¹Zgodi se pa v devetem letu kraljevanja njegovega, deseti dan desetega meseca, da pride Nebukadnezar, kralj babilonski, in vsa vojska njegova zoper Jeruzalem in se utabori proti njemu. In naredili so obležne ogradbe okrog njega.

¹And it cometh to pass, in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth of the month, come hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, he and all his force, against Jerusalem, and encampeth against it, and buildeth against it a fortification round about.

²In mesto je bilo oblegano do enajstega leta kralja Zedekija.

²And the city entereth into siege till the eleventh year of king Zedekiah,

³Deveti dan četrtega meseca je bila huda lakota v mestu, in ni bilo kruha za ljudstvo dežele.

³on the ninth of the month — when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath not been bread for the people of the land,

⁴Tedaj je bilo mesto predrto, in vsi vojščaki so pobegnili po noči skozi vrata med dvojnim zidom, ki so bila poleg kraljevega vrta (Kaldejci pa so oblegali mesto kroginkrog); in kralj je šel po poti proti nižini.

⁴then the city is broken up, and all the men of war [go] by night the way of the gate, between the two walls that [are] by the garden of the king, and the Chaldeans [are] against the city round about, and [the king] goeth the way of the plain.

⁵Ali vojska Kaldejcev se drevi za kraljem in ga dohiti na planjavah ob Jerihu; vsa vojska njegova pa se je bila razkropila od njega.

⁵And the force of the Chaldeans pursue after the king, and overtake him in the plains of Jericho, and all his force have been scattered from him;

⁶Tedaj ujamejo kralja ter ga pripeljejo gori h kralju babilonskemu v Riblo; in izrekli so sodbo nad njim.

⁶and they seize the king, and bring him up unto the king of Babylon, to Riblah, and they speak with him — judgment.

⁷In poklali so sinove Zedekijeve njemu pred očmi, potem so mu oslepili oči ter ga zvezali z dvema bronastima verigama in ga odpeljali na Babilonsko.

⁷And the sons of Zedekiah they have slaughtered before his eyes, and the eyes of Zedekiah he hath blinded, and bindeth him with brazen fetters, and they bring him to Babylon.

⁸Potem pride sedmi dan petega meseca, ko je bilo devetnajsto leto kralja Nebukadnezarja, kralja babilonskega, Nebuzaradan, glavar telesne straže, služabnik kralja babilonskega, v Jeruzalem,

⁸And in the fifth month, on the seventh of the month (it [is] the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), hath Nebuzaradan chief of the executioners, servant of the king of Babylon, come to Jerusalem,

⁹in požge hišo GOSPODOVO in hišo kraljevo in vse hiše v Jeruzalemu, namreč vsako večjo hišo požge z ognjem.

⁹and he burneth the house of Jehovah, and the house of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem, yea, every great house he hath burned with fire;

¹⁰In vsa vojska Kaldejcev, kar je je bilo z glavarjem straže, poruši zidove jeruzalemske okroginokrog.

¹⁰and the walls of Jerusalem round about have all the forces of the Chaldeans, who [are] with the chief of the executioners, broken down.

¹¹Preostanek ljudstva pa, kar ga je ostalo v mestu, in uskoke, ki so odpadli h kralju babilonskemu, in ostanek množice odpelje ujete Nebuzaradan, glavar telesne straže.

¹¹And the rest of the people, those left in the city, and those falling who have fallen to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude, hath Nebuzaradan chief of the executioners removed;

¹²Samo iz najubožnejših ljudstva jih je pustil ondi glavar straže, da naj bodo vinogradniki in kmetovalci.

¹²and of the poor of the land hath the chief of the executioners left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.

¹³In bronasta stebra, ki sta bila v hiši GOSPODOVI, in stojala in bronasto morje, ki je bilo v hiši GOSPODOVI, so razbili Kaldejci ter odnesli njih bron v Babilon.

¹³And the pillars of brass that [are] in the house of Jehovah, and the bases, and the sea of brass, that [is] in the house of Jehovah, have the Chaldeans broken in pieces, and bear away their brass to Babylon.

¹⁴Tako tudi lonce, lopate, utrinjače in torila in vse bronasto orodje, s katerim se je opravljala služba, so odnesli.

¹⁴And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they minister they have taken,

¹⁵Tudi ponve in čaše, kar je bilo od zlata, v zlatu, kar od srebra, v srebru je vzel glavar telesne straže.

¹⁵and the fire-pans, and the bowls that [are] wholly of silver, hath the chief of the executioners taken.

¹⁶Tista dva stebra, eno morje in stojala, ki jih je bil napravil Salomon za hišo GOSPODOVO; tehtati ni bilo mogoče brona od vseh teh priprav.

¹⁶The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases that Solomon made for the house of Jehovah, there was no weighing of the brass of all these vessels;

¹⁷Višina enega stebra je bila osemnajst komolcev in glavič na njem je bil iz brona, in višina glaviča je bila tri komolce z mrežastim delom in granatnimi jabolki na glaviču kroginkrog, vse iz brona; in enako tem je imel drugi steber na glaviču.

¹⁷eighteen cubits [is] the height of the one pillar, and the chapiter on it [is] of brass, and the height of the chapiter [is] three cubits, and the net and the pomegranates [are] on the chapiter round about — the whole [is] of brass; and like these hath the second pillar, with the net.

¹⁸In glavar telesne straže je vzel Seraja, prvega duhovnika, in Zefanija, drugega duhovnika, in tri čuvaje pri vratih;

¹⁸And the chief of the executioners taketh Seraiah the head priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold,

¹⁹iz mesta pa je vzel enega dvornika, ki je bil postavljen nad vojščaki, in pet mož izmed tistih, ki so bili kralju najbližji in so se našli v mestu, in pisarja, vojnega poveljnika, ki je nabiral vojsko iz deželnega ljudstva, in šestdeset mož iz deželnega ljudstva, ki so se našli v mestu:

¹⁹and out of the city he hath taken a certain eunuch who is appointed over the men of war, and five men of those seeing the king`s face who have been found in the city, and the head scribe of the host, who mustereth the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who are found in the city,

²⁰te je vzel Nebuzaradan, glavar telesne straže, ter jih odpeljal h kralju babilonskemu v Riblo.

²⁰and Nebuzaradan chief of the executioners taketh them, and causeth them to go unto the king of Babylon, to Libnah,

²¹In kralj babilonski jih je udaril in usmrtil v Ribli, v Hamatski deželi. Tako je bil Juda preseljen v ujetništvo iz dežele svoje.

²¹and the king of Babylon smiteth them, and putteth them to death in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, and he removeth Judah from off its land.

²²Kar se pa tiče ljudstva, ki je ostalo v deželi Judovi, kar ga je pustil ondi Nebukadnezar, kralj babilonski, nad tem je postavil Gedalija, sina Ahikama, sinu Safanovega.

²²And the people that is left in the land of Judah whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon hath left — he appointeth over them Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan.

²³Ko so pa slišali vsi poveljniki trum, oni in njih možje, da je kralj babilonski postavil za namestnika Gedalija, pridejo v Micpo h Gedaliju, zlasti Izmael, sin Netanijev, in Johanan, sin Kareahov, in Seraja, sin Tanhumeta Netofatčana, in Jazanija, sin Maakatijev, oni s svojimi možmi.

²³And all the heads of the forces hear — they and the men — that the king of Babylon hath appointed Gedaliah, and they come in unto Gedaliah, to Mizpah, even Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and Johanan son of Kareah, and Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maachathite — they and their men;

²⁴In Gedalija priseže njim in njih možem ter jim reče: Ne bojte se hlapcev Kaldejcev; ostanite v deželi in služite kralju babilonskemu, tako vam bode dobro.

²⁴and Gedaliah sweareth to them, and to their men, and saith to them, `Be not afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans, dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it is good for you.`

²⁵Zgodi se pa sedmega meseca, da pride Izmael, sin Netanijev, sinu Elisamovega, iz kraljevega roda, in ž njim deset mož, in udarijo Gedalija, da umrje, tudi Jude in Kaldejce, ki so bili ž njim v Micpi.

²⁵And it cometh to pass, in the seventh month, come hath Ishmael son of Nathaniah, son of Elishama of the seed of the kingdom, and ten men with him, and they smite Gedaliah, and he dieth, and the Jews and the Chaldeans who have been with him in Mizpah.

²⁶In vse ljudstvo, malo in veliko, in poveljniki trum vstanejo ter odidejo v Egipt; bali so se namreč Kaldejcev.

²⁶And all the people rise, from small even unto great, and the heads of the forces, and come in to Egypt, for they have been afraid of the presence of the Chaldeans.

²⁷Zgodi se pa v tridesetem in sedmem letu ujetništva Jojahinovega, kralja Judovega, dvanajsti mesec, sedemindvajseti dan meseca, da je Evil Merodah, kralj babilonski, v letu, ko je začel kraljevati, povišal glavo Jojahina, kralja Judovega, izpeljavši ga iz ječe.

²⁷And it cometh to pass, in the thirty and seventh year of the removal of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty and seventh of the month hath Evil-Merodach king of Babylon lifted up, in the year of his reigning, the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, out of the house of restraint,

²⁸In govoril je prijazno ž njim in prestol njegov je postavil nad prestol kraljev, ki so bili ž njim v Babilonu.

²⁸and speaketh with him good things and putteth his throne above the throne of the kings who [are] with him in Babylon,

²⁹In premenil mu je jetniško obleko; in je jedel kruh pred kraljem vedno, vse dni življenja svojega.Kajti živež njegov, stalen živež mu je dajal kralj, odmerjen za vsak dan, vse dni njegovega življenja.

²⁹and hath changed the garments of his restraint, and he hath eaten bread continually before him all days of his life,

³⁰Kajti živež njegov, stalen živež mu je dajal kralj, odmerjen za vsak dan, vse dni njegovega življenja.

³⁰and his allowance — a continual allowance — hath been given to him from the king, the matter of a day in its day, all days of his life.