Jeremias 52
1 Zedequias era de idade de vinte e um anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou onze anos em Jerusalém. Sua mãe se chamava Hamutal, filha de Jeremias, de Libna.
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].
2 E ele fez o que era mal aos olhos do SENHOR, conforme tudo o que Jeoaquim fizera.
Zedekiah did [many] things that Yahweh says are evil, like [his father] Jehoiakim had done.
3 E por isso a ira do SENHOR foi contra Jerusalém e Judá, até que ele os expulsou de sua presença; assim Zedequias se rebelou contra o rei da Babilônia.
[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.
4 E aconteceu no nono ano de seu reinado, no decimo mês, aos dez dias do mês, que veio Nabucodonosor rei da Babilônia, ele e todo seu exército, contra Jerusalém, e contra ela montaram um acampamento, e ao redor por todos os lados levantaram cercos contra ela.
[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].
5 Assim a cidade esteve cercada até o décimo primeiro ano do rei Zedequias.
They continued to surround Jerusalem until Zedekiah had been ruling for almost eleven years.
6 No quarto mês, aos nove do mês, quando a fome havia dominado a cidade, até não haver pão para o povo da terra;
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].
7 Então a cidade foi arrombada, e todos os homens de guerra fugiram, e saíram da cidade de noite, pelo caminho de porta de entre os dois muros, que era perto do jardim do rei, e foram-se pelo caminho de Arabá, enquanto os caldeus estavam ao redor da cidade.
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.
8 Porém o exército dos caldeus perseguiu o rei, e alcançaram a Zedequias nas planícies de Jericó; e todo o seu exército se dispersou dele.
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.
9 Então prenderam ao rei, e fizeram-lhe vir ao rei de Babilônia, a Ribla na terra de Hamate, onde pronunciou sentença contra ele.
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.
10 E o rei da Babilônia degolou os filhos de Zedequias diante de seus olhos; e também degolou a todos os príncipes de Judá em Ribla.
They forced Zedekiah to watch while they killed his sons and all the officials from Judah.
11 Mas Zedequias porém cegou os olhos, e o acorrentou com grilhões de bronze; e o rei da Babilônia o levou à Babilônia, e o pôs na casa do cárcere até o dia de sua morte.
[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.
12 E no quinto mês, aos dez do mês (que era o décimo nono ano do reinado de Nabucodonosor, rei de Babilônia), Nebuzaradã, capitão da guarda, que servia diante do rei de Babilônia, veio a Jerusalém;
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.
13 E queimou a casa do SENHOR, a casa do rei, e todas as casas de Jerusalém; e queimou com fogo todo grande edifício.
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].
14 E todo o exército dos caldeus que estava com o capitão da guarda derrubou todos os muros que estavam ao redor de Jerusalém.
Then he supervised the soldiers from Babylonia while they tore down the walls on all sides of Jerusalem.
15 E Nebuzaradã, capitão da guarda, levou presos os pobres do povo, e ao demais do povo, que restaram na cidade, e os rebeldes que se haviam se rendido ao rei de Babilônia, e todo o resto dos artesãos.
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.
16 Mas Nebuzaradã, capitão da guarda, deixou dos mais pobres daquela terra para serem cultivadores de vinhas e lavradores.
But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the very poor people to remain [in Judah] to take care of the vineyards and fields.
17 E os caldeus quebraram as colunas de bronze que estavam na casa do SENHOR, as bases, e o mar de bronze que estavam na casa do SENHOR, e levaram todo o bronze à Babilônia.
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.
18 Tomaram também os caldeirões, as pás, os cortadores de pavios, as bacias, os pratos, e todos os vasos de bronze com que faziam o serviço [no templo];
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.
19 E o capitão da guarda tomou os copos, os incensários, as bacias, as panelas, os castiçais, os pratos, e vasos de ofertas de líquidos: tudo o que era de ouro ou de prata.
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.
20 As duas colunas, o mar, e os doze bois de bronze que estavam debaixo das bases, que o rei Salomão tinha feito na casa do SENHOR. não se podia pesar o bronze de todos estes vasos.
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.
21 Quanto às colunas, a altura de cada coluna era de dezoito côvados, e um fio de doze côvados a rodeava; e sua espessura era de quatro dedos, [e] era oca.
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.
22 E [tinha] sobre si um capitel de bronze, e a altura do capitel era de cinco côvados, com uma rede e romãs ao redor do capitel, tudo de bronze; e semelhante a esta era o da segunda coluna, com [suas] romãs.
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.
23 E havia noventa e seis romãs em cada lado; ao todo elas eram cem sobre a rede ao redor.
There was a total of 100 figures of pomegranates on the network at the top, 96 of which could be seen from the ground.
24 O capitão da guarda também tomou a Seraías o sacerdote principal, e a Sofonias o segundo sacerdote, e três guardas da porta.
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].
25 E da cidade tomou a um eunuco que era comandante sobre os homens de guerra, e a sete homens que serviam na presença do rei, que se acharam na cidade; e também ao principal escrivão do exército, que registrava o povo da terra para a guerra; e a sessenta homens do povo da terra, que se acharam no meio da cidade.
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.
26 Então Nebuzaradã, capitão da guarda, os tomou, e os levou ao rei de Babilônia, a Ribla.
Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon, [who was still] at Riblah.
27 E o rei de Babilônia os feriu e os matou em Ribla na terra de Hamate. Assim Judá foi levado cativo de sua terra.
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.
28 Este é o povo que Nabucodonosor levou cativo; no sétimo ano, três mil e vinte e três judeus:
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.
29 No décimo oitavo ano Nabucodonosor, levou cativas de Jerusalém oitocentas e trinta e duas pessoas;
Then, when he had been ruling for almost 18 years, his [soldiers] took 832 [more Israeli people to Babylonia].
30 No vigésimo terceiro ano de Nabucodonosor, Nebuzaradã capitão da guarda levou cativas setecentas e quarenta e cinco pessoas dos judeus; no total foram quatro mil e seiscentas pessoas.
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].
31 Sucedeu, pois, no trigésimo sétimo ano de cativeiro de Joaquim rei de Judá, no décimo segundo mês, aos vinte e cinco do mês, que Evil-Merodaque, rei da Babilônia, no [primeiro] ano de seu reinado, concedeu perdão a Joaquim rei de Judá, e o tirou da casa de prisão;
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.
32 E falou com ele benignamente; e pôs sua cadeira com mais honra do que as cadeiras dos reis que estavam com ele em Babilônia.
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].
33 E mudou-lhe também as roupas de sua prisão, e continuamente comeu pão diante dele, todos os dias de sua vida.
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.
34 E continuamente foi-lhe dada provisão pelo rei da Babilônia, uma porção diária, até o dia de sua morte, por todos os dias de sua vida.
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.
