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1 V njegovih dneh je prišel gor babilonski kralj Nebukadnezar in Jojakím je [za] tri leta postal njegov služabnik. Potem se je obrnil in se uprl zoper njega.
While Jehoiakim was ruling [Judah, the army of] King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded Judah. [They defeated the Judean army, and as a result, ] Jehoiakim was required to pay a lot of tribute/taxes to King Nebuchadnezzar. But after three years, Jehoiakim rebelled.
2 Gospod je zoper njega poslal čete Kaldejcev, čete Sircev, čete Moábcev, čete Amónovih sinov in jih poslal zoper Juda, da ga uničijo, glede na Gospodovo besedo, ki jo je govoril po svojih služabnikih prerokih.
Then Yahweh sent raiders from Babylonia and Syria, and from the Moab and Ammon people-groups, to attack the people of Judah and get rid of them, just as Yahweh had told his prophets to warn the people would happen.
3 Zagotovo je to prišlo nad Juda na Gospodovo zapoved, da jih odstrani iz svojega pogleda zaradi Manásejevih grehov, glede na vse, kar je storil,
These things happened to the people of Judah according to what Yahweh commanded. [He had decided] to get rid of the people of Judah because of the many sins that King Manasseh [had committed].
4 in tudi zaradi nedolžne krvi, ki jo je prelil. Kajti Jeruzalem je napolnil z nedolžno krvjo, ki je Gospod ni hotel odpustiti.
Manasseh had even caused many innocent people in Jerusalem to be killed, and Yahweh would not forgive that.
5 Torej preostala izmed Jojakímovih dejanj in vse, kar je storil, mar niso zapisana v kroniški knjigi Judovih kraljev?
The other things that happened while Jehoiakim was king, and all the things that he did, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
6 Tako je Jojakím zaspal s svojimi očeti, in namesto njega je zakraljeval njegov sin Jojahín.
When Jehoiakim died, his son Jehoiachin became the king.
7 Egiptovski kralj ni nič več ponovno prišel iz svoje dežele, kajti babilonski kralj je zavzel od egiptovske reke do reke Evfrat, vse, kar je pripadalo egiptovskemu kralju.
[The army of] the king of Babylon [defeated the army of Egypt, and] took control of all the area that the Egyptians formerly controlled, from the brook [at the border] of Egypt [in the south] to the Euphrates River [in the north]. So [the army of] the king of Egypt did not return [to attack Judah] again.
8 Jojahín je bil star osemnajst let, ko je začel kraljevati in v Jeruzalemu je kraljeval tri mesece. Ime njegove matere je bilo Nehúšta; hči Elnatána iz Jeruzalema.
Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became the king of Judah. His mother’s name was Nehushta; she was the daughter of a man from Jerusalem named Elnathan. Jehoiachin ruled in Jerusalem for [only] three months.
9 Počel je to, kar je bilo zlo v Gospodovih očeh, glede na vse, kar je počel njegov oče.
Jehoiachin did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as his father had done.
10 Ob tistem času so služabniki babilonskega kralja Nebukadnezarja prišli gor zoper Jeruzalem in mesto je bilo oblegano.
[While Jehoiachin was king, ] some officers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came [along with the whole Babylonian army] to Jerusalem, and they surrounded the city.
11 Babilonski kralj Nebukadnezar je prišel zoper mesto in njegovi služabniki so ga oblegali.
While they were doing that, Nebuchadnezzar himself came to the city.
12 Judov kralj Jojahín, je odšel ven k babilonskemu kralju, on, njegova mati, njegovi služabniki, njegovi princi in njegovi častniki in babilonski kralj ga je vzel v osmem letu svojega kraljevanja.
Then King Jehoiachin and his mother and his advisors and important officers and palace officials all surrendered to the Babylonian army. These thngs happened when Nebuchadnezzar had been king for eight years. He arrested Jehoiachin and took him to Babylon.
13 Od tam je odnesel vse zaklade iz Gospodove hiše in zaklade iz kraljeve hiše in zdrobil na koščke vse posode iz zlata, ki jih je Izraelov kralj Salomon naredil v Gospodovem templju, kakor je rekel Gospod.
Just as Yahweh had said would happen, Nebuchadnezzar’s [soldiers] took [to Babylon] all the valuable things from Yahweh’s temple and from the king’s palace. They cut apart all the gold items that King Solomon had put in the temple.
14 Proč je odvedel ves Jeruzalem, vse njegove prince in vse močne junaške može, celó deset tisoč ujetnikov in vse rokodelce in kovače. Nihče ni preostal, razen najrevnejše sorte ljudstva dežele.
They took from Jerusalem [to Babylon] 10,000 people, including the important officials and the best soldiers and the people who made and repaired things that were made of metal. Only the very poor people were left in Judah.
15 V Babilon je odvedel Jojahína, kraljevo mater, kraljeve žene, njegove častnike in mogočne iz dežele; te je iz Jeruzalema odvedel v ujetništvo v Babilon.
Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took to Babylon Jehoiachin’s wives and officials, his mother, and [all] the important people.
16 Vse mogočne može, celó sedem tisoč in tisoč rokodelcev in kovačev, vse, ki so bili močni in zmožni za vojno, celo te je babilonski kralj ujete privedel v Babilon.
They also took to Babylon 7,000 of the best soldiers and 1,000 men who knew how to make and repair things that are made from metal. All of these people whom they took were strong and able to fight in wars.
17 Babilonski kralj je namesto njega postavil Matanjája, brata njegovega očeta in njegovo ime spremenil v Sedekíja.
Then the king of Babylon appointed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Mattaniah, to be the king [of Judah], and he changed Mattaniah’s name to Zedekiah.
18 Sedekíja je bil star enaindvajset let, ko je začel kraljevati in v Jeruzalemu je kraljeval enajst let. Ime njegove matere je bilo Hamutála, hči Jeremija iz Libne.
When Zedekiah was twenty-one years old, he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal; she was the daughter of a man named Jeremiah from Libnah [town].
19 Počel je to, kar je bilo zlo v Gospodovih očeh, glede na vse, kar je počel Jojakím.
But Zedekiah did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as Jehoiakim had done.
20 Kajti zaradi Gospodove jeze se je to pripetilo v Jeruzalemu in Judu, dokler jih ni zavrgel izpred svoje prisotnosti, da se je Sedekíja uprl zoper babilonskega kralja.
Yahweh was very angry. So (and finally/after he had been patient a long time) he expelled the people of Jerusalem and [the other places in] Judah and sent them to Babylon. [That is what happened when] Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
