1 ¶ And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.

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

2 B ut neither he nor his slaves nor the people of the land hearkened unto the words of the LORD, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.

وَلَمْ يَستَمِعْ هُوَ وَخُدّامُهُ وَشَعبُ الأرْضِ لِكَلامِ اللهِ الَّذِي قالَهُ عَلَى فَمِ إرْمِيا النَّبِيِّ.

3 A nd Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.

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

4 ( Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.

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

5 A nd as Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.)

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

6 T hen came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

وَجاءَتْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ إلَى إرْمِيا النَّبِيِّ فَقالَ:

7 T hus hath the LORD, the God of Israel said; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which had come forth to help you, has returned to Egypt into their own land.

«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.

8 A nd the Chaldeans shall come again and fight against this city and take it and burn it with fire.

وَالبابِلِيُّونَ سَيَرجِعُونَ وَيُحارِبُونَ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةَ. سَيَسْتَولُونَ عَلَيها وَيَحرِقُونَها بِالنّارِ.›

9 T hus hath the LORD said; Do not deceive yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans have surely departed from us; for they shall not depart.

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

10 F or though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up each man from his tent and burn this city with fire.

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

11 ¶ And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,

وَعِندَما تَرَكَ جَيشُ البابِلِيِّينَ مَوقِعَهُ عِندَ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ بِسَبَبِ اقتِرابِ جَيشِ فِرعَوْنَ،

12 t hen Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin to separate himself there in the midst of the people.

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

13 A nd when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.

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

14 T hen said Jeremiah It is false; I do not fall away to the Chaldeans. But he did not hearken to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

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

15 T herefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah and smote him and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.

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

16 W hen Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

وَلَمّا أتَى إرْمِيا إلَى الزَّنازِينِ، بَقِيَ هُناكَ أيّاماً كَثِيرَةً.

17 t hen Zedekiah the king sent and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

وَأرسَلَ 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.»

18 M oreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, In what have I sinned against thee or against thy slaves or against this people that ye have put me in prison?

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

19 W here are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you nor against this land?

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

20 T herefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

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

21 T hen Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the guard and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

فَأمَرَ 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.