¹And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead, in Jerusalem.

¹ Laabo borey na Yosiya izo Yehowahaz sambu k'a didiji bonkooni a baabo nango ra Urusalima.

²Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

² Yehowahaz gonda jiiri waranka cindi hinza waato kaŋ a sintin ka may. A may handu hinza Urusalima ra.

³And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and imposed a fine upon the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

³ Misira bonkoono mo n'a kaa koytara ra noodin Urusalima ra. A na laabu jukke nzarfu ton taaci nda jare cine da wura kilo waytaaci cindi gu cine.

⁴And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

⁴ Misira bonkoono mo na Yehowahaz nya izo Eliyacim didiji bonkooni Yahuda nda Urusalima boŋ. A n'a maa barmay ka daŋ Yehoyacim. Neko n'a nya izo Yehowahaz sambu ka kond'a Misira.

⁵Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of Jehovah his God.

⁵ Yehoyacim gonda jiiri waranka cindi gu alwaato kaŋ a sintin ka may. A may jiiri way cindi fo Urusalima ra. A na goy laalo goy te Rabbi nga Irikoyo diyaŋ gaa.

⁶Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him with chains of brass to carry him to Babylon.

⁶ Babila bonkoono Nebukadnezzar mo kande Yehoyacim gaa wongu. A n'a haw da guuru-say sisiriyaŋ zama nga ma kond'a Babila.

⁷And Nebuchadnezzar carried [part] of the vessels of the house of Jehovah to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

⁷ Nebukadnezzar na Rabbi windo ra jinay fooyaŋ ku mo ka kond'ey Babila. A n'i daŋ nga tooro windo ra noodin Babila.

⁸And the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

⁸ Yehoyacim goy cindey mo, d'a fanta harey kaŋ a te, da taalo kaŋ i gar a do, ngey neeya, i n'i hantum Israyla da Yahuda bonkooney tira ra. A izo Yehoyacin te bonkooni a nango ra.

⁹Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of Jehovah.

⁹ Yehoyacin gonda jiiri ahakku waato kaŋ a sintin ka may. A may handu hinza nda jirbi way Urusalima ra. A na goy laalo te Rabbi diyaŋ gaa.

¹⁰And at the turn of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent and had him brought to Babylon, with the precious vessels of the house of Jehovah; and he made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

¹⁰ Waato kaŋ jiiro bare, bonkoono Nebukadnezzar donton i ma kond'a Babila, nga nda Rabbi windo jinay hanney. I n'a dumi fo Zedeciya daŋ koytaray Yahuda nda Urusalima boŋ.

¹¹Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

¹¹ Zedeciya gonda jiiri waranka cindi fo waato kaŋ a sintin ka may. A may jiiri way cindi fo Urusalima ra.

¹²And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah his God; he humbled not himself before the prophet Jeremiah speaking from the mouth of Jehovah.

¹² A na goy laalo te Rabbi nga Irikoyo diyaŋ gaa. A mana nga boŋ kaynandi annabi Irimiya jine, nga kaŋ na Rabbi me sanno salaŋ.

¹³And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take oath by God; and he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from returning to Jehovah the God of Israel.

¹³ A murte mo Bonkoono Nebukadnezzar gaa, nga kaŋ n'a daŋ zeyaŋ Irikoy maa boŋ, amma a na nga hanga sandandi. A na nga bina sandandi mo nga ma si bare ka ye Rabbi, Israyla Irikoyo do.

¹⁴All the chiefs of the priests also, and the people, increased their transgressions, according to all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of Jehovah which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

¹⁴ Alfaga beerey kulu mo, da jama na asariya daaru gumo, dumi cindey fanta harey kulu boŋ. I na Rabbi windo kaŋ a hanandi Urusalima ra din ziibandi.

¹⁵And Jehovah the God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending; because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling-place.

¹⁵ Rabbi mo, i kaayey Irikoyo donton i gaa nga diyey do. A ga soobay k'i donton, zama a ga bakar nga borey se, da nga nangora mo se.

¹⁶But they mocked at the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the fury of Jehovah rose against his people, and there was no remedy.

¹⁶ Amma i na Irikoy diyey hahaara, i donda a sanno. I na me nyatte a annabey gaa, hala Rabbi futa tun ka gaaba nda nga jama, hal a sinda safari.

¹⁷And he brought up [against] them the king of the Chaldees, and slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and spared not young man nor maiden, old man nor him of hoary head: he gave [them] all into his hand.

¹⁷ Woodin se no a kande Kaldancey bonkoono i gaa. Nga mo n'i arwasey wi da takuba i nangu hananta ra. Arwasu gaa, wandiyo gaa, albeeri gaa, hamni kwaaray gaa, a mana bakar baa afo se. Rabbi n'i kulu daŋ a kambe ra.

¹⁸And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king and of his princes, he brought all to Babylon.

¹⁸ Irikoy windo jinay kulu, ikayna nda ibeeri, da Rabbi fuwo ra jinay darzantey, da koyo wane jinay darzantey, d'a mayraykoyey waney, woodin yaŋ kulu a kond'ey Babila.

¹⁹And they burned the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all the palaces thereof with fire, and all the precious vessels thereof were given up to destruction.

¹⁹ I na Irikoy windo ton ka Urusalima birni cinaro bagu-bagu. I n'a faadey kulu ton da danji, i n'a jinay hanney kulu halaci.

²⁰And them that had escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon; and they became servants to him and his sons, until the reign of the kingdom of Persia;

²⁰ Borey kaŋ yaŋ na takuba yana mo, a kond'ey Babila. I ciya a tamyaŋ d'a izey mo waney hal a to Persiya mayra zamana gaa,

²¹to fulfil the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths. All the days of its desolation it kept sabbath, to fulfil seventy years.

²¹ zama i ma Rabbi sanno kaŋ a ci Irimiya me ra toonandi, hala waati kaŋ cine laabo ga maa nga asibtey kaani. Zama duumi kaŋ a goono ga goro kurmu, a n'a asibtey haggoy, hala jiiri wayye timmante.

²²And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he made a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,

²² I go no binde, Persiya bonkoono Sirus koytara jiiri sintina ra, zama Rabbi sanno kaŋ a ci annabi Irimiya me ra ma to, kala Rabbi n'a daŋ Persiya bonkoono Sirus biya ra hal i ma fe nga mayra kulu ra. A naŋ i ma hantum mo ka ne:

²³Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth has Jehovah the God of the heavens given to me, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all his people, Jehovah his God be with him, and let him go up.

²³ «Yaa no Persiya bonkoono Sirus ne: ‹Rabbi Irikoy kaŋ go beene, a na ndunnya mayrayey kulu no ay se. A gaabandi ay se mo ya windi cina nga se Urusalima ra, kwaara kaŋ go Yahuda laabo ra. Boro kulu kaŋ no araŋ a borey ra, Rabbi a Irikoyo ma goro a banda. Bora ma tun ka koy noodin.› »