2 Hari 25
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
25 Nang ikasampung araw ng ikasampung buwan, nang ikasiyam na taon ng paghahari ni Zedekia, lumusob si Haring Nebucadnezar ng Babilonia at ang buong sundalo niya sa Jerusalem. Nagkampo sila sa labas ng lungsod at nagtambak ng mga lupa sa gilid ng pader nito para makasampa sila. 2 Pinalibutan nila ang lungsod hanggang ika-11 taon ng paghahari ni Zedekia.
3 Noong ikasiyam na araw ng ikaapat na buwan ng taon ding iyon, matindi na ang taggutom sa lungsod at wala nang makain ang mga tao. 4 Winasak na ng mga taga-Babilonia ang isang bahagi ng pader ng lungsod, kaya naisip ni Zedekia na tumakas kasama ang kanyang buong hukbo. Pero dahil sa napalibutan na sila ng mga taga-Babilonia, naghintay sila hanggang sa gumabi. Doon sila dumaan sa pintuan na nasa pagitan ng dalawang pader malapit sa halamanan ng hari. Tumakas sila patungo sa Lambak ng Jordan,[a] 5 pero hinabol sila ng mga sundalo ng Babilonia at inabutan sila sa kapatagan ng Jerico. Humiwalay kay Zedekia ang lahat ng sundalo niya, 6 at siyaʼy nahuli. Dinala siya sa hari ng Babilonia sa Ribla, at doon siya hinatulan. 7 Pinatay sa harapan niya ang mga anak niyang lalaki. Dinukit ang mga mata niya, at nakakadena siyang dinala sa Babilonia.
Giniba ang Templo(A)
8 Nang ikapitong araw ng ikalimang buwan, nang ika-19 na taon ng paghahari ni Nebucadnezar sa Babilonia, pumunta sa Jerusalem si Nebuzaradan na kumander ng mga guwardya ng hari ng Babilonia. 9 Sinunog niya ang templo ng Panginoon, ang palasyo, ang lahat ng bahay sa Jerusalem at ang lahat ng mahahalagang gusali. 10 Sa pamamahala niya, giniba ng mga sundalo ng Babilonia ang mga pader na nakapalibot sa Jerusalem. 11 At dinala niyang bihag ang mga natitirang tao sa lungsod, pati ang mga taong kumampi sa hari ng Babilonia. 12 Pero itinira niya ang iba sa pinakamahihirap na tao para mag-alaga sa mga ubasan at bukirin.
13 Sinira ng mga taga-Babilonia ang mga kagamitan sa templo ng Panginoon: ang mga haliging tanso, mga karitong ginagamit sa pag-iigib, at ang malaking lalagyan ng tubig na tanso na tinatawag nilang Dagat. At dinala nila ang mga tanso sa Babilonia. 14 Kinuha rin nila ang mga kawali, mga pala, mga panggupit ng mitsa ng ilaw, mga mangkok at ang iba pang tanso na ginagamit sa templo. 15 Kinuha rin ni Nebuzaradan ang mga lalagyan ng baga, mga mangkok at ang iba pang mga gamit na ginto at pilak. 16 Hindi matimbang ang mga tanso na mula sa dalawang haligi, sa malaking lalagyan ng tubig na tinatawag na Dagat, at sa mga kariton na ginagamit sa pag-iigib ng tubig. Ito ang mga bagay na ipinagawa noon ni Solomon para sa templo ng Panginoon. 17 Ang bawat haligi ay may taas na 27 talampakan. Ang dalawang tanso na ulo ng bawat haligi ay may taas na apat at kalahating talampakan. Pinaikutan ito ng mga kadenang dugtong-dugtong at napapalibutan ng dekorasyong tanso, na hugis prutas na pomegranata.
18 Binihag din ni Nebuzaradan ang punong pari na si Seraya, si Zefanias na sumunod sa posisyon ni Seraya at ang tatlong guwardya ng pintuan ng templo. 19 Ito pa ang mga nakita niya at dinalang bihag mula sa lungsod: ang opisyal ng mga sundalo ng Juda, ang limang tagapamahala ng hari, ang kumander na kumukuha at nagsasanay ng mga taong magiging sundalo at ang 60 pang mamamayan doon. 20 Dinala silang lahat ni Nebuzaradan sa hari ng Babilonia na nasa Ribla, 21 na sakop ng Hamat. At doon sila pinatay ng hari. Kaya ang mga mamamayan ng Juda ay binihag at dinala papalayo sa lupain nila.
Si Gedalia na Gobernador ng Juda(B)
22 Pinili ni Haring Nebucadnezar ng Babilonia si Gedalia na anak ni Ahikam at apo ni Shafan bilang gobernador ng mga naiwang tao sa Juda. 23 Nang marinig ito ng mga opisyal ng Juda at ng mga tauhan nila, pumunta sila kay Gedalia sa Mizpa. Sila ay sina Ishmael na anak ni Netania, Johanan na anak ni Karea, Seraya na anak ni Tanhumet na taga-Netofa, Jaazania na taga-Maaca, at ang kanilang mga tauhan. 24 Nanumpa si Gedalia sa kanila at sa mga tauhan nila, “Huwag kayong matakot sa mga opisyal ng Babilonia. Manirahan lang kayo rito at paglingkuran ninyo ang hari ng Babilonia at walang mangyayari sa inyo.”
25 Pero, nang ikapitong buwan nang taon na iyon, si Ishmael na anak ni Netania at apo ni Elishama, na miyembro ng sambahayan ng hari ay pumunta sa Mizpa. Kasama ang sampung tao, pinatay nila si Gedalia at ang mga kasama nitong taga-Juda at taga-Babilonia. 26 Dahil dito, lahat ng tao sa Juda mula sa pinakatanyag hanggang sa pinakamababa, pati ang mga opisyal ng mga sundalo ay tumakas papuntang Egipto dahil natakot sila sa maaaring gawin sa kanila ng mga taga-Babilonia.
Pinakawalan si Jehoyakin(C)
27 Noong ika-37 taon ng pagkabihag ni Haring Jehoyakin ng Juda, naging hari ng Babilonia si Evil Merodac. Pinalaya niya si Jehoyakin nang ika-27 araw ng ika-12 buwan ng taong ding iyon. 28 Mabait siya kay Jehoyakin at pinarangalan niya ito higit sa ibang mga hari na binihag din sa Babilonia. 29 Kaya hindi na nagsuot si Jehoyakin ng damit na para sa mga bilanggo, at mula noon ay kumakain na siya kasama ng hari. 30 Araw-araw siyang binibigyan ng hari ng mga pangangailangan niya habang siyaʼy nabubuhay.
Footnotes
- 25:4 Lambak ng Jordan: sa Hebreo, Araba.
2 Kings 25
New King James Version
The Fall and Captivity of Judah(A)
25 Now it came to pass (B)in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and encamped against it; and they built a siege wall against it all around. 2 So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 3 By the ninth day of the (C)fourth month the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.
4 Then (D)the city wall was broken through, and all the men of war fled at night by way of the gate between two walls, which was by the king’s garden, even though the Chaldeans were still encamped all around against the city. And (E)the king[a] went by way of the [b]plain. 5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his army was scattered from him. 6 So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon (F)at Riblah, and they pronounced judgment on him. 7 Then they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, (G)put[c] out the eyes of Zedekiah, bound him with bronze fetters, and took him to Babylon.
8 And in the fifth month, (H)on the seventh day of the month (which was (I)the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), (J)Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9 (K)He burned the house of the Lord (L)and the king’s house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, (M)he burned with fire. 10 And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard (N)broke down the walls of Jerusalem all around.
11 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive (O)the rest of the people who remained in the city and the defectors who had deserted to the king of Babylon, with the rest of the multitude. 12 But the captain of the guard (P)left some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers. 13 (Q)The bronze (R)pillars that were in the house of the Lord, and (S)the carts and (T)the bronze Sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and (U)carried their bronze to Babylon. 14 They also took away (V)the pots, the shovels, the trimmers, the spoons, and all the bronze utensils with which the priests ministered. 15 The firepans and the basins, the things of solid gold and solid silver, the captain of the guard took away. 16 The two pillars, one Sea, and the carts, which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord, (W)the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure. 17 (X)The height of one pillar was [d]eighteen cubits, and the capital on it was of bronze. The height of the capital was three cubits, and the network and pomegranates all around the capital were all of bronze. The second pillar was the same, with a network.
18 (Y)And the captain of the guard took (Z)Seraiah the chief priest, (AA)Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers. 19 He also took out of the city an officer who had charge of the men of war, (AB)five men of [e]the king’s close associates who were found in the city, the chief recruiting officer 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 So Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, took these and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 21 Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. (AC)Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land.
Gedaliah Made Governor of Judah(AD)
22 Then he made Gedaliah the son of (AE)Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor over (AF)the people who remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left. 23 Now when all the (AG)captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Careah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and [f]Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. 24 And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, and said to them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.”
25 But (AH)it happened in the seventh month that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men and struck and killed Gedaliah, the Jews, as well as the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah. 26 And all the people, small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose (AI)and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
Jehoiachin Released from Prison(AJ)
27 (AK)Now it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that [g]Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, (AL)released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. 28 He spoke kindly to him, and gave him a more prominent seat than those of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 29 So Jehoiachin changed from his prison garments, and he (AM)ate [h]bread regularly before the king all the days of his life. 30 And as for his [i]provisions, there was a [j]regular ration given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life.
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 25:4 Lit. he
- 2 Kings 25:4 Or Arabah, the Jordan Valley
- 2 Kings 25:7 blinded
- 2 Kings 25:17 About 27 feet
- 2 Kings 25:19 Lit. those seeing the king’s face
- 2 Kings 25:23 Jezaniah, Jer. 40:8
- 2 Kings 25:27 Lit. Man of Marduk
- 2 Kings 25:29 Food
- 2 Kings 25:30 Lit. allowance
- 2 Kings 25:30 Lit. allowance
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