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1 約雅金年間，巴比倫王拿步高進犯，約雅金臣服了他三年，以後又背叛了他。
During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.
2 上主派加色丁、阿蘭、摩阿布和阿孟人的雜軍來，不斷侵犯約雅金；上主派這些人來進攻消滅猶大，正如上主藉他的僕人先知們所說的話。
And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.
3 猶大遭遇這件事，確是由上主的命令，因為衪要由自己面前拋棄猶大：這是為了默納舍所犯的一切罪患，
Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done,
4 也是因了他所流的無辜者的血，他使無辜者的血流滿了耶路撒冷，上主不肯寬恕。
and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.
5 約雅金其餘的事蹟，他行的一切，都記載在猶大列王的實錄上。
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
6 約雅金與祖先同眼，他的兒子耶苛尼雅繼位為王。
And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.
7 從此埃及王不敢再離開本國出征，因為巴比倫王征服了從埃及河直到幼發拉的河屬於埃及的領土。
Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.
8 耶苛尼雅登極時年十八歲，在耶路撒冷作王三個月；他的母親名叫胡市達，是耶路撒冷人厄耳納堂的女兒。
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.
9 他行了上主視為惡的事，像他父親所行的一樣。
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his father had done.
10 那時巴比倫王拿步高的臣僕前來圍攻耶路撒冷。
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.
11 當他的臣僕圍攻耶路撒冷時，巴比倫王拿步高親自來督戰攻城。
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.
12 耶苛尼雅和他的母親臣僕、公卿以及太監，都出來投降巴比倫王；巴比倫王將他們擄去，時在巴比倫王在位第八年。
Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.
13 巴比倫王且搶去了上主殿內的一切寶藏，和王宮中的寶藏，打碎了以色列王撒羅滿為上主聖殿所製的一切金器，正如上主所預言的；
As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
14 也擄去了耶路撒冷的民眾，所有的官紳和勇士，共一萬人，以及所有的工匠和鐵匠，只留下了地方上最窮苦的平民。
He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.
15 他將耶苛尼雅擄到巴比倫去，也將太后、后妃、君王的內侍，以及地方上的王公大人，都從耶路撒冷擄到巴比倫去。
Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
16 一切有氣力的人，人數約七千，工匠和鐵匠，人數約一千，都是能打仗的勇士，巴比倫王都擄到巴比倫去。
The king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle.
17 巴比倫王立了耶苛尼雅的叔父瑪塔尼雅代他為王，給他改名叫漆德克雅。
Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
18 漆德克雅登極時年二十一歲，在耶路撒冷為王十一年；他的母親始叫哈慕塔耳，是里貝納人耶勒米雅的女兒。
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.
19 他行了上主視為惡的事，伓像約雅金所行的一樣；
And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.
20 因此，上主向耶路撒冷和猶大大發憤怒，由自己面前將他們拋棄。以後漆德克雅背叛了巴比倫王。
For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.
