1 I n his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him.

وَفِي زَمَنِ المَلِكِ يَهُوياقِيمَ، جاءَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ، مَلِكُ بابِلَ، إلَى يَهُوذا. فَأخضَعَ يَهُوياقِيمَ الَّذِي صارَ تابِعاً لَهُ. لَكِنَّ يَهُوياقِيمَ تَمَرَّدَ عَلَيهِ بَعْدَ ثَلاثِ سِنِينَ، وَاسْتَقَلَّ عَنْهُ.

2 A nd the Lord sent against him raiding bands of Chaldeans, bands of Syrians, bands of Moabites, and bands of the people of Ammon; He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord which He had spoken by His servants the prophets.

فَأرْسَلَ اللهُ جَماعاتٍ مِنَ البابِلِيِّينَ وَالأرامِيِّينَ وَالمُوآبِيِّينَ وَالعَمُّونِيِّينَ لِمُحارَبَتِهِ، أرْسَلَهُمْ إلَى يَهُوذا تَحقِيقاً لِكَلامِ اللهِ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ عَلَى لِسانِ خُدّامِهِ الأنبِياءِ.

3 S urely at the commandment of the Lord this came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done,

أمَرَ اللهُ بِأنْ يَحدُثَ هَذا لِيَهُوذا حَتَّى يُبعِدَهُمْ عَنْ نَظَرِهِ عِقاباً لَهُمْ عَلَى كُلِّ الخَطايا الَّتِي ارتَكَبَها مَنَسَّى.

4 a nd also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the Lord would not pardon.

فَقَدْ قَتَلَ مَنَسَّى أبْرِياءَ كَثِيرِينَ وَأغْرَقَ القُدْسَ بِدَمِهِمْ. وَلَمْ يَشَأِ اللهُ أنْ يَغفِرَ هَذِهِ الخَطايا.

5 N ow the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

وَكُلُّ الأُمُورِ الأُخرَى المُتَعَلِّقَةِ بِيَهُوياقِيمَ وَأعْمالِهِ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا.

6 S o Jehoiakim rested with his fathers. Then Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

وَماتَ يَهُوياقِيمُ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبائِهِ. فَخَلَفَهُ فِي الحُكْمِ ابْنُهُ يَهُوياكِينُ.

7 A nd the king of Egypt did not come out of his land anymore, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the Brook of Egypt to the River Euphrates. The Reign and Captivity of Jehoiachin

وَاسْتَولَى مَلِكُ بابِلَ عَلَى كُلِّ الأراضِي الواقِعَةِ بَينَ نَهْرِ مِصْرَ وَنَهْرِ الفُراتِ الَّتِي كانَتْ وَاقِعَةً تَحتَ سَيطَرَةِ مِصْرَ. فَلَمْ يَعُدْ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ قادِراً عَلَى الخُرُوجِ مِنْ مِصْرَ لِشَنِّ حَمَلاتٍ عَسْكَرِيَّةٍ. نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ يَسْتَولِي عَلَى القُدْس

8 J ehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

كانَ يَهُوياكِينُ فِي الثّامِنَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِندَما تَوَلَّى الحُكْمَ. وَحَكَمَ ثَلاثَةَ أشْهُرٍ فِي القُدْسِ. وَكانَ اسْمُ أُمِّهِ نَحُوشْتا بِنْتَ ألِناثانَ مِنَ القُدْسِ.

9 A nd he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father had done.

وَفَعَلَ يَهُوياكينُ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ. وَسارَ عَلَى نَهْجِ أبِيهِ.

10 A t that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، جاءَ قادَةُ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ مَلِكِ بابِلَ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ وَحاصَرُوها.

11 A nd Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, as his servants were besieging it.

ثُمَّ انضَمَّ إلَيْهِمْ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ مَلِكُ بابِلَ الَّذِي جاءَ إلَى المَدِينَةِ.

12 T hen Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers went out to the king of Babylon; and the king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign, took him prisoner. The Captivity of Jerusalem

فَخَرَجَ يَهُوياكِينُ، مَلِكُ يَهُوذا، لِمُحارَبَةِ مَلِكِ بابِلَ. خَرَجَ وَأُمُّهُ وَمَسْؤُولُوهُ وَقادَتُهُ وَخُدّامُهُ. فَأسَرَ مَلِكُ بابِلَ يَهُوياكِينَ. حَدَثَ هَذا فِي السَّنَةِ الثّامِنَةِ مِنْ حُكْمِ نَبُوخَذْناصَّر.

13 A nd he carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house, and he cut in pieces all the articles of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said.

وَاسْتَولَى نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ عَلَى كُلِّ الكُنُوزِ الَّتِي فِي بَيتِ اللهِ وَبَيتِ المَلِكِ. وَكَسَّرَ كُلَّ الآنِيَةِ الَّتِي وَضَعَها سُلَيْمانُ مَلِكُ إسْرائِيلَ فِي هَيكَلِ اللهِ ، وَأخَذَ كُلَّ تِلْكَ الكُنُوزَ وَالآنِيَةَ مَعَهُ. حَدَثَ هَذا تَتمِيماً لِكَلامِ اللهِ.

14 A lso he carried into captivity all Jerusalem: all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land.

وَسَبَى نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ كُلَّ أهلِ القُدسِ. سَبَى القادَةَ وَالأقوِياءَ، فَكانُوا عَشْرَةَ آلافِ شَخصٍ. أخَذَ كُلَّ العُمّالِ وَالصُّنّاعِ المَهَرَةِ. وَلَمْ يَبقَ إلّا فُقَراءُ العامَّةِ.

15 A nd he carried Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. The king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officers, and the mighty of the land he carried into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

وَسَبَى أيضاً يَهُوياكينَ وَأُمَّهُ وَزَوْجاتِهِ وَخُدّامَهُ وَوُجَهاءَ الأرْضِ. أخَذَهُمْ مِنَ القُدْسِ إلَى بابِلَ أسْرى.

16 A ll the valiant men, seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths, one thousand, all who were strong and fit for war, these the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. Zedekiah Reigns in Judah

وَكانَ هُناكَ سَبْعَةُ آلافِ جُندِيٍّ. فَأخَذَهُمْ كُلَّهُمْ بِالإضافَةِ إلَى ألفٍ مِنَ العُمّالِ وَالصُّنّاعِ المَهَرَةِ. وَأخَذَ كُلَّ المُتَدَرِّبْينَ عَلَى القِتالِ. سَبَى مَلِكُ بابِلَ هَؤُلاءِ كُلَّهُمْ إلَى بابِلَ. صِدْقيّا مَلِكُ يَهُوذا

17 T hen the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

وَنَصَّبَ مَلِكُ بابِلَ مَتَّنْيا، عَمِّ يَهُوياكِينَ، مَلِكاً بَدَلاً مِنْهُ. وَغَيَّرَ اسْمَهُ إلَى صِدْقِيّا.

18 Z edekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

وَكانَ صِدْقِيّا فِي الحادِيَةِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِنْدَما تَوَلَّى الحُكْمَ. وَحَكَمَ إحدَى عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ. وَكانَ اسْمُ أُمِّهِ حَمِّيطَلَ بِنْتَ إرْمِيا مِنْ لِبْنَةَ.

19 H e also did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

وَفَعَلَ صِدْقِيّا الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ. وَسارَ عَلَى نَهْجِ يَهُوياكِينَ.

20 F or because of the anger of the Lord this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, that He finally cast them out from His presence. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

فَغَضِبَ اللهُ عَلَى أهلِ القُدْسِ وَيَهُوذا، وَطَرَحَهُمْ بَعِيداً عَنْهُ. نَبُوخَذْناصَّر يُنهِي حُكْمَ صِدْقِيّا وَتَمَرَّدَ صِدقِيّا عَلَى مَلِكِ بابِلَ.