1 I n the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came and gathered around Jerusalem.

فِي الشَّهرِ العاشِرِ منَ السَّنَةِ التّاسِعَةِ مِنْ حُكمِ صِدْقِيّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذا، جاءَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ مَلِكُ بابِلَ مَعَ كُلِّ جَيشِهِ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ، وَحاصَرُوها.

2 A nd on the ninth day of the fourth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the city wall was broken open.

وَفِي اليَومِ التّاسِعِ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الرّابِعِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ الحادِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكمِ صِدْقِيّا، اختَرَقَ العَدُوُّ أسوارَ المَدِينَةِ.

3 T hen all the captains of the king of Babylon came in and sat down at the Middle Gate: Nergal-sar-ezer, Samgar-nebu, Sarsekim, the Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, and all the rest of the captains of the king of Babylon.

فَأتَى كُلُّ قادَةِ مَلِكِ بابِلَ وَجَلَسُوا عِندَ البَوّابَةِ الوُسطَى. مِنْ بَينِهِمْ نَرجِلُ شَرْاصَّرُ حَاكِمُ إقلِيمِ سَمجَرَ، وَنِبُو سَرْسَخِيمُ – وَكِلاهُما مَسؤولانِ بارِزانِ، وَغَيرُهُمْ مِنْ قادَةِ مَلِكِ بابِلَ.

4 W hen King Zedekiah of Judah and all his men of war saw them, they ran out of the city at night by way of the king’s garden through the gate between the two walls. They went out toward the Jordan Valley.

فَلَمّا رَآهُمُ المَلِكُ صِدْقِيّا مَلِكُ يَهُوذا وَكُلُّ المُحارِبِينَ، هَرَبُوا وَخَرَجُوا مِنَ المَدِينَةِ لَيلاً عَبرَ بُستانِ المَلِكِ، فِي مِنْطَقَةِ بَوّابَةِ المَلِكِ بَينَ السُّورَينِ. وَقَدْ خَرَجُوا مِنَ المَدِينَةِ باتِّجاهِ العَرَبَةِ.

5 B ut the Babylonian army went after them and came to Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They took hold of him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath. And Nebuchadnezzar decided how he should be punished.

فَطارَدَهُمْ جَيشُ البابِلِيِّينَ. فَأمسَكُوا صِدْقِيّا فِي المَناطِقِ الجَرداءِ حَولَ أرِيحا. فَاقتادُوهُ وَأحضَرُوهُ إلَى نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ مَلِكِ بابِلَ فِي رَبلَةَ فِي أرْضِ حَماةَ، حَيثُ أعلَنَ مَلِكُ بابِلَ ما صَدَرَ عَلَى صِدْقِيّا مِنْ حُكمٍ.

6 T he king of Babylon killed Zedekiah’s sons in front of his eyes at Riblah. He killed all the leaders of Judah also.

فَقَتَلَ مَلِكُ بابِلَ أبناءَ صِدْقِيّا فِي رَبلَةَ أمامَ عَينَيهِ. كَما قَتَلَ مَلِكُ بابِلَ جَميعَ أشرافِ يَهُوذا.

7 T hen he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and put him in chains of brass to take him to Babylon.

ثُمَّ فَقَأ عَينَيَّ صِدْقِيّا وَقَيَّدَهُ بِسَلاسِلَ بُرُونزِيَّةٍ، وَأحضَرَهُ إلَى بابِلَ.

8 T he Babylonians burned the king’s house and the houses of the people with fire. And they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

ثُمَّ أحرَقَ البابِلِيُّونَ بَيتَ المَلِكِ وَكُلَّ البُيُوتِ بِالنّارِ، وَهَدَمُوا أسوارَ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

9 T hen Nebuzaradan, the captain of the soldiers, carried the rest of the people who were left in the city away to Babylon, those who went over with him, and the people who stayed.

أمّا بَقِيَّةُ الشَّعبِ الَّذِي بَقِيَ فِي المَدِينَةِ وَالَّذِينَ هَرَبُوا إلَى البابِلِيِّينَ وَبَقِيَّةِ الحَرفِيِّينَ، فَقَدْ سَباهُمْ نَبُوزَرادانُ رَئِيسُ الحَرَسِ، إلَى بابِلَ.

10 B ut Nebuzaradan, the captain of the prison soldiers, left behind in the land of Judah some of the poorest people who had nothing. He gave them grape-fields and fields at the same time. Jeremiah Is Not Held

وَتَرَكَ نَبُوزَرادانُ بَعضَ فُقَراءِ الشَّعبِ، الَّذِينَ لا يَملِكُونَ شَيئاً، فِي أرْضِ يَهُوذا، وَأعطاهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ حُقُولا وَكُرُوماً.

11 N ow Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon said what must be done about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan the captain of the prison soldiers. He said,

وَأصدَرَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ أمراً بِخُصُوصِ إرْمِيا إلَى نَبُوزَرادانَ رَئِيسِ الحَرَسِ فَقالَ:

12 “ Take him and watch over him. Do not hurt him, but do with him as he tells you.”

«خُذْهُ وَاعتَنِ بِهِ، وَلا تُؤذِهِ أبَداً. وَمَهما طَلَبَ أعطِهِ.»

13 S o Nebuzaradan the captain of the prison soldiers, Nebushazban the Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, and all the leading captains of the king of Babylon

وَلِذا أرسَلَ نَبُوزَرادانُ، رَئِيسُ الحَرَسِ، وَنَبُوشَزْبانُ الضّابِطُ المُتَقَدِّمُ فِي جَيشِ بابِلَ، وَنَرجِلُ شَراصَّرُ المَسؤُولُ البارِزُ، وَكُلُّ قادَةِ مَلِكِ بابِلَ،

14 s ent for Jeremiah and took him out of the open space of the prison. And they put him in the care of Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So Jeremiah stayed among the people. Ebed-melech’s Future

وَأخَذُوا إرْمِيا مِنْ ساحَةِ السِّجنِ وَأسلَمُوهُ لِجَدَلْيا بْنِ أخِيقامَ بْنِ شافانَ، الَّذِي كانَ عَلَيهِ أنْ يُحضِرَهُ إلَى بَيتِهِ. فَسَكَنَ إرْمِيا فِي وَسَطِ الشَّعبِ. رِسالَةُ اللهِ إلَى عَبْدَمَلِكَ الكُوشِيّ

15 T he Word of the Lord had come to Jeremiah while he was being kept in the open space of the prison, saying,

وَجاءَتْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ إلَى إرْمِيا بَينَما كانَ مَسجُوناً فِي ساحَةِ السِّجنِ، فَقالَ:

16 “ Go and tell Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, ‘This is what the Lord of All, the God of Israel says: “I will bring My words on this city for bad and not for good. And they will happen in front of you at that time.

«اذْهَبْ وَقُلْ لِعَبْدَمَلِكَ الكُوشِيِّ، هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹سَآتِي بِخَرابٍ لا بِخَيرٍ عَلَى هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ، كَما قُلْتُ، وَسَيَحدُثُ هَذا أمامَ عَينَيكَ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ.

17 I will save you on that day,” says the Lord. “You will not be given over to the men you are afraid of.

لَكِنِّي سَأحمِيكَ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، يَقُولُ اللهُ ، فَلَنْ تُسَلَّمَ إلَى أيدِي مَنْ تَخافُ مِنْهُمْ.

18 F or I will be sure to take you away, and you will not be killed by the sword. You will have your life because you have trusted in Me,”’” says the Lord.

لأنِّي سَأُنقِذُكَ إنقاذاً، فَلَنْ تُقتَلَ فِي المَعرَكَةِ. وَسَتَكُونُ حَياتُكَ غَنِيمَةً لَكَ فِي الحَربِ، لأنَّكَ اتَّكَلْتَ عَلَيَّ.›» يَقُولُ اللهُ.