Jeremija 52
1 Dvadeset i jedna godina bijaše Sedekiji kad poèe carovati, i carova jedanaest godina u Jerusalimu. Materi mu bješe ime Amutala kæi Jeremijina, iz Livne.
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 On èinjaše što je zlo pred Gospodom sasvijem kako je èinio Joakim.
Zedekiah did [many] things that Yahweh says are evil, like [his father] Jehoiakim had done.
3 Jer od gnjeva Gospodnjega zbi se Jerusalimu i Judi, te ih odbaci ispred sebe. A Sedekija se odmetnu od cara Vavilonskoga.
[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 I tako devete godine njegova carovanja, desetoga dana doðe Navuhodonosor car Vavilonski sa svom vojskom svojom na Jerusalim; i stadoše u oko pod njim, i naèiniše opkope oko njega.
[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 I grad bi opkoljen do jedanaeste godine carovanja Sedekijina.
They continued to surround Jerusalem until Zedekiah had been ruling for almost eleven years.
6 I devetoga dana èetvrtoga mjeseca nasta velika glad u gradu, te narod zemaljski nemaše hljeba.
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 Tada grad bi provaljen, i vojnici svi pobjegoše i izidoše iz grada noæu na vrata izmeðu dva zida uz vrt carev, a Haldejci bijahu svuda oko grada; i otidoše putem k pustinji.
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 Ali vojska Haldejska potjera cara, i stigoše Sedekiju u polju Jerihonskom, a sva vojska što bijaše s njim razbježe se od njega.
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 I uhvatiše cara i odvedoše ga k caru Vavilonskom u Rivlu u zemlji Ematskoj; i ondje mu sudi.
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 I pokla car Vavilonski sinove Sedekijine na njegove oèi, i sve knezove Judine pokla u Rivli.
They forced Zedekiah to watch while they killed his sons and all the officials from Judah.
11 I Sedekiji iskopa oèi, i svezav ga u dvoje verige mjedene odvede ga car Vavilonski u Vavilon i metnu ga u tamnicu, gdje osta do smrti svoje.
[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 A desetoga dana petoga mjeseca godine devetnaeste carovanja Navuhodonosora cara Vavilonskoga doðe u Jerusalim Nevuzardan zapovjednik stražarski, koji služaše caru Vavilonskom.
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 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. They [also] destroyed all the important buildings [in the city].
14 I sve zidove Jerusalimske unaokolo razvali sva vojska Haldejska što bijaše sa zapovjednikom stražarskim.
Then he supervised the soldiers from Babylonia while they tore down the walls on all sides of Jerusalem.
15 A narod siromašni i ostatak naroda što osta u gradu, i prebjege što prebjegoše k caru Vavilonskom, i ostali prosti narod, odvede Nevuzardan zapovjednik stražarski.
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 Samo od siromašnoga naroda u zemlji ostavi Nevuzardan zapovjednik stražarski koji æe biti vinogradari i ratari.
But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the very poor people to remain [in Judah] to take care of the vineyards and fields.
17 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 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 I lonce i lopate i viljuške i kotliæe i kadionice i sve sudove mjedene kojima služahu, uzeše,
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 I umivaonice i kliješta s kotliæima i loncima i svijetnjacima i kadionicama i èašama, što god bijaše zlatno i što god bijaše srebrno, uze zapovjednik stražarski.
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 Dva stupa, jedno more, i dvanaest volova mjedenijeh što bijahu pod podnožjima, što naèini car Solomun za dom Gospodnji, ne bješe mjere mjedi od svijeh tijeh sudova.
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 A stupovi bijahu svaki od osamnaest lakata u visinu, a unaokolo od dvanaest lakata, a èetiri prsta bješe svaki debeo i šupalj;
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 I ozgo na njemu bijaše oglavlje mjedeno, i oglavlje bješe visoko pet lakata, i pletenica i šipci oko oglavlja, sve od mjedi; taki bijaše i drugi stup sa šipcima.
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 I bijaše devedeset i šest šipaka sa svake strane; svega šipaka na pletenici unaokolo bijaše sto.
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 Uze zapovjednik stražarski i Seraju prvoga sveštenika i Sofoniju drugoga sveštenika, i tri vratara.
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 A iz grada uze jednoga dvoranina, koji bijaše nad vojnicima, i sedam 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.
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 Uze ih Nevuzardan zapovjednik stražarski i odvede k caru Vavilonskom u Rivlu.
Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon, [who was still] at Riblah.
27 A car ih Vavilonski pobi i pogubi u Rivli u zemlji Ematskoj. Tako bi preseljen Juda iz zemlje svoje.
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 Ovo je narod što ga preseli Navuhodonosor: sedme godine tri tisuæe i dvadeset i tri Judejca;
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 Godine osamnaeste Navuhodonosorove preseli iz Jerusalima osam stotina i trideset i dvije duše;
Then, when he had been ruling for almost 18 years, his [soldiers] took 832 [more Israeli people to Babylonia].
30 Godine dvadeset treæe Navuhodonosorove preseli Nevuzardan zapovjednik stražarski Judejaca sedam stotina i èetrdeset i pet duša; svega èetiri tisuæe i šest stotina duša.
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 A trideset sedme godine otkako se zarobi Joahin car Judin, dvanaestoga mjeseca, dvadeset petoga dana, Evil-Merodah car Vavilonski iste godine zacariv se izvadi iz tamnice Joahina cara Judina.
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 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 gave him a position in which he was honored more than [all] the other kings [who had been exiled/taken to Babylon].
33 I promijeni mu haljine tamnièke, i on jeðaše svagda s njim svega vijeka svojega.
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 I hrana mu se jednako davaše od cara Vavilonskoga svaki dan svega vijeka njegova do smrti njegove.
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.
