Yoyakimu Asandukira Bhabhilonya

Yoyakimu apandukira, anyakuphamba abwera, ndipo malemba alonga thangwi yace: ciropa ca anthu akusowa mulandu cidathudza Manase, cidakhonda Baba wathu kulekerera. Nabukodhonozori athimbana Yerusalemu; Yoyakini adzipereka mbakwatwa ukapolo pabodzi na akulu a basa, anyaluso, na oro wa Nyumba Yakucena. Asala basi anthu akutcerenga kakamwe, pantsi pa babamunici wace adasanduzwa dzina kukhala Zedhekiya.

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Mu ntsiku za Yoyakimu, Nabukodhonosori mambo wa Bhabhilonya abwera mbamenya dziko. Yoyakimu antumikira pyaka pitatu, buluka penepo azungunuka mban'sandukira. Na tenepo Baba wathu atuma mathimu akumenyana a Bhabhilonya, a Aramu, a Moabe na a Amoni toera amenyane naye. Iye aatuma kuna Yuda toera kuifudza, ninga mudalongera Baba wathu kubulukira mwa atumiki ace, ale aprofeta. Pyenepi pyacitika kuna Yuda mwakubverana na matongero a Baba wathu, toera kuacosa pamaso pace thangwi ya madawo a Manase, onsene adacita iye, pontho thangwi ya ciropa cakusowa mulando cidapwaza iye, thangwi iye adadzadza Yerusalemu na ciropa cakusowa mulando cidakhonda Baba wathu kulekerera. Pyakucita pinango pya Yoyakimu, pyonsene pidacita iye, kodi nkhabe kulembwa m'bukhu ya mbiri ya amambo a Yuda?

Na tenepo Yoyakimu agona na ambuya ace, mbakhala mambo Yoyakini mwana wace m'mbuto mwace.

Mambo wa Ejitu hadabuluka pontho m'dziko mwace tayu, thangwi mambo wa Bhabhilonya akhala wakutambira dziko yonsene ya Ejitu, kutomera Nkulo wa Ejitu mpaka Nkulo wa Eufrati.

Yoyakini akhali na pyaka khumi na pisere pidakhala iye mambo, mbatonga miyezi mitatu mu Yerusalemu. Mai wace akhacemerwa Neyuxta, mwana wa Elinatani, wa ku Yerusalemu. Iye acita pinthu pyakuipa pamaso pa Baba wathu, ninga mudacitira baba wace.

Yerusalemu Yaendeswa ku Ukapolo

N'dzidzi unoyu, atumiki a Nabukodhonosori mambo wa Bhabhilonya aenda ku Yerusalemu, mbauzungulira nzinda. Nabukodhonosori mambo wa Bhabhilonya ene abwera kudzamenyana na nzinda mu n'dzidzi ukhauzungulira atumiki ace. Yoyakini mambo wa Yuda abuluka mbaenda kuna mambo wa Bhabhilonya—iye, mai wace, atumiki ace, akulu ace, na anyabasa a nyumba yace ya umambo—mbamphata mambo wa Bhabhilonya nkaidi, mu caka cacisere ca utongi wace. Iye akwata kubulukira kweneko mpfuma zonsene za nyumba ya Baba wathu na za nyumba ya umambo, mbagwanda-gwanda mbiya zonsene za ouru zidacita Salomau mambo wa Izarayeli toera ku templo, ninga mudalonga Baba wathu. Iye aendesa ku ukapolo anthu onsene a Yerusalemu: akulu onsene, anyankhondo onsene amphambvu—anyakuphatwa nkaidi 10.000—na anyabasa onsene a manja na anyakupfula. Asala basi anthu akutcerenga kakamwe a dziko. Iye aendesa ku ukapolo ku Bhabhilonya Yoyakini pabodzi na mai wa mambo, akazi ace, akulu ace, na amuna akutsogolera a dziko, mbaakwata kubulukira ku Yerusalemu kuenda ku Bhabhilonya. Mambo wa Bhabhilonya aendesa ku ukapolo ku Bhabhilonya amuna onsene akumenya nkhondo 7.000, anyabasa a manja na anyakupfula 1.000, onsene akuwanga, akuthema nkhondo. Mambo wa Bhabhilonya akhazika Matania, babamunici wa Yoyakini, kukhala mambo m'mbuto mwace, mban'sanduza dzina mbancemera Zedhekiya.

Zedhekiya Atonga mu Yuda

Zedhekiya akhala mambo ali na pyaka makumawiri na cibodzi, mbatonga pyaka khumi na cibodzi mu Yerusalemu. Mai wace akhacemerwa Hamutali, mwana wa Yeremiya wa ku Libina. Iye acita pinthu pyakuipa pamaso pa Baba wathu, ninga mudacitira Yoyakimu. Thangwi ya ukali wa Baba wathu, pyenepi pyonsene pyacitika mu Yerusalemu na mu Yuda, mpaka iye aathamangisa pamaso pace. Na tenepo Zedhekiya asandukira mambo wa Bhabhilonya.