2 أخبار 36

١ 1 وَوَلَّى شَعْبُ الأَرْضِ يَهُوآحَازَ بْنَ يُوشِيَّا مَلِكاً عَلَيْهِمْ خَلَفاً لأَبِيهِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ،

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.

٢ 2 وَكَانَ يَهُوأَحَازُ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ ثَلاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three mouths in Jerusalem.

٣ 3 ثُمَّ عَزَلَهُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ وَفَرَضَ جِزْيَةً عَلَى الْبِلادِ: مِئَةَ وَزْنَةٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ آلافٍ وَسِتِّ مِئَةِ كِيلُو جِرَامٍ) وَوَزْنَةً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ (نَحْوَ سِتَّةٍ وَثَلاثِينَ كِيلُو جِرَاماً).

And the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and amerced the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

٤ 4 وَنَصَّبَ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ أَلِيَاقِيمَ أَخَاهُ مَلِكاً عَلَى يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ، وَغَيَّرَ اسْمَهُ إِلَى يَهُويَاقِيمَ. أَمَّا يُوأَحَازُ أَخُوهُ فَاعْتَقَلَهُ وَسَاقَهُ أَسِيراً إِلَى مِصْرَ.

And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

٥ 5 وَكَانَ يَهُويَاقِيمُ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ.

Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

٦ 6 ثُمَّ هَاجَمَهُ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ وَأَخَذَهُ أَسِيراً مُقَيَّداً إِلَى بَابِلَ.

Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

٧ 7 وَاسْتَوْلَى نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ عَلَى بَعْضِ آنِيَةِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، وَأَخَذَهَا مَعَهُ إِلَى بَابِلَ، حَيْثُ وَضَعَهَا فِي هَيْكَلِهِ هُنَاكَ.

Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

٨ 8 أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ يَهُويَاقِيمَ وَشُرُورُهُ الَّتِي اقْتَرَفَهَا فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتَابِ تَارِيخِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا. ثُمَّ خَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ يَهُويَاكِينُ عَلَى الْمُلْكِ.

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

٩ 9 وَكَانَ يَهُويَاكِينُ فِي الثَّامِنَةِ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ ثَلاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشَرَةَ أَيَّامٍ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ.

Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.

١٠ 10 وَفِي مَطْلَعِ السَّنَةِ الْجَدِيدَةِ، أَرْسَلَ الْمَلِكُ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ فَقَبَضَ عَلَيْهِ وَنَقَلَهُ إِلَى بَابِلَ مَعَ آنِيَةِ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ الثَّمِينَةِ، وَوَلَّى أَخَاهُ صِدْقِيَّا خَلَفاً لَهُ عَلَى يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ.

And at the return of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

١١ 11 وَكَانَ صِدْقِيَّا فِي الْحَادِيَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem:

١٢ 12 وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ، وَلَمْ يَتَوَاضَعْ أَمَامَ إِرْمِيَا النَّبِيِّ الَّذِي نَطَقَ بِكَلامِ الرَّبِّ.

and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God; he humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet [speaking] from the mouth of the LORD.

١٣ 13 وَثَارَ أَيْضاً عَلَى الْمَلِكِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ، الَّذِي جَعَلَهُ يَحْلِفُ لَهُ يَمِينَ الْوَلاءِ، وَأَصَرَّ عَلَى عِنَادِهِ، وَأَغْلَظَ قَلْبَهُ فَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD, the God of Israel.

١٤ 14 وَأَغْوَى مَعَهُ رُؤَسَاءَ الْكَهَنَةِ وَالشَّعْبِ الَّذِينَ ازْدَادُوا تَوَرُّطاً فِي خِيَانَةِ الرَّبِّ، مُرْتَكِبِينَ كُلَّ رَجَاسَاتِ الأُمَمِ، حَتَّى إِنَّهُمْ نَجَّسُوا بَيْتَ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي قَدَّسَهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people, trespassed very greatly after all the abominations of the heathen; and they polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

١٥ 15 وَأَرْسَلَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ آبَائِهِمْ إِلَيْهِمْ رُسُلاً بِصُورَةٍ مُتَوَالِيَةٍ مُحَذِّراً إِيَّاهُمْ لأَنَّهُ أَشْفَقَ عَلَى شَعْبِهِ وَعَلَى مَسْكَنِهِ.

And the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

١٦ 16 فَكَانُوا يَهْزَأُونَ بِرُسُلِ اللهِ، وَرَفَضُوا كَلامَهُ، وَاسْتَهَانُوا بِأَنْبِيَائِهِ، حَتَّى ثَارَ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى شَعْبِهِ وَامْتَنَعَ كُلُّ شِفَاءٍ!

but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

١٧ 17 فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ مَلِكَ الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ، فَقَتَلَ نُخْبَتَهُمْ بِالسَّيْفِ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ الْمُقَدَّسِ. وَلَمْ يَرْحَمِ الرَّبُّ فَتىً أَوْ عَذْرَاءَ أَوْ شَيْخاً أَوْ أَشْيَبَ، بَلْ أَسْلَمَهُمْ جَمِيعاً لِيَدِ الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ،

Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man or ancient: he gave them all into his hand.

١٨ 18 الَّذِينَ اسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَى آنِيَةِ بَيْتِ اللهِ، كَبِيرِهَا وَصَغِيرِهَا، وَخَزَائِنِ الْهَيْكَلِ وَقَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ، وَخَزَائِنِ قَادَتِهِ، وَنَقَلُوهَا كُلَّهَا إِلَى بَابِلَ.

And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.

١٩ 19 وَأَحْرَقُوا الْهَيْكَلَ وَهَدَمُوا سُورَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَأَشْعَلُوا النَّارَ فِي جَمِيعِ قُصُورِهَا، وَدَمَّرُوا تُحَفَهَا الثَّمِينَةَ.

And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

٢٠ 20 وَسَبَى نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ الَّذِينَ نَجَوْا مِنَ السَّيْفِ إِلَى بَابِلَ، فَأَصْبَحُوا عَبِيداً لَهُ وَلأَبْنَائِهِ إِلَى أَنْ قَامَتْ مَمْلَكَةُ فَارِسَ.

And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:

٢١ 21 وَذَلِكَ لِكَيْ يَتِمَّ كَلامُ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي نَطَقَ بِهِ عَلَى لِسَانِ إِرْمِيَا، حَتَّى تَسْتَوْفِيَ الأَرْضُ سُبُوتَهَا، إِذْ أَنَّهَا بَقِيَتْ مِنْ غَيْرِ إِنْتَاجٍ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ خَرَابِهَا حَتَّى انْقِضَاءِ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً.

to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths [for] as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfill threescore and ten years.

٢٢ 22 وَفِي السَّنَةِ الأُولَى لِحُكْمِ كُورَشَ مَلِكِ فَارِسَ، وَتَتْمِيماً لِكَلامِ الرَّبِّ بِفَمِ إِرْمِيَا، حَرَّكَ الرَّبُّ قَلْبَ كُورَشَ مَلِكِ فَارِسَ، فَأَطْلَقَ نِدَاءً فِي كُلِّ أَنْحَاءِ مَمْلَكَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying,

٢٣ 23 «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ كُورَشُ مَلِكُ فَارِسَ: الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ السَّمَاءِ وَهَبَنِي جَمِيعَ مَمَالِكِ الأَرْضِ، وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَبْنِيَ لَهُ هَيْكَلاً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ الَّتِي فِي يَهُوذَا. وَعَلَى كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ شَعْبِ الرَّبِّ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ، وَلْيَكُنِ الرَّبُّ مَعَكُمْ».

Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all his people, the LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.