2 Krönikeboken 36
1 Och folket i landena tog Joahas, Josia son, och gjorde honom till Konung i hans faders stad i Jerusalem.
Then the people of Judah chose Josiah’s son Jehoahaz and appointed him as the king in Jerusalem.
2 Tre och tjugu åra gammal var Joahas, då han Konung vardt och regerade i tre månader i Jerusalem.
Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became the king, but he ruled from Jerusalem for [only] three months.
3 Ty Konungen i Egypten satte honom af i Jerusalem, och beskattade landet till hundrade centener silfver, och en centener guld.
King Neco of Egypt [captured him and] prevented him from ruling any longer. He also forced the people of Judah to pay him a tax of almost four tons of silver and about 75 pounds of gold.
4 Och Konungen i Egypten gjorde Eliakim, hans broder, till Konung öfver Juda och Jerusalem, och förvände hans namn Jojakim; men Necho tog hans broder Joahas, och förde honom uti Egypten.
The king of Egypt appointed Jehoahaz’s [younger] brother Eliakim to be the king of Judah. He changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. After Neco captured Jehoahaz, he took him to Egypt.
5 Fem och tjugu åra gammal var Jojakim, då han Konung vardt; och regerade ellofva år i Jerusalem, och gjorde det ondt var för Herranom sinom Gud.
Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 11 years. He did things that Yahweh his God considers to be evil.
6 Och NebucadNezar, Konungen i Babel, drog upp emot honom, och band honom med kedjor, att han skulle föra honom till Babel.
Then the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jehoiakim’s army. They [captured Jehoiakim and] bound him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon.
7 Och förde NebucadNezar någor Herrans hus kärile till Babel, och satte dem uti sitt tempel i Babel.
Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took valuable things from the temple; they took them to Babylon and put them in king [Nebuchadnezzar’s] palace there.
8 Hvad nu mer af Jojakim sägande är, och hans styggelse, som han gjorde, och med honom funnen vordo, si, de äro skrifne uti Israels och Juda Konungars bok: och hans son Jojachin vardt Konung i hans stad.
A record of the other things that happened while Jehoiakim was ruling, the detestable things that he did, including the evil things that people said that he did, is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah’. After [he was taken to Babylon], his son Jehoiachin became the king [of Judah].
9 Åtta åra gammal var Jojachin, då han Konung vardt, och regerade i tre månader och tio dagar i Jerusalem, och gjorde det Herranom illa behagade.
Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for [only] three months and ten days. He did things that Yahweh considers to be evil.
10 Då nu året omgick, sände NebucadNezar, och lät hemta honom till Babel, med de kosteliga tygen i Herrans hus; och man gjorde Zedekia hans broder till Konung öfver Juda och Jerusalem.
During the spring of the next year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent [soldiers] to bring him to Babylon. They also took to Babylon many valuable things from the temple of Yahweh. Then Nebuchadnezzar appointed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, to be the king of Judah.
11 Ett och tjugu åra gammal var Zedekia, då han Konung vardt; och regerade ellofva år i Jerusalem;
Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years.
12 Och gjorde det ondt var för Herranom sinom Gud, och ödmjukade sig intet för den Propheten Jeremia, som talade utaf Herrans mun.
He did many things that Yahweh his God considered to be evil. And he did not humble himself when the prophet Jeremiah gave him a message from Yahweh [to warn him].
13 Dertill vardt han affällig ifrå NebucadNezar, Konungenom i Babel, hvilken af honom en ed vid Gud tagit hade; och vardt halsstyf, och förstockade sitt hjerta, så att han intet omvände sig till Herran Israels Gud.
He would not return to Yahweh, the God that the people of Israel [said that they worshiped]. Zedekiah also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had forced him to solemnly promise using God’s name [to be loyal to him]. Zedekiah became very stubborn.
14 Sammalunda alle öfverstarna ibland Presterna, samt med folket, syndade svårliga, och förtogo sig med allahanda Hedningastyggelse, och orenade Herrans hus, det han helgat hade i Jerusalem.
Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and also the people [of Judah] became more wicked again, doing all the detestable things that the people of the other nations did, and causing the temple in Jerusalem that Yahweh had caused to be holy to become [an] unacceptable [place to worship him].
15 Och Herren deras fäders Gud sände till dem med sin bådskap bittida; ty han skonade sitt folk och sina boning.
Yahweh, the God whom the ancestors [of the people of Judah belonged to/worshiped], gave messages to his prophets many times, and the prophets told those messages to the people of Judah. Yahweh did that because he pitied his people and did not want his temple to be destroyed.
16 Men de begabbade Guds bådskap, och föraktade hans ord, och bespottade hans Propheter, intilldess Herrans grymhet växte öfver hans folk, att dem nu intet mer stod till botande.
But the people continually made fun of God’s messengers. They despised God’s messages. They ridiculed his prophets, until finally God became extremely angry with his people, with the result that nothing could stop him [from destroying Judah].
17 Ty han förde öfver dem de Chaldeers Konung, och lät dräpa deras unga män med svärd, uti deras helgedoms huse, och skonade hvarken piltar eller pigor, hvarken åldrigom eller utgamlom; alla gaf han dem i hans hand.
He incited the king of Babylonia to attack [Judah with his army]. They killed the young men with their swords, even in the temple. They did not spare/pity anyone, young men or young women or old people. God enabled the army of Nebuchadnezzar to kill all of them.
18 Och all tyg i Guds hus, stor och små, håfvorna i Herrans hus, och Konungens och hans Förstars håfvor; allt lät han föra till Babel.
His soldiers took to Babylon all the things that were used in God’s temple—big things and little things, all the valuable things, and the valuable things that belonged to the king and his officials.
19 Och de brände upp Guds hus, och bröto ned murarna i Jerusalem; och all deras palats brände de upp med eld, så att all deras kosteliga ting blefvo förfaren.
They burned the temple, and they broke down the wall surrounding Jerusalem. They burned all the palaces [in Jerusalem] and destroyed all the remaining valuable things there.
20 Och de som för svärdet undsluppo, fördes till Babel, och vordo hans och hans söners trälar, tilldess riket kom till de Perser;
Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers took to Babylon the remaining people who had not been killed with their swords. Then those people became the king’s slaves and his son’s slaves, until the [army of the] king of Persia conquered [the army of Babylonia].
21 På det att fullkomnas skulle Herrans ord genom Jeremia mun, tilldess att landet hade fyllest i sina Sabbather; förty hele tiden af förderfvelsen var Sabbath, intilldess sjutio år fullkomnade vordo.
[Moses had said that every seventh year the people must not plant their fields; they must allow the soil to rest. But the people had not done that. So after the army of Babylonia destroyed Judah, ] the soil was allowed to rest. That continued for 70 years, fulfilling what Yahweh told Jeremiah and what Jeremiah had predicted/prophesied would happen.
22 Men i första årena Cores, Konungens i Persien, på det fullkomnadt skulle varda Herrans ord, taladt genom Jeremia mun, uppväckte Herren Cores anda, Konungens i Persien, att han lät utropa öfver allt sitt rike, ja ock med bref, och säga:
During the first year that Cyrus was the king of Persia, in order that what Yahweh told Jeremiah would happen would occur, Yahweh motivated Cyrus to write this and proclaim it throughout his kingdom:
23 Detta säger Cores, Konungen i Persien: Herren Gud af himmelen hafver gifvit mig all rike i landen, och hafver befallt mig bygga sig ett hus i Jerusalem i Juda; hvilken som nu ibland eder är af hans folk, med honom vare Herren hans Gud, och drage ditupp.
“I, Cyrus, the king of Persia, declare that Yahweh, the God [who rules] in heaven, has enabled me to become the ruler of all the kingdoms of this world. And he wants me to [command that my workers] build a temple {a temple be built} for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Any of his people living among you people of Persia are allowed to go to Jerusalem. And I will pray that Yahweh will be with them.”
