< 2 Kings 25 >

1 And it was in [the] year ninth of reigning his in the month tenth on the ten of the month he came Nebuchadnezzar [the] king of Babylon he and all army his on Jerusalem and he encamped on it and they built on it a siege-wall all around.
漆德克雅為王九年十月十日,巴比倫王拿步高率領全軍前進攻耶路撒冷,紮營圍城,在城四周建築了壁壘,
2 And it came the city in state of siege until one [plus] ten year of the king Zedekiah.
圍攻京城,直到漆德克雅為王十一年。
3 (In the month fourth *X*) on [day] nine of the month and it was severe the famine in the city and not it belonged food to [the] people of the land.
是年四月九日,城中發生了嚴重的飢荒,當地人民已沒有食糧,
4 And it was broken into the city and all [the] men of war - this night [the] way of [the] gate - between the two walls which [was] at [the] garden of the king and [the] Chaldeans [were] on the city all around and he went [the] direction of the Arabah.
京城遂被攻破。加加丁人還在圍攻城時,君王和全體士兵,夜間出了靠近御園的雙牆城門,逃往阿辣巴。
5 And they pursued [the] army of [the] Chaldeans after the king and they overtook him in [the] plains of Jericho and all army his they were scattered from with him.
加色丁軍隊便追趕君王,在耶利哥曠野追上了;此時他的軍隊都已離開他散了。
6 And they seized the king and they brought up him to [the] king of Babylon Riblah towards and they spoke with him judgment.
加色丁軍隊擒獲了君王,帶他去黎貝拉去見巴比倫王。巴比倫王就宣判他的罪案,
7 And [the] sons of Zedekiah they slaughtered to eyes his and [the] eyes of Zedekiah he made blind and he bound him with bronze fetters and he brought him Babylon.
且在漆德克雅眼前殺了他的兒子,也剜了他的眼,給他帶上鎖鏈,送往巴比倫去。
8 And in the month fifth on [day] seven of the month it [was] year nine-teen year of the king Nebuchadnezzar [the] king of Babylon he came Nebuzaradan [the] chief of [the] bodyguards [the] servant of [the] king of Babylon Jerusalem.
巴比倫王拿步高為王十九年五月七日,巴比倫王的大臣,衛隊長乃步匝辣當來到了耶路撒冷,
9 And he burned [the] house of Yahweh and [the] house of the king and all [the] houses of Jerusalem and every house of a great [person] he burned with fire.
燒毀了上主的殿、王宮和耶路撒冷所有的民房;凡是高大的建築都用火燒了。
10 And [the] walls of Jerusalem all around they broke down all [the] army of [the] Chaldeans who [was the] chief of [the] bodyguards.
跟隨衛長的所有加色丁軍隊,拆毀了耶路撒冷周圍是城牆。
11 And [the] rest of the people which remained in the city and those [who] fell who they fell on the king of Babylon and [the] rest of the multitude he took into exile Nebuzaradan [the] chief of [the] bodyguards.
城中剩下的人民和已投降巴比倫王的人,以及其餘的平民,衛隊長乃步匝辣當都擄了去,
12 And some of [the] poor people of the land he left behind [the] chief of [the] bodyguards to vinedressers and to ploughmen.
只留下當地一部分最窮的平民作園丁和農夫。
13 And [the] pillars of bronze which [were] [the] house of Yahweh and the stands and [the] sea of bronze which [was] in [the] house of Yahweh they broke [the] Chaldeans and they carried bronze their Babylon towards.
加色丁人又將上主殿前的銅柱,和上主殿內的銅座、銅海都打碎,把銅運往巴比倫;
14 And the pots and the shovels and the snuffers and the pans and all [the] articles of bronze which people served with them they took.
此外,鍋、鏟、蠟剪、香盤,以及行禮的一切銅器,全都帶走;
15 And the fire-pans and the bowls which [were] gold gold and which [were] silver silver he took [the] chief of [the] bodyguards.
提爐、杯爵,凡是純金純銀的,衛隊長都拿走了。
16 The pillars - two the sea one and the stands which he had made Solomon for [the] house of Yahweh not it belonged weight to [the] bronze of all the articles these.
撒羅滿為上主的殿所製造的兩根柱子,一個銅海和一些盆座,這一切器皿所用的銅,重量無法估計。
17 [was] eight-Teen cubit[s] [the] height of - the pillar one and a capital [was] on it - bronze and [the] height of the capital [was] three (cubits *Q(K)*) and a network and pomegranates [were] on the capital all around everything [was] bronze and like these [things] [belonged] to the pillar second with the network.
一根柱子高十八肘,上端有同柱頭,高五肘,柱頭四周有網子和石榴,全是銅的;另一根柱子,也有網子。
18 And he took [the] chief of [the] bodyguards Seraiah [the] priest of the head and Zephaniah a priest second and [the] three [the] keepers of the threshold.
隊長又擒獲了大司祭色辣雅、副大司祭責法尺雅和三個門丁;
19 And from the city he took a court-official one who he [was] overseer - over [the] men of war and five men from [those who] saw [the] face of the king who they were found in the city and the scribe [the] commander of the army who mustered [the] people of the land and sixty man from [the] people of the land who were found in the city.
由城中擄去了一個管理軍隊的宦官,五個在城內搜到的君王的親信,一個徵募當地人民的軍長的書記.和城中搜到的六十個當地平民。
20 And he took them Nebuzaradan [the] chief of [the] bodyguards and he brought them to [the] king of Babylon Riblah towards.
衛隊長乃步匝辣當捉住他們,帶到黎貝拉去見巴比倫王;
21 And he struck down them [the] king of Babylon and he put to death them at Riblah in [the] land of Hamath and it went into exile Judah from on land its.
巴比倫王就在哈瑪特地的黎貝拉將他們殺了;從此,猶大人由本鄉被擄去充軍。
22 And the people who remained in [the] land of Judah whom he left behind Nebuchadnezzar [the] king of Babylon and he appointed over them Gedaliah [the] son of Ahikam [the] son of Shaphan.
巴比倫王拿步高對留在猶大地的人民,派定了沙番的孫子,阿希甘的兒子革達里雅作他們的首長。
23 And they heard all [the] commanders of the armies they and the men that he had appointed [the] king of Babylon Gedaliah and they came to Gedaliah Mizpah and Ishmael [the] son of Nethaniah and Johanan [the] son of Kareah and Seraiah [the] son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite and Jaazaniah [the] son of the Maacathite they and men their.
眾軍長和他們的士兵一聽說巴比倫王委派了革達里雅為首長,乃塔尺雅的兒子依市瑪耳,卡勒亞的兒子約哈南,乃托法人堂胡默特的兒子色辣雅,瑪阿加人的兒子雅匝尼雅和他們的士兵,都來到米茲帕見革達里雅。
24 And he swore an oath to them Gedaliah and to men their and he said to them may not you be afraid from [the] servants of the Chaldeans dwell in the land and serve [the] king of Babylon so it may go well for you.
革達里雅遂對他們和他們的士兵起誓說:「你們不要害怕加色丁人的臣僕,安心住在此地,服事巴比倫王,就必能相安無事」。
25 And it was - in the month seventh he came Ishmael [the] son of Nethaniah [the] son of Elishama one of [the] offspring of royalty and ten men with him and they struck down Gedaliah and he died and the Jews and the Chaldeans who they were with him at Mizpah.
但是到了七月,王家的後裔厄里沙瑪的孫子,乃塔尼雅的兒子依市瑪耳帶了十個人前來,殺了革達里雅,和與他同在米茲帕的猶大人及加色丁人。
26 And they arose all the people from [the] small and unto [the] great and [the] commanders of the armies and they went Egypt for they were afraid of [the] Chaldeans.
於是所有的人民,不分貴賤大小和眾軍長,因為害怕加色丁人,都起身逃往埃及去了。
27 And it was in thirty and seven year of [the] exile of Jehoiachin [the] king of Judah in two [plus] ten month on [day] twenty and seven of the month he lifted up Evil-Merodach [the] king of Babylon in [the] year became king he [the] head of Jehoiachin [the] king of Judah from [the] house of imprisonment.
猶大王耶苛尼雅被擄後第三十七年十二月二十七日,巴比倫王厄威耳默洛達客在他登極元年,大赦猶大王耶苛尼雅,放他出獄,
28 And he spoke with him good and he set throne his above [the] throne of the kings who [were] with him in Babylon.
親切與他交談,令他坐在與他一同在巴比倫的眾王之上。
29 And he changed [the] clothes of imprisonment his and he ate bread continually before him all [the] days of life his.
耶苛尼雅脫去囚服,以後一生日日與王共進飲食。
30 And allowance his an allowance of continuity it was given to him from with the king [the] matter of a day in day its all [the] days of life his.
他的生活費用,在他有生之日,每天不斷由巴比倫王供應。

< 2 Kings 25 >