Anden Kongebog 25
1 Og det skete i hans Regerings niende Aar, i den tiende Maaned, paa den tiende Dag i Maaneden, da kom Nebukadnezar, Kongen af Babel, han og hele hans Hær, imod Jerusalem og lejrede sig imod den, og de byggede et Bolværk imod den trindt omkring.
In the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, attacked Jerusalem with his entire army. He set up camp around the city and built siege ramps against the walls.
2 Saa blev Staden belejret indtil Kong Zedekias's ellevte Aar.
The city remained under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
3 Paa den niende Dag i Maaneden, da fik Hungeren Overhaand i Staden, og der var ikke Brød for Folket i Landet.
By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so bad that the people had nothing left to eat.
4 Og man brød ind i Staden, og alle Krigsmænd flyede om Natten ad Vejen gennem Porten imellem de to Mure, hvilken gaar til Kongens Have; og Kaldæerne laa trindt omkring Staden, og Kongen drog hen ad Vejen til den slette Mark.
Then the city wall was broken through, and all the soldiers escaped at night through the gate between the two walls by the king's garden, even though the Babylonians had the city surrounded. They ran away in the direction of the Arabah,
5 Men Kaldæernes Hær forfulgte Kongen, og de naaede ham paa den slette Mark ved Jeriko, og hele hans Hær blev adspredt fra ham.
but the Babylonian army chased after the king and caught up with him on the plains of Jericho. His whole army had scattered and left him.
6 Og de grebe Kongen og førte ham op til Kongen af Babel, til Ribla, og holdt Ret over ham.
They captured the king and took him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where he was sentenced.
7 Og de nedhuggede Zedekias's Sønner for hans Øjne, og man blindede Zedekias's Øjne, og de bandt ham med to Kobberlænker og førte ham til Babel.
They slaughtered Zedekiah's sons while he watched, and then gouged out his eyes, bound him in bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
8 Og i den femte Maaned paa den syvende Dag i Maaneden (det Aar var Kong Nebukadnezars, Babels Konges, nittende Aar) kom Nebusar-Adan, Øversten for Livvagten, Kongen af Babels Tjener, til Jerusalem.
On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guard, an officer of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
9 Og han opbrændte Herrens Hus og Kongens Hus; og alle Husene i Jerusalem, ja alle store Huse opbrændte han med Ild.
He burned down the Lord's Temple, the royal palace, and all the large buildings of Jerusalem.
10 Og hele Kaldæernes Hær, som var med den øverste for Livvagten, nedbrød Jerusalems Mur trindt omkring.
The whole Babylonian army under the commander of the guard knocked down the walls around Jerusalem.
11 Men det øvrige Folk, de overblevne i Staden og de frafaldne, som vare gaaede over til Kongen af Babel, og den øvrige Hob førte Nebusar-Adan, Øversten for Livvagten, bort.
Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guard, deported those who were left in the city, even those who had gone over to the side of the king of Babylon, as well as the rest of the population.
12 Og Øversten for Livvagten lod nogle af de ringeste i Landet blive tilbage til Vingaardsmænd og til Agermænd.
But the commander of the guard allowed the poor people who were left in the country to stay and take care of the vineyards and the fields.
13 Og Kobberstøtterne, som vare i Herrens Hus, og Stolene og Kobberhavet, som var i Herrens Hus, sønderbrøde Kaldæerne, og de førte Kobberet af dem til Babel.
The Babylonians broke into pieces the bronze pillars, the movable carts, and the bronze Sea that belonged to the Lord's Temple, and they took all the bronze to Babylon.
14 Og Gryderne og Skufferne og Knivene og Røgelseskaalerne og alle Kobberkarrene, som brugtes til Tjenesten, toge de bort.
They also took all the pots, shovels, lamp snuffers, dishes, and all the other bronze items used in the Temple service.
15 Og Ildkarrene og Skaalerne, hvad som var helt Guld, og som var helt Sølv, tog den øverste for Livvagten.
The commander of the guard removed the censers and bowls, anything that was made of pure gold or silver.
16 De to Støtter og det ene Hav og de Stole, som Salomo havde gjort til Herrens Hus: — Der var ikke Vægt paa Kobberet af alle disse Ting.
The amount of bronze that came from the two columns, the Sea and the movable carts, which Solomon had made for the Lord's Temple, all of this weighed more than could be measured.
17 Højden af den ene Støtte var atten Alen, og Kronen derpaa var af Kobber, og Kronens Højde var tre Alen; og Nettet og Granatæblerne trindt omkring paa Kronen var alt sammen af Kobber, og paa samme Maade var den anden Støtte med Nettet.
Each column was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital on top of one column was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates around it. The second column was the same, and also had a decorative network.
18 Og Øversten for Livvagten tog Ypperstepræsten Seraja og Zefania, Præsten af anden Rang, og tre, som toge Vare paa Dørtærskelen;
The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah, the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest, second in rank, and the three Temple doorkeepers.
19 og af Staden tog han een Hofbetjent, som var Befalingsmand over Krigsmændene, og fem Mænd af dem, som saa Kongens Ansigt og som fandtes i Staden, og Skriveren, som var hos Stridshøvedsmanden, og som udskrev Folket i Landet, og tresindstyve Mænd af Folket i Landet, som fandtes i Staden.
From those left in the city he took the officer in charge of the soldiers, and five of the king's advisors. He also took the secretary to the army commander who was in charge of calling up the people for military service, and sixty other men who were present in the city.
20 Og Nebusar-Adan, den øverste for Livvagten, tog dem og førte dem til Kongen af Babel, til Ribla.
Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guard, took them and brought them before the king of Babylon at Riblah.
21 Og Kongen af Babel slog dem ihjel og dræbte dem i Ribla, i Hamaths Land; saa blev Juda bortført fra sit Land.
The king of Babylon had them executed at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So the people of Judah had to leave their land.
22 Men over Folket, som blev tilbage i Judas Land, som Nebukadnezar, Kongen af Babel, lod blive tilbage, over dem satte han Gedalia, en Søn af Ahikam, Safans Søn.
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, appointed Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, as governor over the people he had left in the land of Judah.
23 Der alle Stridshøvedsmændene, de og deres Mænd, hørte, at Kongen af Babel havde sat Gedalia over dem, da kom de til Gedalia til Mizpa, baade Ismael, Nethanias Søn, og Johanan, Kareaks Søn, og Seraja, Netofatiten Thanhumeths Søn, og Maakatiten Jaasanias Søn, de og deres Mænd.
When all the army officers of Judah and their men learned that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they and their men met with Gedaliah at Mizpah. They included: Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan, son of Kareah, Seraiah, son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, Jaazaniah, son of the Maakathite.
24 Og Gedalia tilsvor dem og deres Mænd og sagde til dem: Frygter ikke for Kaldæernes Tjenere; bliver i Landet og tjener Kongen af Babel, saa skal det gaa eder vel.
Gedaliah swore an oath to them and their men, telling them, “Don't be afraid of the Babylonian officials. Stay here in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and you'll be fine.”
25 Men det skete i den syvende Maaned, at Ismael, en Søn af Nethania, Elisamas Søn, af kongelig Sæd, kom og ti Mænd med ham, og de sloge Gedalia, saa at han døde tillige med Jøderne og Kaldæerne, som vare hos ham i Mizpa.
But in the seventh month, Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of royal blood, came with ten men. They attacked and killed Gedaliah, along with the men of Judea and Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah.
26 Da gjorde alt Folket sig rede, baade smaa og store, tillige med Hærenes Øverster og drog til Ægypten; thi de frygtede for Kaldæerne.
As a result, all the people, from the least to the greatest, along with the army commanders, ran away to Egypt, terrified of what the Babylonians would do.
27 Og det skete i det syv og tredivte Aar, efter at Jojakin, Kongen af Juda, var bortført, i den tolvte Maaned, paa den syv og tyvende Dag i Maaneden, da opløftede Evilmerodak, Kongen af Babel, i det Aar han blev Konge, Jojakins, Judas Konges Hoved fra Fængselets Hus.
In the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released Jehoiachin, king of Judah, from prison. This happened on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin, king of Judah.
28 Og han talede gode Ord med ham, og han satte hans Stol over de Kongers Stole, som vare hos ham i Babel.
The king of Babylon treated him well him and gave him a position of honor higher than the other kings there with him in Babylon.
29 Og han omskiftede sine Fængselsklæder, og han aad stedse Brød for hans Ansigt i alle sine Livsdage.
So Jehoiachin was able to remove his prison clothes, and he ate frequently at the king's table for the rest of his life.
30 Og angaaende hans Underholdning, da gaves ham stadig Underholdning af Kongen, hver Dag hvad han behøvede for den Dag, alle hans Livsdage.
The king provided Jehoiachin with a daily allowance for the rest of his life.
