2 Kings 25
1 On January 15 of the ninth year that Zedekiah had been ruling, King Nebuchadnezzar arrived with his whole army, and they surrounded Jerusalem. They built ramps [made of dirt against the walls of the city], so that they could climb up the ramps and attack the city.
Och det begaf sig i nionde årena af hans rike, på tionde dagen i tionde månadenom, kom NebucadNezar, Konungen i Babel, med all sin magt för Jerusalem, och de lägrade sig der före, och byggde skansar allt omkring.
2 They did that for two years.
Alltså vardt staden belagd, allt intill ellofte året af Konung Zedekia rike.
3 After Zedekiah had been ruling for eleven years, the (famine/shortage of food) had become very bad. All their food was gone.
Men i nionde månadenom vardt hungren stark i stadenom, så att folket i landena hade intet äta.
4 On July 18 of that year, the Babylonian soldiers broke through part of the city wall, [and that enabled them to enter the city]. All the soldiers of Judah [wanted to escape]. But the Babylonian soldiers surrounded the city, so the [king and] the soldiers of Judah waited until it was nighttime. Then they fled through the gate that was between the two walls near the king’s park. They ran across the fields and started to go down to the Jordan [River] Valley.
Då föll man in i staden, och alle krigsmän flydde om nattena, den vägen ifrå porten, som går emellan de två murar åt Konungsträgården. Och de Chaldeer lågo omkring staden. Och han flydde den vägen åt hedmarkena.
5 But the Babylonian soldiers chased/ran after them. They caught the king when he was by himself in the valley near the Jordan River. He was by himself because all his soldiers had abandoned him.
Men de Chaldeers magt jagade efter Konungen, och grepo honom på hedmarkene vid Jericho. Och alle krigsmännerna, som när honom voro, vordo förskingrade ifrå honom.
6 The Babylonian soldiers took King Zedekiah to Riblah [city] in Babylon. There the king of Babylon decided what they would do to punish him.
Men Konungen grepo de, och förde honom upp till Konungen af Babel till Riblath; och de sade en dom öfver honom.
7 There the king of Babylon forced Zedekiah to watch as the Babylonian soldiers killed all of Zedekiah’s sons. Then they gouged out Zedekiah’s eyes. They put bronze chains on [his hands and feet] and then they took him to Babylon.
Och de slogo Zedekia barn ihjäl för hans ögon, och stungo Zedekia hans ögon ut, och bundo honom med kedjor, och förde honom till Babel.
8 On August 14 of that year, after Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling for 19 years, Nebuzaradan arrived in Jerusalem. He was one of king Nebuchadnezzar’s officials and captain of the men that guarded the king.
På sjunde dagen i femte månadenom, det är nittonde året NebucadNezars, Konungens i Babel, kom NebusarAdan hofmästaren, Konungens tjenare i Babel, till Jerusalem;
9 He [commanded his soldiers to] burn down the temple of Yahweh, the king’s palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. So they burned down all the important buildings in the city.
Och uppbrände Herrans hus, och Konungshuset, och all hus i Jerusalem, och all stor hus brände han upp med eld.
10 Then Nebuzaradan supervised all the soldiers of the Babylonian army as they tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
Och hela de Chaldeers magt, som med hofmästarenom var, bröt omkull murarna, som omkring Jerusalem voro.
11 Then he and his soldiers took to Babylon the people who were still living in the city, the other people [who lived in that area], and the soldiers who had previously surrendered to the Babylonian army.
Men det andra folket, som qvart var i stadenom, och de som till Konungen af Babel fallne voro, och det andra meniga folket, förde NebusarAdan hofmästaren bort.
12 But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the very poor people to stay in Judah to take care of the vineyards and [to plant crops in] the fields.
Och af de ringesta i landena lät hofmästaren blifva till vingårdsmän, och åkermän.
13 The Babylonian soldiers broke into pieces the bronze pillars, the bronze carts with wheels, and the huge bronze basin, all of which were in the temple courtyard, and they took all the bronze to Babylon.
Men de kopparstodar i Herrans hus, och stolarna, och kopparhafvet, som i Herrans hus var, slogo de Chaldeer sönder, och förde kopparen till Babel.
14 They also took the pots, the shovels, the instruments for (snuffing out/extinguishing) [the wicks of] the lamps, the dishes, and all the other bronze items that the Israeli priests had used for offering sacrifices at the temple.
Och grytor, skoflar, knifvar, skedar, och all kopparkärile, dermed man tjente, togo de bort.
15 The soldiers also took away the (firepans/trays for carrying burning coals), the basins, and [all the other] items made of pure gold or pure silver.
Dertill tog hofmästaren pannor och bäcken, hvad af guld och silfver var;
16 The bronze from the two pillars, the carts with wheels, and the huge basin were very heavy; they could not be weighed. (Those things had been made/A man named Hiram had made these things) for the temple when Solomon [was the king of Israel].
Två stodar, ett haf, och de stolar, som Salomo hade göra låtit till Herrans hus; kopparen af all denna tygen stod icke till vägandes.
17 Each of the pillars was (27 feet/8 meters) tall. The bronze capital/top of each pillar was (7-1/2 feet/2.3 meters) high. They were each decorated all around with something that looked like a net made of bronze chains connecting bronze pomegranates.
Aderton alnar hög var en stoden, och knappen derpå var ock af koppar, och tre alnar hög; och gjordarne, och granatäplen allt omkring knappen, var ock allt af koppar; vid samma sättet var ock den andre stoden med gjordar.
18 Nebuzaradan took with him to Babylon Seraiah the Supreme Priest, Zephaniah his assistant, and the three men who guarded the entrance [to the temple].
Och hofmästaren tog Presten Seraja af första skiftet, och Presten Zephania af det andra skiftet, och tre dörravaktare,
19 And they found people who were still hiding in Jerusalem. From those people he took one officer from the Judean army, five of the king’s advisors, the chief secretary of the army commander who was in charge of recruiting men to join the army, and 60 other important Judean men.
Och en kamerer utu stadenom, som öfver krigsmännerna satt var, och fem män, som allstädes hade ståndit för Konungenom, och i stadenom funne voro, och Sopher, härhöfvitsmannen, som folket i landena strida lärde, och sextio män af landsfolkena, som i stadenom funne voro.
20 Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon at Riblah [city].
Dessa tog NebusarAdan hofmästaren, och förde dem till Konungen af Babel till Riblath.
21 There at Riblah, in Hamath province, the king of Babylon commanded that they all be executed. That is what happened when the people of Judah were (taken forcefully/exiled) from their land [to Babylon].
Och Konungen i Babel slog dem ihjäl i Riblath, i de landena Hamath. Alltså vardt Juda bortförd utu sitt land.
22 Then King Nebuchadnezzar appointed Gedaliah, who was the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, to be the governor of the people who were still living in Judah.
Men öfver det folk, som qvart blef i Juda land, som NebucadNezar, Konungen i Babel, qvart blifva lät, satte han Gedalja, Ahikams son, Saphans sons.
23 When all the army captains of Judah and their soldiers who had not surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar found out that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah to be the governor, they met with him at Mizpah [town]. These army captains were Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth from Netophah [town], and Jaazaniah from the Maacah region.
Då nu allt krigsfolkets höfvitsmän och männerna hörde, att Konungen af Babel hade uppsatt Gedalja, kommo de till Gedalja i Mizpa, nämliga Ismael, Nethania son, och Johanan, Kareahs son, och Seraja, Thanhumeths son, den Netophathiten, och Jaesania, Maachati son, samt med deras män.
24 Gedaliah solemnly promised them [that the officials from Babylon were not planning to harm them]. He said, “You may live in this land [without being afraid] and serve the king of Babylon, and [if you do], everything will go well for you.”
Och Gedalja svor dem, och deras män, och sade till dem: Frukter eder intet att vara de Chaldeers underdånar; blifver i landena, och varer Konungenom af Babel underdånige, så går eder väl.
25 But in October of that year, Ishmael, whose grandfather Elishama was one of the relatives of the descendants of King David, went to Mizpah along with ten other men and assassinated/killed Gedaliah and all the men who were with him. There were also men from Judah and men from Babylon whom they assassinated.
Men i sjunde månadenom kom Ismael, Nethania son, Elisama sons, utaf Konungsliga slägt, och tio män med honom, och slogo Gedalja ihjäl; dertill de Judar och Chaldeer, som med honom voro i Mizpa.
26 Then many [HYP] of the people from Judah, important people and unimportant ones, and the army captains, were very afraid of [what] the Babylonians [would do to them], so they fled to Egypt.
Då reste sig upp allt folket, både små och store, och krigsöverstarna, och kommo in uti Egypten; förty de fruktade sig för de Chaldeer.
27 Thirty-seven years after King Jehoiachin of Judah was taken to Babylon, [Nebuchadnezzar’s son] Evil-Merodach became the king of Babylon. He was kind to Jehoiachin, and on April 2 of that year, he released/freed Jehoiachin from prison.
Uti sjunde och tretionde årena, sedan Jojachin, Juda Konung, bortförd var, på sjunde och tjugonde dagen i tolfte månadenom, hof EvilMerodach, Konungen i Babel, uti första årena af sitt rike, Jojachins, Juda Konungs, hufvud upp utu fängslehuset;
28 He always spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and honored him more than the other kings who had been taken/exiled to Babylon.
Och talade vänliga med honom, och satte hans stol utöfver de Konungars stolar, som när honom voro i Babel;
29 He gave Jehoiachin new clothes to replace the clothes that he had been wearing in prison, and he allowed Jehoiachin to eat at the king’s table every day for the rest of his life.
Och förvandlade hans fängelsekläder; och han åt alltid inför honom i alla sina lifsdagar;
30 The king of Babylon also gave him money every day, so that he could buy the things that he needed. The king continued to do that until Jehoiachin died.
Och satte honom före hans del, den man honom alltid gifva skulle af Konungenom, hvar dag, så länge han lefde.
