Jeremiah 52

1 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.

1 كَانَ صِدْقِيَّا فِي الْحَادِيَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَتَوَلَّى الْحُكْمَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ إحْدَى عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ حَمِيطَلُ بِنْتُ إِرْمِيَا مِنْ لِبْنَةَ.

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

2 وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ عَلَى غِرَارِ مَا عَمِلَ يَهُويَاقِيمُ.

3 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.

3 وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَا أَصَابَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَيَهُوذَا إِلا نَتِيجَةً لِغَضَبِ الرَّبِّ، حَتَّى إِنَّهُ نَبَذَهُمْ مِنْ حَضْرَتِهِ. وَتَمَرَّدَ صِدْقِيَّا عَلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ.

4 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.

4 وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الْعَاشِرِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الْعَاشِرِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ لِحُكْمِهِ، زَحَفَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ بِجَيْشِهِ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَحَاصَرَهَا وَبَنَى حَوْلَهَا الْمَتَارِيسَ.

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

5 وَظَلَّتِ الْمَدِينَةُ تَحْتَ الْحِصَارِ حَتَّى السَّنَةِ الْحَادِيَةِ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ صِدْقِيَّا.

6 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.

6 وَفِي الْيَوْمِ التَّاسِعِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الرَّابِعِ اسْتَفْحَلَ الْجُوعُ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ حَتَّى لَمْ يَبْقَ طَعَامٌ لِشَعْبِ الأَرْضِ.

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

7 فَفَتَحَ الشَّعْبُ ثُغْرَةً فِي الْمَدِينَةِ وَهَرَبَ جَمِيعُ الْمُحَارِبِينَ وَغَادَرُوا الْمَدِينَةَ لَيْلاً مِنْ طَرِيقِ الْبَوَّابَةِ الْوَاقِعَةِ بَيْنَ السُّورَيْنِ الْقَرِيبَيْنِ مِنْ بُسْتَانِ الْمَلِكِ، وَالْكَلْدَانِيُّونَ مَا بَرِحُوا مُحَاصِرِينَ الْمَدِينَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ، وَانْطَلَقُوا فِي طَرِيقِ الْبَرِّيَّةِ.

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

8 لَكِنَّ جَيْشَ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ تَعَقَّبَ الْمَلِكَ، وَأَدْرَكَ صِدْقِيَّا فِي سُهُولِ أَرِيحَا وَقَدْ تَفَرَّقَ عَنْهُ جَمِيعُ جَيْشِهِ،

9 The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on Zedekiah.

9 فَقَبَضُوا عَلَيْهِ وَأَخَذُوهُ إِلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ فِي رَبْلَةَ، فِي مِنْطَقَةِ حَمَاةَ، فَأَصْدَرَ عَلَيْهِ قَضَاءَهُ.

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

10 وَذَبَحَ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ أَبْنَاءَ صِدْقِيَّا عَلَى مَرْأَى مِنْهُ وَقَتَلَ أَيْضاً جَمِيعَ أَشْرَافِ يَهُوذَا فِي رَبْلَةَ.

11 Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.

11 وَفَقَأَ عَيْنَيْ صِدْقِيَّا وَأَوْثَقَهُ بِسِلْسِلَتَيْنِ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ، ثُمَّ سَاقَهُ إِلَى بَابِلَ حَيْثُ زَجَّهُ فِي السِّجْنِ إِلَى يَوْمِ وَفَاتِهِ.

12 On the tenth 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.

12 وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الْعَاشِرِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الْخَامِسِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، جَاءَ نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ الشُّرْطَةِ الَّذِي كَانَ يَقِفُ دَائِماً فِي حَضْرَةِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ،

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

13 وَأَحْرَقَ هَيْكَلَ الرَّبِّ وَقَصْرَ الْمَلِكِ وَجَمِيعَ بُيُوتِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَأَضْرَمَ النَّارَ فِي كُلِّ بَيْتٍ مِنْ بُيُوتِ الْعُظَمَاءِ،

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

14 وَهَدَمَ كُلُّ جَيْشِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ الْمُرَافِقِ لِرَئِيسِ الشُّرْطَةِ كُلَّ أَسْوَارِ أُورُشَلِيمَ الْمُحِيطَةِ بِها.

15 Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the craftsmen.

15 وَأَجْلَى نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ الشُّرْطَةِ بَعْضاً مِنْ فُقَرَاءِ الْبَلَدِ، وَمَنْ بَقِيَ مِنَ الشَّعْبِ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، وَالْهَارِبِينَ الَّذِينَ لَجَأُوا إِلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ مَعَ سَائِرِ الْحِرَفِيِّينَ.

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

16 وَلَكِنَّهُ أَبْقَى عَلَى بَعْضِ الْمَسَاكِينِ لِيَكُونُوا كَرَّامِينَ وَفَلّاحِينَ.

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

17 وَحَطَّمَ الْكَلْدَانِيُّونَ أَعْمِدَةَ النُّحَاسِ فِي هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، وَالْقَوَاعِدَ وَالبِرْكَةَ النُّحَاسِيَّةَ القَائِمَةَ فِيهِ، وَنَقَلُوا كُلَّ نُحَاسِهَا إِلَى بَابِلَ.

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

18 وَاسْتَوْلَوْا أَيْضاً عَلَى الْقُدُورِ وَالرُّفُوشِ وَالْمَجَارِفِ وَالْمَنَاضِحِ وَالصُّحُونِ وَكُلِّ آنِيَةِ النُّحَاسِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تُسْتَخْدَمُ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ.

19 The captain of the guard also took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.

19 كَمَا أَخَذَ رَئِيسُ الشُّرْطَةِ الطُّسُوسَ وَالْمَجَامِرَ وَالْمَنَاضِحَ وَالْقُدُورَ وَالْمَنَائِرَ وَالصُّحُونَ وَالأَقْدَاحَ الذَّهَبِيَّةَ وَالْفِضِّيَّةَ.

20 As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.

20 كَذَلِكَ اسْتَوْلَى عَلَى الْعَمُودَيْنِ وَالْبِرْكَةِ وَالاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ ثَوْراً مِنْ نُحَاسٍ الْقَائِمَةِ تَحْتَ الْقَوَاعِدِ الَّتِي صَنَعَهَا الْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ لِهَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، فَكَانَ النُّحَاسُ لِكَثْرَتِهِ يَفُوقُ كُلَّ وَزْنٍ.

21 Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.

21 وَكَانَ طُولُ كُلِّ عَمُودٍ ثَمَانِي عَشْرَةَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ تِسْعَةِ أَمْتَارٍ)، وَمُحِيطُهُ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ سِتَّةِ أَمْتَارٍ)، وَسُمْكُهُ أَرْبَعَةَ أَصَابِعَ، وَكَانَ أَجْوَفَ،

22 The bronze capital atop one pillar was five cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar.

22 وَعَلَيْهِ تَاجٌ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ ارْتِفَاعُهُ خَمْسُ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرَيْنِ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ) وَيُحِيطُ بِالتَّاجِ شَبَكَةٌ وَرُمَّانَاتٌ وَكُلُّهَا مَصْنُوعَةٌ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ. وَكَانَ الْعَمُودُ الثَّانِي مُمَاثِلاً لَهُ بِمَا فِي ذَلِكَ الرُّمَّانَاتُ.

23 Each capital had ninety-six pomegranates on the sides, and a total of a hundred pomegranates were above the surrounding network.

23 وَكَانَ عَدَدُ الرُّمَّانَاتِ عَلَى مُحِيطِهِ سِتّاً وَتِسْعِينَ رُمَّانَةً، وَجُمْلَةُ الرُّمَّانِ عَلَى مُحِيطِ الشَّبَكَةِ مِئَةُ رُمَّانَةٍ.

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

24 وَأَخَذَ رَئِيسُ الشُّرْطَةِ سَرَايَا رَئِيسَ الْكَهَنَةِ وَنَائِبَهُ صَفَنْيَا الْكَاهِنَ وَحُرَّاسَ الْبَابِ الثَّلاثَةَ.

25 Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. 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.

25 وَاعْتَقَلَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ الْخَصِيَّ الْقَائِدَ الَّذِي كَانَ يَتَوَلَّى قِيَادَةَ الْمُحَارِبِينَ، كَمَا اعْتَقَلَ سَبْعَةَ رِجَالٍ مِنْ حَاشِيَةِ الْمَلِكِ مِمَّنْ عَثَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، وَكَذَلِكَ أَمِينَ سِرِّ قَائِدِ الْجَيْشِ الَّذِي كَانَ يُجَنِّدُ شَعْبَ الْبَلَدِ، وَسِتِّينَ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَهْلِ الأَرْضِ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا قَدِ اخْتَبَأُوا دَاخِلَ الْمَدِينَةِ.

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

26 فَأَخَذَهُمْ نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ الشُّرْطَةِ وَسَاقَهُمْ إِلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ فِي رَبْلَةَ،

27 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.

27 فَضَرَبَهُمْ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ وَقَتَلَهُمْ فِي رَبْلَةَ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ حَمَاةَ. وَهَكَذَا سُبِيَ شَعْبُ يَهُوذَا مِنْ أَرْضِهِ.

28 These are the people Nebuchadnezzar carried away: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews;

28 وَهَذَا هُوَ إِحْصَاءُ الشَّعْبِ الَّذِينَ سَبَاهُمْ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ فِي السَّنَةِ السَّابِعَةِ: ثَلاثَةُ آلافٍ وَثَلاثَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ.

29 in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem;

29 وَسَبَى نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّامِنَةِ عَشَرَةَ لِحُكْمِهِ ثَمَانِي مِئَةٍ وَاثْنَيْنِ وَثَلاثِينَ شَخْصاً.

30 in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away 745 Jews. So in all, 4,600 people were taken away.

30 وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ لِحُكْمِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ سَبَى نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ الشُّرْطَةِ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ سَبْعَ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسَةً وَأَرْبَعِينَ شَخْصاً، فَكَانَتْ جُمْلَةُ الْمَسْبِيِّينَ أَرْبَعَةَ آلافٍ وَسِتَّ مِئَةِ شَخْصٍ.

31 On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison.

31 وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الْخَامِسِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ الشَّهْرِ الثَّانِي عَشَرَ (أَيْ شَبَاطَ فِبْرَايِرَ) مِنَ السَّنَةِ السَّابِعَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ لِسَبْيِ يَهُويَاكِينَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، أَكْرَمَ أَوِيلُ مَرُودَخُ، مَلِكُ بَابِلَ، فِي سَنَةِ اعْتِلائِهِ الْعَرْشَ، يَهُويَاكِينَ مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا وَأَخْرَجَهُ مِنَ السِّجْنِ.

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

32 وَخَاطَبَهُ بِطَيِّبِ الْكَلامِ، وَرَفَعَ مَقَامَهُ فَوْقَ مَقَامِ سَائِرِ الْمُلُوكِ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ فِي بَابِلَ.

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

33 فَخَلَعَ يَهُويَاكِينُ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ ثِيَابَ سِجْنِهِ، وَظَلَّ يَتَنَاوَلُ الطَّعَامَ فِي حَضْرَةِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ طَوَالَ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ.

34 And the king of Babylon provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life, until the day of his death.

34 وَعُيِّنَتْ لَهُ نَفَقَةٌ دَائِمَةٌ يَقْبِضُهَا مِنْ خِزَانَةِ مَالِ الْمَلِكِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ بِيَوْمِهِ مَدَى أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ، وَإِلَى يَوْمِ وَفَاتِهِ.