Jeremiah 39

1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.

1 وَفِي الشَّهْرِ الْعَاشِرِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ مِنْ حُكْمِ صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، زَحَفَ الْمَلِكُ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ وَكُلُّ جَيْشِهِ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَحَاصَرَهَا.

2 And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.

2 وَفِي الْيَوْمِ التَّاسِعِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الرَّابِعِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ الْحَادِيَةِ عَشَرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ صِدْقِيَّا فُتِحَتْ ثُغْرَةٌ فِي سُورِ الْمَدِينَةِ.

3 Then all the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-sarsekim the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon.

3 وَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ دَخَلَ كُلُّ رُؤَسَاءِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ وَجَلَسُوا فِي الْبَابِ الأَوْسَطِ وَهُمْ: نَرْجَلَ شَرَاصَرُ، وَسَمْجَرَ نَبُو، وَسَرْسَخِيمُ رَئِيسُ الْخِصْيَانِ، وَنَرْجَلَ شَرَاصَرُ رَئِيسُ الْمَجُوسِ، وَسَائِرُ قُوَّادِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ.

4 When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.

4 وَعِنْدَمَا شَاهَدَهُمْ صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا وَكُلُّ الْمُحَارِبِينَ فَرُّوا هَارِبِينَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ لَيْلاً عَنْ طَرِيقِ جَنَّةِ الْمَلِكِ، مِنَ الْبَابِ الْقَائِمِ بَيْنَ السُّورَيْنِ، وَاتَّجَهُوا نَحْوَ الْعَرَبَةِ.

5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.

5 فَتَعَقَّبَهُمْ جَيْشُ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، فَأَدْرَكُوا صِدْقِيَّا فِي سَهْلِ أَرِيحَا، فَقَبَضُوا عَلَيْهِ وَقَادُوهُ إِلَى نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ فِي رَبْلَةَ فِي أَرْضِ حَمَاةَ، فَأَصْدَرَ عَلَيْهِ حُكْمَهُ.

6 There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.

6 وَقَتَلَ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ أَبْنَاءَ صِدْقِيَّا فِي رَبْلَةَ عَلَى مَرْأَى مِنْهُ كَمَا قَتَلَ سَائِرَ أَشْرَافِ يَهُوذَا.

7 Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.

7 وَفَقَأَ عَيْنَيْ صِدْقِيَّا وَقَيَّدَهُ بِسَلاسِلَ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ لِيَأْخُذَهُ أَسِيراً إِلَى بَابِلَ.

8 The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

8 وَأَحْرَقَ الْكَلْدَانِيُّونَ قَصْرَ الْمَلِكِ وَبُيُوتَ الشَّعْبِ وَنَقَضُوا أَسْوَارَ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

9 Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away to Babylon the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him.

9 وَسَبَى نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ شُرْطَةِ بَابِلَ بَقِيَّةَ الشَّعْبِ الَّذِي بَقِيَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، وَكُلَّ مَنْ لَجَأَ إِلَيْهِ.

10 But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.

10 أَمَّا الْفُقَرَاءُ مِمَّنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَدَيْهِمْ شَيْءٌ فَتَرَكَهُمْ نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ الشُّرْطَةِ فِي أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا، وَوَزَّعَ عَلَيْهِمْ كُرُوماً وَحُقُولاً فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ.

11 Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had given orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, saying,

11 وَأَوْصَى نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ نَبُوزَرَادَانَ رَئِيسَ الشُّرْطَةِ بِإِرْمِيَا قَائِلاً:

12 “Take him, look after him, and do not let any harm come to him; do for him whatever he says.”

12 «خُذْهُ وَاعْتَنِ بِهِ أَشَدَّ عِنَايَةٍ وَلا تُؤْذِهِ، بَلِ اسْتَجِبْ لِكُلِّ مَا يَطْلُبُهُ مِنْكَ».

13 So Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the captains of the king of Babylon

13 فَبَعَثَ نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ الشُّرْطَةِ وَنَبُوشَزْبَانُ رَئِيسُ الْخِصْيَانِ وَنَرْجَلَ شَرَاصَرُ رَئِيسُ الْمَجُوسِ وَجَمِيعُ قُوَّادِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ،

14 had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guard, and they turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So Jeremiah remained among his own people.

14 وَأَخْرَجُوا إِرْمِيَا مِنْ دَارِ الْحَرَسِ، وَعَهَدُوا بِهِ إِلَى جَدَلْيَا بْنِ أَخِيقَامَ بْنِ شَافَانَ لِيَأْخُذَهُ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ. فَأَقَامَ بَيْنَ الشَّعْبِ.

15 And while Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD had come to him:

15 وَهَذِهِ هِيَ النُّبُوءَةُ الَّتِي أَوْحَى بِها الرَّبُّ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا بَيْنَمَا كَانَ مُعْتَقَلاً فِي دَارِ الْحَرَسِ:

16 “Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes.

16 «اذْهَبْ وَقُلْ لِعَبْدَمَلِكَ الإِثْيُوبِيِّ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَا أَنَا أُتَمِّمُ قَضَائِي عَلَى هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَأُوْقِعُ بِها الشَّرَّ لَا الْخَيْرَ، فَيَتَحَقَّقُ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ عَلَى مَرْأَى مِنْكَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ.

17 But I will deliver you on that day, declares the LORD, and you will not be delivered into the hands of the men whom you fear.

17 أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَأُنْقِذُكَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، فَلا تَقَعُ فِي يَدِ النَّاسِ الَّذِينَ تَخْشَاهُمْ.

18 For I will surely rescue you so that you do not fall by the sword. Because you have trusted in Me, you will escape with your life like a spoil of war, declares the LORD.’”

18 إِنَّمَا أُنَجِّيكَ فَلا تَسْقُطُ بِالسَّيْفِ، بَلْ تَسْلَمُ بِحَيَاتِكَ، فَتَكُونُ لَكَ غَنِيمَةً، لأَنَّكَ اتَّكَلْتَ عَلَيَّ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ».