1Cov Yudas xaiv Yauxiyas tus tub Yehau-ahas thiab muab nws tsa ua vajntxwv nyob rau hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees. 2Thaum Yehau-ahas ua vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws Yudas nws hnubnyoog muaj nees nkaum peb xyoos, thiab nws nyob hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees kav tau peb hlis. 3Vajntxwv Nekaus uas kav lub tebchaws Iziv tuaj ntes Vajntxwv Yehau-ahas coj mus thiab yuam cov Yudas them xya txhiab tsib puas choj nyiaj thiab xya caum tsib choj kub rau nws. 4Nekaus tsa Yehau-ahas tus tijlaug Eliyakees ua vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws Yudas thiab muab nws hloov npe hu ua Yehauyakees. Nekaus coj Yehau-ahas mus rau nram tebchaws Iziv lawm.
Cov Yudas Tus Vajntxwv Yehauyakees
(2 Vajntxwv 23.36–24.7)
5Thaum Yehauyakees ua vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws Yudas nws hnubnyoog muaj nees nkaum tsib xyoos, thiab nws nyob hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees kav tau kaum ib xyoos. Yehauyakees ua txhaum rau tus TSWV uas yog nws tus Vajtswv. 6Vajntxwv Nenpukajnexales uas kav lub tebchaws Npanpiloos thiaj tuaj tua lub tebchaws Yudas thiab ntes tau Yehauyakees, muab saw hlau khi coj mus rau tim tebchaws Npanpiloos lawm. 7Nenpukajnexales coj tej nyiaj tej kub hauv lub Tuamtsev ibtxhia mus tso rau hauv nws lub loog uas nyob tim tebchaws Npanpiloos. 8Txhua yam uas Yehauyakees ua, tsis hais nws tej kev phem kev qias thiab tej kev txhaum uas nws ua, puavleej muab sau cia rau hauv phau ntawv keebkwm uas teev cov Yixalayees thiab cov Yudas cov vajntxwv lub neej lawm. Thiab nws tus tub Yehauyakhees ua vajntxwv hloov nws chaw.
Cov Yudas Tus Vajntxwv Yehauyakhees
(2 Vajntxwv 24.8-17)
9Thaum Yehauyakhees ua vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws Yudas nws hnubnyoog muaj kaum yim xyoo, thiab nws nyob hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees kav tau peb hlis thiab kaum hnub. Nws tau ua txhaum rau tus TSWV. 10Thaum lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav, Vajntxwv Nenpukajnexales txawm tuaj ntes Yehauyakhees mus rau tim tebchaws Npanpiloos thiab coj tagnrho tej nyiaj tej kub hauv lub Tuamtsev mus lawm. Nenpukajnexales thiaj tsa Yehauyakhees tus txivntxawm Xedekiyas ua vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws Yudas thiab cov neeg hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees.
Cov Yudas Tus Vajntxwv Xedekiyas
(2 Vajntxwv 24.18-20; Yelemis 52.1-3a)
11Thaum Xedekiyas ua vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws Yudas, nws hnubnyoog muaj nees nkaum ib xyoos, thiab nws nyob hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees kav tau kaum ib xyoos. 12Nws ua txhaum rau tus TSWV, nws tsis txo hwjchim thiab tsis mloog Yelemis tus uas cev tus TSWV tej lus li.
Luag Txeeb Tau Lub Nroog Yeluxalees
(2 Vajntxwv 25.1-21; Yelemis 52.3b-11)
13Xedekiyas ntxeev siab rau Vajntxwv Nenpukajnexales tus uas yuam kom Xedekiyas tuav Vajtswv lub npe coglus hais tias nws yuav muab siab npuab Nenpukajnexales. Nws muaj lub siab tawv tsis kam lees txim thiab tig los cuag tus TSWV uas yog cov Yixalayees tus Vajtswv. 14Tsis yog li ntawd xwb, cov Yudas cov thawjcoj, cov povthawj thiab cov neeg cia li mus nrog cov neeg txhaum uas nyob ibncig lawv, pe lawv tej mlom thiab ua rau tus TSWV lub Tuamtsev uas dawbhuv tsis huv lawm. 15Tus TSWV uas yog lawv cov yawgkoob tus Vajtswv txib cov cev Vajtswv lus ntuas lawv ua ntu zus, rau qhov nws hlub nws haivneeg thiab lub Tuamtsev. 16Tiamsis lawv saib tsis tau Vajtswv cov cevlus, tsis quavntsej nws tej lus thiab luag cov cev Vajtswv lus plig mus txog thaum tus TSWV chim rau nws haivneeg, lawv thiaj khiav tsis dim tus TSWV txojkev rau txim li. 17Yog li ntawd, tus TSWV thiaj coj tus vajntxwv uas kav lub tebchaws Npanpiloos tuaj tua lawv. Tus vajntxwv ntawd tua cov Yudas tej tub hluas tuag pawglug rau hauv lub Tuamtsev. Nws tsis hlub leejtwg li, tsis hais tus laus tus hluas, pojniam txivneej, tus muaj mob lossis noj qab nyob zoo. Vajtswv muab lawv cob huv tibsi rau Nenpukajnexales tes. 18Tus vajntxwv uas kav lub tebchaws Npanpiloos muab tej nyiaj tej kub hauv lub Tuamtsev thiab muab vajntxwv thiab nws cov nomtswv tej nyiaj tej kub txhua yam coj mus rau tim tebchaws Npanpiloos lawm. 19Nws muab hluavtaws hlawv lub Tuamtsev thiab lub nroog Yeluxalees, tej loog thiab txhua yam muaj nqis uas nyob hauv tej loog kub hnyiab tas, thiab tsoo tus ntsayeej uas thaiv lub nroog pob puas tas. 20Nws coj cov neeg uas seem mus huv tibsi rau tim tebchaws Npanpiloos, lawv ua nws thiab ua nws cov xeebntxwv qhev mus txog thaum tebchaws Pawxias muaj vajntxwv kav. 21Yog li ntawd, thiaj muaj raws li tus TSWV tej lus uas hais rau Yelemis tus uas cev Vajtswv lus hais tias, “Lub tebchaws yuav nyob qhuav nquas xya caum xyoo kom lub tebchaws muaj xyoo Xanpataus rau qhov lawv tsis cia lub tebchaws so li.”
Xailas Tso Cov Yudas Rov Qab
(Exalas 1.1-4)
22Thawj xyoo uas Xailas ua huabtais kav lub tebchaws Pawxias, tus TSWV thiaj ua kom muaj raws li nws tau hais rau Yelemis tus uas cev Vajtswv lus lawm. Tus TSWV tshoov Xailas siab kom tshabxo raws li tej lus samhwm nram no thiab sau xa mus nyeem nrov nrov rau cov pejxeem thoob plaws txhua qhov hauv lub tebchaws uas Xailas kav mloog hais tias, 23“Ntawm no yog Xailas uas yog tus huabtais kav lub tebchaws Pawxias tej lus samhwm. Tus TSWV uas yog Vajtswv, tus uas nyob saum ntuj tsa kuv los kav tagnrho lub qab ntuj no thiab kom kuv txhim kho lub Tuamtsev rau nws nyob hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees hauv lub tebchaws Yudas. Nimno nej cov uas yog Vajtswv haivneeg, nej cia li rov qab mus rau nej lub tebchaws thiab thov tus TSWV uas yog nej tus Vajtswv nrog nraim nej.”
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1And the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
Jehoahaz King of Judah
2Jehoahaz⚓ was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. 3The king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents⚓ of silver and a talent⚓ of gold. 4The king of Egypt made Eliakim, a brother of Jehoahaz, king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Necho took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.
Jehoiakim King of Judah
5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God. 6Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked him and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon. 7Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon articles from the temple of the Lord and put them in his temple⚓ there. 8The other events of Jehoiakim’s reign, the detestable things he did and all that was found against him, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son succeeded him as king.
Jehoiachin King of Judah
9Jehoiachin was eighteen⚓ years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. 10In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon, together with articles of value from the temple of the Lord, and he made Jehoiachin’s uncle,⚓ Zedekiah, king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Zedekiah King of Judah
11Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. 12He did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke the word of the Lord. 13He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take an oath in God’s name. He became stiff-necked and hardened his heart and would not turn to the Lord, the God of Israel. 14Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful, following all the detestable practices of the nations and defiling the temple of the Lord, which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.
The Fall of Jerusalem
15The Lord, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them through his messengers again and again, because he had pity on his people and on his dwelling place. 16But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words and scoffed at his prophets until the wrath of the Lord was aroused against his people and there was no remedy. 17He brought up against them the king of the Babylonians,⚓ who killed their young men with the sword in the sanctuary, and did not spare young men or young women, the elderly or the infirm. God gave them all into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar. 18He carried to Babylon all the articles from the temple of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the Lord’s temple and the treasures of the king and his officials. 19They set fire to God’s temple and broke down the wall of Jerusalem; they burned all the palaces and destroyed everything of value there. 20He carried into exile to Babylon the remnant, who escaped from the sword, and they became servants to him and his successors until the kingdom of Persia came to power. 21The land enjoyed its sabbath rests; all the time of its desolation it rested, until the seventy years were completed in fulfillment of the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah. 22In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing: 23“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: “ ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up, and may the Lord their God be with them.’ ”