إِرْمِيَا 41

١ 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.

The word that came to Jeremias from the Lord (now Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the country of his dominion, were warring against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Juda, ) saying,

٢ 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.

Thus has the Lord said; Go to Sedekias king of Juda, and thou shalt say to him, Thus has the Lord said, This city shall certainly be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it, and shall burn it with fire:

٣ 3 وَكُلُّ ٱلْيَهُودِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا مَعَهُ، أَيْ مَعَ جَدَلْيَا، فِي ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ وَٱلْكَلْدَانِيُّونَ ٱلَّذِينَ وُجِدُوا هُنَاكَ، وَرِجَالُ ٱلْحَرْبِ، ضَرَبَهُمْ إِسْمَاعِيلُ.

and thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt certainly be taken, and shalt be given into his hands; and thine eyes shall see his eyes, and thou shalt enter into Babylon.

٤ 4 وَكَانَ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّانِي بَعْدَ قَتْلِهِ جَدَلْيَا وَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ إِنْسَانٌ،

But hear the word of the Lord, O Sedekias king of Juda; Thus saith the Lord,

٥ 5 أَنَّ رِجَالًا أَتَوْا مِنْ شَكِيمَ وَمِنْ شِيلُوَ وَمِنَ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ، ثَمَانِينَ رَجُلًا مَحْلُوقِي ٱللُّحَى وَمُشَقَّقِي ٱلثِّيَابِ وَمُخَمَّشِينَ، وَبِيَدِهِمْ تَقْدِمَةٌ وَلُبَانٌ لِيُدْخِلُوهُمَا إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

Thou shalt die in peace: and as they wept for thy fathers that reigned before thee, they shall weep also for thee, [saying], Ah lord! and they shall lament for thee down to the grave: for I have spoken the word, said the Lord.

٦ 6 فَخَرَجَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا لِلِقَائِهِمْ مِنَ ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ سَائِرًا وَبَاكِيًا. فَكَانَ لَمَّا لَقِيَهُمْ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَهُمْ: «هَلُمَّ إِلَى جَدَلْيَا بْنِ أَخِيقَامَ».

And Jeremias spoke to king Sedekias all these words in Jerusalem.

٧ 7 فَكَانَ لَمَّا أَتَوْا إِلَى وَسْطِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، أَنَّ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنَ نَثَنْيَا قَتَلَهُمْ وَأَلْقَاهُمْ إِلَى وَسْطِ ٱلْجُبِّ، هُوَ وَٱلرِّجَالُ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ.

And the host of the king of Babylon warred against Jerusalem, and against the cities of Juda, and against Lachis, and against Azeca: for these strong cities were left among the cities of Juda.

٨ 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.

The word that came from the Lord to Jeremias, after king Sedekias had concluded a covenant with the people, to proclaim a release;

٩ 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.

That every one should set at liberty his servant, and every one has handmaid, the Hebrew man and Hebrew woman, that no man of Juda should be a bondman.

١٠ 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.

Then all the nobles, and all the people who had entered into the covenant, [engaging] to set free every one his man-servant, and every one his maid, turned,

١١ 11 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ يُوحَانَانُ بْنُ قَارِيحَ وَكُلُّ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْجُيُوشِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ بِكُلِّ ٱلشَّرِّ ٱلَّذِي فَعَلَهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا،

and gave them over to be men-servants and maid-servants.

١٢ 12 أَخَذُوا كُلَّ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَسَارُوا لِيُحَارِبُوا إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنَ نَثَنْيَا، فَوَجَدُوهُ عِنْدَ ٱلْمِيَاهِ ٱلْكَثِيرَةِ ٱلَّتِي فِي جِبْعُونَ.

And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying,

١٣ 13 وَلَمَّا رَأَى كُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي مَعَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ يُوحَانَانَ بْنَ قَارِيحَ وَكُلَّ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْجُيُوشِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُمْ فَرِحُوا.

Thus saith the Lord; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day wherein I took them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,

١٤ 14 فَدَارَ كُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي سَبَاهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ مِنَ ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ، وَرَجَعُوا وَسَارُوا إِلَى يُوحَانَانَ بْنِ قَارِيحَ.

When six years are accomplished, thou shalt set free thy brother the Hebrew, who shall be sold to thee: for he shall serve thee six years, and [then] thou shalt let him go free: but they hearkened not to me, and inclined not their ear.

١٥ 15 أَمَّا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا فَهَرَبَ بِثَمَانِيَةِ رِجَالٍ مِنْ وَجْهِ يُوحَانَانَ وَسَارَ إِلَى بَنِي عَمُّونَ.

And this day they turned to do that which was right in my sight, to proclaim every one the release of his neighbour; and they had concluded a covenant before me, in the house whereon my name is called.

١٦ 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.

But ye turned and profaned my name, to bring back every one his servant, and every one his handmaid, whom ye had sent forth free [and] at their own disposal, to be to you men-servants and maid-servants.

١٧ 17 فَسَارُوا وَأَقَامُوا فِي جَيْرُوتَ كِمْهَامَ ٱلَّتِي بِجَانِبِ بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ، لِكَيْ يَسِيرُوا وَيَدْخُلُوا مِصْرَ

Therefore thus said the Lord; Ye have not hearkened to me, to proclaim a release every one to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a release to you, to the sword, and to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will give you up to dispersion [among] all the kingdoms of the earth.

١٨ 18 مِنْ وَجْهِ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ لِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا خَائِفِينَ مِنْهُمْ، لِأَنَّ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنَ نَثَنْيَا كَانَ قَدْ ضَرَبَ جَدَلْيَا بْنَ أَخِيقَامَ ٱلَّذِي أَقَامَهُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ.

And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, who have not kept my covenant, which they made before me, the calf which they prepared to sacrifice with it,

١٩ 19

the princes of Juda, and the men in power, and the priests, and the people;

٢٠ 20

I will even give them to their enemies, and their carcases shall be food for the birds of the sky and for the wild beasts of the earth.

٢١ 21

And I will give Sedekias king of Judea, and their princes, into the hands of their enemies, and the host of the king of Babylon [shall come upon] them that run away from them.

٢٢ 22

Behold, I [will] give command, saith the Lord, and will bring them back to this land; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire, and the cities of Juda; and I will make them desolate without inhabitants.