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1 So den, da year numba nine wen Zedekiah stay king, January 15, Nebukadnezzar da Babylon king go fo attack Jerusalem, him an all his army guys. He make camp outside Jerusalem, an make ready fo take ova da town. His guys make one strong wall all aroun Jerusalem so nobody can go inside o come outside.
2 Dey stay all aroun Jerusalem till Zedekiah stay king fo eleven year.
3 Den, July 18 dat year, get hard time, cuz no mo food inside da big town. No mo notting fo da peopo eat.
4 Den da Babylon army guys broke thru da Jerusalem wall. Same time, all da Judah army guys leave da town, nite time. Dey no kea da Babylon guys stay all aroun da town. Dey go thru one gate in da middo a da two small kine walls nea da king garden, den dey run away go inside da Jordan Riva valley.
5 But da Babylon army chase King Zedekiah. Dey catch um up wea da valley come flat nea Jericho town. All da Zedekiah army guys go all ova da place an run away.
6 Da Babylon guys grab King Zedekiah. Dey bring um up country Riblah side by da Babylon king. Dea dey tell wat dey goin do to him.
7 Da firs ting dey do, dey make Zedekiah watch wen dey kill his boys. Den one a dem poke out Zedekiah eyes. Dey tie him wit two bronze leg chain, an take him Babylon side.
Da Babylon Guys Bus Up
Da Temple Fo Da One In Charge
8 Wen Nebukadnezzar stay da Babylon king fo nineteen year, one Babylon guy name Nebuzaradan go Jerusalem side, Augus 14. He work fo da Babylon king, an he da main leada fo da king bodyguard guys.
9 He burn down da Temple Fo Da One In Charge, da king palace, all da houses inside Jerusalem, an ery importan building.
10 All da Babylon army guys wit Nebuzaradan, da main leada fo da king bodyguards, broke down da town wall all aroun Jerusalem.
11 Nebuzaradan take away all da peopo dat still stay inside da big town, all da odda peopo, an all da army guys dat wen change fo go ova da Babylon king side. He da leada fo da king bodyguard, an he make all dem prisonas an take um Babylon side.
12 But some a da peopo dat no mo notting, Nebuzaradan let um stay dea fo dem take kea da grape farms an work inside da fields.
13 From da Temple fo Da One In Charge, da Babylon guys broke down da big bronze poses, all da watta carts, an da big bronze watta tank dat stay by da side a da Temple. Dey take all dat bronze metal pieces Babylon side.
14 An dey take away da pots, da shovels, da knifes fo cut da lamp wicks, da dishes, an all da tings made outa bronze metal dat dey use inside da Temple.
15 Nebuzaradan take da pans dey use fo burn incense an da bowls fo sprinkle blood. He take da gold kine stuff fo get da gold from dat, an da silva kine stuff fo get da silva.
16 Da bronze from da two poses, da one big watta tank, an da watta carts dat Solomon wen tell his peopo make fo da Temple Fo Da One In Charge, all dat stuff was mo heavy fo weigh um.
17 Da firs pos was twenny-seven feet high. Da fancy kine bronze top piece fo da pos was four an a half feet high, an get square net design all ova wit bronze pomagram aroun um. Da odda pos stay jalike um, wit da net an da pomagram on top too.
18 Da leada fo da king bodyguard, Nebuzaradan, take Seraiah da Main Pries Guy, Zefaniah da numba two pries guy, an da three guys dat watch da main door, fo come his prisonas.
19 From da odda guys dat still stay inside da big town, he take one palace officer guy, da one dat stay in charge a da Judah army guys, an five a da guys dat tell da king wass good fo do, dat still yet stay inside Jerusalem. An he take da main recruita officer guy fo da Judah army, dat go bring guys from all ova da land fo join da army, an sixty a da regula peopo dat dey find inside Jerusalem.
20 Nebuzaradan, da leada fo da king bodyguard, make all dem go by da Babylon king Riblah side.
21 Ova dea, Riblah town inside da Hamat land, da king guys kill all dem.
Az how plenny Judah peopo go way from dea land an come prisonas Babylon side.
Gedaliah Come Da Govna Judah Side
22 But fo da odda peopo, da ones dat Nebukadnezzar da Babylon king wen leave inside da Judah land, da king pick Gedaliah, Ahikam boy an Shafan grankid, fo stay in charge a dem.
23 Wen all da leadas fo da Judah army an da odda army guys hear dat da Babylon king wen pick Gedaliah fo come govna, dey go by Gedaliah, Mizpah town. Ishmael Netaniah boy, Johanan Kareah boy, Seraiah Tankumet da Netofat guy boy, Jaazaniah da Maakat guy boy, an dea guys, dey da ones dat go ova dea.
24 Gedaliah make one strong promise fo no hurt dem an dea guys. He tell um, “No sked da Babylon leada guys! Stay inside da land, an work fo da Babylon king, an eryting goin go good fo you guys.”
25 But dat year Octoba, Ishmael Netaniah boy an Elishama grankid, dat come from da Judah king ohana, come Mizpah town wit ten odda guys. Dey attack Gedaliah an kill um. Dey kill da guys from Judah an Babylon dat stay dea wit him too.
26 Cuz a dat, all da peopo, da ones dat not importan an da ones dat stay da mos importan, an da army officer guys, dey all run away go Egypt side, cuz dey stay sked a da Babylon guys.
Da Babylon Guys Let Koniah Go
(Jeremiah 52:31-34)
27 Long time afta dat, wen Koniah da Judah king stay prisona Babylon side fo thirty-seven year, Amel-Marduk come da Babylon king. April 2 dat year, he let Koniah go out from jail.
28 Amel-Marduk talk nice to Koniah, an make one spesho place fo him fo sit down, fo show Koniah get mo plenny respeck den da odda kings dat stay wit Koniah cuz dey prisonas too, inside Babylon.
29 Cuz a dat, Koniah no need wea his prison kine clotheses no moa. He start fo wea king kine clotheses jalike befo time. An fo all da time he stay alive, he eat wit King Amel-Marduk wea he eat.
30 Da king tell his palace guys fo give Koniah wateva he need fo eat, ery day till da time Koniah mahke.