1 و َنَصَّبَ شَعبُ يَهُوذا يَهُوآحازَ بْنَ يُوشيّا مَلِكاً عَلَيهِمْ فِي القُدسِ عِوَضاً عَنْ أبِيهِ.

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.

2 ك انَ يَهُوآحازُ فِي الثّالِثَةِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِنْدَما تَوَلَّى الحُكْمَ. وَحَكَمَ ثَلاثَةَ شُهُورٍ فِي القُدْسِ.

Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

3 و َبَعدَ ذَلِكَ خَلَعَهُ نَخُوُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ عَنِ العَرشِ. وَفَرَضَ جِزيَةً عَلَى يَهُوذا مِقدارُها مِئَةُ قِنْطارٍ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ، وَقِنْطارٌ واحِدٌ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ.

And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

4 و َنَصَّبَ نَخُوُ ألِياقيمَ أخا يُوآحازَ مَلِكاً عَلَى يَهُوذا وَالقُدسِ بَدَلاً مِنهُ. ثُمَّ غَيَّرَ نَخُوُ اسْمَ ألِياقِيمَ إلَى يَهُوياقِيمَ. أمّا يَهُوآحازُ، فَأسَرَهُ نَخُوُ وَأخَذَهُ إلَى مِصْرَ. يَهُوياقِيمُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذا

And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

5 ك انَ يَهُوياقِيمُ فِي الخامِسَةِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِنْدَما تَوَلَّى الحُكْمَ. وَحَكَمَ إحدَى عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي القُدْسِ. وَفَعَلَ يَهُوياقِيمُ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ.

Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.

6 و َهاجَمَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ مَلِكُ بابِلَ يَهُوذا، وَأسَرَ يَهُوياقِيمَ وَقَيَّدَهُ بِسَلاسِلَ نُحاسيَّةٍ، ثُمَّ أخَذَهُ إلَى بابِلَ.

Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

7 و َأخَذَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ بَعضَ الآنِيَةِ مِنْ بَيتِ اللهِ ، وَحَمَلَها إلَى بابِلَ وَوَضَعَها فِي هَيكَلِهِ.

Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

8 أ مّا بَقِيَّةُ أعْمالِ يَهُوياقِيمُ، وَخَطاياهُ البَغِيضَةُ الَّتِي ارتَكَبَها، وَكُلُّ عُيُوبِهِ، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ إسْرائِيلَ وَيَهُوذا. وَخَلَفَهُ عَلَى العَرشِ ابْنُهُ يَهُوياكِينُ. يَهُوياكِينُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذا

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

9 ك انَ يَهُوياكِينُ فِي الثّامِنَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِندَما تَوَلَّى الحُكْمَ. وَحَكَمَ ثَلاثَةَ أشْهُرٍوَعَشْرَةَ أيّامٍ فِي القُدْسِ. وَفَعَلَ يَهُوياكينُ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ.

Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.

10 و َفِي الرَّبِيعِ أرسَلَ المَلِكُ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ بَعْضَ خُدّامِهِ إلَى يَهُوياكِينَ. فَأخَذُوا يَهُوياكِينَ وَبَعْضَ الكُنُوزِ الثَّمِينَةِ مِنْ بَيتِ اللهِ إلَى بابِلَ. وَنَصَّبَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ صِدْقِيّا، قَرِيبَ يَهُوياكِينَ، مَلِكاً عَلَى يَهُوذا وَالقُدسِ. صِدْقِيّا مَلِكُ يَهُوذا

And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

11 و َكانَ صِدْقِيّا فِي الحادِيَةِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِنْدَما تَوَلَّى الحُكْمَ. وَحَكَمَ إحدَى عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

12 و َفَعَلَ الشَّرَّ أمامَ إلَهِهِ. وَلَمْ يَتَواضَعْ أمامَ النَّبِيِّ إرْمِيا الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ لَهُ مِنْ فَمِ اللهِ. دَمارُ القُدس

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the Lord.

13 و َتَمَرَّدَ صِدْقِيّا عَلَى المَلِكِ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ الَّذِي استَحلَفَهُ بِاللهِ أنْ يَكُونَ وَفيّاً لَهُ. فَقَسَّى رَقَبَتَهُ وَقَلْبَهُ رافِضاً أنْ يَتُوبَ إلَى اللهِ ، إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ.

And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the Lord God of Israel.

14 و َقَدْ وَصَلَ تَأْثِيرُهُ السَّيِّئُ حَتَّى إلَى رُؤَساءِ الكَهَنَةِ وَقادَةِ شَعبِ يَهُوذا. إذْ تَمادَى هَؤُلاءِ فِي الخَطايا، وَصارُوا أكثَرَ بُعداً عَنِ اللهِ. وَقَلَّدُوا الأُمَمَ الأُخرَى فِي مُمارَساتِها البَغِيضَةِ، وَنَجَّسُوا بَيتَ اللهِ الَّذِي قَدَّسَهُ فِي القُدسِ.

Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

15 ف َأرسَلَ اللهُ ، إلَهُ آبائِهِمْ، أنبِياءَ واحِداً بَعدَ الآخَرِ لإنذارِ شَعبِهِ. فَقَدْ أشفَقَ اللهُ عَلَيهِمْ وَعَلَى مَكَانِ سُكْناهُ.

And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

16 ل َكِنَّهُمْ سَخِرُوا بِرُسُلِ اللهِ، وَاسْتَهانُوا بِكَلامِهِ، وهزَأُوا بِأنْبِيائِهِ، فَازْدادَ غَضَبُ اللهِ عَلَى الشَّعبِ حَتَّى لَمْ يَعُدْ هُناكَ سَبيلٌ للنَّجاةِ.

But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

17 ف َحَرَّكَ اللهُ مَلِكَ بابِلَ لِلهُجُومِ عَلَى شَعبِ يَهُوذا وَالقُدسِ. فَقَتَلَ المَلِكُ الفِتيانَ حَتَّى وَهُمْ فِي الهَيكَلِ. وَلَمْ يُشفِقْ عَلَى شَعبِ يَهُوذا وَالقُدْسِ. قَتَلَ الكِبارَ وَالصّغارَ، الرِّجالَ وَالنِّساءَ، المَرضَى وَالأصحّاءَ. فَقَدْ سَمَحَ اللهُ لِنَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ بِمُعاقَبَة يَهُوذا وَالقُدسِ.

Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

18 و َحَمَلَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ كُلَّ آنِيَةِ بَيتِ اللهِ جَميعَها إلَى بابِلَ، وَأخَذَ كُنُوزَ بَيتِ اللهِ ، وَكُنُوزَ المَلِكِ، وَكُنُوزَ المَسؤُولِينَ الكِبار لَدَى المَلِكِ.

And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.

19 و َأحْرَقَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ وَجَيشُهُ بَيتَ اللهِ، وَهَدَمُوا سُورَ القُدسِ، وَأحْرَقُوا قُصُورَها وَدَمَّرُوا كُلَّ ثَمِينٍ فِيها.

And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

20 و َأخَذَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ الشَّعبَ الَّذِينَ ظَلُّوا عَلَى قَيدِ الحَياةِ إلَى بابِلَ، فَصارُوا عَبِيداً لَهُ وَلأبْنائِهِ إلَى أنْ تَأسَّسَتِ المَملَكَةُ الفارِسِيَّةُ.

And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:

21 و َهَكَذا تَحَقَّقَتْ كُلُّ النُبُوَّاتِ الَّتِي تَكَلَّمَ بِها اللهُ عَلَى فَمِ النَّبِيِّ إرْمِيا: «سَيَصِيرُ هَذا المَكانُ قَفْراً خالياً لِمَدَّةِ سَبعِينَ سَنَةً، تَعوِيضاً عَنْ سُبُوتِ الرّاحَةِ الَّتِي أهمَلَها الشَّعبُ.»

To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

22 و َفي السَّنَةِ الأُولَى مِنْ حُكمِ كُورَشَ مَلِكِ فارِسَ، جَعَلَ اللهُ كُورَشَ يُطلِقُ نِداءً خاصّاً. وَقَدْ جاءَ نِداؤُهُ هَذا مِنْ أجلِ تَحقِيقِ النُبُوَّاتِ الَّتِي تَكَلَّمَ بِها اللهُ عَلَى فَمِ النَّبِيّ إرْمِيا. فَأرسَلَ كُورَشُ رُسُلاً فِي كُلِّ مَكانٍ مِنْ مَملَكَتِهِ يَحمِلُونَ رِسالَةً منهُ. كانَ مُحْتَوَى الرِّسالَةِ:

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

23 ي َقُولُ كُورَشُ مَلكُ فارِسَ: «جَعَلَنِي اللهُ ، إلَهُ السَّماءِ، مَلِكاً عَلَى كُلِّ الأرْضِ. وَقَدْ أوكَلَ إلَيَّ مَسؤُولِيَّةَ بناءِ بَيْتٍ لَهُ فِي القُدسِ، فِي مِنْطَقَةِ يَهُوذا. فَكُلُّ مَنْ يُريدُ مِنْكُمْ أيُّها الشَّعبُ أنْ يَذْهَبَ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ، فَلْيَذْهَبْ، وَلْيَكُنِ إلَهُهُ مَعَهُ.»

Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The Lord his God be with him, and let him go up.