1Gani sang ikasiyam nga tuig sang paghari ni Zedekia, sang ikanapulo nga adlaw sang ikanapulo nga bulan, nagsalakay si Haring Nebucadnezar sang Babilonia kag ang iya bug-os nga soldado sa Jerusalem. Nagkampo sila sa guwa sang siyudad kag naghimo sang mga tore-tore sa palibot sini. 2Ginkibon nila ang siyudad hasta sang ikaonse nga tuig sang paghari ni Zedekia. 3Sang ikasiyam nga adlaw sang ikaapat nga bulan sang amo nga tuig, puwerte na gid ang gutom sa siyudad kag wala na sing pagkaon ang mga tawo.
4Karon, ginrumpag sang mga taga-Babilonia ang isa ka bahin sang pader sang siyudad, gani nagplano si Zedekia kag ang tanan niya nga mga soldado sa pagpalagyo. Pero tungod nga napalibutan sang mga taga-Babilonia25:4 taga-Babilonia: sa literal, Kaldeanhon. Amo ini kon kaisa ang tawag sa mga taga-Babilonia. ang siyudad, naghulat anay sila hasta maggab-i. Dayon nag-agi sila sa puwertahan, sa tunga sang duha ka pader malapit sa hardin sang hari. Nagpalagyo sila pakadto sa Kapatagan sang Jordan,25:4 Kapatagan sang Jordan: sa Hebreo, Araba. 5pero ginlagas sila sang mga taga-Babilonia kag naabtan sila sa kapatagan sang Jerico. Nagbululag kay Zedekia ang tanan niya nga soldado, 6kag nadakpan siya. Gindala siya sa hari sang Babilonia sa Ribla kag didto ginsentensyahan. 7Ginpamatay sa iya atubangan ang iya mga anak nga lalaki. Dayon ginlukat ang iya mga mata, ginkadenahan siya, kag gindala sa Babilonia.
Gin-guba ang Templo kag Ginbihag ang Katawhan sang Juda
(Jer. 52:12-27)
8Sang ikapito nga adlaw sang ikalima nga bulan, sadtong ika-19 nga tuig sang paghari ni Nebucadnezar sa Babilonia, nagkadto sa Jerusalem si Nebuzaradan nga kumander sang mga guwardya sang hari sang Babilonia. 9Ginsunog niya ang templo sang Ginoo, ang palasyo, ang tanan nga balay sa Jerusalem, kag ang tanan nga importante nga mga bilding. 10Sa iya nga pagdumala gin-guba sang mga soldado sang Babilonia ang mga pader nga nagapalibot sa Jerusalem. 11Kag ginbihag niya ang nabilin nga mga tawo sa siyudad, pati ang mga tawo nga nagdampig sa hari sang Babilonia. 12Pero ginbilin niya ang iban sa pinakaimol nga mga tawo agod mag-atipan sa talamnan sang mga ubas kag sa mga uma.
13Gin-guba sang mga taga-Babilonia ang ini nga mga butang sa templo sang Ginoo: ang saway nga mga haligi, ang mga karo nga ginagamit sa paghakot sang tubig, kag ang dako nga suludlan sang tubig nga saway nga ginatawag Dagat. Kag gindala nila ang mga saway sa Babilonia. 14Ginkuha man nila ang mga kalaha, mga pala, mga pang-utod sa pabilo, mga tasa,25:14 mga tasa: Indi klaro ang buot silingon sang Hebreo sini. kag ang iban pa nga saway nga mga kagamitan sa templo. 15Ginkuha man ni Nebuzaradan ang mga bulutangan sang baga, ang mga yahong, kag ang iban pa nga bulawan kag pilak nga mga kagamitan. 16Daw halos indi makilo ang mga saway nga halin sa duha ka haligi, sa dako nga suludlan sang tubig nga ginatawag Dagat, kag sa mga karo nga ginagamit sa paghakot sang tubig. Ini nga mga butang ginpahimo sadto ni Solomon para sa templo sang Ginoo. 17Ang kataason sang kada haligi 27 ka tapak. Ang kataason sang saway nga ulo-ulo sang kada haligi apat kag tunga ka tapak. Ini nga mga ulo-ulo nadekorasyunan sang mga kulokadena nga nagatinabid kag napalibutan sang mga puloprutas nga pomegranata nga saway.
18Ginbihag man ni Nebuzaradan si Seraya nga pangulo nga pari, si Zefanias nga sunod sa rangko ni Seraya, kag ang tatlo ka manugbantay sa puwertahan sang templo. 19Kag amo pa gid ini ang iya mga nakita kag ginbihag sa siyudad: ang opisyal sang mga soldado sang Juda, ang lima sa mga manugdumala sang hari, ang kumander nga nagapanguha sa mga tawo nga mangin soldado, kag ang 60 pa ka pumuluyo didto. 20Gindala sila tanan ni Nebuzaradan sa hari sang Babilonia didto sa Ribla, 21nga sakop sang Hamat. Kag didto ginpapatay sila sang hari.
Gani ang katawhan sang Juda gindala palayo sa ila duta bilang mga bihag.
Si Gedalia nga Gobernador sang Juda
(Jer. 40:7-9; 41:1-3)
22Ginpili ni Haring Nebucadnezar sang Babilonia si Gedalia nga anak ni Ahikam kag apo ni Shafan bilang gobernador sang mga tawo nga nabilin sa Juda. 23Sang mabatian ini sang mga opisyal sang Juda kag sang ila mga tinawo, nagkadto sila kay Gedalia didto sa Mizpa. Sila amo si Ishmael nga anak ni Netania, si Johanan nga anak ni Karea, si Seraya nga anak ni Tanhumet nga taga-Netofa, si Jaazania nga taga-Maaca, kag ang ila mga tinawo. 24Nagsumpa si Gedalia sa ila kag sa ila mga tinawo, “Indi kamo magkahadlok sa mga opisyal sang Babilonia. Mag-estar lang kamo sa sini nga duta kag mag-alagad sa hari sang Babilonia, kag mangin maayo ang tanan sa inyo.”
25Pero sang ikapito nga bulan sang sadto nga tuig, si Ishmael nga anak ni Netania kag apo ni Elishama, nga miyembro sang harianon nga pamilya, nagkadto sa Mizpa upod sa napulo ka tawo kag ginpatay nila si Gedalia kag ang iya mga kaupod nga mga taga-Juda kag mga taga-Babilonia. 26Tungod sini, ang tanan nga tawo halin sa pinakadungganon hasta sa pinakakubos, pati ang mga opisyal sang mga soldado, nagpalagyo sa Egipto kay nahadlok sila kon ano ang himuon sang mga taga-Babilonia.
Ginbuy-an si Jehoyakin
(Jer. 52:31-34)
27Sang ika-37 nga tuig sang pagkabihag ni Haring Jehoyakin sang Juda, nangin hari sang Babilonia si Evil Merodac. Ginbuy-an niya si Jehoyakin sang ika-27 nga adlaw sang ika-12 nga bulan sadto nga tuig. 28Maayo siya kay Jehoyakin kag ginpadunggan niya siya labaw sang sa iban nga mga hari nga ginbihag man didto sa Babilonia. 29Gani wala na nagbayo si Jehoyakin sang bayo nga iya sang priso, kag halin sadto nagakaon siya upod sa hari. 30Kag kada adlaw ginahatagan siya sang hari sang iya mga kinahanglanon samtang buhi pa siya.
1Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon. He marched out against Jerusalem. His whole army went with him. It was in the ninth year of the rule of Zedekiah. It was on the tenth day of the tenth month. Nebuchadnezzar set up camp outside the city. He brought in war machines all around it. 2It was surrounded until the 11th year of King Zedekiah’s rule.
3By the ninth day of the fourth month, there wasn’t any food left in the city. So the people didn’t have anything to eat. 4Then the Babylonians broke through the city wall. Judah’s whole army ran away at night. They went out through the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They escaped even though the Babylonians surrounded the city. Judah’s army ran toward the Arabah Valley. 5But the Babylonian army chased King Zedekiah. They caught up with him in the plains near Jericho. All his soldiers were separated from him. They had scattered in every direction. 6The king was captured.
He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah. That’s where Nebuchadnezzar decided how he would be punished. 7Nebuchadnezzar’s men killed the sons of Zedekiah. They forced him to watch it with his own eyes. Then they poked out his eyes. They put him in bronze chains. And they took him to Babylon.
8Nebuzaradan was an official of the king of Babylon. In fact, he was commander of the royal guard. He came to Jerusalem. It was in the 19th year that Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon. It was on the seventh day of the fifth month. 9Nebuzaradan set the Lord’s temple on fire. He also set fire to the royal palace and all the houses in Jerusalem. He burned down every important building. 10The whole Babylonian army broke down the walls around Jerusalem. That’s what the commander told them to do. 11Some people still remained in the city. But Nebuzaradan the commander took them away as prisoners. He also took the rest of the people of the land. That included those who had joined the king of Babylon. 12But the commander left behind some of the poorest people of the land. He told them to work in the vineyards and fields.
13The Babylonian army destroyed the Lord’s temple. They broke the bronze pillars into pieces. They broke up the bronze stands that could be moved around. And they broke up the huge bronze bowl. Then they carried the bronze away to Babylon. 14They also took away the pots, shovels, wick cutters and dishes. They took away all the bronze objects used for any purpose in the temple. 15The commander of the royal guard took away the shallow cups for burning incense. He took away the sprinkling bowls. So he took away everything made out of pure gold or silver.
16The bronze was more than anyone could weigh. It included the bronze from the two pillars, the huge bowl and the stands. Solomon had made all those things for the Lord’s temple. 17Each pillar was 27 feet high. The bronze top of one pillar was four and a half feet high. It was decorated with a set of bronze chains and pomegranates all around it. The other pillar was just like it. It also had a set of chains.
18The commander of the guard took some prisoners. They included Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the priest who was next in rank. They also included the three men who guarded the temple doors. 19Some people were still left in the city. The commander took as a prisoner the officer who was in charge of the fighting men. He took the five men who gave advice to the king. He also took the secretary. He was the chief officer in charge of getting the people of the land to serve in the army. And he took 60 of those people serving in the army who were still in the city. 20Nebuzaradan the commander took all of them away. He brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 21There the king had them put to death. Riblah was in the land of Hamath.
So the people of Judah were taken as prisoners. They were taken far away from their own land.
22Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had left some people behind in Judah. He appointed Gedaliah to govern them. Gedaliah was the son of Ahikam. Ahikam was the son of Shaphan. 23All of Judah’s army officers and their men heard about what had happened. They heard that the king had appointed Gedaliah as governor. So they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, came. So did Johanan, the son of Kareah. Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth, also came. And so did Jaazaniah, the son of the Maakathite. All their men came too. Seraiah was from Netophah. 24Gedaliah promised to help them and their men. He spoke in a kind way to them. He said, “Don’t be afraid of the Babylonian officials. Make your homes in the land of Judah. Serve the king of Babylon. Then things will go well with you.”
25But in the seventh month Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, came with ten men. He killed Gedaliah. He also killed the people of Judah and the Babylonians who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah. Nethaniah was the son of Elishama. Ishmael was a member of the royal family. 26After he had killed Gedaliah, all the people ran away to Egypt. Everyone from the least important of them to the most important ran away. The army officers went with them. All of them went to Egypt because they were afraid of the Babylonians.
Jehoiachin Is Set Free
27Awel-Marduk set Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, free from prison. It was in the 37th year after Jehoiachin had been taken away to Babylon. It was also the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon. It was on the 27th day of the 12th month. 28Awel-Marduk spoke kindly to Jehoiachin. He gave him a place of honor. Other kings were with Jehoiachin in Babylon. But his place was more important than theirs. 29So Jehoiachin put his prison clothes away. For the rest of Jehoiachin’s life the king provided what he needed. 30The king did that for Jehoiachin day by day as long as he lived.
