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 the king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built a mound all around about it.
Maka pada tahun kesembilan dari pemerintahannya, dalam bulan yang kesepuluh, pada tanggal sepuluh bulan itu, datanglah Nebukadnezar, raja Babel, dengan segala tentaranya menyerang Yerusalem. Ia berkemah mengepungnya dan mendirikan tembok pengepungan sekelilingnya.
2 And the city was put in a state of siege until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
Demikianlah kota itu terkepung sampai tahun yang kesebelas zaman raja Zedekia.
3 And on the ninth of the month, when the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land:
Pada tanggal sembilan bulan yang keempat, ketika kelaparan sudah merajalela di kota itu dan tidak ada lagi makanan pada rakyat negeri itu,
4 The city was broken into, and all the men of war [fled] in the night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; [while the Chaldeans were all round about the city; ] and the people went the way toward the plain.
maka dibelah oranglah tembok kota itu dan semua tentara melarikan diri malam-malam melalui pintu gerbang antara kedua tembok yang ada di dekat taman raja, sekalipun orang Kasdim mengepung kota itu sekeliling. Mereka lari menuju ke Araba-Yordan.
5 And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from around him.
Tetapi tentara Kasdim mengejar raja dari belakang dan mencapai dia di dataran Yerikho; segala tentaranya telah berserak-serak meninggalkan dia.
6 And they seized the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they called him to account.
Mereka menangkap raja dan membawa dia kepada raja Babel di Ribla, yang menjatuhkan hukuman atas dia.
7 And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
Orang menyembelih anak-anak Zedekia di depan matanya, kemudian dibutakannyalah mata Zedekia, lalu dia dibelenggu dengan rantai tembaga dan dibawa ke Babel.
8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, came Nebusaradan, the chief of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
Dalam bulan yang kelima pada tanggal tujuh bulan itu--itulah tahun kesembilan belas zaman raja Nebukadnezar, raja Babel--datanglah Nebuzaradan, kepala pasukan pengawal, pegawai raja Babel, ke Yerusalem.
9 And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house; also, all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.
Ia membakar rumah TUHAN, rumah raja dan semua rumah di Yerusalem; semua rumah orang-orang besar dibakarnya dengan api.
10 And the walls of Jerusalem round about did all the army of the Chaldeans that were with the captain of the guard tear down.
Tembok sekeliling kota Yerusalem dirobohkan oleh semua tentara Kasdim yang ada bersama-sama dengan kepala pasukan pengawal itu.
11 And the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters that had run over to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebusaradan the captain of the guard lead away into exile;
Sisa-sisa rakyat yang masih tinggal di kota itu dan para pembelot yang menyeberang ke pihak raja Babel dan sisa-sisa khalayak ramai diangkut ke dalam pembuangan oleh Nebuzaradan, kepala pasukan pengawal itu.
12 But from the poorest of the land the captain of the guard left some to be vine-dressers and husbandmen.
Hanya beberapa orang miskin dari negeri itu ditinggalkan oleh kepala pasukan pengawal itu untuk menjadi tukang-tukang kebun anggur dan peladang-peladang.
13 And the pillars of copper that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the copper sea that was in the house of the Lord, did the Chaldeans break up, and they carried the copper thereof to Babylon.
Juga tiang-tiang tembaga yang ada di rumah TUHAN dan kereta penopang dan "laut" tembaga yang ada di rumah TUHAN dipecahkan oleh orang Kasdim dan tembaganya diangkut mereka ke Babel.
14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the knives, and the spoons, and all the vessels of copper wherewith they ministered, took they away.
Kuali-kuali, penyodok-penyodok, pisau-pisau dan cawan-cawan dan segala perkakas tembaga yang dipakai untuk menyelenggarakan kebaktian, diambil mereka,
15 And the censers, and the bowls, the gold of the golden things, and the silver of the silver things, took the captain of the guard away.
juga perbaraan-perbaraan dan bokor-bokor penyiraman, baik segala yang dari emas maupun segala yang dari perak, diambil oleh kepala pasukan pengawal itu.
16 The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord: the copper of all these vessels was too much to be weighed.
Adapun kedua tiang, "laut" yang satu itu, kereta penopang yang dibuat oleh Salomo untuk rumah TUHAN, tiada tertimbang tembaga segala perkakas ini.
17 Eighteen cubits was the height of the one pillar, and the capital upon it was copper; and the height of the capital was three cubits; and the wreathed work, and the pomegranates upon the capitals round about, were all of copper: and the same had the second pillar together with the wreathed work.
Delapan belas hasta tingginya tiang yang satu, dan di atasnya ada ganja dari tembaga; tinggi ganja itu tiga hasta dan jala-jala dan buah-buah delima ada di atas ganja itu sekeliling, semuanya itu tembaga. Dan seperti itu juga tiang yang kedua, disertai jala-jala.
18 And the captain of the guard took Serayah the chief-priest, and Zephanyahu the second priest, and the three door-keepers;
Lalu kepala pasukan pengawal itu menangkap Seraya, imam kepala, dan Zefanya, imam tingkat dua dan ketiga orang penjaga pintu.
19 And out of the city he took one court-officer that was appointed over the men of war, and five men of those that could come into the king's presence, who were found in the city, and the scribe of the chief of the army, who ordered to the army the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land that were found in the city:
Dari kota itu ditangkapnya seorang pegawai istana yang diangkat mengepalai tentara, dan lima orang pelayan pribadi raja yang terdapat di kota itu, dan panitera panglima tentara yang mengerahkan rakyat negeri menjadi tentara, dan enam puluh orang dari rakyat negeri yang terdapat di kota itu.
20 And Nebusaradan the captain of the guard took these, and conducted them to the king of Babylon to Riblah;
Nebuzaradan, kepala pasukan pengawal, menangkap mereka dan membawa mereka kepada raja Babel, di Ribla.
21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Chamath. So did Judah wander away into exile out of their land.
Lalu raja Babel menyuruh membunuh mereka di Ribla, di tanah Hamat. Demikianlah orang Yehuda diangkut ke dalam pembuangan dari tanahnya.
22 And as for the people that were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had left, he appointed over them Gedalyahu the son of Achikam, the son of Shaphan.
Tentang rakyat yang masih tinggal di tanah Yehuda yang ditinggalkan oleh Nebukadnezar, raja Babel, diangkatnyalah atas mereka Gedalya bin Ahikam bin Safan.
23 And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedalyahu, they came to Gedalyahu to Mizpah; even Ishma'el the son of Nethanyah, and Jochanan the son of Kareach, and Serayah the son of Tanchumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazanyahu the son of a Ma'achathite, they and their men.
Ketika semua panglima tentara dengan orang-orangnya mendengar bahwa raja Babel telah mengangkat Gedalya, maka pergilah mereka kepada Gedalya, ke Mizpa, yaitu Ismael bin Netanya, Yohanan bin Kareah, Seraya bin Tanhumet, orang Netofa itu, dan Yaazanya, anak seorang Maakha, bersama dengan anak buahnya.
24 And Gedalyahu swore to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Be not afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans: remain in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it will be well with you.
Lalu bersumpahlah Gedalya kepada mereka dan anak buah mereka, katanya kepada mereka: "Janganlah kamu takut terhadap pegawai-pegawai orang Kasdim itu; tinggallah di negeri ini dan takluklah kepada raja Babel, maka keadaanmu akan menjadi baik."
25 But it happened in the seventh month, that there came Ishma'el the son of Nethanyah, the son of Elishama', of the seed royal, and ten men with him, and they smote Gedalyahu, so that he died, also the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah.
Tetapi dalam bulan yang ketujuh datanglah Ismael bin Netanya bin Elisama, seorang yang asalnya dari keturunan raja, dan sepuluh orang bersama-sama dengan dia; mereka membunuh Gedalya dan orang-orang Yehuda dan orang-orang Kasdim yang ada bersama-sama dengan dia di Mizpa.
26 And then arose all the people, from small to great, and the captains of the armies, and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
Maka bangkitlah seluruh rakyat, dari yang kecil sampai yang besar, serta panglima-panglima tentara, lalu larilah mereka ke Mesir, sebab mereka takut terhadap orang Kasdim itu.
27 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoyachin the king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth [day] of the month, that Evil-merodach the king of Babylon in the year that he became king did lift up the head of Jehoyachin the king of Judah out of the prison;
Kemudian dalam tahun ketiga puluh tujuh sesudah Yoyakhin, raja Yehuda dibuang, dalam bulan yang kedua belas, pada tanggal dua puluh tujuh bulan itu, maka Ewil-Merodakh, raja Babel, dalam tahun ia menjadi raja, menunjukkan belas kasihannya kepada Yoyakhin, raja Yehuda, dengan melepaskannya dari penjara.
28 And he spoke kindly to him, and set his chair above the chair of the kings that were with him in Babylon:
Ewil-Merodakh berbicara baik-baik dengan dia dan memberi kedudukan kepadanya lebih tinggi dari pada kedudukan raja-raja yang bersama-sama dengan dia di Babel;
29 And changed his prison garments: and he ate bread continually before him all the days of his life.
ia boleh mengganti pakaian penjaranya dan boleh selalu makan roti di hadapan raja selama hidupnya.
30 And his allowance was a continual allowance given him by the king, the necessary ration for the day on its day, all the days of his life.
Dan tentang belanjanya, raja selalu memberikannya kepadanya, sekadar yang perlu tiap-tiap hari, selama hidupnya.
