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The Fall and Captivity of Judah

¹Now it came to pass ⚓in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and encamped against it; and they built a siege wall against it all around. ²So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. ³By the ninth day of the ⚓fourth month the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.
⁴Then ⚓the city wall was broken through, and all the men of war fled at night by way of the gate between two walls, which was by the king’s garden, even though the Chaldeans were still encamped all around against the city. And ⚓the king went by way of the plain. ⁵But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his army was scattered from him. ⁶So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon ⚓at Riblah, and they pronounced judgment on him. ⁷Then they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, ⚓put out the eyes of Zedekiah, bound him with bronze fetters, and took him to Babylon.
⁸And in the fifth month, ⚓on the seventh day of the month (which was⚓the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), ⚓Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. ⁹⚓He burned the house of the Lord⚓and the king’s house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, ⚓he burned with fire. ¹⁰And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard ⚓broke down the walls of Jerusalem all around.
¹¹Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive ⚓the rest of the people who remained in the city and the defectors who had deserted to the king of Babylon, with the rest of the multitude. ¹²But the captain of the guard ⚓left some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers. ¹³⚓The bronze ⚓pillars that were in the house of the Lord, and ⚓the carts and ⚓the bronze Sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and ⚓carried their bronze to Babylon. ¹⁴They also took away ⚓the pots, the shovels, the trimmers, the spoons, and all the bronze utensils with which the priests ministered. ¹⁵The firepans and the basins, the things of solid gold and solid silver, the captain of the guard took away. ¹⁶The two pillars, one Sea, and the carts, which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord, ⚓the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure. ¹⁷⚓The height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the capital on it was of bronze. The height of the capital was three cubits, and the network and pomegranates all around the capital were all of bronze. The second pillar was the same, with a network.
¹⁸⚓And the captain of the guard took ⚓Seraiah the chief priest, ⚓Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers. ¹⁹He also took out of the city an officer who had charge of the men of war, ⚓five men of the king’s close associates who were found in the city, the chief recruiting officer of the army, who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city. ²⁰So Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, took these and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. ²¹Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. ⚓Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land.

Gedaliah Made Governor of Judah

²²Then he made Gedaliah the son of ⚓Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor over ⚓the people who remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left. ²³Now when all the ⚓captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Careah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. ²⁴And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, and said to them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.”
²⁵But ⚓it happened in the seventh month that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men and struck and killed Gedaliah, the Jews, as well as the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah. ²⁶And all the people, small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose ⚓and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.

Jehoiachin Released from Prison

²⁷⚓Now it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, ⚓released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. ²⁸He spoke kindly to him, and gave him a more prominent seat than those of the kings who were with him in Babylon. ²⁹So Jehoiachin changed from his prison garments, and he ⚓ate bread regularly before the king all the days of his life. ³⁰And as for his provisions, there was a regular ration given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life.

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¹Se^nde^ki^yaa zoux hungh da'juov hnyangx ziepc hlaax saeng-ziepc wuov hnoi, Mbaa^mbi^lon nyei hungh, Ne^mbu^katv^netv^saa, dorh jienv ninh nyei zuangx baeng daaih mborqv Ye^lu^saa^lem. Ninh liepc ciangv weih gormx zingh ga'nyiec maengx yaac zoux mborqv jaax nyei jaa-sic weih gormx.⚓ ²Ninh mbuo weih jienv zingh taux Se^nde^ki^yaa zoux hungh ziepc yietv hnyangx wuov hnyangx. ³Taux feix hlaax saeng-juov yiem zingh gu'nyuoz nyei mienh ngorc hnaangx kouv haic aqv. Baeqc fingx maiv maaih haaix nyungc nyanc. ⁴Ninh mbuo ziouc mborqv zingh laatc tong, yietc zungv baeng lungh muonz zanc biaux, yangh nitv hungh diex nyei huingx i norm zingh laatc mbu'ndongx nyei laatc gaengh cuotv, maiv gunv Mbaa^mbi^lon Mienh weih gormx zingh. Biaux cuotv, ninh mbuo hungx jienv Aa^laa^mbaa Deic mingh.⚓ ⁵Mv baac Mbaa^mbi^lon nyei baeng-guanh zunc jienv mingh yaac zunc zaaic Se^nde^ki^yaa Hungh yiem Ye^li^ko nyei ndau-baengh. Ninh nyei baeng-guanh guangc jienv ninh, faatv nzaanx nyei biaux. ⁶Hungh diex yaac zuqc zorqv mi'aqv. Baeng dorh ninh mingh taux Lipv^laa Zingh, Mbaa^mbi^lon nyei hungh wuov, dingc ninh nyei zuiz. ⁷Ninh mbuo dorng jienv Se^nde^ki^yaa daix nzengc ninh nyei dorn. Ninh mbuo gueix Se^nde^ki^yaa nyei m'zing cuotv, yaac longc dongh siqv limc ndoh jienv dorh ninh mingh Mbaa^mbi^lon.⚓

Zaangc Tin-Hungh Nyei Biauv Zuqc Mietc

(Beiv mangc Ye^le^mi 52:12-23)

⁸Ne^mbu^katv^netv^saa zoux Mbaa^mbi^lon nyei hungh ziepc juov hnyangx hmz hlaax saeng-cietv wuov hnoi, hungh diex nyei sin-hlen mienh nyei bieiv, Ne^mbu^saa^laa^ndaan, se Mbaa^mbi^lon Hungh nyei yietc dauh jien, mingh taux Ye^lu^saa^lem. ⁹Ninh longc douz buov zaangc Ziouv nyei biauv caux hungh dinc caux yiem Ye^lu^saa^lem nyei norm-norm biauv. Da'faanh longc jienv nyei biauv ninh buov nzengc.⚓ ¹⁰Dongh gan jienv hungh diex nyei sin-hlen mienh nyei baeng-bieiv wuov deix zuangx baeng mborqv mbaang weih gormx Ye^lu^saa^lem Zingh nyei zingh laatc. ¹¹Hungh diex nyei sin-hlen mienh nyei baeng-bieiv, Ne^mbu^saa^laa^ndaan, guaatv nzengc yiem zingh zengc njiec nyei baeqc fingx caux guangc jienv ganh nyei hungh bieqc Mbaa^mbi^lon nyei hungh wuov deix, caux yietc zungv mienh mingh Mbaa^mbi^lon. ¹²Mv baac hungh diex nyei sin-hlen mienh nyei baeng-bieiv liouh njiec gauh jomc jiex nyei mienh goux a'ngunc huingx, zoux lingh zoux ndeic.
¹³Yiem zaangc Ziouv nyei biauv nyei dongh siqv ndiouh caux yiem zaangc Ziouv nyei biauv nyei dongh siqv dieh longz caux domh dongh siqv bunh⚓ wuov deix, Mbaa^mbi^lon baeng mborqv benx yietc hlengx yietc hlengx, ziouc bienh dongh siqv mingh Mbaa^mbi^lon.⚓ ¹⁴Ninh mbuo yaac zorqv caeng, ga'naaiv-cenv, njapv dang-cov nyei njiuv, ba'gen caux yiem zaangc Ziouv nyei biauv longc nyei yietc zungv dongh siqv jaa-dorngx dorh mingh.⚓ ¹⁵Hungh diex nyei sin-hlen mienh nyei baeng-bieiv yaac zorqv siou douz nyei jei caux bunh dorh mingh. Maiv gunv longc jiem longc nyaanh zoux daaih nyei jaa-dorngx ninh dorh mingh benx jiem benx nyaanh. ¹⁶Saa^lo^morn weic zaangc Ziouv nyei biauv zoux wuov deix i norm domh ndiouh caux domh bunh caux dieh longz nyei dongh siqv zungv maiv haih nziang maiv hingh. ¹⁷Norm-norm ndiouh ziepc betv ndorqc hlang. Ndiouh dueiv-mueiz borqv jienv buo ndorqc hlang, maaih hnangv dongh siqv mungz nor, caux dongh siqv ziqc liouh biouv⚓ huing gormx. Wuov norm ndiouh yaac fih hnangv nyei zoux, maaih dongh siqv mungz weih gormx.

Yu^ndaa Mienh Zuqc Guaatv Mingh Mbaa^mbi^lon

(Beiv mangc Ye^le^mi 52:24-27)

¹⁸Hungh diex nyei sin-hlen mienh nyei baeng-bieiv zorqv Se^lai^aa domh sai mienh caux zoux da'nyeic wuov dauh sai mienh, Se^fan^yaa, caux buo dauh zuov gaengh nyei mienh dorh mingh. ¹⁹Yiem zingh zengc njiec nyei mienh ninh zorqv dauh dorh baeng mborqv jaax nyei domh baeng-bieiv caux biaa dauh tengx hungh diex caangh laangh nyei mienh. Ninh yaac zorqv dauh dongh diuc deic-bung nyei baeng wuov dauh jun-baeng-bieiv nyei sou-biuv, caux yiem zingh gu'nyuoz lorz buatc nyei luoqc ziepc dauh baeqc fingx. ²⁰Domh baeng-bieiv, Ne^mbu^saa^laa^ndaan, zorqv ninh mbuo yietc zungv mingh Lipv^laa Zingh, Mbaa^mbi^lon nyei hungh wuov. ²¹Yiem Haamatv Deic, Lipv^laa Zingh wuov, hungh diex bun ninh mbuo zuqc daix daic.
Yu^ndaa Mienh ziouc zuqc guaatv mingh, leih nqoi ganh nyei deic-bung.

Yu^ndaa Nyei Saengv-Ziouv, Ge^ndaa^li^yaa

(Beiv mangc Ye^le^mi 40:7-9; 41:1-3)

²²Mbaa^mbi^lon nyei hungh, Ne^mbu^katv^netv^saa, liepc Saafaan nyei fun, Aa^hi^kam nyei dorn, Ge^ndaa^li^yaa, zoux Yu^ndaa nyei saengv-ziouv gunv liouh yiem Yu^ndaa zengc njiec nyei mienh.⚓ ²³Zuangx baeng-bieiv caux ninh mbuo nyei baeng muangx haiz Mbaa^mbi^lon nyei hungh liepc Ge^ndaa^li^yaa zoux saengv-ziouv, ninh mbuo caux ninh mbuo nyei mienh mingh Mitv^baa lorz Ge^ndaa^li^yaa. Maaih Ne^taa^ni^yaa nyei dorn, I^saa^maa^en, caux Kaa^le^aa nyei dorn, Yo^haa^nan, caux Ne^to^faa Mienh, Tan^hu^metv nyei dorn, Se^lai^aa, caux Maa^aa^kaa Mienh nyei dorn, Yaa^aa^san^yaa, caux ninh mbuo nyei mienh. ²⁴Ge^ndaa^li^yaa houv jienv laengz waac mbuox ninh mbuo caux ninh mbuo nyei zuangx mienh, “Maiv dungx laaix Mbaa^mbi^lon Mienh nyei jien gamh nziex. Gunv bungx hnyouv yiem naaiv norm deic-bung fu-sux Mbaa^mbi^lon nyei hungh meih mbuo ziouc duqv longx.”
²⁵Mv baac yiem cietv hlaax nyei ziangh hoc, maaih hungh nyei douh zong, E^li^saa^maa nyei fun, Ne^taa^ni^yaa nyei dorn, I^saa^maa^en, dorh ziepc dauh mienh daaih daix Ge^ndaa^li^yaa yaac daix caux ninh yiem Mitv^baa wuov deix Yu^ndaa Mienh caux Mbaa^mbi^lon Mienh.⚓ ²⁶Hnangv naaic zuangx baeqc fingx hlo-hlo faix-faix caux yietc zungv baeng-bieiv ziouc biaux mingh I^yipv Deic-Bung weic zuqc ninh mbuo gamh nziex Mbaa^mbi^lon Mienh.⚓

Ye^ho^yaa^kin Duqv Bungx Cuotv Loh

(Beiv mangc Ye^le^mi 52:31-34)

²⁷Yiem Yu^ndaa nyei hungh, Ye^ho^yaa^kin, zuqc caangv mingh faah ziepc cietv hnyangx wuov hnyangx, dongh Ewin Me^lo^ndakc faaux weic zoux Mbaa^mbi^lon nyei hungh wuov hnyangx, ziepc nyeic hlaax nyic ziepc cietv wuov hnoi, Mbaa^mbi^lon nyei hungh bungx Ye^ho^yaa^kin cuotv loh. ²⁸Mbaa^mbi^lon nyei hungh caux Ye^ho^yaa^kin gorngv longx yaac bun ninh zueiz gauh hlang jiex caux ninh yiem Mbaa^mbi^lon wuov deix zuangx hungh diex zueiz nor. ²⁹Ye^ho^yaa^kin ziouc jaiv nqoi ninh yiem loh zuqv nyei lui-houx, yietc seix zanc-zanc duqv juangc hungh diex nyei dieh nyanc hnaangx. ³⁰Yiem Ye^ho^yaa^kin corc ziangh jienv nyei ziangh hoc, hungh diex hnoi-hnoi bun dongh ninh qiemx longc nyei ga'naaiv.