Luo Tokosra 24
1 Ke pacl se Jehoiakim el tokosra, Tokosra Nebuchadnezzar lun Babylonia el utyak ac mweuni acn Judah. Akkohsyeyuk Jehoiakim, ac el muta ye oakwuk lal Nebuchadnezzar ke yac tolu, na toko el tuyak lainul.
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 LEUM GOD El supwala un mwet lokoalok su us mwe anwuk liki acn Babylonia, Syria, Moab, ac Ammon in lainul Jehoiakim, ac in kunausla acn Judah, oana El tuh fahkak nu sin mwet palu, mwet kulansap lal, mu El ac oru.
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 Ma inge orekla ke sap lun LEUM GOD, tuh Elan lusla mwet Judah liki ye mutal ke sripen ma koluk nukewa su Tokosra Manasseh el tuh oru,
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 ac yokna ke sripen mwet wangin mwata nukewa ma el tuh uniya. LEUM GOD El tia ku in nunak munas nu sel Manasseh ke ma inge.
Manasseh had even caused many innocent people in Jerusalem to be killed, and Yahweh would not forgive that.
5 Ma nukewa ma Jehoiakim el orala simla oasr in [Sramsram Matu Ke Tokosra Lun Judah.]
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 Jehoiakim el misa, ac Jehoiachin wen natul, el aolul in tokosra.
When Jehoiakim died, his son Jehoiachin became the king.
7 Tokosra lun Egypt ac un mwet mweun lal tia sifilpa illa liki acn Egypt, mweyen tokosra Babylonia pa leumi acn nukewa su tuh oan ye Egypt meet, tuku e ke Infacl Euphrates lac nwe ke masrol lun Egypt nu epang.
[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 el yac singoul oalkosr ke el tokosrala lun Judah, ac el leum in Jerusalem ke malem tolu. Nina kial pa Nehushta acn natul Elnathan, sie mwet Jerusalem.
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 Jehoiachin el fahsr tukun ouiya lun papa tumal, ac oru ma koluk lain LEUM GOD.
Jehoiachin did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as his father had done.
10 Ke pacl in leum lal ah, mwet kol fulat lal Tokosra Nebuchadnezzar elos us un mwet mweun lun Babylonia som in lain acn Jerusalem ac kuhlusya siti uh.
[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 Ke pacl se elos kuhlusya acn we, Nebuchadnezzar sifacna el tuku nu Jerusalem,
While they were doing that, Nebuchadnezzar himself came to the city.
12 ac Tokosra Jehoiachin ac nina kial, tulik natul, mwet pwapa lal, ac mwet fulat inkul sin tokosra, elos srasrapo nu sin mwet Babylonia. In yac akoalkosr ke pacl in leum lal Nebuchadnezzar, el usalla Jehoiachin elan mwet sruoh.
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 El usla mwe kasrup nukewa in Tempul ac in lohm sin tokosra nu Babylon, ac el fukulya nufon ahlu gold su Tokosra Solomon el tuh orala in orekmakinyuk in Tempul, oana ke LEUM GOD El tuh fahkak meet.
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 Nebuchadnezzar el usla nu in sruoh fisrak nukewa, mwet kol nukewa, mwet usrnguk ke orekma, weang pac mwet orekma ke osra — mwet singoul tausin nufon sin mwet Jerusalem pa el usla uh. Mwet sukasrup mukena pa lula in acn Judah.
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 el usalla Jehoiachin mwet sruoh nu Babylon, wi pac nina kial, mutan nukewa kial, mwet pwapa lal, ac mwet fulat lun Judah.
Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took to Babylon Jehoiachin’s wives and officials, his mother, and [all] the important people.
16 Nebuchadnezzar el usla mwet yohk sripa nukewa lun Judah nu Babylonia — mwet itkosr tausin nufon — ac sie tausin mwet usrnguk ke orekma weang mwet orekma ke osra, ac mwet inge nukewa mwet na fas mano, wo nu ke mweun.
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 Nebuchadnezzar el sraklalak Mattaniah, su ac papa se tumal Jehoiachin, elan tokosra lun Judah, ac el ekulla inel nu ke Zedekiah.
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 el yac longoul sie ke el tokosrala lun Judah, ac el leum in Jerusalem yac singoul sie. Nina kial pa Hamutal acn natul Jeremiah, su sie mwet in siti Libnah.
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 Tokosra Zedekiah el oru ma koluk lain LEUM GOD, oana ma Tokosra Jehoiakim el oru.
But Zedekiah did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as Jehoiakim had done.
20 LEUM GOD El arulana kasrkusrak sin mwet Jerusalem ac Judah, pwanang El luselosla liki ye mutal.
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.
