2 Kings, 25

1. Then it happened that, in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, he and his entire army, arrived against Jerusalem. And they encircled it, and they constructed fortifications all around it.

1. Devete godine njegova kraljevanja, desetoga dana desetoga mjeseca, krenu sam babilonski kralj Nabukodonozor sa svom svojom vojskom na Jeruzalem. Utabori se pred gradom i opasa ga opkopom.

2. And the city was enclosed and besieged, even until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah,

2. Grad osta opkoljen do jedanaeste godine Sidkijina kraljevanja.

3. on the ninth day of the month. And a famine prevailed in the city; neither was there bread for the people of the land.

3. Devetoga dana èetvrtoga mjeseca, kad je u gradu zavladala takva glad da priprosti puk nije imao ni kruha,

4. And the city was breached. And all the men of war fled in the night along the way of the gate which is between the double wall at the garden of the king. Now the Chaldeans were besieging the city on all sides. And so Zedekiah fled along the way which leads to the plains of the wilderness.

4. neprijatelj provali u grad. Tada kralj i svi ratnici pobjegoše noæu kroz vrata izmeðu dva zida nad Kraljevim vrtom - Kaldejci bijahu opkolili grad - i krenuše putem prema Arabi.

5. And the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they overtook him in the plains of Jericho. And all the warriors who were with him were dispersed, and they abandoned him.

5. Kaldejske èete nagnuše u potjeru za kraljem i sustigoše ga na Jerihonskim poljanama, a sva se njegova vojska razbježala.

6. Therefore, having apprehended him, they led the king to the king of Babylon at Riblah. And he was speaking with him in judgment.

6. Kaldejci uhvatiše kralja i odvedoše ga u Riblu pred kralja babilonskog, koji mu izreèe presudu.

7. Then he killed the sons of Zedekiah before him, and he dug out his eyes, and he bound him with chains, and he led him away to Babylon.

7. Sidkijine sinove pokla pred njegovim oèima, Sidkiji iskopa oèi, okova ga verigama i odvede u Babilon.

8. In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, the same is the nineteenth year of the king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the leader of the army, a servant of the king of Babylon, went into Jerusalem.

8. Sedmoga dana petoga mjeseca - devetnaeste godine kraljevanja Nabukodonozora, kralja babilonskog - uðe u Jeruzalem Nebuzaradan, zapovjednik kraljeve tjelesne straže i èasnik babilonskog kralja.

9. And he set fire to the house of the Lord, and to the house of the king. And the houses of Jerusalem, and every great house, he burned with fire.

9. On zapali Dom Jahvin, kraljevski dvor i sve kuæe u Jeruzalemu.

10. And the entire army of the Chaldeans, which was with the leader of the military, tore down the walls of Jerusalem all around.

10. Kaldejske èete, pod zapovjednikom kraljevske tjelesne straže, razoriše zidine koje su okruživale Jeruzalem.

11. Then Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, carried away the rest of the people, who had remained in the city, and the fugitives, who had fled over to the king of Babylon, and the remnant of the common people.

11. Nebuzaradan, zapovjednik kraljeve tjelesne straže, odvede u sužanjstvo ostatak naroda koji bijaše ostao u gradu, a tako i prebjege babilonskom kralju i ostalu svjetinu.

12. But he left behind some vinedressers and farmers from the poor of the land.

12. Neke od malih ljudi ostavi zapovjednik u zemlji kao vinogradare i ratare.

13. Now the pillars of brass which were in the temple of the Lord, and the bases, and the sea of brass, which was in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke apart. And they took all the brass to Babylon.

13. Kaldejci razbiše tuèane stupove u Domu Jahvinu, podnožja i mjedeno more koji su bili u Domu Jahvinu i tuè odniješe u Babilon.

14. Also, they took away the cooking pots of brass, and the scoops, and the forks, and the cups, and the little mortars, and all the articles of brass with which they were ministering.

14. Uzeše i lonce, lopate, noževe, posudice i uopæe sav tuèani pribor koji se upotrebljavao za bogoslužja.

15. And the leader of the military even took away the censers and the bowls, whatever was of gold for the gold, and whatever was of silver for the silver,

15. Zapovjednik uze i kadionice i škropionice, uopæe sve što bijaše od zlata i srebra,

16. and also the two pillars, the one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the temple of the Lord. The brass of all these items was beyond measure.

16. dva stupa, jedno more i podnožja, što je Salomon dao izraditi za Dom Jahvin. Nije moguæe procijeniti koliko je tuèa bilo u svim tim predmetima.

17. One pillar had eighteen cubits in height. And the head of brass upon it was three cubits in height. And the network and pomegranates upon the head of the pillar were all of brass. And the second pillar had a similar adornment.

17. Prvi stup bijaše visok osamnaest lakata, imao je glavicu od tuèa, visoku pet lakata; obvijaše je oplet i mogranji, sve od tuèa. Takav je bio i drugi stup.

18. Also, the leader of the military took away Seraiah, the chief priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and three doorkeepers,

18. Zapovjednik straže odveo je sveæenièkog poglavara Seraju, drugog sveæenika, Sefaniju, i tri èuvara praga.

19. and from the city, one eunuch, who was in charge of the men of war, and five men out of those who had stood before the king, whom he found in the city, and Sopher, the leader of the army who trained the young soldiers from the people of the land, and sixty men from the common people, who had been found in the city.

19. Iz grada je odveo jednog dvoranina, vojnièkog zapovjednika, pet ljudi iz kraljeve pratnje koji se zatekoše u gradu, pisara zapovjednika vojske koji je novaèio puk i šezdeset puèana koji se takoðer zatekoše u gradu.

20. Taking them, Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, led them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

20. Zapovjednik kraljevske tjelesne straže Nebuzaradan odvede ih pred kralja babilonskoga u Riblu.

21. And the king of Babylon struck them and killed them at Riblah, in the land of Hamath. And Judah was taken away from his land.

21. I kralj babilonski zapovjedi da ih pogube u Ribli, u zemlji hamatskoj. Tako su judejski narod odveli s njegove rodne grude.

22. But over the people who had remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had permitted, he appointed as ruler Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan.

22. Narodu što je ostao u zemlji judejskoj i što ga je ostavio babilonski kralj Nabukodonozor - postavio je ovaj za upravitelja Gedaliju, sina Ahikamova, unuka Šafanova.

23. And when all the commanders of the military had heard this, they and the men who were with them, specifically, that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah, they went to Gedaliah at Mizpah: Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth, the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah, the son of a Maacathite, they and their companions.

23. Svi vojni zapovjednici i njihovi ljudi saznaše da je babilonski kralj postavio zemlji za namjesnika Gedaliju i doðoše pred njega u Mispu: Netanijin sin Jišmael; Kareahov sin Johanan; sin Tanhumeta iz Netofe, Seraja; Maakatijev sin Jaazanija - oni i svi njihovi ljudi.

24. And Gedaliah swore to them and to their companions, saying: “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Remain in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.”

24. Gedalija se zakle njima i njihovim ljudima i reèe: "Ne bojte se služiti Kaldejcima; ostanite u zemlji, budite podložni babilonskom kralju i bit æe vam dobro."

25. But it happened that, in the seventh month, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of royal offspring, and ten men with him, went and struck Gedaliah, who then died, along with the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

25. Ali sedmoga mjeseca Jišmael, sin Netanijin, unuk Elišamin, koji bijaše kraljevskog roda, i još deset ljudi s njim ubiše Gedaliju te on umrije kao i svi Judejci i Kaldejci koji bijahu s njim u Mispi.

26. And all the people, from small to great, and the leaders of the military, rising up, went away to Egypt, fearing the Chaldeans.

26. Tada sav narod, od maloga do velikog, i svi zapovjednici èeta ustadoše i odoše u Egipat jer se bojahu Kaldejaca.

27. Truly, it happened that, in the thirty-seventh year of the transmigration of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evilmerodach, the king of Babylon, in the year when he had begun to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, from prison.

27. Trideset i sedme godine otkako je zasužnjen judejski kralj Jojakin, dvadeset i sedmog dana dvanaestoga mjeseca, babilonski kralj Evil Merodak u prvoj godini svoje vladavine pomilova judejskog kralja Jojakina i pusti ga iz tamnice.

28. And he spoke kindly to him. And he set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him at Babylon.

28. Ljubezno je s njime razgovarao i stolicu mu postavio više nego ostalim kraljevima koji bijahu s njim u Babilonu.

29. And he changed his garments that he had worn in prison. And he ate bread before him always, during all the days of his life.

29. Jojakin je odložio svoje tamnièke haljine i jeo s kraljem za istim stolom svega svoga vijeka.

30. Also, he appointed to him an allowance without ceasing, which also was given to him by the king, for each day, during all the days of his life.

30. Do kraja njegova života babilonski mu je kralj trajno, iz dana u dan, davao uzdržavanje.