people, including the important officials and the best soldiers and the people who made and repaired things that were made of metal. Only the very poor people were left in Judah.
15 Nebuchadnezzar mah siangpahrang Jehoiachin, siangpahrang ih amno hoiah a zunawk, angmah ih angraengnawk hoi prae thung ih thacak kaminawk to Jerusalem hoi Babylon ah misong ah caeh haih boih.
Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took to Babylon Jehoiachin’s wives and officials, his mother, and [all] the important people.
16 Babylon siangpahrang mah, thacak moe, misatuh thaih kami sang sarihto, bantok sah kop kami hoi sum tok sah kop kami sangto a caeh haih.
They also took to Babylon 7,000 of the best soldiers and 1,000 men who knew how to make and repair things that are made from metal. All of these people whom they took were strong and able to fight in wars.
17 Babylon siangpahrang mah, Jehoiachin ampa ih amnawk Mattaniah to anih zuengah siangpahrang ah suek moe, anih ih ahmin to Zedekiah, tiah athlaeng pae.
Then the king of Babylon appointed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Mattaniah, to be the king [of Judah], and he changed Mattaniah’s name to Zedekiah.
18 Zedekiah siangpahrang ah oh amtong naah, saning pumphaeto pacoeng, saningto oh boeh; anih loe Jerusalem ah saning hatlaito siangpahrang ah oh; anih amno ih ahmin loe Libnah ah kaom, Jeremiah canu Hamutal.
When Zedekiah was twenty-one years old, he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal; she was the daughter of a man named Jeremiah from Libnah [town].
19 Siangpahrang loe Jehoiakim mah sak ih baktih toengah, anih mah doeh Angraeng mikhnukah kahoih ai hmuen to sak.
But Zedekiah did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as Jehoiakim had done.
20 Judah kaminawk hoi Jerusalem ih kaminawk to angmah hmaa hoiah va ving ai karoek to, Angraeng palungphuihaih nihcae nuiah oh. To pacoengah Zedekiah mah Babylon siangpahrang to tuk.
Yahweh was very angry. So (and finally/after he had been patient a long time) he expelled the people of Jerusalem and [the other places in] Judah and sent them to Babylon. [That is what happened when] Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
