| 1 Tinha Sedecias vinte e um anos ao começar seu reinado. Seu reino durou onze anos, em Jerusalém. Chamava-se sua mãe Amital, filha de Jeremias, e era natural de Lebna. | 1 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. |
| 2 Como Joaquin, ele também praticou o mal aos olhos do Senhor. | 2 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. |
| 3 Assim aconteceu em Jerusalém e Judá, por querer o Senhor, em sua cólera, repeli-los para longe de sua presença. Revoltou-se Sedecias contra o rei da Babilônia. | 3 Surely because of the anger of the LORD things came to such a pass in Jerusalem and Judah that he cast them out from his presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. |
| 4 No nono ano de seu reinado, no décimo dia do décimo mês, foi Nabucodonosor, com todo o seu exército, contra Jerusalém, armando e construindo fortificações em torno dela. | 4 And in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem, and they laid siege to it and built siegeworks against it round about. |
| 5 Até o décimo primeiro ano do reinado de Sedecias perdurou o sítio da cidade. | 5 So the city was besieged till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. |
| 6 No nono dia do quarto mês, como a fome invadisse a cidade e não tivesse a população o que comer, | 6 On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city, that there was no food for the people of the land. |
| 7 uma brecha foi feita na muralha da cidade e, à noite, fugiram os guerreiros pelo caminho da porta entre os dois muros, perto do jardim do rei, enquanto os caldeus cercavam a cidade. Tomaram esses homens o caminho da planície do Jordão. | 7 Then a breach was made in the city; and all the men of war fled and went out from the city by night by the way of a gate between the two walls, by the king's garden, while the Chaldeans were round about the city. And they went in the direction of the Arabah. |
| 8 Mas o exército dos caldeus perseguiu o rei e o alcançou nas planícies de Jericó. Então, as tropas de Sedecias o abandonaram, dispersando-se em fuga. | 8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. |
| 9 Foi então o rei aprisionado e conduzido a Rebla, na presença do rei da Babilônia que contra ele pronunciou sua sentença. | 9 Then they captured the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he passed sentence upon him. |
| 10 E, diante de seus olhos, foram degolados em Rebla seus filhos, assim como todos os chefes de Judá. | 10 The king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and also slew all the princes of Judah at Riblah. |
| 11 Em seguida, foram-lhe arrancados os olhos e, ligado com cadeias de bronze, levaram-no para a Babilônia, onde, até o dia de sua morte, permaneceu encarcerado. | 11 He put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and the king of Babylon took him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death. |
| 12 No sétimo dia do quinto mês, décimo nono ano do reinado de Nabucodonosor, rei da Babilônia, Nebuzardã, chefe da guarda e servidor do rei da Babilônia, penetrou em Jerusalém, | 12 In the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month--which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon--Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard who served the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem. |
| 13 pôs fogo no Templo do Senhor, no palácio real, e em todas as casas da cidade, e entregou às chamas as casas dos maiorais. | 13 And he burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down. |
| 14 Em seguida, as tropas dos caldeus, que acompanhavam o chefe da guarda, demoliram as muralhas que cercavam Jerusalém. | 14 And all the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down all the walls round about Jerusalem. |
| 15 E Nebuzardã, chefe da guarda, deportou para a Babilônia uma parte dos pobres da terra e o que restara da população da cidade, bem como os que já se haviam rendido ao rei da Babilônia e o restante dos artífices. | 15 And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive some of the poorest of the people and the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon, together with the rest of the artisans. |
| 16 O chefe da guarda deixou ali alguns homens pobres, como vinhateiros e lavradores. | 16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen. |
| 17 Quebraram também os caldeus as colunas de bronze do Templo do Senhor, juntamente com os pedestais e o mar de bronze que estava no templo, levando todo esse metal para a Babilônia. | 17 And the pillars of bronze that were in the house of the LORD, and the stands and the bronze sea that were in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and carried all the bronze to Babylon. |
| 18 Carregaram também cinzeiros, pás, facas, vasos e demais objetos de bronze que serviam ao culto. | 18 And they took away the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the dishes for incense, and all the vessels of bronze used in the temple service; |
| 19 Carregou ainda o chefe dos guardas as bacias, os braseiros, vasos, potes, candelabros, taças, copos e colheres e o que havia em ouro e prata. | 19 also the small bowls, and the firepans, and the basins, and the pots, and the lampstands, and the dishes for incense, and the bowls for libation. What was of gold the captain of the guard took away as gold, and what was of silver, as silver. |
| 20 Quanto às duas colunas, ao mar, aos doze bois de bronze que as sustentavam, e aos pedestais que Salomão mandara fabricar para o Templo do Senhor, difícil seria calcular o valor do bronze de todos esses objetos. | 20 As for the two pillars, the one sea, the twelve bronze bulls which were under the sea, and the stands, which Solomon the king had made for the house of the LORD, the bronze of all these things was beyond weight. |
| 21 A altura de uma dessas colunas era de dezoito côvados e um cordão de doze côvados cingia-lhe a volta, sendo a espessura de quatro dedos, e oco o seu interior. | 21 As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, its circumference was twelve cubits, and its thickness was four fingers, and it was hollow. |
| 22 Encimava-as um capitel de bronze de cinco côvados; uma grade de romãs, também em bronze, cercavam o alto do capitel. Era semelhante a esta a segunda coluna, com romãs em torno, | 22 Upon it was a capital of bronze; the height of the one capital was five cubits; a network and pomegranates, all of bronze, were upon the capital round about. And the second pillar had the like, with pomegranates. |
| 23 em número de noventa e seis, e o total das romãs, em volta da grade, era de cem. | 23 There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network round about. |
| 24 O chefe da guarda aprisionou o primeiro sacerdote, Seraías, e Sofonias, o segundo e os três guardas do vestíbulo. | 24 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold; |
| 25 Tomou da cidade um eunuco, que era encarregado do comando dos homens de guerra, sete homens do séquito do rei que foram encontrados na cidade, o intendente do exército, encarregado do recrutamento na terra, assim como mais sessenta homens da terra que se encontravam na cidade. | 25 and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and seven men of the king's council, who were found in the city; and the secretary of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the midst of the city. |
| 26 Nebuzardã, chefe da guarda, aprisionou-os e mandou-os conduzir a Rebla, ante o rei da Babilônia. | 26 And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. |
| 27 E este mandou executá-los em Rebla, na região de Emat. E assim Judá foi deportado para longe de sua terra. | 27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried captive out of its land. |
| 28 Eis o número dos homens que Nabucodonosor levou ao cativeiro: no sétimo ano, três mil e vinte e três homens de Judá; | 28 This is the number of the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty-three Jews; |
| 29 no décimo oitavo ano de Nabucodonosor, oitocentos e trinta e dois pessoas foram deportadas de Jerusalém; | 29 in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred and thirty-two persons; |
| 30 no vigésimo terceiro ano de Nabucodonosor, Nebuzardã, chefe da guarda, deportou de Judá setecentos e quarenta e cinco pessoas. Ao todo, quatro mil e seiscentas pessoas. | 30 in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadrezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred and forty-five persons; all the persons were four thousand and six hundred. |
| 31 No trigésimo sétimo ano do cativeiro de Joaquin, rei de Judá, no vigésimo quinto dia do décimo segundo mês, Evil Merodac, rei da Babilônia, no ano de sua elevação ao trono, perdoou Joaquin, rei de Judá, e mandou libertá-lo da prisão. | 31 And in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he became king, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison; |
| 32 Falando-lhe com benevolência, designou-lhe um trono mais elevado que o dos reis que estavam com ele na Babilônia. | 32 and he spoke kindly to him, and gave him a seat above the seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon. |
| 33 Mandou que lhe mudassem as vestes de prisioneiro e, até o fim de sua vida, Joaquin comeu à mesa do rei da Babilônia. | 33 So Jehoiachin put off his prison garments. And every day of his life he dined regularly at the king's table; |
| 34 Durante toda a sua vida, até o dia de sua morte, sua manutenção foi garantida pelos cuidados do rei da Babilônia. | 34 as for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king until the day of his death as long as he lived. |
