Jeremiah 52

1 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king; he was king for eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

١ كَانَ صِدْقِيَّا فِي الْحَادِيَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَتَوَلَّى الْحُكْمَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ إحْدَى عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ حَمِيطَلُ بِنْتُ إِرْمِيَا مِنْ لِبْنَةَ.

2 And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Jehoiakim had done.

٢ وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ عَلَى غِرَارِ مَا عَمِلَ يَهُويَاقِيمُ.

3 And because of the wrath of the Lord this came about in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had sent them away from before him: and Zedekiah took up arms against the king of Babylon.

٣ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَا أَصَابَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَيَهُوذَا إِلا نَتِيجَةً لِغَضَبِ الرَّبِّ، حَتَّى إِنَّهُ نَبَذَهُمْ مِنْ حَضْرَتِهِ. وَتَمَرَّدَ صِدْقِيَّا عَلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ.

4 And in the ninth year of his rule, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, came against Jerusalem with all his army and took up his position before it, building earthworks all round it.

٤ وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الْعَاشِرِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الْعَاشِرِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ لِحُكْمِهِ، زَحَفَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ بِجَيْشِهِ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَحَاصَرَهَا وَبَنَى حَوْلَهَا الْمَتَارِيسَ.

5 So the town was shut in by their forces till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

٥ وَظَلَّتِ الْمَدِينَةُ تَحْتَ الْحِصَارِ حَتَّى السَّنَةِ الْحَادِيَةِ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ صِدْقِيَّا.

6 In the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the store of food in the town was almost gone, so that there was no food for the people of the land.

٦ وَفِي الْيَوْمِ التَّاسِعِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الرَّابِعِ اسْتَفْحَلَ الْجُوعُ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ حَتَّى لَمْ يَبْقَ طَعَامٌ لِشَعْبِ الأَرْضِ.

7 Then an opening was made in the wall of the town, and all the men of war went in flight out of the town by night through the doorway between the two walls which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldaeans were stationed round the town: ) and they went by the way of the Arabah.

٧ فَفَتَحَ الشَّعْبُ ثُغْرَةً فِي الْمَدِينَةِ وَهَرَبَ جَمِيعُ الْمُحَارِبِينَ وَغَادَرُوا الْمَدِينَةَ لَيْلاً مِنْ طَرِيقِ الْبَوَّابَةِ الْوَاقِعَةِ بَيْنَ السُّورَيْنِ الْقَرِيبَيْنِ مِنْ بُسْتَانِ الْمَلِكِ، وَالْكَلْدَانِيُّونَ مَا بَرِحُوا مُحَاصِرِينَ الْمَدِينَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ، وَانْطَلَقُوا فِي طَرِيقِ الْبَرِّيَّةِ.

8 And the Chaldaean army went after King Zedekiah and overtook him on the other side of Jericho, and all his army went in flight from him in every direction.

٨ لَكِنَّ جَيْشَ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ تَعَقَّبَ الْمَلِكَ، وَأَدْرَكَ صِدْقِيَّا فِي سُهُولِ أَرِيحَا وَقَدْ تَفَرَّقَ عَنْهُ جَمِيعُ جَيْشِهِ،

9 Then they made the king a prisoner and took him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath to be judged.

٩ فَقَبَضُوا عَلَيْهِ وَأَخَذُوهُ إِلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ فِي رَبْلَةَ، فِي مِنْطَقَةِ حَمَاةَ، فَأَصْدَرَ عَلَيْهِ قَضَاءَهُ.

10 And the king of Babylon put the sons of Zedekiah to death before his eyes: and he put to death all the rulers of Judah in Riblah.

١٠ وَذَبَحَ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ أَبْنَاءَ صِدْقِيَّا عَلَى مَرْأَى مِنْهُ وَقَتَلَ أَيْضاً جَمِيعَ أَشْرَافِ يَهُوذَا فِي رَبْلَةَ.

11 And he put out Zedekiah's eyes; and the king of Babylon, chaining him in iron bands, took him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.

١١ وَفَقَأَ عَيْنَيْ صِدْقِيَّا وَأَوْثَقَهُ بِسِلْسِلَتَيْنِ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ، ثُمَّ سَاقَهُ إِلَى بَابِلَ حَيْثُ زَجَّهُ فِي السِّجْنِ إِلَى يَوْمِ وَفَاتِهِ.

12 Now in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, a servant of the king of Babylon, came into Jerusalem.

١٢ وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الْعَاشِرِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الْخَامِسِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، جَاءَ نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ الشُّرْطَةِ الَّذِي كَانَ يَقِفُ دَائِماً فِي حَضْرَةِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ،

13 And he had the house of the Lord and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned with fire:

١٣ وَأَحْرَقَ هَيْكَلَ الرَّبِّ وَقَصْرَ الْمَلِكِ وَجَمِيعَ بُيُوتِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَأَضْرَمَ النَّارَ فِي كُلِّ بَيْتٍ مِنْ بُيُوتِ الْعُظَمَاءِ،

14 And the walls round Jerusalem were broken down by the Chaldaean army which was with the captain.

١٤ وَهَدَمَ كُلُّ جَيْشِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ الْمُرَافِقِ لِرَئِيسِ الشُّرْطَةِ كُلَّ أَسْوَارِ أُورُشَلِيمَ الْمُحِيطَةِ بِها.

15 Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, took away as prisoners the rest of the people who were still in the town, and those who had given themselves up to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the workmen.

١٥ وَأَجْلَى نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ الشُّرْطَةِ بَعْضاً مِنْ فُقَرَاءِ الْبَلَدِ، وَمَنْ بَقِيَ مِنَ الشَّعْبِ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، وَالْهَارِبِينَ الَّذِينَ لَجَأُوا إِلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ مَعَ سَائِرِ الْحِرَفِيِّينَ.

16 But Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, let the poorest of the land go on living there, to take care of the vines and the fields.

١٦ وَلَكِنَّهُ أَبْقَى عَلَى بَعْضِ الْمَسَاكِينِ لِيَكُونُوا كَرَّامِينَ وَفَلّاحِينَ.

17 And the brass pillars which were in the house of the Lord, and the wheeled bases and the great brass water-vessel in the house of the Lord, were broken up by the Chaldaeans, who took all the brass away to Babylon.

١٧ وَحَطَّمَ الْكَلْدَانِيُّونَ أَعْمِدَةَ النُّحَاسِ فِي هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، وَالْقَوَاعِدَ وَالبِرْكَةَ النُّحَاسِيَّةَ القَائِمَةَ فِيهِ، وَنَقَلُوا كُلَّ نُحَاسِهَا إِلَى بَابِلَ.

18 And the pots and the spades and the scissors for the lights and the spoons, and all the brass vessels used in the Lord's house, they took away.

١٨ وَاسْتَوْلَوْا أَيْضاً عَلَى الْقُدُورِ وَالرُّفُوشِ وَالْمَجَارِفِ وَالْمَنَاضِحِ وَالصُّحُونِ وَكُلِّ آنِيَةِ النُّحَاسِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تُسْتَخْدَمُ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ.

19 And the cups and the fire-trays and the basins and the pots and the supports for the lights and the spoons and the wide basins; the gold of the gold vessels, and the silver of the silver vessels, the captain of the armed men took away.

١٩ كَمَا أَخَذَ رَئِيسُ الشُّرْطَةِ الطُّسُوسَ وَالْمَجَامِرَ وَالْمَنَاضِحَ وَالْقُدُورَ وَالْمَنَائِرَ وَالصُّحُونَ وَالأَقْدَاحَ الذَّهَبِيَّةَ وَالْفِضِّيَّةَ.

20 The two pillars, the great water-vessel, and the twelve brass oxen which were under it, and the ten wheeled bases, which King Solomon had made for the house of the Lord: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

٢٠ كَذَلِكَ اسْتَوْلَى عَلَى الْعَمُودَيْنِ وَالْبِرْكَةِ وَالاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ ثَوْراً مِنْ نُحَاسٍ الْقَائِمَةِ تَحْتَ الْقَوَاعِدِ الَّتِي صَنَعَهَا الْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ لِهَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، فَكَانَ النُّحَاسُ لِكَثْرَتِهِ يَفُوقُ كُلَّ وَزْنٍ.

21 And as for the pillars, one pillar was eighteen cubits high, and twelve cubits measured all round, and it was as thick as a man's hand: it was hollow.

٢١ وَكَانَ طُولُ كُلِّ عَمُودٍ ثَمَانِي عَشْرَةَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ تِسْعَةِ أَمْتَارٍ)، وَمُحِيطُهُ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ سِتَّةِ أَمْتَارٍ)، وَسُمْكُهُ أَرْبَعَةَ أَصَابِعَ، وَكَانَ أَجْوَفَ،

22 And there was a crown of brass on it: the crown was five cubits high, circled with a network and apples all of brass; and the second pillar had the same.

٢٢ وَعَلَيْهِ تَاجٌ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ ارْتِفَاعُهُ خَمْسُ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرَيْنِ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ) وَيُحِيطُ بِالتَّاجِ شَبَكَةٌ وَرُمَّانَاتٌ وَكُلُّهَا مَصْنُوعَةٌ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ. وَكَانَ الْعَمُودُ الثَّانِي مُمَاثِلاً لَهُ بِمَا فِي ذَلِكَ الرُّمَّانَاتُ.

23 There were ninety-six apples on the outside; the number of apples all round the network was a hundred.

٢٣ وَكَانَ عَدَدُ الرُّمَّانَاتِ عَلَى مُحِيطِهِ سِتّاً وَتِسْعِينَ رُمَّانَةً، وَجُمْلَةُ الرُّمَّانِ عَلَى مُحِيطِ الشَّبَكَةِ مِئَةُ رُمَّانَةٍ.

24 And the captain of the armed men took Seraiah, the chief priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and the three door-keepers;

٢٤ وَأَخَذَ رَئِيسُ الشُّرْطَةِ سَرَايَا رَئِيسَ الْكَهَنَةِ وَنَائِبَهُ صَفَنْيَا الْكَاهِنَ وَحُرَّاسَ الْبَابِ الثَّلاثَةَ.

25 And from the town he took the unsexed servant who was over the men of war, and seven of the king's near friends who were in the town, and the scribe of the captain of the army, who was responsible for getting the people of the land together in military order, and sixty men of the people of the land who were in the town.

٢٥ وَاعْتَقَلَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ الْخَصِيَّ الْقَائِدَ الَّذِي كَانَ يَتَوَلَّى قِيَادَةَ الْمُحَارِبِينَ، كَمَا اعْتَقَلَ سَبْعَةَ رِجَالٍ مِنْ حَاشِيَةِ الْمَلِكِ مِمَّنْ عَثَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، وَكَذَلِكَ أَمِينَ سِرِّ قَائِدِ الْجَيْشِ الَّذِي كَانَ يُجَنِّدُ شَعْبَ الْبَلَدِ، وَسِتِّينَ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَهْلِ الأَرْضِ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا قَدِ اخْتَبَأُوا دَاخِلَ الْمَدِينَةِ.

26 These Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, took with him to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

٢٦ فَأَخَذَهُمْ نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ الشُّرْطَةِ وَسَاقَهُمْ إِلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ فِي رَبْلَةَ،

27 And the king of Babylon put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was taken prisoner away from his land.

٢٧ فَضَرَبَهُمْ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ وَقَتَلَهُمْ فِي رَبْلَةَ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ حَمَاةَ. وَهَكَذَا سُبِيَ شَعْبُ يَهُوذَا مِنْ أَرْضِهِ.

28 These are the people whom Nebuchadrezzar took away prisoner: in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty-three Jews:

٢٨ وَهَذَا هُوَ إِحْصَاءُ الشَّعْبِ الَّذِينَ سَبَاهُمْ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ فِي السَّنَةِ السَّابِعَةِ: ثَلاثَةُ آلافٍ وَثَلاثَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ.

29 And in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he took away as prisoners from Jerusalem eight hundred and thirty-two persons:

٢٩ وَسَبَى نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّامِنَةِ عَشَرَةَ لِحُكْمِهِ ثَمَانِي مِئَةٍ وَاثْنَيْنِ وَثَلاثِينَ شَخْصاً.

30 In the twenty-third year of Nebuchadrezzar, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, took away as prisoners seven hundred and forty-five of the Jews: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.

٣٠ وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ لِحُكْمِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ سَبَى نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ الشُّرْطَةِ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ سَبْعَ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسَةً وَأَرْبَعِينَ شَخْصاً، فَكَانَتْ جُمْلَةُ الْمَسْبِيِّينَ أَرْبَعَةَ آلافٍ وَسِتَّ مِئَةِ شَخْصٍ.

31 And in the thirty-seventh year after Jehoiachin, king of Judah, had been taken prisoner, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evil-merodach, king of Babylon, in the first year after he became king, took Jehoiachin, king of Judah, out of prison.

٣١ وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الْخَامِسِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ الشَّهْرِ الثَّانِي عَشَرَ (أَيْ شَبَاطَ فِبْرَايِرَ) مِنَ السَّنَةِ السَّابِعَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ لِسَبْيِ يَهُويَاكِينَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، أَكْرَمَ أَوِيلُ مَرُودَخُ، مَلِكُ بَابِلَ، فِي سَنَةِ اعْتِلائِهِ الْعَرْشَ، يَهُويَاكِينَ مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا وَأَخْرَجَهُ مِنَ السِّجْنِ.

32 And he said kind words to him and put his seat higher than the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

٣٢ وَخَاطَبَهُ بِطَيِّبِ الْكَلامِ، وَرَفَعَ مَقَامَهُ فَوْقَ مَقَامِ سَائِرِ الْمُلُوكِ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ فِي بَابِلَ.

33 And his prison clothing was changed, and he was a guest at the king's table every day for the rest of his life.

٣٣ فَخَلَعَ يَهُويَاكِينُ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ ثِيَابَ سِجْنِهِ، وَظَلَّ يَتَنَاوَلُ الطَّعَامَ فِي حَضْرَةِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ طَوَالَ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ.

34 And for his food, the king gave him a regular amount every day till the day of his death, for the rest of his life.

٣٤ وَعُيِّنَتْ لَهُ نَفَقَةٌ دَائِمَةٌ يَقْبِضُهَا مِنْ خِزَانَةِ مَالِ الْمَلِكِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ بِيَوْمِهِ مَدَى أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ، وَإِلَى يَوْمِ وَفَاتِهِ.