2 Reis 25
1 No nono ano de seu reinado, no décimo mês, no décimo dia do mês, veio Nabucodonosor, rei da Babilônia, ele e todo seu exército, contra Jerusalém, e se acamparam contra ela; e construíram fortes contra ela em torno dela.
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 Assim a cidade foi sitiada até o décimo primeiro ano do rei Zedequias.
They did that for two years.
3 No nono dia do quarto mês, a fome era severa na cidade, de modo que não 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 foi feita uma brecha na cidade, e todos os homens de guerra fugiram à noite pelo caminho do portão entre os dois muros, que ficava junto ao jardim do rei (agora os caldeus estavam contra a cidade ao redor); e o rei foi pelo caminho do Arabah.
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 Mas o exército caldeu perseguiu o rei e o alcançou nas planícies 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 Então capturaram o rei e o levaram até o rei da Babilônia para Ribla; e o julgaram.
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 Eles mataram os filhos de Zedequias diante de seus olhos, depois arrancaram os olhos de Zedequias, amarraram-no em grilhões e o levaram para 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 Agora no quinto mês, no sétimo dia do mês, que era o décimo nono ano do rei Nabucodonosor, rei da Babilônia, Nebuzaradan, o capitão da guarda, servo do rei da Babilônia, veio 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 Ele queimou a casa de Javé, a casa do rei, e todas as casas de Jerusalém. Ele queimou todas as grandes casas com fogo.
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 Todo o exército dos caldeus, que estava com o capitão da guarda, derrubou os muros ao redor de Jerusalém.
Then Nebuzaradan supervised all the soldiers of the Babylonian army as they tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
11 Nebuzaradan o capitão da guarda levou cativo o resto do povo que ficou na cidade e aqueles que tinham desertado para o rei da Babilônia - todo o resto da multidão.
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 Mas o capitão da guarda deixou alguns dos mais pobres da terra para trabalhar os vinhedos e os campos.
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 Os caldeus quebraram os pilares de bronze que estavam na casa de Yahweh e as bases e o mar de bronze que estavam na casa de Yahweh, e levaram as peças de bronze para a 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 Eles tiraram as panelas, as pás, os rapé, as colheres e todos os vasos de bronze com os quais ministraram.
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 O capitão da guarda tirou as panelas de fogo, as bacias, o que era de ouro, para o ouro, e o que era de prata, para a 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 Os dois pilares, o único mar, e as bases, que Salomão havia feito para a casa de Yahweh, o bronze de todas estas embarcações não foi pesado.
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 um pilar era de dezoito côvados, e sobre ele havia um capital de bronze. A altura do capital era de três côvados, com rede e romãs na capital ao redor, tudo de bronze; e o segundo pilar com sua rede era como estes.
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 O capitão da guarda levou Seraías, o sacerdote chefe, Sofonias, o segundo sacerdote, e os três guardas do umbral;
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 ele levou um oficial que foi colocado sobre os homens de guerra; e cinco homens daqueles que viram o rosto do rei, que foram encontrados na cidade; e o escriba, o capitão do exército, que reuniu o povo da terra, e sessenta homens do povo da terra, que foram encontrados 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 Nebuzaradan o capitão da guarda os levou e os trouxe ao rei da Babilônia para Riblah.
Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon at Riblah [city].
21 O rei da Babilônia os atacou e os matou em Riblah, na terra de Hamath. Então Judá foi levado cativo para fora de 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 Quanto ao povo que ficou na terra de Judá, que Nabucodonosor, rei da Babilônia, havia deixado, até mesmo sobre eles fez de Gedalias o filho de Ahikam, o filho de Shaphan, governador.
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 Agora quando todos os capitães das forças, eles e seus homens, ouviram que o rei da Babilônia havia feito Gedalias governador, vieram a Gedalias para Mizpá, até mesmo Ismael, filho de Netanias, Johananan, filho de Kareah, Seraías, filho de Tanhumeth, o netofatita, e Jaazanias, filho do maacatita, eles e 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 Gedaliah jurou a eles e a seus homens, e lhes disse: “Não tenham medo por causa dos servos dos caldeus. Habitem na terra e sirvam o rei da Babilônia, e estará bem com vocês”.
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 Mas no sétimo mês, veio Ismael, filho de Nethaniah, filho de Elishama, da descendência real, e dez homens com ele, e atingiu Gedaliah para que ele morresse, com os judeus e os caldeus que estavam com ele em Mizpah.
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 Todo o povo, tanto pequeno quanto grande, e os capitães das forças se levantaram e vieram ao Egito; pois tinham medo dos 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 No trigésimo sétimo ano do cativeiro de Joaquim, rei de Judá, no décimo segundo mês, no vigésimo sétimo dia do mês, Evilmerodach, rei da Babilônia, no ano em que começou a reinar, libertou Joaquim, rei de Judá, 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 falou gentilmente com ele e colocou seu trono acima do trono dos reis que estavam com ele na Babilônia,
He always spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and honored him more than the other kings who had been taken/exiled to Babylon.
29 e mudou suas vestes de prisão. Jehoiachin comeu pão diante dele continuamente todos os dias de 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 para sua mesada, houve uma mesada contínua dada pelo rei, todos os dias uma porção, todos os dias de 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.
