2 Chronicles 36

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

١ وَأَخَذَ شَعْبُ ٱلْأَرْضِ يَهُوآحَازَ بْنَ يُوشِيَّا وَمَلَّكُوهُ عِوَضًا عَنْ أَبِيهِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

2 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem.

٢ كَانَ يُوآحَازُ ٱبْنَ ثَلَاثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

3 Then the king of Egypt, when he had arrived in Jerusalem, removed him, and condemned the land to one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.

٣ وَعَزَلَهُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَغَرَّمَ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِمِئَةِ وَزْنَةٍ مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ، وَبِوَزْنَةٍ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ.

4 And he appointed Eliakim, his brother, as king in his place, over Judah and Jerusalem. And he changed his name to Jehoiakim. Truly, he took Jehoahaz with him, and he led him away to Egypt.

٤ وَمَلَّكَ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ أَلِيَاقِيمَ أَخَاهُ عَلَى يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ، وَغَيَّرَ ٱسْمَهُ إِلَى يَهُويَاقِيمَ. وَأَمَّا يُوآحَازُ أَخُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُ نَخْوُ وَأَتَى بِهِ إِلَى مِصْرَ.

5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did evil before the Lord his God.

٥ كَانَ يَهُويَاقِيمُ ٱبْنَ خَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ إِحْدَى عَشَرَةَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَعَمِلَ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ.

6 Nebuchadnezzar, the king of the Chaldeans, ascended against him, and led him bound in chains to Babylon.

٦ عَلَيْهِ صَعِدَ نَبُوخَذْنَاصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ وَقَيَّدَهُ بِسَلَاسِلِ نُحَاسٍ لِيَذْهَبَ بِهِ إِلَى بَابِلَ،

7 And to there, he also took away the vessels of the Lord, and he placed them in his temple.

٧ وَأَتَى نَبُوخَذْنَاصَّرُ بِبَعْضِ آنِيَةِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى بَابِلَ وَجَعَلَهَا فِي هَيْكَلِهِ فِي بَابِلَ.

8 But the rest of the words of Jehoiakim, and his abominations that he worked, and the things that were found in him, are contained in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. Then his son, Jehoiachin, reigned in his place.

٨ وَبَقِيَّةُ أُمُورِ يَهُويَاقِيمَ وَرَجَاسَاتُهُ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَ وَمَا وُجِدَ فِيهِ هَا هِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي سِفْرِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا. وَمَلَكَ يَهُويَاكِينُ ٱبْنُهُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ.

9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months and ten days in Jerusalem. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

٩ كَانَ يَهُويَاكِينُ ٱبْنَ ثَمَانِي سِنِينَ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشَرَةَ أَيَّامٍ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. وَعَمِلَ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

10 And when the course of a year had turned, king Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, carrying away, at the same time, the most precious vessels of the house of the Lord. Truly, he appointed his uncle, Zedekiah, as king over Judah and Jerusalem.

١٠ وَعِنْدَ رُجُوعِ ٱلسَّنَةِ أَرْسَلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ نَبُوخَذْنَاصَّرُ فَأَتَى بِهِ إِلَى بَابِلَ مَعَ آنِيَةِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلثَّمِينَةِ، وَمَلَّكَ صِدْقِيَّا أَخَاهُ عَلَى يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ.

11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem.

١١ كَانَ صِدْقِيَّا ٱبْنَ إِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ إِحْدَى عَشَرَةَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

12 And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God. And he did not show remorse before the face of the prophet Jeremiah, who was speaking to him from the mouth of the Lord.

١٢ وَعَمِلَ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ، وَلَمْ يَتَوَاضَعْ أَمَامَ إِرْمِيَا ٱلنَّبِيِّ مِنْ فَمِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

13 Also, he withdrew from king Nebuchadnezzar, who had bound him by an oath to God, and he hardened his own neck and his own heart, so that he did not return to the Lord, the God of Israel.

١٣ وَتَمَرَّدَ أَيْضًا عَلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ نَبُوخَذْنَاصَّرَ ٱلَّذِي حَلَّفَهُ بِٱللهِ، وَصَلَّبَ عُنُقَهُ وَقَوَّى قَلْبَهُ عَنِ ٱلرُّجُوعِ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

14 Then too, all the leaders of the priests, with the people, transgressed iniquitously, in accord with all the abominations of the Gentiles. And they polluted the house of the Lord, which he had sanctified to himself in Jerusalem.

١٤ حَتَّى إِنَّ جَمِيعَ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱلشَّعْبِ أَكْثَرُوا ٱلْخِيَانَةَ حَسَبَ كُلِّ رَجَاسَاتِ ٱلْأُمَمِ، وَنَجَّسُوا بَيْتَ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّذِي قَدَّسَهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

15 Then the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent to them, by the hand of his messengers, rising in the night and daily admonishing them. For he was lenient to his people and to his habitation.

١٥ فَأَرْسَلَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ آبَائِهِمْ إِلَيْهِمْ عَنْ يَدِ رُسُلِهِ مُبَكِّرًا وَمُرْسِلًا لِأَنَّهُ شَفِقَ عَلَى شَعْبِهِ وَعَلَى مَسْكَنِهِ،

16 But they ridiculed the messengers of God, and they gave little weight to his words, and they mocked the prophets, until the fury of the Lord ascended against his people, and there was no remedy.

١٦ فَكَانُوا يَهْزَأُونَ بِرُسُلِ ٱللهِ، وَرَذَلُوا كَلَامَهُ وَتَهَاوَنُوا بِأَنْبِيَائِهِ حَتَّى ثَارَ غَضَبُ ٱلرَّبِّ عَلَى شَعْبِهِ حَتَّى لَمْ يَكُنْ شِفَاءٌ.

17 For he led over them the king of the Chaldeans. And he put to death their young men by the sword, in the house of his sanctuary. There was no pity for adolescents, nor virgins, nor the elderly, nor even for the disabled. Instead, he delivered them all into his hands.

١٧ فَأَصْعَدَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَلِكَ ٱلْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ فَقَتَلَ مُخْتَارِيهِمْ بِٱلسَّيْفِ فِي بَيْتِ مَقْدِسِهِمْ. وَلَمْ يَشْفِقْ عَلَى فَتًى أَوْ عَذْرَاءَ، وَلَا عَلَى شَيْخٍ أَوْ أَشْيَبَ، بَلْ دَفَعَ ٱلْجَمِيعَ لِيَدِهِ.

18 And all the vessels of the house of Lord, as much the greater as the lesser, and the treasures of the temple, and of the king and the rulers, he carried away to Babylon.

١٨ وَجَمِيعُ آنِيَةِ بَيْتِ ٱللهِ ٱلْكَبِيرَةِ وَٱلصَّغِيرَةِ وَخَزَائِنِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَخَزَائِنِ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَرُؤَسَائِهِ أَتَى بِهَا جَمِيعًا إِلَى بَابِلَ.

19 The enemies set fire to the house of God, and they destroyed the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the towers. And whatever was precious, they demolished.

١٩ وَأَحْرَقُوا بَيْتَ ٱللهِ، وَهَدَمُوا سُورَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَأَحْرَقُوا جَمِيعَ قُصُورِهَا بِٱلنَّارِ، وَأَهْلَكُوا جَمِيعَ آنِيَتِهَا ٱلثَّمِينَةِ.

20 If anyone had escaped from the sword, he was led into Babylon. And he served the king and his sons, until the king of Persia would command,

٢٠ وَسَبَى ٱلَّذِينَ بَقُوا مِنَ ٱلسَّيْفِ إِلَى بَابِلَ، فَكَانُوا لَهُ وَلِبَنِيهِ عَبِيدًا إِلَى أَنْ مَلَكَتْ مَمْلَكَةُ فَارِسَ،

21 and the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah would be fulfilled, and the land would celebrate her Sabbaths. For during all the days of the desolation, she kept a Sabbath, until the seventy years were completed.

٢١ لِإِكْمَالِ كَلَامِ ٱلرَّبِّ بِفَمِ إِرْمِيَا، حَتَّى ٱسْتَوْفَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ سُبُوتَهَا، لِأَنَّهَا سَبَتَتْ فِي كُلِّ أَيَّامِ خَرَابِهَا لِإِكْمَالِ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً.

22 Then, in the first year of Cyrus, the king of the Persians, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the heart of Cyrus, the king of the Persians, who commanded this to be proclaimed throughout his entire kingdom, and also in writing, saying:

٢٢ وَفِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلْأُولَى لِكُورَشَ مَلِكِ فَارِسَ لِأَجْلِ تَكْمِيلِ كَلَامِ ٱلرَّبِّ بِفَمِ إِرْمِيَا، نَبَّهَ ٱلرَّبُّ رُوحَ كُورَشَ مَلِكِ فَارِسَ، فَأَطْلَقَ نِدَاءً فِي كُلِّ مَمْلَكَتِهِ وَكَذَا بِٱلْكِتَابَةِ قَائِلًا:

23 “Thus says Cyrus, the king of the Persians: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. And he has instructed me that I should build for him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judea. Who among you is from his entire people? May the Lord his God be with him, and let him ascend.”

٢٣ «هَكَذَا قَالَ كُورَشُ مَلِكُ فَارِسَ: إِنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ قَدْ أَعْطَانِي جَمِيعَ مَمَالِكِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَهُوَ أَوْصَانِي أَنْ أَبْنِيَ لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ ٱلَّتِي فِي يَهُوذَا. مَنْ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ شَعْبِهِ، ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُهُ مَعَهُ وَلْيَصْعَدْ».