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.
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.
2 Saa blev Staden belejret indtil Kong Zedekias's ellevte Aar.
So the city was besieged unto 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.
On the ninth day of the [fourth] month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
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 a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about: ) and [the king] went by the way 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 army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army was scattered from him.
6 Og de grebe Kongen og førte ham op til Kongen af Babel, til Ribla, og holdt Ret over ham.
Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
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.
And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and carried 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.
Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
9 Og han opbrændte Herrens Hus og Kongens Hus; og alle Husene i Jerusalem, ja alle store Huse opbrændte han med Ild.
And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burnt he with fire.
10 Og hele Kaldæernes Hær, som var med den øverste for Livvagten, nedbrød Jerusalems Mur trindt omkring.
And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were [with] the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
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.
And the residue of the people that were left in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away captive.
12 Og Øversten for Livvagten lod nogle af de ringeste i Landet blive tilbage til Vingaardsmænd og til Agermænd.
But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
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.
And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases and the brasen sea that were in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
14 Og Gryderne og Skufferne og Knivene og Røgelseskaalerne og alle Kobberkarrene, som brugtes til Tjenesten, toge de bort.
And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
15 Og Ildkarrene og Skaalerne, hvad som var helt Guld, og som var helt Sølv, tog den øverste for Livvagten.
And the firepans, and the basons; that which was of gold, in gold; and that which was of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.
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 two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
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.
The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a chapiter of brass was upon it: and the height of the chapiter was three cubits; with network and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with network.
18 Og Øversten for Livvagten tog Ypperstepræsten Seraja og Zefania, Præsten af anden Rang, og tre, som toge Vare paa Dørtærskelen;
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
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.
and out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war; and five men of them that saw the king’s face, which were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the host, which mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the city.
20 Og Nebusar-Adan, den øverste for Livvagten, tog dem og førte dem til Kongen af Babel, til Ribla.
And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
21 Og Kongen af Babel slog dem ihjel og dræbte dem i Ribla, i Hamaths Land; saa blev Juda bortført fra sit Land.
And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his 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.
And as for the people that were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor.
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.
Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.
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.
And Gedaliah sware to them and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not because of the servants of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
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 it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans that 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.
And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
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.
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
28 Og han talede gode Ord med ham, og han satte hans Stol over de Kongers Stole, som vare hos ham i Babel.
and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon.
29 Og han omskiftede sine Fængselsklæder, og han aad stedse Brød for hans Ansigt i alle sine Livsdage.
and he changed his prison garments, and did eat bread before him continually all the days 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.
and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
