2 Mootota 24
1 Bara mootummaa Yehooyaaqiim keessa Nebukadnezar mootichi Baabilon biyya sana ni weerare; Yehooyaaqiimis waggaa sadii isaaf garboome. Ergasii garuu yaada geeddaratee Nebukadnezaritti fincile.
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 Waaqayyos saamtota Baabilon, saamtota Sooriyaa, saamtota Moʼaabii fi saamtota Amoon isatti erge. Innis akkuma dubbii Waaqayyoo kan garboonni isaa raajonni dubbatan sanaatti Yihuudaa balleessuudhaaf isaan erge.
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 Dhugumaan wanni kun sababii cubbuu Minaaseetii fi waan inni hojjete hundaatiif fuula isaa duraa isaan balleessuudhaaf akkuma ajaja Waaqayyootti Yihuudaatti dhufe;
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 akkasumas sababii inni dhiiga namoota yakka hin qabnee dhangalaasee fi sababii inni dhiiga namoota yakka hin qabneetiin Yerusaalemin guuteef Waaqayyo dhiisuufii hin barbaanne.
Manasseh had even caused many innocent people in Jerusalem to be killed, and Yahweh would not forgive that.
5 Wantoonni bara mootummaa Yehooyaaqiim keessa hojjetaman kanneen biraatii fi wanni inni hojjete hundi kitaaba seenaa mootota Yihuudaa keessatti barreeffamaniiru mitii?
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 Yehooyaaqiim abbootii isaa wajjin ni boqote. Ilmi isaa Yehooyaakiin iddoo isaa buʼee mootii taʼe.
When Jehoiakim died, his son Jehoiachin became the king.
7 Sababii mootichi Baabilon biyya isaa hunda, Malkaa Gibxii jalqabee hamma Laga Efraaxiisitti qabateef mootiin Gibxi lammata duulaaf biyya isaatii hin baane.
[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 Yehooyaakiin yeroo mootii taʼetti umuriin isaa waggaa kudha saddeet ture; innis Yerusaalem keessa taaʼee jiʼa sadii bulche. Maqaan haadha isaa Nehushtaa ture; isheenis intala Elnaataan namicha Yerusaalem sanaa ti.
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 Innis akkuma abbaan isaa hojjete sana fuula Waaqayyoo duratti waan hamaa hojjete.
Jehoiachin did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as his father had done.
10 Yeruma sanatti loltoonni Nebukadnezar mooticha Baabilon Yerusaalemitti duulanii ishee ni marsan;
[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 utuma ajajjoonni loltoota isaa ishee marsaa jiranuu Nebukadnezar mataan isaa gara magaalattii ni dhufe.
While they were doing that, Nebuchadnezzar himself came to the city.
12 Yehooyaakiin mootichi Yihuudaa, haati isaa, garboonni isaa, namoonni isaa bebeekamoonii fi qondaaltonni isaa hundinuu mootii Baabilonitti harka kennatan. Mootiin Baabilonis mooʼee waggaa saddeettaffaatti Yehooyaakiinin boojiʼee ni fudhate.
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 Nebukadnezaris akkuma Waaqayyo dubbatee ture sanatti qabeenya mana qulqullummaa Waaqayyootii fi kan masaraa mootummaa keessa ture hunda ni fudhate; miʼa warqee kan Solomoon mootichi Israaʼel mana qulqullummaa Waaqayyootiif tolche hunda isaa immoo caccabse.
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 Inni warra Yerusaalem keessa jiraatan hunda ajajjoota waraanaatii fi loltoota hunda, warra ogummaa hojii harkaa qabanii fi warra sibiila tuman hunda walumatti nama kuma kudhan boojiʼee ni fudhate. Namoota akka malee hiyyeeyyii qofatu biyya sanatti hafe.
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 Nebukadnezar Yehooyaakiinin boojiʼee Baabilonitti ni geesse. Akkasumas haadha mootichaa, niitota isaa, qondaaltota isaatii fi namoota biyya sanaa bebbeekamoo boojiʼee Yerusaalemii gara Baabilonitti ni geesse.
Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took to Babylon Jehoiachin’s wives and officials, his mother, and [all] the important people.
16 Kana malees mootichi Baabilon humna waraanaa guutuu kan nama kuma torba of keessaa qabu, warra ogummaa hojii harkaa qabanii fi warra sibiila tuman kuma tokko boojiʼee Baabilonitti ni geesse; isaan kunneen hundi jajjaboo fi warra lola dandaʼan turan.
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 Innis Mataaniyaa eessuma Yehooyaakiin sana iddoo isaa mootii godhe; maqaa isaas Zedeqiyaatti ni geeddare.
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 Zedeqiyaa yeroo mootii taʼetti umuriin isaa waggaa digdamii tokkoo ture; innis Yerusaalem keessa taaʼee waggaa kudha tokko bulche. Maqaan haadha isaa Hamuutaal ture; isheenis intala Ermiyaas kan magaalaa Libnaatii dhufte turte.
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 Innis akkuma Yehooyaaqiim hojjete sana fuula Waaqayyoo duratti waan hamaa ni hojjete.
But Zedekiah did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as Jehoiakim had done.
20 Wanni kun hundi sababii dheekkamsa Waaqayyootiif Yerusaalemii fi Yihuudaa irra gaʼe; dhuma irrattis inni fuula isaa duraa isaan balleesse. Zedeqiyaa mooticha Baabilonitti fincile.
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.
