Jeremiah 37

وَمَلَكَ الْمَلِكُ صِدْقِيَّا بْنُ يُوشِيَّا مَكَانَ كُنْيَاهُو بْنِ يَهُويَاقِيمَ، الَّذِي مَلَّكَهُ نَبُوخَذْرَاصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ فِي أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا.

And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.

وَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ هُوَ وَلاَ عَبِيدُهُ وَلاَ شَعْبُ الأَرْضِ لِكَلاَمِ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ عَنْ يَدِ إِرْمِيَا النَّبِيِّ.

But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.

وَأَرْسَلَ الْمَلِكُ صِدْقِيَّا يَهُوخَلَ بْنَ شَلَمْيَا، وَصَفَنْيَا بْنَ مَعْسِيَّا الْكَاهِنَ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا النَّبِيِّ قَائِلاً: «صَلِّ لأَجْلِنَا إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلهِنَا».

And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.

وَكَانَ إِرْمِيَا يَدْخُلُ وَيَخْرُجُ فِي وَسْطِ الشَّعْبِ، إِذْ لَمْ يَكُونُوا قَدْ جَعَلُوهُ فِي بَيْتِ السِّجْنِ.

Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.

وَخَرَجَ جَيْشُ فِرْعَوْنَ مِنْ مِصْرَ. فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ الْكَلْدَانِيُّونَ الْمُحَاصِرُونَ أُورُشَلِيمَ بِخَبَرِهِمْ، صَعِدُوا عَنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.

فَصَارَتْ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا النَّبِيِّ قَائِلَةً:

Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

«هكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ إِلهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هكَذَا تَقُولُونَ لِمَلِكِ يَهُوذَا الَّذِي أَرْسَلَكُمْ إِلَيَّ لِتَسْتَشِيرُونِي: هَا إِنَّ جَيْشَ فِرْعَوْنَ الْخَارِجَ إِلَيْكُمْ لِمُسَاعَدَتِكُمْ، يَرْجِعُ إِلَى أَرْضِهِ، إِلَى مِصْرَ.

Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

وَيَرْجِعُ الْكَلْدَانِيُّونَ وَيُحَارِبُونَ هذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ وَيَأْخُذُونَهَا وَيُحْرِقُونَهَا بِالنَّارِ.

And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.

هكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ: لاَ تَخْدَعُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ قَائِلِينَ: إِنَّ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ سَيَذْهَبُونَ عَنَّا، لأَنَّهُمْ لاَ يَذْهَبُونَ.

Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.

لأَنَّكُمْ وَإِنْ ضَرَبْتُمْ كُلَّ جَيْشِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَكُمْ، وَبَقِيَ مِنْهُمْ رِجَالٌ قَدْ طُعِنُوا، فَإِنَّهُمْ يَقُومُونَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ فِي خَيْمَتِهِ وَيُحْرِقُونَ هذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ بِالنَّارِ».

For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

وَكَانَ لَمَّا أُصْعِدَ جَيْشُ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ عَنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنْ وَجْهِ جَيْشِ فِرْعَوْنَ،

And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,

أَنَّ إِرْمِيَا خَرَجَ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ لِيَنْطَلِقَ إِلَى أَرْضِ بَنْيَامِينَ لِيَنْسَابَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ فِي وَسْطِ الشَّعْبِ.

Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.

وَفِيمَا هُوَ فِي بَابِ بَنْيَامِينَ، إِذَا هُنَاكَ نَاظِرُ الْحُرَّاسِ، اسْمُهُ يَرْئِيَّا بْنُ شَلَمْيَا بْنُ حَنَنِيَّا، فَقَبَضَ عَلَى إِرْمِيَا النَّبِيِّ قَائِلاً: «إِنَّكَ تَقَعُ لِلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ».

And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.

فَقَالَ إِرْمِيَا: «كَذِبٌ! لاَ أَقَعُ لِلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ». وَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ لَهُ، فَقَبَضَ يَرْئِيَّا عَلَى إِرْمِيَا وَأَتَى بِهِ إِلَى الرُّؤَسَاءِ.

Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

فَغَضِبَ الرُّؤَسَاءُ عَلَى إِرْمِيَا، وَضَرَبُوهُ وَجَعَلُوهُ فِي بَيْتِ السِّجْنِ، فِي بَيْتِ يُونَاثَانَ الْكَاتِبِ، لأَنَّهُمْ جَعَلُوهُ بَيْتَ السِّجْنِ.

Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ إِرْمِيَا إِلَى بَيْتِ الْجُبِّ، وَإِلَى الْمُقَبَّبَاتِ، أَقَامَ إِرْمِيَا هُنَاكَ أَيَّامًا كَثِيرَةً.

When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ الْمَلِكُ صِدْقِيَّا وَأَخَذَهُ، وَسَأَلَهُ الْمَلِكُ فِي بَيْتِهِ سِرًّا وَقَالَ: «هَلْ تُوجَدُ كَلِمَةٌ مِنْ قِبَلِ الرَّبِّ؟» فَقَالَ إِرْمِيَا: «تُوجَدُ». فَقَالَ: «إِنَّكَ تُدْفَعُ لِيَدِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ».

Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

ثُمَّ قَالَ إِرْمِيَا لِلْمَلِكِ صِدْقِيَّا: «مَا هِيَ خَطِيَّتِي إِلَيْكَ وَإِلَى عَبِيدِكَ وَإِلَى هذَا الشَّعْبِ، حَتَّى جَعَلْتُمُونِي فِي بَيْتِ السِّجْنِ؟

Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

فَأَيْنَ أَنْبِيَاؤُكُمُ الَّذِينَ تَنَبَّأُوا لَكُمْ قَائِلِينَ: لاَ يَأْتِي مَلِكُ بَابِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَلاَ عَلَى هذِهِ الأَرْضِ؟

Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

فَالآنَ اسْمَعْ يَا سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكَ. لِيَقَعْ تَضَرُّعِي أَمَامَكَ، وَلاَ تَرُدَّنِي إِلَى بَيْتِ يُونَاثَانَ الْكَاتِبِ، فَلاَ أَمُوتَ هُنَاكَ».

Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

فَأَمَرَ الْمَلِكُ صِدْقِيَّا أَنْ يَضَعُوا إِرْمِيَا فِي دَارِ السِّجْنِ، وَأَنْ يُعْطَى رَغِيفَ خُبْزٍ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مِنْ سُوقِ الْخَبَّازِينَ، حَتَّى يَنْفُدَ كُلُّ الْخُبْزِ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ. فَأَقَامَ إِرْمِيَا فِي دَارِ السِّجْنِ.

Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.