Jeremiæ 39
1 Anno nono Sedeciæ regis Iuda, mense decimo, venit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis, et omnis exercitus eius ad Ierusalem, et obsidebant eam.
In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem, and besieged it.
2 Undecimo autem anno Sedeciæ, mense quarto, quinta mensis aperta est civitas.
In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city.
3 Et ingressi sunt omnes principes regis Babylonis, et sederunt in porta media: Neregel-Sereser antistes Nabu, Sarsachim princeps eunuchus, Neregel-Sereser princeps magus, et omnes reliqui principes regis Babylonis.
All the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate: Nergal Sharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim the Rabsaris, Nergal Sharezer the Rabmag, with all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.
4 Cumque vidisset eos Sedecias rex Iuda, et omnes viri bellatores, fugerunt: et egressi sunt nocte de civitate per viam horti regis, et per portam, quæ erat inter duos muros, et egressi sunt ad viam deserti.
When Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, then they fled and went out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls; and he went out towards the Arabah.
5 Persecutus est autem eos exercitus Chaldæorum: et comprehenderunt Sedeciam in campo solitudinis Ierichontinæ, et captum adduxerunt ad Nabuchodonosor regem Babylonis in Reblatha, quæ est in Terra Emath: et locutus est ad eum iudicia.
But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. When they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he pronounced judgement on him.
6 Et occidit rex Babylonis filios Sedeciæ in Reblatha, in oculis eius: et omnes nobiles Iuda occidit rex Babylonis.
Then the king of Babylon killed Zedekiah’s sons in Riblah before his eyes. The king of Babylon also killed all the nobles of Judah.
7 Oculos quoque Sedeciæ eruit: et vinxit eum compedibus ut duceretur in Babylonem.
Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
8 Domum quoque regis, et domum vulgi succenderunt Chaldæi igni, et murum Ierusalem subverterunt.
The Chaldeans burnt the king’s house and the people’s houses with fire and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
9 Et reliquias populi, qui remanserant in civitate, et perfugas, qui transfugerant ad eum, et superfluos vulgi, qui remanserant, transtulit Nabuzardan magister militum in Babylonem.
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the rest of the people who remained in the city, the deserters also who fell away to him, and the rest of the people who remained.
10 Et de plebe pauperum, qui nihil penitus habebant, dimisit Nabuzardan magister militum in Terra Iuda: et dedit eis vineas, et cisternas in die illa.
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, who had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
11 Præceperat autem Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis de Ieremia Nabuzardan magistro militum, dicens:
Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon commanded Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard concerning Jeremiah, saying,
12 Tolle illum, et pone super eum oculos tuos, nihilque ei mali facias: sed, ut voluerit, sic facias ei.
“Take him and take care of him. Do him no harm; but do to him even as he tells you.”
13 Misit ergo Nabuzardan princeps militiæ, et Nabusezban princeps eunuchus, et Neregel-Sereser princeps magus, et omnes optimates regis Babylonis,
So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, Nebushazban, Rabsaris, and Nergal Sharezer, Rabmag, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon
14 miserunt, et tulerunt Ieremiam de vestibulo carceris, et tradiderunt eum Godoliæ filio Ahicam filii Saphan ut intraret in domum, et habitaret in populo.
sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard, and committed him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should bring him home. So he lived amongst the people.
15 Ad Ieremiam autem factus fuerat sermo Domini cum clausus esset in vestibulo carceris, dicens:
Now the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah while he was shut up in the court of the guard, saying,
16 Vade, et dic Abdemelech Æthiopi, dicens: Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israel: Ecce ego inducam sermones meos super civitatem hanc in malum, et non in bonum: et erunt in conspectu tuo in die illa.
“Go, and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, ‘The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will bring my words on this city for evil, and not for good; and they will be accomplished before you in that day.
17 Et liberabo te in die illa, ait Dominus: et non traderis in manus virorum, quos tu formidas:
But I will deliver you in that day,” says the LORD; “and you will not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid.
18 Sed eruens liberabo te, et gladio non cades: sed erit tibi anima tua in salutem, quia in me habuisti fiduciam, ait Dominus.
For I will surely save you. You won’t fall by the sword, but you will escape with your life, because you have put your trust in me,” says the LORD.’”
