Jeremías 52
1 Sedequías tenía 21 años de edad cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó 11 años en Jerusalén. Su madre se llamaba Hamutal, hija de Jeremías de Libna.
Zedekiah was a son of twenty-one years when he first began to reign. And he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.
2 Hizo lo malo ante los ojos de Yavé, tal como hizo Joacim,
And he did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, in accord with all that Jehoiakim had done.
3 porque a causa de la ira de Yavé sucedió eso en Jerusalén y Judá, hasta que los echó de su Presencia. Pero Sedequías se rebeló contra el rey de Babilonia.
And so the fury of the Lord was toward Jerusalem, and toward Judah, even until he cast them away from his face. And Zedekiah drew away from the king of Babylon.
4 En el noveno año de su reinado, el mes décimo, a los diez días del mes, Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, llegó con todo su ejército contra Jerusalén. Acampó contra ella y levantaron torres de asedio alrededor.
And it happened that, in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, he and his entire army, came against Jerusalem. And they besieged it, and they built fortifications against it, on every side.
5 La ciudad estuvo sitiada hasta el año 11 del rey Sedequías.
And the city was besieged, until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
6 El mes cuarto, a los nueve días del mes, el hambre era aguda en la ciudad, hasta no haber pan para la población.
Then, in the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, a famine gripped the city. And there was no nourishment for the people of the land.
7 Entonces, mientras los caldeos rodeaban la ciudad, se abrió una brecha en la ciudad. Los guerreros huyeron de noche por la puerta [ubicada] entre los dos muros, junto a los jardines reales, y salieron rumbo al Arabá.
And the city was broken, and all the men of war fled, and they departed from the city at night by way of the gate which is between the two walls, and which leads to the king’s garden, while the Chaldeans were besieging the city all around, and they went away by the road that leads to the wilderness.
8 Pero el ejército caldeo persiguió al rey. Alcanzaron a Sedequías en los llanos de Jericó, mientras todo su ejército, ya disperso, lo abandonaba.
But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king. And they overtook Zedekiah in the desert which is near Jericho. And all of his companions fled away from him.
9 Detuvieron al rey, y se lo llevaron al rey de Babilonia, quien estaba en Ribla, en tierra de Hamat, donde pronunció sentencia contra él.
And when they had captured the king, they led him away to the king of Babylon at Riblah, which is in the land of Hamath. And he spoke a judgment against him.
10 El rey de Babilonia degolló a los hijos de Sedequías ante sus propios ojos. También degolló a todos los magistrados de Judá en Ribla.
And the king of Babylon cut the throats of the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the leaders of Judah at Riblah.
11 El rey de Babilonia le sacó los ojos a Sedequías y le puso grillos. Mandó llevarlo a Babilonia y lo metió en la cárcel hasta el día cuando murió.
And he plucked out the eyes of Zedekiah, and he bound him with shackles, and the king of Babylon led him away to Babylon, and he placed him in the prison house, even until the day of his death.
12 El mes quinto, a los diez días del mes, año 19 del reinado de Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, llegó a Jerusalén Nabuzaradán, capitán de la guardia que servía en la presencia del rey de Babilonia.
Then, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, which is the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, arrived. And he was standing before the king of Babylon at Jerusalem.
13 Quemó la Casa de Yavé, el palacio real y todas las casas de Jerusalén. Destruyó con fuego todo edificio grande.
And he set fire to the house of the Lord, and to the house of the king, and to all the houses of Jerusalem. And every great house he burned with fire.
14 El ejército caldeo, a las órdenes del capitán de la guardia, destruyó todos los muros alrededor de Jerusalén.
And the entire army of the Chaldeans, who were with the chief of the military, destroyed the entire wall all around Jerusalem.
15 Nabuzaradán, capitán de la guardia, se llevó en cautividad una parte de la gente humilde del pueblo, el remanente de la población que quedó en la ciudad, junto con los desertores que se habían pasado al rey de Babilonia y el resto de los artesanos.
Then Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, took away some of the poor people, and some of the rest of the common people, who had remained in the city, and some of the fugitives, who had fled over to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
16 Pero Nabuzaradán, capitán de la guardia, dejó a los más pobres del pueblo como viñadores y labradores asalariados.
Yet truly, some of the poor of the land, Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, left behind as vinedressers and farmers.
17 Los caldeos rompieron en pedazos las columnas de bronce, las basas y el mar de bronce que estaban en la Casa de Yavé. Se llevaron todo el bronce a Babilonia.
The Chaldeans also broke apart the bronze pillars that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the sea of brass that was in the house of the Lord. And they took all the brass of these things to Babylon.
18 Se llevaron también los calderos, las palas, las despabiladeras, los tazones, las cucharas y todos los utensilios de bronce con los cuales se ministraba.
And they took the cooking pots, and the hooks, and the psalteries, and the bowls, and the little mortars, and all the bronze vessels that had been used in the ministry.
19 10 apitán de la guardia tomó también los incensarios, los tazones, las copas, las ollas, los candelabros, las escudillas y las tazas, los cuales eran de oro puro y de plata pura.
And the chief of the military took the water pots, and the censers, and the pitchers, and the basins, and the lampstands, and the mortars, and the little cups, whatever was gold, for the gold, and whatever was silver, for the silver,
20 Era incalculable el peso del bronce de las dos columnas, el mar y los 12 bueyes de bronce que sostenían el mar que el rey Salomón hizo para la Casa de Yavé.
as well as the two pillars, and the one brass sea, and the twelve oxen of brass that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the Lord. There was no weight of brass left behind out of all these vessels.
21 En cuanto a las columnas, la altura de cada una era de 8,1 metros. Su circunferencia medía un cordel de 5,4 metros y su espesor era de 7,2 centímetros, pues eran huecas.
Now concerning the pillars, one pillar was eighteen cubits high, and a cord of twelve cubits encircled it. Moreover, its thickness was four fingers, and the interior was hollow.
22 Un capitel de bronce coronaba cada columna. La altura del capitel era de 2,25 metros, con una obra de malla y granadas en su alrededor, todo de bronce. La segunda columna era de iguales dimensiones, con sus granadas.
And heads of brass were upon both. And the height of one head was five cubits. And little nets with pomegranates were upon the heads all around, all of brass. The second pillar was similar, and the pomegranates.
23 Había 96 granadas en cada hilera. Sobre la malla alrededor del capitel había un total de 100 granadas.
And there were ninety-six pomegranates hanging down; and there were one hundred pomegranates in all, surrounded by the little nets.
24 El capitán de la guardia capturó después a Seraías, el sumo sacerdote, y a Sofonías, el segundo sacerdote, junto con los tres guardianes del patio.
And the chief of the military took Seraiah, the first priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and the three keepers of the vestibule.
25 De los de la ciudad tomó a cierto servidor del palacio que tenía a su cargo los guerreros, a siete hombres del servicio personal del rey que fueron hallados en la ciudad, al escriba principal de la milicia, que hacía la recluta de la gente de la tierra, y a 60 hombres del pueblo que se hallaron dentro de la ciudad.
He also took from the city one eunuch who was in charge of the men of war, and seven men among those who served before the face of the king, who were found in the city, and a scribe, a leader of the military, who tested the new recruits, and sixty men from the people of the land, who were found in the midst of the city.
26 Nabuzaradán, capitán de la guardia, los capturó y los llevó ante el rey de Babilonia en Ribla.
Then Nebuzaradan, the chief of the military, took them, and he led them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
27 El rey de Babilonia los atacó y los mató en Ribla, en tierra de Hamat. Así Judá fue llevado en cautividad, fuera de su tierra.
And the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah, in the land of Hamath. And Judah was carried away from his land.
28 Éste es el pueblo que Nabucodonosor llevó cautivo: el año séptimo, a 3.033 hombres de Judá,
This is the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away: in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty-three Jews;
29 el año 18 de Nabucodonosor, a 832 personas de Jerusalén;
in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, eight hundred thirty-two souls from Jerusalem;
30 el año 23 de Nabucodonosor, a 745 personas de Judá por Nabuzaradán, capitán de la guardia. Hubo un total de 4.600 personas.
in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan, the chief of the military, carried away of the Jews seven hundred forty-five souls. Therefore, all the souls were four thousand six hundred.
31 El año 37 del cautiverio de Joaquín, rey de Judá, el mes 12, a los 25 días del mes, sucedió que Evil-merodac, rey de Babilonia, el año primero de su reinado, indultó a Joaquín, rey de Judá, y lo sacó de la cárcel.
And it happened that, in the thirty-seventh year of the transmigration of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth of the month, Evilmerodach, the king of Babylon, in the very first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, and he brought him out of the prison house.
32 Le habló amigablemente e hizo poner su sitial por encima de los otros reyes que estaban con él en Babilonia.
And he spoke with him for good, and he set his throne above the thrones of the kings who were after him in Babylon.
33 Le mudó también la ropa de prisionero. Comió siempre en la mesa del rey todos los días de su vida.
And he changed his prison garments, and he ate bread in his sight always, all the days of his life.
34 Continuamente se le daba una ración de parte del rey de Babilonia para cada día durante todos los días de su vida, hasta el día de su muerte.
And for his meals, a continual provision was allotted to him by the king of Babylon, a measure for every single day, until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
