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 which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains amongst all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who 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.

The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God 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.

and the LORD has brought it, and done according as he spoke. Because you have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing has 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.

Now, behold, I release you today from the chains which are on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will take care of you; but if it seems bad to you to come with me into Babylon, don’t. Behold, all the land is before you. Where it seems good and right to you to go, go there.”

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 had not yet gone back, “Go back then,” he said, “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 amongst the people; or go wherever it seems right to you to go.” So the captain of the guard gave him food and a present, and let him go.

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

Then Jeremiah went to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and lived with him amongst the people who 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 who 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, women, children, and of the poorest of the land, of those who 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 Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Yochanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men came to Gedaliah to Mizpah.

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

Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, “Don’t be afraid to serve the Kasdim. Dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it will 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 stand before the Kasdim who will come to us; but you, gather 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 who were in Moab, and amongst the children of Ammon, and in Edom, and who 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.

then 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 very much wine and summer fruits.

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

Moreover Yochanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who 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 know that Baalis the king of the children of Ammon has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam didn’t believe them.

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 Yochanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, “Please let me go, and I will kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man will know it. Why should he take your life, that all the Jews who are gathered to you should be scattered, and the remnant of 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 Yochanan the son of Kareah, “You shall not do this thing, for you speak falsely of Ishmael.”