2 Reis 24

1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him. 2 Yahweh sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, bands of the Syrians, bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to Yahweh’s word which he spoke by his servants the prophets. 3 Surely at the commandment of Yahweh this came on Judah, to remove them out of his sight for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did, 4 and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Yahweh would not pardon. 5 Now 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? 6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

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

8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 9 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that his father had done. 10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. 11 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it, 12 and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon—he, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers; and the king of Babylon captured him in the eighth year of his reign. 13 He carried out from there all the treasures of Yahweh’s house 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. 14 He 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. No one remained except the poorest people of the land. 15 He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, with the king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officers, and the chief men of the land. He carried them into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16 All the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths one thousand, all of them strong and fit for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. 17 The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 19 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 20 For through the anger of Yahweh, this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence.

Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Ka Pokia a Hūrā e ngā Hoariri

1 I ōna rā ka haere mai a Nepukaneha kīngi o Papurōna; nā, ka pononga a Iehoiakimi ki a ia, e toru tau. Kātahi tērā ka tahuri, ka whakakeke ki a ia. 2 Nā, ka ngarea mai e Ihowā ki a ia ngā ope o ngā Karari, me ngā ope o ngā Hīriani, me ngā ope o ngā Moapi, me ngā ope o ngā tama a Āmona; ā, ngarea ana mai rātou e ia ki a Hūrā hei huna mō reira, i rite ai te kupu a Ihowā i kōrerotia e āna pononga, e ngā poropiti. 3 He pono, nā te kupu a Ihowā i pā ai tēnei ki a Hūrā, hei whakawātea atu i a rātou i tōna aroaro, mō ngā hara o Mānahi, arā mō āna mea katoa i mea ai ia, 4 mō te toto harakore hoki i whakahekea e ia; i kapi katoa hoki a Hiruhārama i a ia i te toto harakore, ā, kīhai a Ihowā i pai kia whakarērea noatia tēnei.

5 Nā, ko ērā atu meatanga a Iehoiakimi me āna mea katoa i mea ai ia, kīhai ianei i tuhituhia ki te Pukapuka o ngā meatanga o Ngā Rā o Ngā Kīngi o Hūrā? 6 Nā, ka moe a Iehoiakimi ki ōna mātua, ā, ko Iehoiakini, ko tāna tama, te kīngi i muri i a ia.

7 Nā, heoi anō putanga o te kīngi o Īhipa i tōna whenua; kua riro hoki i te kīngi o Papurōna ngā wāhi katoa o te kīngi o Īhipa, nō te awa rā anō o Īhipa tae noa ki te awa ki Uparati.

Ko Kīngi Iehoiakini o Hūrā

8 Kotahi tekau mā waru ngā tau o Iehoiakini i tōna kīngitanga, ā, e toru ngā marama i kīngi ai ia ki Hiruhārama. Ā, ko te ingoa o tōna whaea ko Nehuhuta, he tamāhine nā Erenātana o Hiruhārama. 9 Ā, he kino tāna mahi ki te titiro a Ihowā, i rite ki ngā mea katoa i mea ai tōna pāpā.

10 I taua wā ka whakaekea a Hiruhārama e ngā tāngata a Nepukaneha kīngi o Papurōna, ā, whakapaea ana te pā. 11 Nā, ka haere mai a Nepukaneha kīngi o Papurōna ki te pā, i te mea e whakapaea ana a reira e āna tāngata. 12 Nā, ka puta a Iehoiakini kīngi o Hūrā ki te kīngi o Papurōna, a ia, tōna whaea, āna tāngata, āna rangatira, me āna kaiwhakahaere.

Nā, kua mau i te kīngi o Papurōna i te waru o ngā tau o tōna kīngitanga. 13 Nā, mauria atu ana e ia i reira ngā taonga katoa o te whare o Ihowā, me ngā taonga o te whare o te kīngi; tapatapahia ana hoki e ia ngā oko kōura katoa i hangā e Horomona kīngi o Īharaira ki te temepara o Ihowā, pērā ana me tā Ihowā i kōrero ai. 14 Whakahekea katoatia ana hoki e ia a Hiruhārama katoa, ngā rangatira katoa, me ngā mārohirohi katoa, tekau mano ngā pārau, me ngā kaimahi katoa, me ngā parakimete; kīhai tētahi i mahue, heoi anō ko te hunga rawakore o te whenua.

15 Ā, i whakahekea e ia a Iehoiakini ki Papurōna; me te whaea o te kīngi, me ngā wāhine a te kīngi, me āna kaiwhakahaere, me te hunga nunui o te whenua; whakahekea ana rātou e ia i Hiruhārama hei pārau ki Papurōna. 16 Me ngā toa, e whitu mano, ngā kaimahi, ngā parakimete, kotahi mano, ngā mārohirohi katoa e pai ana hei whawhai; kawea ana rātou e te kīngi hei pārau ki Papurōna.

17 Nā, meinga ana e te kīngi o Papurōna ko Matania, teina o tōna pāpā, hei kīngi i muri i a ia, whakawhitia kētia ana tōna ingoa ko Terekia.

Ko Kīngi Terekia o Hūrā

18 E rua tekau mā tahi ngā tau o Terekia i tōna kīngitanga, ā, kotahi tekau mā tahi ngā tau i kīngi ai ki Hiruhārama. Ā, ko te ingoa o tōna whaea ko Hamutara, he tamāhine nā Heremaia o Rīpina. 19 Ā, he kino tāna mahi ki te titiro a Ihowā; i rite ki ngā mea katoa i mea ai a Iehoiakimi. 20 Nā reira, i a Ihowā ka riri nei, ka puta te aituā ki Hiruhārama, ki a Hūrā, ā makā noatia atu rātou i tōna aroaro; ā, whakakeke ana a Terekia ki te kīngi o Papurōna.