2 Kings 25
1 On January 15 of the ninth year that Zedekiah had been ruling, King Nebuchadnezzar arrived with his whole army, and they surrounded Jerusalem. They built ramps [made of dirt against the walls of the city], so that they could climb up the ramps and attack the city.
El año noveno de su reinado, el día diez del mes décimo llegó el rey de Babilonia, él y todo su ejército, contra Jerusalén y asentó su campamento frente a ella. Levantaron terraplenes en derredor de la misma,
2 They did that for two years.
y la ciudad quedó sitiada hasta el año undécimo del rey Sedecías.
3 After Zedekiah had been ruling for eleven years, the (famine/shortage of food) had become very bad. All their food was gone.
El día nueve del mes cuando era grande el hambre en la ciudad y no había ya pan para el pueblo del país,
4 On July 18 of that year, the Babylonian soldiers broke through part of the city wall, [and that enabled them to enter the city]. All the soldiers of Judah [wanted to escape]. But the Babylonian soldiers surrounded the city, so the [king and] the soldiers of Judah waited until it was nighttime. Then they fled through the gate that was between the two walls near the king’s park. They ran across the fields and started to go down to the Jordan [River] Valley.
abrieron una brecha en la ciudad, y toda la gente de guerra (huyó) de noche por el camino de la puerta entre los dos muros, situada cerca del jardín del rey, mientras los caldeos tenían rodeada la ciudad. (Sedecías) se dirigió hacia el Arabá;
5 But the Babylonian soldiers chased/ran after them. They caught the king when he was by himself in the valley near the Jordan River. He was by himself because all his soldiers had abandoned him.
pero el ejército de los caldeos persiguió al rey. Le alcanzaron en los llanos de Jericó, y todo su ejército se dispersó y le abandonó.
6 The Babylonian soldiers took King Zedekiah to Riblah [city] in Babylon. There the king of Babylon decided what they would do to punish him.
Tomaron prisionero al rey y lo llevaron al rey de Babilonia, a Rebla, donde lo sentenciaron.
7 There the king of Babylon forced Zedekiah to watch as the Babylonian soldiers killed all of Zedekiah’s sons. Then they gouged out Zedekiah’s eyes. They put bronze chains on [his hands and feet] and then they took him to Babylon.
Degollaron a los hijos de Sedecías en su presencia; a Sedecías le sacaron los ojos, le ataron con cadenas de bronce, y le llevaron a Babilonia.
8 On August 14 of that year, after Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling for 19 years, Nebuzaradan arrived in Jerusalem. He was one of king Nebuchadnezzar’s officials and captain of the men that guarded the king.
El día séptimo del mes quinto —era el año diez y nueve del rey Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia— Nabuzardán, jefe de la guardia y servidor del rey de Babilonia, entró en Jerusalén;
9 He [commanded his soldiers to] burn down the temple of Yahweh, the king’s palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. So they burned down all the important buildings in the city.
quemó la Casa de Yahvé y la casa del rey y entregó a las llamas todas las casas de Jerusalén y todos los grandes edificios.
10 Then Nebuzaradan supervised all the soldiers of the Babylonian army as they tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
Y todo el ejército de los caldeos que acompañaban al jefe de la guardia, derribó los muros que rodeaban a Jerusalén.
11 Then he and his soldiers took to Babylon the people who were still living in the city, the other people [who lived in that area], and the soldiers who had previously surrendered to the Babylonian army.
Nabuzardán, jefe de la guardia, llevó cautivo el resto del pueblo que había quedado en la ciudad, y los desertores que se habían pasado al rey de Babilonia y, además, el resto del pueblo común.
12 But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the very poor people to stay in Judah to take care of the vineyards and [to plant crops in] the fields.
El jefe de la guardia dejó solamente a algunos de los más pobres del país como viñadores y labradores.
13 The Babylonian soldiers broke into pieces the bronze pillars, the bronze carts with wheels, and the huge bronze basin, all of which were in the temple courtyard, and they took all the bronze to Babylon.
Los caldeos hicieron pedazos las columnas de bronce que había en la Casa de Yahvé, como también las basas y el mar de bronce que había en la misma y se llevaron el bronce a Babilonia.
14 They also took the pots, the shovels, the instruments for (snuffing out/extinguishing) [the wicks of] the lamps, the dishes, and all the other bronze items that the Israeli priests had used for offering sacrifices at the temple.
Se apoderaron de los calderos, de las paletas, de los cuchillos, de los tazones y de todos los instrumentos de bronce con que se hacía el servicio.
15 The soldiers also took away the (firepans/trays for carrying burning coals), the basins, and [all the other] items made of pure gold or pure silver.
El jefe de la guardia se llevó también los incensarios y los aspersorios, todo cuanto había de oro y de plata.
16 The bronze from the two pillars, the carts with wheels, and the huge basin were very heavy; they could not be weighed. (Those things had been made/A man named Hiram had made these things) for the temple when Solomon [was the king of Israel].
Las dos columnas, el mar y las basas que Salomón había hecho para la Casa de Yahvé, todos estos objetos de bronce tenían un peso incalculable.
17 Each of the pillars was (27 feet/8 meters) tall. The bronze capital/top of each pillar was (7-1/2 feet/2.3 meters) high. They were each decorated all around with something that looked like a net made of bronze chains connecting bronze pomegranates.
Una columna tenía diez y ocho codos de altura; sobre ella estaba un capitel de bronce, de tres codos de altura, y alrededor del capitel había una red y granadas, todo ello de bronce. Así era también la segunda columna, con su red.
18 Nebuzaradan took with him to Babylon Seraiah the Supreme Priest, Zephaniah his assistant, and the three men who guarded the entrance [to the temple].
El jefe de la guardia se llevó también al Sumo Sacerdote Saraías, a Sofonías, segundo sacerdote, y a los tres guardianes de la puerta.
19 And they found people who were still hiding in Jerusalem. From those people he took one officer from the Judean army, five of the king’s advisors, the chief secretary of the army commander who was in charge of recruiting men to join the army, and 60 other important Judean men.
Se llevó, asimismo, de la ciudad a un oficial que tenía a su cargo la gente de guerra, y cinco hombres de los consejeros del rey, que se hallaban en la ciudad; al secretario del jefe del ejército que hacía el alistamiento del pueblo del país, con sesenta hombres del pueblo del país, que se hallaron en la ciudad.
20 Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon at Riblah [city].
Nabuzardán, jefe de la guardia, los tomó y los llevó al rey de Babilonia, a Rebla.
21 There at Riblah, in Hamath province, the king of Babylon commanded that they all be executed. That is what happened when the people of Judah were (taken forcefully/exiled) from their land [to Babylon].
El rey de Babilonia les hirió y les dio muerte en Rebla, en el país de Hamat. Así Judá fue llevado cautivo fuera de su tierra.
22 Then King Nebuchadnezzar appointed Gedaliah, who was the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, to be the governor of the people who were still living in Judah.
Sobre el resto del pueblo del país de Judá que Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, había dejado, puso (el rey) a Godolías, hijo de Ahicam, hijo de Safán.
23 When all the army captains of Judah and their soldiers who had not surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar found out that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah to be the governor, they met with him at Mizpah [town]. These army captains were Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth from Netophah [town], and Jaazaniah from the Maacah region.
Todos los jefes de las tropas, ellos y su gente, cuando supieron que el rey de Babilonia había nombrado gobernador a Godolías, vinieron acompañados de sus gentes, a Godolías, a Masfá; a saber, Ismael, hijo de Natanías; Johanán, hijo de Caree; Saraías, hijo de Tanhumet, netofatita, y Jezonías, hijo del Maacateo;
24 Gedaliah solemnly promised them [that the officials from Babylon were not planning to harm them]. He said, “You may live in this land [without being afraid] and serve the king of Babylon, and [if you do], everything will go well for you.”
Godolías les juró, a ellos y a sus hombres, diciéndoles: “No temáis nada de los capitanes de los caldeos; permaneced en el país y servid al rey de Babilonia, y os irá bien”.
25 But in October of that year, Ishmael, whose grandfather Elishama was one of the relatives of the descendants of King David, went to Mizpah along with ten other men and assassinated/killed Gedaliah and all the men who were with him. There were also men from Judah and men from Babylon whom they assassinated.
Pero el séptimo mes vino Ismael, hijo de Natanías, hijo de Elisamá, oriundo de la familia real, y diez hombres con él, e hirieron mortalmente a Godolías, lo mismo que a los judíos y a los caldeos que estaban con él en Masfá.
26 Then many [HYP] of the people from Judah, important people and unimportant ones, and the army captains, were very afraid of [what] the Babylonians [would do to them], so they fled to Egypt.
Entonces se levantó todo el pueblo, desde los chicos hasta los grandes, con los jefes de las tropas, y se fueron a Egipto; porque temían a los caldeos.
27 Thirty-seven years after King Jehoiachin of Judah was taken to Babylon, [Nebuchadnezzar’s son] Evil-Merodach became the king of Babylon. He was kind to Jehoiachin, and on April 2 of that year, he released/freed Jehoiachin from prison.
El año treinta y siete del cautiverio de Joaquín, rey de Judá, el veintisiete del mes duodécimo, Evilmerodac, rey de Babilonia, que llevaba el año primero de su reinado, elevó la cabeza de Joaquín, rey de Judá, sacándolo de la cárcel.
28 He always spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and honored him more than the other kings who had been taken/exiled to Babylon.
Habló con él bondadosamente, y puso su trono sobre los tronos de los reyes que estaban con él en Babilonia.
29 He gave Jehoiachin new clothes to replace the clothes that he had been wearing in prison, and he allowed Jehoiachin to eat at the king’s table every day for the rest of his life.
Le cambió sus vestidos de preso, y (Joaquín) comía siempre en su presencia, todos los días de su vida.
30 The king of Babylon also gave him money every day, so that he could buy the things that he needed. The king continued to do that until Jehoiachin died.
Le fue dado su sustento de parte del rey, en forma perpetua, según la necesidad de cada día, durante todo el tiempo de su vida.
