1 و َفِي زَمَنِ المَلِكِ يَهُوياقِيمَ، جاءَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ، مَلِكُ بابِلَ، إلَى يَهُوذا. فَأخضَعَ يَهُوياقِيمَ الَّذِي صارَ تابِعاً لَهُ. لَكِنَّ يَهُوياقِيمَ تَمَرَّدَ عَلَيهِ بَعْدَ ثَلاثِ سِنِينَ، وَاسْتَقَلَّ عَنْهُ.

In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years; then he turned and rebelled against him.

2 ف َأرْسَلَ اللهُ جَماعاتٍ مِنَ البابِلِيِّينَ وَالأرامِيِّينَ وَالمُوآبِيِّينَ وَالعَمُّونِيِّينَ لِمُحارَبَتِهِ، أرْسَلَهُمْ إلَى يَهُوذا تَحقِيقاً لِكَلامِ اللهِ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ عَلَى لِسانِ خُدّامِهِ الأنبِياءِ.

The Lord sent against him bands of Chaldeans, bands of Arameans, bands of Moabites, and bands of Ammonites. So He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord which He had spoken through His servants the prophets.

3 أ مَرَ اللهُ بِأنْ يَحدُثَ هَذا لِيَهُوذا حَتَّى يُبعِدَهُمْ عَنْ نَظَرِهِ عِقاباً لَهُمْ عَلَى كُلِّ الخَطايا الَّتِي ارتَكَبَها مَنَسَّى.

Surely at the command of the Lord it came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done,

4 ف َقَدْ قَتَلَ مَنَسَّى أبْرِياءَ كَثِيرِينَ وَأغْرَقَ القُدْسَ بِدَمِهِمْ. وَلَمْ يَشَأِ اللهُ أنْ يَغفِرَ هَذِهِ الخَطايا.

and also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the Lord would not forgive.

5 و َكُلُّ الأُمُورِ الأُخرَى المُتَعَلِّقَةِ بِيَهُوياقِيمَ وَأعْمالِهِ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا.

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? Jehoiachin Reigns

6 و َماتَ يَهُوياقِيمُ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبائِهِ. فَخَلَفَهُ فِي الحُكْمِ ابْنُهُ يَهُوياكِينُ.

So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place.

7 و َاسْتَولَى مَلِكُ بابِلَ عَلَى كُلِّ الأراضِي الواقِعَةِ بَينَ نَهْرِ مِصْرَ وَنَهْرِ الفُراتِ الَّتِي كانَتْ وَاقِعَةً تَحتَ سَيطَرَةِ مِصْرَ. فَلَمْ يَعُدْ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ قادِراً عَلَى الخُرُوجِ مِنْ مِصْرَ لِشَنِّ حَمَلاتٍ عَسْكَرِيَّةٍ. نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ يَسْتَولِي عَلَى القُدْس

The king of Egypt did not come out of his land again, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates.

8 ك انَ يَهُوياكِينُ فِي الثّامِنَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِندَما تَوَلَّى الحُكْمَ. وَحَكَمَ ثَلاثَةَ أشْهُرٍ فِي القُدْسِ. وَكانَ اسْمُ أُمِّهِ نَحُوشْتا بِنْتَ ألِناثانَ مِنَ القُدْسِ.

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

9 و َفَعَلَ يَهُوياكينُ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ. وَسارَ عَلَى نَهْجِ أبِيهِ.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father had done. Deportation to Babylon

10 ف ِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، جاءَ قادَةُ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ مَلِكِ بابِلَ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ وَحاصَرُوها.

At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon went up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.

11 ث ُمَّ انضَمَّ إلَيْهِمْ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ مَلِكُ بابِلَ الَّذِي جاءَ إلَى المَدِينَةِ.

And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it.

12 ف َخَرَجَ يَهُوياكِينُ، مَلِكُ يَهُوذا، لِمُحارَبَةِ مَلِكِ بابِلَ. خَرَجَ وَأُمُّهُ وَمَسْؤُولُوهُ وَقادَتُهُ وَخُدّامُهُ. فَأسَرَ مَلِكُ بابِلَ يَهُوياكِينَ. حَدَثَ هَذا فِي السَّنَةِ الثّامِنَةِ مِنْ حُكْمِ نَبُوخَذْناصَّر.

Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he and his mother and his servants and his captains and his officials. So the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign.

13 و َاسْتَولَى نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ عَلَى كُلِّ الكُنُوزِ الَّتِي فِي بَيتِ اللهِ وَبَيتِ المَلِكِ. وَكَسَّرَ كُلَّ الآنِيَةِ الَّتِي وَضَعَها سُلَيْمانُ مَلِكُ إسْرائِيلَ فِي هَيكَلِ اللهِ ، وَأخَذَ كُلَّ تِلْكَ الكُنُوزَ وَالآنِيَةَ مَعَهُ. حَدَثَ هَذا تَتمِيماً لِكَلامِ اللهِ.

He carried out from there 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 king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, just as the Lord had said.

14 و َسَبَى نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ كُلَّ أهلِ القُدسِ. سَبَى القادَةَ وَالأقوِياءَ، فَكانُوا عَشْرَةَ آلافِ شَخصٍ. أخَذَ كُلَّ العُمّالِ وَالصُّنّاعِ المَهَرَةِ. وَلَمْ يَبقَ إلّا فُقَراءُ العامَّةِ.

Then he led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land.

15 و َسَبَى أيضاً يَهُوياكينَ وَأُمَّهُ وَزَوْجاتِهِ وَخُدّامَهُ وَوُجَهاءَ الأرْضِ. أخَذَهُمْ مِنَ القُدْسِ إلَى بابِلَ أسْرى.

So he led Jehoiachin away into exile to Babylon; also the king’s mother and the king’s wives and his officials and the leading men of the land, he led away into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

16 و َكانَ هُناكَ سَبْعَةُ آلافِ جُندِيٍّ. فَأخَذَهُمْ كُلَّهُمْ بِالإضافَةِ إلَى ألفٍ مِنَ العُمّالِ وَالصُّنّاعِ المَهَرَةِ. وَأخَذَ كُلَّ المُتَدَرِّبْينَ عَلَى القِتالِ. سَبَى مَلِكُ بابِلَ هَؤُلاءِ كُلَّهُمْ إلَى بابِلَ. صِدْقيّا مَلِكُ يَهُوذا

All the men of valor, seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths, one thousand, all strong and fit for war, and these the king of Babylon brought into exile to Babylon. Zedekiah Made King

17 و َنَصَّبَ مَلِكُ بابِلَ مَتَّنْيا، عَمِّ يَهُوياكِينَ، مَلِكاً بَدَلاً مِنْهُ. وَغَيَّرَ اسْمَهُ إلَى صِدْقِيّا.

Then the king of Babylon made his uncle Mattaniah king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

18 و َكانَ صِدْقِيّا فِي الحادِيَةِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِنْدَما تَوَلَّى الحُكْمَ. وَحَكَمَ إحدَى عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ. وَكانَ اسْمُ أُمِّهِ حَمِّيطَلَ بِنْتَ إرْمِيا مِنْ لِبْنَةَ.

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

19 و َفَعَلَ صِدْقِيّا الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ. وَسارَ عَلَى نَهْجِ يَهُوياكِينَ.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

20 ف َغَضِبَ اللهُ عَلَى أهلِ القُدْسِ وَيَهُوذا، وَطَرَحَهُمْ بَعِيداً عَنْهُ. نَبُوخَذْناصَّر يُنهِي حُكْمَ صِدْقِيّا وَتَمَرَّدَ صِدقِيّا عَلَى مَلِكِ بابِلَ.

For through the anger of the Lord this came about in Jerusalem and Judah until He cast them out from His presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.