2 Cronache 36

1 ALLORA il popolo del paese prese Gioachaz, figliuolo di Giosia; e lo costituì re in Gerusalemme, in luogo di suo padre.

Then the people of Judah chose Josiah’s son Jehoahaz and appointed him as the king in Jerusalem.

2 Gioachaz [era] d'età di ventitrè anni, quando cominciò a regnare; e regnò tre mesi in Gerusalemme.

Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became the king, but he ruled from Jerusalem for [only] three months.

3 E il re di Egitto lo depose in Gerusalemme; ed impose al paese una ammenda di cento talenti d'argento, e d'un talento d'oro.

King Neco of Egypt [captured him and] prevented him from ruling any longer. He also forced the people of Judah to pay him a tax of almost four tons of silver and about 75 pounds of gold.

4 E il re di Egitto costituì re sopra Giuda e Gerusalemme, Eliachim, fratello di Gioachaz, e gli mutò il nome [in] Gioiachim. Poi Neco prese Gioachaz, fratello di esso, e lo menò in Egitto.

The king of Egypt appointed Jehoahaz’s [younger] brother Eliakim to be the king of Judah. He changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. After Neco captured Jehoahaz, he took him to Egypt.

5 Gioiachim [era] d'età di venticinque anni, quando cominciò a regnare; e regnò undici anni in Gerusalemme; e fece ciò che dispiace al Signore Iddio suo.

Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 11 years. He did things that Yahweh his God considers to be evil.

6 E Nebucadnesar, re di Babilonia, salì contro a lui, e lo legò con due catene di rame, per menarlo in Babilonia.

Then the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jehoiakim’s army. They [captured Jehoiakim and] bound him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon.

7 Nebucadnesar ne portò ancora degli arredi della Casa del Signore, in Babilonia, e li pose nel suo tempio in Babilonia.

Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took valuable things from the temple; they took them to Babylon and put them in king [Nebuchadnezzar’s] palace there.

8 Ora, quant'è al rimanente de' fatti di Gioiachim, e le sue abbominazioni ch'egli commise, e ciò che fu trovato in lui; ecco, queste [cose sono] scritte nel libro dei re d'Israele e di Giuda; e Gioiachin, suo figliuolo, regnò in luogo suo.

A record of the other things that happened while Jehoiakim was ruling, the detestable things that he did, including the evil things that people said that he did, is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah’. After [he was taken to Babylon], his son Jehoiachin became the king [of Judah].

9 Gioiachin [era] d'età di otto anni, quando cominciò a regnare; e regnò tre mesi e dieci giorni in Gerusalemme; e fece ciò che dispiace al Signore.

Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for [only] three months and ten days. He did things that Yahweh considers to be evil.

10 Laonde, in capo dell'anno, il re Nebucadnesar mandò a farlo menare in Babilonia, insieme co' più cari arredi della Casa del Signore; e costituì re sopra Giuda e Gerusalemme Sedechia, fratello di esso.

During the spring of the next year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent [soldiers] to bring him to Babylon. They also took to Babylon many valuable things from the temple of Yahweh. Then Nebuchadnezzar appointed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, to be the king of Judah.

11 SEDECHIA [era] d'età di ventun'anno, quando cominciò a regnare; e regnò undici anni in Gerusalemme;

Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years.

12 e fece ciò che dispiace al Signore Iddio suo, [e] non si umiliò per lo profeta Geremia, [che parlava] da parte della bocca del Signore.

He did many things that Yahweh his God considered to be evil. And he did not humble himself when the prophet Jeremiah gave him a message from Yahweh [to warn him].

13 Ed anch'egli si ribellò dal re Nebucadnesar, che l'avea fatto giurare per [lo Nome di] Dio; e indurò il suo collo, e fermò l'animo suo, per non convertirsi al Signore Iddio d'Israele.

He would not return to Yahweh, the God that the people of Israel [said that they worshiped]. Zedekiah also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had forced him to solemnly promise using God’s name [to be loyal to him]. Zedekiah became very stubborn.

14 Tutti i capi de' sacerdoti, e il popolo, commisero anch'essi molti e molti misfatti, secondo tutte le abbominazioni delle genti; e contaminarono la Casa del Signore, la quale egli aveva santificata in Gerusalemme.

Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and also the people [of Judah] became more wicked again, doing all the detestable things that the people of the other nations did, and causing the temple in Jerusalem that Yahweh had caused to be holy to become [an] unacceptable [place to worship him].

15 E il Signore Iddio de' lor padri mandava ogni mattina ad [ammonir]li per li suoi messi (conciossiachè egli risparmiasse il suo popolo e il suo abitacolo);

Yahweh, the God whom the ancestors [of the people of Judah belonged to/worshiped], gave messages to his prophets many times, and the prophets told those messages to the people of Judah. Yahweh did that because he pitied his people and did not want his temple to be destroyed.

16 ma essi si beffavano de' messi di Dio, e sprezzavano le parole di esso, e schernivano i suoi profeti; talchè l'ira del Signore s'infiammò in tal maniera contro al suo popolo, che non [vi fu più] rimedio alcuno.

But the people continually made fun of God’s messengers. They despised God’s messages. They ridiculed his prophets, until finally God became extremely angry with his people, with the result that nothing could stop him [from destroying Judah].

17 Ed egli fece salir contro a loro il re de' Caldei, il quale uccise i lor giovani con la spada, nella casa del lor santuario, e non risparmiò nè giovane, nè vergine, nè vecchio, nè decrepito; egli li diede tutti in mano di quello;

He incited the king of Babylonia to attack [Judah with his army]. They killed the young men with their swords, even in the temple. They did not spare/pity anyone, young men or young women or old people. God enabled the army of Nebuchadnezzar to kill all of them.

18 ed insieme tutti gli arredi della Casa di Dio, piccoli e grandi; e i tesori della Casa del Signore, e i tesori del re, e de' suoi principi. Egli fece portar tutto ciò in Babilonia.

His soldiers took to Babylon all the things that were used in God’s temple—big things and little things, all the valuable things, and the valuable things that belonged to the king and his officials.

19 E [i Caldei] arsero la Casa di Dio, e disfecero le mura di Gerusalemme, e bruciarono col fuoco tutti i suoi palazzi, e guastarono tutti i suoi più cari arredi.

They burned the temple, and they broke down the wall surrounding Jerusalem. They burned all the palaces [in Jerusalem] and destroyed all the remaining valuable things there.

20 E [il re de' Caldei] menò in cattività in Babilonia quelli ch'erano scampati dalla spada; e furono servi a lui ed a' suoi figliuoli, finchè il regno di Persia ottenne l'imperio;

Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers took to Babylon the remaining people who had not been killed with their swords. Then those people became the king’s slaves and his son’s slaves, until the [army of the] king of Persia conquered [the army of Babylonia].

21 (acciocchè la parola del Signore, [pronunziata] per la bocca di Geremia, si adempiesse; ) mentre la terra si compiaceva ne' suoi sabati; tutto il tempo ch'ella restò desolata, ella si riposò, finchè fossero compiuti settant'anni.

[Moses had said that every seventh year the people must not plant their fields; they must allow the soil to rest. But the people had not done that. So after the army of Babylonia destroyed Judah, ] the soil was allowed to rest. That continued for 70 years, fulfilling what Yahweh told Jeremiah and what Jeremiah had predicted/prophesied would happen.

22 ORA, nell'anno primo di Ciro, re di Persia (acciocchè si adempiesse la parola del Signore, [pronunziata] per la bocca di Geremia), il Signore eccitò lo spirito di Ciro, re di Persia; ed egli fece andare un bando per tutto il suo regno, eziandio con lettere, dicendo:

During the first year that Cyrus was the king of Persia, in order that what Yahweh told Jeremiah would happen would occur, Yahweh motivated Cyrus to write this and proclaim it throughout his kingdom:

23 Così ha detto Ciro, re di Persia: Il Signore Iddio del cielo mi ha dati tutti i regni della terra; egli ancora mi ha imposto di edificargli una Casa in Gerusalemme, che [è] in Giudea. Chi, d'infra voi [è] dell'universo suo popolo? il Signore Iddio suo [sia] con lui, e ritornisene.

“I, Cyrus, the king of Persia, declare that Yahweh, the God [who rules] in heaven, has enabled me to become the ruler of all the kingdoms of this world. And he wants me to [command that my workers] build a temple {a temple be built} for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Any of his people living among you people of Persia are allowed to go to Jerusalem. And I will pray that Yahweh will be with them.”