¹Factum est autem anno nono regni ejus, mense decimo,Then it happened that, in the ninth year of his reign,decima die mensis,in the tenth month,venit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis,on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar,ipse et omnis exercitus ejus,the king of Babylon, he and his entire army,in Jerusalem, et circumdederunt eam:arrived against Jerusalem. And they encircled it,et exstruxerunt in circuitu ejus munitiones.and they constructed fortifications all around it.

¹Factum est autem anno nono regni ejus, mense decimo,Then it happened that, in the ninth year of his reign,decima die mensis,in the tenth month,venit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis,on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar,ipse et omnis exercitus ejus,the king of Babylon, he and his entire army,in Jerusalem, et circumdederunt eam:arrived against Jerusalem. And they encircled it,et exstruxerunt in circuitu ejus munitiones.and they constructed fortifications all around it.

²Et clausa est civitasAnd the city was enclosed and besieged,atque vallata usque ad undecimum annum regis Sedeciæ,even until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah,

²Et clausa est civitasAnd the city was enclosed and besieged,atque vallata usque ad undecimum annum regis Sedeciæ,even until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah,

³nona die mensis:on the ninth day of the month.prævaluitque fames in civitate,And a famine prevailed in the city;nec erat panis populo terræ.neither was there bread for the people of the land.

³nona die mensis:on the ninth day of the month.prævaluitque fames in civitate,And a famine prevailed in the city;nec erat panis populo terræ.neither was there bread for the people of the land.

⁴Et interrupta est civitas:And the city was breached.et omnes viri bellatores nocte fugerunt per viam portæ quæ est inter duplicem murum ad hortum regis.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.Porro Chaldæi obsidebant in circuitu civitatem.Now the Chaldeans were besieging the city on all sides.Fugit itaque Sedecias per viam quæ ducit ad campestria solitudinis.And so Zedekiah fled along the way which leads to the plains of the wilderness.

⁴Et interrupta est civitas:And the city was breached.et omnes viri bellatores nocte fugerunt per viam portæ quæ est inter duplicem murum ad hortum regis.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.Porro Chaldæi obsidebant in circuitu civitatem.Now the Chaldeans were besieging the city on all sides.Fugit itaque Sedecias per viam quæ ducit ad campestria solitudinis.And so Zedekiah fled along the way which leads to the plains of the wilderness.

⁵Et persecutus est exercitus Chaldæorum regem,And the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king,comprehenditque eum in planitie Jericho:and they overtook him in the plains of Jericho.et omnes bellatores qui erant cum eo, dispersi sunt,And all the warriors who were with him were dispersed,et reliquerunt eum.and they abandoned him.

⁵Et persecutus est exercitus Chaldæorum regem,And the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king,comprehenditque eum in planitie Jericho:and they overtook him in the plains of Jericho.et omnes bellatores qui erant cum eo, dispersi sunt,And all the warriors who were with him were dispersed,et reliquerunt eum.and they abandoned him.

⁶Apprehensum ergo regem duxerunt ad regem Babylonis in Reblatha:Therefore, having apprehended him, they led the king to the king of Babylon at Riblah.qui locutus est cum eo judicium.And he was speaking with him in judgment.

⁶Apprehensum ergo regem duxerunt ad regem Babylonis in Reblatha:Therefore, having apprehended him, they led the king to the king of Babylon at Riblah.qui locutus est cum eo judicium.And he was speaking with him in judgment.

⁷Filios autem Sedeciæ occidit coram eo,Then he killed the sons of Zedekiah before him,et oculos ejus effodit,and he dug out his eyes,vinxitque eum catenis,and he bound him with chains,et adduxit in Babylonem.and he led him away to Babylon.

⁷Filios autem Sedeciæ occidit coram eo,Then he killed the sons of Zedekiah before him,et oculos ejus effodit,and he dug out his eyes,vinxitque eum catenis,and he bound him with chains,et adduxit in Babylonem.and he led him away to Babylon.

⁸Mense quinto,In the fifth month,septima die mensis,on the seventh day of the month,ipse est annus nonusdecimus regis Babylonis,the same is the nineteenth year of the king of Babylon,venit Nabuzardan princeps exercitus,Nebuzaradan, the leader of the army,servus regis Babylonis,a servant of the king of Babylon,in Jerusalem.went into Jerusalem.

⁸Mense quinto,In the fifth month,septima die mensis,on the seventh day of the month,ipse est annus nonusdecimus regis Babylonis,the same is the nineteenth year of the king of Babylon,venit Nabuzardan princeps exercitus,Nebuzaradan, the leader of the army,servus regis Babylonis,a servant of the king of Babylon,in Jerusalem.went into Jerusalem.

⁹Et succendit domum Domini,And he set fire to the house of the Lord,et domum regis:and to the house of the king.et domos Jerusalem,And the houses of Jerusalem,omnemque domum combussit igni.and every great house, he burned with fire.

⁹Et succendit domum Domini,And he set fire to the house of the Lord,et domum regis:and to the house of the king.et domos Jerusalem,And the houses of Jerusalem,omnemque domum combussit igni.and every great house, he burned with fire.

¹⁰Et muros Jerusalem in circuitu destruxit omnis exercitus Chaldæorum,And the entire army of the Chaldeans, which was with the leader of the military,qui erat cum principe militum.tore down the walls of Jerusalem all around.

¹⁰Et muros Jerusalem in circuitu destruxit omnis exercitus Chaldæorum,And the entire army of the Chaldeans, which was with the leader of the military,qui erat cum principe militum.tore down the walls of Jerusalem all around.

¹¹Reliquam autem populi partem quæ remanserat in civitate,Then Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, carried away the rest of the people,et perfugas qui transfugerant ad regem Babylonis,who had remained in the city, and the fugitives,et reliquum vulgus transtulit Nabuzardan princeps militiæ.who had fled over to the king of Babylon, and the remnant of the common people.

¹¹Reliquam autem populi partem quæ remanserat in civitate,Then Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, carried away the rest of the people,et perfugas qui transfugerant ad regem Babylonis,who had remained in the city, and the fugitives,et reliquum vulgus transtulit Nabuzardan princeps militiæ.who had fled over to the king of Babylon, and the remnant of the common people.

¹²Et de pauperibus terræ reliquit vinitores et agricolas.But he left behind some vinedressers and farmers from the poor of the land.

¹²Et de pauperibus terræ reliquit vinitores et agricolas.But he left behind some vinedressers and farmers from the poor of the land.

¹³Columnas autem æreas quæ erant in templo Domini,Now the pillars of brass which were in the temple of the Lord,et bases,and the bases,et mare æreum quod erat in domo Domini,and the sea of brass, which was in the house of the Lord,confregerunt Chaldæi,the Chaldeans broke apart.et transtulerunt æs omne in Babylonem.And they took all the brass to Babylon.

¹³Columnas autem æreas quæ erant in templo Domini,Now the pillars of brass which were in the temple of the Lord,et bases,and the bases,et mare æreum quod erat in domo Domini,and the sea of brass, which was in the house of the Lord,confregerunt Chaldæi,the Chaldeans broke apart.et transtulerunt æs omne in Babylonem.And they took all the brass to Babylon.

¹⁴Ollas quoque æreas, et trullas,Also, they took away the cooking pots of brass,et tridentes,and the scoops,et scyphos,and the forks,et mortariola,and the cups,et omnia vasa ærea,and the little mortars,in quibus ministrabant, tulerunt.and all the articles of brass with which they were ministering.

¹⁴Ollas quoque æreas, et trullas,Also, they took away the cooking pots of brass,et tridentes,and the scoops,et scyphos,and the forks,et mortariola,and the cups,et omnia vasa ærea,and the little mortars,in quibus ministrabant, tulerunt.and all the articles of brass with which they were ministering.

¹⁵Necnon et thuribula, et phialas: quæ aurea,And the leader of the military even took away the censers and the bowls,aurea, et quæ argentea,whatever was of gold for the gold,argentea tulit princeps militiæ,and whatever was of silver for the silver,

¹⁵Necnon et thuribula, et phialas: quæ aurea,And the leader of the military even took away the censers and the bowls,aurea, et quæ argentea,whatever was of gold for the gold,argentea tulit princeps militiæ,and whatever was of silver for the silver,

¹⁶id est, columnas duas,and also the two pillars,mare unum,the one sea,et bases quas fecerat Salomon in templo Domini:and the bases which Solomon had made for the temple of the Lord.non erat pondus æris omnium vasorum.The brass of all these items was beyond measure.

¹⁶id est, columnas duas,and also the two pillars,mare unum,the one sea,et bases quas fecerat Salomon in templo Domini:and the bases which Solomon had made for the temple of the Lord.non erat pondus æris omnium vasorum.The brass of all these items was beyond measure.

¹⁷Decem et octo cubitos altitudinis habebat columna una:One pillar had eighteen cubits in height.et capitellum æreum super se altitudinis trium cubitorum:And the head of brass upon it was three cubits in height.et retiaculum, et malogranata super capitellum columnæ, omnia ærea:And the network and pomegranates upon the head of the pillar were all of brass.similem et columna secunda habebat ornatum.And the second pillar had a similar adornment.

¹⁷Decem et octo cubitos altitudinis habebat columna una:One pillar had eighteen cubits in height.et capitellum æreum super se altitudinis trium cubitorum:And the head of brass upon it was three cubits in height.et retiaculum, et malogranata super capitellum columnæ, omnia ærea:And the network and pomegranates upon the head of the pillar were all of brass.similem et columna secunda habebat ornatum.And the second pillar had a similar adornment.

¹⁸Tulit quoque princeps militiæ Saraiam sacerdotem primum,Also, the leader of the military took away Seraiah, the chief priest,et Sophoniam sacerdotem secundum,and Zephaniah, the second priest,et tres janitores.and three doorkeepers,

¹⁸Tulit quoque princeps militiæ Saraiam sacerdotem primum,Also, the leader of the military took away Seraiah, the chief priest,et Sophoniam sacerdotem secundum,and Zephaniah, the second priest,et tres janitores.and three doorkeepers,

¹⁹Et de civitate eunuchum unum,and from the city, one eunuch,qui erat præfectus super bellatores viros:who was in charge of the men of war,et quinque viros de his qui steterant coram rege,and five men out of those who had stood before the king,quos reperit in civitate:whom he found in the city,et Sopher principem exercitus, qui probabat tyrones de populo terræ:and Sopher, the leader of the army who trained the young soldiers from the people of the land,et sexaginta viros e vulgo,and sixty men from the common people,qui inventi fuerant in civitate.who had been found in the city.

¹⁹Et de civitate eunuchum unum,and from the city, one eunuch,qui erat præfectus super bellatores viros:who was in charge of the men of war,et quinque viros de his qui steterant coram rege,and five men out of those who had stood before the king,quos reperit in civitate:whom he found in the city,et Sopher principem exercitus, qui probabat tyrones de populo terræ:and Sopher, the leader of the army who trained the young soldiers from the people of the land,et sexaginta viros e vulgo,and sixty men from the common people,qui inventi fuerant in civitate.who had been found in the city.

²⁰Quos tollens Nabuzardan princeps militum,Taking them, Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military,duxit ad regem Babylonis in Reblatha.led them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

²⁰Quos tollens Nabuzardan princeps militum,Taking them, Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military,duxit ad regem Babylonis in Reblatha.led them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

²¹Percussitque eos rex Babylonis,And the king of Babylon struck them and killed them at Riblah,et interfecit eos in Reblatha in terra Emath:in the land of Hamath.et translatus est Juda de terra sua.And Judah was taken away from his land.

²¹Percussitque eos rex Babylonis,And the king of Babylon struck them and killed them at Riblah,et interfecit eos in Reblatha in terra Emath:in the land of Hamath.et translatus est Juda de terra sua.And Judah was taken away from his land.

²²Populo autem qui relictus erat in terra Juda,But over the people who had remained in the land of Judah,quem dimiserat Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis,whom Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had permitted,præfecit Godoliam filium Ahicam filii Saphan.he appointed as ruler Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan.

²²Populo autem qui relictus erat in terra Juda,But over the people who had remained in the land of Judah,quem dimiserat Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis,whom Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had permitted,præfecit Godoliam filium Ahicam filii Saphan.he appointed as ruler Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan.

²³Quod cum audissent omnes duces militum,And when all the commanders of the military had heard this,ipsi et viri qui erant cum eis,they and the men who were with them,videlicet quod constituisset rex Babylonis Godoliam,specifically, that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah,venerunt ad Godoliam in Maspha,they went to Gedaliah at Mizpah:Ismahel filius Nathaniæ,Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah,et Johanan filius Caree,and Johanan, the son of Kareah,et Saraia filius Thanehumeth Netophathites,and Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth, the Netophathite,et Jezonias filius Maachathi,and Jaazaniah, the son of a Maacathite,ipsi et socii eorum.they and their companions.

²³Quod cum audissent omnes duces militum,And when all the commanders of the military had heard this,ipsi et viri qui erant cum eis,they and the men who were with them,videlicet quod constituisset rex Babylonis Godoliam,specifically, that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah,venerunt ad Godoliam in Maspha,they went to Gedaliah at Mizpah:Ismahel filius Nathaniæ,Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah,et Johanan filius Caree,and Johanan, the son of Kareah,et Saraia filius Thanehumeth Netophathites,and Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth, the Netophathite,et Jezonias filius Maachathi,and Jaazaniah, the son of a Maacathite,ipsi et socii eorum.they and their companions.

²⁴Juravitque Godolias ipsis et sociis eorum,And Gedaliah swore to them and to their companions,dicens:saying:Nolite timere servire Chaldæis:“Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans.manete in terra,Remain in the land,et servite regi Babylonis,and serve the king of Babylon,et bene erit vobis.and it shall be well with you.”

²⁴Juravitque Godolias ipsis et sociis eorum,And Gedaliah swore to them and to their companions,dicens:saying:Nolite timere servire Chaldæis:“Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans.manete in terra,Remain in the land,et servite regi Babylonis,and serve the king of Babylon,et bene erit vobis.and it shall be well with you.”

²⁵Factum est autem in mense septimo,But it happened that, in the seventh month, Ishmael,venit Ismahel filius Nathaniæ filii Elisama de semine regio,the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of royal offspring,et decem viri cum eo:and ten men with him,percusseruntque Godoliam,went and struck Gedaliah,qui et mortuus est: sed et Judæos et Chaldæos qui erant cum eo in Maspha.who then died, along with the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

²⁵Factum est autem in mense septimo,But it happened that, in the seventh month, Ishmael,venit Ismahel filius Nathaniæ filii Elisama de semine regio,the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of royal offspring,et decem viri cum eo:and ten men with him,percusseruntque Godoliam,went and struck Gedaliah,qui et mortuus est: sed et Judæos et Chaldæos qui erant cum eo in Maspha.who then died, along with the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

²⁶Consurgensque omnis populus a parvo usque ad magnum,And all the people, from small to great,et principes militum,and the leaders of the military,venerunt in Ægyptum timentes Chaldæos.rising up, went away to Egypt, fearing the Chaldeans.

²⁶Consurgensque omnis populus a parvo usque ad magnum,And all the people, from small to great,et principes militum,and the leaders of the military,venerunt in Ægyptum timentes Chaldæos.rising up, went away to Egypt, fearing the Chaldeans.

²⁷Factum est vero in anno trigesimo septimo transmigrationis Joachin regis Juda,Truly, it happened that, in the thirty-seventh year of the transmigration of Jehoiachin,mense duodecimo,the king of Judah, in the twelfth month,vigesima septima die mensis:on the twenty-seventh day of the month,sublevavit Evilmerodach rex Babylonis,Evilmerodach, the king of Babylon, in the year when he had begun to reign,anno quo regnare cœperat,lifted up the head of Jehoiachin,caput Joachin regis Juda de carcere.the king of Judah, from prison.

²⁷Factum est vero in anno trigesimo septimo transmigrationis Joachin regis Juda,Truly, it happened that, in the thirty-seventh year of the transmigration of Jehoiachin,mense duodecimo,the king of Judah, in the twelfth month,vigesima septima die mensis:on the twenty-seventh day of the month,sublevavit Evilmerodach rex Babylonis,Evilmerodach, the king of Babylon, in the year when he had begun to reign,anno quo regnare cœperat,lifted up the head of Jehoiachin,caput Joachin regis Juda de carcere.the king of Judah, from prison.

²⁸Et locutus est ei benigne,And he spoke kindly to him.et posuit thronum ejus super thronum regum qui erant cum eo in Babylone.And he set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him at Babylon.

²⁸Et locutus est ei benigne,And he spoke kindly to him.et posuit thronum ejus super thronum regum qui erant cum eo in Babylone.And he set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him at Babylon.

²⁹Et mutavit vestes ejus quas habuerat in carcere,And he changed his garments that he had worn in prison.et comedebat panem semper in conspectu ejus cunctis diebus vitæ suæ.And he ate bread before him always, during all the days of his life.

²⁹Et mutavit vestes ejus quas habuerat in carcere,And he changed his garments that he had worn in prison.et comedebat panem semper in conspectu ejus cunctis diebus vitæ suæ.And he ate bread before him always, during all the days of his life.

³⁰Annonam quoque constituit ei sine intermissione,Also, he appointed to him an allowance without ceasing,quæ et dabatur ei a rege per singulos dies omnibus diebus vitæ suæ.which also was given to him by the king, for each day, during all the days of his life.

³⁰Annonam quoque constituit ei sine intermissione,Also, he appointed to him an allowance without ceasing,quæ et dabatur ei a rege per singulos dies omnibus diebus vitæ suæ.which also was given to him by the king, for each day, during all the days of his life.