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 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years. Then he turned and rebelled against 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.

The LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, bands of the Syrians, bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the LORD’s word which he spoke by his servants the prophets.

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

Surely at the commandment of the LORD this came on Judah, to remove them out of his sight for the sins of Manasseh, 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.

and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD would not pardon.

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

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

٦ 6 ثُمَّ مَاتَ يَهُويَاقِيمُ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ يَهُويَاكِينُ.

So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

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.

The king of Egypt didn’t come out of his land any more; for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates, all that belonged to the king of Egypt.

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

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

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

He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that his father had done.

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

At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

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

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it,

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

and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon—he, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers; and the king of Babylon captured 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.

He carried out from there all the treasures of the LORD’s house and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the LORD’s temple, as the LORD had said.

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.

He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. No one remained except the poorest people of the land.

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

He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, with the king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officers, and the chief men of the land. He carried them into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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

All the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths one thousand, all of them strong and fit for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

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

The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

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.

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

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

He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

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 through the anger of the LORD, this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.