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The Fall of Jerusalem

¹Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. ²He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, just as Jehoiakim had done. ³It was because of the Lord’s anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah, and in the end he thrust them from his presence.
Now Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
⁴So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army. They encamped outside the city and built siege works all around it. ⁵The city was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
⁶By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat. ⁷Then the city wall was broken through, and the whole army fled. They left the city at night through the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, though the Babylonians⚓ were surrounding the city. They fled toward the Arabah,⚓ ⁸but the Babylonian⚓ army pursued King Zedekiah and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his soldiers were separated from him and scattered, ⁹and he was captured.
He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced sentence on him. ¹⁰There at Riblah the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; he also killed all the officials of Judah. ¹¹Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon, where he put him in prison till the day of his death.
¹²On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard, who served the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. ¹³He set fire to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down. ¹⁴The whole Babylonian army, under the commander of the imperial guard, broke down all the walls around Jerusalem. ¹⁵Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the rest of the craftsmen⚓ and those who had deserted to the king of Babylon. ¹⁶But Nebuzaradan left behind the rest of the poorest people of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
¹⁷The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars, the movable stands and the bronze Sea that were at the temple of the Lord and they carried all the bronze to Babylon. ¹⁸They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and all the bronze articles used in the temple service. ¹⁹The commander of the imperial guard took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, dishes and bowls used for drink offerings—all that were made of pure gold or silver.
²⁰The bronze from the two pillars, the Sea and the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands, which King Solomon had made for the temple of the Lord, was more than could be weighed. ²¹Each pillar was eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference⚓ ; each was four fingers thick, and hollow. ²²The bronze capital on top of one pillar was five cubits⚓ high and was decorated with a network and pomegranates of bronze all around. The other pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar. ²³There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; the total number of pomegranates above the surrounding network was a hundred.
²⁴The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers. ²⁵Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and seven royal advisers. He also took the secretary who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land, sixty of whom were found in the city. ²⁶Nebuzaradan the commander took them all and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. ²⁷There at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king had them executed.
So Judah went into captivity, away from her land. ²⁸This is the number of the people Nebuchadnezzar carried into exile:
in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews;
²⁹in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year,
832 people from Jerusalem;
³⁰in his twenty-third year,
745 Jews taken into exile by Nebuzaradan the commander of the imperial guard.
There were 4,600 people in all.

Jehoiachin Released

³¹In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, he released Jehoiachin king of Judah and freed him from prison. ³²He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat of honor higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. ³³So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table. ³⁴Day by day the king of Babylon gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance as long as he lived, till the day of his death.

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Plei Yerusalaim Răm Rai

(2 Ƀing Pơtao 24:18–25:7; Yirmeyah 39:1-10)

¹Zidkiyah hlak duapluh-sa thŭn tơdang ñu jing pơtao laih anŭn ñu git gai wai lăng amăng plei Yerusalaim truh kơ pluh-sa thŭn. Amĭ ñu rai mơ̆ng plei Libnah laih anŭn anăn ñu jing HʼHamutal, ană đah kơmơi Yirmeyah.⚓ ²Pơtao Zidkiyah ngă tơlơi sat ƀai ƀơi anăp Yahweh kar hăng ayŏng ñu Yehôyakim hơmâo ngă laih hlâo adih. ³Giŏng anŭn, yuakơ Yahweh hil yơh, Ñu brơi abih bang tơlơi răm rai anŭn truh pơ plei Yerusalaim laih anŭn pơ anih lŏn Yudah. Laih anŭn ƀơi hơnăl tuč, Ñu puh pơđuaĭ hĭ ƀing Yudah mơ̆ng anăp Ñu yơh.⚓
Hlak anŭn, Zidkiyah tơgŭ pơkơdơ̆ng glaĭ hăng pơtao dêh čar Babilon mơ̆n.
⁴Tui anŭn yơh, amăng thŭn tal duapăn rơnŭk pơtao Zidkiyah git gai wai lăng, ƀơi hrơi tal pluh blan tal pluh, Nebukhadnezzar pơtao dêh čar Babilon hrŏm hăng ƀing ling tơhan ñu rai kơsung blah pơkơdơ̆ng glaĭ hăng plei Yerusalaim. Ƀing gơñu dŏ jưh gah rơngiao kơ plei laih anŭn ma̱n pơdơ̆ng đĭ khul bơnư̆ toa kiăng blah hruă jum dar plei yơh.⚓ ⁵Ƀing gơñu blah hruă plei anŭn truh pơ thŭn tal pluh-sa rơnŭk pơtao Zidkiyah git gai wai lăng yơh.
⁶Laih anŭn ƀơi hrơi tal duapăn blan tal pă̱ amăng thŭn anŭn,⚓ hơmâo tơlơi ư̆ rơpa prŏng biă mă amăng plei Yerusalaim tơl ƀu hơmâo gơnam ƀơ̆ng ôh kơ ƀing ană plei kiăng kơ ƀơ̆ng. ⁷Ƀơi hơnăl tuč, ƀing tơhan Babilon pơrai hĭ sa črăn pơnăng plei. Wơ̆t tơdah ƀing Babilon hlak wang dar plei, abih bang ƀing ling tơhan đuaĭ kơdŏp tơdang mlam mơ̆ng amăng ja̱ng kơplăh wăh dua pơnăng plei jĕ đang pơtao. Ƀing gơñu đuaĭ kơdŏp anăp nao pơ tơdron ha̱r Arabah,⚓ ⁸samơ̆ ƀing ling tơhan Babilon kiaŏ mă pơtao Zidkiyah laih anŭn kiaŏ hơma̱o ñu amăng anih tơhnă̱ jĕ plei Yerêhô. Yuakơ abih bang ƀing ling tơhan ñu hơmâo čơlah đuaĭ hĭ laih mơ̆ng ñu bru bra, ⁹tui anŭn, ƀing ling tơhan Babilon mă hĭ Zidkiyah laih anŭn ba ñu nao pơ pơtao dêh čar Babilon ƀơi plei pơnăng Riblah amăng anih lŏn Hamat. Ƀơi plei anŭn yơh ñu klă̱ kơđi kơ gơ̆. ¹⁰Pơtao Babilon anŭn pơdjai hĭ ƀing ană đah rơkơi gơ̆ ƀơi anăp gơ̆ laih anŭn ăt pơdjai hĭ abih bang ƀing khua moa lŏn čar Yudah pơ plei anŭn mơ̆n. ¹¹Giŏng anŭn, ñu khoĕk⚓ hĭ dua gah mơta gơ̆, anŭh hĭ gơ̆ hăng hrĕ čuăk ko̱ng laih anŭn ba gơ̆ nao pơ plei phŭn Babilon yơh. Pơ anŭn arăng krư̆ hĭ gơ̆ amăng sang mơnă hlŏng truh hrơi gơ̆ djai yơh.⚓

Tơlơi Răm Rai Sang Yang

(2 Ƀing Pơtao 25:8-17)

¹²Kơplăh wăh sa blan tơdơi kơ anŭn, jing ƀơi hrơi tal pluh blan tal rơma amăng thŭn tal pluh-duapăn⚓ rơnŭk Nebukhadnezzar ngă pơtao prŏng ƀing Babilon, khua git gai ƀing gak anăn Nebuzaradan, jing sa čô khua moa kơ pơtao prŏng dêh čar Babilon, rai pơ plei Yerusalaim. ¹³Ñu čuh hĭ sang yang Yahweh wơ̆t hăng sang pơtao laih anŭn abih bang sang amăng plei Yerusalaim. Ñu čuh pơrai hĭ abih bang sang yom pơphan yơh.⚓ ¹⁴Abih bang ƀing ling tơhan Babilon, jing ƀing gah yŭ tơlơi dưi khua git gai ƀing gak anŭn, pơglưh pơrai hĭ abih bang pơnăng plei jum dar plei Yerusalaim yơh. ¹⁵Khua git gai ƀing gak Nebuzaradan anŭn mă mơnă hĭ hăng ba nao pơ dêh čar Babilon đơđa ƀing ƀun rin biă mă laih anŭn ƀing dŏ glaĭ amăng lăm plei Yerusalaim hrŏm hăng abih bang khua mă bruă laih anŭn ƀing ling tơhan Yudah đuaĭ nao laih pơ pơtao prŏng Babilon. ¹⁶Samơ̆ pô khua git gai anŭn pioh glaĭ amăng anih lŏn Yudah anŭn ƀing ƀun rin biă mă kiăng kơ jŭ pla hăng pĕ hơpuă amăng khul đang boh kơƀâo laih anŭn amăng đang hơma.
¹⁷Khul tơmĕh ko̱ng, khul rơdêh ko̱ng laih anŭn brŏng ko̱ng arăng pơanăn Rơsĭ jing amăng sang yang Yahweh, ƀing Babilon taih pơčah hĭ abih kiăng kơ ba pơđuaĭ hĭ ko̱ng anŭn pơ čar gơñu pô yơh.⚓ ¹⁸Ƀing gơñu ăt mă pơđuaĭ hĭ abih bang gơnam yua ko̱ng mơ̆n, jing gơnam yua mă bruă amăng sang yang. Anŭn jing khul gŏ, ƀơñ kuaĭ,⚓ gai pơthăm,⚓ mŏng ja̱m ngă hăng mah.⚓ ¹⁹Pô khua git gai ƀing gak anŭn ăt mă pơđuaĭ hĭ mơ̆n abih bang gơnam le̱ng kơ pơkra hăng mah phŭn ƀôdah hăng amrăk soh sel. Anŭn jing khul kơthŭng, khul ge̱t pioh hơbâo, khul mŏng pioh añăh, khul gŏ, khul tơkai kơđen laih anŭn khul mŏng ja̱m pioh yua kơ khul gơnam pơyơr mơñum.
²⁰Ko̱ng mơ̆ng dua ƀĕ tơmĕh, brŏng ko̱ng arăng pơanăn Rơsĭ hăng pluh-dua drơi rơmô tơno gah yŭ anŭn, laih anŭn khul hip rơdêh, jing gơnam pơtao Solomôn hơmâo pơkra laih kơ sang yang Yahweh, ƀu dưi pơkơtraŏ ôh. ²¹Abih dua ƀĕ tơmĕh hơmâo glông ñu jing pluh-sapăn haih laih anŭn kuăl wĭl jing pluh-dua haih. Rĭm kuăl wĭl anŭn kơpa̱l pă̱ rơsŭn laih anŭn hông hang gah lăm. ²²Rĭm rơjŭng tơmĕh anŭn glông rơma haih laih anŭn arăng pơhrôp akŏ dưh ko̱ng ƀơi rơjŭng tơmĕh anŭn hăng hơñuăl mơñam mơ̆ng khul hrĕ čuăk laih anŭn rup boh pumƀre ko̱ng ju̱m dar anŭn. ²³Mrô pơtŭm glaĭ abih bang boh pumƀre gah ngŏ jum dar hơñuăl anŭn jing sa-rơtuh boh. Anŭn jing duapănpluh-năm boh pumƀre mơnuih dưi ƀuh mơ̆ng gah yŭ laih anŭn pă̱ boh gah ngŏ.
²⁴Bơ kơ ƀing amăng sang yang Yahweh, pô khua git gai Nebuzaradan anŭn mă mơnă hĭ khua ngă yang prŏng Serayah, khua ngă yang kơiăng Zephanyah wơ̆t hăng klâo čô pô khua moa sang yang yom pơphan mơ̆n. ²⁵Laih anŭn bơ kơ ƀing dŏ glaĭ amăng plei Yerusalaim, ñu ăt mă hĭ sa čô khua moa wai lăng ƀing ling tơhan ƀing Yudah wơ̆t hăng tơjuh čô khua djru pơmĭn pơtao mơ̆n. Ñu ăt mă hĭ pô khua čih hră jing khua mă bruă pơmŭt ƀing ană plei ngă tơhan wơ̆t hăng nămpluh čô yom pơphan pơkŏn ñu hơduah ƀuh amăng plei mơ̆n. ²⁶Pô khua Nebuzaradan anŭn mă ba abih bang ƀing gơñu pơ pơtao prŏng Babilon ƀơi plei pơnăng Riblah. ²⁷Ƀơi plei Riblah amăng anih lŏn Hamat anŭn yơh, pơtao pơdjai hĭ abih bang ƀing gơñu.
Hơnŭn yơh, ƀing Babilon mă ba ƀing Yudah pơ anih ataih, ƀu dŏ amăng anih lŏn gơñu pô dơ̆ng tah. ²⁸Anai yơh jing mrô ƀing mơnuih Nebukhadnezzar ba pơđuaĭ hĭ ataih mơ̆ng lŏn čar Yudah:
Amăng thŭn tal tơjuh ñu git gai: Klâo-rơbâo hăng duapluh-klâo⚓ čô ƀing Yehudah.⚓
²⁹Amăng thŭn tal pluh-sapăn ñu git gai:
sapăn-rơtuh klâopluh-dua⚓ čô mơ̆ng plei Yerusalaim.⚓
³⁰Amăng thŭn tal duapluh-klâo ñu git gai:
tơjuh-rơtuh pă̱pluh-rơma⚓ čô, jing ƀing pô khua git gai ƀing gak pơtao Nebuzaradan mă pơđuaĭ hĭ.⚓
Abih bang jing pă̱-rơbâo năm-rơtuh⚓ čô yơh nao pơ dêh čar Babilon.⚓

Tơlơi Pŏk Rơngai Pơtao Yehôyakhin

³¹Amăng thŭn tal klâopluh-tơjuh rơnŭk Yehôyakhin pơtao ƀing Yudah jing mơnă, jing amăng thŭn Ewil-Merôdak jing hĭ pơtao prŏng dêh čar Babilon, ñu pơrơngai hĭ Yehôyakhin mơ̆ng sang mơnă ƀơi hrơi tal duapluh-tơjuh blan tal pluh-dua.⚓ ³²Ñu pơhiăp tơdu rơun hăng gơ̆ laih anŭn pơyom kơ gơ̆ hloh kơ abih bang ƀing pơtao pơkŏn jing ƀing mơnă dŏ hrŏm hăng gơ̆ amăng dêh čar Babilon yơh. ³³Tui anŭn yơh, Yehôyakhin tŏh lui hĭ ao mơnă ñu laih anŭn amăng abih tơlơi hơdip ñu, ñu ƀơ̆ng huă nanao hrŏm hăng pơtao ƀơi kơƀa̱ng ñu yơh. ³⁴Rĭm hrơi pơtao dêh čar Babilon čem rong brơi kơ Yehôyakhin amăng abih hrơi ñu dŏ hơdip yơh.