1 Zedekiah was twenny-one year ol wen he come Judah king Jerusalem side. He stay king fo eleven year. His muddah name Hamutal, an her faddah, da odda Jeremiah dat live Libnah town. 2 Zedekiah do bad kine stuff da way Da One In Charge see him, jalike Jehoiakim wen do. 3 Cuz a dat, Da One In Charge come real huhu wit da Jerusalem peopo an da Judah peopo. So he throw dem outa da place he stay.

Den Zedekiah fight fo no let da Babylon king stay in charge a da Judah peopo.

4  ✡ 52:4: Ezek 24:2Da year numba nine wen Zedekiah stay king, January 15, da Babylon king Nebukadnezzar come wit all his army guys fo fight Jerusalem. Dey make camps outside Jerusalem, an pile up dirt aroun da town wall fo dem go ova da top a da wall. 5 Da town stay wit da Babylon army guys all aroun um, till da year numba eleven wen Zedekiah stay king.

6 Den, July 18 dat year, no mo food fo da Jerusalem peopo fo eat, an dey suffa plenny. 7  ✡ 52:7: Ezek 33:21Den da Babylon army guys broke down one part a da wall aroun Jerusalem, an all da Judah army guys run away. Dey sneak out from Jerusalem town nite time nea da king garden, thru one gate in da middo a two walls, no matta da Babylon army guys stay all aroun da town. Den da Judah guys take da road to da Jordan Riva valley. 8 But da Babylon army guys go chase King Zedekiah, an catch him inside da flat dry place nea Jericho. All Zedekiah army guys run away from him an go all ova da place. 9 An dass how da Babylon army guys catch Zedekiah.

Dey take Zedekiah by da Babylon king inside Riblah town, Hamat side. An da Babylon king tell his guys how fo punish Zedekiah. 10 Right den an dea Riblah side, da Babylon king tell his guys fo kill Zedekiah boys, an Zedekiah wen watch um mahke. Same time, da Babylon king tell his guys kill all da Judah leada guys too. 11  ✡ 52:11: Ezek 12:13Den he tell his guys dig out Zedekiah eyes, tie him up wit bronze leg chains, an take him Babylon side. Dey put him inside da prison, an he stay dea till he mahke.

12 Da year numba nineteen wen Nebukadnezzar stay king fo Babylon, Augus 17, Nebuzaradan wen go Jerusalem. Him, da main officer fo da Babylon king guard guys. 13  ✡ 52:13: 1Kings 9:8Him an his guys burn down da Temple Fo Da One In Charge, da king palace, an all da houses inside Jerusalem, wea da importan peopo live befo time. 14 Nebuzaradan tell all da Babylon army guys fo go broke down all da walls aroun Jerusalem. 15 Nebuzaradan make some a da peopo prisonas dat no mo notting, an some a da odda peopo dat still stay inside Jerusalem, an da peopo dat wen go da side a da Babylon king, an all da guys dat still stay dat know how fo make stuff. 16 But Nebuzaradan let da odda Judah peopo dat no mo notting stay back dea fo take kea da grape farms an plow da land.

17  ✡ 52:17: 1Kings 7:15-47Da Babylon guys broke up da bronze poses, da watta carts, an da big bronze watta tank dat stay inside da Temple Fo Da One In Charge. Dey take all da bronze stuff Babylon side. 18 An dey take all da pots, da shovels, da knifes fo cut da lamp wicks, da bowls fo sprinkle da sacrifice blood, da dishes, an all da bronze stuff da pries guys use inside da Temple. 19 Da main officer fo da king guard guys take away da gold an silva stuff—da tubs, da pans fo carry da fire, da bowls fo sprinkle blood, da pots, da stans fo da lamps, da dishes an bowls dey use fo da drink offerings, an all da odda gold an silva stuff.

20 Da bronze from da two poses, da watta tanks, an da twelve bronze bulls unda dem, an da watta carts, dat King Solomon wen make fo da Temple Fo Da One In Charge, all dat stuff was mo heavy den wat dey can weigh. 21 Da two poses stay nine yards high, an six yards aroun, four finga thick, an hollow inside. 22 Da fancy kine piece dat go on top da pos stay two an one half yards high. Get one picha an bronze pomagrams all aroun um. Da odda pos get da same kine stuff. 23 Get ninety-six pomagrams on da sides, an get one hundred pomagrams on da top.

24 Nebuzaradan make Seraiah da Main Pries Guy his prisona, an Zefaniah da numba two pries guy, an da three guys dat guard da main door fo da Temple. 25 From da guys dat still yet stay inside da big town, he take prisona da palace guy dat stay in charge a da guys dat fight, an seven guys dat get da right fo go talk to da king weneva dey like. An he take prisona da secretary dat help da army officer guy dat get guys from da land fo da army, an sixty regula kine guys dat dey find inside da big town. 26 Nebuzaradan take all dese guys prisonas, an make um go by da Babylon king Riblah side. 27 Ova dea, Riblah town Hamat side, da Babylon king tell his guys fo kill all dem.

Az how da Judah peopo wen come prisonas an go way from dea land. 28 Dis how plenny peopo Nebukadnezzar wen take away wen he stay king:

31 Da year numba thirty-seven wen Koniah da king fo Judah stay prisona Babylon side, da same year Ewil-Merodak come da Babylon king, he let go Koniah an show him respeck. Koniah come outa da prison March 20 dat year. 32 Ewil-Merodak talk nice to Koniah, an give him one throne dat show he stay importan inside Babylon, mo importan den all da odda kings dat stay wit him inside Babylon. 33 So Koniah no wear his prison kine clotheses no moa, an use nice clotheses, an he stay eat wit da king all da time Koniah stay alive. 34 An ery day da Babylon king give Koniah wat he need fo his ohana, all da time he stay alive, till he mahke.