¹Zedhekia wakatanga kubata ushe ava namakore ana makumi maviri nerimwe, akabata ushe paJerusaremu makore ane gumi nerimwe; zita ramai vake rakanga riri Hamutari mukunda waJeremiya weRibhina.

¹Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

²Akaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha netsika dzose dzaJehoiakimu.

²And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

³nekuti izvozvo zvakaitirwa Jerusaremu naJudha nokuda kokutsamwa kwaJehovha, kusvikira avarashira kure kwaari; Zedhikia akamukira mambo weBhabhironi.

³For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

⁴Zvino negore repfumbamwe rokubata kwake ushe, nomwedzi wegumi, nezuva regumi romwedzi, Nebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi akasvika, iye nehondo yake yose, kuzorwa neJerusaremu, vakadzika matende avopo, vakarikomba nenhare.

⁴And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.

⁵Naizvozvo guta rakakombwa kusvikira pagore regumi nerimwe ramambo Zedhekia.

⁵So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

⁶Zvino nomwedzi wechina, nezuva repfumbamwe romwedzi, nzara ikanyanya kwazvo paguta, vanhu venyika vakashaiwa zvokudya.

⁶And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

⁷Vakaputsa rusvingo rweguta, vanhu vose vehondo vakatiza, vakabuda muguta vusiku nenzira yesuwo, pakati pamadziro maviri aiva pamunda wamambo; (zvino vaKaradhea vakanga vakakomba guta); vakaenda nenzira yokurenje.

⁷Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.

⁸Asi hondo yavaKaradhea yakatevera mambo, vakabata Zedhekia pamapani eJeriko, hondo yake yose ikapararira ikabva kwaari.

⁸But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

⁹Zvino vakabata mambo, vakaenda naye kuna mambo weBhabhironi paRibhira munyika yeHamati, iye akamutongerapo.

⁹Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.

¹⁰Mambo weBhabhironi akauraya vanakomana vaZedhekia iye achizviona, akaurayawo machinda ose aJudha paRibhira.

¹⁰And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.

¹¹Akatumbura meso aZedhekia, mambo weBhabhironi akamusunga namatare, akamuisa Bhabhironi, akamusunga mutirongo kusvikira pazuva rokufa kwake.

¹¹Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.

¹²Zvino nomwedzi wechishanu, nezuva regumi romwedzi, negore regumi namapfumbamwe ramambo Nebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi, Nebhuzaradhani mukuru wavarindi, waimira pamberi pamambo weBhabhironi, wakasvika Jerusaremu.

¹²Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,

¹³Akapisa imba yaJehovha, neimba yamambo; akapisawo dzimba dzose dzeJerusaremu, dzimba dzose huru, nomoto.

¹³And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:

¹⁴Hondo yose yavaKaradhea, yakanga inomukuru wavarindi, ikaputsa masvingo ose eJerusaremu kunhivi dzose.

¹⁴And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.

¹⁵Ipapo Nebhuzaradhani mukuru wavarindi akatapa vamwe varombo chaivo vavanhu, navamwe vanhu vakanga vasara muguta, navakanga vanyengera vakaenda kuna mambo weBhabhironi, navakanga vasara kuvazhinji.

¹⁵Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.

¹⁶Asi Nebhuzaradhani mukuru wavarindi akasiya vamwe varombo chaivo venyika, kuti vave varimi veminda yemizambiringa nemimwe minda.

¹⁶But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.

¹⁷VaKaradhea vakaputsanya mbiru dzendarira dzakanga dziri mumba maJehovha, nezvingoro, nedziva rendarira, zvakanga zviri mumba maJehovha, vakaenda nendarira yazvo yose Bhabhironi.

¹⁷Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.

¹⁸Vakatorawo hari nefoshoro nembato dzemwenje, nembiya, nezvirongo, nenhumbi dzose dzendarira dzavaibata nadzo.

¹⁸The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.

¹⁹Nemikombe, nezvaenga zvomoto, nembiya, nehari, nezvitimiko zvemwenje, nezvirongo, nemidziyo, zvose zvakanga zviri zvendarama nezvose zvakanga zviri zvesirivha, mukuru wavarindi akazvitora.

¹⁹And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away.

²⁰Mbiru mbiri, nedziva rimwe, nehando gumi nembiri dzendarira dzaiva pasi pezvingoro, zvakanga zvaitirwa imba yaJehovha naSoromoni, kurema kwendarira yenhumbi idzi dzose kwakanga kusingagoni kuyerwa.

²⁰The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

²¹Zvino kana dziri mbiru, kureba kwembiru imwe kwakasvika makubhiti ane gumi namasere; pakuyera rwonzi rwakasvika makubhiti ane gumi namaviri rwakarupoteredza; pakukora yakasvika mimwe mina; mukati makanga munemhango.

²¹And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.

²²Yakanga inomusoro wendarira pamusoro payo, kureba komusoro mumwe kwakasvika makubhiti mashanu, uye kwakanga kune zvakarukwa namatamba zvaipoteredza musoro, zvose zviri zvendarira; nembiru yechipiri yakanga yakafanana neyiyi, namatambawo

²²And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these.

²³Pamativi pakanga pana matamba makumi mapfumbamwe namatanhatu, matamba ose akasvika zana pane zvakarukwa pamativi ose.

²³And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.

²⁴Mukuru wavarindi akatora Seraia mupristi mukuru, naZefaniya mupristi wechipiri, navarindi vatatu vomukova;

²⁴And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

²⁵napaguta akatora mukuru waitarira varume vehondo, navarume vanomwe vaisionana namambo, vaakawana muguta, nomunyori womukuru wehondo, waiunganidza vanhu venyika, navarume vana makumi matanhatu vavanhu venyika, vaakawana mukati meguta.

²⁵He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.

²⁶Nebhuzaradhani mukuru wavarindi akavatora, akavaisa kuna mambo weBhabhironi paRibhira.

²⁶So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.

²⁷Mambo weBhabhironi akavabaya, akavauraya paRibhira, panyika yeHamati. Naizvozvo vaJudha vakatapwa panyika yavo.

²⁷And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.

²⁸Ndivo vanhu vakatapwa naNebhukadhirezari; negore rechinomwe vaJudha vane zviuru zvitatu namakumi maviri navatatu;

²⁸This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:

²⁹negore regumi namasere raNebhukadhirezari wakatapa paJerusaremu vanhu vana mazana masere namakumi matatu navaviri, akaenda navo;

²⁹In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:

³⁰negore ramakumi maviri namatatu raNebhukadhirezari, Nebhuzaradhani mukuru wavarindi wakatapa kuvaJudha vanhu vana mazana manomwe namakumi mana navashanu; vanhu vose vaiva zviuru zvina namazana matatu.

³⁰In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.

³¹Zvino negore ramakumi matatu namanomwe rokutapwa kwaJehoiakini mambo waJudha, nomwedzi wegumi nemiviri, nezuva ramakumi maviri namashanu romwedzi, Evhirimerodhaki mambo weBhabhironi negore rokutanga rokubata kwake ushe, akakudza musoro waJehoiakini mambo wavaJudha, akamubvisa mutirongo;

³¹And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison.

³²akataura naye nomoyo munyoro, akakudza chigaro chake choushe kukunda zvigaro zvoushe zvamadzimambo akanga anaye paBhabhironi,

³²And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,

³³akashandura nguvo dzake dzokusungwa. Jehoiakini akaramba achidya zvokudya pamberi pake mazuva ose ohupenyu hwake.

³³And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.

³⁴Kana zviri zvokurarama nazvo, waisipiwa zvokurarama nazvo namambo weBhabhironi nguva dzose, zuva rimwe nerimwe mugove waro, kusvikira zuva rokufa kwake, namazuva ose oupenyu hwake

³⁴And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.