2 Kings 24

1 In his days, came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, —and Jehoiakim became his servant three years, then turned he and rebelled against him.

در دورهٔ سلطنت یهویاقیم، نِبوکَدنِصَّر، پادشاه بابِل به اورشلیم حمله کرد. یهویاقیم تسلیم شد و سه سال به او باج و خراج پرداخت، اما بعد از آن، سر از فرمان وی پیچید و شورش نمود.

2 And Yahweh sent against him troops of Chaldeans, and troops of Syrians, and troops of Moabites, and troops of the sons of Ammon, yea he sent them against Judah, to destroy him, —according to the word of Yahweh, which he spake through his servants the prophets.

خداوند لشکر بابِلی، سوری، موآبی و عمونی را فرستاد تا همان‌طور که به‌وسیلۀ انبیا خبر داده بود، یهودا را نابود کنند.

3 Surely, it was, because of the anger of Yahweh, that this came upon Judah, to remove them from his presence, —for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done:

بدون شک این بلاها به فرمان خداوند بر یهودا نازل شد. خداوند تصمیم داشت یهودا را به سبب گناهان بی‌شمار مَنَسی طرد کند،

4 moreover also, for the innocent blood that he had shed, so that he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, —which Yahweh was not willing to pardon.

زیرا مَنَسی اورشلیم را از خون بی‌گناهان پر کرده بود و خداوند نخواست این گناهان را ببخشد.

5 Now, the rest of the story of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

شرح بقیهٔ رویدادهای دوران سلطنت یهویاقیم و کارهای او در کتاب تاریخ پادشاهان یهودا نوشته شده است.

6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, —and, Jehoiachin his son, reigned, in his stead.

پس از مرگ یهویاقیم پسرش یهویاکین به جای او بر تخت سلطنت نشست.

7 And the king of Egypt came no more again out of his land, —for the king of Babylon had taken—from the ravine of Egypt, unto the river Euphrates, all that had belonged to the king of Egypt.

(پادشاه مصر دیگر از مرزهای خود خارج نشد، زیرا پادشاه بابِل تمام متصرفات مصر را که شامل یهودا هم می‌شد، از نهر مصر تا رود فرات، اشغال نمود.)

8 Eighteen years old, was Jehoiachin when he began to reign, and, three months, reigned he in Jerusalem, —and, his mother’s name, was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan, of Jerusalem.

یهویاکین هجده ساله بود که پادشاه یهودا شد و سه ماه در اورشلیم سلطنت کرد. (مادرش نحوشطا، دختر الناتان و از اهالی اورشلیم بود.)

9 And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, —according to all that, his father, had done.

یهویاکین مانند پدرش نسبت به خداوند گناه ورزید.

10 At that time, came up the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem, —and the city came into the siege.

در دورهٔ سلطنت یهویاکین، لشکر نِبوکَدنِصَّر، پادشاه بابِل، اورشلیم را محاصره کرد.

11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants were about to besiege it.

وقتی شهر در محاصره بود، خود نِبوکَدنِصَّر هم به آنجا رسید.

12 Then came out Jehoiachin king of Judah, unto the king of Babylon, he and his mother, and his servants, and his generals, and his courtiers, —and the king of Babylon took him, in the eighth year of his reign.

یهویاکین و تمام مقامات و فرماندهان و خدمتگزاران دربارش و ملکهٔ مادر تسلیم نِبوکَدنِصَّر شدند. پادشاه بابِل در سال هشتم سلطنت خود، یهویاکین را زندانی کرد.

13 And he carried forth from thence, all the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the house of the king, —and he cut off all the fittings of gold, which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of Yahweh, according to all that, Yahweh, had spoken.

طبق آنچه خداوند فرموده بود، بابِلی‌ها تمام اشیاء قیمتی خانهٔ خداوند، جواهرات کاخ سلطنتی و تمام ظروف طلا را که سلیمان پادشاه برای خانهٔ خداوند ساخته بود، در هم شکستند.

14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the generals, and all the mighty men of valour, ten thousand becoming captives, and all the artificers and the smiths, —none remained save the poorest of the people of the land.

نِبوکَدنِصَّر اهالی اورشلیم را که شامل فرماندهان و سربازان، صنعتگران و آهنگران می‌شدند و تعدادشان به ده هزار نفر می‌رسید به بابِل تبعید کرد، و فقط افراد فقیر را در آن سرزمین باقی گذاشت.

15 And he carried away captive Jehoiachin, to Babylon, —and, the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his courtiers, and the nobles of the land, took he away captive, from Jerusalem to Babylon.

نِبوکَدنِصَّر، یهویاکین را با مادر و زنان او، فرماندهان و مقامات مملکتی به بابِل برد.

16 And, all the men of might—seven thousand, and artificers and smiths—a thousand, all who were valiant and ready to make war, the king of Babylon brought them captive to Babylon.

همچنین تمام سربازان جنگ آزموده را که هفت هزار نفر بودند و هزار صنعتگر و آهنگر را اسیر کرده، به بابِل برد.

17 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his relative, king in his stead, —and changed his name to Zedekiah.

بعد پادشاه بابِل متنیا عموی یهویاکین را به جای او به پادشاهی تعیین نمود و نامش را به صدقیا تغییر داد.

18 Twenty-one years old, was Zedekiah when he began to reign, and, eleven years, reigned he in Jerusalem, —and, his mother’s name, was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

صدقیا بیست و یک ساله بود که پادشاه یهودا شد و یازده سال در اورشلیم سلطنت نمود. (مادرش حموطل، دختر ارمیا و از اهالی لبنه بود.)

19 And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, —according to all that, Jehoiakim, had done.

او مانند یهویاقیم نسبت به خداوند گناه ورزید.

20 For, it was because the anger of Yahweh had come against Jerusalem, and against Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled, against the king of Babylon.

خشم خداوند بر مردم اورشلیم و یهودا افروخته شد و او ایشان را طرد نمود.