¹Zvino pamazuva ake Nebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi akasvika, Jehoyakimu akaitwa muranda wake makore matatu; ipapo akamuramba akamumukira.

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

²Jehovha akatuma kwaari hondo dzavaKaradhea, nehondo dzavaSiria, nehondo dzavaMoabhu, nehondo dzavana vaAmoni, kuzorwa naye; akadzituma kuzoparadza Judha, sezvakarehwa neshoko raJehovha, raakataura nemiromo yavaranda vake vaporofita.

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.

³Zvirokwazvo izvi zvakaitirwa Judha nokuraira kwaJehovha, kuti avabvise pamberi pake, nokuda kwezvivi zvaManase zvose zvaakaita;

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;

⁴uye nokuda kweropa risine mhosva raakateura; nekuti wakazadza Jerusaremu neropa risine mhosva; Jehovha akaramba kuvakangamwira.

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

⁵Zvino mamwe mabasa aJehoyakimu, nezvose zvaakaita, hazvina kunyorwa here mubhuku yaMakoronike amadzimambo aJudha?

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?

⁶Jehoyakimu akavata namadzibaba ake, mwanakomana wake Jehoyakini akamutevera paushe.

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

⁷Mambo weEgipita haana kuzobudazve munyika yake, nekuti mambo weBhabhironi wakange akunda zvose zvaiva zvamambo weEgipita, kubva parukova rweEgipita kusvikira parwizi Yufuratesi.

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.

⁸Jehoyakini wakatanga kubata ushe ava namakore gumi namasere, akabata ushe paJerusaremu mwedzi mitatu. Zita ramai vake rakanga riri Nehushuta mukunda waErinatani weJerusaremu.

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.

⁹Akaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, sezvakaita madzibaba ake pazvose.

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

¹⁰Nenguva iyo varanda vaNebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi, vakasvika Jerusaremu, vakakomba guta.

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

¹¹Nebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi, akasvika paguta, varanda vake vakarikomba.

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

¹²Zvino Jehoyakini mambo waJudha akabudira kuna mambo weBhabhironi, iye namai vake, navaranda vake, namachinda ake, navatariri vake; mambo weBhabhironi akamubata negore rorusere rokubata kwake ushe.

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.

¹³Akaenda nefuma yose yeimba yaJehovha, nefuma yeimba yamambo, akatema-tema nhumbi dzose dzendarama dzakanga dzaitwa naSoromoni mambo welsiraeri mutemberi yaJehovha, sezvakanga zvataurwa naJehovha.

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.

¹⁴Akatapa vose veJerusaremu, namachinda ose, nemhare dzose, vatapwa zvuru zvine gumi, nemhizha dzose navapfuri vose; hakuna vakasara, asi vanhu vapasi venyika.

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.

¹⁵Akatapawo Jehoyakini, akamuisa Bhabhironi; namai vamambo, navakadzi vamambo, navatariri vake, navakuru venyika, akavatapa paJerusaremu akavaisa Bhabhironi.

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;

¹⁶Varume vose vaiva nesimba vane zviuru zvinomwe, nemhizha, navapfuri vane gumi ramazana, ava vose vaiva nesimba vaigona kurwa, mambo weBhabhironi wakavatapa, akavaisa Bhabhironi.

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.

¹⁷Mambo weBhabhironi akaita Matania babamunini vaJehoyakimu, mambo panzvimbo yake, akashandura zita rake, akamutumidza Zedhekia. Zedhekia mambo wokupedzisira waJudha

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

¹⁸Zedhekia wakatanga kubata ushe ava namakore makumi maviri nerimwe; akabata ushe paJerusaremu makore gumi nerimwe. Zita ramai vake rakanga riri Hamitari mukunda waJeremiya weRibhina.

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.

¹⁹Akaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha sezvakaita Jehoyakini pazvose.

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

²⁰Nekuti izvozvo zvakaitirwa Jerusaremu naJudha nokuda kokutsamwa kwaJehovha, kusvikira avarashira kure kwaari; Zedhekia akamukira mambo weBhabhironi.

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.