Den Pharaoh Neko pick anodda one a Josiah boys, Eliakim, fo come da nex king afta his faddah Josiah. He change Eliakim name to Jehoiakim. But he take Jehoahaz Egypt side, an dass wea Jehoahaz mahke.
Jehoiakim pay da Pharaoh guy da silva an gold fo da fine. But da ony way he can pay wat da Pharaoh tell um, he figga how much da land worth. Den he make da peopo pay one property tax wit silva an gold fo how much land dey own, fo him pay Pharaoh Neko.
He give odda messages fo Jeremiah tell too, from da time Josiah boy Jehoiakim stay king fo da Judah peopo till da year numba eleven wen Josiah boy Zedekiah stay king. Dat year Setemba, da Babylon peopo make da Jerusalem peopo come dea prisonas, an take um outa dea land.
Dis, da message Da One In Charge wen give Jeremiah bout all da Judah peopo. Was da year numba four wen Jehoiakim, Josiah boy, stay king fo Judah. Az was da firs year dat Nebukadnezzar stay da king fo Babylon.
Nebukadnezzar neva take dat stuff away, da time he wen catch Koniah, Jehoiakim boy, da king fo Judah. He make him prisona an take um away from Jerusalem to Babylon, wit all da alii guys from Judah an Jerusalem.
An tell Jehoiakim, da king fo da Judah peopo: ‘Dis wat Da One In Charge tell: You wen burn dat roll up kine book. An you wen tell, “How come you wen write dat fo shua, da Babylon king goin come an wipe out dis land an kill da peopo an da animals inside um?!”
Was da year numba five, month numba nine, wen Jehoiakim, Josiah boy, stay king fo da Judah peopo. Had one time fo no eat so da peopo can pray in front Da One In Charge an beg him fo help dem. Dey make dat time fo all da Jerusalem peopo, an da peopo dat come inside Jerusalem from da Judah towns.
Dis da message bout Egypt: Dis wat Da One In Charge tell bout da Egypt army. Pharaoh Neko, da Egypt king, wen take all dem Karkemish side by da Eufrates Riva. Nebukadnezzar, da Babylon king, wen win ova dem. Az was da year numba four dat Jehoiakim, Josiah boy, stay da Judah king.
Da year numba three wen Jehoiakim stay da king fo Judah, da Babylon king Nebukadnezzar come Jerusalem. He put his army guys all aroun da town fo nobody come inside o go outside.