列王纪下 25
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
西底家背叛巴比伦王(A)
25 西底家作王第九年十月十日,巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒率领他的全军来攻打耶路撒冷;他们在城外安营,又在四围筑垒攻城。 2 于是,城被围困,直到西底家王第十一年。
圣城沦陷,人民被掳(B)
3 四月九日,城里饥荒非常严重,甚至那地的人民都断了粮食。 4 城终于被攻破了,所有的战士就在夜间从靠近王的花园的两墙中间的那门,逃跑出城。那时迦勒底人在四围攻城;他们就往亚拉巴的方向逃走。 5 迦勒底人的军队追赶王,在耶利哥的原野上把他追上了;他的全军都离开他四散了。 6 他们把王擒住,把他解到利比拉巴比伦王那里;他们就宣判他的罪。 7 他们又在西底家眼前杀了他的众子,并且把西底家的眼睛弄瞎,然后用铜炼锁住他,把他带到巴比伦去。
8 五月七日,就是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒第十九年,巴比伦王的大臣,护卫长尼布撒拉旦来到耶路撒冷。 9 他放火焚烧耶和华的殿和王宫,以及耶路撒冷一切房屋;一切高大的房屋,他都放火烧了。 10 跟随护卫长的迦勒底人全军拆毁了耶路撒冷周围的城墙。 11 至于城中剩下的人民,和已经向巴比伦王投降的人,以及剩下的民众,护卫长尼布撒拉旦都掳了去。 12 至于那地最贫穷的人,护卫长把他们留下,去修理葡萄园和耕种田地。
圣殿被掠(C)
13 耶和华殿的铜柱,以及耶和华殿的铜座和铜海,迦勒底人都打碎了,把铜运到巴比伦去。 14 他们又把锅、铲子、烛剪、碟子和敬拜用的一切铜器都拿去了。 15 此外,火鼎和碗,无论是金的或是银的,护卫长都拿去了。 16 所罗门为耶和华殿所做的两根铜柱、一个铜海和十个铜座,这一切器皿的铜,重得无法可称。 17 铜柱每根高八公尺,柱上有铜柱头;柱头高一公尺三公寸,柱头四周有网子和石榴都是铜的;另一根柱子同样也有网子。
18 护卫长拿住祭司长西莱雅、副祭司长西番亚和三个守门的; 19 又从城里拿住一个管理军兵的官长,并且在城里搜获常见王面的五个人,和一个负责召募当地人民的军长书记,又在城中搜获六十个当地的人民。 20 护卫长尼布撒拉旦把他们拿住,带到利比拉巴比伦王那里。 21 巴比伦王击杀他们,在哈马地的利比拉把他们处死。这样,犹大人被掳,离开了他们的国土。
立基大利作省长(D)
22 至于在犹大地剩下来的人民,就是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒留下来的,巴比伦王委派沙番的孙子、亚希甘的儿子基大利管理他们。 23 众将领和他们的士兵,听见巴比伦王委派了基大利,他们就来到米斯巴去见基大利;其中有尼探雅的儿子以实玛利、加利亚的儿子约哈难、尼陀法人单户篾的儿子西莱雅、玛迦人的儿子雅撒尼亚,以及他们的士兵。 24 基大利向他们和他们的士兵起誓,又对他们说:“你们不必惧怕迦勒底的官员,只管住在这地,服事巴比伦王,就可以平安无事。”
基大利被杀(E)
25 但在七月的时候,王裔以利沙玛的孙子、尼探雅的儿子以实玛利,带了十个人和他一起,他们袭击基大利,把他杀死,和他一起在米斯巴的犹大人和迦勒底人,也被杀死。 26 因此,众民无论大小,以及众将领都起来逃往埃及去,因为他们惧怕迦勒底人。
巴比伦王善待约雅斤(F)
27 犹大王约雅斤被掳后第三十七年,就是巴比伦王以未.米罗达登基的那一年,十二月二十七日,他恩待(“恩待”原文作“使抬起头来”)犹大王约雅斤,把他从狱中领出来, 28 并且安慰他,使他的地位高过和他一起在巴比伦的众王。 29 又换下他的囚衣,赐他终生常在王面前吃饭。 30 他的生活费用,在他一生的年日中,每日不断由王供应。
2 Kungaboken 25
Svenska 1917
25 Då, i hans nionde regeringsår, i tionde månaden; på tionde dagen i månaden, kom Nebukadnessar, konungen i Babel, med hela sin här till Jerusalem och belägrade det; och de byggde en belägringsmur runt omkring det.
2 Så blev staden belägrad och förblev så ända till konung Sidkias elfte regeringsår.
3 Men på nionde dagen i månaden var hungersnöden så stor i staden, att mängden av folket icke hade något att äta.
4 Och staden stormades, och allt krigsfolket flydde om natten genom porten mellan de båda murarna (den port som ledde till den kungliga trädgården), medan kaldéerna lågo runt omkring staden; och folket tog vägen åt Hedmarken till.
5 Men kaldéernas här förföljde konungen, och de hunno upp honom på Jerikos hedmarker, sedan hela hans här hade övergivit honom och skingrat sig.
6 Och de grepo konungen och förde honom till den babyloniske konungen i Ribla; där höll man rannsakning och dom med honom.
7 Och Sidkias barn slaktade man inför hans ögon, och på Sidkia själv stack man ut ögonen; och man fängslade honom med kopparfjättrar och förde honom till Babel.
8 I femte månaden, på sjunde dagen i månaden, detta i den babyloniske konungen Nebukadnessars nittonde regeringsår, kom den babyloniske konungens tjänare Nebusaradan, översten för drabanterna, till Jerusalem.
9 Denne brände upp HERRENS hus och konungshuset: ja, alla hus i Jerusalem, i synnerhet alla de förnämas hus, brände han upp i eld.
10 Och murarna runt omkring Jerusalem brötos ned av hela den här av kaldéer, som översten för drabanterna hade med sig,
11 och återstoden av folket, dem som voro kvar i staden, och de överlöpare som hade gått över till konungen i Babel, så ock den övriga hopen, dem förde Nebusaradan, översten för drabanterna, bort i fångenskap.
12 Men av de ringaste i landet lämnade översten för drabanterna några kvar till vingårdsmän och åkermän.
13 Kopparpelarna i HERRENS hus, bäckenställen och kopparhavet i HERRENS hus slogo kaldéerna sönder och förde kopparen till Babel.
14 Och askkärlen, skovlarna, knivarna, skålarna och alla kopparkärl som hade begagnats vid gudstjänsten togo de bort.
15 Likaledes tog översten för drabanterna bort fyrfaten och offerskålarna, allt som var av rent guld eller av rent silver.
16 Vad angår de två pelarna, havet, som var allenast ett, och bäckenställen, som Salomo hade låtit göra till HERRENS hus, så kunde kopparen i alla dessa föremål icke vägas.
17 Aderton alnar hög var den ena pelaren, och ovanpå den var ett pelarhuvud av koppar, och pelarhuvudet var tre alnar högt, och ett nätverk och granatäpplen funnos på pelarhuvudet runt omkring, alltsammans av koppar; och likadant var det på den andra pelaren, över nätverket.
18 Och översten för drabanterna tog översteprästen Seraja jämte Sefanja, prästen näst under honom, så ock de tre som höllo vakt vid tröskeln,
19 och från staden tog han en hovman, den som var anförare för krigsfolket, och fem av konungens närmaste män, som påträffades i staden, så ock sekreteraren, den härhövitsman som plägade utskriva folket i landet till krigstjänst, och sextio andra män av landets folk, som påträffades i staden --
20 dessa tog Nebusaradan, översten för drabanterna, och förde dem till den babyloniske konungen i Ribla.
21 Och konungen i Babel lät avliva dem där, i Ribla i Hamats land. blev Juda bortfört från sitt land.
22 Men över det folk som blev kvar i Juda land, det folk som Nebukadnessar, konungen i Babel, lät bliva kvar där, satte han Gedalja, son till Ahikam, son till Safan.
23 När då alla krigshövitsmännen jämte sina män fingo höra att konungen i Babel hade satt Gedalja över landet, kommo de till Gedalja i Mispa, nämligen Ismael, Netanjas son, Johanan, Kareas son, netofatiten Seraja, Tanhumets son, och Jaasanja, maakatitens son, med sina män.
24 Och Gedalja gav dem och deras män sin ed och sade till dem: »Frukten icke för kaldéernas tjänare. Stannen kvar i landet, och tjänen konungen i Babel, så skall det gå eder väl.»
25 Men i sjunde månaden kom Ismael, son till Netanja, son till Elisama, av konungslig börd, och hade med sig tio män, och de slogo ihjäl Gedalja, så ock de judar och kaldéer som voro hos honom i Mispa.
26 Då bröt allt folket upp, från den minste till den störste, tillika med krigshövitsmännen, och begav sig till Egypten; ty de fruktade för kaldéerna.
27 Men i det trettiosjunde året sedan Jojakin, Juda konung, hade blivit bortförd i fångenskap, i tolfte månaden, på tjugusjunde dagen i månaden, tog Evil-Merodak, konungen i Babel -- samma år han blev konung -- Jojakin, Juda konung, till nåder och befriade honom ur fängelset;
28 Och han talade vänligt med honom och gav honom främsta platsen bland de konungar som voro hos honom i Babel.
29 Han fick lägga av sin fångdräkt och beständigt äta vid hans bord, så länge han levde.
30 Och ett ständigt underhåll gavs honom från konungen, visst för var dag, så länge han levde.
2 Kings 25
New International Version
25 So in the ninth(A) year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar(B) king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army. He encamped outside the city and built siege works(C) all around it. 2 The city was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
3 By the ninth day of the fourth[a] month the famine(D) in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat. 4 Then the city wall was broken through,(E) and the whole army fled at night through the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, though the Babylonians[b] were surrounding(F) the city. They fled toward the Arabah,[c] 5 but the Babylonian[d] army pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his soldiers were separated from him and scattered,(G) 6 and he was captured.(H)
He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah,(I) where sentence was pronounced on him. 7 They killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.(J)
8 On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard, an official of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9 He set fire(K) to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.(L) 10 The whole Babylonian army under the commander of the imperial guard broke down the walls(M) around Jerusalem. 11 Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard carried into exile(N) the people who remained in the city, along with the rest of the populace and those who had deserted to the king of Babylon.(O) 12 But the commander left behind some of the poorest people(P) of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
13 The Babylonians broke(Q) up the bronze pillars, the movable stands and the bronze Sea that were at the temple of the Lord and they carried the bronze to Babylon. 14 They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes(R) and all the bronze articles(S) used in the temple service. 15 The commander of the imperial guard took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—all that were made of pure gold or silver.(T)
16 The bronze from the two pillars, the Sea and the movable stands, which Solomon had made for the temple of the Lord, was more than could be weighed. 17 Each pillar(U) was eighteen cubits[e] high. The bronze capital on top of one pillar was three cubits[f] high and was decorated with a network and pomegranates of bronze all around. The other pillar, with its network, was similar.
18 The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah(V) the chief priest, Zephaniah(W) the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers.(X) 19 Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and five royal advisers. He also took the secretary who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land and sixty of the conscripts who were found in the city. 20 Nebuzaradan the commander took them all and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 21 There at Riblah,(Y) in the land of Hamath, the king had them executed.(Z)
So Judah went into captivity,(AA) away from her land.(AB)
22 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah(AC) son of Ahikam,(AD) the son of Shaphan, to be over the people he had left behind in Judah. 23 When all the army officers and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, Jaazaniah the son of the Maakathite, and their men. 24 Gedaliah took an oath to reassure them and their men. “Do not be afraid of the Babylonian officials,” he said. “Settle down in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.”
25 In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was of royal blood, came with ten men and assassinated(AE) Gedaliah and also the men of Judah and the Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah.(AF) 26 At this, all the people from the least to the greatest, together with the army officers, fled to Egypt(AG) for fear of the Babylonians.
Jehoiachin Released(AH)
27 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, he released Jehoiachin(AI) king of Judah from prison. He did this on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month. 28 He spoke kindly(AJ) to him and gave him a seat of honor(AK) higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. 29 So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table.(AL) 30 Day by day the king gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance as long as he lived.(AM)
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 25:3 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Jer. 52:6); Masoretic Text does not have fourth.
- 2 Kings 25:4 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 13, 25 and 26
- 2 Kings 25:4 Or the Jordan Valley
- 2 Kings 25:5 Or Chaldean; also in verses 10 and 24
- 2 Kings 25:17 That is, about 27 feet or about 8.1 meters
- 2 Kings 25:17 That is, about 4 1/2 feet or about 1.4 meters
2 Kings 25
King James Version
25 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
2 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
4 And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.
5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.
6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
9 And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.
10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
11 Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.
12 But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
13 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the Lord, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
15 And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.
16 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
17 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
18 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
19 And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:
20 And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:
21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
22 And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.
23 And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
24 And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.
25 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.
26 And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.
27 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
28 And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;
29 And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.
30 And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
2 Kings 25
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
25 1 And in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem, and laid siege to it; they built siege-works against it all round. 2 So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 3 On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine became so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. 4 Then a breach was made in the city wall;[a] the king with all the soldiers fled[b] by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, by the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were all round the city. They went in the direction of the Arabah. 5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; all his army was scattered, deserting him. 6 Then they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, who passed sentence on him. 7 They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then put out the eyes of Zedekiah; they bound him in fetters and took him to Babylon.
8 In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month—which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon—Nebuzaradan, the captain of the bodyguard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9 He burned the house of the Lord, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down. 10 All the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem. 11 Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried into exile the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon—all the rest of the population. 12 But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest people of the land to be vine-dressers and tillers of the soil.
13 The bronze pillars that were in the house of the Lord, as well as the stands and the bronze sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and carried the bronze to Babylon. 14 They took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the dishes for incense, and all the bronze vessels used in the temple service, 15 as well as the firepans and the basins. What was made of gold the captain of the guard took away for the gold, and what was made of silver, for the silver. 16 As for the two pillars, the one sea, and the stands, which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord, the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weighing. 17 The height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and on it was a bronze capital; the height of the capital was three cubits; lattice-work and pomegranates, all of bronze, were on the capital all round. The second pillar had the same, with the lattice-work.
18 The captain of the guard took the chief priest Seraiah, the second priest Zephaniah, and the three guardians of the threshold; 19 from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the soldiers, and five men of the king’s council who were found in the city; the secretary who was the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city. 20 Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 21 The king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah went into exile out of its land.
Gedaliah Made Governor of Judah
22 He appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan as governor over the people who remained in the land of Judah, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had left. 23 Now when all the captains of the forces and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came with their men to Gedaliah at Mizpah, namely, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite. 24 Gedaliah swore to them and their men, saying, ‘Do not be afraid because of the Chaldean officials; live in the land, serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.’ 25 But in the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men; they struck down Gedaliah so that he died, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah. 26 Then all the people, high and low,[c] and the captains of the forces, set out and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
Jehoiachin Released from Prison
27 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, King Evil-merodach of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison; 28 he spoke kindly to him, and gave him a seat above the other seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 29 So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes. Every day of his life he dined regularly in the king’s presence. 30 For his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, a portion every day, as long as he lived.
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 25:4 Heb lacks wall
- 2 Kings 25:4 Gk Compare Jer 39.4; 52.7: Heb lacks the king and lacks fled
- 2 Kings 25:26 Or young and old
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