Mambo Jehoahazi we Juda
(2 Bomambo 23:30-35)1 Bathu be shango ye Juda bakashalula Jehoahazi nkololo wa Josiya ngono bakambiga mambo mu Jerusalema shule kwa tate babe. 2 Johoahazi wakabe ana makole ali makumi mabili ana matatu (23) tjibaka tjaakatangisa busa, ngono wakabusa mimwedzi ili mitatu mu Jerusalema. 3 Mambo Neko we Egipiti wakansunga kanthama nsungwa kakale kathama kuti bathu be Juda balipe tjilizanyo tje seme dze siliva dzili zwiwulu zwitatu zwina mazana manna (3 400) ne tjilizanyo tje seme dze golide dzili makumi matatu ana dzili nna (34). 4 Mambo Neko wakabiga Eliyakimu nnung'una wa Jehoahazi kube mambo we Juda ne Jerusalema ngono akashandula zina la Eliyakimu kube Jehoyakimu. Koga katola nkulu wa Eliyakimu Jehoahazi, kan'yisa ku Egipiti.
Mambo Jehoyakimu we Juda
(2 Bomambo 23:36—24:7)5 Jehoyakimu wakabe ali makole ali makumi mabili ana mashanu ha ebigwa mambo mu Jerusalema wakabusa makole ali gumi lina ling'ompela. Wakathama mbipo mu mesho a Yahwe Ndzimu uwe. 6 Mambo Nebukadineza mambo we Bhabhiloni kanginilila Juda katola Jehoyakimu kansunga nge dziketani dze phangula kan'yisa ku Bhabhiloni. 7 Nebukadineza wakatola zwimwe zwija zwe Ng'umba ya Yahwe ngono kanozwibiga ku ng'umba iye ye ntembezelo ku Bhabhiloni. 8 Tjimwe ne tjimwe tjakathamwa ndi Jehoyakimu na zose zwinoshimisa zwaakathama ne zwaakatilikwa nlandu, bonani zwakakwagwa mu Lukwalo gwa Bomambo be Iziraela ne Juda. Nkololo uwe Jehoyakini kan'gala thaka.
Mambo Jehoyakini we Juda
(2 Bomambo 24:8-17)9 Jehoyakini wakabe ana makole ali gumi lina zhanakadzi (18) paakabe mambo we Juda ngono kabusa Jerusalema kwe mimwedzi mitatu ne mazhuba ali gumi. Na iyebo kathama mbipo mu mesho a Yahwe. 10 Ngono mu tjilimo Mambo Nebukadineza katolela Jehoyakini ku Bhabhiloni ali nsungwa ngono katola zwija zose zwe Ng'umba ye Ndzimu. Nebukadineza ngono kabiga nnung'una uwe Zedekiya mambo we Juda ne Jerusalema.
Mambo Zedekiya we Juda
(2 Bomambo 24:18-20Jeremiya 52:1-3a)11 Zedekiya wakabe ana makole ali makumi mabili ana gole (21) tjibaka tjaakabe mambo, wakabusa makole ali gumi lina gole mu Jerusalema. 12 Zedekiya wakathama mbipo mbeli kwa Yahwe kakale aazozwiyisa pasi kwe nlebesambeli Jeremiya iye wakabe eleba dama la Yahwe.
Kuwa kwe Jerusalema
(2 Bomambo 25:1-21; Jeremiya 52:3b-11)13 Zedekiya wakapandukila Mambo Nebukadineza iye wakabe ankombeledza kutuna nge zina le Ndzimu. Kathama bukomba tjose kalamba kushandukila kuna Yahwe Ndzimu we Iziraela. 14 Kakale, batungamili be Juda ne bapirisiti ne bathu bo bakatobela zila dze mbipo dze be zwitjaba zwakabapoteleka ngo thigamila midzimu ngono ngekwa ikoku bakatemapadza Ng'umba ye Ndzimu iyo Yahwe nge kwabo yabakabe bayengemadza. 15 Yahwe Ndzimu wa bobatategulu babo bakatumila batumwa ku bali be paphulula ngoti bakabe bana ngoni mu bathu babo ne nge mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu. 16 Koga bakadadila batumwa be Ndzimu bakalingila pasi matama e Ndzimu ne kuseka balebesambeli kudzina bushongola gwa Yahwe mu bathu babo gukakula kwakasala kusitjina kuti bangatini.
17 Ndizo Yahwe bakazhisa mambo we Khaladiya kuti ewobanginilila, bakabulaya bazhuzha be Juda ne bakabe bali ku bugalo gwakayengemala, akuna waakasiya nlume kene nkadzi bahwola kene batjetjana. Ndzimu wakabalonga mu maboko a Nebukadineza. 18 Mambo we Khaladiya katapa zwithu zose zwe Ng'umba ye Ndzimu, wakatola kose kwakabe kuli mu matula ne fumwa yose ya mambo ne makulukota abo ngono bakatolela tjimwe ne tjimwe ku Bhabhiloni. 19 Wakapisa Ng'umba ye Ndzimu ne nzi nkulu ne ng'umba dzose dze bushe ne fumwa yadzo kakolomola makuma e Jerusalema. 20 Katapila malimbelimbe akabe apudzumuka mu thumo ku Bhabhiloni ngono kaswika kabathama balanda babe ne be bakololo babe kudzina kuswika mbuso we Pheshiya. 21 Shango ikashathila bo Sabata bayo, ikanyaluluka mu mazhuba wose ayo ekuthukudzika, kudzina makole ali makumi ali kutendeka (70) awila, kuthamila kuti matama a Yahwe akalebgwa ndi Jeremiya asiwile pasi.
Sirasi unolaula kuti Bajuta babgwilile
(Ezera 1:1-4)22 Mu gole le kutanga le mbuso wa Sirasi mambo we Pheshiya, dama la Yahwe, lakabe lalebgwa nge nlomo we nlebesambeli Jeremiya, Yahwe bakathama kuti lishingikadziwe saikoku. Yahwe bakamusa meya ya Sirasi kuti azibise ndaulo iyeyi mu mbuso uwe wose, abuye aikwale:
23 “Woku ndiko kunolebgwa ndi Sirasi mambo we Pheshiya eti, ‘Yahwe, Ndzimu we kudzimu, bakandipa mibuso yose ye shango, bakandishalula kuti ndibabakile ng'umba yabo ku Jerusalema mu Juda. Ha kuna mmwe we bathu bawo pakati kwenyu, Ndzimu uwe ngaube naye, ngono ayende ku Jerusalema.’ ”
King Jehoahaz of Judah
(2 Kings 23.30-35)1 After the death of Josiah, the people of Judah crowned his son Jehoahaz their new king. 2 He was 23 years old at the time, and he ruled only 3 months from Jerusalem. 3 King Neco of Egypt captured Jehoahaz and forced Judah to pay 3.4 tons of silver and 34 kilograms of gold as taxes. 4 Then Neco appointed Jehoahaz's brother Eliakim king of Judah and changed his name to Jehoiakim. He led Jehoahaz away to Egypt as his prisoner.
King Jehoiakim of Judah
(2 Kings 23.36—24.7)5 Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he was appointed king, and he ruled 11 years from Jerusalem. Jehoiakim disobeyed the Lord his God by doing evil.
6 During Jehoiakim's rule, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded Judah. He arrested Jehoiakim and put him in chains, and he sent him to the capital city of Babylon. 7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried off many of the valuable things in the Lord's temple, and he put them in his palace in Babylon.
8 Everything else Jehoiakim did while he was king, including all the disgusting and evil things, is written in The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah. His son Jehoiachin then became king.
King Jehoiachin of Judah
(2 Kings 24.8-17)9 Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled only 3 months and 10 days from Jerusalem. Jehoiachin also disobeyed the Lord by doing evil. 10 In the spring of the year, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia had Jehoiachin arrested and taken to Babylon, along with more of the valuable items in the temple. Then Nebuchadnezzar appointed Zedekiah king of Judah.
King Zedekiah of Judah
(2 Kings 24.18-20Jeremiah 52.1-3)11 Zedekiah was 21 years old when he was appointed king of Judah, and he ruled from Jerusalem for 11 years. 12 He disobeyed the Lord his God and refused to change his ways, even after a warning from Jeremiah, the Lord's prophet.
13 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia had forced Zedekiah to promise in God's name that he would be loyal. Zedekiah was stubborn and refused to turn back to the Lord God of Israel, so he rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar. 14 The people of Judah and even the priests who were their leaders became more unfaithful. They followed the disgusting example of the nations around them and made the Lord's holy temple unfit for worship. 15 But the Lord God felt sorry for his people, and instead of destroying the temple, he sent prophets who warned the people over and over about their sins. 16 But the people only laughed and insulted these prophets. They ignored what the Lord God was trying to tell them, until he finally became so angry that nothing could stop him from punishing Judah and Jerusalem.
Jerusalem Is Destroyed
(2 Kings 25.1-21Jeremiah 52.3-30)17 The Lord sent King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia to attack Jerusalem. Nebuchadnezzar killed the young men who were in the temple, and he showed no mercy to anyone, whether man or woman, young or old. God let him kill everyone in the city. 18 Nebuchadnezzar carried off everything that was left in the temple; he robbed the treasury and the personal storerooms of the king and his officials. He took everything back to Babylon.
19 Nebuchadnezzar's troops burned down the temple and destroyed every important building in the city. Then they broke down the city wall. 20 The survivors were taken to Babylonia as prisoners, where they were slaves of the king and his sons, until Persia became a powerful nation.
21 Judah was an empty desert, and it stayed that way for 70 years, to make up for all the years it was not allowed to rest. These things happened just as Jeremiah the Lord's prophet had said.
Cyrus Lets the Jews Return Home
(Ezra 1.1-4)22 In the first year that Cyrus was king of Persia, the Lord had Cyrus send a message to all parts of his kingdom. This happened just as Jeremiah the Lord's prophet had promised. 23 The message said:
I am King Cyrus of Persia.
The Lord God of heaven has made me the ruler of every nation on earth. He has also chosen me to build a temple for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. The Lord God will watch over any of his people who want to go back to Judah.