1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. 2 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
4 And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain. 5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him. 6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. 7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: 9 And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he with fire. 10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. 11 Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carry away. 12 But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. 13 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon. 14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. 15 And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away. 16 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight. 17 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
18 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: 19 And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king’s presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city: 20 And Nebuzar-adan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah: 21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
22 And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler. 23 And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. 24 And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you. 25 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah. 26 And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.
27 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth 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 And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon; 29 And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life. 30 And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
1 西底家作王第九年十月十日, 巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒率领他的全军来攻打耶路撒冷; 他们在城外安营, 又在四围筑垒攻城。
2 于是, 城被围困, 直到西底家王第十一年。
3 四月九日, 城里饥荒非常严重, 甚至那地的人民都断了粮食。
4 城终于被攻破了, 所有的战士就在夜间从靠近王的花园的两墙中间的那门, 逃跑出城。那时迦勒底人在四围攻城; 他就往亚拉巴的方向逃走。
5 迦勒底人的军队追赶王, 在耶利哥的原野上把他追上了; 他的全军都离开他四散了。
6 他们把王擒住, 把他解到利比拉巴比伦王那里; 他们就宣判他的罪。
7 他们又在西底家眼前杀了他的众子, 并且把西底家的眼睛弄瞎, 然后用铜链锁住他, 把他带到巴比伦去。
8 五月七日, 就是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒第十九年, 巴比伦王的大臣, 护卫长尼布撒拉旦来到耶路撒冷。
9 他放火焚烧耶和华的殿和王宫, 以及耶路撒冷一切房屋; 一切高大的房屋, 他都放火烧了。
10 跟随护卫长的迦勒底人全军拆毁了耶路撒冷周围的城墙。
11 至于城中剩下的人民, 和已经向巴比伦王投降的人, 以及剩下的民众, 护卫长尼布撒拉旦都掳了去。
12 至于那地最贫穷的人, 护卫长把他们留下, 去修理葡萄园和耕种田地。
13 耶和华殿的铜柱, 以及耶和华殿的铜座和铜海, 迦勒底人都打碎了, 把铜运到巴比伦去。
14 他们又把锅、铲子、烛剪、碟子和敬拜用的一切铜器都拿去了。
15 此外, 火鼎和碗, 无论是金的或是银的, 护卫长都拿去了。
16 所罗门为耶和华殿所做的两根铜柱、一个铜海和十个铜座, 这一切器皿的铜, 重得无法可称。
17 铜柱每根高八公尺, 柱上有铜柱头; 柱头高一公尺三公寸, 柱头四周有网子和石榴都是铜的; 另一根柱子同样也有网子。
18 护卫长拿住祭司长西莱雅、副祭司长西番亚和三个守门的;
19 又从城里拿住一个管理军兵的官长, 并且在城里搜获常见王面的五个人, 和一个负责召募当地人民的军长书记, 又在城中搜获六十个当地的人民。
20 护卫长尼布撒拉旦把他们拿住, 带到利比拉巴比伦王那里。
21 巴比伦王击杀他们, 在哈马地的利比拉把他们处死。这样, 犹大人被掳, 离开了他们的国土。
22 至于在犹大地剩下来的人民, 就是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒留下来的, 巴比伦王委派沙番的孙子、亚希甘的儿子基大利管理他们。
23 众将领和他们的士兵, 听见巴比伦王委派了基大利, 他们就来到米斯巴去见基大利; 其中有尼探雅的儿子以实玛利、加利亚的儿子约哈难、尼陀法人单户篾的儿子西莱雅、玛迦人的儿子雅撒尼亚, 以及他们的士兵。
24 基大利向他们和他们的士兵起誓, 又对他们说: "你们不必惧怕迦勒底的官员, 只管住在这地, 服事巴比伦王, 就可以平安无事。"
25 但在七月的时候, 王裔以利沙玛的孙子、尼探雅的儿子以实玛利, 带了十个人和他一起, 他们袭击基大利, 把他杀死, 和他一起在米斯巴的犹大人和迦勒底人, 也被杀死。
26 因此, 众民无论大小, 以及众将领都起来逃往埃及去, 因为他们惧怕迦勒底人。
27 犹大王约雅斤被掳后第三十七年, 就是巴比伦王以未.米罗达登基的那一年, 十二月二十七日, 他恩待("恩待"原文作"使抬起头来")犹大王约雅斤, 把他从狱中领出来,
28 并且安慰他, 使他的地位高过和他一起在巴比伦的众王。
29 又换下他的囚衣, 赐他终生常在王面前吃饭。
30 他的生活费用, 在他一生的年日中, 每日不断由王供应。