1Zvino negore repfumbamwe rokubata kwake ushe, nomwedzi wegumi, nezuva regumi romwedzi, Nebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi akasvika, iye nehondo yake yose, kuzorwa neJerusaremu, vakadzika matende avopo, vakarikomba nenhare.
1It happened in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it around it.
2Naizvozvo guta rakakombwa kusvikira pagore regumi nerimwe ramambo Zedhekia.
2So the city was besieged to the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
3Zvino negore repfumbamwe romwedzi wechina nzara ikanyanya kwazvo paguta, vanhu venyika iyo vakashaiwa zvokudya.
3On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
4Vakaputsa rusvingo rweguta, vanhu vose vehondo vakatiza usiku nenzira yesuwo, pakati pamadziro maviri aiva pamunda wamambo; (zvino vaKaradhea vakanga vakakomba guta;) mambo akaenda nenzira yerenje.
4Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city around it); and the king went by the way of the Arabah.
5Asi hondo yavaKaradhea yakatevera mambo, vakamubata pamapani eJeriko, hondo yake yose ikapararira ikabva kwaari.
5But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
6Zvino vakabata mambo, vakaenda naye kuna mambo weBhabhironi paRibhira, vakamutongerapo.
6Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment on him.
7Vakauraya vana vaZedhekia achizviona, vakatumbura meso aZedhekia, vakamusunga namatare, vakamuisa Bhabhironi.
7They killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
8Zvino nomwedzi wechishanu, nezuva rechinomwe romwedzi, negore regumi namapfumbamwe ramambo Nebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhiron, Nebhuzaradhani mukuru wavarindi, muranda wamambo weBhabhironi akasvika Jerusaremu;
8Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem.
9akapisa imba yaJehovha, neimba yamambo; akapisawo dzimba dzose dzeJerusaremu, dzimba dzose huru, nomoto.
9He burnt the house of Yahweh, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burnt he with fire.
10Hondo yose yavaKaradhea, yakanga inomukuru wavarindi, ikaputsa masvingo eJerusaremu kunhivi dzose.
10All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
11Nebhuzaradhani mukuru wavarindi, akatapa vanhu vakanga vasara muguta, navakanga vatiza, vakaenda kuna mambo weBhabhironi, navakanga vasara kuvazhinji.
11Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive the residue of the people who were left in the city, and those who fell away, who fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude.
12Asi mukuru wavarindi wakasiya varombo venyika, kuti vave varimi veminda yemizambiringa nemimwe minda.
12But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
13VaKaradhea vakaputsanya mbiru dzendarira dzaiva mumba maJehovha, nezvingoro, nedziva rendarira, zvaiva mumba maJehovha, vakaenda nendarira yazvo Bhabhironi.
13The Chaldeans broke up the pillars of brass that were in the house of Yahweh and the bases and the bronze sea that were in the house of Yahweh, and carried the brass pieces to Babylon.
14vakatorawo hari nefoshoro nembato dzemwenje, nezvirongo, nenhumbi dzose dzendarira dzavaibata nadzo.
14They took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered.
15Nezvaenga zvomoto, nembiya, nezvose zvaiva zvendarama nezvose zvaiva zvesirivha, mukuru wavarindi akazvitora.
15The captain of the guard took away the fire pans, the basins, that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver.
16Nembiru mbiri, nedziva rimwe, nezvindori, zvakanga zvaitirwa imba yaJehovha naSoromoni; kurema kwendarira yenhumbi idzi dzose kwakanga kusingagoni kuyerwa.
16The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh, the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
17Kureba kwembiru imwe kwakasvika makubhiti ane gumi namasere, yaiva nomusoro wendarira pamusoro payo; kureba komusoro kwakasvika makubhiti matatu; uye kwakanga kune zvakarukwa, namatamba, zvaipoteredza musoro, zvose zviri zvendarira; mbiru yechipiri yakanga yakafanana neyiyi nezvakarukwawo.
17The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was on it; and the height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital around it, all of brass: and like to these had the second pillar with network.
18Mukuru wavarindi akatora Saraya mupristi wapamusoro, naZefaniya mupristi wechipiri, navarindi vatatu vomukova;
18The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:
19uye paguta akatora mukuru waitarira varume vehondo, navarume vashanu vaisionana namambo, vaakawana muguta; nomunyori, nomukuru wehondo waiunganidza vanhu venyika, navarume vanamakumi matanhatu vavanhu venyika, vaakawana muguta.
19and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city.
20Nebhuzaradhani mukuru wavarindi akavatora, akavaisa kuna mambo weBhabhironi paRibhira.
20Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
21Mambo weBhabhironi akavabaya, akavauraya paRibhira, panyika yeHamati. Naizvozvo vaJudha vakatapwa panyika yavo.
21The king of Babylon struck them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
22Kana vari vanhu vakasiiwa panyika yaJudha, vakasiiwa naNebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi, wakaita Gedharia mwanakomana waAhikami, mwanakomana waShafani, mubati wavo.
22As for the people who were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor.
23Zvino vakuru vose vehondo, ivo navanhu vavo, vakati vanzwa kuti mambo weBhabhironi wakange aita Gedharia mubati wavo, vakaenda kuna Gedharia paMizipa, vaiti, Ishimaeri mwanakomana waNetania, naJohwanani mwanakomana waKarea, naSeraya mwanakomana waTanhumeti muNetofati, naJaazania mwanakomana womuMaakati, ivo navanhu vavo.
23Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.
24Gedharia akapika kwavari, ivo navanhu vavo, akati kwavari, Regai kutya nokuda kwavaranda vavaKaradhea; garai panyika, mushumire mambo weBhabhironi, mugofara henyu.
24Gedaliah swore to them and to their men, and said to them, “Don’t be afraid because of the servants of the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.”
25Asi nomwedzi wechinomwe Ishimaeri mwanakomana waNetania, mwanakomana waErishama, worudzi rwamambo, wakasvika anavarume vane gumi, akabaya Gedharia, akafa iye pamwechete navaJudha navaKaradhea vaiva naye paMizipa.
25But it happened in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal seed came, and ten men with him, and struck Gedaliah, so that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah.
26Ipapo vanhu vose, vaduku navakuru, navakuru vehondo vakasimuka vakaenda Egipita, nekuti vakanga vachitya vaKaradhea.
26All the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
27Zvino negore ramakumi matatu namanomwe rokutapwa kwaJehoyakini mambo waJudha, nomwedzi wegumi nemiviri, nezuva ramakumi maviri namanomwe romwedzi, Evhiri-merodhaki mambo weBhabhironi, negore raakatanga kubata ushe naro, wakasimudza musoro waJehoyakini mambo waJudha, akamubvisa mutirongo;
27It happened in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
28akataura naye nomoyo munyoro, akakudza chigaro chake choushe kupfuura zvigaro zvoushe zvamadzimambo aiva naye paBhabhironi.
28and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,
29Akashandura nguvo dzake dzokusungwa, akaramba achidya zvokudya pamberi pake mazuva ose oupenyu hwake.
29and changed his prison garments. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life:
30Kana zviri zvokurarama nazvo, waisipiwa zvokurarama nazvo namambo nguva dzose, zuva rimwe nerimwe mugove waro, mazuva ose oupenyu hwake.
30and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.