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Dhiciddii Yeruusaalem

25 Oo sannaddii sagaalaad oo boqornimadiisa bishii tobnaad maalinteedii tobnaad ayaa Nebukadnesar oo ahaa boqorkii Baabuloon iyo ciidankiisii Yeruusaalem ku kaceen, oo intay hor degeen ayay qalcado hareereheeda ka dhisteen. Oo sidaasay magaaladii u hareeraysnayd tan iyo sannaddii kow iyo tobnaad oo Boqor Sidqiyaah. Oo maalintii sagaalaad oo bishii afraad ayaa abaartii magaaladii aad iyo aad ugu xumaatay, oo sidaas daraaddeed dadkii dalka degganaa cunto ma haysan. Markaasaa meel magaalada ahayd la jebiyey, oo raggii dagaalka oo dhammu intay habeennimo carareen ayay mareen jidkii iriddii u dhexaysay labada derbi oo ku ag tiil beertii boqorka; oo boqorkiina wuxuu maray jidkii Caraabaah. (Haddaba reer Kaldayiin waxay ku wareegsanaayeen magaalada.) Laakiinse ciidankii reer Kaldayiin ayaa boqorkii eryaday, oo waxay ku gaadheen bannaannadii Yerixoo; oo ciidankiisii oo dhammuna way ka kala firdheen. Oo markaasay boqorkii qabsadeen oo boqorkii Baabuloon ugu geeyeen Riblaah, wayna xukumeen. Oo Sidqiyaah wiilashiisiina hortiisay ku laayeen, dabadeedna Sidqiyaah indhihii bay ka soo bixiyeen, silsiladona bay ku xidheen, oo waxay u kaxeeyeen Baabuloon.

Haddaba bishii shanaad, maalinteedii toddobaad oo ahayd sannaddii sagaal iyo tobnaad oo Nebukadnesar boqorkii Baabuloon ayaa waxaa Yeruusaalem yimid Nebuusaradaan oo ahaa sirkaalkii askarta oo ahaa addoonkii boqorkii Baabuloon. Markaasuu gubay gurigii Rabbiga iyo gurigii boqorka; oo wuxuu kaloo gubay guryihii Yeruusaalem oo dhan, kuwaasoo ahaa guri kasta oo weyn. 10 Markaasaa ciidankii reer Kaldayiin oo dhan oo la socday sirkaalkii askarta waxay wada dumiyeen derbiyadii Yeruusaalem ku wareegsanaa. 11 Oo Nebuusaradaan wuxuu maxaabiis ahaan u kaxaystay dadkii magaalada ku hadhay, iyo kuwii cararay oo u galay boqorkii Baabuloon, iyo intii dadkii faraha badnaa ka hadhay. 12 Laakiinse sirkaalkii askartu wuxuu ka tegey dadkii waddanka ugu liitay inay ahaadaan kuwa canabka iyo beeraha kale ka shaqeeya. 13 Markaasaa reer Kaldayiin jejebiyeen tiirarkii naxaasta ahaa oo guriga Rabbiga ku jiray, iyo saldhigyadii iyo berkeddii naxaasta ahayd oo guriga Rabbiga ku jiray, oo naxaastoodiina waxay u qaadeen Baabuloon. 14 Oo waxay kaloo qaadeen dheryihii, iyo majarafadihii, iyo alaabta laambadaha lagu safayn jiray, iyo malgacadihii, iyo weelashii naxaasta ahaa oo lagu adeegi jiray oo dhan. 15 Oo sirkaalkii askartu wuxuu la tegey dabqaadayaashii, iyo maddiibadihii; intii dahabka ahayd, dahab ahaan buu u qaaday, intii lacagta ahaydna lacag ahaan. 16 Labadii tiir, iyo berkeddii, iyo saldhigyadii uu Sulaymaan u sameeyey gurigii Rabbiga, dhammaan weelashaas naxaastoodu miisaan ma lahayn. 17 Oo tiirarka midkood sarajooggiisu wuxuu ahaa siddeed iyo toban dhudhun, oo korkiisana waxaa sarnaa taaj naxaas ah; oo taajka sarajooggiisuna wuxuu ahaa saddex dhudhun, wuxuuna lahaa shabag iyo rummaanno taajka ku wareegsan, oo kulligoodna waxay ahaayeen naxaas; tiirkii labaadna waxan oo kaluu lahaa iyo shabag. 18 Oo sirkaalkii askartu wuxuu kaloo kaxaystay Seraayaah oo ahaa wadaadkii sare, iyo Sefanyaah oo ahaa wadaadkii labaad, iyo saddexdii iridjoog; 19 oo wuxuu magaaladii kala soo baxay sirkaal u sarreeyey raggii dagaalyahanka ahaa, iyo shan nin oo ka mid ahaa kuwii boqorka hor joogi jiray oo magaaladii laga dhex helay, iyo karraanigii sirkaalka ciidanka ee ururin jiray dadkii waddanka, iyo lixdan nin oo ahaa dadkii dalka degganaa oo magaaladii laga dhex helay. 20 Markaasaa Nebuusaradaan oo ahaa sirkaalkii askartu iyagii kaxeeyey, oo Riblaah ugu geeyey boqorkii Baabuloon. 21 Markaasaa boqorkii Baabuloon iyagii ku laayay Riblaah oo ku taal dalka Xamaad. Oo sidaasaa dadkii Yahuudah dalkoodii looga kaxaystay iyagoo maxaabiis ah. 22 Oo dadkii dalka Yahuudah lagaga tegey oo Nebukadnesar oo boqorkii Baabuloon ahaa uu uga tegey, kuwaas wuxuu taliye uga dhigay Gedalyaah ina Axiiqaam oo ahaa ina Shaafaan.

23 Haddaba saraakiishii ciidammada oo dhammu iyaga iyo raggoodii markay maqleen in boqorkii Baabuloon uu Gedalyaah ka dhigay taliye ayay Gedalyaah ugu yimaadeen Misfaah, oo kuwaasu waxay ahaayeen Ismaaciil ina Netanyaah, iyo Yooxaanaan ina Qaaree'ax, iyo Seraayaah ina Tanhumed oo reer Netofaah ahaa, iyo Ya'asanyaah oo uu dhalay kii reer Macakaad, iyagii iyo raggoodiiba. 24 Markaasaa Gedalyaah u dhaartay iyagii iyo raggoodiiba, oo ku yidhi, Ha ka cabsanina addoommada reer Kaldayiin; haddaba dalka degganaada oo boqorka Baabuloon u adeega, oo waad nabdoonaan doontaan. 25 Laakiinse bishii toddobaad Ismaaciil ina Netanyaah oo ahaa ina Eliishaamaac oo farcankii reer boqor ahaa ayaa yimid, isagoo toban nin wata, markaasuu dilay Gedalyaah oo uu dhintay, isaga iyo Yuhuuddii iyo reer Kaldayiin oo isaga Misfaah la joogayba. 26 Markaasaa dadkii oo dhan yar iyo weynba iyo saraakiishii ciidammada way kaceen oo waxay tageen Masar, waayo, waxay ka cabsadeen reer Kaldayiin.

Yehooyaakiin Oo Xabsigii Laga Sii Daayey

27 Oo sannaddii toddoba iyo soddonaad intii boqorkii dalkii Yahuudah oo Yehooyaakiin ahaa uu xidhnaa, bishii laba iyo tobnaad, maalinteedii toddoba iyo labaatanaad, Ewiil Merodag oo ahaa boqorkii Baabuloon sannaddii uu boqor noqday ayuu xabsigii ka soo bixiyey Yehooyaakiin oo ahaa boqorkii dalka Yahuudah. 28 Oo si roon buu ula hadlay, oo wuxuu carshigiisii ka kor mariyey carshiyadii boqorradii isagii Baabuloon la joogay. 29 Oo dharkiisii xabsiga ayuu beddelay oo hortiisuu wax ku cuni jiray had iyo jeerba cimrigiisii oo dhanba. 30 Oo xagga masruufkiisana boqorka xaggiisa waxaa laga siin jiray masruuf joogta ah, oo maalin kasta qayb buu heli jiray cimrigiisii oo dhan.

25 So in the ninth(A) year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar(B) king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army. He encamped outside the city and built siege works(C) all around it. The city was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

By the ninth day of the fourth[a] month the famine(D) in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat. Then the city wall was broken through,(E) and the whole army fled at night through the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, though the Babylonians[b] were surrounding(F) the city. They fled toward the Arabah,[c] but the Babylonian[d] army pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his soldiers were separated from him and scattered,(G) and he was captured.(H)

He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah,(I) where sentence was pronounced on him. They killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.(J)

On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard, an official of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. He set fire(K) to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.(L) 10 The whole Babylonian army under the commander of the imperial guard broke down the walls(M) around Jerusalem. 11 Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard carried into exile(N) the people who remained in the city, along with the rest of the populace and those who had deserted to the king of Babylon.(O) 12 But the commander left behind some of the poorest people(P) of the land to work the vineyards and fields.

13 The Babylonians broke(Q) up the bronze pillars, the movable stands and the bronze Sea that were at the temple of the Lord and they carried the bronze to Babylon. 14 They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes(R) and all the bronze articles(S) used in the temple service. 15 The commander of the imperial guard took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—all that were made of pure gold or silver.(T)

16 The bronze from the two pillars, the Sea and the movable stands, which Solomon had made for the temple of the Lord, was more than could be weighed. 17 Each pillar(U) was eighteen cubits[e] high. The bronze capital on top of one pillar was three cubits[f] high and was decorated with a network and pomegranates of bronze all around. The other pillar, with its network, was similar.

18 The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah(V) the chief priest, Zephaniah(W) the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers.(X) 19 Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and five royal advisers. He also took the secretary who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land and sixty of the conscripts who were found in the city. 20 Nebuzaradan the commander took them all and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 21 There at Riblah,(Y) in the land of Hamath, the king had them executed.(Z)

So Judah went into captivity,(AA) away from her land.(AB)

22 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah(AC) son of Ahikam,(AD) the son of Shaphan, to be over the people he had left behind in Judah. 23 When all the army officers and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, Jaazaniah the son of the Maakathite, and their men. 24 Gedaliah took an oath to reassure them and their men. “Do not be afraid of the Babylonian officials,” he said. “Settle down in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.”

25 In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was of royal blood, came with ten men and assassinated(AE) Gedaliah and also the men of Judah and the Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah.(AF) 26 At this, all the people from the least to the greatest, together with the army officers, fled to Egypt(AG) for fear of the Babylonians.

Jehoiachin Released(AH)

27 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, he released Jehoiachin(AI) king of Judah from prison. He did this on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month. 28 He spoke kindly(AJ) to him and gave him a seat of honor(AK) higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. 29 So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table.(AL) 30 Day by day the king gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance as long as he lived.(AM)

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 25:3 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Jer. 52:6); Masoretic Text does not have fourth.
  2. 2 Kings 25:4 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 13, 25 and 26
  3. 2 Kings 25:4 Or the Jordan Valley
  4. 2 Kings 25:5 Or Chaldean; also in verses 10 and 24
  5. 2 Kings 25:17 That is, about 27 feet or about 8.1 meters
  6. 2 Kings 25:17 That is, about 4 1/2 feet or about 1.4 meters