2 Chronicles 36

1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.

1 وَوَلَّى شَعْبُ الأَرْضِ يَهُوآحَازَ بْنَ يُوشِيَّا مَلِكاً عَلَيْهِمْ خَلَفاً لأَبِيهِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ،

2 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.

2 وَكَانَ يَهُوأَحَازُ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ ثَلاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

3 And the king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

3 ثُمَّ عَزَلَهُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ وَفَرَضَ جِزْيَةً عَلَى الْبِلادِ: مِئَةَ وَزْنَةٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ آلافٍ وَسِتِّ مِئَةِ كِيلُو جِرَامٍ) وَوَزْنَةً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ (نَحْوَ سِتَّةٍ وَثَلاثِينَ كِيلُو جِرَاماً).

4 Then Neco king of Egypt made Eliakim brother of Jehoahaz king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.

4 وَنَصَّبَ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ أَلِيَاقِيمَ أَخَاهُ مَلِكاً عَلَى يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ، وَغَيَّرَ اسْمَهُ إِلَى يَهُويَاقِيمَ. أَمَّا يُوأَحَازُ أَخُوهُ فَاعْتَقَلَهُ وَسَاقَهُ أَسِيراً إِلَى مِصْرَ.

5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

5 وَكَانَ يَهُويَاقِيمُ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ.

6 Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.

6 ثُمَّ هَاجَمَهُ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ وَأَخَذَهُ أَسِيراً مُقَيَّداً إِلَى بَابِلَ.

7 Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon.

7 وَاسْتَوْلَى نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ عَلَى بَعْضِ آنِيَةِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، وَأَخَذَهَا مَعَهُ إِلَى بَابِلَ، حَيْثُ وَضَعَهَا فِي هَيْكَلِهِ هُنَاكَ.

8 As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations he committed, and all that was found against him, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.

8 أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ يَهُويَاقِيمَ وَشُرُورُهُ الَّتِي اقْتَرَفَهَا فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتَابِ تَارِيخِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا. ثُمَّ خَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ يَهُويَاكِينُ عَلَى الْمُلْكِ.

9 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

9 وَكَانَ يَهُويَاكِينُ فِي الثَّامِنَةِ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ ثَلاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشَرَةَ أَيَّامٍ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ.

10 In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

10 وَفِي مَطْلَعِ السَّنَةِ الْجَدِيدَةِ، أَرْسَلَ الْمَلِكُ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ فَقَبَضَ عَلَيْهِ وَنَقَلَهُ إِلَى بَابِلَ مَعَ آنِيَةِ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ الثَّمِينَةِ، وَوَلَّى أَخَاهُ صِدْقِيَّا خَلَفاً لَهُ عَلَى يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ.

11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.

11 وَكَانَ صِدْقِيَّا فِي الْحَادِيَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

12 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD.

12 وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ، وَلَمْ يَتَوَاضَعْ أَمَامَ إِرْمِيَا النَّبِيِّ الَّذِي نَطَقَ بِكَلامِ الرَّبِّ.

13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.

13 وَثَارَ أَيْضاً عَلَى الْمَلِكِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ، الَّذِي جَعَلَهُ يَحْلِفُ لَهُ يَمِينَ الْوَلاءِ، وَأَصَرَّ عَلَى عِنَادِهِ، وَأَغْلَظَ قَلْبَهُ فَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

14 Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

14 وَأَغْوَى مَعَهُ رُؤَسَاءَ الْكَهَنَةِ وَالشَّعْبِ الَّذِينَ ازْدَادُوا تَوَرُّطاً فِي خِيَانَةِ الرَّبِّ، مُرْتَكِبِينَ كُلَّ رَجَاسَاتِ الأُمَمِ، حَتَّى إِنَّهُمْ نَجَّسُوا بَيْتَ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي قَدَّسَهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

15 Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.

15 وَأَرْسَلَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ آبَائِهِمْ إِلَيْهِمْ رُسُلاً بِصُورَةٍ مُتَوَالِيَةٍ مُحَذِّراً إِيَّاهُمْ لأَنَّهُ أَشْفَقَ عَلَى شَعْبِهِ وَعَلَى مَسْكَنِهِ.

16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

16 فَكَانُوا يَهْزَأُونَ بِرُسُلِ اللهِ، وَرَفَضُوا كَلامَهُ، وَاسْتَهَانُوا بِأَنْبِيَائِهِ، حَتَّى ثَارَ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى شَعْبِهِ وَامْتَنَعَ كُلُّ شِفَاءٍ!

17 So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,

17 فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ مَلِكَ الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ، فَقَتَلَ نُخْبَتَهُمْ بِالسَّيْفِ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ الْمُقَدَّسِ. وَلَمْ يَرْحَمِ الرَّبُّ فَتىً أَوْ عَذْرَاءَ أَوْ شَيْخاً أَوْ أَشْيَبَ، بَلْ أَسْلَمَهُمْ جَمِيعاً لِيَدِ الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ،

18 who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials.

18 الَّذِينَ اسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَى آنِيَةِ بَيْتِ اللهِ، كَبِيرِهَا وَصَغِيرِهَا، وَخَزَائِنِ الْهَيْكَلِ وَقَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ، وَخَزَائِنِ قَادَتِهِ، وَنَقَلُوهَا كُلَّهَا إِلَى بَابِلَ.

19 Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.

19 وَأَحْرَقُوا الْهَيْكَلَ وَهَدَمُوا سُورَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَأَشْعَلُوا النَّارَ فِي جَمِيعِ قُصُورِهَا، وَدَمَّرُوا تُحَفَهَا الثَّمِينَةَ.

20 Those who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.

20 وَسَبَى نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ الَّذِينَ نَجَوْا مِنَ السَّيْفِ إِلَى بَابِلَ، فَأَصْبَحُوا عَبِيداً لَهُ وَلأَبْنَائِهِ إِلَى أَنْ قَامَتْ مَمْلَكَةُ فَارِسَ.

21 So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah.

21 وَذَلِكَ لِكَيْ يَتِمَّ كَلامُ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي نَطَقَ بِهِ عَلَى لِسَانِ إِرْمِيَا، حَتَّى تَسْتَوْفِيَ الأَرْضُ سُبُوتَهَا، إِذْ أَنَّهَا بَقِيَتْ مِنْ غَيْرِ إِنْتَاجٍ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ خَرَابِهَا حَتَّى انْقِضَاءِ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً.

22 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:

22 وَفِي السَّنَةِ الأُولَى لِحُكْمِ كُورَشَ مَلِكِ فَارِسَ، وَتَتْمِيماً لِكَلامِ الرَّبِّ بِفَمِ إِرْمِيَا، حَرَّكَ الرَّبُّ قَلْبَ كُورَشَ مَلِكِ فَارِسَ، فَأَطْلَقَ نِدَاءً فِي كُلِّ أَنْحَاءِ مَمْلَكَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

23 “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.’”

23 «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ كُورَشُ مَلِكُ فَارِسَ: الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ السَّمَاءِ وَهَبَنِي جَمِيعَ مَمَالِكِ الأَرْضِ، وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَبْنِيَ لَهُ هَيْكَلاً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ الَّتِي فِي يَهُوذَا. وَعَلَى كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ شَعْبِ الرَّبِّ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ، وَلْيَكُنِ الرَّبُّ مَعَكُمْ».