2 Kings 24

1 During his days, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, ascended, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. And again he rebelled against him.

エホヤキムの世にバビロンの王ネブカデネザルが上ってきたので、エホヤキムは彼に隷属して三年を経たが、ついに翻って彼にそむいた。

2 And the Lord sent to him the robbers of the Chaldeans, and the robbers of Syria, and the robbers of Moab, and the robbers of the sons of Ammon. And he sent them into Judah, so that they might destroy it, in accord with the word of the Lord, which he had spoken through his servants, the prophets.

主はカルデヤびとの略奪隊、スリヤびとの略奪隊、モアブびとの略奪隊、アンモンびとの略奪隊をつかわしてエホヤキムを攻められた。すなわちユダを攻め、これを滅ぼすために彼らをつかわされた。主がそのしもべである預言者たちによって語られた言葉のとおりである。

3 Then this occurred, by the word of the Lord against Judah, that he took him away from before himself because of all the sins of Manasseh which he did,

これは全く主の命によってユダに臨んだもので、ユダを主の目の前から払い除くためであった。すなわちマナセがすべておこなったその罪のため、

4 and because of the innocent blood which he shed, and because he filled Jerusalem with the slaughter of the innocent. And for this reason, the Lord was not willing to be appeased.

また彼が罪なき人の血を流し、罪なき人の血をエルサレムに満たしたためであって、主はその罪をゆるそうとはされなかった。

5 But the rest of the words of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah? And Jehoiakim slept with his fathers.

エホヤキムのその他の事績と、彼がおこなったすべての事は、ユダの王の歴代志の書にしるされているではないか。

6 And Jehoiachin, his son, reigned in his place.

エホヤキムは先祖たちとともに眠り、その子エホヤキンが代って王となった。

7 And the king of Egypt no longer continued to go out from his own land. For the king of Babylon had taken all that had belonged to the king of Egypt, from the river of Egypt as far as the river Euphrates.

エジプトの王は再びその国から出てこなかった。バビロンの王がエジプトの川からユフラテ川まで、すべてエジプトの王に属するものを取ったからである。

8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem.

エホヤキンは王となった時十八歳で、エルサレムで三か月の間、世を治めた。母はエルサレムのエルナタンの娘で、名をネホシタといった。

9 And he did evil before the Lord, in accord with all that his father had done.

エホヤキンはすべてその父がおこなったように主の目の前に悪を行った。

10 At that time, the servants of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, ascended against Jerusalem. And the city was encircled with fortifications.

そのころ、バビロンの王ネブカデネザルの家来たちはエルサレムに攻め上って、町を囲んだ。

11 And Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, went to the city, with his servants, so that he might fight against it.

その家来たちが町を囲んでいたとき、バビロンの王ネブカデネザルもまた町に攻めてきた。

12 And Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his leaders, and his eunuchs. And the king of Babylon received him, in the eighth year of his reign.

ユダの王エホヤキンはその母、その家来、そのつかさたち、および侍従たちと共に出て、バビロンの王に降服したので、バビロンの王は彼を捕虜とした。これはネブカデネザルの治世の第八年であった。

13 And he took from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the house of the king. And he cut up all the gold vessels which Solomon, the king of Israel, had made for the temple of the Lord, in accord with the word of the Lord.

彼はまた主の宮のもろもろの宝物および王の家の宝物をことごとく持ち出し、イスラエルの王ソロモンが造って主の神殿に置いたもろもろの金の器を切りこわした。主が言われたとおりである。

14 And he carried away all of Jerusalem, and all the leaders, and all the strong men of the army, ten thousand, into captivity, with every artisan and craftsman. And no one was left behind, except the poor among the people of the land.

彼はまたエルサレムのすべての市民、およびすべてのつかさとすべての勇士、ならびにすべての木工と鍛冶一万人を捕えて行った。残った者は国の民の貧しい者のみであった。

15 Also, he carried away Jehoiachin into Babylon, and the mother of the king, and the wives of the king, and his eunuchs. And he led into captivity the judges of the land, from Jerusalem to Babylon,

さらに彼はエホヤキンをバビロンに捕えて行き、また王の母、王の妻たち、および侍従と国のうちのおもな人々をも、エルサレムからバビロンへ捕えて行った。

16 and all the robust men, seven thousand, and the artisans and craftsman, one thousand: all who were strong men and fit for war. And the king of Babylon led them away as captives, into Babylon.

またバビロンの王はすべて勇敢な者七千人、木工と鍛冶一千人ならびに強くて良く戦う者をみな捕えてバビロンへ連れて行った。

17 And he appointed Mattaniah, his uncle, in his place. And he imposed the name Zedekiah upon him.

そしてバビロンの王はエホヤキンの父の兄弟マッタニヤを王としてエホヤキンに代え、名をゼデキヤと改めた。

18 Zedekiah held twenty-one years of life when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.

ゼデキヤは二十一歳で王となり、エルサレムで十一年の間、世を治めた。母はリブナのエレミヤの娘で、名をハムタルといった。

19 And he did evil before the Lord, in accord with all that Jehoiakim had done.

ゼデキヤはすべてエホヤキムがおこなったように主の目の前に悪を行った。

20 For the Lord was angry against Jerusalem and against Judah, until he cast them away from his face. And so Zedekiah withdrew from the king of Babylon.

エルサレムとユダにこのような事の起ったのは主の怒りによるので、主はついに彼らをみ前から払いすてられた。さてゼデキヤはバビロンの王にそむいた。