1 Z edequias tinha vinte e um anos quando se tornou rei, e reinou onze anos em Jerusalém. O nome de sua mãe era Hamutal, filha de Jeremias, de Libna.

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

2 E le fez o que o Senhor reprova, assim como fez Jeoaquim.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord like all that Jehoiakim had done.

3 A ira do Senhor havia sido provocada em Jerusalém e em Judá de tal forma que ele teve que tirá-los da sua presença. Zedequias se rebelou contra o rei da Babilônia.

For through the anger of the Lord this came about in Jerusalem and Judah until He cast them out from His presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

4 E ntão, no nono ano do reinado de Zedequias, no décimo mês, Nabucodonosor, rei da Babilônia, marchou contra Jerusalém com todo o seu exército. Acamparam fora da cidade e construíram torres de assalto ao redor dela.

Now it came about in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, camped against it and built a siege wall all around it.

5 A cidade ficou sob cerco até o décimo primeiro ano do rei Zedequias.

So the city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

6 A o chegar o nono dia do quarto mês a fome era tão severa que não havia comida para o povo.

On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

7 E ntão o muro da cidade foi rompido. O rei e todos os soldados fugiram e saíram da cidade, à noite, na direção do jardim real, pela porta entre os dois muros, embora os babilônios estivessem cercando a cidade. Foram para a Arabá,

Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled and went forth from the city at night by way of the gate between the two walls which was by the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah.

8 m as os babilônios perseguiram o rei Zedequias e o alcançaram na planície de Jericó. Todos os seus soldados se separaram dele e se dispersaram,

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him.

9 e ele foi capturado. Ele foi levado ao rei da Babilônia em Ribla, na terra de Hamate, que o sentenciou.

Then they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he passed sentence on him.

10 E m Ribla, o rei da Babilônia mandou executar os filhos de Zedequias diante de seus olhos, e também matou todos os nobres de Judá.

The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also slaughtered all the princes of Judah in Riblah.

11 E ntão mandou furar os olhos de Zedequias e prendê-lo com correntes de bronze e o levou para a Babilônia, onde o manteve na prisão até o dia de sua morte.

Then he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon and put him in prison until the day of his death.

12 N o décimo dia do quinto mês, no décimo nono ano de Nabucodonosor, rei da Babilônia, Nebuzaradã, comandante da guarda imperial, que servia o rei da Babilônia, veio a Jerusalém.

Now on the tenth day of the fifth month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, who was in the service of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.

13 E le incendiou o templo do Senhor, o palácio real e todas as casas de Jerusalém. Todos os edifícios importantes foram incendiados por ele.

He burned the house of the Lord, the king’s house and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every large house he burned with fire.

14 O exército babilônio, sob o comandante da guarda imperial, derrubou todos os muros em torno de Jerusalém.

So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.

15 N ebuzaradã deportou para a Babilônia alguns dos mais pobres e o povo que restou na cidade, juntamente com o restante dos artesãos e aqueles que tinham se rendido ao rei da Babilônia.

Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away into exile some of the poorest of the people, the rest of the people who were left in the city, the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon and the rest of the artisans.

16 M as Nebuzaradã deixou para trás o restante dos mais pobres da terra para trabalhar nas vinhas e campos.

But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

17 O s babilônios despedaçaram as colunas de bronze, os estrados móveis e o mar de bronze que ficavam no templo do Senhor e levaram todo o bronze para a Babilônia.

Now the bronze pillars which belonged to the house of the Lord and the stands and the bronze sea, which were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried all their bronze to Babylon.

18 T ambém levaram embora as panelas, pás, tesouras de pavio, bacias de aspersão, tigelas e todos os utensílios de bronze usados no serviço do templo.

They also took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the basins, the pans and all the bronze vessels which were used in temple service.

19 O comandante da guarda imperial levou embora as pias, os incensários, as bacias de aspersão, as panelas, os candeeiros, as tigelas e as bacias usadas para as ofertas derramadas, tudo que era feito de ouro puro ou de prata.

The captain of the guard also took away the bowls, the firepans, the basins, the pots, the lampstands, the pans and the drink offering bowls, what was fine gold and what was fine silver.

20 O bronze tirado das duas colunas, o mar e os doze touros de bronze debaixo dele, e os estrados móveis, que o rei Salomão fizera para o templo do Senhor, eram mais do que se podia pesar.

The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze bulls that were under the sea, and the stands, which King Solomon had made for the house of the Lord —the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight.

21 C ada uma das colunas tinha oito metros e dez centímetros de altura e cinco metros e quarenta centímetros de circunferência; cada uma tinha quadro dedos de espessura e era oca.

As for the pillars, the height of each pillar was eighteen cubits, and it was twelve cubits in circumference and four fingers in thickness, and hollow.

22 O capitel de bronze no alto de uma coluna tinha dois metros e vinte e cinco centímetros de altura e era ornamentado com uma peça entrelaçada e romãs de bronze em volta, tudo de bronze. A outra coluna, com suas romãs, era igual.

Now a capital of bronze was on it; and the height of each capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital all around, all of bronze. And the second pillar was like these, including pomegranates.

23 H avia noventa e seis romãs nos lados; o número total de romãs acima da peça entrelaçada ao redor era de cem.

There were ninety-six exposed pomegranates; all the pomegranates numbered a hundred on the network all around.

24 O comandante da guarda tomou como prisioneiros o sumo sacerdote Seraías, o sacerdote adjunto Sofonias e os três guardas das portas.

Then the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest, with the three officers of the temple.

25 D os que ainda estavam na cidade, tomou o oficial encarregado dos homens de combate e sete conselheiros reais. Também tomou o secretário, que era o oficial maior encarregado do alistamento do povo da terra, e sessenta de seus homens que foram encontrados na cidade.

He also took from the city one official who was overseer of the men of war, and seven of the king’s advisers who were found in the city, and the scribe of 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 midst of the city.

26 O comandante Nebuzaradã tomou todos eles e os levou ao rei da Babilônia em Ribla.

Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

27 A li, em Ribla, na terra de Hamate, o rei fez com que fossem executados. Assim Judá foi para o cativeiro, longe de sua terra.

Then the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was led away into exile from its land.

28 E ste é o número dos que Nebuzaradã levou para o exílio: No sétimo ano, 3. 023 judeus;

These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away into exile: in the seventh year 3, 023 Jews;

29 n o décimo oitavo ano de Nabucodonosor, 832 de Jerusalém;

in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar 832 persons from Jerusalem;

30 e m seu vigésimo terceiro ano, 745 judeus levados ao exílio pelo comandante da guarda imperial, Nebuzaradã. Foram ao todo 4. 600 judeus. Joaquim é Libertado

in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried into exile 745 Jewish people; there were 4, 600 persons in all.

31 N o trigésimo sétimo ano do exílio do rei Joaquim de Judá, no ano em que Evil-Merodaque tornou-se rei de Babilônia, ele libertou Joaquim, rei de Judá, da prisão no vigésimo quinto dia do décimo segundo mês.

Now it came about in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, showed favor to Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison.

32 E le falou bondosamente com ele e deu-lhe um assento de honra mais elevado do que os dos outros reis que estavam com ele na Babilônia.

Then he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

33 D esse modo Joaquim tirou as roupas da prisão e pelo resto da vida comeu à mesa do rei.

So Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes, and had his meals in the king’s presence regularly all the days of his life.

34 O rei da Babilônia deu a Joaquim uma pensão diária até o dia de sua morte.

For his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king of Babylon, a daily portion all the days of his life until the day of his death.