Jeremiah 52

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

1 西底迦二十一岁登基，在耶路撒冷执政十一年。他母亲叫哈慕她，是立拿人耶利米的女儿。

2 And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.

2 西底迦像约雅敬一样做耶和华视为恶的事。

3 For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.

3 因此，耶和华向耶路撒冷和犹大的人发怒，最终把他们从祂面前赶走。 后来，西底迦背叛了巴比伦王。

4 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.

4 在他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。

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

5 城一直被围困到西底迦王执政第十一年。

6 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.

6 那年四月九日，城里饥荒非常严重，百姓无粮可吃。

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

7 城被攻破，西底迦和士兵便在夜间从靠近御花园的两城墙中间的门逃往亚拉巴。当时迦勒底人仍四面包围着城。

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

8 迦勒底的军队追赶西底迦，在耶利哥平原追上了他。他的军队都四散而逃。

9 The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on Zedekiah.

9 迦勒底人擒住西底迦，把他押到哈马的利比拉去见巴比伦王。巴比伦王在那里审判他，

10 There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the officials of Judah.

10 当着他的面杀了他的众子和犹大所有的官员，

11 Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.

11 又剜去他的双眼，把他用铜链锁着押往巴比伦，将他终生囚在牢里。

12 On the tenth 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.

12 巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒执政第十九年五月十日，他的臣仆护卫长尼布撒拉旦进入耶路撒冷，

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

13 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。

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

14 他率领的迦勒底军队拆毁了耶路撒冷四围的城墙。

15 Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the craftsmen.

15 护卫长尼布撒拉旦掳去最贫穷的人、城中的余民、那些投降巴比伦王的人和剩下的技工，

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

16 只留下一些最贫穷的人，让他们照料葡萄园、耕种田地。

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

17 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，

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

18 并带走了盆、铲、灯剪、碗、碟及一切献祭用的铜器。

19 The captain of the guard also took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.

19 护卫长还带走了杯、火鼎、碗、盆、灯台、碟和奠酒的杯等所有金银器皿。

20 As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.

20 所罗门王为耶和华的殿所造的两根铜柱、一个铜海、铜海下面的十二头铜牛，以及一些铜底座，用的铜多得无法计算。

21 Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.

21 两根铜柱中空，高八米，周长五米四，铜壁厚四指。

22 The bronze capital atop one pillar was five cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar.

22 铜柱有柱冠，柱冠高两米二，柱冠周围装饰着铜网和铜石榴。两根柱子都一样。

23 Each capital had ninety-six pomegranates on the sides, and a total of a hundred pomegranates were above the surrounding network.

23 每根铜柱周围装饰着九十六个石榴，网子四周共有一百个石榴。

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

24 护卫长掳走祭司长西莱雅、副祭司长西番亚和三名殿门守卫，

25 Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. 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.

25 又从城中掳走一名统管士兵的将领、王的七个亲信、一名负责招兵的书记和城中找到的六十名平民，

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

26 把他们带到利比拉去见巴比伦王。

27 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.

27 巴比伦王在哈马地区的利比拉处死了他们。犹大人就这样被掳去，离开了家园。

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

28 以下是尼布甲尼撒掳去的人数：他执政第七年掳去三千零二十三名犹大人；

29 in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem;

29 他执政第十八年，从耶路撒冷掳去八百三十二人；

30 in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away 745 Jews. So in all, 4,600 people were taken away.

30 他执政第二十三年，他的护卫长尼布撒拉旦掳去七百四十五名犹大人。总共四千六百人。

31 On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison.

31 犹大王约雅斤被掳后第三十七年，即巴比伦王以未·米罗达元年十二月二十五日，巴比伦王恩待约雅斤，释放了他，

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

32 并好言相待，使他的地位高过被掳到巴比伦的其他各王。

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

33 约雅斤脱去了囚服，终生与巴比伦王一起吃饭。

34 And the king of Babylon provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life, until the day of his death.

34 在他有生之年，巴比伦王供应他每天的需用，直到他去世。