Ang Pagkalaglag sang Jerusalem
(2 Har. 24:18–25:30; 2 Cro. 36:11-21)
1Nagaedad si Zedekia sing 21 ka tuig sang nangin hari siya. Sa Jerusalem siya nag-estar, kag naghari siya sa sulod sang 11 ka tuig. Ang iya iloy amo si Hamutal nga anak ni Jeremias nga taga-Libna. 2Malain ang iya ginhimo sa panulok sang Ginoo, pareho sa ginhimo ni Jehoyakim. 3Gani sang ulihi ginpahalin sang Ginoo ang mga taga-Jerusalem kag taga-Juda sa ila lugar palayo sa iya presensya. Natabo ini tungod sa kaakig sang Ginoo sa ila.
Karon, nagrebelde si Zedekia sa hari sang Babilonia. 4Gani sang ikasiyam nga tuig sang iya paghari, 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. 5Ginkibon nila ang siyudad hasta sang ikaonse nga tuig sang paghari ni Zedekia.
6Sang 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. 7Karon, ginrumpag sang mga taga-Babilonia52:7 taga-Babilonia: sa literal, Kaldeanhon. Amo man sa bersikulo 8, 14 kag 17. 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-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 Jordan52:7 Kapatagan sang Jordan: sa Hebreo, Araba., 8pero ginlagas sila sang mga soldado sang Babilonia, kag naabtan sila sa kapatagan sang Jerico. Nagbululag kay Zedekia ang tanan niya nga soldado, 9kag nadakpan siya. Gindala siya sa hari sang Babilonia sa Ribla, sa duta sang Hamat, kag didto ginsentensyahan. 10Didto sa Ribla, ginpapatay sang hari sang Babilonia ang mga anak nga lalaki ni Zedekia sa iya mismo atubangan. Ginpapatay man niya ang tanan nga opisyal sang Juda. 11Ginpalukat niya ang mga mata ni Zedekia kag ginpakadenahan siya kag gindala sa Babilonia. Didto siya ginpriso hasta nga napatay.
Gin-guba ang Templo kag Ginbihag ang Katawhan sang Juda
(2 Har. 25:8-21)
12Sang ikanapulo 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. 13Ginsunog niya ang templo sang Ginoo, ang palasyo, ang tanan nga balay sa Jerusalem, kag ang tanan nga importante nga mga bilding. 14Sa iya nga pagdumala gin-guba sang mga soldado sang Babilonia ang mga pader nga nagapalibot sa Jerusalem. 15Kag ginbihag niya ang nabilin nga mga tawo sa siyudad, pati ang iban nga pinakaimol nga mga tawo kag ang mga tawo nga nagdampig sa hari sang Babilonia. 16Pero ginbilin niya ang iban pa nga pinakaimol nga mga tawo agod mag-atipan sa talamnan sang mga ubas kag sa mga uma.
17Gin-guba sang mga taga-Babilonia ang ini nga mga butang sa templo sang Ginoo: ang saway nga mga haligi, ang saway nga 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. 18Ginkuha man nila ang mga kalaha, mga pala, mga pang-utod sa pabilo, mga yahong, mga tasa,52:18 mga tasa: Indi klaro ang buot silingon sang Hebreo sini. kag ang iban pa nga saway nga kagamitan sa templo. 19Ginkuha man ni Nebuzaradan ang mga labador, mga bulutangan sang baga, mga yahong, mga kolon, mga bulutangan sang suga, mga tasa, mga yahong nga ginagamit sa pag-ula sang mga halad nga ilimnon, kag ang iban pa nga bulawan kag pilak nga mga kagamitan. 20Daw halos indi makilo ang mga saway nga halin sa duha ka haligi, sa dako nga suludlan sang tubig nga ginatawag Dagat, sa dose ka turo-turo nga baka nga tulungtungan sini, kag sa mga karo nga ginagamit sa paghakot sang tubig. Ini nga mga butang ginpahimo sadto ni Solomon para sa templo sang Ginoo. 21Ang kataason sang kada haligi 27 ka tapak kag ang palibot nga takos 18 ka tapak. Guhab ini sa sulod, kag ang kadamulon sang saway mga apat ka pulgada. 22Ang kataason sang saway nga ulo-ulo sang kada haligi pito kag tunga ka tapak. Ini nga mga ulo-ulo nadekorasyunan sang mga kulokadena nga nagatinabid kag napalibutan sang mga puloprutas nga pomegranata nga saway. 23Sa kilid sang kada haligi may 96 ka puloprutas nga pomegranata, kag may isa ka gatos tanan ka puloprutas nga pomegranata nga nagapalibot sa kulokadena nga nagatinabid sa ulo-ulo sang haligi.
24Ginbihag 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. 25Kag amo pa gid ini ang iya mga nakita kag ginbihag sa siyudad: ang opisyal sang mga soldado sang Juda, ang pito sa mga manugdumala sang hari, ang kumander nga nagapanguha sa mga tawo nga mangin soldado, kag ang 60 pa ka pumuluyo didto. 26Gindala sila tanan ni Nebuzaradan sa hari sang Babilonia didto sa Ribla, 27nga sakop sang Hamat. Kag didto ginpapatay sila sang hari.
Gani ang katawhan sang Juda gindala palayo sa ila duta bilang mga bihag. 28-30Amo ini ang kadamuon sang mga Israelinhon nga ginbihag ni Haring Nebucadnezar:
Sang ika-7 nga tuig sang iya paghari, 3,023 ka tawo.
Sang ika-18 nga tuig sang iya paghari, 832 ka tawo.
Sang ika-23 nga tuig sang iya paghari, 745 ka tawo. (Si Nebuzaradan nga kumander sang mga guwardya sang hari ang nagbihag sa ila.)
4,600 tanan ka tawo ang ginbihag.
Ginbuy-an si Jehoyakin
(2 Har. 25:27-30)
31Sang 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-25 nga adlaw sang ika-12 nga bulan sadto nga tuig. 32Maayo siya kay Jehoyakin, kag ginpadunggan niya siya labaw sang sa iban nga mga hari nga ginbihag man didto sa Babilonia. 33Gani wala na nagbayo si Jehoyakin sang bayo nga iya sang priso, kag halin sadto nagakaon siya upod sa hari. 34Kag kada adlaw ginahatagan siya sang hari sang Babilonia sang iya mga kinahanglanon hasta sa tion nga napatay siya.
Nebuchadnezzar Destroys Jerusalem
1Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years. His mother’s name was Hamutal. She was the daughter of Jeremiah. She was from Libnah. 2Zedekiah did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord. He did just as Jehoiakim had done. 3The enemies of Jerusalem and Judah attacked them because the Lord was angry. In the end he threw them out of his land.
Zedekiah refused to obey the king of Babylon.
4Nebuchadnezzar was the king of Babylon. He marched out against Jerusalem. All his armies went with him. It was in the ninth year of the rule of Zedekiah. It was on the tenth day of the tenth month. The armies set up camp outside the city. They set up ladders and built ramps and towers all around it. 5It was surrounded until the 11th year of King Zedekiah’s rule.
6By 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. 7Then the Babylonians broke through the city wall. Judah’s whole army ran away. They left the city at night. They went out through the gate between the two walls that were near the king’s garden. They escaped even though the Babylonians surrounded the city. Judah’s army ran toward the Arabah Valley. 8But the armies of Babylon 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. 9The king was captured.
He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah. Riblah was in the land of Hamath. That’s where Nebuchadnezzar decided how Zedekiah would be punished. 10At Riblah the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah. He forced him to watch it with his own eyes. Nebuchadnezzar also killed all the officials of Judah. 11Then he poked out Zedekiah’s eyes. He put him in bronze chains. And he took him to Babylon. There he put Zedekiah in prison until the day he died.
12Nebuzaradan served 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 tenth day of the fifth month. 13Nebuzaradan 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. 14The armies of Babylon broke down all the walls around Jerusalem. That’s what the commander told them to do. 15Some of the poorest people still remained in the city along with the others. But the commander Nebuzaradan took them away as prisoners. He also took the rest of the skilled workers. That included the people who had joined the king of Babylon. 16But Nebuzaradan left the rest of the poorest people of the land behind. He told them to work in the vineyards and fields.
17The armies of Babylon 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 away all the bronze to Babylon. 18They also took away the pots, shovels, wick cutters, sprinkling bowls and dishes. They took away all the bronze objects that were used for any purpose in the temple. 19The commander of the royal guard took away the bowls and the shallow cups for burning incense. He took away the sprinkling bowls, the pots, the lampstands and the dishes. He took away the bowls used for drink offerings. So he took away everything made out of pure gold or silver.
20The bronze was more than anyone could weigh. It included the bronze from the two pillars. It included the bronze from the huge bowl and the 12 bronze bulls under it. It also included the stands. King Solomon had made all those things for the Lord’s temple. 21Each pillar was 27 feet high and 18 feet around. The pillars were hollow. The metal in each of them was three inches thick. 22The bronze top of one pillar was seven 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 pomegranates. 23There were 96 pomegranates on the sides of each of the two tops. The total number of pomegranates above the bronze chains around each top was 100.
24The commander of the guard took many prisoners. They included Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the priest who reported to him. They also included the three men who guarded the temple doors. 25Some people were still left in the city. The commander took as a prisoner the officer in charge of the fighting men. He took the seven men who gave advice to the king. He also took the secretary who was the chief officer in charge of getting the people of the land to serve in the army. There were 60 people of the land still in the city. 26The commander Nebuzaradan took all of them away. He brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 27There 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.
28Here is the number of the people Nebuchadnezzar took to Babylon as prisoners.
In the seventh year of his rule,
he took 3,023 Jews.
29In his 18th year,
he took 832 people from Jerusalem.
30In Nebuchadnezzar’s 23rd year,
Nebuzaradan, the commander of the royal guard, took 745 Jews to Babylon.
The total number of people taken to Babylon was 4,600.
Jehoiachin Is Set Free
31Awel-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 25th day of the 12th month. 32Awel-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. 33So Jehoiachin put away his prison clothes. For the rest of Jehoiachin’s life the king of Babylon provided what he needed. 34The king did that for Jehoiachin day by day as long as he lived. He did it until the day Jehoiachin died.
