إرْمِيا 38
| وَبَلَغَ مَسَامِعَ شَفَطْيَا بْنِ مَتَّانَ، وَجَدَلْيَا بْنِ فَشْحُورَ، وَيُوخَلَ بْنِ شَلَمْيَا، وَفَشْحُورَ بْنِ مَلْكِيَّا، الْكَلامُ الَّذِي كَانَ إِرْمِيَا يُخَاطِبُ بِهِ كُلَّ الشَّعْبِ قَائِلاً: | ١ 1 |
Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchijah heard that Jeremiah had been telling all the people:
| «هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: إِنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يَمْكُثُ فِي هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ يَمُوتُ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ وَبِالْجُوعِ وَالْوَبَاءِ. أَمَّا مَنْ يَلْجَأْ إِلَى الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ فَإِنَّهُ يَنْجُو بِنَفْسِهِ وَيُفْلِتُ بِحَيَاتِهِ وَيَحْيَا. | ٢ 2 |
“This is what the LORD says: Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever surrenders to the Chaldeans will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war, and he will live.
| سَتُسَلَّمُ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةُ حَتْماً إِلَى يَدِ جَيْشِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ فَيَسْتَوْلِي عَلَيْهَا». | ٣ 3 |
This is what the LORD says: This city will surely be delivered into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.”
| فَقَالَ رُؤَسَاءُ الْبِلادِ لِلْمَلِكِ: «يَجِبُ إِعْدَامُ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ، لأَنَّهُ يُثَبِّطُ عَزِيمَةَ الْمُحَارِبِينَ الْبَاقِينَ فِي هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَعَزِيمَةَ سَائِرِ الشَّعْبِ، لأَنَّهُ يُخَاطِبُهُمْ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْكَلامِ. فَهَذَا الرَّجُلُ لَا يَلْتَمِسُ لِهَذَا الشَّعْبِ خَيْراً بَلْ شَرّاً». | ٤ 4 |
Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”
| فَأَجَابَ الْمَلِكُ صِدْقِيَّا: «هَا هُوَ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ. افْعَلُوا بِهِ مَا تَشَاؤُونَ، لأَنَّ الْمَلِكَ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُعَارِضَكُمْ». | ٥ 5 |
“Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”
| فَأَخَذُوا إِرْمِيَا وَطَرَحُوهُ فِي جُبِّ مَلْكِيَّا ابْنِ الْمَلِكِ الْقَائِمِ فِي دَارِ الْحَرَسِ. وَدَلَّوْا إِرْمِيَا بِحِبَالٍ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي الْجُبِّ مَاءٌ بَلْ وَحْلٌ، فَغَاصَ فِيهِ إِرْمِيَا. | ٦ 6 |
So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ عَبْدَ مَلِكُ الْخَصِيُّ الإِثْيُوبِيُّ الْمُقِيمُ فِي قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ أَنَّهُمْ أَلْقَوْا بِإِرْمِيَا فِي الْجُبِّ، وَكَانَ الْمَلِكُ آنَئِذٍ جَالِساً فِي بَوَّابَةِ بِنْيَامِينَ، | ٧ 7 |
Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,
| غَادَرَ عَبْدَ مَلِكُ الْقَصْرَ، وَقَالَ لِلْمَلِكِ: | ٨ 8 |
Ebed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king,
| «يَامَوْلايَ الْمَلِكَ، قَدْ أَسَاءَ هَؤُلاءِ الرِّجَالُ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا النَّبِيِّ بِمَا أَوْقَعُوهُ بِهِ مِنْ شَرٍّ حِينَ زَجُّوهُ فِي الْجُبِّ. فَإِنَّهُ لابُدَّ أَنْ يَتَعَرَّضَ لِلْمَوْتِ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ الْجُوعِ، إِذْ لَا خُبْزَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ». | ٩ 9 |
“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”
| فَأَمَرَ الْمَلِكُ عَبْدَمَلِكَ الإِثْيُوبِيَّ: «اصْطَحِبْ مَعَكَ مِنْ هُنَا ثَلاثِينَ رَجُلاً، وَاسْحَبْ إِرْمِيَا مِنَ الْجُبِّ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ». | ١٠ 10 |
So the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”
| فَاصْطَحَبَ عَبْدَ مَلِكُ الرِّجَالَ مَعَهَ، وَمَضَى إِلَى قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ إِلَى قَبْوِ الْمُسْتَوْدَعِ، وَأَخَذَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ ثِيَاباً رَثَّةً، وَخِرَقاً بَالِيَةً، وَدَلّاهَا إِلَى إِرْمِيَا إِلَى الْجُبِّ بِحِبَالٍ، | ١١ 11 |
Then Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the king’s palace, to a place below the storehouse. From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.
| وَقَالَ لإِرْمِيَا: «ضَعِ الثِّيَابَ الرَّثَّةَ وَالْخِرَقَ الْبَالِيَةَ بَيْنَ إِبْطَيْكَ وَالْحِبَالِ». فَفَعَلَ إِرْمِيَا كَذَلِكَ. | ١٢ 12 |
Ebed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah, “Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,
| فَسَحَبُوا إِرْمِيَا بِالْحِبَالِ وَأَخْرَجُوهُ مِنَ الْجُبِّ. وَمَكَثَ إِرْمِيَا فِي دَارِ الْحَرَسِ. | ١٣ 13 |
and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
| ثُمَّ بَعَثَ الْمَلِكُ صِدْقِيَّا وَاسْتَدْعَى إِلَيْهِ إِرْمِيَا النَّبِيَّ، وَاسْتَقْبَلَهُ فِي الْمَدْخَلِ الثَّالِثِ لِهَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ. وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ لإِرْمِيَا: «أَسَأَلُكَ عَنْ أَمْرٍ فَلا تَكْتُمْ عَنِّي شَيْئاً». | ١٤ 14 |
Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance to the house of the LORD. “I am going to ask you something,” said the king to Jeremiah. “Do not hide anything from me.”
| فَأَجَابَ إِرْمِيَا صِدْقِيَّا: «إِنْ أَنْبَأْتُكَ، أَلا تَقْتُلُنِي حَتْماً؟ وَإِنْ أَشَرْتُ عَلَيْكَ فَأَنْتَ لَا تَقْبَلُ مَشُورَتِي». | ١٥ 15 |
“If I tell you,” Jeremiah replied, “you will surely put me to death. And even if I give you advice, you will not listen to me.”
| فَحَلَفَ الْمَلِكُ صِدْقِيَّا لإِرْمِيَا سِرّاً قَائِلاً: «حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي صَنَعَ لَنَا أَنْفُسَنَا، أَنِّي لَا أَقْتُلُكَ وَلا أُسَلِّمُكَ إِلَى يَدِ أَعْدَائِكَ طَالِبِي نَفْسِكَ». | ١٦ 16 |
But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”
| عِنْدَئِذٍ قَالَ إِرْمِيَا لِصِدْقِيَّا: «هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: إِنِ اسْتَسْلَمْتَ إِلَى قُوَّادِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ تَنْجُو بِنَفْسِكَ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ، وَلا تُحْرَقُ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةُ بِالنَّارِ بَلْ تَحْيَا أَنْتَ وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِكَ. | ١٧ 17 |
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.
| وَلَكِنْ إِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَسْلِمْ لِقُوَّادِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ فَإِنَّ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ تَقَعُ فِي قَبْضَةِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، فَيُحْرِقُونَهَا بِالنَّارِ، وَأَنْتَ لَا تُفْلِتُ مِنْ أَيْدِيهِمْ». | ١٨ 18 |
But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself will not escape their grasp.’”
| فَأَجَابَ الْمَلِكُ: «أَخْشَى أَنْ أَقَعَ فِي يَدِ الْيَهُودِ الَّذِينَ لَجَأُوا إِلَى الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ فَيَسْخَرُوا مِنِّي». | ١٩ 19 |
But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, for the Chaldeans may deliver me into their hands to abuse me.”
| فَقَالَ إِرْمِيَا: «إِنَّكَ لَنْ تُسَلَّمَ إِلَيْهِمْ. اسْمَعْ لِصَوْتِ الرَّبِّ فِي كُلِّ مَا أَقُولُهُ لَكَ، فَتَنْعَمَ بِالْخَيْرِ وَتَنْجُوَ نَفْسُكَ. | ٢٠ 20 |
“They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you may live.
| لَكِنْ إِنْ أَبَيْتَ الاسْتِسْلامَ، فَإِلَيْكَ الرُّؤْيَا الَّتِي أَعْلَنَهَا لِيَ الرَّبُّ: | ٢١ 21 |
But if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:
| هَا جَمِيعُ النِّسَاءِ اللَّوَاتِي مَابَرِحْنَ فِي قَصْرِ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا يُؤْسَرْنَ وَيُحْمَلْنَ إِلَى قُوَّادِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، وَهُنَّ قَائِلاتٍ: قَدْ خَدَعَكَ أَصْدِقَاؤُكَ مَوْضِعُ ثِقَتِكَ وَتَغَلَّبُوا عَلَى رَأْيِكَ. وَحَالَمَا غَرِقَتْ رِجْلاكَ فِي الْحَمْأَةِ تَخَلَّوْا عَنْكَ. | ٢٢ 22 |
All the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you— those trusted friends of yours. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted you.’
| وَتُحْمَلُ جَمِيعُ نِسَائِكَ وَأَبْنَائِكَ إِلَى الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، وَأَنْتَ لَا تُفْلِتُ مِنْ أَيْدِيهِمْ، بَلْ يَأْسِرُكَ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ، وَتُحْرَقُ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةُ بِالنَّارِ». | ٢٣ 23 |
All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape their grasp, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”
| فَقَالَ صِدْقِيَّا لإِرْمِيَا: «اكْتُمْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فَلا يَعْلَمُ بِهِ أَحَدٌ لِئَلَّا تَمُوتَ. | ٢٤ 24 |
Then Zedekiah warned Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you will die.
| فَإِذَا سَمِعَ الرُّؤَسَاءُ أَنِّي تَحَدَّثْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَسَأَلُوكَ: بِمَاذَا خَاطَبْتَ الْمَلِكَ، وَمَاذَا قَالَ الْمَلِكُ؟ لَا تَكْتُمْ عَنَّا شَيْئاً، وَنَحْنُ لَنْ نَقْتُلَكَ. | ٢٥ 25 |
If the officials hear that I have spoken with you, and they come and demand of you, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what he said to you; do not hide it from us, or we will kill you,’
| فَأَجِبْهُمْ: إِنِّي تَوَسَّلْتُ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ أَنْ لَا يَرُدَّنِي إِلَى بَيْتِ يُونَاثَانَ لأَمُوتَ هُنَاكَ». | ٢٦ 26 |
then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”
| فَأَقْبَلَ كُلُّ الرُّؤَسَاءِ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا وَاسْتَجْوَبُوهُ، فَأَخْبَرَهُمْ بِمُقْتَضَى مَا أَوْصَاهُ بِهِ الْمَلِكُ مِنْ كَلامٍ. فَكَفُّوا عَنْهُ لأَنَّ الْحَدِيثَ الَّذِي دَارَ بَيْنَهُمَا لَمْ يَشِعْ. | ٢٧ 27 |
When all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he relayed to them the exact words the king had commanded him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had overheard the conversation.
| فَأَقَامَ إِرْمِيَا فِي دَارِ الْحَرَسِ إِلَى الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي سَقَطَتْ فِيهِ أُورُشَلِيمُ. | ٢٨ 28 |
And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.
