2 Reis 25
1 E sucedeu que, no nono ano do seu reinado, no mês décimo, aos dez do mes, Nabucodonosor, rei de Babilônia, veio contra Jerusalém, ele e todo o seu exército, e se acampou contra ela, e levantaram contra ela tranqueiras em redor.
On January 15 of the ninth year that Zedekiah had been ruling, King Nebuchadnezzar arrived with his whole army, and they surrounded Jerusalem. They built ramps [made of dirt against the walls of the city], so that they could climb up the ramps and attack the city.
2 E a cidade foi sitiada até ao undécimo ano do rei Zedekias.
They did that for two years.
3 Aos nove do mês quarto, quando a cidade se via apertada da fome, nem havia pão para o povo da terra.
After Zedekiah had been ruling for eleven years, the (famine/shortage of food) had become very bad. All their food was gone.
4 Então a cidade foi arrombada, e todos os homens de guerra fugiram de noite pelo caminho da porta, entre os dois muros que estavam junto ao jardim do rei (porque os caldeus estavam contra a cidade em redor), e o rei se foi pelo caminho da campina.
On July 18 of that year, the Babylonian soldiers broke through part of the city wall, [and that enabled them to enter the city]. All the soldiers of Judah [wanted to escape]. But the Babylonian soldiers surrounded the city, so the [king and] the soldiers of Judah waited until it was nighttime. Then they fled through the gate that was between the two walls near the king’s park. They ran across the fields and started to go down to the Jordan [River] Valley.
5 Porém o exército dos caldeus perseguiu o rei, e o alcançaram nas campinas de Jericó: e todo o seu exército se dispersou dele.
But the Babylonian soldiers chased/ran after them. They caught the king when he was by himself in the valley near the Jordan River. He was by himself because all his soldiers had abandoned him.
6 E tomaram o rei, e o fizeram subir ao rei de Babilônia, a Ribla: e procederam contra ele.
The Babylonian soldiers took King Zedekiah to Riblah [city] in Babylon. There the king of Babylon decided what they would do to punish him.
7 E aos filhos de Zedekias degolaram diante dos seus olhos: e vasaram os olhos a Zedekias, e o ataram com duas cadeias de bronze, e o levaram a Babilônia.
There the king of Babylon forced Zedekiah to watch as the Babylonian soldiers killed all of Zedekiah’s sons. Then they gouged out Zedekiah’s eyes. They put bronze chains on [his hands and feet] and then they took him to Babylon.
8 E no quinto mês no sétimo dia do mês (este era o ano décimo nono de Nabucodonosor rei de Babylonia), veio Nebuzaradan, capitão da guarda, servo do rei de Babilônia, a Jerusalém,
On August 14 of that year, after Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling for 19 years, Nebuzaradan arrived in Jerusalem. He was one of king Nebuchadnezzar’s officials and captain of the men that guarded the king.
9 E queimou a casa do Senhor e a casa do rei, como também todas as casas de Jerusalém, e todas as casas dos grandes, queimou.
He [commanded his soldiers to] burn down the temple of Yahweh, the king’s palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. So they burned down all the important buildings in the city.
10 E todo o exército dos caldeus, que estava com o capitão da guarda, derribou os muros em redor de Jerusalém.
Then Nebuzaradan supervised all the soldiers of the Babylonian army as they tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
11 E o mais do povo que deixaram ficar na cidade, e os rebeldes que se renderam ao rei de Babilônia, e o mais da multidão, Nebuzaradan, o capitão da guarda, levou presos.
Then he and his soldiers took to Babylon the people who were still living in the city, the other people [who lived in that area], and the soldiers who had previously surrendered to the Babylonian army.
12 Porém dos mais pobres da terra deixou o capitão da guarda ficar alguns para vinheiros e para lavradores.
But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the very poor people to stay in Judah to take care of the vineyards and [to plant crops in] the fields.
13 Quebraram mais os caldeus as colunas de cobre que estavam na casa do Senhor, como também as bases e o mar de cobre que estavam na casa do Senhor: e levaram o seu bronze para Babilônia.
The Babylonian soldiers broke into pieces the bronze pillars, the bronze carts with wheels, and the huge bronze basin, all of which were in the temple courtyard, and they took all the bronze to Babylon.
14 Também tomaram as caldeiras, e as pás, e os apagadores, e os perfumadores, e todos os vasos de cobre, com que se ministrava.
They also took the pots, the shovels, the instruments for (snuffing out/extinguishing) [the wicks of] the lamps, the dishes, and all the other bronze items that the Israeli priests had used for offering sacrifices at the temple.
15 Também o capitão da guarda tomou os braseiros, e as bacias, o que era de puro ouro, em ouro e o que era de prata, em prata.
The soldiers also took away the (firepans/trays for carrying burning coals), the basins, and [all the other] items made of pure gold or pure silver.
16 As duas colunas, um mar, e as bases, que Salomão fizera para a casa do Senhor: o cobre de todos estes vasos não tinha peso.
The bronze from the two pillars, the carts with wheels, and the huge basin were very heavy; they could not be weighed. (Those things had been made/A man named Hiram had made these things) for the temple when Solomon [was the king of Israel].
17 A altura de uma coluna era de dezoito côvados, e sobre ela havia um capitel de cobre, e de altura tinha o capitel três côvados; e a rede, e as romãs em roda do capitel, tudo era de cobre; e semelhante a esta era a outra coluna com a rede.
Each of the pillars was (27 feet/8 meters) tall. The bronze capital/top of each pillar was (7-1/2 feet/2.3 meters) high. They were each decorated all around with something that looked like a net made of bronze chains connecting bronze pomegranates.
18 Também o capitão da guarda tomou a Seraias, primeiro sacerdote, e a Zephanias segundo sacerdote, e aos três guardas do umbral da porta.
Nebuzaradan took with him to Babylon Seraiah the Supreme Priest, Zephaniah his assistant, and the three men who guarded the entrance [to the temple].
19 E da cidade tomou a um eunuco, que tinha cargo da gente de guerra, e a cinco homens dos que viam a face do rei, e se acharam na cidade, como também ao escrivão-mór do exército, que registrava o povo da terra para a guerra, e a sessenta homens do povo da terra, que se acharam na cidade.
And they found people who were still hiding in Jerusalem. From those people he took one officer from the Judean army, five of the king’s advisors, the chief secretary of the army commander who was in charge of recruiting men to join the army, and 60 other important Judean men.
20 E tomando-os Nebuzaradan, o capitão da guarda, os trouxe ao rei de Babilônia, a Ribla.
Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon at Riblah [city].
21 E o rei de Babilônia os feriu e os matou em Ribla, na terra de Hamath: e Judá foi levado preso para fora da sua terra.
There at Riblah, in Hamath province, the king of Babylon commanded that they all be executed. That is what happened when the people of Judah were (taken forcefully/exiled) from their land [to Babylon].
22 Porém, quanto ao povo que ficava na terra de Judá, e Nabucodonosor, rei de Babilônia, deixou ficar, pôs sobre ele por maioral a Gedalias, filho de Ahikam, filho de Saphan.
Then King Nebuchadnezzar appointed Gedaliah, who was the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, to be the governor of the people who were still living in Judah.
23 Ouvindo pois os capitães dos exércitos, eles e os seus homens, que o rei de Babilônia pusera a Gedalias por maioral, vieram a Gedalias, a Mispah, a saber: Ishmael, filho de Nethanias, e Johanan, filho de Kareath, e Seraias, filho de Tanhumeth, o netophatita, e Jazanias, filho do Maacatita, eles e os seus homens.
When all the army captains of Judah and their soldiers who had not surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar found out that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah to be the governor, they met with him at Mizpah [town]. These army captains were Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth from Netophah [town], and Jaazaniah from the Maacah region.
24 E Gedalias jurou a eles e aos seus homens, e lhes disse: Não temais ser servos dos caldeus: ficai na terra, e servi ao rei de Babilônia, e bem vos irá.
Gedaliah solemnly promised them [that the officials from Babylon were not planning to harm them]. He said, “You may live in this land [without being afraid] and serve the king of Babylon, and [if you do], everything will go well for you.”
25 Sucedeu, porém, que, no sétimo mes, veio Ishmael, filho de Nethanias, o filho de Elisama, da semente real, e dez homens com ele, e feriram a Gedalias, e ele morreu, como também aos judeus, e aos caldeus que estavam com ele em Mispah.
But in October of that year, Ishmael, whose grandfather Elishama was one of the relatives of the descendants of King David, went to Mizpah along with ten other men and assassinated/killed Gedaliah and all the men who were with him. There were also men from Judah and men from Babylon whom they assassinated.
26 Então todo o povo se levantou, desde o mais pequeno até ao maior, como também os capitães dos exércitos, e vieram ao Egito, porque temiam os caldeus.
Then many [HYP] of the people from Judah, important people and unimportant ones, and the army captains, were very afraid of [what] the Babylonians [would do to them], so they fled to Egypt.
27 Depois disto sucedeu que, no ano trinta e sete do cativeiro de Joaquim, rei de Judá, no mês duodécimo, aos vinte e sete do mes, Evil-merodac, rei de Babilônia, levantou, no ano em que reinou, a cabeça de Joaquim, rei de Judá, da casa da prisão.
Thirty-seven years after King Jehoiachin of Judah was taken to Babylon, [Nebuchadnezzar’s son] Evil-Merodach became the king of Babylon. He was kind to Jehoiachin, and on April 2 of that year, he released/freed Jehoiachin from prison.
28 E lhe falou benignamente: e pôs o seu trono acima do trono dos reis que estavam com ele em Babilônia.
He always spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and honored him more than the other kings who had been taken/exiled to Babylon.
29 E lhe mudou os vestidos da prisão, e de contínuo comeu pão na sua presença todos os dias da sua vida.
He gave Jehoiachin new clothes to replace the clothes that he had been wearing in prison, and he allowed Jehoiachin to eat at the king’s table every day for the rest of his life.
30 E, quanto à sua subsistência, pelo rei lhe foi dada subsistência continua, a porção de cada dia no seu dia, todos os dias da sua vida.
The king of Babylon also gave him money every day, so that he could buy the things that he needed. The king continued to do that until Jehoiachin died.
