¹यहोयाकीमको समयमा बाबेलका राजा नबूकदनेसर यहूदा देश आए। यहोयाकीमले तीन वर्षसम्म नबूकदनेस्सरको सेवा गरे। तब यहोयाकीम नबूकदनेसरको विरोधमा गए अनि उनको शासनबाट स्वतन्त्र भए।

¹In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim was his servant three years; then he turned and rebelled against him.

²परमप्रभुले बाबेली, अरामी, मोआबेली तथा अम्मोनीहरूको दललाई यहोयाकीमको विरोधमा युद्ध गर्न पठाउनुभयो। परमप्रभुले ती दलहरू यहूदालाई नष्ट पार्न पठाउनुभयो। परमप्रभुले भन्नुभए जस्तै यस्तो भयो। परमप्रभुले आफ्ना सेवक अगमवक्ताहरू ती कुराहरू भन्न पठाउनुभयो।

²And Jehovah sent against him the bands of the Chaldeans, and the bands of the Syrians, and the bands of the Moabites, and the bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spoke through his servants the prophets.

³परमप्रभुले ती कुराहरू यहूदामा हुनु पर्छ भनी आदेश दिनुभयो। यस प्रकार उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई उहाँको दृष्टिबाट बाहिर गर्नुहुन्छ। उहाँले यस्तो गर्नुभयो किनभने सबै पाप कामहरू मनश्शेले गरेका थिए।

³Verily, at the commandment of Jehovah it came to pass against Judah, that they should be removed out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done;

⁴परमप्रभुले यस्तो गर्नुभयो किनभने मनश्शेले धेरै निर्दोष मानिसहरूलाई मारे। मनश्शेले यरूशलेमलाई रक्ताम्मे बनाए। र परमप्रभु ती पाप कामहरू क्षमा गर्न तयार थिएनन्।

⁴and also [because of] the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Jehovah would not pardon.

⁵अरू कामहरू जो यहोयाकीमले गरे, “यहूदाका राजाहरूको इतिहास” पुस्तकमा लेखिएको छ।

⁵And the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

⁶यहोयाकीम मरे अनि उनलाई उनका पुर्खाहरूसँगे गाडियो। यहोयाकीमका छोरा यहोयाकीन उनीपछि नयाँ राजा भए।

⁶And Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

⁷बाबेलका राजाले मिश्रको नदी देखि लिएर यूफ्रेटिस नदी सम्म सबै जमीन कब्जा गरे। यो जमीन पहिला मिश्रको अधीनमा थियो। यसकारण मिश्रका राजाले मिश्र बढी छोड्न सकेनन्।

⁷And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt, from the torrent of Egypt to the river Euphrates.

⁸यहोयाकीन 18 वर्षका थिए जब उनले शासन शुरू गरे। उनले यरूशलेममा तीन महीना शासन गरे। उनको आमाको नाउँ नहुशाता थियो, उनी यरूशलेमको एल्नातानकी छोरी थिएन्।

⁸Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Nehushta, daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

⁹यहोयाकीनले त्यही काम गरे जसलाई परमप्रभुले नराम्रो भन्नु भएको थियो। उनले त्यही काम गरे जो उनका पिताले गरेका थिए।

⁹And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father had done.

¹⁰त्यस समयमा बाबेलका राजा नबूकदनेसरका अधिकारीहरू यरूशलेम आए अनि उनलाई घेरे।

¹⁰At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

¹¹तब नबूकदनेसर, बाबेलका राजाले शहलाई घेरेको बेलामा आए।

¹¹And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, while his servants were besieging it.

¹²यहोयाकीन यहूदाका राजा बाबेलका राजासँग भेट गर्न बाहिर निस्किए। यहोयाकीनकी आमा, उनका अधिकारीहरू अगुवाहरू तथा वरिस्ट अधिकारीहरू पनि उनीसँग गए। तब बाबेलका राजाले यहोयाकीनलाई पक्रिए। यस्तो नबूकदनेस्सरको शासनको आठौं वर्षमा भयो।

¹²And Jehoiachin king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his chamberlains; and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

¹³नबूकदनेस्सरले राजाका सबै खजाना र परमप्रभुको मन्दिरको सबै खजाना लगे। नबूकदनेस्सरले सबै सुनका भाँडाहरू काटेर टुक्रा-टुक्रा पारे जुन सुलेमान, इस्राएलका राजाले परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा राखेका थिए। यो परमप्रभुले भन्नुभए जस्तै नै भयो।

¹³And he brought out thence all the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of Jehovah, as Jehovah had said.

¹⁴नबूकदनेसरले यरूशलेमका सबै मानिसहरूलाई पक्रिए। उनले सबै अगुवाहरू तथा अरू पनि मानिसहरूलाई पक्रिए। उनले 10,000 मानिसहरूलाई लगे अनि तिनीहरूलाई बन्दी बनाए। नबूकदनेसरले सबै दक्ष कर्मी अनि कारीगरहरूलाई लगे। साधारण मानिसहरूमा दरिद्र बाहेक अरू कोही रहेनन्।

¹⁴And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained but the poorest sort of the people of the land.

¹⁵नबूकदनेसरले यहोयाकीनलाई बन्दी बनाएर बाबेल लगे। नबूकदनेसरले देशका राजाकी आमा, उनकी पत्नीहरू, अधिकारीहरू अनि अगुवा मानिसहरूलाई पनि लगे। नबूकदनेसरले तिनीहरूलाई यरूशलेमबाट बाबेल बन्दीहरूको रूपमा लगे।

¹⁵And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his chamberlains, and the mighty of the land, he led into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon;

¹⁶त्यहाँ 7,000 सैनिकहरू थियो। नबूकदनेसरले सबै सैनिकहरू र 1,000 दक्ष कर्मीहरू लगे। यी सबै मानिसहरू तालिम पाएका र युद्धका लागि तयार थिए। बाबेलका राजाले तिनीहरूलाई बन्दीहरूको रूपमा बाबेल लगे।

¹⁶and all the men of valour, seven thousand, and the craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all strong men apt for war, and the king of Babylon brought them captive to Babylon.

¹⁷बाबेलका राजाले मतन्याहलाई नयाँ राजा बनाए। मतन्याह यहोयाकीनका काका थिए। उनले तिनको नाउँ बद्ली गरेर सिदकियाह बनाए।

¹⁷And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his uncle king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

¹⁸सिदकियाह 21 वर्षका थिए जब उनले शासन गर्न थाले। उनले यरूशलेममा 11 वर्ष शासन गरे। उनको आमाको नाउँ हमूतल थियो जो लिब्नाको यिर्मयाहकी छोरी थिइन्।

¹⁸Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

¹⁹सिदकियाहले ती कामहरू गरे जसलाई परमप्रभुले गलत काम भन्नुभएको थियो। सिदकियाहले त्यही काम गरे जो यहोयाकीनले गरेका थिए।

¹⁹And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

²⁰परमप्रभु यरूशलेममा र यहूदा माथि साह्रै रिसाउनुभयो र नै तिनीहरूलाई टाढा पन्छ्याउनुभयो। सिदकियाहले विद्रोह गरे अनि बाबेलका राजाको आज्ञा पालन गर्न अस्वीकार गरे।

²⁰For, because the anger of Jehovah was against Jerusalem and against Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.