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. 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 also did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to 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 because of the anger of the Lord this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, till He finally cast them out from His presence. Then 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 to pass 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.

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

So the city was besieged 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.

By the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the famine had become 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 wall was broken through, and all the men of war fled and went out of the city at night by way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden, even though the Chaldeans were near the city all around. And they went by way of the plain.

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 they overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. 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.

So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he pronounced judgment 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.

Then the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. And he killed 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.

He also put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in bronze fetters, took him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death. The Temple and City Plundered and Burned

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 in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month (which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, who served 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 and the king’s house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, he burned with fire.

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

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

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 captive some of the poor people, the rest of the people who remained in the city, the defectors who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen.

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 poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers.

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.

The bronze pillars that were in the house of the Lord, and the carts and the bronze Sea that 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 trimmers, the bowls, the spoons, and all the bronze utensils with which the priests ministered.

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 basins, the firepans, the bowls, the pots, the lampstands, the spoons, and the cups, whatever was solid gold and whatever was solid silver, the captain of the guard took away.

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, one Sea, the twelve bronze bulls which were under it, and the carts, which King Solomon had made for the house of the Lord —the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure.

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.

Now concerning the pillars: the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, a measuring line of twelve cubits could measure its circumference, and its thickness was four fingers; it was 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.

A capital of bronze was on it; and the height of one capital was five cubits, with a network and pomegranates all around the capital, all of bronze. The second pillar, with pomegranates was the same.

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 pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates, all around on the network, were one hundred. The People Taken Captive to Babylonia

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

The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers.

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 out of the city an officer who had charge of the men of war, seven men of the king’s close associates who were found in the city, the principal scribe 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.

And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took these 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 and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own 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 captive: in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty-three Jews;

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

in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred and thirty-two persons;

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 away captive of the Jews seven hundred and forty-five persons. All the persons were four thousand six hundred. Jehoiachin Released from Prison

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 to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, that Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of 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.

And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prominent seat than those 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 from his prison garments, and he ate bread regularly before the king all the days of his life.

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

And as for his provisions, there was a regular ration given him by the king of Babylon, a portion for each day until the day of his death, all the days of his life.