2 Reyes 25
1 En el noveno año de su reinado, en el décimo mes, a los diez días del mes, vino Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, él y todo su ejército, contra Jerusalén, y acampó contra ella; y construyeron contra ella fortalezas alrededor.
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 Así estuvo sitiada la ciudad hasta el undécimo año del rey Sedequías.
They did that for two years.
3 En el noveno día del cuarto mes, la hambruna fue severa en la ciudad, de modo que no hubo pan para el pueblo de la tierra.
After Zedekiah had been ruling for eleven years, the (famine/shortage of food) had become very bad. All their food was gone.
4 Entonces se abrió una brecha en la ciudad, y todos los hombres de guerra huyeron de noche por el camino de la puerta entre las dos murallas, que estaba junto al jardín del rey (ahora los caldeos estaban contra la ciudad alrededor); y el rey se fue por el camino del Arabá.
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 Pero el ejército caldeo persiguió al rey y lo alcanzó en las llanuras de Jericó, y todo su ejército se dispersó de él.
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 Entonces capturaron al rey y lo llevaron al rey de Babilonia, a Ribla, y lo juzgaron.
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 Mataron a los hijos de Sedequías ante sus ojos, luego le sacaron los ojos, lo ataron con grilletes y lo llevaron a Babilonia.
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 En el mes quinto, a los siete días del mes, que era el año decimonoveno del rey Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, llegó a Jerusalén Nabuzaradán, capitán de la guardia, siervo del rey de Babilonia.
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 Quemó la casa de Yahvé, la casa del rey y todas las casas de Jerusalén. Quemó con fuego todas las casas grandes.
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 el ejército de los caldeos, que estaba con el capitán de la guardia, derribó los muros alrededor de Jerusalén.
Then Nebuzaradan supervised all the soldiers of the Babylonian army as they tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
11 Nabuzaradán, el capitán de la guardia, se llevó cautivo al resto del pueblo que había quedado en la ciudad y a los que habían desertado al rey de Babilonia; todo el resto de la multitud.
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 Pero el capitán de la guardia dejó a algunos de los más pobres de la tierra para que trabajaran las viñas y los 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 Los caldeos rompieron las columnas de bronce que había en la casa de Yahvé, así como las bases y el mar de bronce que había en la casa de Yahvé, y llevaron los pedazos de bronce a Babilonia.
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 Se llevaron las ollas, las palas, los apagadores, las cucharas y todos los recipientes de bronce con los que servían.
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 El capitán de la guardia se llevó las sartenes para el fuego, las palanganas, lo que era de oro, por oro, y lo que era de plata, por plata.
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 Los dos pilares, el único mar y las bases, que Salomón había hecho para la casa de Yahvé, el bronce de todos estos recipientes no se pesaba.
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 La altura de la única columna era de dieciocho codos, y sobre ella había un capitel de bronce. La altura del capitel era de tres codos, con red y granadas en el capitel alrededor, todo de bronce; y la segunda columna con su red era como éstas.
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 El capitán de la guardia tomó a Seraías, el sumo sacerdote, a Sofonías, el segundo sacerdote, y a los tres guardianes del 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 y de la ciudad tomó a un oficial que estaba al frente de los hombres de guerra, y a cinco hombres de los que habían visto la cara del rey, que se encontraban en la ciudad, y al escriba, al capitán del ejército que reunía al pueblo del país, y a sesenta hombres del pueblo del país que se encontraban en la ciudad.
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 Nabuzaradán, capitán de la guardia, los tomó y los llevó al rey de Babilonia, a Ribla.
Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon at Riblah [city].
21 El rey de Babilonia los atacó y los mató en Ribla, en la tierra de Hamat. Y Judá fue llevado cautivo fuera de su tierra.
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 En cuanto al pueblo que había quedado en la tierra de Judá y que Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, había dejado como gobernador a Gedalías, hijo de Ajicam, hijo de Safán.
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 Cuando todos los capitanes de las fuerzas, ellos y sus hombres, oyeron que el rey de Babilonia había nombrado gobernador a Gedalías, vinieron a Gedalías a Mizpa, Ismael hijo de Netanías, Johanán hijo de Carea, Seraías hijo de Tanhumet el netofita, y Jaazanías hijo del maacateo, ellos y sus hombres.
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 Gedalías les juró a ellos y a sus hombres, y les dijo: “No teman por los siervos de los caldeos. Moren en la tierra y sirvan al rey de Babilonia, y les irá bien”.
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 Pero en el séptimo mes vino Ismael, hijo de Netanías, hijo de Elisama, de la estirpe real, y diez hombres con él, e hirieron a Gedalías de tal manera que murió, con los judíos y los caldeos que estaban con él en Mizpa.
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 el pueblo, tanto el pequeño como el grande, y los capitanes de las fuerzas se levantaron y fueron a Egipto, porque tenían miedo de los caldeos.
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 En el año treinta y siete del cautiverio de Joaquín, rey de Judá, en el mes duodécimo, a los veintisiete días del mes, Evilmerodac, rey de Babilonia, en el año en que comenzó a reinar, liberó a Joaquín, rey de Judá, de la prisión,
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 y le habló amablemente y puso su trono por encima del trono de los reyes que estaban con él en Babilonia,
He always spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and honored him more than the other kings who had been taken/exiled to Babylon.
29 y le cambió sus ropas de prisión. Joaquín comió pan delante de él continuamente todos los días de su 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 y para su manutención, se le dio continuamente una ración de parte del rey, cada día una porción, todos los días de su 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.
