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.
Sidkiya'nın krallığının dokuzuncu yılında, onuncu ayın onuncu günü, Babil Kralı Nebukadnessar bütün ordusuyla Yeruşalim önlerine gelip ordugah kurdu. Kentin çevresine rampa yaptılar.
2 They did that for two years.
Kral Sidkiya'nın krallığının on birinci yılına kadar kent kuşatma altında kaldı.
3 After Zedekiah had been ruling for eleven years, the (famine/shortage of food) had become very bad. All their food was gone.
Dördüncü ayın dokuzuncu günü kentte kıtlık öyle şiddetlendi ki, halk bir lokma ekmek bulamaz oldu.
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.
Sonunda kentin surlarında bir gedik açıldı. Kildaniler kenti çepeçevre kuşatmış olmasına karşın, bütün askerler gece kral bahçesinin yolundan iki duvarın arasındaki kapıdan kaçarak Arava yoluna çıktılar.
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.
Ama Kildani ordusu kralın ardına düşerek Eriha ovalarında ona yetişti. Sidkiya'nın bütün ordusu dağıldı.
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.
Kral Sidkiya yakalanıp Rivla'da Babil Kralı'nın huzuruna çıkarıldı ve hakkında karar verildi.
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.
Sidkiya'nın gözü önünde oğullarını öldürdüler; kendisinin de gözlerini oydular, zincire vurup Babil'e götürdüler.
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.
Babil Kralı Nebukadnessar'ın krallığının on dokuzuncu yılında, beşinci ayın yedinci günü muhafız birliği komutanı, Babil Kralı'nın görevlisi Nebuzaradan Yeruşalim'e girdi.
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.
RAB'bin Tapınağı'nı, sarayı ve Yeruşalim'deki bütün evleri ateşe verip önemli yapıları yaktı.
10 Then Nebuzaradan supervised all the soldiers of the Babylonian army as they tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
Muhafız birliği komutanı önderliğindeki Kildani ordusu Yeruşalim'i çevreleyen surları yıktı.
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.
Komutan Nebuzaradan kentte sağ kalanları, Babil Kralı'nın safına geçen kaçakları ve geri kalan halkı sürgün etti.
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.
Ancak bağcılık, çiftçilik yapsınlar diye bazı yoksulları orada bıraktı.
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.
Kildaniler RAB'bin Tapınağı'ndaki tunç sütunları, ayaklıkları, tunç havuzu parçalayıp tunçları Babil'e götürdüler.
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.
Tapınak törenlerinde kullanılan kovaları, kürekleri, fitil maşalarını, tabakları, bütün tunç eşyaları aldılar.
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.
Muhafız birliği komutanı saf altın ve gümüş buhurdanları, çanakları alıp götürdü.
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].
RAB'bin Tapınağı için Süleyman'ın yaptırmış olduğu iki sütun, havuz ve ayaklıklar için hesapsız tunç harcanmıştı.
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.
Her sütun on sekiz arşın yüksekliğindeydi, üzerlerinde tunç birer başlık vardı. Başlığın yüksekliği üç arşındı, çevresi tunçtan ağ ve nar motifleriyle bezenmişti. Öbür sütun da ağ motifleriyle süslenmişti ve ötekine benziyordu.
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].
Muhafız birliği komutanı Nebuzaradan Başkâhin Seraya'yı, Başkâhin Yardımcısı Sefanya'yı ve üç kapı nöbetçisini tutsak aldı.
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.
Kentte kalan askerlerin komutanını, kralın beş danışmanını, ayrıca ülke halkını askere yazan ordu komutanının yazmanını ve ülke halkından kentte bulunan altmış kişiyi tutsak etti.
20 Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon at Riblah [city].
Hepsini Rivla'ya, Babil Kralı'nın yanına götürdü.
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].
Babil Kralı Hama ülkesinde, Rivla'da onları idam etti. Böylece Yahuda halkı ülkesinden sürülmüş oldu.
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.
Babil Kralı Nebukadnessar Yahuda'da kalan halkın üzerine Şafan oğlu Ahikam oğlu Gedalya'yı vali atadı.
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.
Ordu komutanlarıyla adamları, Babil Kralı'nın Gedalya'yı vali atadığını duyunca, Mispa'ya, Gedalya'nın yanına geldiler. Gelenler Netanya oğlu İsmail, Kareah oğlu Yohanan, Netofalı Tanhumet oğlu Seraya, Maakalı oğlu Yaazanya ve adamlarıydı.
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.”
Gedalya onlara ve adamlarına ant içerek, “Kildani yetkililerden korkmayın” dedi, “Ülkeye yerleşip Babil Kralı'na hizmet edin. Böylesi sizin için daha iyi olur.”
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.
O yılın yedinci ayında kral soyundan Elişama oğlu Netanya oğlu İsmail on adamıyla birlikte Mispa'ya gidip Gedalya'yı öldürdü. Ayrıca, Gedalya'yı destekleyen Yahudiler'i ve Kildaniler'i de kılıçtan geçirdi.
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.
Bunun üzerine büyük küçük bütün halk ordu komutanlarıyla birlikte Mısır'a kaçtı. Çünkü Kildaniler'den korkuyorlardı.
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.
Yahuda Kralı Yehoyakin'in sürgündeki otuz yedinci yılı Evil-Merodak Babil Kralı oldu. Evil-Merodak o yılın on ikinci ayının yirmi yedinci günü, Yahuda Kralı Yehoyakin'i cezaevinden çıkardı.
28 He always spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and honored him more than the other kings who had been taken/exiled to Babylon.
Kendisiyle tatlı tatlı konuştu ve ona Babil'deki öteki sürgün krallardan daha üstün bir yer verdi.
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.
Yehoyakin cezaevi giysilerini üstünden çıkardı. Yaşadığı sürece Babil Kralı'nın sofrasında yer aldı.
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.
Yaşamı boyunca kral tarafından günlük yiyeceği sürekli karşılandı.
