2 Reyes 25
1 Y aconteció a los nueve años de su reino, en el mes décimo, a los diez del mes, que Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia vino con todo su ejército contra Jerusalem: y cercóla, y levantaron contra ella ingenios al derredor.
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 Y estuvo la ciudad cercada hasta el onceno año del rey Sedecías.
They did that for two years.
3 A los nueve del mes la hambre prevaleció en la ciudad, 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 Abierta ya la ciudad, huyeron de noche todos los hombres de guerra por el camino de la puerta que estaba entre los dos muros, junto a los huertos del rey, estando los Caldeos al rededor de la ciudad; y el rey se fue camino de la campaña.
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 Y el ejército de los Caldeos siguió al rey, y tomóle en las campañas de Jericó, habiéndose esparcido de él todo su ejército.
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 Y el rey tomado, trajéronle al rey de Babilonia a Rebla, y hablaron con él juicios.
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 Y degollaron a los hijos de Sedecías en su presencia, y a Sedecías quebraron los ojos, y atado con dos cadenas lleváronle 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 del mes que era el año de diez y nueve de Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia, vino a Jerusalem Nabuzardán, capitán de los 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 Y quemó la casa de Jehová, y la casa del rey, y todas las casas de Jerusalem: y todas las casas de los principales quemó a fuego.
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 Y todo el ejército de los Caldeos que estaba con el capitán de la guardia derribó los muros de Jerusalem al derredor.
Then Nebuzaradan supervised all the soldiers of the Babylonian army as they tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
11 Y a los del pueblo que habían quedado en la ciudad, y a los que se habían juntado al rey de Babilonia, y a los que habían quedado del vulgo, Nabuzardán capitán de los de la guardia los trasportó.
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 Mas de la pobreza de la tierra dejo Nabuzardán capitán de los de la guardia, para que labrasen las viñas y las tierras.
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 Y las columnas de metal, que estaban en la casa de Jehová, y las basas, y el mar de metal que estaba en la casa de Jehová quebraron los Caldeos, y el metal de ello llevaron 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 Los calderos también, y los badiles, y los salterios, y los cucharones, y todos los vasos de metal con que servían, llevaron.
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 Y los incensarios, y los lebrillos; los que de oro, de oro; y los que de plata, de plata; todo lo llevó el capitán de los de la guardia:
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 Las dos columnas, un mar, y las basas, que Salomón había hecho para la casa de Jehová, no había peso de todos estos vasos.
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 una columna era de diez y ocho codos, y tenía encima un capitel de metal, y la altura del capitel era de tres codos: y sobre el capitel había un enredado, y unas granadas al derredor, todo de metal, y semejante obra había en la otra columna con el enredado.
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 Asimismo tomó el capitán de los de la guardia a Saraías primer sacerdote, y a Sofonías segundo sacerdote, y tres guardas de la vajilla.
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 un eunuco, el cual era maestre de campo, y cinco varones de los continuos del rey que se hallaron en la ciudad, y al escriba príncipe del ejército, que hacía la gente de la tierra, con sesenta varones del pueblo de la tierra que se hallaron 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 Estos tomó Nabuzardán capitán de los de la guardia, y llevólos a Rebla al rey de Babilonia.
Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon at Riblah [city].
21 Y el rey de Babilonia los hirió, y mató en Rebla en tierra de Emat: y así pasó Judá de sobre 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 Y al pueblo que Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia dejó en tierra de Judá, puso por gobernador a Godolías, hijo de Ahicam, 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 Y oyendo todos los príncipes del ejército, ellos y los varones, que el rey de Babilonia había puesto por gobernador a Godolías, viniéronse a Godolías en Maspa, es a saber, Ismael, hijo de Natanías, y Johannán, hijo de Carée, y Saraías, hijo de Tanehumet Netofatita, y Jezonías, hijo de Maacati, ellos con los suyos.
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 Y Godolías les hizo juramento, a ellos y a los suyos, y díjoles: No hayáis temor de los siervos de los Caldeos: habitád en la tierra, y servíd al rey de Babilonia, y habréis 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 Y en el mes séptimo vino Ismael, hijo de Natanías, hijo de Elisama de la simiente real, y diez varones con él, e hirieron a Godolías, y murió, y también a los Judíos y Caldeos que estaban con él en Maspa.
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 Entonces levantándose todo el pueblo, desde el menor hasta el mayor, con los capitanes del ejército, fuéronse a Egipto por temor 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 Y aconteció a los treinta y siete años de la transmigración de Joaquín rey de Judá, en el mes doceno, a los veinte y siete del mes, que Evil-merodac rey de Babilonia, en el primer año de su reino, levantó la cabeza de Joaquín rey de Judá, sacándole de la casa de la cárcel;
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 hablóle bien, y puso su asiento sobre el asiento de los reyes que con él estaban 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 mudóle los vestidos de su prisión, y comió 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 hacíale dar el rey su comida continuamente, cada cosa en su tiempo, 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.
