2 Kings 25

1 So 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 entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.

1 西底迦执政第九年十月十日，巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒率领全军攻打耶路撒冷，在城外安营，修筑围城的高台。

2 And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.

2 城一直被围困到西底迦王执政第十一年。

3 By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

3 那年四月九日，城里饥荒非常严重，百姓无粮可吃。

4 Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

4 城被攻破，城里的所有士兵便在夜间从两城墙中间、靠近御花园的门逃往亚拉巴。当时迦勒底人仍四面包围着城。

5 but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.

5 迦勒底军队追赶西底迦，在耶利哥平原追上了他，他的军队都四散而逃。

6 The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.

6 迦勒底人擒住西底迦，把他押到利比拉见巴比伦王，在那里审判他。

7 And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

7 巴比伦王当着西底迦的面杀了他的众子，又剜去他的双眼，把他用铜链锁着押往巴比伦。

8 On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

8 巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒执政第十九年五月七日，他的臣仆护卫长尼布撒拉旦来到耶路撒冷，

9 He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

9 放火焚烧耶和华的殿、王宫及耶路撒冷所有的房屋。他烧毁了所有重要建筑。

10 And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

10 他率领的迦勒底军队拆毁了耶路撒冷四围的城墙。

11 Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.

11 护卫长尼布撒拉旦掳去城里剩下的百姓、投降巴比伦王的人以及其他人，

12 But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

12 只留下一些最贫穷的人，让他们照料葡萄园、耕种田地。

13 Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.

13 迦勒底人打碎耶和华殿中的铜柱、铜底座和铜海，把铜运往巴比伦，

14 They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.

14 并带走了盆、铲、灯剪、碟子及一切献祭用的铜器。

15 The captain of the guard also took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.

15 护卫长还带走了火鼎、碗等一切金银器具。

16 As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.

16 所罗门为耶和华的殿所造的两根铜柱、一个铜海和一些铜底座，用的铜多得无法计算。

17 Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.

17 铜柱高八米，铜柱有柱冠，高一米半。柱冠周围装饰着铜网和铜石榴。两根柱子都一样。

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

18 护卫长尼布撒拉旦掳走祭司长西莱雅、副祭司长西番亚和三名殿门守卫，

19 Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.

19 还从城中掳走一名统管士兵的将领、王的五个亲信、一名负责招兵的书记和六十名平民。

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

20 护卫长尼布撒拉旦把他们带到利比拉去见巴比伦王，

21 There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.

21 巴比伦王在那里处死了他们。犹大人就这样被掳去，离开了家园。

22 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.

22 巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒委任沙番的孙子、亚希甘的儿子基大利治理犹大的余民。

23 When all the commanders of the armies 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, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.

23 犹大众将领和他们的下属听到巴比伦王委任基大利治理犹大的消息后，便来到米斯巴见基大利。他们是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、玛迦人雅撒尼亚。

24 And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”

24 基大利对他们和他们的下属起誓说：“你们不要害怕那些迦勒底官员，只管住在此地臣服于巴比伦王，你们会平安无事。”

25 In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

25 七月，王室后裔以利沙玛的孙子、尼探雅的儿子以实玛利带着十个人在米斯巴刺杀了基大利以及跟他一起的犹大人和迦勒底人。

26 Then all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.

26 因为害怕迦勒底人报复，犹大众人不论贵贱，都和众将领一起逃往埃及。

27 On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.

27 巴比伦王以未·米罗达在他执政的元年十二月二十七日，即犹大王约雅斤被掳后第三十七年，施恩释放了约雅斤，

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

28 并好言相待，使他的地位高过被掳到巴比伦的其他各王。

29 So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.

29 约雅斤脱去了囚服，终生与巴比伦王一起吃饭。

30 And the king provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life.

30 在他有生之年，巴比伦王供应他每天的需用。