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 西底家登基的時候年二十一歲，在耶路撒冷作王十一年。他母親名叫哈慕她，是立拿人耶利米的女兒。

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

2 西底家行耶和華眼中看為惡的事，是照約雅敬一切所行的。

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 因此耶和華的怒氣在耶路撒冷和猶大發作，以致將人民從自己的面前趕出。

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 西底家背叛巴比倫王。他作王第九年十月初十日，巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒率領全軍來攻擊耶路撒冷，對城安營，四圍築壘攻城。

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

5 於是城被圍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，城裏有大饑荒，甚至百姓都沒有糧食。

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，一切兵丁就在夜間從靠近王園兩城中間的門，出城逃跑；迦勒底人正在四圍攻城。他們就往亞拉巴逃去。

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 迦勒底的軍隊追趕西底家王，在耶利哥的平原追上他。他的全軍都離開他四散了。

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，帶他到在哈馬地利比拉的巴比倫王那裏；巴比倫王便審判他。

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 巴比倫王在西底家眼前殺了他的眾子，又在利比拉殺了猶大的一切首領，

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 並且剜了西底家的眼睛，用銅鍊鎖着他，帶到巴比倫去，將他囚在監裏，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 巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒十九年五月初十日，在巴比倫王面前侍立的護衛長尼布撒拉旦進入耶路撒冷，

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

13 用火焚燒耶和華的殿和王宮，又焚燒耶路撒冷的房屋，就是各大戶家的房屋。

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

14 跟從護衛長迦勒底的全軍就拆毀耶路撒冷四圍的城牆。

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 那時護衛長尼布撒拉旦將民中最窮的和城裏所剩下的百姓，並已經投降巴比倫王的人，以及大眾所剩下的人，都擄去了。

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

16 但護衛長尼布撒拉旦留下些民中最窮的，使他們修理葡萄園，耕種田地。

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 耶和華殿的銅柱並殿內的盆座和銅海，迦勒底人都打碎了，將那銅運到巴比倫去了，

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 又帶去鍋、鏟子、蠟剪、盤子、調羹，並所用的一切銅器、

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、燈臺、調羹、爵，無論金的銀的，護衛長也都帶去了。

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 所羅門為耶和華殿所造的兩根銅柱、一個銅海，並座下的十二隻銅牛，這一切的銅多得無法可稱。

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

21 這一根柱子高十八肘，厚四指，是空的，圍十二肘。

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 柱上有銅頂，高五肘；銅頂的周圍有網子和石榴，都是銅的。那一根柱子照此一樣，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 柱子四面有九十六個石榴，在網子周圍，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 護衛長拿住大祭司西萊雅、副祭司西番亞，和三個把門的，

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 又從城中拿住一個管理兵丁的官 ，並在城裏所遇常見王面的七個人和檢點國民軍長的書記，以及城裏所遇見的國民六十個人。

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

26 護衛長尼布撒拉旦將這些人帶到利比拉的巴比倫王那裏。

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 巴比倫王就把他們擊殺在哈馬地的利比拉。這樣，猶大人被擄去離開本地。

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

28 尼布甲尼撒所擄的民數記在下面：在他第七年擄去猶大人三千零二十三名；

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

29 尼布甲尼撒十八年從耶路撒冷擄去八百三十二人；

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，護衛長尼布撒拉旦擄去猶大人七百四十五名；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 猶大王約雅斤被擄後三十七年，巴比倫王以未‧米羅達元年十二月二十五日，使猶大王約雅斤抬頭，提他出監，

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 又對他說恩言，使他的位高過與他一同在巴比倫眾王的位，

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 給他脫了囚服。他終身在巴比倫王面前吃飯。

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

34 巴比倫王賜他所需用的食物，日日賜他一分，終身是這樣，直到他死的日子。