2 Kongebok 25
1 I det niande styringsåret hans, tiande dagen i tiande månaden, kom Nebukadnessar, Babel-kongen, med heile heren sin til Jerusalem, lægra seg utanfor byen og bygde skansar rundt ikring honom.
Now in the ninth year of his rule, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came against Jerusalem with all his army and took up his position before it, building earthworks all round the town.
2 Byen vart kringsett til Sidkias ellevte styringsår.
And the town was shut in by their forces till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
3 Den niande dagen i månaden røynde svolten hardt på i byen, og landsfolket hadde inkje mat.
Now on the ninth day of the fourth month, the store of food in the town was almost gone, so that there was no food for the people of the land.
4 Då vart byen teken. Og alt stridsfolket rømde um natti gjenom porten i dubbelmuren ved kongshagen, medan kaldæarane låg rundt ikring byen. Dei tok leidi til Moarne.
So an opening was made in the wall of the town, and all the men of war went in flight by night through the doorway between the two walls which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldaeans were stationed round the town: ) and the king went by the way of the Arabah.
5 Men kaldæarheren forfylgde kongen og nådde honom att på Moarne ved Jeriko. Alt herfolket sprang frå honom og spreiddest.
But the Chaldaean army went after the king, and overtook him in the lowlands of Jericho, and all his army went in flight from him in every direction.
6 Dei fanga då kongen og førde honom upp til Ribla til Babel-kongen. Der fekk han sin dom.
And they made the king a prisoner and took him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah to be judged.
7 Sønerne åt Sidkia drap dei medan han såg på det; so stakk han ut augo på Sidkia, batt honom med koparlekkjor og førde honom til Babel.
And they put the sons of Zedekiah to death before his eyes, and then they put out his eyes, and chaining him with iron bands, took him to Babylon.
8 Sjuande dagen i den femte månaden i det nittande styringsåret åt Nebukadnessar, Babel-kongen, kom ein av tenarane åt Babel-kongen, livvakthovdingen Nebuzaradan, til Jerusalem.
Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem;
9 Han brende upp Herrens hus og kongsgarden. Ja, alle husi i Jerusalem, serleg alle storfolk-hus, sette han eld på.
And he had the house of the Lord and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned with fire;
10 Og murarne ikring Jerusalem vart nedrivne av heile den kaldæarheren som livvakthovdingen hadde med seg.
And the walls round Jerusalem were broken down by the Chaldaean army which was with the captain.
11 Resten av folket som var att i byen, og svikararne som hadde gjenge yver til Babel-kongen, og resten av ålmugen, vart burtførd av Nebuzaradan, livvakthovdingen.
And the rest of the people who were still in the town, and all those who had given themselves up to the king of Babylon, and all the rest of the workmen, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, took away as prisoners;
12 Nokre av fatigfolket i landet let han vera att til å arbeida i vinhagarne og på åkrarne.
But he let the poorest of the land go on living there, to take care of the vines and the fields.
13 Koparsulorne i Herrens hus, fotstykki og koparhavet i Herrens hus, braut kaldæarane sund, og tok koparen med seg til Babel.
And the brass pillars in the house of the Lord, and the wheeled bases, and the great brass water-vessel in the house of the Lord, were broken up by the Chaldaeans, who took the brass to Babylon.
14 Og dei tok oskefati og eldskuflerne og ljossakserne og skålerne og alle kopargogner som dei hadde til gudstenesta.
And the pots and the spades and the scissors for the lights and the spoons, and all the brass vessels used in the Lord's house, they took away.
15 Livvakthovdingen tok og glodpannorne og blodbollarne, og alt som var av skirt gull og av skirt sylv.
And the fire-trays and the basins; the gold of the gold vessels and the silver of the silver vessels, were all taken away by the captain of the armed men.
16 Tvo sulor og eit hav og fotstykki som Salomo hadde laga åt Herrens hus - koparen i alle desse gognerne var ikkje vegande.
The two pillars, the great water-vessel and the wheeled bases, which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
17 Den eine sula var attan alner høg, og ovanpå den var det eit koparhovud, og hovudet var tri alner høgt; rundt ikring hovudet var det eit net og granateple, alt av kopar; og sameleis var det med netet på den andre sula.
One of the pillars was eighteen cubits high, with a crown of brass on it; the crown was three cubits high, circled with a network and apples all of brass; and the second pillar had the same.
18 Livvakthovdingen tok øvstepresten Seraja og næst-øvste presten Sefanja og dei tri dørstokkvaktarane,
And the captain of the armed men took Seraiah, the chief priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and the three door-keepers;
19 og frå byen tok han ein hirdmann som uppsynsmann yver herfolket, og fem som han råka på i byen av næmaste lagsfolket hjå kongen, dessutan skrivaren åt herhovdingen, han som skreiv ut landsfolket til hertenesta, og seksti andre landsfolk han råka på i byen.
And from the town he took the unsexed servant who was over the men of war, and five of the king's near friends who were in the town, and the scribe of the captain of the army, who was responsible for getting the people of the land together in military order, and sixty men of the people of the land who were in the town.
20 Alle desse tok livvakthovdingen Nebuzaradan med seg til Ribla til Babel-kongen.
These Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, took with him to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
21 Og Babel-kongen slo deim i hel der i Ribla i Hamatlandet. Soleis vart Juda burtført frå landet sitt.
And the king of Babylon put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was taken away prisoner from his land.
22 Babel-kongen Nebukadnessar sette Gedalja, son åt Ahikam Safansson, til jarl yver det folket som var att i Judalandet, dei som han let vera att.
As for the people who were still living in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, did not take away, he made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler over them.
23 Då alle herhovdingarne og hermennerne deira fekk greida på at Babel-kongen hadde sett inn Gedalja, kom dei til Gedalja i Mispa: Ismael Netanjason, og Johanan Kareahsson og Seraja Tanhumetson frå Netofa og Ja’asanja, son åt ein mann frå Ma’aka, dei og mennerne deira.
Now the captains of the armed forces, hearing that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah ruler, came with their men to Gedaliah at Mizpah; Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah, the son of the Maacathite, came with all their men.
24 Gedalja gjorde eid til deim og hermennerne deira, og sagde med deim: «Ver ikkje rædde for kaldæartenarane! Set bu i landet, og gjev dykk under Babel-kongen, so vil det ganga dykk vel.»
Then Gedaliah gave his oath to them and their men, saying, Have no fear because of the servants of the Chaldaeans; go on living in the land under the rule of the king of Babylon, and all will be well.
25 Men i den sjuande månaden kom Ismael, son åt Netanja Elisamason, ein mann av kongsætti, med ti mann og slo i hel Gedalja og dei jødar og kaldæarar som var hjå honom i Mispa.
But in the seventh month, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the king's seed, came with ten men and made an attack on Gedaliah, causing his death and the death of the Jews and the Chaldaeans who were with him at Mizpah.
26 So tok herhovdingarne og heile folket, unge og gamle, og gav seg på veg ut til Egyptarland; dei var rædde for kaldæarane.
Then all the people, small and great, and the captains of the forces, got up and went away to Egypt, for fear of the Chaldaeans.
27 I det sju og trettiande året etter Juda-kongen Jojakin var burtførd, sju og tjugande dagen i tolvte månaden, gav Evil-Merodak, Babel-kongen - same året som han vart konge - Jojakin, Juda-kongen, uppreisnad og fria honom or fangehuset.
And in the thirty-seventh year after Jehoiachin, king of Judah, had been taken prisoner, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-merodach, king of Babylon, in the first year of his rule, took Jehoiachin, king of Judah, out of prison;
28 Han helsa honom venleg med han og gav honom fremste sessen millom dei kongarne som var hjå honom i Babel.
And said kind words to him, and put his seat higher than the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
29 Han fekk leggja av seg fangebunaden, og gjekk kvar dag til kongens bord, so lenge han livde.
And his prison clothing was changed, and he was a guest at the king's table every day for the rest of his life.
30 Kost og tæring naut han dagvisst på kongens kostnad, til kvar dag det han trong for dagen, heile si livetid.
And for his food, the king gave him a regular amount every day for the rest of his life.
