2 Cronache 36
1 Allora il popolo del paese prese Joachaz, figliuolo di Giosia, e lo fece re a Gerusalemme, in luogo di suo padre.
Then the people of Judah chose Josiah’s son Jehoahaz and appointed him as the king in Jerusalem.
2 Joachaz avea ventitre anni quando cominciò a regnare, e regnò tre mesi a Gerusalemme.
Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became the king, but he ruled from Jerusalem for [only] three months.
3 Il re d’Egitto lo depose a Gerusalemme, e gravò il paese di un’indennità di cento talenti d’argento e d’un talento d’oro.
King Neco of Egypt [captured him and] prevented him from ruling any longer. He also forced the people of Judah to pay him a tax of almost four tons of silver and about 75 pounds of gold.
4 E il re d’Egitto fece re sopra Giuda e sopra Gerusalemme Eliakim, fratello di Joachaz, e gli mutò il nome in quello di Joiakim. Neco prese Joachaz, fratello di lui, e lo menò in Egitto.
The king of Egypt appointed Jehoahaz’s [younger] brother Eliakim to be the king of Judah. He changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. After Neco captured Jehoahaz, he took him to Egypt.
5 Joiakim avea venticinque anni quando cominciò a regnare; regnò undici anni a Gerusalemme, e fece ciò ch’è male agli occhi dell’Eterno, il suo Dio.
Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 11 years. He did things that Yahweh his God considers to be evil.
6 Nebucadnetsar, re di Babilonia, salì contro di lui, e lo legò con catene di rame per menarlo a Babilonia.
Then the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jehoiakim’s army. They [captured Jehoiakim and] bound him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon.
7 Nebucadnetsar portò pure a Babilonia parte degli utensili della casa dell’Eterno, e li mise nel suo palazzo a Babilonia.
Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took valuable things from the temple; they took them to Babylon and put them in king [Nebuchadnezzar’s] palace there.
8 Il rimanente delle azioni di Joiakim, le abominazioni che commise e tutto quello di cui si rese colpevole, sono cose scritte nel libro dei re d’Israele e di Giuda. E Joiakin, suo figliuolo, regnò in luogo suo.
A record of the other things that happened while Jehoiakim was ruling, the detestable things that he did, including the evil things that people said that he did, is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah’. After [he was taken to Babylon], his son Jehoiachin became the king [of Judah].
9 Joiakin aveva otto anni quando cominciò a regnare; regnò tre mesi e dieci giorni a Gerusalemme, e fece ciò ch’è male agli occhi dell’Eterno.
Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for [only] three months and ten days. He did things that Yahweh considers to be evil.
10 L’anno seguente il re Nebucadnetsar mandò a prenderlo, lo fece menare a Babilonia con gli utensili preziosi della casa dell’Eterno, e fece re di Giuda e di Gerusalemme Sedekia, fratello di Joiakin.
During the spring of the next year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent [soldiers] to bring him to Babylon. They also took to Babylon many valuable things from the temple of Yahweh. Then Nebuchadnezzar appointed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, to be the king of Judah.
11 Sedekia avea ventun anni quando cominciò a regnare, e regnò a Gerusalemme undici anni.
Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years.
12 Egli fece ciò ch’è male agli occhi dell’Eterno, del suo Dio, e non s’umiliò dinanzi al profeta Geremia, che gli parlava da parte dell’Eterno.
He did many things that Yahweh his God considered to be evil. And he did not humble himself when the prophet Jeremiah gave him a message from Yahweh [to warn him].
13 E si ribellò pure a Nebucadnetsar, che l’avea fatto giurare nel nome di Dio; e indurò la sua cervice ed il suo cuore rifiutando di convertirsi all’Eterno, all’Iddio d’Israele.
He would not return to Yahweh, the God that the people of Israel [said that they worshiped]. Zedekiah also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had forced him to solemnly promise using God’s name [to be loyal to him]. Zedekiah became very stubborn.
14 Tutti i capi dei sacerdoti e il popolo moltiplicarono anch’essi le loro infedeltà, seguendo tutte le abominazioni delle genti; e contaminarono la casa dell’Eterno, ch’egli avea santificata a Gerusalemme.
Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and also the people [of Judah] became more wicked again, doing all the detestable things that the people of the other nations did, and causing the temple in Jerusalem that Yahweh had caused to be holy to become [an] unacceptable [place to worship him].
15 E l’Eterno, l’Iddio de’ loro padri, mandò loro a più riprese degli ammonimenti, per mezzo dei suoi messaggeri, poiché voleva risparmiare il suo popolo e la sua propria dimora:
Yahweh, the God whom the ancestors [of the people of Judah belonged to/worshiped], gave messages to his prophets many times, and the prophets told those messages to the people of Judah. Yahweh did that because he pitied his people and did not want his temple to be destroyed.
16 ma quelli si beffarono de’ messaggeri di Dio, sprezzarono le sue parole e schernirono i suoi profeti, finché l’ira dell’Eterno contro il suo popolo arrivò al punto che non ci fu più rimedio.
But the people continually made fun of God’s messengers. They despised God’s messages. They ridiculed his prophets, until finally God became extremely angry with his people, with the result that nothing could stop him [from destroying Judah].
17 Allora egli fece salire contro ad essi il re dei Caldei, che uccise di spada i loro giovani nella casa del loro santuario, e non risparmiò né giovane, né fanciulla, né vecchiaia, né canizie. L’Eterno gli diè nelle mani ogni cosa.
He incited the king of Babylonia to attack [Judah with his army]. They killed the young men with their swords, even in the temple. They did not spare/pity anyone, young men or young women or old people. God enabled the army of Nebuchadnezzar to kill all of them.
18 Nebucadnetsar portò a Babilonia tutti gli utensili della casa di Dio, grandi e piccoli, i tesori della casa dell’Eterno, e i tesori del re e dei suoi capi.
His soldiers took to Babylon all the things that were used in God’s temple—big things and little things, all the valuable things, and the valuable things that belonged to the king and his officials.
19 I Caldei incendiarono la casa di Dio, demolirono le mura di Gerusalemme, dettero alle fiamme tutti i suoi palazzi, e ne distrussero tutti gli oggetti preziosi.
They burned the temple, and they broke down the wall surrounding Jerusalem. They burned all the palaces [in Jerusalem] and destroyed all the remaining valuable things there.
20 E Nebucadnetsar menò in cattività a Babilonia quelli ch’erano scampati dalla spada; ed essi furono assoggettati a lui ed ai suoi figliuoli, fino all’avvento del regno di Persia
Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers took to Babylon the remaining people who had not been killed with their swords. Then those people became the king’s slaves and his son’s slaves, until the [army of the] king of Persia conquered [the army of Babylonia].
21 (affinché s’adempisse la parola dell’Eterno pronunziata per bocca di Geremia), fino a che il paese avesse goduto de’ suoi sabati; difatti esso dovette riposare per tutto il tempo della sua desolazione, finché furon compiuti i settant’anni.
[Moses had said that every seventh year the people must not plant their fields; they must allow the soil to rest. But the people had not done that. So after the army of Babylonia destroyed Judah, ] the soil was allowed to rest. That continued for 70 years, fulfilling what Yahweh told Jeremiah and what Jeremiah had predicted/prophesied would happen.
22 Nel primo anno di Ciro, re di Persia, affinché s’adempisse la parola dell’Eterno pronunziata per bocca di Geremia, l’Eterno destò lo spirito di Ciro, re di Persia, il quale, a voce e per iscritto, fece pubblicare per tutto il suo regno quest’editto:
During the first year that Cyrus was the king of Persia, in order that what Yahweh told Jeremiah would happen would occur, Yahweh motivated Cyrus to write this and proclaim it throughout his kingdom:
23 “Così dice Ciro, re di Persia: L’Eterno, l’Iddio de’ cieli, m’ha dato tutti i regni della terra, ed egli m’ha comandato di edificargli una casa in Gerusalemme, ch’è in Giuda. Chiunque tra voi è del suo popolo, sia l’Eterno, il suo Dio, con lui, e parta!”
“I, Cyrus, the king of Persia, declare that Yahweh, the God [who rules] in heaven, has enabled me to become the ruler of all the kingdoms of this world. And he wants me to [command that my workers] build a temple {a temple be built} for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Any of his people living among you people of Persia are allowed to go to Jerusalem. And I will pray that Yahweh will be with them.”
