2 Kings 25:27
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, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, released Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison,Ko e veesi ni 'i he māmani mo'oni
'I fē
Ko hai
'I he ngaahi lea fē
- אֱוִיל מְרֹדַךְʼĔvîyl MᵉrôdakEvil-Merodak, a Babylonian king
- יְהוֹיָכִיןYᵉhôwyâkîynJehojakin, a Jewish king
- כֶּלֶאkeleʼa prison
- גָּלוּתgâlûwthcaptivity; concretely, exiles (collectively)
- שְׁלוֹשִׁיםshᵉlôwshîymthirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
- בָּבֶלBâbelBabel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
- חֹדֶשׁchôdeshthe new moon; by implication, a month
- מָלַךְmâlakto reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (b
+lea 'e 10 kehe 'i he veesi ni
Ko e ngaahi lea faka-Hepelū mo e faka-Kalisi 'oku tu'u 'i he tu'a 'o e veesi ni. 'E ha'u 'a e fakahoa lea-ki-he-lea mo e liliu lea-ki-he-lea.
Ko e me'a 'oku kei toe
- The Jehoiachin ration tabletsLave'i 'i tu'a mei he Tohi TapuThe exiled king of Judah, and even his sons, appear in Babylon's own ration lists — exactly the situation 2 Kings describes when it says he ate at the king's table.
Ngaahi fetuʻutaki veesi
Gen 40:20, Jer 52:31–34, Gen 40:13, 2Ki 24:12, Pro 21:1, 2Ki 24:15, Jer 24:5–6