2 مُلُوك 24

١ 1 وَفِي غُضُونِ حُكْمِهِ هَاجَمَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ مَمْلَكَةَ يَهُوذَا، فَخَضَعَ لَهُ يَهُويَاقِيمُ طَوَالَ ثَلاثِ سَنَوَاتٍ، ثُمَّ تَمَرَّدَ عَلَيْهِ.

In his days went up Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and Joakim became his servant three years; and [then] he turned and revolted from him.

٢ 2 فَأَرْسَلَ الرَّبُّ غُزَاةً مِنْ كَلْدَانِيِّينَ وَأَرَامِيِّينَ وَمُوآبِيِّينَ وَعَمُّونِيِّينَ لِلإِغَارَةِ عَلَى مَمْلَكَةِ يَهُوذَا وَإِبَادَتِهَا، بِمُوْجِبِ مَا قَضَى بِهِ الرَّبُّ عَلَى لِسَانِ عَبِيدِهِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ.

And the lord sent against him the bands of the Chaldeans, and the bands of Syria, and the bans of Moab, and the bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them into the land of Juda to prevail [against it], according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke by his servants the prophets.

٣ 3 وَقَدْ قَضَى الرَّبُّ بِذَلِكَ لِيَسْتَأْصِلَ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَمَامِهِ بِسَبَبِ مَا ارْتَكَبَهُ مَنَسَّى مِنْ آثَامٍ،

Moreover it was the purpose of the Lord concerning Juda, to remove them from his presence, because of the sins of Manasses, according to all that he did.

٤ 4 وَانْتِقَاماً لِلدَّمِ الْبَرِيءِ الَّذِي سَفَكَهُ، إِذْ إِنَّهُ مَلأَ أُورُشَلِيمَ بِدِمَاءِ الأَبْرِيَاءِ، فَلَمْ يَشَإِ الرَّبُّ أَنْ يَصْفَحَ عَنْهُ.

Moreover he shed innocent blood, and filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not pardon [it].

٥ 5 أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ يَهُويَاقِيمَ وَأَعْمَالُهُ أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟

And the rest of the acts of Joakim, and all that he did, behold, [are] not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?

٦ 6 ثُمَّ مَاتَ يَهُويَاقِيمُ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ يَهُويَاكِينُ.

And Joakim slept with his fathers: and Joachim his son reigned in his stead.

٧ 7 وَلَمْ يَعُدْ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ دِيَارِهِ، لأَنَّ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ اسْتَوْلَى عَلَى كُلِّ الأَرَاضِي الْوَاقِعَةِ مِنْ حُدُودِ مِصْرَ الشِّمَالِيَّةِ إِلَى نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ، وَالَّتِي كَانَتْ مِصْرُ تَحْتَلُّهَا.

And the king of Egypt came no more out of his land: for the king of Babylon took away all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the river of Egypt as far as the river Euphrates.

٨ 8 وَكَانَ يَهُويَاكِينُ فِي الثَّامِنَةِ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ ثَلاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ نَحُوشْتَا بِنْتُ أَلِنَاثَانَ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

Eighteen years old [was] Joachim when he began to reign, an he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Nestha, daughter of Ellanastham, of Jerusalem.

٩ 9 وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ عَلَى غِرَارِ مَا فَعَلَ أَبُوهُ.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father did.

١٠ 10 وَفِي أَيَّامِهِ زَحَفَ قَادَةُ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَحَاصَرُوا الْمَدِينَةَ.

At that time went up Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

١١ 11 ثُمَّ جَاءَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ بِنَفْسِهِ فِي أَثْنَاءِ حِصَارِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَتَسَلَّمَ زِمَامَ الْقِيَادَةِ،

And Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants besieged it.

١٢ 12 فَاسْتَسْلَمَ يَهُويَاكِينُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا وَأُمُّهُ وَرِجَالُهُ وَقَادَتُهُ وَخِصْيَانُهُ إِلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، فَقَبَضَ عَلَيْهِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ. وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّامِنَةِ لِمُلْكِهِ.

And Joachim king of Juda came forth to the king of Babylon, he and his servants, and his mother, and his princes, and his eunuchs; and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

١٣ 13 وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَى جَمِيعِ مَا فِي خَزَائِنِ الْهَيْكَلِ وَخَزَائِنِ الْقَصْرِ، وَحَطَّمَ كُلَّ آنِيَةِ الذَّهَبِ الَّتِي صَنَعَهَا سُلَيْمَانُ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِهَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، تَمَاماً كَمَا قَضَى الرَّبُّ.

And he brought forth thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house, and he cut up all the golden vessels which Solomon the king of Israel [had] made in the temple of the Lord, according to the word of the Lord.

١٤ 14 وَسَبَى نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ أَهْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَكُلَّ الرُّؤَسَاءِ، وَجَمِيعَ رِجَالِ الْحَرْبِ الأَشِدَّاءِ، وَالْخِصْيَانِ. فَكَانَتْ جُمْلَةُ الْمَسْبِيِّينَ عَشَرَةَ آلافِ مَسْبِيٍّ، كَمَا أَخَذَ الصُّنَّاعَ وَالْحَدَّادِينَ، وَلَمْ يَتْرُكْ فِي يَهُوذَا سِوَى فُقَرَاءِ الشَّعْبِ الْمَسَاكِينِ.

And he carried away [the inhabitants of] Jerusalem, and all the captains, and the mighty men, taking captive ten thousand prisoners, and every artificer and smith: and only the poor of the land were left.

١٥ 15 وَسَبَى يَهُويَاكِينَ وَأُمَّ الْمَلِكِ وَنِسَاءَهُ وَخِصْيَانَهُ وَعُظَمَاءَ الْبِلادِ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى بَابِلَ.

And he carried Joachim away to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his eunuchs: and he carried away the mighty men of the land into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

١٦ 16 كَمَا سَاقَ سَبْعَةَ آلافٍ مِنَ الْمُحَارِبِينَ الأَشِدَّاءِ وَأَلْفاً مِنَ الصُّنَّاعِ وَالْحَدَّادِينَ إِلَى بَابِلَ،

And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and one thousand artificers and smiths: all [were] mighty [men] fit for war; and the king of Babylon carried them captive to Babylon.

١٧ 17 وَوَلَّى مَلِكُ بَابِلَ مَتَّنِيَّا عَمَّ يَهُويَاكِينَ خَلَفاً لَهُ، بَعْدَ أَنْ غَيَّرَ اسْمَهُ إِلَى صِدْقِيَّا.

And the king of Babylon made Batthanias his son king in his stead, and called his name Sedekias.

١٨ 18 وَكَانَ صِدْقِيَّا فِي الْحَادِيَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ حَمِّيطَلُ بِنْتُ إِرْمِيَا مِنْ لِبْنَةَ.

Twenty and one years old [was] Sedekias when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Amital daughter of Jeremias.

١٩ 19 وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، عَلَى غِرَارِ مَا فَعَلَ يَهُويَاقِيمُ.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Joachim did.

٢٠ 20 وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَا أَصَابَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَيَهُوذَا إِلّا نَتِيجَةً لِغَضَبِ الرَّبِّ، الَّذِي نَبَذَهُمْ أَخِيراً مِنْ حَضْرَتِهِ. وَمَا لَبِثَ صِدْقِيَّا أَنْ تَمَرَّدَ عَلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ.

For it was according to the Lord's anger against Jerusalem and on Juda, until he cast them out of his presence, that Sedekias revolted against the king of Babylon.