2 Chronicles 36

36 ¹Di people of di land take Josiah im pikin Jehoahaz make am king for Jerusalem for im papa place. ²Jehoahaz be twenty-three years old wen e become king, and e reign three months for Jerusalem. ³King of Egypt comot am for throne for Jerusalem and e make di land pay fine of about 7,500 pounds silver and 75 pounds gold. ⁴King of Egypt make im brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and e change im name to Jehoiakim; Neco carry im brother Jehoahaz go Egypt.

Jehoiakim Do Bad Thing for di Papa Front

⁵Jehoiakim be twenty-five wen e become king; e reign eleven years for Jerusalem, and e dey do bad thing for our Papa eyes. ⁶Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon come fight am, tie am with bronze chain make e carry am go Babylon. ⁷Nebuchadnezzar sef carry some of di things wey dey our Papa house go Babylon, and e put dem for im temple for Babylon. ⁸Di remaining things wey Jehoiakim do, di disgusting things wey e do, and di charge wey dem get against am, dem write am for di Book of Kings of Israel and Judah; and im pikin Jehoiachin reign for im place.

Jehoiachin Small-Time and Bad Reign

⁹Jehoiachin be eight wen e become king; e reign three months and ten days for Jerusalem, and e dey do bad thing for our Papa eyes. ¹⁰For spring time, King Nebuchadnezzar carry am go Babylon with di precious things from our Papa house, and e make Zedekiah, wey be Jehoiachin family, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Zedekiah Harden Im Heart Against di Papa

¹¹Zedekiah be twenty-one years old wen e become king, and e reign eleven years for Jerusalem. ¹²E do bad thing for our Papa eyes, e no humble imsef for front of Jeremiah di prophet, wey talk from our Papa mouth. ¹³E sef rise up against King Nebuchadnezzar, wey make am swear by our Papa, but e stiff im neck and harden im heart, and e refuse to turn come back to our Papa, God of Israel. ¹⁴All di head priests and di people come dey more and more unfaithful, dey follow all di disgusting practice of di nations, and dem make di house wey our Papa don make holy for Jerusalem dirty.

Jerusalem Fall by di Papa Judgement

¹⁵Our Papa, di God of dia fathers, send word to dem again and again through im messengers, because e pity im people and im dwelling place. ¹⁶But dem laugh our Papa messengers to scorn, dem despise im words, dem mock im prophets, until our Papa anger rise against im people, and e reach place wey no remedy fit reach. ^a a v16 Our Papa anger for here na di pain of love wey dem reject, no be quick temper—judgement fall only after e don send messenger after messenger, dey spare im people as long as any hope still dey say dem go turn come back home.

¹⁷So e bring king of Chaldea come against dem, wey kill dia young men with sword for dia sanctuary, e no spare any young man, virgin, elder, or old person. Our Papa hand all of dem over give am. ¹⁸All di things of our Papa house, big and small, di treasures of our Papa house and of di king and im officials—all of dem e carry go Babylon. ¹⁹Dem burn di house of our Papa, dem break down Jerusalem wall, dem burn all im palaces, and dem destroy every valuable thing wey dey inside am. ²⁰Di people wey escape di sword, e carry dem go exile for Babylon; dem serve am and im sons until di kingdom of Persia start to reign, ²¹so dat our Papa word wey e talk through Jeremiah go come to pass: until di land enjoy im sabbaths, and for all di days wey e lie waste e rest, until seventy years complete. ^b b v21 Di law say di land must rest every seventh year, but Israel don neglect dis thing for long time; di years of exile come make up di full count.

Di Papa Wake Cyrus Heart

²²For di first year of Cyrus king of Persia, so dat our Papa word wey e talk through Jeremiah go come to pass, our Papa wake di spirit of Cyrus king of Persia make e proclaim message go all over im kingdom, and make e put am for writing sef, say: ²³Cyrus king of Persia talk say: “Oga, God of heaven, don give me all di kingdoms of di earth and e charge me make I build am house for Jerusalem, wey dey Judah. Anybody among una wey be im people—make Oga im God dey with am—make e go up.”