2 Kings 25
1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, [that] Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built turrets against it round about.
Kemudian Zedekia memberontak terhadap Nebukadnezar raja Babel. Karena itu Nebukadnezar dengan seluruh angkatan perangnya datang dan menyerang Yerusalem pada tanggal sepuluh bulan sepuluh dalam tahun kesembilan pemerintahan Zedekia. Mereka mendirikan markas di luar kota, membangun tembok pengepungan,
2 And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
dan terus mengepung kota itu sampai tahun kesebelas pemerintahan Zedekia.
3 On the ninth of the [fourth] month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
Pada tanggal sembilan bulan empat tahun itu juga ketika bencana kelaparan sudah begitu hebat sehingga rakyat sudah tidak lagi mempunyai makanan sama sekali,
4 And the city was broken into; and all the men of war [fled] by night, by the way of the gate between the two walls, which [leads] to the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about); and they went the way toward the plain.
tembok kota didobrak musuh. Malam itu, meskipun orang Babel sedang mengepung kota itu, semua tentara Yehuda melarikan diri menuju Lembah Yordan. Mereka mengambil jalan lewat taman istana, lalu keluar melalui pintu gerbang yang menghubungkan kedua tembok di tempat itu.
5 And 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.
Tetapi tentara Babel mengejar Raja Zedekia, dan menangkapnya di dataran Yerikho. Semua anak buahnya lari meninggalkan dia.
6 And they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon unto Riblah; and they pronounced judgment upon him,
Kemudian Raja Zedekia dibawa kepada Raja Nebukadnezar di kota Ribla, lalu dijatuhi hukuman.
7 and slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with chains of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
Anak-anaknya dibunuh di depan matanya. Setelah itu Zedekia dicungkil matanya, lalu dibelenggu dan dibawa ke Babel.
8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh of the month, which was in the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzar-adan, captain of the body-guard, servant of the king of Babylon, came unto Jerusalem;
Pada tanggal tujuh bulan lima dalam tahun kesembilan belas pemerintah Nebukadnezar raja Babel, datanglah ke Yerusalem seorang yang bernama Nebuzaradan. Ia adalah penasihat dan panglima tentara Nebukadnezar.
9 and he burned the house of Jehovah, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; and every great [man's] house he burned with fire.
Nebuzaradan membakar Rumah TUHAN, istana raja, dan rumah semua orang terkemuka di Yerusalem.
10 And all the army of the Chaldeans that were with the captain of the body-guard broke down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
Lalu semua anak buahnya meruntuhkan tembok-tembok kota itu.
11 And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard carried away captive the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters that had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
Kemudian rakyat yang masih ada di kota, yaitu para pekerja ahli yang tersisa, orang-orang miskin dan orang-orang yang telah lari ke pihak orang Babel, semuanya diangkut ke Babel oleh Nebuzaradan.
12 But the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and husbandmen.
Tetapi sebagian dari rakyat yang paling miskin dan tak punya harta ditinggalkannya di Yehuda dan disuruhnya mengerjakan kebun anggur dan ladang-ladang.
13 And the brazen pillars that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of Jehovah, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and carried the brass thereof to Babylon.
Tiang-tiang perunggu dan kereta-kereta di Rumah TUHAN bersama-sama dengan bejana perunggunya dipecahkan oleh orang Babel, lalu semua perunggunya diangkut ke negeri mereka.
14 The cauldrons also and the shovels and the knives and the cups, and all the vessels of copper wherewith they ministered, they took away.
Mereka juga mengangkut barang-barang ini: sekop-sekop, tempat abu mezbah, perkakas-perkakas pelita, mangkuk-mangkuk untuk menampung darah binatang yang disembelih untuk kurban, mangkuk-mangkuk untuk membakar dupa, dan semua barang perunggu lainnya yang dipakai untuk upacara ibadat.
15 And the censers and the bowls, that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, the captain of the body-guard took away.
Barang-barang emas dan perak, termasuk mangkuk-mangkuk kecil dan piring-piring untuk bara diambil oleh Nebuzaradan sendiri.
16 The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah: for the brass of all these vessels there was no weight.
Barang-barang perunggu yang dibuat oleh Raja Salomo untuk Rumah TUHAN, yaitu kedua tiang, kereta-kereta dan bejana besar, semuanya begitu berat sehingga tidak tertimbang.
17 The height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the capital upon it was brass, and the height of the capital three cubits; and the network and the pomegranates, upon the capital round about, all of brass: and similarly for the second pillar with the network.
Kedua tiang perunggu itu sama; masing-masing tingginya 8 meter dengan sebuah kepala tiang dari perunggu setinggi 1,3 meter. Di sekeliling setiap kepala tiang itu ada anyaman dengan hiasan buah delima dari perunggu.
18 And the captain of the body-guard took Seraiah the high priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers.
Selain itu, Nebuzaradan menangkap Imam Agung Seraya, Sefanya imam pembantu, tiga orang penjaga pintu Rumah TUHAN, kelima penasihat pribadi raja yang masih berada di kota, panglima, wakil panglima yang mengurus administrasi tentara, dan 60 orang pembesar lainnya.
19 And out of the city he took a chamberlain that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, who were found in the city, and the scribe of the captain of the host, who enrolled the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land that were found in the city.
20 And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah;
Semua orang itu dibawanya kepada Raja Nebukadnezar di kota Ribla,
21 and the king of Babylon smote them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
di wilayah Hamat. Di sana mereka disiksa lalu dibunuh. Demikianlah orang-orang Yehuda diangkut dari negeri mereka dan dibawa ke pembuangan.
22 And [as for] the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left behind, over them he appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan.
Setelah itu Raja Nebukadnezar mengangkat Gedalya anak Ahikam dan cucu Safan, menjadi gubernur di Yehuda untuk memerintah atas semua orang yang masih tinggal di sana.
23 And all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah, and they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, namely, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
Ketika para perwira dan prajurit Yehuda yang tidak menyerah kepada Babel mendengar tentang pengangkatan itu, mereka semua datang kepada Gedalya di Mizpa. Perwira-perwira itu ialah Ismael anak Netanya, Yohanan anak Kareah, Seraya anak Tanhumet dari kota Netofa, dan Yazanya dari kota Maakha.
24 And Gedaliah swore unto them and to their men, and said to them, Fear not to be servants of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
Berkatalah Gedalya kepada mereka semuanya, "Kamu tidak perlu takut kepada pejabat-pejabat pemerintah Babel. Tinggallah saja di negeri kita ini dan jadilah hamba raja Babel. Saya tanggung kamu akan selamat."
25 And it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal seed, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah.
Tetapi pada bulan tujuh tahun itu Ismael anak Netanya dan cucu Elisama yang masih keturunan raja, pergi bersama 10 orang ke Mizpa. Mereka menyerang dan membunuh Gedalya beserta orang Yehuda dan orang Babel yang berada bersama Gedalya di situ.
26 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.
Maka seluruh rakyat Yehuda, kaya maupun miskin, bersama-sama dengan para perwira lari ke Mesir karena takut kepada orang Babel.
27 And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh of the month, [that] Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
Pada tanggal dua puluh tujuh bulan dua belas dalam tahun ketiga puluh tujuh sesudah Yoyakhin diangkut ke pembuangan, Ewil-Merodakh menjadi raja Babel. Pada tahun itu juga ia menunjukkan belas kasihannya kepada Yoyakhin, dan melepaskan dia dari penjara,
28 and he spoke kindly to him, and set his seat above the seat of the kings that were with him in Babylon.
serta memperlakukannya dengan baik. Yoyakhin diberinya kedudukan yang lebih tinggi daripada raja-raja lain yang juga dibuang ke Babel.
29 And he changed his prison garments; and he ate bread before him continually all the days of his life;
Yoyakhin tidak lagi memakai pakaian penjara dan biasanya makan di istana serta diberi uang untuk keperluan hidupnya.
30 and his allowance was a continual allowance given him by the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
