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.
On January 15 of the ninth year that Zedekiah had been ruling, King Nebuchadnezzar arrived with his whole army, and they surrounded Jerusalem. They built ramps [made of dirt against the walls of the city], so that they could climb up the ramps and attack the city.
2 Saa blev Staden belejret indtil Kong Zedekias's ellevte Aar.
They did that for two years.
3 Paa den niende Dag i Maaneden, da fik Hungeren Overhaand i Staden, og der var ikke Brød for Folket i Landet.
After Zedekiah had been ruling for eleven years, the (famine/shortage of food) had become very bad. All their food was gone.
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.
On July 18 of that year, the Babylonian soldiers broke through part of the city wall, [and that enabled them to enter the city]. All the soldiers of Judah [wanted to escape]. But the Babylonian soldiers surrounded the city, so the [king and] the soldiers of Judah waited until it was nighttime. Then they fled through the gate that was between the two walls near the king’s park. They ran across the fields and started to go down to the Jordan [River] Valley.
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 soldiers chased/ran after them. They caught the king when he was by himself in the valley near the Jordan River. He was by himself because all his soldiers had abandoned him.
6 Og de grebe Kongen og førte ham op til Kongen af Babel, til Ribla, og holdt Ret over ham.
The Babylonian soldiers took King Zedekiah to Riblah [city] in Babylon. There the king of Babylon decided what they would do to punish 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.
There the king of Babylon forced Zedekiah to watch as the Babylonian soldiers killed all of Zedekiah’s sons. Then they gouged out Zedekiah’s eyes. They put bronze chains on [his hands and feet] and then they 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 August 14 of that year, after Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling for 19 years, Nebuzaradan arrived in Jerusalem. He was one of king Nebuchadnezzar’s officials and captain of the men that guarded the king.
9 Og han opbrændte Herrens Hus og Kongens Hus; og alle Husene i Jerusalem, ja alle store Huse opbrændte han med Ild.
He [commanded his soldiers to] burn down the temple of Yahweh, the king’s palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. So they burned down all the important buildings in the city.
10 Og hele Kaldæernes Hær, som var med den øverste for Livvagten, nedbrød Jerusalems Mur trindt omkring.
Then Nebuzaradan supervised all the soldiers of the Babylonian army as they tore down the walls of 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.
Then he and his soldiers took to Babylon the people who were still living in the city, the other people [who lived in that area], and the soldiers who had previously surrendered to the Babylonian army.
12 Og Øversten for Livvagten lod nogle af de ringeste i Landet blive tilbage til Vingaardsmænd og til Agermænd.
But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the very poor people to stay in Judah to take care of the vineyards and [to plant crops in] 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 Babylonian soldiers broke into pieces the bronze pillars, the bronze carts with wheels, and the huge bronze basin, all of which were in the temple courtyard, 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 the pots, the shovels, the instruments for (snuffing out/extinguishing) [the wicks of] the lamps, the dishes, and all the other bronze items that the Israeli priests had used for offering sacrifices at the temple.
15 Og Ildkarrene og Skaalerne, hvad som var helt Guld, og som var helt Sølv, tog den øverste for Livvagten.
The soldiers also took away the (firepans/trays for carrying burning coals), the basins, and [all the other] items made of pure gold or pure 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 bronze from the two pillars, the carts with wheels, and the huge basin were very heavy; they could not be weighed. (Those things had been made/A man named Hiram had made these things) for the temple when Solomon [was the king of Israel].
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 of the pillars was (27 feet/8 meters) tall. The bronze capital/top of each pillar was (7-1/2 feet/2.3 meters) high. They were each decorated all around with something that looked like a net made of bronze chains connecting bronze pomegranates.
18 Og Øversten for Livvagten tog Ypperstepræsten Seraja og Zefania, Præsten af anden Rang, og tre, som toge Vare paa Dørtærskelen;
Nebuzaradan took with him to Babylon Seraiah the Supreme Priest, Zephaniah his assistant, and the three men who guarded the entrance [to the temple].
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 they found people who were still hiding in Jerusalem. From those people he took one officer from the Judean army, five of the king’s advisors, the chief secretary of the army commander who was in charge of recruiting men to join the army, and 60 other important Judean men.
20 Og Nebusar-Adan, den øverste for Livvagten, tog dem og førte dem til Kongen af Babel, til Ribla.
Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon at Riblah [city].
21 Og Kongen af Babel slog dem ihjel og dræbte dem i Ribla, i Hamaths Land; saa blev Juda bortført fra sit Land.
There at Riblah, in Hamath province, the king of Babylon commanded that they all be executed. That is what happened when the people of Judah were (taken forcefully/exiled) from their land [to Babylon].
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.
Then King Nebuchadnezzar appointed Gedaliah, who was the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, to be the governor of the people who were still living in 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 captains of Judah and their soldiers who had not surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar found out that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah to be the governor, they met with him at Mizpah [town]. These army captains were Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth from Netophah [town], and Jaazaniah from the Maacah region.
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 solemnly promised them [that the officials from Babylon were not planning to harm them]. He said, “You may live in this land [without being afraid] and serve the king of Babylon, and [if you do], everything will go well for 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 in October of that year, Ishmael, whose grandfather Elishama was one of the relatives of the descendants of King David, went to Mizpah along with ten other men and assassinated/killed Gedaliah and all the men who were with him. There were also men from Judah and men from Babylon whom they assassinated.
26 Da gjorde alt Folket sig rede, baade smaa og store, tillige med Hærenes Øverster og drog til Ægypten; thi de frygtede for Kaldæerne.
Then many [HYP] of the people from Judah, important people and unimportant ones, and the army captains, were very afraid of [what] the Babylonians [would do to them], so they fled to Egypt.
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.
Thirty-seven years after King Jehoiachin of Judah was taken to Babylon, [Nebuchadnezzar’s son] Evil-Merodach became the king of Babylon. He was kind to Jehoiachin, and on April 2 of that year, he released/freed Jehoiachin from prison.
28 Og han talede gode Ord med ham, og han satte hans Stol over de Kongers Stole, som vare hos ham i Babel.
He always spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and honored him more than the other kings who had been taken/exiled to Babylon.
29 Og han omskiftede sine Fængselsklæder, og han aad stedse Brød for hans Ansigt i alle sine Livsdage.
He gave Jehoiachin new clothes to replace the clothes that he had been wearing in prison, and he allowed Jehoiachin to eat at the king’s table every day 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 of Babylon also gave him money every day, so that he could buy the things that he needed. The king continued to do that until Jehoiachin died.
