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.

¹ I go no, a koytaray jiiri yagganta ra, handu way, hando jirbi wayanta hane, kala Babila bonkoono Nebukadnezzar kaa, nga nda nga wongu jama, zama i ma wongu nda Urusalima. A n'a windi nda wongu. I na fu beeri gaabikooni yaŋ cina mo k'a windi.

¹And it came to pass 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 round about.

²So the city was besieged to the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

² Hala Bonkoono Zedeciya jiiri way cindi fa i na kwaara windi nda wongu.

²So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

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.

³ Handu taaca, jirbi yagganta hane hara kankam kwaara ra hal i jaŋ ŋwaari laabo borey se.

³On the ninth day of the [fourth] month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

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.

⁴ Alwaato din gaa i na fune te kwaara cinaro gaa. Yahuda soojey kulu mo zuru cino ra ka gana fonda kaŋ go meyo kaŋ go garu hinka game ra din gaa ka fatta, meyo kaŋ go bonkoono kalo jarga nooya. (Amma Kaldancey wongu jama goono ga kwaara windi; i goono ga wongu nd'a.) Bonkoono mo gana Gooru Beero fonda gaa haray.

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 round about); and [the king] went by the way of the Arabah.

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.

⁵ Amma Kaldancey soojey na bonkoono ce banda gana k'a to Yeriko batama ra. Zedeciya soojey kulu say k'a naŋ.

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.

⁶Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment on him.

⁶ Kal i na bonkoono di ka kond'a Babila bonkoono do Ribla ra, nga mo n'a ciiti.

⁶Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.

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.

⁷ I na Zedeciya izey wi a jine ka Zedeciya moy looti. I n'a haw da guuru-say sisiriyaŋ ka kond'a Babila.

⁷And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

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.

⁸ Bonkoono Nebukadnezzar mayra jiiri way cindi yagganta, handu guwanta, hando zaari iyyanta hane, kala Nebuzaradan, batukoy jine bora, Babila bonkoono tamo kaa Urusalima.

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, unto Jerusalem.

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.

⁹ A na Rabbi windo nda bonkoono windo da Urusalima windey kulu ton. A na danji daŋ windi beerey kulu gaa.

⁹And he burnt the house of Jehovah, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burnt he with fire.

¹⁰All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

¹⁰ Kaldancey soojey kulu mo kaŋ go batukoy jine bora banda na Urusalima birni cinarey bagu-bagu nangu kulu.

¹⁰And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were [with] the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

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.

¹¹ Borey mo kaŋ cindi kwaara ra, da ngey kaŋ yaŋ fay ka ye Babila bonkoono banda, da boro buuno cindo kulu, batukoy jine bora Nebuzaradan n'i ku ka kond'ey tamtaray.

¹¹And the residue of the people that were left in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away captive.

¹²But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.

¹² Amma batukoy jina bora fay da alfukaarey laabo ra, i ma ciya reyzin* nya hansekoyaŋ da farkoyaŋ mo.

¹²But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

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.

¹³ Kaldancey mo na guuru-say muuley kaŋ go Rabbi windo ra, da ganda jisiyaŋey, da guuru-say bango kaŋ go Rabbi windo ra bagu-bagu. I na guuru sayo sambu ka kond'a Babila.

¹³And the pillars of brass that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of Jehovah, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.

¹⁴They took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered.

¹⁴ Kusey mo, da cambey, da fitilla korfo hanseyaŋ harey, da kawrey, da guuru-say jinay kulu kaŋ i ga goy te d'a, i n'i kulu ku.

¹⁴And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.

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.

¹⁵ Danji kuyaŋ taasey da wura da nzarfu gaasey mo, batukoy jine bora n'i kulu ku.

¹⁵And the firepans, and the basins, that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.

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.

¹⁶ Muulu hinka mo, da hari jisiyaŋ haro, da ganda sinjiyaŋ hayey, kaŋ yaŋ Suleymanu te Rabbi windo se, da guuru-say jinay, woodin yaŋ kulu tiŋay, i baa da neesiyaŋ.

¹⁶The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah, the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

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.

¹⁷ Muulu fo kuuyaŋ kambe kar way cindi ahakku no, guuru-say tuk'ize mo go a boŋ. Tuk'izo kuuyaŋo mo, kambe kar hinza no, da taaru da garenad* tuuri ize himandiyaŋ a boŋ nangu kulu, guuru-say wane no. Muule hinkanta mo, yaadin no a bara, nga nda guuru-say taaru care banda.

¹⁷The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was upon it; and the height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with network.

¹⁸The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:

¹⁸ Batukoy jine bora na alfaga beero Seraya sambu, da Alfa Zafaniya kaŋ ga dake a gaa, da me batuko hinza mo.

¹⁸And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:

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.

¹⁹ Birno ra mo a sambu mantaw fo kaŋ i daŋ soojey boŋ, boro gu kaŋ yaŋ ga ti bonkoono saawarekasiney, wo kaŋ yaŋ i gar kwaara ra, da bora kaŋ ga hantum batukoy jine bora se, da wongu jama arkuso, nga kaŋ ga laabo jama margu, da boro waydu laabo jama ra, kaŋ yaŋ i n'i gar kwaara ra.

¹⁹and out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war; and five men of them that saw the king's face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the city.

²⁰Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.

²⁰ Batukoy jine bora Nebuzaradan n'i sambu ka kond'ey Babila bonkoono do Ribla ra.

²⁰And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.

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.

²¹ Kala Babila bonkoono n'i kar k'i wi Ribla ra, Hamat laabo ra. Yaadin no a konda Yahuda ka daŋ tamtaray ra d'a k'i fay da ngey laabo.

²¹And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.

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.

²² Amma borey kaŋ cindi Yahuda laabo ra sanni, ngey kaŋ yaŋ Babila bonkoono Nebukadnezzar naŋ, i boŋ a na Gedaliya Ahikam izo, Safan ize daŋ a m'i may.

²²And as for the people that 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.

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.

²³ I go no, alwaato kaŋ wongu margey jine borey kulu, ngey nda ngey borey maa baaru kaŋ Babila bonkoono na Gedaliya daŋ a ma dabari, kal i kaa Gedaliya do Mizpa ra. Ngey neeya: Isumeyla Netaniya izo, da Yohanan Kareya izo, da Seraya Tamhumet izo, Netofa boro no, da Yaazaniya Maaka boro izo, ngey nda ngey borey.

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.

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.”

²⁴ Gedaliya mo ze ngey nda ngey borey se ka ne: «Wa si humburu Kaldancey bannyey. W'araŋ gora te laabo ra, ka Babila bonkoono gana, araŋ ga goro baani mo.»

²⁴And Gedaliah sware to them and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not because of the servants of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

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.

²⁵ Amma a ciya, handu iyyanta ra, kala Isumeyla Netaniya izo, Elisama ize kaŋ ga ti fuula banda fo kaa, nga nda boro way nga banda. I na Gedaliya kar kal a bu, nga nda Yahudancey da Kaldancey kulu kaŋ yaŋ go a banda Mizpa ra.

²⁵But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, so that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah.

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.

²⁶ Jama kulu mo, za zankey gaa ka koy albeerey gaa, da wongu margey jine borey tun ka koy Misira, zama i ga humburu Kaldancey.

²⁶And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.

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;

²⁷ I go no, Yahuda bonkoono Yehoyacin tamtara jiiri waranza cindi iyyanta ra, a handu way cindi hinkanta, zaari waranka cindi iyyanta hando ra, kala Babila bonkoono Ebil-Merodak jiiri sintina ra, a na Yahuda bonkoono Yehoyacin kaa kasu fuwo ra k'a beerandi.

²⁷And it came to pass 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 Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

²⁸and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,

²⁸ A na gomni sanni ci a se, a n'a koytaray karga beerandi bonkooney kulu kargey kaŋ go a banda Babila ra boŋ.

²⁸and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,

²⁹and changed his prison garments. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life:

²⁹ A n'a kasu bankaarayey kaa ka barmay a se afooyaŋ. A ga ŋwa Babila bonkoono jine waati kulu kal a fundo me.

²⁹and changed his prison garments. And [Jehoiachin] did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life:

³⁰and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.

³⁰ Haŋ kaŋ a ga laami kulu ga fun bonkoono do, zama bonkoono g'a no nga baa waati kulu, zaari kulu kal a jirbey me.

³⁰and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.