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].
Sidkiya yirmi bir yaşında kral oldu ve Yeruşalim'de on bir yıl krallık yaptı. Annesi Livnalı Yeremya'nın kızı Hamutal'dı.
2 Zedekiah did [many] things that Yahweh says are evil, like [his father] Jehoiakim had done.
Yehoyakim gibi Sidkiya da RAB'bin gözünde kötü olanı yaptı.
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.
RAB Yeruşalim'le Yahuda'ya öfkelendiği için onları huzurundan attı. Sidkiya Babil Kralı'na karşı ayaklandı.
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].
Sidkiya'nın krallığının dokuzuncu yılında, onuncu ayın onuncu günü, Babil Kralı Nebukadnessar bütün ordusuyla Yeruşalim önlerine gelip ordugah kurdu. Kentin çevresine rampa yaptılar.
5 They continued to surround Jerusalem until Zedekiah had been ruling for almost eleven years.
Kral Sidkiya'nın krallığının on birinci yılına kadar kent kuşatma altında kaldı.
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].
Dördüncü ayın dokuzuncu günü kentte kıtlık öyle şiddetlendi ki, halk bir lokma ekmek bulamaz oldu.
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.
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.
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.
Ama Kildani ordusu Kral Sidkiya'nın ardına düşerek Eriha ovalarında ona yetişti. Sidkiya'nın bütün ordusu dağıldı.
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.
Kral Sidkiya yakalanıp Hama topraklarında, Rivla'da Babil Kralı'nın huzuruna çıkarıldı. Babil Kralı onun hakkında karar verdi.
10 They forced Zedekiah to watch while they killed his sons and all the officials from Judah.
Sidkiya'nın gözü önünde oğullarını, sonra da bütün Yahuda önderlerini öldürttü.
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.
Sidkiya'nın gözlerini oydu, zincire vurup Babil'e götürdü. Sidkiya öldüğü güne dek cezaevinde tutuldu.
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.
Babil Kralı Nebukadnessar'ın krallığının on dokuzuncu yılında, beşinci ayın onuncu günü muhafız birliği komutanı, Babil Kralı'nın görevlisi Nebuzaradan Yeruşalim'e girdi.
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].
RAB'bin Tapınağı'nı, sarayı ve Yeruşalim'deki bütün evleri ateşe verip önemli yapıları yaktı.
14 Then he supervised the soldiers from Babylonia while they tore down the walls on all sides of Jerusalem.
Muhafız birliği komutanı önderliğindeki Kildani ordusu Yeruşalim'i çevreleyen bütün surları yıktı.
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.
Komutan Nebuzaradan yoksullardan bazılarını, kentte sağ kalanları, Babil Kralı'nın safına geçen kaçakları ve zanaatçıları sürgün etti.
16 But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the very poor people to remain [in Judah] to take care of the vineyards and fields.
Ancak bağcılık, çiftçilik yapsınlar diye bazı yoksulları orada bıraktı.
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.
Kildaniler RAB'bin Tapınağı'ndaki tunç sütunları, ayaklıkları, tunç havuzu parçalayıp tunçları Babil'e götürdüler.
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.
Tapınak törenlerinde kullanılan kovaları, kürekleri, fitil maşalarını, çanakları, tabakları, bütün tunç eşyaları aldılar.
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.
Muhafız birliği komutanı saf altın ve gümüş tasları, buhurdanları, çanakları, kovaları, kandillikleri, tabakları, dökmelik sunu taslarını alıp götürdü.
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.
RAB'bin Tapınağı için Kral Süleyman'ın yaptırmış olduğu iki sütun, havuz ve altındaki on iki tunç boğa heykeliyle ayaklıklar için hesapsız tunç harcanmıştı.
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.
Her sütun on sekiz arşın yüksekliğindeydi, çevresi on iki arşındı. Her birinin kalınlığı dört parmaktı, içi boştu.
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.
Üzerinde tunç bir başlık vardı. Başlığın yüksekliği beş arşındı, çevresi tunçtan ağ ve nar motifleriyle bezenmişti. Öbür sütun da nar motifleriyle süslenmişti ve ötekine benziyordu.
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.
Yanlarda doksan altı nar motifi vardı. Başlığı çevreleyen ağ motifinin üzerinde toplam yüz nar motifi bulunuyordu.
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].
Muhafız birliği komutanı Nebuzaradan Başkâhin Seraya'yı, Başkâhin Yardımcısı Sefanya'yı ve üç kapı nöbetçisini tutsak aldı.
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.
Kentte kalan askerlerin komutanını, kralın yedi danışmanını, ayrıca ülke halkını askere yazan ordu komutanının yazmanını ve ülke halkından kentte bulunan altmış kişiyi tutsak etti.
26 Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon, [who was still] at Riblah.
Hepsini Rivla'ya, Babil Kralı'nın yanına götürdü.
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.
Babil Kralı Hama ülkesinde, Rivla'da onları idam etti. Böylece Yahuda halkı ülkesinden sürülmüş oldu.
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.
Nebukadnessar'ın sürgüne götürdüğü halkın sayısı şudur: Yedinci yıl 3 023 Yahudi;
29 Then, when he had been ruling for almost 18 years, his [soldiers] took 832 [more Israeli people to Babylonia].
Nebukadnessar'ın on sekizinci yılında Yeruşalim'den 832 kişi;
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].
yirmi üçüncü yılında, muhafız birliği komutanı Nebuzaradan'ın sürdüğü 745 Yahudi. Hepsi 4 600 kişiydi.
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.
Yahuda Kralı Yehoyakin'in sürgündeki otuz yedinci yılı Evil-Merodak Babil Kralı oldu. Evil-Merodak o yılın on ikinci ayının yirmi beşinci günü, Yahuda Kralı Yehoyakin'e lütfederek onu cezaevinden çıkardı.
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].
Kendisiyle tatlı tatlı konuştu ve ona Babil'deki öteki sürgün krallardan daha üstün bir yer verdi.
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.
Yehoyakin cezaevi giysilerini üstünden çıkardı. Yaşadığı sürece Babil Kralı'nın sofrasında yer aldı.
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.
Yaşamı boyunca Babil Kralı tarafından günlük yiyeceği sürekli karşılandı.
