< 2 Chronicles 36 >
1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and they anointed him and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem.
国民立约西亚的儿子约哈斯在耶路撒冷接续他父作王。
2 Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
约哈斯登基的时候年二十三岁,在耶路撒冷作王三个月。
3 The king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and fined the land one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
埃及王在耶路撒冷废了他,又罚犹大国银子一百他连得,金子一他连得。
4 The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
埃及王尼哥立约哈斯的哥哥以利雅敬作犹大和耶路撒冷的王,改名叫约雅敬,又将约哈斯带到埃及去了。
5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah his God.
约雅敬登基的时候年二十五岁,在耶路撒冷作王十一年,行耶和华—他 神眼中看为恶的事。
6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒上来攻击他,用铜链锁着他,要将他带到巴比伦去。
7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of Jehovah to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.
尼布甲尼撒又将耶和华殿里的器皿带到巴比伦,放在他神的庙里。
8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, look, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
约雅敬其余的事和他所行可憎的事,并他一切的行为,都写在以色列和犹大列王记上。他儿子约雅斤接续他作王。
9 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.
约雅斤登基的时候年八岁,在耶路撒冷作王三个月零十天,行耶和华眼中看为恶的事。
10 At the return of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of Jehovah, and made Zedekiah his relative king over Judah and Jerusalem.
过了一年,尼布甲尼撒差遣人将约雅斤和耶和华殿里各样宝贵的器皿带到巴比伦,就立约雅斤的叔叔西底家作犹大和耶路撒冷的王。
11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem:
西底家登基的时候年二十一岁,在耶路撒冷作王十一年,
12 and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah his God; he did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of Jehovah.
行耶和华—他 神眼中看为恶的事。先知耶利米以耶和华的话劝他,他仍不在耶利米面前自卑。
13 He also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning to Jehovah, the God of Israel.
尼布甲尼撒曾使他指着 神起誓,他却背叛,强项硬心,不归服耶和华—以色列的 神。
14 Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people, trespassed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted the house of Jehovah which he had made holy in Jerusalem.
众祭司长和百姓也大大犯罪,效法外邦人一切可憎的事,污秽耶和华在耶路撒冷分别为圣的殿。
15 Jehovah, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending, because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
耶和华—他们列祖的 神因为爱惜自己的民和他的居所,从早起来差遣使者去警戒他们。
16 but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Jehovah arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
他们却嘻笑 神的使者,藐视他的言语,讥诮他的先知,以致耶和华的忿怒向他的百姓发作,无法可救。
17 Therefore he brought on them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or gray-headed: he gave them all into his hand.
所以,耶和华使迦勒底人的王来攻击他们,在他们圣殿里用刀杀了他们的壮丁,不怜恤他们的少男处女、老人白叟。耶和华将他们都交在迦勒底王手里。
18 All the vessels of God's house, great and small, and the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king, and of his officials, all these he brought to Babylon.
迦勒底王将 神殿里的大小器皿与耶和华殿里的财宝,并王和众首领的财宝,都带到巴比伦去了。
19 They burnt God's house, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels of it.
迦勒底人焚烧 神的殿,拆毁耶路撒冷的城墙,用火烧了城里的宫殿,毁坏了城里宝贵的器皿。
20 He carried those who had escaped from the sword away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:
凡脱离刀剑的,迦勒底王都掳到巴比伦去,作他和他子孙的仆婢,直到波斯国兴起来。
21 to fulfill the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths. As long as it lay desolate it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.
这就应验耶和华借耶利米口所说的话:地享受安息;因为地土荒凉便守安息,直满了七十年。
22 Now in the first year of Koresh king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Koresh king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
波斯王塞鲁士元年,耶和华为要应验借耶利米口所说的话,就激动波斯王塞鲁士的心,使他下诏通告全国,说:
23 "Thus says Koresh king of Persia, 'Jehovah, the God of heaven, has given all the kingdoms of the earth to me; and he has commanded me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, Jehovah his God be with him, and let him go up.'"
“波斯王塞鲁士如此说:耶和华—天上的 神已将天下万国赐给我,又嘱咐我在犹大的耶路撒冷为他建造殿宇。你们中间凡作他子民的,可以上去,愿耶和华—他的 神与他同在。”