1 ¶ And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came, he and all his host, against Jerusalem and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.

فَجاءَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ، مَلِكُ بابِلَ، وَكُلُّ جَيشِهِ لِمُحارَبَةِ القُدْسِ. وَحاصَرَها وَبَنَى حَولَها أبْراجاً تُرابِيَّةً. كانَ هَذا فِي اليَوْمِ العاشِرِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ العاشِرِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ التّاسِعَةِ لِحُكْمِ صِدْقِيّا.

2 A nd the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

فَحُوصِرَتِ القُدْسُ حَتَّى السَّنَةِ الحادِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ صِدْقِيّا لِيَهُوذا.

3 A nd on the ninth of the month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

وَساءَتْ أحْوالُ المَجاعَةِ فِي المَدِينَةِ. وَقَبلَ اليَوْمِ التّاسِعِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الرّابِعِ نَفِدَ طَعامُ عامَّةِ الشَّعبِ مِنَ المَدِينَةِ.

4 A nd the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which is by the king’s garden, with the Chaldees round about the city; and they went by the way of the plain.

وَتَمَّ خَرْقُ سُورِ المَدِينَةِ. فَهَرَبَ المَلِكُ صِدْقِيّا وَكُلُّ جُنُودِهِ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيلَةِ عَنْ طَرِيقِ بابٍ سِرِّيٍّ فِي السُّورِ المُزدَوَجِ عَبْرَ بُسْتانِ المَلِكِ، مَعَ أنَّ جُنُودَ العَدُوِّ كانُوا يُحاصِرُونَ المَدِينَةَ. فَهَرَبُوا بِاتِّجاهِ وادِي عَرَبَةَ.

5 A nd the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, after all his army had been scattered from him.

فَطارَدَ الجَيشُ البابِلِيُّ المَلِكَ صِدْقِيّا، وَأدرَكُوُهُ بِالقُرْبِ مِنْ سُهُولِ أرِيحا. أمّا جُنُودُ صِدْقِيّا فَتَرَكُوهُ جَمِيعاً وَهَرَبُوا.

6 S o they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah, and they sentenced him.

فَأمسَكَ البابِلِيُّونَ المَلِكَ صِدْقِيّا وَاقتادُوهُ إلَى مَلِكِ بابِلَ فِي رِبلَةَ فِي أرْضِ حَماةَ حَيثُ أعلَنَ مَلِكُ بابِلَ ما صَدَرَ عَلَى صِدْقِيّا مِنْ حُكمٍ.

7 A nd they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes and put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him with fetters of brass and carried him to Babylon.

فَقَتَلُوا أولادَ صِدْقِيّا أمامَ عَينَيهِ، وَفَقَأُوا عَينَيهِ. ثُمَّ قَيَّدُوهُ بِسِلسِلَتَينِ بُرُونزيَّتَينِ، وَأحضَرُوهُ إلَى بابِلَ. تَدمِيرُ القُدْس

8 ¶ And in the fifth month, on the seventh of the month, which was the year nineteen of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a slave of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.

وَجاءَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ فِي اليَوْمِ السّابِعِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الخامِسِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ التّاسِعَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِهِ لِبابِلَ. وَجاءَ مَعَهُ قائِدُ الحَرَسِ الخاصِّ، وَاسْمُهُ نَبُوزَرادانُ.

9 A nd he burnt the house of the LORD and the king’s house and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house he burnt with fire.

فَأحرَقَ نَبُوزَرادانُ بَيتَ اللهِ ، وَبَيتَ المَلِكِ، وَكُلَّ بُيُوتِ القُدْسِ، كَما أحرَقَ بُيُوتَ الأغنِياءِ الفَخْمَةِ.

10 A nd all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

ثُمَّ هَدَمَ الجَيشُ البابِلِيُّ تَحتَ إمْرَةِ نَبُوزَرادانَ رَئِيسِ الحَرَسِ السُّورَ المُحِيطَ بِمَدِينَةِ القُدْسِ.

11 N ow the rest of the people that were left in the city and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, carried away.

وَساقَ نَبُوزَرادانُ رَئِيسُ الحَرَسِ جَميعَ الَّذِينَ بَقِيُوا فِي المَدِينَةِ إلَى السَّبيِ، حَتَّى جَميعَ الَّذِينَ فَرُّوا وَاسْتَسلَمُوا لِمَلِكِ بابِلَ، وَجَمِيعَ الشَّعبِ.

12 B ut the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

وَلَمْ يُبقِ رَئِيسُ الحَرَسِ فِي المَدِينَةِ إلّا فُقَراءَ الكَرّامِينَ وَالفَلّاحِينَ لِيَهْتَمُّوا بِالأرْضِ.

13 A nd the Chaldees broke in pieces the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD and the bases and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD and carried the brass of them to Babylon.

وَحَطَّمَ البابِلِيُّونَ كُلَّ ما هُوَ مَصنُوعٌ مِنْ بُرونْزٍ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ. فَكَسَّرُوا الأعمِدَةَ البُرونْزِيَّةَ، وَالعَرَباتِ البُرونْزِيَّةِ، وَالخَزّانَ البُرونْزِيَّ الضَّخْمَ.

14 T hey also took away the pots and the shovels and the snuffers and the spoons and all the vessels of brass, with which they ministered.

وَنَهَبُوا أيضاً القُدُورَ وَالمَجارِفَ وَالمِقَصّاتِ، وَالمَلاعِقَ وَكُلَّ الآنِيَةِ البُرونْزِيَّةِ الخاصَّةِ بِخِدمَةِ الهَيكَلِ.

15 A nd the censers and the bowls and such things as were of gold in gold and of silver in silver the captain of the guard took away, also

وَأخَذَ نَبُوزَرادانُ أيضاً كُلَّ المَجامِرِ وَالطّاساتِ. وَاسْتَولَى عَلَى كُلِّ ما هُوَ مَصنُوعٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ أوْ فِضَّةٍ.

16 t he two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

كانَ العَمُودانِ وَالخَزّانُ وَالعَرَباتُ قَدْ صَنَعَها سُلَيْمانُ مِنْ البُرونْزِ لِبَيتِ اللهِ. فَكانَ البُرونزُ المَأخُوذُ مِنْ جَميعِ هَذِهِ الأشْياءِ أثقَلَ مِنْ أنْ يُوزَنَ!

17 T he height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass; and the height of the chapiter three cubits, and network and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass; and the second pillar was like the first with network.

كانَ ارتِفاعُ العَمُودِ الواحِدِ ثَمانِيَ عَشْرَةَ ذِراعاً. وَفَوقَ كُلِّ عَمُودٍ مِنهُما تاجٌ برُونزِيٌّ ارتِفاعُهُ ثَلاثَ أذرُعٍ. وَتُحيطُ بِكُلِّ تاجٍ تَعريشَةٌ وَرُمّاناتٌ. كُلُّها مِنَ البُرونزِ. سَبْيُ شَعبِ يَهُوذا

18 A nd the captain of the guard took Seraiah, the chief priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and the three keepers of the door;

وَأخَذَ نَبُوزَرادانُ مِنَ الهَيكَلِ رَئِيسَ الكَهَنَةِ سَرايا، وَالكاهِنَ الثّانِي صَفَنْيا، وَحُرّاسَ المَدخَلِ الثَّلاثَةَ.

19 a nd out of the city he took a eunuch, that was set over the men of war, and five men of those that were in the king’s presence, who were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land, with sixty men of the people of the land that were found in the city.

وَمِنَ المَدِينَةِ، أخَذَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ قائِداً كانَ مَسْؤُولاً عَنِ الجَيشِ، وَخَمْسَةً مِنْ مُسْتَشارِيِّ المَلِكِ لَمْ يَهرُبُوا مِنَ المَدِينَةِ، وَمُساعِدِ قائِدِ الجَيشِ – وَهُوَ الذي كانَ يَختارُ مِنْ بَينِ عامَّةِ الشَّعبِ جُنُوداً لِلجَيشِ – وَسِتِّينَ شَخصاً مِنْ عامَّةِ الشَّعبِ حَدَثَ أنْ كانُوا فِي المَدِينَةِ.

20 N ebuzaradan, captain of the guard, took these and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.

أخَذَ نَبُوزَرادانُ هَؤُلاءِ كُلَّهُمْ إلَى مَلِكِ بابِلَ فِي مَدِينَةِ رِبلَةَ.

21 A nd the king of Babylon smote and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.

فَقَتَلَهُمُ مَلِكُ بابِلَ فِي رِبلَةَ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ حَماةَ، وَسُبِيَ شَعبُ يَهُوذا مِنْ أرْضِهِمْ. جَدَلْيا والِي يَهُوذا

22 ¶ And as for the people whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, left in the land of Judah, he made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor over them.

غَيرَ أنَّ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ مَلِكَ بابِلَ أبْقَى قِسْماً مِنَ الشَّعبِ فِي أرْضِ يَهُوذا. وَجَعَلَ جَدَلْيا بْنَ أخِيقامَ بْنِ شافانَ والِياً عَلَيهِمْ.

23 A nd when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth, the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah, the son of Maachathi, they and their men.

وَكانَ إسْماعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيا، وَيُوحَنانُ بْنُ قارِيحَ، وَسَرايا بْنُ تَنحُومَثَ النَّطُوفاتِيِّ، وَيازَنْيا بْنُ المَعكِيِّ قادَةً لِجُيُوشِ يَهُوذا. سَمِعَ هَؤُلاءِ القادَةُ وَرِجالُهُمْ أنَّ مَلِكَ بابِلَ عَيَّنَ جَدَلْيا والِياً. فَذَهَبُوا إلَى المِصفاةِ لِلِقائِهِ.

24 T hen Gedaliah swore to them and to their men and said unto them, Do not fear the slaves of the Chaldees; dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

فَقَطَعَ جَدَلْيا وَعداً بِأنْ يُحافِظَ عَلَى سَلامَتِهِمْ وَسَلامَةِ رِجالِهِمْ. وَقالَ لَهُمْ: «لا تَخافُوا مِنَ المَسؤُولِينَ البابِلِيِّينَ. ابقُوا هُنا وَكُونُوا مُوالِينَ لِمَلِكِ بابِلَ، فَتَعِيشُوا فِي سَلامٍ وَخَيرٍ.»

25 B ut in the seventh month, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama of the royal seed, came and ten men with him and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.

وَكانَ إسْماعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيا بْنِ ألِيشَمَعَ مِنْ عائِلَةِ المَلِكِ. فَجاءَ فِي الشَّهْرِ الحادِي عَشَرَ مَعَ عَشْرَةٍ مِنْ رِجالِهِ وَهاجَمُوا جَدَلْيا، فَقَتَلُوهُ. وَقَتَلُوا أيضاً جَمِيعَ اليَهُودِ وَالبابِلِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ كانُوا مَعَ جَدَلْيا فِي المِصْفاةِ.

26 T hen all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose and went to Egypt, for they were afraid of the Chaldees.

ثُمَّ هَرَبَ قادَةُ الجَيشِ وَكُلُّ الشَّعبِ إلَى مِصْرَ. هَرَبُوا جَمِيعاً، مِنْ صِغارِ الشَّأْنِ إلَى كِبارِهِ، فَقَدْ خافُوا مِنْ عِقابِ مَلِكِ بابِلَ.

27 A nd it came to pass after thirty-seven years of the captivity of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Evilmerodach, king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, out of the prison house;

وَفِيما بَعْدُ، صارَ أوِيلُ مَرْدُوخُ مَلِكاً عَلَى بابِلَ، وَأطلَقَ سَراحَ يَهُوياكِينَ مِنَ السِّجْنِ. حَدَثَ هَذا فِي السَّنَةِ السّابِعَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ مِنْ سَبْيِ يَهُوياكِينَ. فَكانَ هَذا يُوافِقُ اليَوْمَ السّابِعِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الثّانِي عَشَرَ لِتَوَلِّي أوِيلَ مَرْدُوخَ حُكْمَهُ.

28 a nd he spoke kindly to him and set his seat above the seats of the kings that were with him in Babylon.

وَأحسَنَ أوِيلُ مَردُوخَ مُعامَلَةَ يَهُوياكِينَ. وَأعطاهُ مَكانَةً أرفَعَ لِلجُلُوسِ مِنَ المُلُوكِ الآخَرِينَ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ فِي بابِلَ.

29 A nd he changed his prison garments, and he ate bread continually before him all the days of his life.

فَخَلَعَ يَهُوياكِينُ ثِيابَ سِجنِهِ، وَأجلَسَهُ أوِيلُ مَرْدُوخُ عَلَى مائِدَتِهِ. فَكانَ يَأْكُلُ مَعَهُ كُلَّ يَومٍ حَتَّى آخِرِ حَياتِهِ.

30 A nd the king caused him to be given his food continually, each thing in its time, all the days of his life.

وَهَكَذا كانَ أوِيلُ مَردُوخُ يُعْطِي يَهُوياكِينَ كُلَّ ما يَحْتاجُ مِنْ طَعامٍ يُوماً بِيَومٍ طِيلَةَ بَقِيَّةِ حَياتِهِ.