2 Crônicas 36
1 Então o povo da terra tomou Jehoahaz, filho de Josias, e o fez rei no lugar de seu pai em Jerusalém.
Then the people of Judah chose Josiah’s son Jehoahaz and appointed him as the king in Jerusalem.
2 Joaquim tinha vinte e três anos de idade quando começou a reinar; e reinou três meses em Jerusalém.
Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became the king, but he ruled from Jerusalem for [only] three months.
3 O rei do Egito o retirou do cargo em Jerusalém, e multou a terra em cem talentos de prata e um talento de ouro.
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 O rei do Egito fez de Eliakim seu irmão rei sobre Judá e Jerusalém, e mudou seu nome para Jehoiakim. Neco levou Joaaz, seu irmão, e o levou para o Egito.
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 Jehoiakim tinha vinte e cinco anos de idade quando começou a reinar, e reinou onze anos em Jerusalém. Ele fez o que era mau aos olhos de Iavé, seu Deus.
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 Nabucodonosor, rei da Babilônia, enfrentou-o e o amarrou em grilhões para levá-lo à Babilônia.
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 Nabucodonosor também levou alguns dos vasos da casa de Iavé para Babilônia, e os colocou em seu templo na Babilônia.
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 Agora o resto dos atos de Jeoiaquim, e suas abominações que ele fez, e o que foi encontrado nele, eis que estão escritos no livro dos reis de Israel e Judá; e Jeoiaquim, seu filho, reinou em seu lugar.
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 Jehoiachin tinha oito anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou três meses e dez dias em Jerusalém. Ele fez o que era mau aos olhos de Iavé.
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 No retorno do ano, o rei Nabucodonosor o enviou e o trouxe à Babilônia, com os valiosos vasos da casa de Iavé, e fez de Zedequias seu irmão rei sobre Judá e Jerusalém.
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 Zedequias tinha vinte e um anos de idade quando começou a reinar, e reinou onze anos em Jerusalém.
Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years.
12 Ele fez o que era mau aos olhos de Iavé seu Deus. Ele não se humilhou diante de Jeremias, o profeta, falando da boca de Iavé.
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 Ele também se rebelou contra o rei Nabucodonosor, que o tinha feito jurar por Deus; mas endureceu seu pescoço, e endureceu seu coração contra voltar-se para Iavé, o Deus de Israel.
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 Além disso, todos os chefes dos sacerdotes e do povo transgrediram muito depois de todas as abominações das nações; e poluíram a casa de Iavé, que ele havia santificado em Jerusalém.
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 Yahweh, o Deus de seus pais, enviado a eles por seus mensageiros, levantando-se cedo e enviando, porque tinha compaixão de seu povo e de sua morada;
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 mas eles zombavam dos mensageiros de Deus, desprezavam suas palavras e zombavam de seus profetas, até que a ira de Yahweh surgiu contra seu povo, até que não houve remédio.
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 Therefore ele trouxe sobre eles o rei dos caldeus, que matou seus jovens com a espada na casa de seu santuário, e não teve compaixão do jovem ou virgem, velho ou enfermo. Ele os entregou a todos em suas mãos.
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 Todos os vasos da casa de Deus, grandes e pequenos, e os tesouros da casa de Javé, e os tesouros do rei e de seus príncipes, tudo isso ele trouxe para a Babilônia.
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 Eles queimaram a casa de Deus, derrubaram o muro de Jerusalém, queimaram todos os seus palácios com fogo, e destruíram todos os seus valiosos vasos.
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 Ele levou aqueles que haviam escapado da espada para Babilônia, e eles foram servos para ele e seus filhos até o reinado do reino da Pérsia,
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 para cumprir a palavra de Javé pela boca de Jeremias, até que a terra tivesse desfrutado de seus sábados. Desde que se desolou, ela guardou o sábado, para cumprir setenta anos.
[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 Agora no primeiro ano de Ciro, rei da Pérsia, para que a palavra de Javé pela boca de Jeremias pudesse ser cumprida, Javé despertou o espírito de Ciro, rei da Pérsia, para que ele fizesse uma proclamação por todo o seu reino, e a colocasse também por escrito, dizendo:
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 “Ciro, rei da Pérsia, diz: “Javé, o Deus do céu, deu-me todos os reinos da terra; e me ordenou que lhe construísse uma casa em Jerusalém, que é em Judá”. Quem quer que haja entre vós de todo seu povo, Javé, seu Deus, esteja com ele, e o deixe subir”.
“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.”
