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.
And it came to pass, in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came—he and all his force, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it, —and they built against it a siege wall, round about.
2 Byen vart kringsett til Sidkias ellevte styringsår.
And the city came into the siege, —until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
3 Den niande dagen i månaden røynde svolten hardt på i byen, og landsfolket hadde inkje mat.
On the ninth of the month, when the famine had become severe in the city, —and there had come to be no bread 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.
then was the city broken up, and all the men of war [fled] by night by way of the gate between the two walls, which is by the garden of the king, the Chaldeans being near the city round about, —and he went the way of the Waste Plain;
5 Men kaldæarheren forfylgde kongen og nådde honom att på Moarne ved Jeriko. Alt herfolket sprang frå honom og spreiddest.
and the force of the Chaldeans, pursued, the king, and overtook him in the Waste Plains of Jericho, —and, all his force, was scattered from him.
6 Dei fanga då kongen og førde honom upp til Ribla til Babel-kongen. Der fekk han sin dom.
So they seized the king, and brought him up unto the king of Babylon, at Riblah, —and they pronounced upon him sentence of judgment.
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, the sons of Zedekiah, they slew before his eyes, —and, the eyes of Zedekiah, put they out, and then bound him with fetters of bronze, and brought him into 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.
And, in the fifth month, on the seventh of the month, the same, was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, chief of the royal executioners, servant of the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem;
9 Han brende upp Herrens hus og kongsgarden. Ja, alle husi i Jerusalem, serleg alle storfolk-hus, sette han eld på.
and burned the house of Yahweh, and the house of the king, —yea, all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great man’s house, burned he with fire.
10 Og murarne ikring Jerusalem vart nedrivne av heile den kaldæarheren som livvakthovdingen hadde med seg.
And, the walls of Jerusalem round about, did all the force of the Chaldeans who were with the chief of the royal executioners, break down.
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 residue of the people who were left in the city, and the disheartened who fell away unto the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan, chief of the royal executioners, carry away captive.
12 Nokre av fatigfolket i landet let han vera att til å arbeida i vinhagarne og på åkrarne.
But, of the poorest of the land, did the chief of the royal executioners, leave, for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.
13 Koparsulorne i Herrens hus, fotstykki og koparhavet i Herrens hus, braut kaldæarane sund, og tok koparen med seg til Babel.
And, the pillars of bronze that were in the house of Yahweh, and the stands, and the sea of bronze which was in the house of Yahweh, the Chaldeans brake in pieces, and they carried away the bronze of them to Babylon;
14 Og dei tok oskefati og eldskuflerne og ljossakserne og skålerne og alle kopargogner som dei hadde til gudstenesta.
and, the caldrons, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, even all the utensils of bronze wherewith ministration used to be made, did they take away;
15 Livvakthovdingen tok og glodpannorne og blodbollarne, og alt som var av skirt gull og av skirt sylv.
and, the sprinkling pans and the dashing bowls which were of gold, in gold, and which were of silver, in silver, did, the chief of the royal executions, take away.
16 Tvo sulor og eit hav og fotstykki som Salomo hadde laga åt Herrens hus - koparen i alle desse gognerne var ikkje vegande.
As for the two pillars the one sea and the stands which Solomon made for the house of Yahweh, without weight, was the bronze of all these things.
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.
Eighteen cubits, was the height of each pillar, and, the capital thereupon was of bronze, and, the height of the capital, was three cubits, and, the lattice-work and pomegranates upon the capital round about, the whole, was of bronze; and, like these, had the second pillar, upon the lattice-work.
18 Livvakthovdingen tok øvstepresten Seraja og næst-øvste presten Sefanja og dei tri dørstokkvaktarane,
And the chief of the royal executioners took Seraiah the head priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, —and the three keepers of the entrance hall;
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, out of the city, took he one courtier who himself was set over the men of war, and five men of them who were wont to see the face of the king, who were found in the city, and the scribe—general of the army, who used to muster the people of the land, —and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city;
20 Alle desse tok livvakthovdingen Nebuzaradan med seg til Ribla til Babel-kongen.
and Nebuzaradan, chief of the royal executioners, took them, —and brought them unto 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 smote them and slew them in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, —and thus Judah disappeared from off their own soil.
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.
But, as for the people who were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon left remaining, he set over them Gedaliah, son of Ahikam son of Shaphan.
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.
And, when all the generals of the forces, they and the men, heard that the king of Babylon had given oversight unto Gedaliah, then came they in unto Gedaliah, at Mizpah, —even Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and Johanan son of Kareah, and Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of a Maacathite, they and 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.»
And Gedaliah sware unto them, and to their men, and said to them, Do not fear because of the servants of the Chaldeans, —dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
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.
And it came to pass, in the seventh month, that Ishmael son of Nethaniah a son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, —and the Jews and the Chaldeans 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 arose all the people, both small and great, and the generals of the forces, and came into Egypt, —for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
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 it came to pass, in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, —that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of 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 he spake with him kind words, —and set his throne above the throne of the 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 changed his prison garments, —and he did eat bread continually before him, all the days 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, as his allowance, a continual portion, was given him, from the king, the provision of a day upon its own day, —all the days of his life.
