1 ¶ Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the royal seed, and some princes of the king, and ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam in Mizpah; and there they ate bread together in Mizpah.

فِي الشَّهرِ السّابِعِ أتَى إسْماعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيا بْنُ ألِيشاماعَ إلَى جَدَلْيا بْنِ أخِيقامَ فِي المِصفاةِ. وَإسْماعِيلُ هَذا مِنَ الأُسرَةِ المَلَكِيَّةِ وَأحَدُ قادَةِ المَلِكِ. وَقَدْ أتَى مَعَ عَشْرَةِ رِجالٍ، وَأكَلُوا مَعَ جَدَلْيا فِي المِصفاةِ.

2 T hen arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword and slew him whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

ثُمَّ قامَ إسْماعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيا وَالرِّجالُ العَشْرَةُ الَّذِينَ كانُوا مَعَهُ، وَاغتالُوا جَدَلْيا بْنَ أخِيقامَ، وَهُوَ الَّذِي عَيَّنَهُ مَلِكُ بابِلَ مُشرِفاً فِي الأرْضِ.

3 I shmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah at Mizpah and the Chaldean soldiers that were found there.

وَقَتَلَ إسْماعِيلُ جَميعَ اليَهُودِ الَّذِينَ كانُوا مَعَ جَدَلْيا فِي المِصفاةِ، وَكَذَلِكَ الجُنُودَ البابِلِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ وَجَدَهُمْ هُناكَ.

4 A nd it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, when no one knew of it yet

فِي اليَومِ التّالِي لاغتِيالِ جَدَلْيا، لَمْ يَكُنْ أحَدٌ يَعرِفُ أنَّ هَذا قَدْ حَدَثَ.

5 t hat there came certain men of Shechem, of Shiloh, and of Samaria, eighty men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.

وَأتَى بَعضُ الرِّجالِ مِنْ شَكِيمَ وَشِيلُوهَ وَالسّامِرَةِ. كانُوا ثَمانِينَ رَجُلاً قَدْ حَلَقُوا لِحاهُمْ وَمَزَّقُوا ثِيابَهُمْ وَجَرَّحُوا أنفُسَهُمْ. وَكانُوا يَحمِلُونَ تَقدِمَةَ قَمحٍ وَبَخُورٍ لِيُقَدِّمُوها فِي هَيكَلِ اللهِ.

6 A nd Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.

وَخَرَجَ إسْماعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيا مِنَ المِصفاةِ لِيَلتَقِيَ بِهِمْ. وَكانَ يَبكِي فِي طَريقِهِ إلَيْهِمْ. وَعِندَما التَقَى بِهِمْ قالَ: «تَعالَوا إلَى جَدَلْيا بْنِ أخِيقامَ.»

7 A nd it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them and cast them into the midst of a pit, he, and the men that were with him.

وَعِندَما جاءُوا إلَى وَسَطِ المَدِينَةِ، قَتَلَهُمْ إسْماعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيا وَالرِّجالُ الَّذِينَ كانُوا مَعَهُ، وَألقَوْهُمْ فِي بِئْرٍ.

8 B ut ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat and of barley and of oil and of honey. So he forbare, and did not slay them among their brethren.

لَكِنْ كانَ هُناكَ عَشْرَةُ رِجالٍ مِنهُمْ قالُوا لإسْماعِيلَ: «لا تَقتُلْنا لأنَّ لَدَينا قَمحاً وَشَعِيراً وَزَيتاً وَعَسَلاً مُخَبَّأةً فِي الحَقلِ.» فَكَفَّ عَنْ قَتلِهِمْ مَعَ رِفاقِهِمْ.

9 N ow the pit in which Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was the same which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with those that were slain.

أمّا البِئْرُ الَّتِي طَرَحَ فِيها جُثَثَ الرِّجالِ الَّذِينَ قَتَلَهُمْ مُتَظاهِراً بِأنَّهُ صَدِيقُ جَدَلْيا، فَكانَ هُوَ البِئْرَ الكَبيرَ الَّذِي حَفَرَهُ المَلِكُ آسا عِندَما هاجَمَهُ بَعْشا، مَلِكُ إسْرائِيلَ. فَقَدْ مَلأهُ إسْماعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيا بِجُثَثِ القَتلَى.

10 T hen Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive and departed to go over to the Ammonites.

وَأسَرَ إسْماعِيلُ باقِيَ الشَّعبِ الَّذِي كانَ فِي المِصفاةِ، بَناتِ المَلِكِ وَكُلَّ الشَّعبِ الَّذِي بَقِيَ فِي المِصفاةِ. وَكانَ نَبُوزَرادانُ – قائِدُ حَرَسِ المَلِكِ – قَدْ وَضَعَهُمْ تَحتَ حِمايَةِ جَدَلْيا بْنِ أخِيقامَ. فَأسَرَهُمْ إسْماعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيا وَاستَعَدَّ للذَّهابِ إلَى بِلادِ العَمُّونِيِّينَ.

11 ¶ But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the princes of the armies that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

وَسَمِعَ يُوحانانُ بْنُ قارِيحَ وَكُلُّ قادَةِ الجَيْشِ الَّذِينَ كانُوا مَعَهُ عَنْ كُلِّ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي عَمِلَهُ إسْماعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيا.

12 t hen they took all the men and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.

فَأخَذُوا كُلَّ رِجالِهِمْ وَذَهَبُوا لِيُحارِبُوا إسْماعِيلَ بْنَ نَثَنْيا، وَوَجَدُوهُ عِندَ البِركَةِ الكَبِيرَةِ فِي جِبعُونَ.

13 N ow it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael heard Johanan the son of Kareah and all the princes of the armies that were with him, then they were glad.

وَعِندَما رَأى كُلُّ الشَّعبِ المَسبِيِّ الَّذِي كانَ مَعَ إسْماعِيلَ – يُوحانانَ بْنَ قارِيحَ وَكُلَّ قادَةِ الجَيْشِ الَّذِينَ كانُوا مَعَهُ، فَرِحُوا.

14 S o all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.

وَعادَ كُلُّ الشَّعبِ الَّذِي أسَرَهُ إسْماعِيلُ فِي المِصفاةِ إلَى يُوحانانَ بْنِ قارِيحَ.

15 B ut Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men and went to the Ammonites.

أمّا إسْماعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيا فَهَرَبَ مَعَ ثَمانِيةٍ مِنْ رِجالِهِ مِنْ يُوحانانَ، وَذَهَبَ إلَى العَمُّونِيِّينَ.

16 T hen Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the princes of the armies that were with him, took all the remnant of the people which had turned from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam; men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom Johanan had caused to turn from Gibeon:

وَأخَذَ يُوحانانُ بْنُ قارِيحَ وَكُلُّ قادَةِ الجَيشِ الَّذِينَ كانُوا مَعَهُ كُلَّ بَقِيَّةِ النّاسِ الَّذِينَ أخَذَهُمْ إسْماعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيا مِنَ المِصفاةِ، بَعدَ أنْ قَتَلَ جَدَلْيا بْنَ أخِيقامَ. وَكانَ الَّذِينَ أرجَعَهُمْ يُوحانانُ مِنْ جِبعُونَ رِجالاً وَجُنُوداً وَنِساءً وَأطفالاً وَخِصياناً. الهُرُوبُ إلَى مِصر

17 a nd they departed and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, that they might go and enter into Egypt

وَذَهَبُوا وَأقامُوا فِي جَيرُوتَ كِمْهامَ الَّتِي تَقَعُ قُربَ بَيتَ لَحْمَ، وَفِي نِيَّتِهِمْ أنْ يَذهَبُوا إلَى مِصرَ،

18 b ecause of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.

لِخَوفِهِمْ مِنَ البابِلِيِّينَ، لأنَّ إسْماعِيلَ بْنَ نَثَنْيا كانَ قَدْ قَتَلَ جَدَلْيا بْنَ أخِيقامَ الَّذِي عَيَّنَهُ مَلِكُ بابِلَ مُشرِفاً فِي الأرْضِ.