Jeremiah 41

1 In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal together there.

1 وَكَانَ فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلسَّابِعِ، أَنَّ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنَ نَثَنْيَا بْنِ أَلِيشَامَاعَ، مِنَ ٱلنَّسْلِ ٱلْمُلُوكِيِّ، جَاءَ هُوَ وَعُظَمَاءُ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَعَشَرَةُ رِجَالٍ مَعَهُ إِلَى جَدَلْيَا بْنِ أَخِيقَامَ إِلَى ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ، وَأَكَلُوا هُنَاكَ خُبْزًا مَعًا فِي ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ.

2 Then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the land.

2 فَقَامَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا وَٱلْعَشَرَةُ ٱلرِّجَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا مَعَهُ وَضَرَبُوا جَدَلْيَا بْنَ أَخِيقَامَ بْنِ شَافَانَ بِٱلسَّيْفِ فَقَتَلُوهُ، هَذَا ٱلَّذِي أَقَامَهُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ.

3 Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Chaldean soldiers who were there.

3 وَكُلُّ ٱلْيَهُودِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا مَعَهُ، أَيْ مَعَ جَدَلْيَا، فِي ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ وَٱلْكَلْدَانِيُّونَ ٱلَّذِينَ وُجِدُوا هُنَاكَ، وَرِجَالُ ٱلْحَرْبِ، ضَرَبَهُمْ إِسْمَاعِيلُ.

4 On the second day after the murder of Gedaliah, when no one yet knew about it,

4 وَكَانَ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّانِي بَعْدَ قَتْلِهِ جَدَلْيَا وَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ إِنْسَانٌ،

5 eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.

5 أَنَّ رِجَالًا أَتَوْا مِنْ شَكِيمَ وَمِنْ شِيلُوَ وَمِنَ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ، ثَمَانِينَ رَجُلًا مَحْلُوقِي ٱللُّحَى وَمُشَقَّقِي ٱلثِّيَابِ وَمُخَمَّشِينَ، وَبِيَدِهِمْ تَقْدِمَةٌ وَلُبَانٌ لِيُدْخِلُوهُمَا إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

6 And Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When Ishmael encountered the men, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”

6 فَخَرَجَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا لِلِقَائِهِمْ مِنَ ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ سَائِرًا وَبَاكِيًا. فَكَانَ لَمَّا لَقِيَهُمْ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَهُمْ: «هَلُمَّ إِلَى جَدَلْيَا بْنِ أَخِيقَامَ».

7 And when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.

7 فَكَانَ لَمَّا أَتَوْا إِلَى وَسْطِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، أَنَّ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنَ نَثَنْيَا قَتَلَهُمْ وَأَلْقَاهُمْ إِلَى وَسْطِ ٱلْجُبِّ، هُوَ وَٱلرِّجَالُ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ.

8 But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.

8 وَلَكِنْ وُجِدَ فِيهِمْ عَشَرَةُ رِجَالٍ قَالُوا لِإِسْمَاعِيلَ: «لَا تَقْتُلْنَا لِأَنَّهُ يُوجَدُ لَنَا خَزَائِنُ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ: قَمْحٌ وَشَعِيرٌ وَزَيْتٌ وَعَسَلٌ». فَٱمْتَنَعَ وَلَمْ يَقْتُلْهُمْ بَيْنَ إِخْوَتِهِمْ.

9 Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men he had struck down along with Gedaliah was a large one that King Asa had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.

9 فَٱلْجُبُّ ٱلَّذِي طَرَحَ فِيهِ إِسْمَاعِيلُ كُلَّ جُثَثِ ٱلرِّجَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ قَتَلَهُمْ بِسَبَبِ جَدَلْيَا، هُوَ ٱلَّذِي صَنَعَهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ آسَا مِنْ وَجْهِ بَعْشَا مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. فَمَلَأَهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا مِنَ ٱلْقَتْلَى.

10 Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people of Mizpah—the daughters of the king along with all the others who remained in Mizpah—over whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set off to cross over to the Ammonites.

10 فَسَبَى إِسْمَاعِيلُ كُلَّ بَقِيَّةِ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ، بَنَاتِ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَكُلَّ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي بَقِيَ فِي ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ، ٱلَّذِينَ أَقَامَ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ ٱلشُّرَطِ جَدَلْيَا بْنَ أَخِيقَامَ، سَبَاهُمْ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا وَذَهَبَ لِيَعْبُرَ إِلَى بَنِي عَمُّونَ.

11 When Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him heard of all the crimes that Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed,

11 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ يُوحَانَانُ بْنُ قَارِيحَ وَكُلُّ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْجُيُوشِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ بِكُلِّ ٱلشَّرِّ ٱلَّذِي فَعَلَهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا،

12 they took all their men and went to fight Ishmael son of Nethaniah. And they found him near the great pool in Gibeon.

12 أَخَذُوا كُلَّ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَسَارُوا لِيُحَارِبُوا إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنَ نَثَنْيَا، فَوَجَدُوهُ عِنْدَ ٱلْمِيَاهِ ٱلْكَثِيرَةِ ٱلَّتِي فِي جِبْعُونَ.

13 When all the people with Ishmael saw Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the army with him, they rejoiced,

13 وَلَمَّا رَأَى كُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي مَعَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ يُوحَانَانَ بْنَ قَارِيحَ وَكُلَّ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْجُيُوشِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُمْ فَرِحُوا.

14 and all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive at Mizpah turned and went over to Johanan son of Kareah.

14 فَدَارَ كُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي سَبَاهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ مِنَ ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ، وَرَجَعُوا وَسَارُوا إِلَى يُوحَانَانَ بْنِ قَارِيحَ.

15 But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and went to the Ammonites.

15 أَمَّا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا فَهَرَبَ بِثَمَانِيَةِ رِجَالٍ مِنْ وَجْهِ يُوحَانَانَ وَسَارَ إِلَى بَنِي عَمُّونَ.

16 Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him took the whole remnant of the people from Mizpah whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam: the soldiers, women, children, and court officials he had brought back from Gibeon.

16 فَأَخَذَ يُوحَانَانُ بْنُ قَارِيحَ وَكُلُّ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْجُيُوشِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ، كُلَّ بَقِيَّةِ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَرَدَّهُمْ مِنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ نَثَنْيَا مِنَ ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ، بَعْدَ قَتْلِ جَدَلْيَا بْنِ أَخِيقَامَ، رِجَالَ ٱلْحَرْبِ ٱلْمُقْتَدِرِينَ وَٱلنِّسَاءَ وَٱلْأَطْفَالَ وَٱلْخِصْيَانَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَرَدَّهُمْ مِنْ جِبْعُونَ.

17 And they went and stayed in Geruth Chimham, near Bethlehem, in order to proceed into Egypt

17 فَسَارُوا وَأَقَامُوا فِي جَيْرُوتَ كِمْهَامَ ٱلَّتِي بِجَانِبِ بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ، لِكَيْ يَسِيرُوا وَيَدْخُلُوا مِصْرَ

18 to escape the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of the Chaldeans because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.

18 مِنْ وَجْهِ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ لِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا خَائِفِينَ مِنْهُمْ، لِأَنَّ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنَ نَثَنْيَا كَانَ قَدْ ضَرَبَ جَدَلْيَا بْنَ أَخِيقَامَ ٱلَّذِي أَقَامَهُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ.