2 Kings 25
1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.
Ɔsram Tebet (bɛyɛ Ɔpɛpɔn) da a ɛto so dunum wɔ Sedekia ahenni mfe akron so no, ɔhene Nebukadnessar dii nʼakofo nyinaa anim, bɛko tiaa Yerusalem. Wotwaa kuropɔn no ho hyiae. Wɔbobɔɔ mpampim wɔ kuropɔn no afasu ho.
2 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
Wɔkaa Yerusalem hyɛɛ kosii ɔhene Sedekia ahenni no mfe dubaako so.
3 On the ninth day of the [fourth] month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
Eduu Tammus ɔsram (bɛyɛ Kitawonsa) da a ɛto so dunwɔtwe no, Sedekia ahenni mfe dubaako mu no, na ɔkɔm a aba kuropɔn no mu no ano ayɛ den yiye, ama wɔn aduan a aka no nyinaa asa.
4 Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about: ) and [the king] went by the way of the Arabah.
Na kuropɔn no fasu fa bi abu agu fam nti, asraafo no nyinaa yɛɛ adwene sɛ, wobeguan afi kuropɔn no mu. Nanso esiane sɛ na Babiloniafo atwa kuropɔn no ho ahyia nti, wɔtwɛn kosii anadwo, na woguan faa ɔpon a ɛda afasu abien a ɛwɔ ɔhene no nturo no mu mu. Wɔyɛɛ ntɛm faa wuramkwan de wɔn ani kyerɛɛ Yordan bon no.
5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army was scattered from him.
Nanso Babiloniafo no tiw wɔn, kɔkyeree ɔhene no wɔ Yeriko tataw so, efisɛ na ne mmarima no nyinaa aguan agya no saa bere no.
6 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
Wɔde no brɛɛ Babiloniahene wɔ Ribla ma wobuu no atɛn.
7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
Babiloniahene maa Sedekia de nʼani kann hwɛɛ sɛ, wɔrekunkum ne mmabarima nyinaa. Afei, wotutuu Sedekia ani, de kɔbere nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn guu no, na wɔde no kɔɔ Babilonia.
8 Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
Ab ɔsram (bɛyɛ Ɔsannaa) da ɛto so dunan wɔ afe a ɛyɛ Nebukadnessar mfe dunkron adedi mu no, Nebusaradan a ɔyɛ awɛmfo so panyin a ɔyɛ Babiloniahene mpanyimfo no mu baako no kɔɔ Yerusalem.
9 And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burnt he with fire.
Ɔde ogya too Awurade asɔredan, ahemfi ne afi a ɛwɔ Yerusalem nyinaa mu. Ɔhyew ofi biara a edi mu.
10 And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were [with] the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
Awɛmfo so panyin no hwɛ maa Babilonia asraafo no bubuu Yerusalem afasu no.
11 And the residue of the people that were left in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away captive.
Nebusaradan a ɔyɛ awɛmfo so panyin no kyekyeree wɔn a wɔkaa wɔ kuropɔn no mu no, twaa wɔn ne nnipa a aka no ne asraafo a wɔdaa wɔn ho adi sɛ wɔtaa Babiloniahene akyi no asu.
12 But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
Na awɛmfo so panyin no maa mmɔborɔfo no mu bi tenaa Yuda, sɛ wɔnhwɛ bobe mfuw ne mfuw foforo a ɛka ho no so.
13 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases and the brasen sea that were in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
Babiloniafo no bubuu kɔbere mfrafrae afadum, nnyinasode a wotumi moma so ne kɔbere mfrafrae Po a na ɛwɔ Awurade asɔredan mu, na wɔde kɔbere mfrafrae no nyinaa kɔɔ Babilonia.
14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
Wɔtasee nkuku, sofi, akanea adabaw, nsanka ne kɔbere mfrafrae nneɛma ahorow a wɔde di wɔn afɔrebɔ ho dwuma wɔ Asɔredan no mu no nyinaa.
15 And the firepans, and the basons; that which was of gold, in gold; and that which was of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.
Nebusaradan a ɔyɛ awɛmfo so panyin no san tasee nkankyee a wɔnoa mu ne nhweaseammɔ ne nkuku ne nkaka nkae a wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ ne dwetɛ ayɛ no nyinaa.
16 The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
Kɔbere mfrafrae a wonya fii afadum abien, nsu teaseɛnam ne Po no mu no, na emu yɛ duru dodo sɛ wobetumi akari. Ɔhene Salomo bere so na ɔyɛɛ saa nneɛma yi guu Awurade Asɔredan mu.
17 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a chapiter of brass was upon it: and the height of the chapiter was three cubits; with network and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with network.
Na afadum no mu biara sorokɔ yɛ anammɔn aduonu ason. Kɔbere mfrafrae no ntaaso a ɛdeda afadum no mu biara so no sorokɔ yɛ anammɔn ason ne fa a wɔde kɔbere mfrafrae no ara bi a ɛyɛ ɔtan sɛso ne atoa aba sɛso, atwa ho nyinaa ahyia de asiesie no. Na ɔfadum a ɛka ho no siesiebea ne no sesɛ.
18 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
Awɛmfo no sahene no faa ɔsɔfopanyin Seraia, abediakyiri Sefania ne ɔponanoahwɛfo baasa no nnommum.
19 and out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war; and five men of them that saw the king’s face, which were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the host, which mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the city.
Ɔfaa ɔpanyin a otua asraafo no ano, ne adehye afotufo baason fii nnipa a na wɔda so wɔ kuropɔn no mu no mu. Afei ɔfaa ɔkyerɛwfo a na ɔyɛ adwumayɛfo panyin ma wɔn a wɔfa nnipa ma wɔkɔyɛ asraafo wɔ asase no so, ne nʼadwumayɛfo no mu aduosia a ohuu wɔn wɔ kuropɔn no mu no.
20 And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
Ɔsahene Nebusaradan de wɔn nyinaa kɔɔ Babiloniahene anim wɔ Ribla.
21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
Ɔhene no ma wokunkum wɔn wɔ Ribla a ɛwɔ Hamat. Enti wotwaa Yuda asu fii nʼasase so.
22 And as for the people that were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor.
Ɔhene Nebukadnessar yii Ahikam babarima Gedalia a na ɔyɛ Safan nena sɛ amrado a na ɔhwɛ nnipa a wɔkaa wɔ Yuda no so.
23 Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.
Bere a asraafodɔm so asahene ne wɔn mmarima tee sɛ Babiloniahene asi Gedalia amrado no, wɔkɔkaa ne ho wɔ Mispa. Nnipa a wɔkɔkaa ne ho no ne Netania babarima Ismael, Karea babarima Yohanan, Tanhumet a ofi Netofa babarima Seraia ne Maakatni babarima Yaasania ne wɔn mmarima nyinaa.
24 And Gedaliah sware to them and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not because of the servants of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
Gedalia dii nsew, kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, Babilonia mpanyimfo no amma hɔ ɔhaw so. Otuu wɔn fo se, “Munnsuro sɛ mobɛsom Babiloniafo. Montena asase no so na monsom Babiloniahene, na ebesi mo yiye.”
25 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah.
Tisri ɔsram (bɛyɛ Ɛbɔ ne Ahinime ntam) no mpaemu wɔ saa afe no mu no, Netania babarima Ismael a ɔyɛ Elisama nena a na ofi adehye abusua mu no de mmarima du kɔɔ Mispa, kokum Gedalia ne nnipa a na wɔka ne ho a wɔyɛ Yudafo ne Babiloniafo no nyinaa.
26 And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
Afei, nnipa a wɔwɔ Yuda nyinaa, efi akumaa so, kosi ɔkɛse so ne asraafodɔm asahene bɔɔ huboa, na woguan kɔɔ Misraim, efisɛ na wosuro sɛ Babiloniafo no bɛyɛ wɔn biribi.
27 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
Ɔhene Yehoiakyin dii mfe aduasa ason wɔ nʼasutwa mu wɔ Babilonia no, Ewil-Merodak bedii Babiloniahene. Ohuu Yehoiakyin mmɔbɔ, enti oyii no fii afiase saa afe no ara mu Adar ɔsram (bɛyɛ Oforisuo) da a ɛto so abien.
28 and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon.
Ɔkaa abodwosɛm kyerɛɛ no, na ɔmaa no dibea a ɛwɔ anuonyam sen ahemfo a wɔne no wɔ Babilonia no de.
29 and he changed his prison garments, and did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life.
Enti Yehoiakin yii nʼafiase ntade guu nkyɛn, na efi saa da no odidii wɔ ɔhene didipon so bere biara, kosii ne wuda.
30 and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
Na Babiloniahene no san maa Yehoiakin sika bere ano bere ano, ma ɔde tuatua ne ho aka, kosii ne wuda.
