1 T he word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah, who were carried away captive to Babylon.

جاءَتْ هَذِهِ الكَلِمَةُ إلَى إرْمِيا مِنَ اللهِ ، بَعدَ أنْ أطلَقَهُ نَبُوزَرادانُ، رَئِيسُ الحَرَسِ، وَتَرَكَهُ لِيَذهَبَ مِنَ الرّامَةِ. عِندَما وَجَدَهُ، كانَ مَربُوطاً بِقُيُودٍ وَسَطَ الَّذِينَ سُبُوا مِنَ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ وَيَهُوذا إلَى بابِلَ.

2 T he captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, Yahweh your God pronounced this evil on this place;

فَأخَذَ رَئِيسُ الحَرَسِ إرْمِيا وَقالَ لَهُ: « إلَهُكَ جاءَ بِهَذِهِ الكارِثَةِ عَلَى هَذا المَكانِ.

3 a nd Yahweh has brought it, and done according as he spoke: because you have sinned against Yahweh, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing has come on you.

صَنَعَ اللهُ هَذا وَعَمِلَ كَما قالَ، لأنَّكُمْ أخطَأتُمْ إلَى اللهِ وَلَمْ تُطِيعُوا صَوتَهُ. فَحَدَثَ هَذا لَكُمْ.

4 N ow, behold, I release you today from the chains which are on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will take care of you; but if it seems bad to you to come with me into Babylon, don’t: behold, all the land is before you; where it seems good and right to you to go, there go.

وَالآنَ قَدْ أطلَقْتُكَ مِنْ قُيُودِكَ الَّتِي عَلَى يَدَيكَ. فَإنْ أرَدْتَ أنْ تَأتِيَ مَعِي إلَى بابِلَ، تَعالَ، وَأنا سَأهتَمُّ بِكَ. وَلَكِنْ إنْ لَمْ تَستَحسِنْ أنْ تَأتِيَ مَعِي إلَى بابِلَ، فَلا تَأْتِ. كُلُّ الأرْضِ أمامَكَ، فَاذهَبْ حَيثُ تُحِبُّ وَتَستَحسِنُ.

5 N ow while he had not yet gone back, Go back then, he said, to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wherever it seems right to you to go. So the captain of the guard gave him food and a present, and let him go.

وَإنْ أرَدْتَ، فَارْجِعْ إلَى جَدَلْيا بْنِ أخِيقامَ بْنِ شافانَ الَّذِي عَيَّنَهُ مَلِكُ بابِلَ كَمُشرِفٍ عَلَى مُدُنِ يَهُوذا، وَابقَ هُناكَ مَعَهُ وَسَطَ الشَّعبِ، أوِ اذْهَبْ إلَى أيِّ مَكانٍ تَراهُ مُناسِباً لَكَ.» وَأعطاهُ رَئِيسُ الحَرَسِ زاداً وَهَدِيَّةً وَأرسَلَهُ.

6 T hen went Jeremiah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and lived with him among the people who were left in the land.

وَأتَى إرْمِيا إلَى جَدَلْيا بْنِ أخِيقامَ فِي المِصفاةِ، وَبَقِيَ مَعَهُ وَسَطَ الشَّعبِ الَّذِي بَقِيَ فِي الأرْضِ. جَدَلْيا حاكِمُ يَهُوذا

7 N ow when all the captains of the forces who were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed to him men, and women, and children, and of the poorest of the land, of those who were not carried away captive to Babylon;

وَسَمِعَ كُلُّ قادَةِ الجُيُوشِ الَّذِينَ كانُوا فِي الحَقلِ وَرِجالُهُمْ أنَّ مَلِكَ بابِلَ عَيَّنَ جَدَلْيا بْنَ أخِيقامَ حاكِماً فِي الأرْضِ، وَأنَّهُ جَعَلَهُ مَسؤُولاً عَنِ الرِّجالِ وَالنِّساءِ وَالأطفالِ، مِنْ فُقَراءِ الأرْضِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُسبَوْا إلَى بابِلَ.

8 t hen they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

وَأتَى الرِّجالُ التّالِيَةُ أسماؤُهُمْ إلَى جَدَلْيا فِي المِصفاةِ: إسْماعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيا وَيُوحانانُ وَيُوناثانُ ابنا قارِيحَ، وَسَرايا بْنُ تَنحُومَثَ، وَأبناءُ عُوفايَ النَّطُوفاتِيِّ، وَيَزَنْيا بْنُ المَعكِيِّ. أتَى هَؤُلاءِ مَعَ رِجالِهِمْ إلَى جَدَلْيا فِي المِصفاةِ.

9 G edaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, Don’t be afraid to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

وَأقسَمَ جَدَلْيا بْنُ أخِيقامَ بْنُ شافانَ لَهُمْ وَلِرِجالِهِمْ فَقالَ: «لا تَخافُوا مِنْ أنْ تَخدِمُوا البابِلِيِّينَ. فَاسكُنُوا وَاخدِمُوا مَلِكَ بابِلَ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَتَكُونُونَ بِخَيرٍ.

10 A s for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans who shall come to us: but you, gather wine and summer fruits and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that you have taken.

أمّا أنا فَسَأبقَى فِي المِصفاةِ لأُمَثِّلَكُمْ أمامَ البابِلِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ يَأتُونَ إلَينا. أمّا أنتُمْ فَاجمَعُوا نَبيذَكُمْ وَثِمارَكُمْ وَزَيتَكُمْ وَضَعُوها فِي آنِيَتِكُمْ. وَاسكُنُوا فِي مُدُنِكُمُ الَّتِي أخَذْتُمُوها.»

11 L ikewise when all the Jews who were in Moab, and among the children of Ammon, and in Edom, and who were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan;

وَسَمِعَ كُلُّ اليَهُودِ الَّذِينَ كانُوا فِي مُوآبَ وَوَسَطَ العَمُّونِيِّينَ وَفِي أدُومَ، وَفِي كُلِّ الأماكِنِ الأُخرَى، بِأنَّ مَلِكَ بابِلَ قَدْ أبقَى عَلَى بَعْضِ شَعبِ يَهُوذا، وَأنَّهُ قَدْ عَيَّنَ جَدَلْيا بْنَ أخِيقامَ بْنَ شافانَ مُشرِفاً عَلَيهِمْ.

12 t hen all the Jews returned out of all places where they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, to Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.

فَرَجِعَ كُلُّ اليَهُودِ مِنْ كُلِّ الأماكِنِ الَّتِي كانُوا قَدْ طُرِدُوا إلَيها، وَأتُوا إلَى أرْضِ يَهُوذا، إلَى جَدَلْيا، فِي المِصفاةِ. وَجَمَعُوا الكَثِيرَ مِنَ النَّبيذِ وَالفاكِهَةِ.

13 M oreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,

وَأتَى يُوحانانُ وَكُلُّ قادَةِ الجُيُوشِ، الَّذِينَ فِي الحُقُولِ، إلَى جَدَلْيا فِي المصفاةِ،

14 a nd said to him, Do you know that Baalis the king of the children of Ammon has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam didn’t believe them.

وَقالُوا لَهُ: «هَلْ تَعرِفُ أنَّ بَعلِيسَ مَلِكَ العَمُّونِيِّينَ قَدْ أرسَلَ إسماعِيلَ بْنَ نَثَنْيا لِيَقتُلَكَ؟» وَلَكِنَّ جَدَلْيا بْنَ أخِيقامَ لَمْ يُصَدِّقْهُمْ.

15 T hen Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Please let me go, and I will kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: why should he take your life, that all the Jews who are gathered to you should be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?

ثُمَّ أتَى يُوحانانُ بْنُ قارِيحَ سِرّاً إلَى جَدَلْيا فِي المِصفاةِ، وَقالَ لَهُ: «دَعْنِي أذهَبْ فَأقتُلَ إسْماعِيلَ بْنَ نَثَنْيا. وَلَنْ يَعرِفَ أحَدٌ بِهَذا. فَلِماذا نَتْرُكُهُ فَيَقتُلَكَ؟ وَإنْ قَتَلَكَ، سَيَتَشَتَّتُ بَنُو يَهُوذا الَّذِينَ اجتَمَعُوا حَولَكَ. وَقَدْ تَهلِكُ بَقِيَّةُ يَهُوذا.»

16 B ut Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, You shall not do this thing; for you speak falsely of Ishmael.

وَلَكِنَّ جَدَليا بْنَ أخِيقامَ قالَ لِيُوحانانَ بْنَ قارِيحَ: «لا تَعمَلْ هَذا الأمرَ، لأنَّ ما تَقُولُهُ عَنْ إسْماعِيلَ كَذِبٌ.»