سقوط أورشليم
(ار 39:4-10؛ 2مل 24:18—25:7؛ 2مل 25:8-21،2مل 27-30)1 كانَ صِدْقيَّا ابنَ إحدى وعِشرينَ سنَةً حينَ ملَكَ، وملَكَ إحدى عَشْرَةَ سنَةً في أُورُشليمَ، واسمُ أُمِّهِ حَميطَلُ بِنْتُ إرميا مِنْ لِبْنَةَ. 2 وعَمِلَ الشَّرَّ في عينَي الرّبِّ مِثلَما عَمِلَ المَلِكُ يوياقيمُ. 3 وما حدَثَ أثارَ غضَبَ الرّبِّ على سُكَّانِ أُورُشليمَ ويَهوذا أنْ نَفاهُمُ الرّبُّ مِنْ أمامِ وجهِهِ.
وتمَرَّدَ صِدْقيَّا على نبوخذنَصَّرَ مَلِكِ بابِلَ، 4 وفي السَّنةِ التَّاسِعةِ مِنْ مُلْكِهِ، وفي اليومِ العاشِرِ مِنَ الشَّهرِ العاشِرِ زحَفَ نَبوخذنَصَّرُ معَ جميعِ جُيوشِهِ على أُورُشليمَ وحاصَرُوها وبَنَوا حَولَها المتاريسَ. 5 فدَخَلَتِ المدينةُ تَحتَ الحِصارِ إلى السَّنةِ الحاديةَ عَشْرَةَ لِلملِكِ صِدقيَّا. 6 وفي اليومِ التَّاسِعِ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الرَّابِـعِ اشتَدَّ الجُوعُ في المدينةِ ولم يكُنْ خُبزٌ لِلشَّعبِ، 7 ففَتَحوا ثُغرَةً في سُورِ المدينةِ. وهربَ المَلِكُ صِدْقيَّا وجميعُ الجُنودِ ليلا، مِنْ طريقِ البابِ الّذي بَينَ السُّورَينِ، بالقُربِ مِنْ بُستانِ المَلِكِ، والبابِليُّونَ مُحيطونَ بِالمدينةِ، وذهَبوا في طريقِ غَورِ الأردُنِّ. 8 فتَبِـعَ جيشُ البابِليِّينَ المَلِكَ حتّى لَحِقوا بهِ في سَهلِ أريحا، حيثُ تفَرَّقَ عَنهُ جميعُ جيشِهِ. 9 فأخَذوا المَلِكَ وأصعَدوهُ إلى مَلِكِ بابِلَ في رَبلَةَ بِأرضِ حماةَ، فحكَمَ علَيهِ 10 بِأنْ ذبَحَ ابنَيهِ أمامَ عَينَيهِ وذبَحَ جميعَ رُؤساءِ يَهوذا في رَبْلَةَ، 11 ثُمَّ فَقَأَ عَينَي صِدْقيَّا وقَيَّدَهُ بِسِلسِلَتَينِ مِنْ نُحاسٍ وجاءَ بهِ إلى بابِلَ وسَجَنهُ إلى يومِ موتِهِ.
12 وفي اليومِ العاشِرِ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الخامسِ، في السَّنةِ التَّاسعةَ عَشْرَةَ لِمُلْكِ نبوخذنَصَّرَ مَلِكِ بابِلَ، جاءَ نَبوزَرادانُ رئيسُ الشُّرطَةِ ووَزيرُ المَلِكِ إلى أُورُشليمَ. 13 وأحرَقَ بَيتَ الرّبِّ وقصرَ المَلِكِ وجميعَ بـيوتِ الأشرافِ في أُورُشليمَ. 14 وهَدَمَ جُنودُهُ الّذينَ معَهُ كُلَّ أسوارِ أُورُشليمَ المُحيطَةِ بِها، 15 وسبـى نَبوزَرادانُ سائِرَ الّذينَ بَقُوا في المدينةِ، والهارِبـينَ اللاَّجِئينَ إلى بابِلَ، وسائِرَ المَهرَةِ مِنَ الصُّنَّاعِ. 16 وتَركَ نَبوزَردانُ مِنْ مَساكينِ الأرضِ كَرَّامينَ وفَلاَّحينَ. 17 وحَطَّمَ البابِليُّونَ أعمِدَةَ النُّحاسِ والقَواعِدَ والحَوضَ الكبـيرَ في بَيتِ الرّبِّ، وحمَلوا كُلَّ نُحاسِها إلى بابِلَ. 18 وأخَذوا القُدورَ والرُّفوشَ والسَّكاكينَ والأوانيَ والصُّحونَ وجميعَ الأدَواتِ الّتي تُستَعمَلُ لِلعِبادَةِ في بَيتِ الرّبِّ. 19 أمَّا الطُّسوتُ والمَجامِرُ والسَّكاكينُ والقُدورُ والمَناراتُ والصُّحونُ والأقداحُ وكُلُّ مَصنوعاتِ الذَّهَبِ والفِضَّةِ، فأخَذَها رئيسُ الشُّرطَةِ، 20 وأخَذَ مَصنوعاتِ النُّحاسِ الّتي صنَعَها المَلِكُ سُليمانُ لِبـيتِ الرّبِّ، وهيَ العَمودانِ والحَوضُ الكبـيرُ وقَواعِدُهُ الاثنا عَشَرَ ثورا وكانَت مِنَ الثِّقْلِ بِـحَيثُ لا تُوزَنُ. 21 وكانَ طُولُ كُلٍّ مِنَ العَمودينِ ثَمانيَ عَشْرَةَ ذِراعا ومُحيطُهُ اثنَتَي عَشْرَةَ ذِراعا، وثُخْنُهُ أربَعَ أصابِـعَ، وهوَ أجوَفُ 22 وعلَيهِ تاجٌ مِنْ نُحاسٍ ارتفاعُ التَّاجِ الواحدِ خَمْسُ أذرُعٍ، وعلى التَّاجِ حَبـيكَةٌ ورُمَّانٌ مِنْ حَولِها، والكُلُّ مِنْ نُحاسٍ. وكذلِكَ كانَ العَمودُ الثَّاني والرُمَّاناتُ. 23 وكانَتِ الرُّمَّاناتُ سِتًّا وتِسعينَ على الجانِبِ الواحدِ، ومجموعُ الرُّمَّانِ مِئَة على الحَبـيكَةِ الواحدةِ مِنْ حَولِها.
24 وأخذَ رئيسُ الشُّرطَةِ سَرايا الكاهنَ الأوَّلَ وصَفَنْيا الكاهنَ الثَّاني وحُرَّاسَ أبوابِ بَيتِ الرّبِّ الثَّلاثَةَ. 25 وأخذَ مِنَ المدينةِ الخَصيَّ الّذي كانَ قَيِّما على الجُنْدِ، وسبعةَ رِجالٍ مِنْ حاشيةِ المَلِكِ الّذينَ وُجِدوا في المدينةِ، وأمينَ سِرِّ قائدِ الجيشِ الّذي كانَ يَحفَظُ سِجِلَّ المُجَنَّدينَ مِنَ الشَّعبِ، وسِتِّينَ رَجُلا مِنَ الأعيانِ وُجِدوا في المدينةِ، 26 أخذَهُم نَبوزَردانُ رئيسُ الشُّرطَةِ وساقَهُم إلى مَلِكِ بابِلَ في رَبْلَةَ، 27 فضرَبَهُمُ المَلِكُ وقَتلَهُم هُناكَ في أرضِ حماةَ. وسبـى سُكَّانَ يَهوذا مِنْ أرضِهِم. 28 وكانَ عدَدُ الّذينَ سباهُم نبوخذنَصَّرُ في السَّنةِ السَّابعةِ لِمُلْكِهِ ثَلاثَةَ آلافٍ وثَلاثَةً وعِشرينَ مِنَ اليهودِ. 29 وفي السَّنةِ الثَّامِنةَ عَشْرَةَ سبـى مِنْ أُورُشليمَ ثَماني مِئَةٍ واثنَينِ وثلاثينَ شخصا. 30 وفي السَّنةِ الثَّالِثةِ والعِشرينَ لِنبوخذنَصَّرَ سبـى نَبوزَرادانُ رئيسُ الشُّرطَةِ سَبْعَ مِئةٍ وخَمسةً وأربَعينَ مِنَ اليهودِ. فكانَ مَجموعُ عدَدِ المَسبـيِّينَ أربَعةَ آلافٍ وسِتَّ مِئةٍ.
31 وكانَ في السَّنةِ السَّابِــعةِ والثَّلاثينَ لِسَبْـي يوياكينَ مَلِكِ يَهوذا، في السَّابِـعِ والعِشرينَ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الثَّاني عَشَرَ، أنَّ أويلَ مَرُودَخَ مَلِكَ بابِلَ عفا عَنْ يوياكينَ وأخرَجَهُ مِنَ السِّجنِ 32 وكلَّمَهُ بِكلامٍ لَطيفٍ وجعَلَ عرشَهُ أعلى مِنْ عُروشِ المُلوكِ الّذينَ معَهُ في بابِلَ. 33 وغَيَّرَ يوياكينُ ثيابَ سِجنِهِ وبَقيَ يتَناوَلُ الطَّعامَ على مائِدةِ المَلِكِ كُلَّ أيّامِ حياتِهِ. 34 وكانَت لَه عَلاوَةٌ دائمةٌ تُعطى لَه مِنْ عِندِ المَلِكِ، وتَفي بِـحاجةِ كُلِّ يومٍ في يومِهِ، إلى يومِ وفاتِهِ.
1 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 2 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 3 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
4 ¶ And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about. 5 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 6 And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. 7 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.
8 ¶ But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. 9 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him. 10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. 11 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
12 ¶ Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem, 13 And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men , burned he with fire: 14 And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about. 15 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude. 16 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen. 17 Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon. 18 The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. 19 And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away. 20 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight. 21 And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow. 22 And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these. 23 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.
24 ¶ And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: 25 He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king’s person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city. 26 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. 27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land. 28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty: 29 In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons: 30 In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
31 ¶ And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison, 32 And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, 33 And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life. 34 And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.