2 Mpanjaka 24
1 Tamin’ ny andro nanjakan’ i Joiakima no niakaran’ i Nebokadnezara, mpanjakan’ i Babylona, ary nanoa azy telo taona Joiakima, dia nivadika ka niodina taminy.
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 Ary Jehovah nampandeha ny miaramilan’ ny Kaldeana sy ny miaramilan’ ny Syriana sy ny miaramilan’ i Moaba ary ny miaramilan’ ny taranak’ i Amona hiady aminy: dia nampandehaniny hiady amin’ ny Joda ireo mba handrava azy araka ny tenin’ i Jehovah, izay nampilazainy ny mpaminany mpanompony.
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 Dia araka ny tenin’ i Jehovah ihany no nahatongavan’ izany tamin’ ny Joda, hanesorany azy tsy ho eo imasony noho ny fahotan’ i Manase tahaka izay rehetra nataony
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 sy noho ny rà marina izay nalatsany koa; fa nofenoiny rà marina Jerosalema; koa izany no tsy netezan’ i Jehovah hamela ny helony.
Manasseh had even caused many innocent people in Jerusalem to be killed, and Yahweh would not forgive that.
5 Ary ny tantaran’ i Joiakima sisa mbamin’ izay rehetra nataony, tsy efa voasoratra ao amin’ ny bokin’ ny tantaran’ ny mpanjakan’ ny Joda va izany?
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 Ary Joiakima lasa nodimandry any amin’ ny razany, ka Joiakina zanany no nanjaka nandimby azy.
When Jehoiakim died, his son Jehoiachin became the king.
7 Ary ny mpanjakan’ i Egypta tsy nivoaka avy tany amin’ ny taniny intsony; fa lasan’ ny mpanjakan’ i Babylona izay rehetra an’ ny mpanjakan’ i Egypta hatramin’ ny lohasahan-driak’ i Egypta ka hatramin’ ny ony Eofrata.
[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 Valo ambin’ ny folo taona Joiakina, fony izy vao nanjaka, ary telo volana no nanjakany tany Jerosalema. Ary ny anaran-dreniny dia Nehosta, zanakavavin’ i Elnatana, avy any Jerosalema.
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 Ary nanao izay ratsy eo imason’ i Jehovah izy tahaka izay rehetra nataon-drainy.
Jehoiachin did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as his father had done.
10 Tamin’ izany andro izany no niakaran’ ny mpanompon’ i Nebokadnezara, mpanjakan’ i Babylona, hamely an’ i Jerosalema, ary nataony fahirano ny tanàna.
[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 Dia tonga koa Nebokadnezera, mpanjakan’ i Babylona, hamely ny tanàna, raha mbola nanao fahirano azy ny mpanompony.
While they were doing that, Nebuchadnezzar himself came to the city.
12 Ary Joiakina, mpanjakan’ ny Joda, nivoaka nankany amin’ ny mpanjakan’ i Babylona, dia izy sy ny reniny ary ny mpanompony sy ny mpanapaka mbamin’ ny tandapany; ary nentin’ ny mpanjakan’ i Babylona izy tamin’ ny taona fahavalo nanjakany.
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 Ary navoakan’ i Nebokadnezara avy tao ny rakitra rehetra tao an-tranon’ i Jehovah sy tao an-tranon’ ny mpanjaka, dia nendahany ny volamena rehetra izay nataon’ i Solomona, mpanjakan’ ny Isiraely, tao amin’ ny tempolin’ i Jehovah, araka izay nolazain’ i Jehovah.
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 Ary nentiny ho babo ny tao Jerosalema rehetra sy ny mpanapaka rehetra sy ny lehilahy mahery rehetra, dia olona iray alina, mbamin’ ny mahay tao-zavatra rehetra sy ny mpanefy koa, ka tsy nisy sisa navelany afa-tsy izay tompon-tany faraidina.
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 Ary nitondra an’ i Joiakina koa ho babo any Babylona izy; ary ny renin’ ny mpanjaka sy ny vadin’ ny mpanjaka sy ny tandapa sy ny lehilahy mahery amin’ ny tany dia nentiny ho babo avy tany Jerosalema ho any Babylona.
Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took to Babylon Jehoiachin’s wives and officials, his mother, and [all] the important people.
16 Ary ny lehilahy mahery rehetra, dia fito arivo, ary ny mahay tao-zavatra sy ny mpanefy arivo lahy, izay samy mahery sy mahay miady, dia nentin’ ny mpanjakan’ i Babylona ho babo tany Babylona avokoa.
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 Ary Matania, rahalahin-drainy, no notendren’ ny mpanjakan’ i Babylona ho mpanjaka hisolo an’ i Joiakina, ka novany hoe Zedekia no anarany.
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 Iraika amby roa-polo taona Zedekia, fony izy vao nanjaka, ary iraika ambin’ ny folo taona no nanjakany tany Jerosalema. Ary ny anaran-dreniny dia Hamotala, zanakavavin’ i Jeremia, avy any Libna.
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 Ary nanao izay ratsy eo imason’ i Jehovah izy, tahaka izay rehetra nataon’ i Joiakima.
But Zedekiah did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as Jehoiakim had done.
20 Fa ny fahatezeran’ i Jehovah no nahatongavan’ izany tamin’ i Jerosalema sy ny Joda ambara-pandroakany azy tsy ho eo anatrehany. Ary Zedekia niodina tamin’ ny mpanjakan’ i Babylona.
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.
