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Klei Y-Jôača Jing Mtao, Klei Arăng Mdlưh Ñu

(II Mtao 23:31-35)

¹Phung ƀuôn sang hlăm čar ruah Y-Jôača anak êkei Y-Jôsia mjing ñu mtao čuê ama ñu hlăm ƀuôn Yêrusalem. ²Y-Jôača mâo dua pluh tlâo thŭn tơdah ñu dơ̆ng jing mtao, leh anăn ñu kiă kriê tlâo mlan hlăm ƀuôn Yêrusalem. ³Mtao Êjip mdlưh ñu hlăm ƀuôn Yêrusalem leh anăn brei čar tuh jia sa êtuh talăng prăk leh anăn sa talăng mah. ⁴ Mtao Êjip brei Y-Êliakim adei ñu jing mtao kiă kriê čar Yuđa leh anăn ƀuôn Yêrusalem, leh anăn bi mlih anăn ñu jing Y-Jêhôyakim; ƀiădah Y-Nêkô mă ba Y-Jôača ayŏng ñu kơ čar Êjip.

Klei Y-Jêhôyakim Jing Mtao

(II Mtao 23:36–24:7)

⁵ Y-Jêhôyakim mâo dua pluh êma thŭn tơdah ñu dơ̆ng jing mtao, leh anăn ñu kiă kriê pluh sa thŭn hlăm ƀuôn Yêrusalem. Ñu ngă klei jhat ti anăp ală Yêhôwa Aê Diê ñu. ⁶ Y-Nebukatnetsar mtao Ƀaƀilôn hriê bi blah hŏng ñu, leh anăn kă ñu hŏng klei săng đai kông leh anăn đoh ba ñu kơ ƀuôn Ƀaƀilôn. ⁷Msĕ mơh Y-Nebukatnetsar mă đa đa čhiên mngan mơ̆ng sang yang Yêhôwa djă ba kơ ƀuôn Ƀaƀilôn leh anăn dưm dŏ anăn hlăm sang mtao ñu ti ƀuôn Ƀaƀilôn. ⁸Bruă mkăn Y-Jêhôyakim ngă, leh anăn klei jhat Yêhôwa bi êmut ñu ngă, leh anăn klei ñu jing soh, nĕ anei arăng čih leh hlăm hdruôm hră Phung Mtao Israel leh anăn Yuđa; leh anăn Y-Jêhôyakin anak êkei ñu jing mtao čuê ñu.

Arăng Đoh Ba Y-Jêhôyakin Jing Mnă Kơ Ƀuôn Ƀaƀilôn

(II Mtao 24:8-17)

⁹Y-Jêhôyakin mâo sa păn thŭn tơdah ñu dơ̆ng jing mtao, leh anăn ñu kiă kriê tlâo mlan pluh hruê hlăm ƀuôn Yêrusalem. Ñu ngă klei jhat ti anăp ală Yêhôwa. ¹⁰ Êjai yan mnga hlăm thŭn anăn Mtao Nebukatnetsar tiŏ nao mnuih atăt ba ñu kơ ƀuôn Ƀaƀilôn, mbĭt hŏng čhiên mngan yuôm mơ̆ng sang Yêhôwa, leh anăn brei adei ñu Y-Sêdêkia jing mtao kiă kriê čar Yuđa leh anăn ƀuôn Yêrusalem.

Klei Y-Sêdêkia Jing Mtao

(II Mtao 24:18-20; Yêr 52:1-3)

¹¹ Y-Sêdêkia mâo dua pluh sa thŭn tơdah ñu dơ̆ng jing mtao, leh anăn ñu kiă kriê pluh sa thŭn hlăm ƀuôn Yêrusalem. ¹²Ñu ngă klei jhat ti anăp ală Yêhôwa Aê Diê ñu. Ñu amâo bi luă gŭ ñu pô ôh ti anăp khua pô hưn êlâo Y-Yêrêmi, pô blŭ klei kbiă mơ̆ng ƀăng êgei Yêhôwa. ¹³ Msĕ mơh ñu bi kdơ̆ng hŏng Mtao Nebukatnetsar, pô brei ñu kat asei hŏng Aê Diê; ñu ngă khăng kŏ leh anăn bi khăng ai tiê ñu amâo čiăng wir phă Yêhôwa Aê Diê Israel ôh. ¹⁴Jih jang phung knơ̆ng khua ngă yang leh anăn phung ƀuôn sang msĕ mơh amâo dôk sĭt suôr ôh, tui hlue jih klei jhat Yêhôwa bi êmut phung găp djuê mkăn ngă leh; leh anăn diñu bi čhŏ sang yang Yêhôwa, sang yang Yêhôwa brei arăng mpŭ hlăm ƀuôn Yêrusalem.
¹⁵Yêhôwa Aê Diê phung aê diñu tiŏ phung hưn kơ diñu nanao, kyuadah gơ̆ mâo klei pap kơ phung ƀuôn sang gơ̆ leh anăn kơ anôk gơ̆ dôk, ¹⁶ƀiădah diñu mưč nanao kơ phung mnuih Aê Diê tiŏ nao, bi êmut kơ klei gơ̆ blŭ, djă djik djak kơ phung khua pô hưn êlâo gơ̆, tơl klei Yêhôwa ngêñ đĭ lar kơ phung ƀuôn sang gơ̆, tơl amâo dưi lŏ bi hlao ôh.

Klei Arăng Atăt Phung Yuđa Jing Mnă

(II Mtao 25:8-21; Yêr 39:8-10; 52:12-30)

¹⁷ Kyuanăn Yêhôwa atăt mtao phung Kaldê bi blah hŏng diñu, phung anăn bi mdjiê phung êkei hlăk ai diñu hŏng đao gưm hlăm sang anôk doh jăk diñu, leh anăn amâo pap ôh kơ êkei êdam amâodah mniê êra, êkei mduôn amâodah awăt; Yêhôwa jao jih diñu kơ kngan mtao phung Kaldê. ¹⁸Mtao phung Kaldê djă ba kơ ƀuôn Ƀaƀilôn jih jang čhiên mngan sang yang Aê Diê, prŏng wăt điêt, ngăn drăp Yêhôwa, ngăn drăp mtao leh anăn phung khua ñu. ¹⁹ Diñu čuh sang yang Aê Diê, bi klưh mnư̆ ƀuôn Yêrusalem, čuh jih jang sang mtao hŏng pui, leh anăn bi rai jih jang čhiên mngan yuôm. ²⁰Ñu atăt ba jing mnă kơ čar Ƀaƀilôn phung tlaih mơ̆ng đao gưm, leh anăn digơ̆ jing dĭng buăl kơ ñu leh anăn kơ phung anak êkei ñu tơl ênuk arăng mdơ̆ng ƀuôn ala mtao Persơ, ²¹ čiăng bi sĭt klei Yêhôwa blŭ leh hŏng ƀăng êgei Y-Yêrêmi, tơl čar mdei jih hruê sabat Aê Diê bi kčah leh. Jih jang hruê ñu dôk jing ênguôl ñu mdei hruê sabat, čiăng bi ruê̆ kjuh pluh thŭn.

Klei Y-Sirus Hưn Mthâo

(Êsra 1:1-4)

²²Hlăm thŭn tal sa Y-Sirus mtao Persơ kiă kriê, čiăng kơ klei Yêhôwa blŭ leh hŏng ƀăng êgei Y-Yêrêmi dưi bi sĭt, Yêhôwa mčhur ai tiê Y-Sirus mtao Persơ, čiăng kơ ñu ngă klei hưn mthâo tar ƀar ƀuôn ala mtao ñu leh anăn msĕ mơh čih klei anăn hlăm hră: ²³ “Snei Y-Sirus mtao Persơ lač, ‘Yêhôwa, Aê Diê hlăm adiê, brei leh kơ kâo jih jang ƀuôn ala mtao ti lăn ala, leh anăn ñu mtă leh kơ kâo brei mdơ̆ng kơ ñu sa boh sang yang ti ƀuôn Yêrusalem hlăm čar Yuđa. Hlei pô hlăm phung diih jing phung ƀuôn sang ñu, akâo kơ Yêhôwa Aê Diê gơ̆ dôk mbĭt hŏng gơ̆. Brei gơ̆ đĭ nao kơ ƀuôn Yêrusalem.’ ”

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The Reign and Captivity of Jehoahaz

¹Then ⚓the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem. ²Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. ³Now the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. ⁴Then the king of Egypt made Jehoahaz’s brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother and carried him off to Egypt.

The Reign and Captivity of Jehoiakim

⁵⚓Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did ⚓evil in the sight of the Lord his God. ⁶⚓Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in bronze fetters to ⚓carry him off to Babylon. ⁷⚓Nebuchadnezzar also carried off some of the articles from the house of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. ⁸Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations which he did, and what was found against him, indeed they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. Then Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

The Reign and Captivity of Jehoiachin

⁹⚓Jehoiachin was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord. ¹⁰At the turn of the year ⚓King Nebuchadnezzar summoned him and took him to Babylon, ⚓with the costly articles from the house of the Lord, and made ⚓Zedekiah, Jehoiakim’s brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Zedekiah Reigns in Judah

¹¹⚓Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. ¹²He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and⚓did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the Lord. ¹³And he also ⚓rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear an oath by God; but he ⚓stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord God of Israel. ¹⁴Moreover all the leaders of the priests and the people transgressed more and more, according to all the abominations of the nations, and defiled the house of the Lord which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

The Fall of Jerusalem

¹⁵⚓And the Lord God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place. ¹⁶But ⚓they mocked the messengers of God, ⚓despised His words, and ⚓scoffed at His prophets, until the ⚓wrath of the Lord arose against His people, till there was no remedy.
¹⁷⚓Therefore He brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, who ⚓killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, on the aged or the weak; He gave them all into his hand. ¹⁸⚓And all the articles from the house of God, great and small, the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king and of his leaders, all these he took to Babylon. ¹⁹⚓Then they burned the house of God, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its precious possessions. ²⁰And ⚓those who escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon, ⚓where they became servants to him and his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia, ²¹to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of ⚓Jeremiah, until the land ⚓had enjoyed her Sabbaths. As long as she lay desolate ⚓she kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.

The Proclamation of Cyrus

²²⚓Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of ⚓Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of ⚓Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,
²³⚓Thus says Cyrus king of Persia:
All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. Who is among you of all His people? May the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up!