إرْمِيا 40

١ 1 هَذِهِ هِيَ النُّبُوءَةُ الَّتِي أَوْحَى بِها الرَّبُّ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا بَعْدَ أَنْ أَطْلَقَهُ نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ الشُّرْطَةِ مِنَ الرَّامَةِ حِينَ قَادَهُ مُقَيَّداً بِالأَغْلالِ مَعَ بَقِيَّةِ أَسْرَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَيَهُوذَا الْمَنْفِيِّينَ إِلَى بَابِلَ،

The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive to Babylon.

٢ 2 إِذِ انْتَحَى رَئِيسُ الشُّرْطَةِ بِإِرْمِيَا جَانِباً وَقَالَ لَهُ: «إِنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكَ قَدْ قَضَى بِهَذِهِ الْبَلِيَّةِ عَلَى هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ.

And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, The LORD your God has pronounced this evil on this place.

٣ 3 فَقَدْ تَمَّمَ الرَّبُّ هَذَا الْقَضَاءَ، وَوَفَى بِمَا أَنْذَرَ بِهِ. لأَنَّكُمْ أَخْطَأْتُمْ فِي حَقِّ الرَّبِّ وَلَمْ تُطِيعُوا صَوْتَهُ، حَلَّ بِكُمْ هَذَا الأَمْرُ.

Now the LORD has brought it, and done according as he has said: because you have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come on you.

٤ 4 وَالآنَ هَا أَنَا أُطْلِقُكَ الْيَوْمَ مِنَ الْقُيُودِ الَّتِي تَغُلُّ يَدَيْكَ، فَإِنْ طَابَ لَكَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَ مَعِي إِلَى بَابِلَ فَتَعَالَ، وَأَنَا أَعْتَنِي بِكَ أَشَدَّ عِنَايَةٍ. وَإِنْ سَاءَ فِي عَيْنَيْكَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَ مَعِي إِلَى بَابِلَ فَابْقَ. هَا كُلُّ الْبِلادِ مُشَرَّعَةٌ أَمَامَكَ، فَاذْهَبْ حَيْثُ يَحْلُو لَكَ.

And now, behold, I loose you this day from the chains which were on your hand. If it seem good to you to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well to you: but if it seem ill to you to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before you: where it seems good and convenient for you to go, thither go.

٥ 5 وَإِنْ عَزَمْتَ عَلَى الْبَقَاءِ فَارْجِعْ إِلَى جَدَلِيَا بْنِ أَخِيقَامَ الَّذِي أَقَامَهُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ وَالِياً عَلَى مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا وَأَقِمْ عِنْدَهُ فِي وَسَطِ الشَّعْبِ، وَاذْهَبْ حَيْثُ يَحْلُو لَكَ». وَأَعْطَاهُ رَئِيسُ الشُّرْطَةِ مَؤُونَةً وَهَدِيَّةً وَأَطْلَقَهُ.

Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wherever it seems convenient to you to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.

٦ 6 فَذَهَبَ إِرْمِيَا إِلَى جَدَلِيَا بْنِ أَخِيقَامَ وَأَقَامَ عِنْدَهُ فِي وَسَطِ الشَّعْبِ الْبَاقِي فِي الأَرْضِ.

Then went Jeremiah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelled with him among the people that were left in the land.

٧ 7 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ كُلُّ رُؤَسَاءِ الْجُيُوشِ الْمُنْتَشِرَةِ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ وَرِجَالُهُمْ أَنَّ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ قَدْ وَلَّى جَدَلِيَا بْنَ أَخِيقَامَ لِيَكُونَ حَاكِماً فِي الْبِلادِ، وَعَهِدَ إِلَيْهِ بِالرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ وَالأَطْفَالِ وَفُقَرَاءِ الأَرْضِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُسْبَوْا إِلَى بَابِلَ،

Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed to him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;

٨ 8 جَاءُوا إِلَى جَدَلِيَا فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ، وَهُمْ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا، وَيُوحَانَانُ وَيُونَاثَانُ ابْنَا قَارِيحَ، وَسَرَايَا بْنُ تَنْحُومَثَ، وَبَنُو عِيفَايَ النَّطُوفَاتِيِّ، وَيَزَنْيَا بْنُ الْمَعْكِيِّ مَعَ رِجَالِهِمْ.

Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

٩ 9 فَحَلَفَ جَدَلِيَا بْنُ أَخِيقَامَ بْنِ شَافَانَ لَهُمْ وَلِرِجَالِهِمْ: «لا تَخَافُوا مِنْ خِدْمَةِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ. أَقِيمُوا فِي الْبِلادِ وَاخْضَعُوا لِمَلِكِ بَابِلَ فَتَنَالُوا خَيْراً.

And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

١٠ 10 أَمَّا أَنَا فَسَأَسْكُنُ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ، وَأَتَوَلَّى الأَمْرَ عَنْكُمْ لَدَى الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ يَفِدُونَ إِلَيْنَا أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَاجْمَعُوا خَمْراً وَقِطَافَ الصَّيْفِ وَالزَّيْتَ وَادَّخِرُوهَا فِي أَوْعِيَتِكُمْ وَأَقِيمُوا فِي مُدُنِكُمُ الَّتِي أَخَذْتُمُوهَا».

As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans, which will come to us: but you, gather you wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that you have taken.

١١ 11 وَكَذَلِكَ حِينَ سَمِعَ كُلُّ الْيَهُودِ الْمُشَتَّتِينَ فِي أَرْضِ مُوآبَ وَبَيْنَ بَنِي عَمُّونَ وَفِي أَدُومَ وَفِي الْبُلْدَانِ الأُخْرَى أَنَّ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ قَدْ تَرَكَ بَقِيَّةً مِنْ يَهُوذَا، وَوَلَّى جَدَلِيَا بْنَ أَخِيقَامَ بْنِ شَافَانَ حَاكِماً عَلَيْهِمْ،

Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;

١٢ 12 رَجَعُوا مِنْ كُلِّ الْبِقَاعِ الَّتِي تَشَتَّتُوا إِلَيْهَا، وَجَاءُوا إِلَى أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا إِلَى جَدَلِيَا فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ، وَاخْتَزَنُوا خَمْراً وَغَلّاتٍ كَثِيرَةً مِنْ قِطَافِ الصَّيْفِ.

Even all the Jews returned out of all places where they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, to Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.

١٣ 13 ثُمَّ اجْتَمَعَ يُوحَانَانُ بْنُ قَارِيحَ وَسَائِرُ رُؤَسَاءِ الْقُوَّاتِ الَّذِينَ لاذُوا بِالصَّحْرَاءِ إِلَى جَدَلِيَا فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ،

Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,

١٤ 14 وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «أَتَدْرِي أَنَّ بَعْلِيسَ مَلِكَ بَنِي عَمُّونَ قَدْ بَعَثَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنَ نَثَنْيَا لِيَغْتَالَكَ؟» فَلَمْ يُصَدِّقْهُمْ جَدَلِيَا بْنُ أَخِيقَامَ.

And said to him, Do you certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay you? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.

١٥ 15 فَقَالَ يُوحَانَانُ بْنُ قَارِيحَ لِجَدَلْيَا سِرّاً فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ: «دَعْنِي أَذْهَبُ وَأَقْتُلُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنَ نَثَنْيَا مِنْ غَيْرِ عِلْمِ أَحَدٍ فَلِمَاذَا يَغْتَالُكَ فَيَتَبَدَّدَ جَمِيعُ الْمُجْتَمِعِينَ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ شَعْبِ الْيَهُودِ، وَتَهْلِكَ بَقِيَّةُ يَهُوذَا؟».

Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly saying, Let me go, I pray you, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: why should he slay you, that all the Jews which are gathered to you should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?

١٦ 16 فَأَجَابَ جَدَلِيَا بْنُ أَخِيقَامَ يُوحَانَانَ بْنَ قَارِيحَ: «لا تَرْتَكِبْ هَذَا الأَمْرَ لأَنَّكَ تَتَّهِمُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ كَذِباً».

But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, You shall not do this thing: for you speak falsely of Ishmael.