¹Á níunda ríkisári Sedekía, á tíunda degi hins tíunda mánaðar, kom Nebúkadnesar Babelkonungur með allan sinn her til Jerúsalem og settist um hana, og þeir reistu hervirki hringinn í kringum hana.

¹It happened 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 army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it around it.

²Varð borgin þannig í umsátri fram á ellefta ríkisár Sedekía konungs.

²So the city was besieged to the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

³Í fjórða mánuðinum, á níunda degi mánaðarins, er hungrið tók að sverfa að borginni og landslýður var orðinn vistalaus,

³On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

⁴þá var brotið skarð inn í borgina. Og konungur og allir hermennirnir flýðu um nóttina gegnum hliðið milli beggja múranna, sem er hjá konungsgarðinum, þótt Kaldear umkringdu borgina. Konungur hélt leiðina til sléttlendisins,

⁴Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city around it); and the king went by the way of the Arabah.

⁵en her Kaldea veitti honum eftirför og náði honum á Jeríkóvöllum, er allur her hans hafði tvístrast burt frá honum.

⁵But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

⁶Tóku þeir konung höndum og fluttu hann til Ribla til Babelkonungs. Hann kvað upp dóm hans.

⁶Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment on him.

⁷Drápu þeir sonu Sedekía fyrir augum hans, en Sedekía lét hann blinda og binda eirfjötrum. Síðan fluttu þeir hann til Babýlon.

⁷They killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

⁸Í fimmta mánuði, á sjöunda degi mánaðarins _ það er á nítjánda ríkisári Nebúkadnesars Babelkonungs _ kom Nebúsaradan lífvarðarforingi, vildarþjónn Babelkonungs, til Jerúsalem

⁸Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem.

⁹og brenndi musteri Drottins og konungshöllina og öll hús í Jerúsalem, og öll hús stórmennanna brenndi hann í eldi.

⁹He burnt the house of Yahweh, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burnt he with fire.

¹⁰En allur Kaldeaher, sá er var með lífvarðarforingjanum, reif niður múrana umhverfis Jerúsalem.

¹⁰All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

¹¹En leifar lýðsins _ þá er eftir voru í borginni _ og liðhlaupana, þá er hlaupist höfðu í lið með Babelkonungi og þá sem eftir voru af iðnaðarmönnum, herleiddi Nebúsaradan lífvarðarforingi til Babýlon.

¹¹Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive the residue of the people who were left in the city, and those who fell away, who fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude.

¹²En af almúga landsins lét lífvarðarforinginn nokkra verða eftir sem víngarðsmenn og akurkarla.

¹²But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.

¹³Eirsúlurnar, er voru hjá musteri Drottins, og vagna kerlauganna og eirhafið, er voru í musteri Drottins, brutu Kaldear sundur og fluttu eirinn til Babýlon.

¹³The Chaldeans broke up the pillars of brass that were in the house of Yahweh and the bases and the bronze sea that were in the house of Yahweh, and carried the brass pieces to Babylon.

¹⁴Og katlana, eldspaðana, skarbítana, bollana og öll eiráhöldin, er notuð voru við guðsþjónustuna, tóku þeir.

¹⁴They took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered.

¹⁵Þá tók og lífvarðarforinginn eldpönnurnar og fórnarskálarnar _ allt sem var af gulli og silfri.

¹⁵The captain of the guard took away the fire pans, the basins, that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver.

¹⁶Súlurnar tvær, hafið og vagnana, er Salómon hafði gjöra látið í musteri Drottins _ eirinn úr öllum þessum áhöldum varð eigi veginn.

¹⁶The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh, the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

¹⁷Önnur súlan var átján álnir á hæð, og eirhöfuð var ofan á henni, og höfuðið var fimm álnir á hæð, og riðið net og granatepli voru umhverfis höfuðið, allt af eiri, og eins var á riðna netinu á hinni súlunni.

¹⁷The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was on it; and the height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital around it, all of brass: and like to these had the second pillar with network.

¹⁸Og lífvarðarforinginn tók Seraja höfuðprest og Sefanía annan prest og dyraverðina þrjá.

¹⁸The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:

¹⁹Og úr borginni tók hann hirðmann einn, er skipaður var yfir hermennina, og fimm menn af þeim, er daglega litu auglit konungs, er fundust í borginni, og ritara hershöfðingjans, þess er bauð út landslýðnum, og sextíu manns af sveitafólki, því er fannst í borginni _

¹⁹and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city.

²⁰þá tók Nebúsaradan lífvarðarforingi og flutti þá til Ribla til Babelkonungs.

²⁰Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.

²¹En Babelkonungur lét drepa þá í Ribla í Hamathéraði. Þannig var Júda herleiddur úr landi sínu.

²¹The king of Babylon struck them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.

²²Yfir lýðinn, sem eftir varð í Júda, þann er Nebúkadnesar Babelkonungur lét þar eftir verða, yfir þá setti hann Gedalja, son Ahíkams Safanssonar.

²²As for the people who were left 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, governor.

²³Og er allir hershöfðingjarnir og menn þeirra fréttu, að Babelkonungur hefði skipað Gedalja landstjóra, fóru þeir til Mispa á fund Gedalja, þeir Ísmael Netanjason, Jóhanan Kareason, Seraja Tanhúmetsson frá Netófa og Jaasanja frá Maaka ásamt mönnum sínum.

²³Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even 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, they and their men.

²⁴Vann Gedalja þeim eið og mönnum þeirra og sagði við þá: ,,Óttist eigi Kaldea. Verið kyrrir í landinu og þjónið Babelkonungi, og mun yður vel vegna.``

²⁴Gedaliah swore to them and to their men, and said to them, “Don’t be afraid because of the servants of the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.”

²⁵En á sjöunda mánuði kom Ísmael Netanjason, Elísamasonar, af konungsættinni, og tíu menn með honum, og drápu Gedalja og þá Júdamenn og Kaldea, sem hjá honum voru í Mispa.

²⁵But it happened in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal seed came, and ten men with him, and struck Gedaliah, so that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah.

²⁶Þá tók allur lýðurinn sig upp, bæði smáir og stórir, og hershöfðingjarnir og fóru til Egyptalands, því að þeir voru hræddir við Kaldea.

²⁶All the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.

²⁷Á þrítugasta og sjöunda útlegðarári Jójakíns Júdakonungs, í tólfta mánuðinum, tuttugasta og sjöunda dag mánaðarins, náðaði Evíl Meródak Babelkonungur, árið sem hann kom til ríkis, Jójakín Júdakonung og tók hann úr dýflissunni.

²⁷It happened 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 Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

²⁸Og hann talaði vingjarnlega við hann og setti stól hans ofar stólum hinna konunganna, sem hjá honum voru í Babýlon.Og Jójakín fór úr bandingjafötum sínum og borðaði stöðuglega með konungi meðan hann lifði.

²⁸and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,

²⁹Og Jójakín fór úr bandingjafötum sínum og borðaði stöðuglega með konungi meðan hann lifði.

²⁹and changed his prison garments. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life:

³⁰and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.