2 Kings 24

1 During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.

1 وَفِي غُضُونِ حُكْمِهِ هَاجَمَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ مَمْلَكَةَ يَهُوذَا، فَخَضَعَ لَهُ يَهُويَاقِيمُ طَوَالَ ثَلاثِ سَنَوَاتٍ، ثُمَّ تَمَرَّدَ عَلَيْهِ.

2 And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.

2 فَأَرْسَلَ الرَّبُّ غُزَاةً مِنْ كَلْدَانِيِّينَ وَأَرَامِيِّينَ وَمُوآبِيِّينَ وَعَمُّونِيِّينَ لِلإِغَارَةِ عَلَى مَمْلَكَةِ يَهُوذَا وَإِبَادَتِهَا، بِمُوْجِبِ مَا قَضَى بِهِ الرَّبُّ عَلَى لِسَانِ عَبِيدِهِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ.

3 Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done,

3 وَقَدْ قَضَى الرَّبُّ بِذَلِكَ لِيَسْتَأْصِلَ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَمَامِهِ بِسَبَبِ مَا ارْتَكَبَهُ مَنَسَّى مِنْ آثَامٍ،

4 and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.

4 وَانْتِقَاماً لِلدَّمِ الْبَرِيءِ الَّذِي سَفَكَهُ، إِذْ إِنَّهُ مَلأَ أُورُشَلِيمَ بِدِمَاءِ الأَبْرِيَاءِ، فَلَمْ يَشَإِ الرَّبُّ أَنْ يَصْفَحَ عَنْهُ.

5 As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

5 أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ يَهُويَاقِيمَ وَأَعْمَالُهُ أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟

6 And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.

6 ثُمَّ مَاتَ يَهُويَاقِيمُ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ يَهُويَاكِينُ.

7 Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

7 وَلَمْ يَعُدْ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ دِيَارِهِ، لأَنَّ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ اسْتَوْلَى عَلَى كُلِّ الأَرَاضِي الْوَاقِعَةِ مِنْ حُدُودِ مِصْرَ الشِّمَالِيَّةِ إِلَى نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ، وَالَّتِي كَانَتْ مِصْرُ تَحْتَلُّهَا.

8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.

8 وَكَانَ يَهُويَاكِينُ فِي الثَّامِنَةِ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ ثَلاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ نَحُوشْتَا بِنْتُ أَلِنَاثَانَ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

9 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his father had done.

9 وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ عَلَى غِرَارِ مَا فَعَلَ أَبُوهُ.

10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.

10 وَفِي أَيَّامِهِ زَحَفَ قَادَةُ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَحَاصَرُوا الْمَدِينَةَ.

11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.

11 ثُمَّ جَاءَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ بِنَفْسِهِ فِي أَثْنَاءِ حِصَارِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَتَسَلَّمَ زِمَامَ الْقِيَادَةِ،

12 Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.

12 فَاسْتَسْلَمَ يَهُويَاكِينُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا وَأُمُّهُ وَرِجَالُهُ وَقَادَتُهُ وَخِصْيَانُهُ إِلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، فَقَبَضَ عَلَيْهِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ. وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّامِنَةِ لِمُلْكِهِ.

13 As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.

13 وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَى جَمِيعِ مَا فِي خَزَائِنِ الْهَيْكَلِ وَخَزَائِنِ الْقَصْرِ، وَحَطَّمَ كُلَّ آنِيَةِ الذَّهَبِ الَّتِي صَنَعَهَا سُلَيْمَانُ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِهَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، تَمَاماً كَمَا قَضَى الرَّبُّ.

14 He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.

14 وَسَبَى نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ أَهْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَكُلَّ الرُّؤَسَاءِ، وَجَمِيعَ رِجَالِ الْحَرْبِ الأَشِدَّاءِ، وَالْخِصْيَانِ. فَكَانَتْ جُمْلَةُ الْمَسْبِيِّينَ عَشَرَةَ آلافِ مَسْبِيٍّ، كَمَا أَخَذَ الصُّنَّاعَ وَالْحَدَّادِينَ، وَلَمْ يَتْرُكْ فِي يَهُوذَا سِوَى فُقَرَاءِ الشَّعْبِ الْمَسَاكِينِ.

15 Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

15 وَسَبَى يَهُويَاكِينَ وَأُمَّ الْمَلِكِ وَنِسَاءَهُ وَخِصْيَانَهُ وَعُظَمَاءَ الْبِلادِ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى بَابِلَ.

16 The king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle.

16 كَمَا سَاقَ سَبْعَةَ آلافٍ مِنَ الْمُحَارِبِينَ الأَشِدَّاءِ وَأَلْفاً مِنَ الصُّنَّاعِ وَالْحَدَّادِينَ إِلَى بَابِلَ،

17 Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.

17 وَوَلَّى مَلِكُ بَابِلَ مَتَّنِيَّا عَمَّ يَهُويَاكِينَ خَلَفاً لَهُ، بَعْدَ أَنْ غَيَّرَ اسْمَهُ إِلَى صِدْقِيَّا.

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

18 وَكَانَ صِدْقِيَّا فِي الْحَادِيَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ حَمِّيطَلُ بِنْتُ إِرْمِيَا مِنْ لِبْنَةَ.

19 And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.

19 وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، عَلَى غِرَارِ مَا فَعَلَ يَهُويَاقِيمُ.

20 For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.

20 وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَا أَصَابَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَيَهُوذَا إِلّا نَتِيجَةً لِغَضَبِ الرَّبِّ، الَّذِي نَبَذَهُمْ أَخِيراً مِنْ حَضْرَتِهِ. وَمَا لَبِثَ صِدْقِيَّا أَنْ تَمَرَّدَ عَلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ.