Jeremiah 41

1 Now in the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal offspring and one of the chief officers of the king, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they ate bread together in Mizpah.

١ وَفِي الشَّهْرِ السَّابِعِ أَقْبَلَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا بْنِ أَلِيشَامَاعَ، مِنَ النَّسْلِ الْمَلَكِيِّ، وَأَحَدُ قُوَّادِ الْمَلِكِ، إِلَى جَدَلِيَا بْنِ أَخِيقَامَ إِلَى الْمِصْفَاةِ، بِرُفْقَةِ عَشَرَةِ رِجَالٍ. وَبعْدَ أَنْ تَنَاوَلُوا الطَّعَامَ مَعاً فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ،

2 Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah arose, and the ten men who were with him, and struck Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

٢ اغْتَالَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا وَالْعَشَرَةُ الْرِجَالِ الْمُرَافِقُونَ لَهُ بِسُيُوفِهِمْ جَدَلِيَا بْنَ أَخِيقَامَ الَّذِي وَلّاهُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ حَاكِماً عَلَى الْبِلادِ.

3 Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Chaldean men of war who were found there.

٣ كَمَا قَتَلَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ كُلَّ الْيَهُودِ الْحَاضِرِينَ مَعَ جَدَلِيَا فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ وَالْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ الْمُحَارِبِينَ الْمَوْجُودِينَ هُنَاكَ.

4 The second day after he had killed Gedaliah, and no man knew it,

٤ وَفِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي مِنِ اغْتِيَالِ جَدَلِيَا، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ قَدْ عَلِمَ بِالأَمْرِ بَعْدُ،

5 men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, having their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with meal offerings and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to the LORD’s house.

٥ أَقْبَلَ ثَمَانُونَ رَجُلاً مِنْ شَكِيمَ وَمِنْ شِيلُو وَمِنَ السَّامِرَةِ بِلِحىً مَحْلُوقَةٍ وَثِيَابٍ مُمَزَّقَةٍ وَأَجْسَادٍ مُجَرَّحَةٍ، حَامِلِينَ مَعَهُمْ تَقْدِمَةً مِنَ الدَّقِيقِ وَلُبَاناً لِيُحْضِرُوهَا إِلَى بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ.

6 Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went, and as he met them, he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.”

٦ فَخَرَجَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا مِنَ الْمِصْفَاةِ، وَكَانَ يَسِيرُ بَاكِياً، وَعِنْدَمَا الْتَقَاهُمْ قَالَ لَهُمْ: «تَعَالَوْا إِلَى جَدَلِيَا بْنِ أَخِيقَامَ».

7 It was so, when they came into the middle of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah killed them, and cast them into the middle of the pit, he, and the men who were with him.

٧ فَلَمَّا بَلَغُوا وَسَطَ الْمَدِينَةِ ذَبَحَهُمْ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا وَطَرَحَ جُثَثَهُمْ بِمَعُونَةِ رِجَالِهِ إِلَى أَعْمَاقِ الْجُبِّ.

8 But ten men were found among those who said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey.” So he stopped, and did not kill them among their brothers.

٨ إِلّا أَنَّ عَشَرَةَ رِجَالٍ كَانُوا بَيْنَهُمْ قَالُوا لإِسْمَعِيلَ: «لا تَقْتُلْنَا لأَنَّ لَدَيْنَا مُؤَناً مِنْ قَمْحٍ وَشَعِيرٍ وَزَيْتٍ وَعَسَلٍ خَبَّأْنَاهَا فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ» فَلَمْ يَقْتُلْهُمْ.

9 Now the pit in which Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had killed, by the side of Gedaliah (this was that which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel), Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with those who were killed.

٩ وَكَانَ الْجُبُّ الَّذِي طَرَحَ فِيهِ إِسْمَاعِيلُ جُثَثَ قَتْلاهُ وَجُثَّةَ جَدَلِيَا هُوَ الْجُبُّ الْكَبِيرُ الَّذِي حَفَرَهُ الْمَلِكُ آسَا لِلدِّفَاعِ ضِدَّ بَعْشَا مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَمَلَأَهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بِالْقَتْلَى.

10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all of the people who were left in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people who remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the children of Ammon.

١٠ ثُمَّ سَبَى إِسْمَاعِيلُ بَقِيَّةَ الشَّعْبِ الَّذِي كَانَ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ، وَبَنَاتِ الْمَلِكِ، وَكُلَّ مَنْ تَخَلَّفَ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ، مِمَّنْ عَهِدَ بِهِمْ نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ الشُّرْطَةِ إِلَى جَدَلِيَا بْنِ أَخِيقَامَ، وَانْطَلَقَ بِهِمْ إِسْمَاعِيلُ إِلَى بَنِي عَمُّونَ.

11 But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

١١ وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا سَمِعَ يُوحَانَانُ بْنُ قَارِيحَ وَجَمِيعُ قَادَةِ الْقُوَّاتِ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ مَا ارْتَكَبَهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا مِنْ شَرٍّ،

12 then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.

١٢ أَخَذُوا جَمِيعَ رِجَالِهِمْ وَتَعَقَّبُوا إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنَ نَثَنْيَا لِيُقَاتِلُوهُ، فَصَادَفُوهُ عِنْدَ الْبِرْكَةِ الْكَبِيرَةِ الَّتِي فِي جِبْعُونَ.

13 Now when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, then they were glad.

١٣ فَلَمَّا شَاهَدَ جَميعُ أَسْرَى إِسْمَاعِيلَ يُوحَانَانَ بْنَ قَارِيحَ وَكُلَّ قَادَةِ الْقُوَّاتِ الْمُرَافِقِينَ لَهُ فَرِحُوا،

14 So all the people who Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned about and came back, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah.

١٤ فَانْثَنَى الأَسْرَى الَّذِينَ سَبَاهُمْ إِسْمَاعِيلُ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ وَقَفَلُوا رَاجِعِينَ إِلَى يُوحَانَانَ بنِ قَارِيحَ.

15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon.

١٥ أَمَّا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا فَهَرَبَ مِنْ يُوحَانَانَ مَعَ ثَمَانِيَةٍ مِنْ رِجَالِهِ وَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى الْعَمُّونِيِّينَ.

16 Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces who were with him took all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after he had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam—the men of war, with the women, the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon.

١٦ فَاقْتَادَ يُوحَانَانُ بْنُ قَارِيحَ وَسَائِرُ قُوَّادِ الْقُوَّاتِ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ بَقِيَّةَ شَعْبِ الْمِصْفَاةِ، الَّذِينَ اسْتَرَدَّهُمْ مِنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ نَثَنْيَا، الَّذِي كَانَ قَدْ سَبَاهُمْ بَعْدَ اغْتِيَالِ جَدَلِيَا بْنِ أَخِيقَامَ، وَهُمْ مُحَارِبُونَ أَشِدَّاءُ وَنِسَاءٌ وَأَطْفَالٌ وَخِصْيَانٌ، وَأَعَادَهُمْ مِنْ جِبْعُونَ.

17 They departed and lived in Geruth Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt

١٧ فَأَقَامُوا فِي جَيْرُوتَ كِمْهَامَ الْمُجَاوِرَةِ لِبَيْتِ لَحْمٍ، لِيَنْطَلِقُوا مِنْهَا إِلَى مِصْرَ.

18 because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor over the land.

١٨ هَارِبِينَ مِنْ وَجْهِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ خَوْفاً مِنْهُمْ، بِسَبِبِ اغْتِيَالِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ نَثَنْيَا لِجَدَلْيَا بْنِ أَخِيقَامَ الَّذِي وَلّاهُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ عَلَى الْبِلادِ.