1 Durante o reinado de Joaquim, Nabucodonosor, rei de Babilônia, subiu contra Joaquim, que se tornou seu vassalo por três anos. Depois revoltou-se contra ele.2 O Senhor mandou contra ele os bandos dos caldeus, dos sírios, dos moabitas e dos amonitas, e lançou-os contra Judá para o destruírem, conforme ele havia anunciado pela boca dos profetas, seus servos.3 Isso aconteceu realmente por ordem do Senhor, para afastá-lo de sua presença, por causa dos pecados cometidos por Manassés,4 e por causa do sangue inocente que ele tinha derramado, chegando a inundar Jerusalém de sangue inocente. E o Senhor não quis perdoar.5 O resto da história de Joaquim, seus atos e grandes feitos, tudo se acha consignado no livro das Crônicas dos reis de Judá.6 Joaquim adormeceu com seus pais e seu filho Joaquin sucedeu-lhe no trono.7 O rei do Egito cessou então suas expedições fora de sua terra, porque o rei de Babilônia se tinha apoderado de todas as possessões do rei do Egito, desde a torrente do Egito até o Eufrates.8 Joaquin tinha dezoito anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou durante três meses em Jerusalém. Sua mãe chamava-se Noesta, filha de Elnatã, e era natural de Jerusalém.9 Fez o mal aos olhos do Senhor, como o tinha feito seu pai.10 Foi nesse tempo que vieram os homens de Nabucodonosor, rei de Babilônia, contra Jerusalém, e sitiaram-na.11 Depois, Nabucodonosor veio pessoalmente diante da cidade, enquanto suas tropas a sitiavam.12 Joaquin, rei de Judá, foi ter com o rei de Babilônia, ele e sua mãe, suas tropas, seus oficiais e seus eunucos; e o rei de Babilônia o prendeu. Isso foi no oitavo ano de seu reinado.13 E como o Senhor tinha anunciado, levou dali todos os tesouros do templo do Senhor e do palácio real, e quebrou todos os objetos de ouro que Salomão, rei de Israel, tinha feito para o santuário do Senhor.14 Levou para o cativeiro toda a Jerusalém, todos os chefes e todos os homens de valor, ao todo dez mil, com todos os ferreiros e artífices; só deixou os pobres.15 Deportou Joaquin para Babilônia, com sua mãe, suas mulheres, os eunucos do rei e os grandes da terra.16 Todos os homens de valor, em número de sete mil, os ferreiros e os artífices, em número de mil, e todos os homens aptos para a guerra, o rei de Babilônia os deportou para Babilônia.17 Em lugar de Joaquin, o rei de Babilônia constituiu rei seu tio Matanias, cujo nome mudou para Sedecias.18 Sedecias tinha vinte e um anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou durante onze anos em Jerusalém. Sua mãe chamava-se Amital, filha de Jeremias, e era natural de Lobna.19 Fez o mal aos olhos do Senhor como o tinha feito Joaquin.20 Assim aconteceu a Jerusalém e a Judá, porque o Senhor queria, em sua cólera, rejeitá-los de sua presença. Sedecias revoltou-se contra o rei de Babilônia.

1 In his days came up Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and Jehoyakim became his servant for three years: and then he returned and rebelled against him.2 And the Lord sent against him predatory bands of the Chaldeans, and predatory bands of the Syrians, and predatory bands of the Moabites, and predatory bands of the children of ‘Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by means of his servants the prophets.3 But only at the order of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove the same out of his sight, for the sins of Menasseh, in accordance with all that he had done;4 And also for the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; wherefore the Lord would not pardon.5 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoyakim, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.6 And Jehoyakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoyachin his son became king in his stead.7 And the king of Egypt came no more again out of his land; for the king of Babylon had taken from the brook of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that had pertained to the king of Egypt.8 Eighteen years old was Jehoyachin when he became king, and three months did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Nechushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.9 And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, all just as that his father had done.10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was put in a state of siege.11 And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came against the city, while his servants were besieging it.12 And Jehoyachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his court–officers: and the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign.13 And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon the king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had spoken.14 And he led away as exiles all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand exiles, and all the craftsmen and locksmiths: there was none left, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.15 And he led away Jehoyachin as exile to Babylon; and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his court–officers, and the mighty men of the land, he led into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.16 And all the men of might, seven thousand in number, and the craftsmen and the locksmiths a thousand in number, all strong men, apt for war; and the king of Babylon brought them into exile to Babylon.17 And the king of Babylon made Mattanyah his uncle king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.18 Twenty and one years old was Zedekiah when he became king, and eleven years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Chamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.19 And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, all just as Jehoyakim had done.20 For through the anger of the Lord it occurred in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.