II Kings 25

وَفِي السَّنَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ لِمُلْكِهِ، فِي الشَّهْرِ الْعَاشِرِ فِي عَاشِرِ الشَّهْرِ، جَاءَ نَبُوخَذْنَاصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ هُوَ وَكُلُّ جَيْشِهِ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَنَزَلَ عَلَيْهَا، وَبَنَوْا عَلَيْهَا أَبْرَاجًا حَوْلَهَا.

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.

وَدَخَلَتِ الْمَدِينَةُ تَحْتَ الْحِصَارِ إِلَى السَّنَةِ الْحَادِيَةَ عَشَرَةَ لِلْمَلِكِ صِدْقِيَّا.

And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

فِي تَاسِعِ الشَّهْرِ اشْتَدَّ الْجُوعُ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ خُبْزٌ لِشَعْبِ الأَرْضِ.

And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

فَثُغِرَتِ الْمَدِينَةُ، وَهَرَبَ جَمِيعُ رِجَالِ الْقِتَالِ لَيْلاً مِنْ طَرِيقِ الْبَابِ بَيْنَ السُّورَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ نَحْوَ جَنَّةِ الْمَلِكِ. وَكَانَ الْكِلْدَانِيُّونَ حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ مُسْتَدِيرِينَ. فَذَهَبُوا فِي طَرِيقِ الْبَرِّيَّةِ.

And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.

فَتَبِعَتْ جُيُوشُ الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ الْمَلِكَ فَأَدْرَكُوهُ فِي بَرِّيَّةِ أَرِيحَا، وَتَفَرَّقَتْ جَمِيعُ جُيُوشِهِ عَنْهُ.

And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.

فَأَخَذُوا الْمَلِكَ وَأَصْعَدُوهُ إِلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ إِلَى رَبْلَةَ وَكَلَّمُوهُ بِالْقَضَاءِ عَلَيْهِ.

So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.

وَقَتَلُوا بَنِي صِدْقِيَّا أَمَامَ عَيْنَيْهِ، وَقَلَعُوا عَيْنَيْ صِدْقِيَّا وَقَيَّدُوهُ بِسِلْسِلَتَيْنِ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ، وَجَاءُوا بِهِ إِلَى بَابِلَ.

And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.

وَفِي الشَّهْرِ الْخَامِسِ، فِي سَابِعِ الشَّهْرِ، وَهِيَ السَّنَةُ التَّاسِعَةَ عَشَرَةَ لِلْمَلِكِ نَبُوخَذْنَاصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، جَاءَ نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ الشُّرَطِ عَبْدُ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ،

And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar–adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:

وَأَحْرَقَ بَيْتَ الرَّبِّ وَبَيْتَ الْمَلِكِ، وَكُلَّ بُيُوتِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَكُلَّ بُيُوتِ الْعُظَمَاءِ أَحْرَقَهَا بِالنَّارِ.

And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.

وَجَمِيعُ أَسْوَارِ أُورُشَلِيمَ مُسْتَدِيرًا هَدَمَهَا كُلُّ جُيُوشِ الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ مَعَ رَئِيسِ الشُّرَطِ.

And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

وَبَقِيَّةُ الشَّعْبِ الَّذِينَ بَقُوا فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، وَالْهَارِبُونَ الَّذِينَ هَرَبُوا إِلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، وَبَقِيَّةُ الْجُمْهُورِ سَبَاهُمْ نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ الشُّرَطِ.

Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carry away.

وَلكِنَّ رَئِيسَ الشُّرَطِ أَبْقَى مِنْ مَسَاكِينِ الأَرْضِ كَرَّامِينَ وَفَلاَّحِينَ.

But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

وَأَعْمِدَةَ النُّحَاسِ الَّتِي فِي بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ وَالْقَوَاعِدَ وَبَحْرَ النُّحَاسِ الَّذِي فِي بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ كَسَّرَهَا الْكِلْدَانِيُّونَ، وَحَمَلُوا نُحَاسَهَا إِلَى بَابِلَ.

And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.

وَالْقُدُورَ وَالرُّفُوشَ وَالْمَقَاصَّ وَالصُّحُونَ وَجَمِيعَ آنِيَةِ النُّحَاسِ الَّتِي كَانُوا يَخْدِمُونَ بِهَا، أَخَذُوهَا.

And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.

وَالْمَجَامِرَ وَالْمَنَاضِحَ. مَا كَانَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فَالذَّهَبُ، وَمَا كَانَ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ فَالْفِضَّةُ، أَخَذَهَا رَئِيسُ الشُّرَطِ.

And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.

وَالْعَمُودَانِ وَالْبَحْرُ الْوَاحِدُ وَالْقَوَاعِدُ الَّتِي عَمِلَهَا سُلَيْمَانُ لِبَيْتِ الرَّبِّ، لَمْ يَكُنْ وَزْنٌ لِنُحَاسِ كُلِّ هذِهِ الأَدَوَاتِ.

The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

ثَمَانِي عَشَرَةَ ذِرَاعًا ارْتِفَاعُ الْعَمُودِ الْوَاحِدِ، وَعَلَيْهِ تَاجٌ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ، وَارْتِفَاعُ التَّاجِ ثَلاَثُ أَذْرُعٍ، وَالشَّبَكَةُ وَالرُّمَّانَاتُ الَّتِي عَلَى التَّاجِ مُسْتَدِيرَةً جَمِيعُهَا مِنْ نُحَاسٍ. وَكَانَ لِلْعَمُودِ الثَّانِي مِثْلُ هذِهِ عَلَى الشَّبَكَةِ.

The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.

وَأَخَذَ رَئِيسُ الشُّرَطِ سَرَايَا الْكَاهِنَ الرَّئِيسَ، وَصَفَنْيَا الْكَاهِنَ الثَّانِي، وَحَارِسِي الْبَابِ الثَّلاَثَةَ.

And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

وَمِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ أَخَذَ خَصِيًّا وَاحِدًا كَانَ وَكِيلاً عَلَى رِجَالِ الْحَرْبِ، وَخَمْسَةَ رِجَال مِنَ الَّذِينَ يَنْظُرُونَ وَجْهَ الْمَلِكِ الَّذِينَ وُجِدُوا فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، وَكَاتِبَ رَئِيسِ الْجُنْدِ الَّذِي كَانَ يَجْمَعُ شَعْبَ الأَرْضِ، وَسِتِّينَ رَجُلاً مِنْ شَعْبِ الأَرْضِ الْمَوْجُودِينَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ

And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:

وَأَخَذَهُمْ نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ الشُّرَطِ وَسَارَ بِهِمْ إِلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ إِلَى رَبْلَةَ.

And Nebuzar–adan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:

فَضَرَبَهُمْ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ وَقَتَلَهُمْ فِي رَبْلَةَ فِي أَرْضِ حَمَاةَ. فَسُبِيَ يَهُوذَا مِنْ أَرْضِهِ.

And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.

وَأَمَّا الشَّعْبُ الَّذِي بَقِيَ فِي أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا، الَّذِينَ أَبْقَاهُمْ نَبُوخَذْنَاصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ، فَوَكَّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ جَدَلْيَا بْنَ أَخِيقَامَ بْنِ شَافَانَ.

And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.

وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ جَمِيعُ رُؤَسَاءِ الْجُيُوشِ هُمْ وَرِجَالُهُمْ أَنَّ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ قَدْ وَكَّلَ جَدَلْيَا أَتَوْا إِلَى جَدَلْيَا إِلَى الْمِصْفَاةِ، وَهُمْ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا، وَيُوحَنَانُ بْنُ قَارِيحَ، وَسَرَايَا بْنُ تَنْحُومَثَ النَّطُوفَاتِيِّ، وَيَازَنْيَا ابْنُ الْمَعْكِيِّ، هُمْ وَرِجَالُهُمْ.

And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

وَحَلَفَ جَدَلْيَا لَهُمْ وَلِرِجَالِهِمْ، وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لاَ تَخَافُوا مِنْ عَبِيدِ الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ. اسْكُنُوا الأَرْضَ وَتَعَبَّدُوا لِمَلِكِ بَابِلَ فَيَكُونَ لَكُمْ خَيْرٌ».

And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.

وَفِي الشَّهْرِ السَّابعِ جَاءَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا بْنِ أَلِيشَمَعَ مِنَ النَّسْلِ الْمَلِكِيِّ، وَعَشَرَةُ رِجَال مَعَهُ وَضَرَبُوا جَدَلْيَا فَمَاتَ، وَأَيْضًا الْيَهُودُ وَالْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ.

But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.

فَقَامَ جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ مِنَ الصَّغِيرِ إِلَى الْكَبِيرِ وَرُؤَسَاءُ الْجُيُوشِ وَجَاءُوا إِلَى مِصْرَ، لأَنَّهُمْ خَافُوا مِنَ الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ.

And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.

وَفِي السَّنَةِ السَّابِعَةِ وَالثَّلاَثِينَ لِسَبْيِ يَهُويَاكِينَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، فِي الشَّهْرِ الثَّانِي عَشَرَ فِي السَّابعِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ، رَفَعَ أَوِيلُ مَرُودَخُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ، فِي سَنَةِ تَمَلُّكِهِ، رَأْسَ يَهُويَاكِينَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا مِنَ السِّجْنِ

And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil–merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

وَكَلَّمَهُ بِخَيْرٍ، وَجَعَلَ كُرْسِيَّهُ فَوْقَ كَرَاسِيِّ الْمُلُوكِ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ فِي بَابِلَ.

And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;

وَغَيَّرَ ثِيَابَ سِجْنِهِ. وَكَانَ يَأْكُلُ دَائِمًا الْخُبْزَ أَمَامَهُ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ.

And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.

وَوَظِيفَتُهُ وَظِيفَةٌ دَائِمَةٌ تُعْطَى لَهُ مِنْ عِنْدِ الْمَلِكِ، أَمْرُ كُلِّ يَوْمٍ بِيَوْمِهِ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ.

And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.