1 و َمَلَكَ المَلِكُ صِدْقِيّا بْنُ يُوشِيّا مَكانَ كُنْياهُو بْنِ يَهُوياقِيمَ. وَهُوَ الَّذِي عَيَّنَهُ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ مَلِكاً فِي أرْضِ يَهُوذا.

Now King Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.

2 و َلَمْ يَستَمِعْ هُوَ وَخُدّامُهُ وَشَعبُ الأرْضِ لِكَلامِ اللهِ الَّذِي قالَهُ عَلَى فَمِ إرْمِيا النَّبِيِّ.

But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land gave heed to the words of the Lord which He spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.

3 و َأرسَلَ المَلِكُ صِدْقِيّا يَهُوخَلَ بْنَ شَلَمْيا وَصَفَنْيا بْنَ مَعَسِيّا الكاهِنِ إلَى إرْمِيا النَّبِيِّ بِهَذِهِ الرِّسالَةِ: «صَلِّ لأجلِنا إلَى إلَهِنا.»

And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “Pray now to the Lord our God for us.”

4 و َكانَ إرْمِيا يَتَحَرَّكُ بِحُرِّيَّةٍ وَسطَ الشَّعبِ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، إذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ وُضِعَ فِي السِّجنِ بَعدُ.

Now Jeremiah was coming and going among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.

5 و َكانَ جَيشُ فِرعَوْنَ قَدْ خَرَجَ مِنْ مِصرَ، وَالبابِلِيُّونَ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يُحاصِرُونَ مَدينَةَ القُدْسِ قَدْ سَمِعُوا بِما عَمِلَهُ جَيْشُ فِرعَوْنَ، وَلِذا تَرَكُوا مَوقِعَهُمْ عِندَ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

Then Pharaoh’s army came up from Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, they departed from Jerusalem.

6 و َجاءَتْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ إلَى إرْمِيا النَّبِيِّ فَقالَ:

Then the word of the Lord came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

7 « هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: هَذا ما تَقُولانِهِ – يا يَهُوخَلُ وَصَفَنْيا – إلَى مَلِكِ يَهُوذا: ‹جَيشُ فِرعَوْنَ الَّذِي خَرَجَ لِيُساعِدَكَ سَيَعُودُ إلَى أرْضِهِ مِصرَ.

“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Thus you shall say to the king of Judah, who sent you to Me to inquire of Me: “Behold, Pharaoh’s army which has come up to help you will return to Egypt, to their own land.

8 و َالبابِلِيُّونَ سَيَرجِعُونَ وَيُحارِبُونَ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةَ. سَيَسْتَولُونَ عَلَيها وَيَحرِقُونَها بِالنّارِ.›

And the Chaldeans shall come back and fight against this city, and take it and burn it with fire.”’

9 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: ‹لا تَخدَعُوا أنفُسَكُمْ فَتَقُولُوا: سَيَرحَلُ البابِلِيُّونَ بِلا شَكٍّ، لأنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَرحَلُوا.

Thus says the Lord: ‘Do not deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely depart from us,” for they will not depart.

10 و َحَتَّى لَو ضَرَبُوا كُلَّ جَيشِ البابِلِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ يُحارِبُونَكُمْ، فَلَمْ يَبقَ سِوَى رِجالٍ جَرحَى فِي خَيامِهِمْ، فَإنَّهُمْ سَيَقُومُونَ وَيُحرِقُونَ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةَ.›»

For though you had defeated the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained only wounded men among them, they would rise up, every man in his tent, and burn the city with fire.’” Jeremiah Imprisoned

11 و َعِندَما تَرَكَ جَيشُ البابِلِيِّينَ مَوقِعَهُ عِندَ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ بِسَبَبِ اقتِرابِ جَيشِ فِرعَوْنَ،

And it happened, when the army of the Chaldeans left the siege of Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,

12 أ رادَ إرْمِيا الخُرُوجَ مِنَ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ إلَى أرْضِ بَنْيامِيْنَ، لِيَأخُذَ حِصَّتَهُ مِنَ الأرْضِ مَعَ باقِي الشَّعبِ هُناكَ.

that Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin to claim his property there among the people.

13 و َعِندَما جاءَ إلَى بَوّابَةِ بَنْيامِيْنَ كانَ هُناكَ حارِسٌ يُدعَى يَرْئِيّا بْنَ شَلَمْيا بْنَ حَنَنِيّا. قَبَضَ هَذا عَلَى إرْمِيا النَّبِيِّ، فَقالَ: «أنتَ تُرِيدُ الانضِمامَ إلَى البابِلِيِّينَ!»

And when he was in the Gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there whose name was Irijah the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans!”

14 ف َقالَ إرْمِيا لِيَرْئِيّا: «هَذا كَذِبٌ، فَأنا لَنْ أنضَمَّ إلَى البابِلِيِّينَ.» وَلَكِنَّ يَرئِيّا لَمْ يَسمَعْ لَهُ. وَلِذا قَبَضَ يَرْئِيّا عَلَى إرْمِيا وَأحضَرَهُ إلَى الرُّؤَساءِ.

Then Jeremiah said, “False! I am not defecting to the Chaldeans.” But he did not listen to him. So Irijah seized Jeremiah and brought him to the princes.

15 ف َغَضِبَ الرُّؤَساءُ عَلَى إرْمِيا وَضَرَبُوهُ وَحَبَسُوهُ فِي بَيتِ يُوناثانَ الكاتِبِ، لأنَّهُمْ كانُوا قَدْ حَوَّلُوا بَيتَهُ إلَى سِجنٍ.

Therefore the princes were angry with Jeremiah, and they struck him and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe. For they had made that the prison.

16 و َلَمّا أتَى إرْمِيا إلَى الزَّنازِينِ، بَقِيَ هُناكَ أيّاماً كَثِيرَةً.

When Jeremiah entered the dungeon and the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,

17 و َأرسَلَ المَلِكُ صِدْقِيّا وَأحضَرَهُ إلَيهِ، وَاستَجوَبَهُ المَلِكُ فِي بَيتِ المَلِكِ سِرّاً، فَقالَ: «هَلْ هُناكَ كَلِمَةٌ مِنَ اللهِ ؟» فَأجابَ إرْمِيا: «نَعَمْ، هُناكَ كَلِمَةٌ: سَتُسَلَّمُ إلَى يَدِ مَلِكِ بابِلَ.»

then Zedekiah the king sent and took him out. The king asked him secretly in his house, and said, “Is there any word from the Lord ?” And Jeremiah said, “There is.” Then he said, “You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon!”

18 ث ُمَّ قالَ إرْمِيا لِلمَلِكِ صِدْقِيّا: «بِماذا أخطَأتُ إلَيكَ أوْ إلَى خُدّامِكَ أوْ إلَى هَذا الشَّعبِ حَتَّى وَضَعتُمُونِي فِي السِّجنِ؟

Moreover Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “What offense have I committed against you, against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?

19 و َأينَ أنبِياؤُكُمُ الَّذِينَ تَنَبَّأُوا لَكُمْ وَقالُوا: ‹لَنْ يَأتِيَ مَلِكُ بابِلَ عَلَيكُمْ وَعَلَى هَذِهِ الأرْضِ؟›

Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’?

20 و َالآنَ يا سَيِّدِي المَلِكَ، تَكَرَّمْ وَاسمَعْ طَلَبِي. أرجُوكَ، لا تُعِدْنِي إلَى بَيتِ يُوناثانَ الكاتِبُ، فَإنِّي سَأمُوتُ هُناكَ.»

Therefore please hear now, O my lord the king. Please, let my petition be accepted before you, and do not make me return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.”

21 ف َأمَرَ المَلِكُ بِوَضعِ إرْمِيا فِي ساحَةِ السِّجنِ. وَأمَرَ بِأنْ يُعطَى رَغِيفَ خُبزٍ يَومِيّاً مِنْ شارِعِ الخَبّازِينَ، حَتَّى لَمْ يَتَبَقَّ خُبزٌ فِي المَدِينَةِ. وَمَكَثَ إرْمِيا فِي ساحَةِ السِّجنِ.

Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah to the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread from the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was gone. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.