Ìṣubú Jerusalẹmu
1Sedekiah jẹ́ ọmọ ọdún mọ́kànlélógún nígbà tí ó jẹ ọba. Ọdún mọ́kànlá ló fi jẹ ọba ní Jerusalẹmu. Orúkọ ìyá rẹ̀ ni Hamutali ọmọ Jeremiah; láti Libina ló ti wá. 252.2: 2Ọb 24.18–25.30; 2Ki 36.11-13.Ó ṣe búburú ní ojú Olúwa gẹ́gẹ́ bí Jehoiakimu ti ṣe 3Nítorí ìbínú Olúwa ni gbogbo èyí ṣe ṣẹlẹ̀ sí Jerusalẹmu àti Juda àti ní ìkẹyìn. Ó sì gbà wọ́n gbọ́ ní iwájú rẹ̀.
Sedekiah ṣọ̀tẹ̀ sí ọba Babeli.
4Nígbà tí ó di ọdún kẹsànán ti Sedekiah tí ń ṣe ìjọba ní ọjọ́ kẹwàá, oṣù kẹwàá Nebukadnessari ọba Babeli sì lọ sí Jerusalẹmu pẹ̀lú gbogbo àwọn ọmọ-ogun rẹ̀, wọ́n pàgọ́ sí ẹ̀yìn odi ìlú náà; wọ́n sì mọ odi yíká rẹ̀. 5Ìlú náà sì wá lábẹ́ ìhámọ́ títí di ọdún kọkànlá ọba Sedekiah.
6Ní ọjọ́ kẹsànán, oṣù mẹ́rin ìyàn ìlú náà sì ti burú dé ibi pé kò sí oúnjẹ kankan mọ́ fún àwọn ènìyàn láti jẹ. 7Bákan náà, odi ìlú náà ti ya àwọn ọmọ-ogun sì tí sálọ. Wọn fi ìlú náà sílẹ̀ ní òru nípa ojú ọ̀nà tó wà láàrín odi méjèèjì lẹ́bàá ọgbà ọba. Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ wí pé, Àwọn ará Babeli yìí yí ìlú náà ká. Wọ́n sá gba aginjù lọ. 8Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn ọmọ-ogun Babeli lépa ọba Sedekiah wọ́n sì le bá ni pẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀ Jeriko. Gbogbo àwọn ọmọ-ogun sì pínyà, kúrò ní ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀ wọ́n sì túká. 9Wọ́n sì mu ní ìgbèkùn.
Wọn mú un lọ sí ọ̀dọ̀ ọba Babeli, ní Ribla ní ilẹ̀ Hamati níbẹ̀ ni ó ti ṣe ìdájọ́ lórí rẹ̀. 10Ní Ribla ni ọba Babeli ti pa ọmọkùnrin Sedekiah lójú rẹ̀; ó sì tún pa gbogbo àwọn aláṣẹ Juda. 11Lẹ́yìn náà, ọba Babeli yọ Sedekiah ní ojú, o sì fi ẹ̀wọ̀n dè é, ó sì gbe e lọ sí Babeli níbi tí ó ti fi sínú ọgbà ẹ̀wọ̀n títí di ọjọ́ ikú rẹ̀.
12Ní ọjọ́ kẹwàá oṣù karùn-ún, tí ó jẹ́ ọdún kọkàn-dínlógún Nebukadnessari ọba Babeli, ni Nebusaradani balógun ìṣọ́ wá sí Jerusalẹmu. 13Ó dáná sun pẹpẹ Olúwa, ààfin ọba àti gbogbo àwọn ilé Jerusalẹmu. Ó sì dáná sun gbogbo àwọn ilé ńláńlá. 14Gbogbo àwọn ogun Babeli, tí ó wà lọ́dọ̀ olórí ẹ̀ṣọ́, wó ògiri tí ó yí Jerusalẹmu ká lulẹ̀. 15Nebusaradani balógun ìṣọ́ kó gbogbo àwọn tálákà àti gbogbo àwọn tí ó kù ní ìlú, ní ìgbèkùn lọ sí Babeli, pẹ̀lú àwọn tí ó ya lọ, tí ó sì ya tọ ọba Babeli lọ, àti ìyókù àwọn ènìyàn náà. 16Ṣùgbọ́n Nebusaradani, balógun ìṣọ́ fi àwọn tálákà tó kú ní ilẹ̀ náà sílẹ̀ láti máa ṣiṣẹ́ nínú ọgbà àjàrà àti ro oko.
17Àwọn ará Babeli fọ́ ọ̀wọ̀n idẹ wọ̀n-ọn-nì àti àwọn ìjókòó wọ̀n-ọn-nì, àti agbada idẹ títóbi wọ̀n-ọn-nì tí ń bẹ ní ilé Olúwa, àwọn ará Babeli fọ́ túútúú, Wọ́n sì kó gbogbo idẹ náà lọ sí Babeli. 18Bákan náà, wọ́n tún kó àwọn ìkòkò wọ̀n-ọn-nì, ọkọ́ wọ̀n-ọn-nì àti ọ̀pá fìtílà wọ̀n-ọn-nì, àwọn ọpọ́n wọ̀n-ọn-nì, ṣíbí wọ̀n-ọn-nì àti gbogbo ohun èlò idẹ tí wọ́n ń lò níbi pẹpẹ lọ. 19Balógun ìṣọ́ náà kó àwokòtò wọ̀n-ọn-nì, ohun ìfọnná wọ̀n-ọn-nì, ọpọ́n wọ̀n-ọn-nì, ìkòkò wọ̀n-ọn-nì, ọ̀pá fìtílà wọ̀n-ọn-nì, ṣíbí wọ̀n-ọn-nì àti ago wáìnì wọ̀n-ọn-nì; èyí tí a fi wúrà àti fàdákà ṣe lọ.
20Àwọn ọ̀wọ́n méjì, agbada ńlá kan àti àwọn màlúù idẹ méjìlá tí ó wà lábẹ́ ìjókòó alágbéká tí Solomoni ọba ṣe fún ilé Olúwa, idẹ ni gbogbo ohun èlò wọ̀nyí, ó ju èyí tí a lè wọ́n lọ. 21Ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ọ̀wọ́n yìí ni ga ní ìwọ̀n ìgbọ̀nwọ́ méjì-dínlógún; okùn ìgbọ̀nwọ́ méjìlá sì yí i ká. Ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan nípọn tó ìka mẹ́rin, wọ́n sì ní ihò nínú. 22Ọ̀nà orí idẹ kan tó ìgbọ̀nwọ́ márùn-ún ní gíga, wọ́n sì fi èso pomegiranate ṣe ọ̀ṣọ́ sí i lára yíká. Ọ̀wọ́n kejì sì wà pẹ̀lú èso pomegiranate tí ó jọra. 23Pomegiranate mẹ́rìn-dínlọ́gọ́rùn-ún ni ó wà ní àwọn ẹ̀gbẹ́ rẹ̀. Àpapọ̀ gbogbo pomegiranate sì jẹ́ ọgọ́rùn-ún kan.
24Balógun àwọn ẹ̀ṣọ́ mu Seraiah olórí àwọn àlùfáà àti Sefaniah àlùfáà kejì àti àwọn olùṣọ́ ìloro mẹ́ta. 25Nínú àwọn tí ó kù ní ilẹ̀ náà, ó mú ìwẹ̀fà kan, tí ó wà ní ìtọ́jú àwọn ológun, àti àwọn olùdámọ̀ràn ọba méje. Bákan náà, ó tún mu akọ̀wé olórí ogun tí ó wà ní ìtọ́jú títo àwọn ènìyàn ilẹ̀ náà, àti ọgọ́ta nínú àwọn ọkùnrin rẹ̀ tí wọ́n rí ní ìlú náà. 26Nebusaradani, balógun ìṣọ́ kó gbogbo wọn, ó sì mú wọn tọ ọba Babeli wá ní Ribla. 27Ọba Babeli sì kọlù wọ́n, ó sì pa wọ́n ní Ribla ni ilẹ̀ Hamati.
Báyìí ni a mú Juda kúrò ní ilẹ̀ rẹ̀.
28Èyí ni iye àwọn ènìyàn tí Nebukadnessari kó lọ sí ilẹ̀ àjèjì.
Ní ọdún keje ẹgbẹ̀ẹ́dógún ó-lé-mẹ́tàlélógún (3,023) ará Juda.
29Ní ọdún kejì-dínlógún Nebukadnessari
o kó ẹgbẹ̀rún ó-lé-méjì-dínlọ́gbọ̀n láti Jerusalẹmu.
30Ní ọdún kẹtàlélógún àwọn Júù
tí Nebusaradani kó lọ sí ilẹ̀ àjèjì jẹ́ ọ̀tà-dínlẹ́gbẹ̀rin-ó-dín-márùn-ún (745).
Gbogbo ènìyàn tí ó kó lápapọ̀ jẹ́ ẹgbẹ̀tàlélógún.
Ìtúsílẹ̀ Jehoiakimu
31Ní ọdún kẹtà-dínlógójì ti Jehoiakini ọba Juda ni Efili-Merodaki di ọba Babeli. Ó gbé orí Jehoiakini ọba Juda sókè, ó sì tú sílẹ̀ nínú túbú ní ọjọ́ kẹẹdọ́gbọ̀n oṣù kejìlá. 32Ó ń sọ̀rọ̀ rere fún un, ó sì gbé ìtẹ́ rẹ̀ ga ju ìtẹ́ àwọn ọba tókù lọ tí ó wà pẹ̀lú rẹ̀ ní Babeli. 33Nítorí náà, Jehoiakini pàrọ̀ aṣọ túbú rẹ̀, ó sì ń jẹun ní gbogbo ìgbà ní iwájú rẹ̀ ní gbogbo ọjọ́ ayé rẹ̀. 34Ní ojoojúmọ́ ni ọba Babeli ń fún Jehoiakini ní ìpín tirẹ̀ bí ó tí ń bẹ láààyè, títí di ọjọ́ kú rẹ̀.
The fall of Jerusalem
1Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. 2He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, just as Jehoiakim had done. 3It was because of the Lord’s anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah, and in the end he thrust them from his presence.
Now Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
4So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army. They encamped outside the city and built siege works all around it. 5The city was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
6By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat. 7Then the city wall was broken through, and the whole army fled. They left the city at night through the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, though the Babylonians52:7 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 17 were surrounding the city. They fled towards the Arabah,52:7 Or the Jordan Valley 8but the Babylonian52:8 Or Chaldean; also in verse 14 army pursued King Zedekiah and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his soldiers were separated from him and scattered, 9and he was captured.
He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced sentence on him. 10There at Riblah the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; he also killed all the officials of Judah. 11Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon, where he put him in prison till the day of his death.
12On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard, who served the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 13He set fire to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down. 14The whole Babylonian army, under the commander of the imperial guard, broke down all the walls around Jerusalem. 15Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the rest of the craftsmen52:15 Or the populace and those who had deserted to the king of Babylon. 16But Nebuzaradan left behind the rest of the poorest people of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
17The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars, the movable stands and the bronze Sea that were at the temple of the Lord and they carried all the bronze to Babylon. 18They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and all the bronze articles used in the temple service. 19The commander of the imperial guard took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, dishes and bowls used for drink offerings – all that were made of pure gold or silver.
20The bronze from the two pillars, the Sea and the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands, which King Solomon had made for the temple of the Lord, was more than could be weighed. 21Each pillar was eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference52:21 That is, about 8.1 metres high and 5.4 metres in circumference; each was four fingers thick, and hollow. 22The bronze capital on the top of one pillar was five cubits52:22 That is, about 2.3 metres high and was decorated with a network and pomegranates of bronze all around. The other pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar. 23There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; the total number of pomegranates above the surrounding network was a hundred.
24The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers. 25Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and seven royal advisors. He also took the secretary who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land, sixty of whom were found in the city. 26Nebuzaradan the commander took them all and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 27There at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king had them executed.
So Judah went into captivity, away from her land.
28This is the number of the people Nebuchadnezzar carried into exile:
in the seventh year,
3,023 Jews;
29in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year,
832 people from Jerusalem;
30in his twenty-third year,
745 Jews taken into exile by Nebuzaradan the commander of the imperial guard.
There were 4,600 people in all.
Jehoiachin released
31In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, he released Jehoiachin king of Judah and freed him from prison. 32He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat of honour higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. 33So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table. 34Day by day the king of Babylon gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance as long as he lived, till the day of his death.
