Jeremiah 52
1 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became the King [of Judah]. He ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother was Hamutal, the daughter of [a man named] Jeremiah from Libnah [town].
Era Zedekias da idade de vinte e um anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou onze anos em Jerusalém: e o nome de sua mãe era Hamutal, filha de Jeremias, de Libna.
2 Zedekiah did [many] things that Yahweh says are evil, like [his father] Jehoiakim had done.
E fez o que era mal aos olhos do Senhor, conforme tudo o que fizera Joaquim.
3 [The events that are summarized here happened] because Yahweh was angry with [the people of] Jerusalem and [of other places in] Judah, and finally he (exiled them/forced them to go to other countries) [and said that he did not want to have anything to do with] them any more. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
Porque sucedeu, por causa da ira do Senhor contra Jerusalém e Judá, até que ele os lançou de diante dele, que se rebelou Zedekias contra o rei de Babilônia.
4 [So, ] on January 15, when Zedekiah had been ruling for almost nine years, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon led his entire army to attack Jerusalem. They surrounded the city and built dirt ramps up to the top of the city walls [to enable them to attack the city].
E aconteceu, no ano nono do seu reinado, no mês décimo, no décimo dia do mes, que veio Nabucodonozor, rei de Babilônia, contra Jerusalém, ele e todo o seu exército, e se acamparam contra ela, e levantaram contra ela tranqueiras ao redor.
5 They continued to surround Jerusalem until Zedekiah had been ruling for almost eleven years.
Assim esteve cercada a cidade, até ao ano undécimo do rei Zedekias.
6 When Zedekiah had been ruling for almost eleven years, by July 18 of that year, the (famine/lack of food) in the city had become very severe, and there was no [more] food for the people [to eat].
No mês quarto, aos nove do mes, quando já a fome prevaleceu na cidade, e o povo da terra não tinha pão,
7 Then [the soldiers of Babylonia] broke through [a section of] the city wall, and all the [Israeli] soldiers fled. But because the city was surrounded by soldiers from Babylonia, [Zedekiah and the Israeli] soldiers [waited until] it became dark. Then they left the city through the gate between the two walls behind the king’s garden. Then they ran towards the Jordan River Valley.
Então a cidade foi arrombada, e todos os homens de guerra fugiram, e sairam da cidade de noite, pelo caminho da porta, entre os dois muros que estavam junto ao jardim do rei (porque os caldeus estavam contra a cidade ao redor), e foram-se pelo caminho da campina.
8 But the soldiers of Babylonia pursued King Zedekiah, and they caught up with him on the plains near Jericho. [He was alone because] all his men had deserted him and had scattered.
Porém o exército dos caldeus seguiu o rei, e alcançaram a Zedekias nas campinas de Jericó, e todo o seu exército se espalhou dele.
9 The soldiers of Babylonia took him to the king of Babylon, who was at Riblah in the Hamath [region]. There the king of Babylon told [his soldiers what] they should do to punish Zedekiah.
E prenderam o rei, e o fizeram subir ao rei de Babilônia, a Ribla, na terra de Hamath, o qual pronunciou juízos contra ele.
10 They forced Zedekiah to watch while they killed his sons and all the officials from Judah.
E o rei de Babilônia degolou os filhos de Zedekias diante dos seus olhos, e também degolou a todos os príncipes de Judá em Ribla.
11 [Then] they gouged out Zedekiah’s eyes. They fastened him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon. They put him in a prison, and he remained there until the day that he died.
E cegou os olhos a Zedekias, e o atou com duas cadeias de bronze; e o rei de Babilônia o levou a Babilônia, e o pôs na casa do cárcere até ao dia da sua morte.
12 On August 17 of that year, which was when King Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling for almost 19 years, Nebuzaradan, who was the captain of the king’s bodyguards and one of the king’s officials, arrived in Jerusalem.
E no quinto mes, no décimo dia do mês (este era o décimo nono ano do rei Nabucodonozor, rei de Babylonia), veio Nebuzaradan, capitão da guarda, que assistia na presença do rei de Babilônia, a Jerusalém.
13 He [commanded his soldiers to] burn down the temple of Yahweh, the king’s palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. They [also] destroyed all the important buildings [in the city].
E queimou a casa do Senhor, e a casa do rei; e também a todas as casas de Jerusalém, e a todas as casas dos grandes queimou a fogo.
14 Then he supervised the soldiers from Babylonia while they tore down the walls on all sides of Jerusalem.
E todo o exército dos caldeus, que estava com o capitão da guarda, derribou a todos os muros de Jerusalém ao redor.
15 Then Nebuzaradan (forced to go/exiled) [to Babylon] some of the poorest people, those Israelis who had said they would support the king of Babylon, the rest of the craftsmen, and other people who had remained in Jerusalem.
E dos mais pobres do povo, e o resto do povo, que deixaram ficar na cidade, e os rebeldes que se haviam passado ao rei de Babilônia, e o resto da multidão, Nebuzaradan, capitão da guarda, levou presos.
16 But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the very poor people to remain [in Judah] to take care of the vineyards and fields.
Mas dos mais pobres da terra deixou Nebuzaradan, capitão da guarda, ficar alguns, para serem vinhateiros e lavradores.
17 The soldiers from Babylonia broke [into pieces] the [huge] bronze pillars that were in front of the temple, and the [large] bronze water tank, and the [ten bronze water] carts, and they took all the bronze to Babylon.
Quebraram mais os caldeus as colunas de bronze, que estavam na casa do Senhor, e as bases, e o mar de bronze, que estavam na casa do Senhor, e levaram todo o bronze para Babilônia.
18 They also took away the basins [for holding the ashes from the burned sacrifices], the shovels [for cleaning out the ashes], the tools for snuffing out the wicks of the lamps, the basins [for holding the blood of the sacrificed animals], the dishes [for incense], and all the [other] bronze items that were used when sacrifices were made at the temple.
Também tomaram os caldeirões, e as pás, e os garfos, e as bacias, e os perfumadores, e todos os vasos de bronze, com que se ministrava.
19 Nebuzaradan also [told his soldiers to] take away the small bowls, the dishes for burning incense, the basins, pots, lampstands, bowls [for incense], and the bowls used for pouring out the wine offerings. They took all the other items that were made of pure gold or silver.
E tomou o capitão da guarda os copos, e os incensários, e as bacias, e os caldeirões e os castiçais, e os perfumadores, e as galhetas: assim o que era de puro ouro em ouro, como o que era de prata maciça em prata.
20 The bronze from the two pillars, the [large water] tank and the twelve statues of oxen that were beneath it, and the water carts, was more/heavier than they could weigh. Those things had been made for the temple during the time that Solomon was the king.
As duas colunas, o único mar, e os doze bois de bronze, que estavam no lugar das bases, que fizera o rei Salomão para a casa do Senhor: o bronze deles, de todos estes vasos, não tinha peso.
21 Each of the pillars was (27 feet/8 meters) tall and (18 feet/5.5 meters) around. They were hollow, and each had sides/walls that were (3 in./8 cm.) thick.
Quanto às colunas, a altura de uma coluna era de dezoito côvados, e um fio de doze côvados a cercava; e era a sua grossura de quatro dedos, e era oca.
22 The bronze head on the top of each pillar was (7-1/2 feet/over 2 meters) high and was decorated all around with a bronze [network of figures that represented] pomegranates.
E havia sobre ela um capitel de bronze, e a altura do capitel era de cinco côvados, e a rede e as romãs em roda do capitel tudo era de bronze; e semelhante a esta era o da outra coluna, com as romãs.
23 There was a total of 100 figures of pomegranates on the network at the top, 96 of which could be seen from the ground.
E havia noventa e seis romãs em cada banda: as romãs todas eram um cento, em roda da rede.
24 When Nebuzaradan [returned to Babylon], he took [with him as prisoners] Seraiah the Supreme Priest, Zephaniah who was Seraiah’s deputy, and the three men who guarded the entrances [to the temple].
Tomou também o capitão da guarda a Seraias, o sacerdote primeiro, e a Sofonias, o sacerdote segundo, e aos três guardas do umbral da porta.
25 He found [some other] people who were [hiding] in the city. [So] from them he took a commander of the army [of Judah], seven of the king’s advisors, the army commander’s chief secretary who was in charge of recruiting [soldiers for the army], and 60 [other] soldiers.
E da cidade tomou a um eunuco que tinha cargo da gente de guerra, e a sete homens dos que viam a face do rei, que se acharam na cidade, como também o escrivão-mór do exército, que registrava o povo da terra para a guerra, e a sessenta homens do povo da terra, que se acharam no meio da cidade.
26 Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon, [who was still] at Riblah.
Tomando-os pois Nebuzaradan, capitão da guarda, os trouxe ao rei de Babilônia, a Ribla.
27 There at Riblah in the Hamath region, the king of Babylon commanded that they [all] be executed. [Many of the people of] Judah were (forced to leave/exiled from) their own land.
E o rei de Babilônia os feriu e os matou em Ribla, na terra de Hamath: assim Judá foi levado da sua terra em cativeiro.
28 The number of people who were captured and sent to Babylon at that time, when Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling for almost seven years, was 3,023.
Este é o povo que Nabucodonozor levou cativo no sétimo ano: três mil e vinte e três judeus.
29 Then, when he had been ruling for almost 18 years, his [soldiers] took 832 [more Israeli people to Babylonia].
No ano décimo oitavo de Nabucodonozor levou ele em cativeiro de Jerusalém oitocentas e trinta e duas almas.
30 When he had been ruling almost 23 years, he sent Nebuzaradan [to Jerusalem again], and he brought back 745 [more Israelis to Babylonia]. That was a total of 4,600 Israelis [who were taken to Babylonia].
No ano vinte e três de Nabucodonozor, levou Nebuzaradan, capitão da guarda, em cativeiro dos judeus, setecentas e quarenta e cinco almas: todas as almas são quatro mil e seiscentas.
31 After King Jehoiachin of Judah had been in prison [in Babylon] for almost thirty-seven years, Evil-Merodach became the king of Babylon. He was kind to Jehoiachin and ordered that he be released from prison. That was on March 31 of the year that Evil-Merodach became king.
Sucedeu pois no ano trigésimo sétimo do cativeiro de Joaquim, rei de Judá, no mês duodécimo, aos vinte e cinco do mes, que exalçou Evil-merodach, rei de Babilônia, no ano primeiro do seu reinado, a cabeça de Joaquim, rei de Judá, e o tirou da casa da prisão;
32 He [always] spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and gave him a position in which he was honored more than [all] the other kings [who had been exiled/taken to Babylon].
E falou com ele benignamente, e pôs o seu trono acima dos tronos dos reis que estavam com ele em Babilônia;
33 He [supplied new clothes] for Jehoiachin, to replace the clothes that he had been wearing in prison. [He also allowed] Jehoiachin to eat with him every day, all during the rest of his life.
E lhe mudou os vestidos da sua prisão; e comeu pão sempre na sua presença, todos os dias da sua vida.
34 Every day, the King [of Babylon] gave him some money [to buy the things that he needed. That continued] until the day that Jehoiachin died.
E, quanto à sua pitança, foi-lhe dada pitança ordenaria do rei de Babilônia, porção quotidiana, no seu dia, até o dia da sua morte, todos os dias da sua vida.
