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].
Sedequías tenía veintiún años cuando llegó a ser rey, y reinó en Jerusalén durante once años. Su madre se llamaba Hamutal, hija de Jeremías y era de Libna.
2 Zedekiah did [many] things that Yahweh says are evil, like [his father] Jehoiakim had done.
Hizo lo malo ante los ojos del Señor, tal como lo había hecho Joacim.
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.
Todo esto sucedió en Jerusalén y en Judá, a causa de la ira del Señor, hasta que finalmente los desterró de su presencia. Sedequías se rebeló contra el rey de Babilonia.
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].
En el noveno año del reinado de Sedequías, el décimo día del décimo mes, Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, atacó Jerusalén con todo su ejército. Acampó alrededor de la ciudad y construyó rampas de asedio contra las murallas.
5 They continued to surround Jerusalem until Zedekiah had been ruling for almost eleven years.
La ciudad permaneció sitiada hasta el undécimo año del rey Sedequías.
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].
Para el noveno día del cuarto mes, la hambruna en la ciudad era tan grave que la gente no tenía nada que comer.
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.
Entonces se rompió la muralla de la ciudad, y todos los soldados huyeron, escapando de noche por la puerta entre las dos murallas junto al jardín del rey, aunque los babilonios tenían la ciudad rodeada. Se dirigieron en dirección al Arabá,
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.
pero el ejército babilónico persiguió al rey y lo alcanzó en las llanuras de Jericó. Todo su ejército se había dispersado y lo había abandonado.
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.
Capturaron al rey y lo llevaron ante el rey de Babilonia en Ribla, donde lo condenó.
10 They forced Zedekiah to watch while they killed his sons and all the officials from Judah.
El rey de Babilonia masacró a los hijos de Sedequías mientras él miraba, y también mató a los funcionarios de Judá allí en Riblá.
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.
Luego le sacó los ojos a Sedequías y lo ató con grilletes de bronce. El rey de Babilonia lo llevó a Babilonia y lo encarceló allí hasta el día de su muerte.
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.
El día diez del mes quinto, en el año diecinueve de Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, entró en Jerusalén Nabuzaradán, comandante de la guardia, oficial del rey de Babilonia.
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].
Quemó el Templo del Señor, el palacio real y todos los grandes edificios de Jerusalén.
14 Then he supervised the soldiers from Babylonia while they tore down the walls on all sides of Jerusalem.
Todo el ejército babilónico bajo el mando del comandante de la guardia derribó todos los muros alrededor de Jerusalén.
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.
Nabuzaradán, el comandante de la guardia, deportó a algunos de los pobres y a los que quedaban en la ciudad, incluso a los que se habían pasado al lado del rey de Babilonia, así como al resto de los artesanos.
16 But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the very poor people to remain [in Judah] to take care of the vineyards and fields.
Pero Nabuzaradán permitió que otros de los pobres que habían quedado en el campo se quedaran cuidando las viñas y los campos.
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.
Los babilonios rompieron en pedazos las columnas de bronce, los carros móviles y el mar de bronce que pertenecían al Templo del Señor, y se llevaron todo el bronce a Babilonia.
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.
También se llevaron todas las ollas, las palas, los apagadores de lámparas, las tazas de aspersión y todos los demás objetos de bronce que se utilizaban en el servicio del Templo.
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.
El comandante de la guardia se llevó las palanganas, los incensarios, los aspersores, las ollas, los candelabros, los platos y los tazones, todo lo que era de oro puro o de plata.
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.
La cantidad de bronce que provenía de las dos columnas, del Mar, de los doce toros de bronce que estaban debajo y de los carros móviles que Salomón había hecho para el Templo del Señor, todo esto pesaba más de lo que se podía medir.
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.
Cada columna tenía dieciocho codos de altura y doce codos de circunferencia. Eran huecas, con paredes de cuatro dedos de espesor.
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.
El capitel de bronce de una de las columnas tenía una altura de cinco codos y una red de granadas de bronce a su alrededor. La segunda columna era igual, y también tenía una red decorativa.
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.
Había noventa y seis granadas de bronce alrededor de cada columna. Encima de la red había un total de cien granadas.
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].
El comandante de la guardia tomó como prisioneros a Seraías, el jefe de los sacerdotes, al sacerdote Sofonías, segundo en rango, y a los tres porteros del Templo.
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.
De los que quedaron en la ciudad tomó al oficial a cargo de los soldados y a siete de los consejeros del rey. También se llevó al secretario del comandante del ejército, encargado de convocar al pueblo para el servicio militar, y a otros sesenta hombres que estaban presentes en la ciudad.
26 Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon, [who was still] at Riblah.
Nabuzaradán, el comandante de la guardia, los tomó y los llevó ante el rey de Babilonia en 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.
El rey de Babilonia los hizo ejecutar en Ribla, en la tierra de Hamat. Entonces el pueblo de Judá tuvo que abandonar su tierra.
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 es un registro del número de personas que Nabucodonosor llevó al exilio. En el séptimo año de su reinado se llevó a 3.023 judíos.
29 Then, when he had been ruling for almost 18 years, his [soldiers] took 832 [more Israeli people to Babylonia].
En su decimoctavo año, Nabucodonosor se llevó a otros 832 de Jerusalén.
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].
En el año veintitrés del reinado de Nabucodonosor, Nabuzaradán, el comandante de la guardia, se llevó a otros 745 judíos, haciendo un total de 4.600.
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.
En el año en que Evil-merodac se convirtió en rey de Babilonia, liberó a Joaquín, rey de Judá, de la prisión. Esto sucedió el día veinticinco del duodécimo mes del trigésimo séptimo año del destierro de Joaquín, rey de Judá.
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].
El rey de Babilonia lo trató bien y le dio una posición de honor superior a la de los otros reyes que estaban con él en Babilonia.
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.
Así, Joaquín pudo quitarse la ropa de la cárcel y comió con frecuencia en la mesa del rey durante el resto de su 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.
El rey le dio a Joaquín una pensión diaria por el resto de su vida hasta que murió.
