2 Chronicles 36:1-23
36 Then olketa pipol lo datfala land tekem Jehoahaz, son blo Josiah, and mekem hem kamap king lo Jerusalem for changem dadi blo hem.
2 Jehoahaz hem 23 years old taem hem kamap king, and hem rul lo Jerusalem for thrifala month.
3 Bat king blo Egypt aotem hem from position blo hem for king lo Jerusalem, and talem pipol lo datfala land for fine 100 silver talent* and wanfala gold talent.
4 And tu, king blo Egypt mekem Eliakim, brata blo Jehoahaz for king ovarem Judah and Jerusalem, and hem changem nem blo hem go lo Jehoiakim, bat Necho tekem brata blo hem Jehoahaz go lo Egypt.
5 Jehoiakim hem 25 years old taem hem kamap king, and hem rul lo Jerusalem for 11 years. Hem gohed for duim samting wea nogud lo eye blo Jehovah, God blo hem.
6 King Nebuchadnezzar blo Babylon kam againstim hem for taengem hem witim tufala copper chain and tekem hem go lo Babylon.
7 And Nebuchadnezzar tekem samfala lo olketa samting wea olketa iusim lo haos blo Jehovah go lo Babylon, and hem putim olketa lo palace blo hem lo Babylon.
8 Evri nara samting abaotem Jehoiakim, olketa barava nogud samting wea hem duim and olketa samting olketa talem againstim hem, olketa raetem insaed Buk blo Olketa King blo Israel and blo Judah. And son blo hem Jehoiachin kamap king for changem hem.
9 Jehoiachin hem 18 years old taem hem kamap king, and hem rul lo Jerusalem for thrifala month and ten days. And hem gohed for duim samting wea nogud lo eye blo Jehovah.
10 Lo start blo year,* King Nebuchadnezzar sendem olketa soldia blo hem for go tekem Jehoiachin kam lo Babylon, witim olketa expensive samting lo haos blo Jehovah. And hem mekem Zedekiah, brata blo dadi blo Jehoiachin for king ovarem Judah and Jerusalem.
11 Zedekiah hem 21 years old taem hem kamap king, and hem rul lo Jerusalem for 11 years.
12 Hem gohed for duim samting wea nogud lo eye blo Jehovah, God blo hem. Hem no mekem hemseleva for hambol front lo profet Jeremiah, wea talemaot toktok blo Jehovah.
13 Hem bighed tu againstim King Nebuchadnezzar, wea bin mekem hem for talem wanfala promis lo nem blo God, and hem gohed bighed* and hem no laek for obeyim Jehovah, God blo Israel.
14 Evri leader blo olketa priest and tu olketa pipol olketa barava no faithful, olketa gohed followim evri rabis samting wea olketa nara nation duim, and olketa mekem haos blo Jehovah wea hem bin mekem holy lo Jerusalem hem no klin.
15 Jehovah, God blo olketa grandadi blo olketa gohed sendem olketa messenger for warnim olketa evritaem, bikos hem feel sorre for pipol blo hem and for temple* blo hem.
16 Bat olketa gohed tok spoelem olketa messenger blo tru God, and olketa no laek followim olketa toktok blo hem and mekfani lo olketa profet blo hem, go kasem taem kros blo Jehovah kam againstim pipol blo hem, and kasem taem wea hem hard nao for helpem olketa.
17 So hem mekem king blo olketa Chaldea for againstim olketa, and olketa killim dae olketa young man blo olketa lo sword insaed lo holy ples blo olketa. Hem no feel sorre for olketa young man or virgin, olo or olketa wea garem sik. God givim evriting lo hand blo hem.
18 Evri samting lo haos blo tru God, olketa big samting and olketa smol samting, witim tu evri riches lo haos blo Jehovah and olketa riches blo king and blo olketa prince blo hem, evri samting hia hem tekem go lo Babylon.
19 Hem bonem haos blo tru God, brekem daon wall blo Jerusalem, bonem evri strongfala taoa blo hem lo fire, and distroem evri expensive samting.
20 Hem tekem olketa wea no dae lo sword for go prisoner lo Babylon, and olketa kamap olketa servant blo hem and blo olketa son blo hem, go kasem taem kingdom blo Persia start for rul,
21 diswan hem for mekem toktok blo Jehovah wea Jeremiah talemaot hem fulfill, go kasem taem datfala land hem changem bak olketa sabbath wea hem no keepim. Lo full taem wea land hia stap emti hem rest, go kasem taem 70 year hem fulfill.
22 Lo first year blo Cyrus, king blo Persia, Jehovah muvim heart* blo Cyrus, king blo Persia for givim wanfala order wea olketa mas announcem lo full kingdom blo hem, and olketa mas raetem datwan tu. Diswan hem for toktok blo Jehovah wea Jeremiah talem bae fulfill. Order hia hem olsem:
23 “Diswan nao samting wea Cyrus, king blo Persia hem talem, ‘Jehovah, God wea rul lo heven hem givim mi evri kingdom lo earth, and hem appointim mi for buildim wanfala haos for hem lo Jerusalem, wea stap lo Judah. Eniwan lo olketa pipol blo hem wea stap witim iufala, Jehovah, God blo hem mas stap witim hem, and letem hem go ap.’”
Olketa footnote
^ Wanfala talent equals 34.2 kg. Lukim App. B14.
^ Maet hem lo taem blo spring season. Lukim App. B15.
^ Heb., “hem strongim nek blo hem.”
^ Heb., “ples for hem stap.”
^ Heb., “spirit.”
