2 Kings 25

1 So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.

1 وَفِي السَّنَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ لِمُلْكِ صِدْقِيَّا، فِي الْيَوْمِ الْعَاشِرِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الْعَاشِرِ، زَحَفَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ بِكَامِلِ جَيْشِهِ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَحَاصَرَهَا، وَأَقَامَ حَوْلَهَا أَبْرَاجاً.

2 And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.

2 وَاسْتَمَرَّ حِصَارُ أُورُشَلِيمَ حَتَّى الْعَامِ الْحَادِي عَشَرَ مِنْ مُلْكِ صِدْقِيَّا

3 By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

3 وَفِي الْيَوْمِ التَّاسِعِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الرَّابِعِ مِنْ تِلْكَ السَّنَةِ، تَفَاقَمَتِ الْمَجَاعَةُ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، حَتَّى لَمْ يَجِدْ أَهْلُهَا خُبْزاً يَأْكُلُونَهُ.

4 Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

4 وَفِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ فَتَحَ صِدْقِيَّا وَرِجَالُهُ ثُغْرَةً فِي سُورِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَتَسَلَّلَ مَعَ رِجَالِهِ الْمُحَارِبِينَ مِنْ خِلالِ الْبَوَّابَةِ الْقَائِمَةِ بَيْنَ السُّورَيْنِ نَحْوَ حَدِيقَةِ الْمَلِكِ. وَكَانَ الْكِلْدَانِيُّونَ مُحِيطِينَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ. فَتَوَجَّهَ صِدْقِيَّا وَمُقَاتِلُوهُ إِلَى طَرِيقِ الصَّحْرَاءِ.

5 but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.

5 فَتَعَقَّبَتْ جُيُوشُ الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ الْمَلِكَ، وَأَدْرَكَتْهُ فِي صَحْرَاءِ أَرِيحَا، بَعْدَ أَنْ تَفَرَّقَتْ قُوَّاتُهُ عَنْهُ.

6 The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.

6 فَأَسَرُوا الْمَلِكَ وَاقْتَادُوهُ إِلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ الْمُقِيمِ فِي رَبْلَةَ، وَحَرَّضُّوهُ عَلَى الْقَضَاءِ عَلَيْهِ.

7 And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

7 ثُمَّ قَتَلُوا أَبْنَاءَ صِدْقِيَّا عَلَى مَرْأَى مِنْهُ، وَقَلَعُوا عَيْنَيْهِ، وَقَيَّدُوهُ بِسِلْسِلَتَيْنِ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ، وَسَاقُوهُ إِلَى بَابِلَ.

8 On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

8 وَفِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الْخَامِسِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ الْمَلِكِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، قَدِمَ نبُوزَرَادَانُ قَائِدُ الْحَرَسِ الْمَلَكِيِّ مِنْ بَابِلَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ،

9 He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

9 وَأَحْرَقَ الْهَيْكَلَ وَقَصْرَ الْمَلِكِ وَسَائِرَ بُيُوتِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَكُلَّ مَنَازِلِ الْعُظَمَاءِ.

10 And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

10 وَهَدَمَتْ جُيُوشُ الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ الَّتِي تَحْتَ إِمْرَةِ رَئِيسِ الْحَرَسِ الْمَلَكِيِّ جَمِيعَ أَسْوَارِ أُورُشَلِيمَ،

11 Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.

11 وَسَبَى نَبُوزَرَادَانُ بَقِيَّةَ الشَّعْبِ الَّذِي بَقِيَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، وَالْهَارِبِينَ الَّذِينَ لَجَأُوا إِلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ وَسِوَاهُمْ مِنَ السُّكَّانِ.

12 But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

12 وَلَكِنَّهُ تَرَكَ فِيهَا فُقَرَاءَ الأَرْضِ الْمَسَاكِينَ لِيَزْرَعُوهَا وَيَفْلَحُوهَا.

13 Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.

13 وَحَطَّمَ الْكِلْدَانِيُّونَ أَعْمِدَةَ النُّحَاسِ وَبِرْكَةَ النُّحَاسِ الَّتِي فِي بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ، وَنَقَلُوا نُحَاسَهَا إِلَى بَابِلَ.

14 They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.

14 وَاسْتَوْلَوْا أَيْضاً عَلَى الْقُدُورِ وَالرُّفُوشِ وَالْمَقَاصِّ والصُّحُونِ وَجَمِيعِ آنِيَةِ النُّحَاسِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تُسْتَخْدَمُ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ.

15 The captain of the guard also took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.

15 وَكَذَلِكَ الْمَجَامِرِ وَالْمَنَاضِحِ. كُلُّ مَا كَانَ مَصْنُوعاً مِنَ ذَهَبٍ أَخَذَهُ قَائِدُ الْحَرَسِ الْمَلَكِيِّ كَذَهَبٍ، وَمَا كَانَ مَصْنُوعاً مِنْ فِضَّةٍ كَفِضَّةٍ.

16 As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.

16 وَكَانَ مِنَ الْعَسِيرِ وَزْنُ النُّحَاسِ الَّذِي صَنَعَ مِنْهُ سُلَيْمَانُ الْعَمُودَيْنِ وَالْبِرْكَةَ الْوَاحِدَةَ، وَالْقَوَاعِدَ لِهَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ

17 Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.

17 إِذْ كَانَ ارْتِفَاعُ الْعَمُودِ يَزِيدُ عَلَى ثَمَانِي عَشْرَةَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ تِسْعَةِ أَمْتَارٍ)، وَقَدْ وُضِعَ عَلَيْهِ تَاجٌ ارْتِفَاعُهُ ثَلاثُ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرٍ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ)، تُحِيطُ بِهِ الشَّبَكَةُ وَالرُّمَّانَاتُ النُّحَاسِيَّةُ. وَكَانَ الْعَمُودُ الثَّانِي مَصْنُوعاً عَلَى غِرَارِ الْعَمُودِ الأَوَّلِ.

18 The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

18 وَسَبَى رَئِيسُ الْحَرَسِ الْمَلَكِيِّ سَرَايَا رَئِيسَ الْكَهَنَةِ، وَصَفَنْيَا مُسَاعِدَهُ، وَحُرَّاسَ الْبَابِ الثَّلاثَةَ.

19 Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.

19 وَقَبَضَ عَلَى خَصِيٍّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ، كَانَ قَائِداً لِلْجَيْشِ، وَعَلَى خَمْسَةِ رِجَالٍ مِنْ نُدَمَاءِ الْمَلِكِ الَّذِينَ تَمَّ الْعُثُورُ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، وَكَاتِبِ قَائِدِ الْجَيْشِ الْمَسْؤولِ عَنِ التَّجْنِيدِ، وَسِتِّينَ رَجُلاً مِنَ الْفَلّاحِينَ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ.

20 Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

20 وَاقْتَادَهُمْ نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ الْحَرَسِ إِلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ الْمُعَسْكِرِ فِي رَبْلَةَ،

21 There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.

21 فَقَتَلَهُمْ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ فِي رَبْلَةَ فِي أَرْضِ حَمَاةَ. وَهَكَذَا سُبِيَ شَعْبُ يَهُوذَا مِنْ أَرْضِهِ.

22 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.

22 أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ الشَّعْبِ الَّذِينَ تَرَكَهُمْ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ فِي أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا، فَقَدْ وَكَّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ جَدَلْيَا بْنَ أَخِيقَامَ بْنِ شَافَانَ.

23 When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.

23 وَلَمَّا عَلِمَ رُؤَسَاءُ الْجُيُوشِ وَرِجَالُهُمْ أَنَّ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ قَدْ وَكَّلَ جَدَلْيَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ قَدِمُوا إِلَيْهِ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ وَهُمْ إِسْماعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا، وَيُوحَنَانُ بْنُ قَارِيحَ، وَسَرَايَا بْنُ تَنْحُومَثَ النَّطُوفَاتِيِّ، وَيَازَنْيَا بْنُ الْمَعْكِيِّ، يُرَافِقُهُمْ رِجَالُهُمْ.

24 And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”

24 فَحَلَفَ جَدَلْيَا لَهُمْ وَلِرِجَالِهِمْ قَائِلاً: «لا تَخَافُوا مِنْ مُوَظَّفِي الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ. أَقِيمُوا فِي الأَرْضِ وَاخدُمُوا مَلِكَ بَابِلَ فَتَنَالُوا خَيْراً».

25 In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

25 وَلَكِنْ فِي الشَّهْرِ السَّابِعِ جَاءَ إِسْماعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا بْنِ أَلِيشَمَعَ مِنَ النَّسْلِ الْمَلَكِيِّ، وَعَشْرَةُ رِجَالٍ مَعَهُ وَاغْتَالُوا جَدَلْيَا، وَقَتَلُوا أَيْضاً الْيَهُودَ وَالْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ الْمُقِيمِينَ مَعَهُ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ.

26 Then all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.

26 فَهَبَّ جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ، صَغِيرُهُمْ وَكَبِيرُهُمْ، وَرُؤَسَاءُ الْجُيُوشِ، وَهَرَبُوا إِلَى مِصْرَ خَوْفاً مِنَ انْتِقَامِ الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ.

27 On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.

27 وَفِي السَّنَةِ السَّابِعَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ لِسَبْيِ يَهُويَاكِينَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، فِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الثَّانِي عَشَرَ، أَطْلَقَ أَوِيلُ مَرُودَخُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ، بِمُنَاسَبَةِ تَوَلِّيهِ الْعَرْشَ، يَهُويَاكِينَ مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا مِنَ السِّجْنِ.

28 And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

28 وَتَلَطَّفَ بِهِ وَأَكْرَمَهُ إِكْرَاماً فَوْقَ إِكْرَامِهِ لِسَائِرِ الْمُلُوكِ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ فِي بَابِلَ،

29 So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.

29 وَأَبْدَلَ ثِيَابَ سِجْنِهِ، فَصَارَ يُنَادِمُ الْمَلِكَ عَلَى مَائِدَتِهِ بِصُورَةٍ دَائِمَةٍ.

30 And the king provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life.

30 وَصَرَفَ لَهُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ رَاتِباً يَوْمِيًّا كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ.