Anden Kongebog 24
1 I hans Dage drog Kong Nebukadnezar af Babel op, og Jojakim underkastede sig ham; men efter tre Aars Forløb faldt han fra ham igen.
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
2 Da sendte HERREN kaldæiske, aramaiske, moabitiske og ammonitiske Strejfskarer imod ham; dem sendte han ind i Juda for at ødelægge det efter det Ord, HERREN havde talet ved sine Tjenere Profeterne.
And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.
3 Det skyldtes ene og alene HERRENS Vrede, at Juda blev drevet bort fra HERRENS Aasyn; det var for Manasses Synders Skyld, for alt det, han havde gjort,
Surely at the commandment of the LORD came [this] upon Judah, to remove [them] out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;
4 ogsaa for det uskyldige Blods Skyld, som han havde udgydt saa meget af, at han havde fyldt Jerusalem dermed; det vilde HERREN ikke tilgive.
And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
5 Hvad der ellers er at fortælle om Jojakim, alt, hvad han udførte, staar jo optegnet i Judas Kongers Krønike.
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
6 Saa lagde Jojakim sig til Hvile hos sine Fædre; og hans Søn Jojakin blev Konge i hans Sted.
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
7 Men Ægypterkongen drog ikke mere ud af sit Land, thi Babels Konge havde taget alt, hvad der tilhørte Ægypterkongen fra Ægyptens Bæk til Eufratfloden.
And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
8 Jojakin var atten Aar gammel, da han blev Konge, og han herskede tre Maaneder i Jerusalem. Hans Moder hed Nehusjta og var en Datter af Elnatan fra Jerusalem.
Jehoiachin [was] eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s name [was] Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
9 Han gjorde, hvad der var ondt i HERRENS Øjne, ganske som hans Fader.
And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.
10 Paa den Tid drog Kong Nebukadnezar af Babels Folk op mod Jerusalem, og Byen blev belejret.
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
11 Kong Nebukadnezar af Babel kom til Jerusalem, medens hans Folk belejrede det.
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.
12 Da overgav Kong Jojakin af Juda sig med sin Moder, sine Tjenere, Øverster og Hoffolk til Babels Konge, og han tog imod ham; det var i Kongen af Babels ottende Regeringsaar.
And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
13 Og som HERREN havde forudsagt, førte han alle Skattene i HERRENS Hus og Kongens Palads bort og brød Guldet af alle de Ting, Kong Salomo af Israel havde ladet lave i HERRENS Helligdom.
And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.
14 Og han førte hele Jerusalem, alle Øversterne og de velhavende, 10 000 i Tal, bort som Fanger, ligeledes Grovsmede og Laasesmede, saa der ikke blev andre tilbage end de fattigste af Folket fra Landet.
And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, [even] ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
15 Saa førte han Jojakin som Fange til Babel, ogsaa Kongens Moder og Hustruer, hans Hoffolk og alle de højtstaaende i Landet førte han som Fanger fra Jerusalem til Babel;
And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, [those] carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
16 fremdeles alle de velhavende, 7000 i Tal, Grovsmedene og Laasesmedene, 1000 i Tal, alle øvede Krigere — dem førte Babels Konge som Fanger til Babel.
And all the men of might, [even] seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all [that were] strong [and] apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
17 Men i Jojakins Sted gjorde Babels Konge hans Farbroder Mattanja til Konge, og han ændrede hans Navn til Zedekias.
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
18 Zedekias var een og tyve Aar gammel, da han blev Konge, og han herskede elleve Aar i Jerusalem. Hans Moder hed Hamital og var en Datter af Jirmeja fra Libna.
Zedekiah [was] twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
19 Han gjorde, hvad der var ondt i HERRENS Øjne, ganske som Jojakim.
And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
20 Thi for HERRENS Vredes Skyld timedes dette Jerusalem og Juda, og til sidst stødte han dem bort fra sit Aasyn. Og Zedekias faldt fra Babels Konge.
For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
