2 Chronicles 36

1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem.

١ وَوَلَّى شَعْبُ الأَرْضِ يَهُوآحَازَ بْنَ يُوشِيَّا مَلِكاً عَلَيْهِمْ خَلَفاً لأَبِيهِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ،

2 Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

٢ وَكَانَ يَهُوأَحَازُ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ ثَلاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

3 The king of Egypt removed him from office at Jerusalem, and fined the land one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

٣ ثُمَّ عَزَلَهُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ وَفَرَضَ جِزْيَةً عَلَى الْبِلادِ: مِئَةَ وَزْنَةٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ آلافٍ وَسِتِّ مِئَةِ كِيلُو جِرَامٍ) وَوَزْنَةً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ (نَحْوَ سِتَّةٍ وَثَلاثِينَ كِيلُو جِرَاماً).

4 The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

٤ وَنَصَّبَ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ أَلِيَاقِيمَ أَخَاهُ مَلِكاً عَلَى يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ، وَغَيَّرَ اسْمَهُ إِلَى يَهُويَاقِيمَ. أَمَّا يُوأَحَازُ أَخُوهُ فَاعْتَقَلَهُ وَسَاقَهُ أَسِيراً إِلَى مِصْرَ.

5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did that which was evil in the LORD his God’s sight.

٥ وَكَانَ يَهُويَاقِيمُ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ.

6 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon.

٦ ثُمَّ هَاجَمَهُ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ وَأَخَذَهُ أَسِيراً مُقَيَّداً إِلَى بَابِلَ.

7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried some of the vessels of the LORD’s house to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

٧ وَاسْتَوْلَى نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ عَلَى بَعْضِ آنِيَةِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، وَأَخَذَهَا مَعَهُ إِلَى بَابِلَ، حَيْثُ وَضَعَهَا فِي هَيْكَلِهِ هُنَاكَ.

8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

٨ أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ يَهُويَاقِيمَ وَشُرُورُهُ الَّتِي اقْتَرَفَهَا فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتَابِ تَارِيخِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا. ثُمَّ خَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ يَهُويَاكِينُ عَلَى الْمُلْكِ.

9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight.

٩ وَكَانَ يَهُويَاكِينُ فِي الثَّامِنَةِ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ ثَلاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشَرَةَ أَيَّامٍ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ.

10 At the return of the year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, with the valuable vessels of the LORD’s house, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

١٠ وَفِي مَطْلَعِ السَّنَةِ الْجَدِيدَةِ، أَرْسَلَ الْمَلِكُ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ فَقَبَضَ عَلَيْهِ وَنَقَلَهُ إِلَى بَابِلَ مَعَ آنِيَةِ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ الثَّمِينَةِ، وَوَلَّى أَخَاهُ صِدْقِيَّا خَلَفاً لَهُ عَلَى يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ.

11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

١١ وَكَانَ صِدْقِيَّا فِي الْحَادِيَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

12 He did that which was evil in the LORD his God’s sight. He did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the LORD’s mouth.

١٢ وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ، وَلَمْ يَتَوَاضَعْ أَمَامَ إِرْمِيَا النَّبِيِّ الَّذِي نَطَقَ بِكَلامِ الرَّبِّ.

13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God; but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.

١٣ وَثَارَ أَيْضاً عَلَى الْمَلِكِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ، الَّذِي جَعَلَهُ يَحْلِفُ لَهُ يَمِينَ الْوَلاءِ، وَأَصَرَّ عَلَى عِنَادِهِ، وَأَغْلَظَ قَلْبَهُ فَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

14 Moreover all the chiefs of the priests and the people trespassed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted the LORD’s house which he had made holy in Jerusalem.

١٤ وَأَغْوَى مَعَهُ رُؤَسَاءَ الْكَهَنَةِ وَالشَّعْبِ الَّذِينَ ازْدَادُوا تَوَرُّطاً فِي خِيَانَةِ الرَّبِّ، مُرْتَكِبِينَ كُلَّ رَجَاسَاتِ الأُمَمِ، حَتَّى إِنَّهُمْ نَجَّسُوا بَيْتَ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي قَدَّسَهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

15 The LORD, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place;

١٥ وَأَرْسَلَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ آبَائِهِمْ إِلَيْهِمْ رُسُلاً بِصُورَةٍ مُتَوَالِيَةٍ مُحَذِّراً إِيَّاهُمْ لأَنَّهُ أَشْفَقَ عَلَى شَعْبِهِ وَعَلَى مَسْكَنِهِ.

16 but they mocked the messengers of God, despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the LORD’s wrath arose against his people, until there was no remedy.

١٦ فَكَانُوا يَهْزَأُونَ بِرُسُلِ اللهِ، وَرَفَضُوا كَلامَهُ، وَاسْتَهَانُوا بِأَنْبِيَائِهِ، حَتَّى ثَارَ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى شَعْبِهِ وَامْتَنَعَ كُلُّ شِفَاءٍ!

17 Therefore he brought on them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or infirm. He gave them all into his hand.

١٧ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ مَلِكَ الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ، فَقَتَلَ نُخْبَتَهُمْ بِالسَّيْفِ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ الْمُقَدَّسِ. وَلَمْ يَرْحَمِ الرَّبُّ فَتىً أَوْ عَذْرَاءَ أَوْ شَيْخاً أَوْ أَشْيَبَ، بَلْ أَسْلَمَهُمْ جَمِيعاً لِيَدِ الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ،

18 All the vessels of God’s house, great and small, and the treasures of the LORD’s house, and the treasures of the king and of his princes, all these he brought to Babylon.

١٨ الَّذِينَ اسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَى آنِيَةِ بَيْتِ اللهِ، كَبِيرِهَا وَصَغِيرِهَا، وَخَزَائِنِ الْهَيْكَلِ وَقَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ، وَخَزَائِنِ قَادَتِهِ، وَنَقَلُوهَا كُلَّهَا إِلَى بَابِلَ.

19 They burned God’s house, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all of its valuable vessels.

١٩ وَأَحْرَقُوا الْهَيْكَلَ وَهَدَمُوا سُورَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَأَشْعَلُوا النَّارَ فِي جَمِيعِ قُصُورِهَا، وَدَمَّرُوا تُحَفَهَا الثَّمِينَةَ.

20 He carried those who had escaped from the sword away to Babylon, and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia,

٢٠ وَسَبَى نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ الَّذِينَ نَجَوْا مِنَ السَّيْفِ إِلَى بَابِلَ، فَأَصْبَحُوا عَبِيداً لَهُ وَلأَبْنَائِهِ إِلَى أَنْ قَامَتْ مَمْلَكَةُ فَارِسَ.

21 to fulfill the LORD’s word by Jeremiah’s mouth, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths. As long as it lay desolate, it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.

٢١ وَذَلِكَ لِكَيْ يَتِمَّ كَلامُ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي نَطَقَ بِهِ عَلَى لِسَانِ إِرْمِيَا، حَتَّى تَسْتَوْفِيَ الأَرْضُ سُبُوتَهَا، إِذْ أَنَّهَا بَقِيَتْ مِنْ غَيْرِ إِنْتَاجٍ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ خَرَابِهَا حَتَّى انْقِضَاءِ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً.

22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the LORD’s word by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

٢٢ وَفِي السَّنَةِ الأُولَى لِحُكْمِ كُورَشَ مَلِكِ فَارِسَ، وَتَتْمِيماً لِكَلامِ الرَّبِّ بِفَمِ إِرْمِيَا، حَرَّكَ الرَّبُّ قَلْبَ كُورَشَ مَلِكِ فَارِسَ، فَأَطْلَقَ نِدَاءً فِي كُلِّ أَنْحَاءِ مَمْلَكَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

23 “Cyrus king of Persia says, ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, has given all the kingdoms of the earth to me; and he has commanded me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, the LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.’”

٢٣ «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ كُورَشُ مَلِكُ فَارِسَ: الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ السَّمَاءِ وَهَبَنِي جَمِيعَ مَمَالِكِ الأَرْضِ، وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَبْنِيَ لَهُ هَيْكَلاً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ الَّتِي فِي يَهُوذَا. وَعَلَى كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ شَعْبِ الرَّبِّ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ، وَلْيَكُنِ الرَّبُّ مَعَكُمْ».