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 西底家登基的时候年二十一岁，在耶路撒冷作王十一年。他母亲名叫哈慕她，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 西底家行耶和华眼中看为恶的事，是照约雅敬一切所行的。

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 因此耶和华的怒气在耶路撒冷和犹大发作，以致将人民从自己的面前赶出。

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 西底家背叛巴比伦王。他作王第九年十月初十日，巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒率领全军来攻击耶路撒冷，对城安营，四围筑垒攻城。

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

5 于是城被围困直到西底家王十一年。

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 四月初九日，城里有大饥荒，甚至百姓都没有粮食。

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，一切兵丁就在夜间从靠近王园两城中间的门，出城逃跑；迦勒底人正在四围攻城。他们就往亚拉巴逃去。

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家王，在耶利哥的平原追上他。他的全军都离开他四散了。

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 迦勒底人就拿住王，带他到在哈马地利比拉的巴比伦王那里；巴比伦王便审判他。

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 巴比伦王在西底家眼前杀了他的众子，又在利比拉杀了犹大的一切首领，

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 并且剜了西底家的眼睛，用铜链锁着他，带到巴比伦去，将他囚在监里，直到他死的日子。

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十九年五月初十日，在巴比伦王面前侍立的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 用火焚烧耶和华的殿和王宫，又焚烧耶路撒冷的房屋，就是各大户家的房屋。

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

14 跟从护卫长迦勒底的全军就拆毁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 那时护卫长尼布撒拉旦将民中最穷的和城里所剩下的百姓，并已经投降巴比伦王的人，以及大众所剩下的人，都掳去了。

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

16 但护卫长尼布撒拉旦留下些民中最穷的，使他们修理葡萄园，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 耶和华殿的铜柱并殿内的盆座和铜海，迦勒底人都打碎了，将那铜运到巴比伦去了，

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 又带去锅、铲子、蜡剪、盘子、调羹，并所用的一切铜器、

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 杯、火鼎、碗、盆、灯台、调羹、爵，无论金的银的，护卫长也都带去了。

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 所罗门为耶和华殿所造的两根铜柱、一个铜海，并座下的十二只铜牛，这一切的铜多得无法可称。

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

21 这一根柱子高十八肘，厚四指，是空的，围十二肘。

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 柱上有铜顶，高五肘；铜顶的周围有网子和石榴，都是铜的。那一根柱子照此一样，也有石榴。

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

23 柱子四面有九十六个石榴，在网子周围，共有一百石榴。

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

24 护卫长拿住大祭司西莱雅、副祭司西番亚，和三个把门的，

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 又从城中拿住一个管理兵丁的官 ，并在城里所遇常见王面的七个人和检点国民军长的书记，以及城里所遇见的国民六十个人。

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

26 护卫长尼布撒拉旦将这些人带到利比拉的巴比伦王那里。

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 巴比伦王就把他们击杀在哈马地的利比拉。这样，犹大人被掳去离开本地。

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

28 尼布甲尼撒所掳的民数记在下面：在他第七年掳去犹大人三千零二十三名；

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

29 尼布甲尼撒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 尼布甲尼撒二十三年，护卫长尼布撒拉旦掳去犹大人七百四十五名；共有四千六百人。

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三十七年，巴比伦王以未·米罗达元年十二月二十五日，使犹大王约雅斤抬头，提他出监，

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 又对他说恩言，使他的位高过与他一同在巴比伦众王的位，

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 给他脱了囚服。他终身在巴比伦王面前吃饭。

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

34 巴比伦王赐他所需用的食物，日日赐他一分，终身是这样，直到他死的日子。