< 2 Tawarikh 36 >

1 Rakyat Yehuda memilih dan mengangkat Yoahas menjadi raja di Yerusalem menggantikan Yosia, ayahnya.
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
2 Yoahas berumur 23 tahun ketika ia menjadi raja Yehuda, dan ia memerintah di Yerusalem 3 bulan lamanya.
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.
3 Nekho raja Mesir menawan dan mengangkut Yoahas ke Mesir, lalu ia menyuruh Yehuda membayar upeti sebesar 3.400 kilogram perak dan 34 kilogram emas. Kemudian ia mengangkat Elyakim saudara Yoahas menjadi raja, dan mengubah nama Elyakim menjadi Yoyakim. Kemudian Yoahas diangkutnya ke Mesir.
And the king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
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Then Neco king of Egypt made Eliakim brother of Jehoahaz king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.
5 Yoyakim berumur 25 tahun ketika ia menjadi raja Yehuda, dan ia memerintah di Yerusalem 11 tahun lamanya. Ia berdosa kepada TUHAN Allahnya.
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
6 Ketika Nebukadnezar raja Babel merebut Yehuda, ia menangkap Yoyakim, dan membawanya terbelenggu ke Babel.
Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
7 Sebagian barang-barang berharga di Rumah TUHAN diangkut oleh Nebukadnezar dan ditaruh di dalam istananya di Babel.
Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon.
8 Kisah lain mengenai Yoyakim, termasuk perbuatan-perbuatannya yang keji dan kejahatan-kejahatannya, sudah dicatat dalam buku Sejarah Raja-raja Israel dan Yehuda. Yoyakhin putranya menjadi raja menggantikan dia.
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations he committed, and all that was found against him, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.
9 Yoyakhin berumur 18 tahun ketika ia menjadi raja Yehuda, dan ia memerintah di Yerusalem 3 bulan 10 hari lamanya. Ia juga berdosa kepada TUHAN.
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
10 Pada pergantian tahun, Raja Nebukadnezar mengangkut Yoyakhin ke Babel sebagai tawanan, dan barang-barang berharga di Rumah TUHAN dibawanya juga. Kemudian Nebukadnezar mengangkat Zedekia, paman Yoyakhin, menjadi raja atas Yehuda dan Yerusalem.
In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
11 Zedekia berumur 21 tahun ketika ia menjadi raja Yehuda. Ia memerintah di Yerusalem 11 tahun lamanya.
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.
12 Ia juga berdosa kepada TUHAN Allahnya. Ia tidak mau merendahkan diri dan tidak menuruti Nabi Yeremia yang menyampaikan pesan dari TUHAN kepadanya.
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD.
13 Raja Nebukadnezar telah memaksa Zedekia untuk bersumpah demi Allah bahwa ia akan setia kepada Nebukadnezar. Tetapi kemudian Zedekia memberontak terhadap Nebukadnezar. Zedekia berkeras kepala terhadap TUHAN, Allah Israel. Ia tidak mau meninggalkan dosa-dosanya dan tidak mau kembali kepada TUHAN.
He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
14 Selain itu, Rumah TUHAN yang telah dikhususkan oleh TUHAN sendiri bagi diri-Nya, dinajiskan oleh pemimpin-pemimpin Yehuda, imam-imam, dan rakyat, karena mereka turut menyembah berhala dan mengikuti cara hidup yang berdosa dari bangsa-bangsa di sekitar mereka.
Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.
15 TUHAN, Allah leluhur mereka, telah berulang-ulang mengirim utusan-utusan-Nya untuk memperingatkan umat-Nya, karena Ia sayang kepada mereka dan kepada rumah-Nya.
Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.
16 Tetapi mereka mempermainkan utusan-utusan Allah itu, dan menertawakan nabi-nabi-Nya serta tidak menghiraukan kata-kata-Nya. Akhirnya TUHAN begitu marah kepada mereka sehingga tidak ada lagi jalan keluar bagi mereka untuk luput dari hukuman-Nya.
But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
17 TUHAN menggerakkan hati raja Babel supaya menyerang mereka. Raja itu membunuh orang Yehuda yang muda-muda, termasuk mereka yang berada di dalam Rumah TUHAN. Ia tidak mengasihani seorang pun, tua atau muda, laki-laki atau perempuan, sakit atau sehat. Mereka semua diserahkan Allah kepada raja Babel.
So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,
18 Perkakas-perkakas Rumah TUHAN, dan barang-barangnya yang berharga, juga harta benda raja dan para pegawainya, semuanya dirampas oleh raja Babel itu lalu dibawa ke Babel.
who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials.
19 Ia meruntuhkan tembok kota Yerusalem, dan membakar kota itu, termasuk Rumah TUHAN dan semua istana bersama barang-barang berharga yang masih ada di dalam istana-istana itu.
Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.
20 Rakyat yang luput diangkutnya ke Babel. Di sana mereka menjadi hambanya dan hamba keturunannya sampai pada masa kerajaan Persia berkuasa.
Those who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.
21 Demikianlah terjadi apa yang dikatakan TUHAN melalui Yeremia bahwa negeri itu akan tandus 70 tahun lamanya sebagai ganti tahun-tahun Sabat yang tidak diindahkan.
So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD through Jeremiah.
22 Pada tahun pertama pemerintahan Kores, raja Persia, TUHAN melaksanakan apa yang telah diucapkan-Nya melalui Nabi Yeremia. TUHAN menggerakkan hati Kores untuk mengeluarkan sebuah perintah yang dibacakan di seluruh kerajaannya. Bunyinya demikian:
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
23 "Inilah perintah Kores, raja Persia! TUHAN, Allah penguasa di surga telah menjadikan aku raja atas seluruh dunia, dan menugaskan aku untuk membangun rumah bagi-Nya di Yerusalem di daerah Yehuda. Jadi, kamu semua yang menjadi umat Allah harus kembali ke sana! Semoga TUHAN Allahmu melindungi kamu."
“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.’”

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