2 Kungaboken 24
1 Uti hans tid drog NebucadNezar upp, Konungen i Babel, och Jojakim vardt honom underdånig i tre år. Och han vände sig om, och föll ifrå honom.
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 Och Herren lät komma öfver honom krigsfolk, utu Chaldeen, utu Syrien, utu Moab, och ifrån Ammons barn; och lät komma dem i Juda, att de skulle förderfva honom, efter Herrans ord, det han talat hade genom sina tjenare Propheterna.
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 Men det skedde Juda alltså, efter Herrans ord, på det han skulle kasta dem ifrå sitt ansigte för Manasse synds skull, som han gjort hade;
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 Och för det oskyldiga blods skull, som han utgöt, och gjorde Jerusalem fullt med oskyldigt blod; och derföre ville Herren icke förlåtat.
Manasseh had even caused many innocent people in Jerusalem to be killed, and Yahweh would not forgive that.
5 Hvad nu mer af Jojakim sägandes är, och allt det han gjort hafver, si, det är skrifvet uti Juda Konungars Chrönico.
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 Och Jojakim afsomnade med sina fäder, och hans son Jojachin vardt Konung i hans stad.
When Jehoiakim died, his son Jehoiachin became the king.
7 Och Konungen i Egypten drog icke mer utu sitt land; förty Konungen i Babel hade honom borttagit allt det som Konungens i Egypten var, ifrån Egypti bäck allt intill den älfven Phrath.
[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 Aderton åra gammal var Jojachin, då han Konung vardt, och regerade tre månader i Jerusalem; hans moder het Nehustha, Elnathans dotter af Jerusalem.
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 Och han gjorde det ondt var för Herranom, såsom hans fader gjort hade.
Jehoiachin did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as his father had done.
10 På den tiden drogo NebucadNezars Konungens tjenare i Babel upp till Jerusalem, och kringlade staden med bålverk.
[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 Och då NebucadNezar kom till staden med sina tjenare, belade han honom.
While they were doing that, Nebuchadnezzar himself came to the city.
12 Men Jojachin, Juda Konung, gick ut till Konungen af Babel med sine moder, med sina tjenare, med sina öfverstar och kamererare. Och Konungen af Babel anammade honom i lians rikes åttonde åre;
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 Och tog ut dädan alla håfvor uti Herrans hus, och i Konungshuset; och slog sönder all gyldene kärile, som Salomo, Israels Konung, gjort hade uti Herrans tempel, såsom Herren sagt hade;
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 Och förde bort hela Jerusalem, alla öfverstar, alla väldiga, tiotusend fångar, och alla timbermän, och alla smeder, och lät intet qvart blifva, utan det ringesta folket i landena;
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 Och förde bort Jojachin till Babel, Konungens moder, Konungens hustrur, och hans kamererare; desslikes de myndiga i landena förde han ock fångna bort ifrå Jerusalem till Babel;
Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took to Babylon Jehoiachin’s wives and officials, his mother, and [all] the important people.
16 Och hvad bästa folket var, sjutusend, och de timbermän och smeder, tusende, alle starke krigsmän. Och Konungen af Babel förde dem till Babel.
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 Och Konungen af Babel gjorde Matthania, hans faderbroder, till Konung i hans stad, och förvände hans namn Zedekia.
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 Ett och tjugu år gammal var Zedekia, då han vardt Konung, och regerade ellofva år i Jerusalem; hans moder het Hamital, Jeremia dotter af Libna.
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 Och han gjorde det ondt var för Herranom, såsom Jojakim gjort hade.
But Zedekiah did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as Jehoiakim had done.
20 Ty det skedde alltså med Jerusalem och Juda utaf Herrans vrede, tilldess han kastade dem bort ifrå sitt ansigte. Och Zedekia vardt affällig ifrå Konungenom i Babel.
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.
