2 Kraljevima 25
1 I tako devete godine njegova carovanja, desetoga mjeseca desetoga dana doðe Navuhodonosor car Vavilonski sa svom vojskom svojom na Jerusalim, i stadoše u oko pod njim, i naèiniše opkope oko njega.
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 I grad bi opkoljen do jedanaeste godine carovanja Sedekijina.
They did that for two years.
3 I devetoga dana mjeseca èetvrtoga posta velika glad u gradu, te narod zemaljski nemaše hljeba.
After Zedekiah had been ruling for eleven years, the (famine/shortage of food) had become very bad. All their food was gone.
4 Tada grad bi provaljen, a vojnici svi pobjegoše noæu na vrata izmeðu dva zida uz vrt carev; a Haldeji bijahu svuda oko grada; i car otide putem k pustinji.
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 Ali vojska Haldejska potjera cara, i stigoše ga u polju Jerihonskom, a sva vojska što bijaše s njim razbježe se od njega.
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 I uhvatiše cara, i odvedoše ga k caru Vavilonskom u Rivlu, i ondje mu sudiše.
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 I sinove Sedekijine poklaše na njegove oèi, pa onda Sedekiji iskopaše oèi, i svezaše ga u dva lanca mjedena, i odvedoše ga u Vavilon.
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 A sedmoga dana petoga mjeseca godine devetnaeste carovanja Navuhodonosora cara Vavilonskoga doðe u Jerusalim Nevuzardan zapovjednik stražarski, sluga cara Vavilonskoga.
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 I popali dom Gospodnji i dom carski i sve domove u Jerusalimu; sve velike kuæe popali ognjem.
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 I zidove Jerusalimske unaokolo razvali sva vojska Haldejska, koja bijaše sa zapovjednikom stražarskim.
Then Nebuzaradan supervised all the soldiers of the Babylonian army as they tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
11 A ostatak naroda što osta u gradu, i prebjege što prebjegoše k caru Vavilonskom, i ostali prosti narod odvede Nevuzardan zapovjednik stražarski.
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 Samo od siromaha u zemlji ostavi zapovjednik stražarski koji æe biti vinogradari i ratari.
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 I stupove mjedene što bijahu u domu Gospodnjem, i podnožja, i more mjedeno koje bijaše u domu Gospodnjem, izlomiše Haldejci, i mjed od njih odnesoše u Vavilon.
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 I lonce i lopate i viljuške i kadionice i sve sudove mjedene kojima služahu, uzeše,
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 I kliješta i kotliæe, što god bješe zlatno i što god bješe srebrno, uze zapovjednik stražarski,
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 Dva stupa, jedno more i podnožja, što naèini Solomun za dom Gospodnji; ne bješe mjere mjedi od svijeh tijeh sudova;
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 Osamnaest lakata bijaše visok jedan stup, i ozgo na njemu bijaše oglavlje mjedeno, i oglavlje bijaše visoko tri lakta, i pletenice i šipci oko oglavlja, sve od mjedi; taki bijaše i drugi stup s pletenicom.
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 Uze zapovjednik stražarski i Seraju prvoga sveštenika i Sofoniju drugoga sveštenika, i tri vratara.
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 A iz grada uze jednoga dvoranina, koji bijaše nad vojnicima, i pet ljudi koji stajahu pred carem, koji se naðoše u gradu, i prvoga pisara vojnièkoga, koji popisivaše narod po zemlji u vojsku, i šezdeset ljudi iz naroda zemaljskoga, koji se naðoše u gradu.
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 Uze ih Nevuzardan zapovjednik stražarski, i odvede k caru Vavilonskom u Rivlu.
Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon at Riblah [city].
21 A car ih Vavilonski pobi i pogubi u Rivli u zemlji Ematskoj. Tako bi preseljen Juda iz zemlje svoje.
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 A nad narodom koji osta u zemlji Judinoj, koji ostavi Navuhodonosor car Vavilonski, nad njim postavi Godoliju sina Ahikama sina Safanova.
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 A kad èuše sve vojvode i ljudi njihovi da je car Vavilonski postavio Godoliju, doðoše ka Godoliji u Mispu, na ime: Ismailo sin Netanijin, i Joanan sin Karijajev, i Seraja sin Tanumetov iz Netofata, i Jazanija sin Mahatov, oni i ljudi njihovi.
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 I Godolija se zakle njima i ljudima njihovijem i reèe: ne bojte se službe Haldejima; sjedite u zemlji i služite caru Vavilonskom, i biæe vam dobro.
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 Ali sedmoga mjeseca doðe Ismailo sin Netanije sina Elisamova, roda carskoga, i deset ljudi s njim, i ubiše Godoliju, te pogibe; tako i Judeje i Haldeje koji bijahu s njim u Mispi.
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 Tada se podiže sav narod, malo i veliko, i vojvode, te otidoše u Misir, jer se pobojaše Haldeja.
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 A trideset sedme godine otkako se zarobi Joahin car Judin, dvanaestoga mjeseca, dvadeset sedmoga dana Evil-Merodah car Vavilonski iste godine zacariv se izvadi iz tamnice Joahina cara Judina.
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 I lijepo govori s njim, i namjesti mu prijesto više prijestola drugih careva koji bijahu kod njega u Vavilonu.
He always spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and honored him more than the other kings who had been taken/exiled to Babylon.
29 I promijeni mu haljine tamnièke, i on jeðaše svagda s njim svega vijeka svojega.
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 I hrana mu se jednako davaše od cara svaki dan svega vijeka njegova do smrti njegove.
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.
