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 became 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.

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

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

³Surely at the commandment of Yahweh came this on Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did,

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

⁴and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Yahweh would not pardon.

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

⁵Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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

⁶So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

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

⁷The king of Egypt didn’t come again out of his land any more; for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates, all that pertained to the king of Egypt.

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 in Jerusalem three months: and his mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

⁹Akaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, sezvakaita madzibaba ake pazvose.

⁹He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, 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 to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

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

¹¹Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to 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 the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: 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.

¹³He carried out there all the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold, which Solomon king of Israel had made in Yahweh’s temple, as Yahweh had said.

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

¹⁴He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained, except 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.

¹⁵He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the chief men of the land, carried he 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.

¹⁶All the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths one thousand, all of them strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

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

¹⁷The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king is his place, 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 the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

¹⁹Akaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha sezvakaita Jehoyakini pazvose.

¹⁹He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

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

²⁰For through the anger of Yahweh, it happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.