Tam sakɩyɛ, Yuuda samaɣ kizi Yehowa nɛ kɛsɛɣ cɛtɩm ɛsɔnaa. Yehowa kpaɣ pɩnzɩ sakɩyɛ nɛ ɛñaɣ pana se ɛpɩsɩnɩ-kɛ nʋmɔʋ kɩbaŋʋ taa. Etiyini-kɛ nayaa sakɩyɛ se papaɣ-kɛ, ɛlɛ katiwelisini-wɛ nɛ kohoŋ-wɛ kihoŋu. Ɛzɩma Yehowa laba nɛ sɩɩnaa latʋ sɩɩ tɩnaɣ?

Babilɔɔnɩ wiyaʋ Nabukodonozɔɔrɩ kaawɛɛ nɛ ɛmʋʋ ajɛɛ kʋyʋm kʋyʋm. Ɛlabɩ you nɛ Yeruzalɛm kajalaɣ ɖeɖe lɛ, ɛkpa Wiyaʋ Yehoyakin, awumbiya, sɔdɩŋ ɖoŋ tɩnaa, nesi tɛɛ tʋmlaɖaa nɛ ñɩɣtʋ wondu luɖaa nɛ ewoni-wɛ Babilɔɔnɩ. Ɛɛkpaɣ ñɩm mbʋ payɩ pɩɩwɛ templo taa yɔ nɛ ɛɖɛna. Ɛlabɩ mbʋ nɛ ɛtɛ lɛ, ɛsɩɩ Zedekiya wiyaʋ Yuuda yɔɔ.

Zedekiya paɣzɩ kewiyitu tɔɔʋ lɛ, ɛñaŋaɣ Nabukodonozɔɔrɩ. Ajɛɛ wena aacɔ-ɩ nɛ ata yɔ nɛ cɛtɩm nayaa peheyi-i se ɛkaɖɩnɩ Babilɔɔnɩ. Ɛlɛ Yereemii tasɩ-ɩ lɔŋ nɛ ɛyɔɔdɩ se: “Ye ŋkʋyaa nɛ ŋkaɖɩnɩ Babilɔɔnɩ wiyaʋ yɔ, ɛyaa kʋʋ, ñɔɔsɩ nɛ kʋdɔmɩŋ pakaɣ wɛʋ Yuuda taa.”

Zedekiya tɔɔ kewiyitu nɛ pɩla pɩnzɩ 8 lɛ, ɛkpaɣ lɩmaɣza se ɛkaɖɩɣnɩ Babilɔɔnɩ. Ɛpɔzɩ Ejipiti mba se pasɩnɩ-ɩ. Ɛlaba mbʋ lɛ, Nabukodonozɔɔrɩ tiyi ɛ-sɔɔjanaa se powolo nɛ poyooni Yeruzalɛm. Powoba lɛ, pɔcɔɔ tɛtʋ nɛ pata. Peeɖe Yereemii heyi Zedekiya se: “Yehowa tɔm se ye ŋwoba nɛ ŋtɔlɩ Babilɔɔnɩ mba tɛɛ se pawabɩ-ŋ yɔ, ŋyakɩ ña nɛ ña-samaɣ mɩ-ñʋʋ. Ɛlɛ ye ŋtɩla mbʋ yɔ, Babilɔɔnɩ mba kaɣ kɔm nɛ pɔsɔ Yeruzalɛm miŋ nɛ  pɛɖɛnɩ-ŋ pɛ-tɛ nɛ paɖʋ-ŋ salaka.” Ɛlɛ Zedekiya heyi-i se: “Maaluŋuu pɛ-tɛɛ kpa!”

Pɩlabɩ pɩnaɣ nɛ hɔɔlʋʋ lɛ, Babilɔɔnɩ sɔɔjanaa kɔɔ nɛ pɔyɔkɩ Yeruzalɛm kolonzi nɛ pɔsɔ Yeruzalɛm tɛtʋ miŋ. Pɔsɔbɩ templo miŋ, pakʋ ɛyaa sakɩyɛ nɛ pɛɖɛnɩ ɛyaa kudokiŋ sakɩyɛ nɛ papɩsɩ-wɛ yomaa.

Zedekiya lɩɩ Yeruzalɛm tɛtʋ taa nɛ ese, ɛlɛ Babilɔɔnɩ mba ɖʋ ɛ-wayɩ. Ɛkɔm se ɛñɔtʋʋnɩ Yeriikoo tɛtʋ lɛ, pakpa-ɩ nɛ powoni-i Nabukodonozɔɔrɩ cɔlɔ. Babilɔɔnɩ wiyaʋ yele nɛ pakʋ Zedekiya piya ɛ-maɣmaɣ ɛ-ɛsɩndaa. Pʋwayɩ lɛ, pɔyɔkɩ ɛ-ɛsa nɛ paɖʋ-ɩ salaka taa nɛ ɛkɔɔ nɛ ɛsɩ salaka taa peeɖe. Ɛlɛ Yehowa heyi Yuuda mba lidaʋ tɔm tʋnɛ se: “Pɩnzɩ 70 wayɩ lɛ, mankaɣ-mɩ pɩsɩnʋʋ Yeruzalɛm.”

Piya evelisi nzɩ powoni-sɩ Babilɔɔnɩ yɔ, ɛbɛ pɩtɛŋnɩ-sɩ? Sɩkaɣ pɩzʋʋ nɛ sɩɖɔkɩ si-siɣsiɣ wɛtʋ Yehowa ɛsɩndaa?