2 Kings 25
1 On January 15 of the ninth year that Zedekiah had been ruling, King Nebuchadnezzar arrived with his whole army, and they surrounded Jerusalem. They built ramps [made of dirt against the walls of the city], so that they could climb up the ramps and attack the city.
| وَفِي السَّنَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ لِمُلْكِ صِدْقِيَّا، فِي الْيَوْمِ الْعَاشِرِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الْعَاشِرِ، زَحَفَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ بِكَامِلِ جَيْشِهِ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَحَاصَرَهَا، وَأَقَامَ حَوْلَهَا أَبْرَاجاً. | ١ |
2 They did that for two years.
| وَاسْتَمَرَّ حِصَارُ أُورُشَلِيمَ حَتَّى الْعَامِ الْحَادِي عَشَرَ مِنْ مُلْكِ صِدْقِيَّا | ٢ |
3 After Zedekiah had been ruling for eleven years, the (famine/shortage of food) had become very bad. All their food was gone.
| وَفِي الْيَوْمِ التَّاسِعِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الرَّابِعِ مِنْ تِلْكَ السَّنَةِ، تَفَاقَمَتِ الْمَجَاعَةُ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، حَتَّى لَمْ يَجِدْ أَهْلُهَا خُبْزاً يَأْكُلُونَهُ. | ٣ |
4 On July 18 of that year, the Babylonian soldiers broke through part of the city wall, [and that enabled them to enter the city]. All the soldiers of Judah [wanted to escape]. But the Babylonian soldiers surrounded the city, so the [king and] the soldiers of Judah waited until it was nighttime. Then they fled through the gate that was between the two walls near the king’s park. They ran across the fields and started to go down to the Jordan [River] Valley.
| وَفِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ فَتَحَ صِدْقِيَّا وَرِجَالُهُ ثُغْرَةً فِي سُورِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَتَسَلَّلَ مَعَ رِجَالِهِ الْمُحَارِبِينَ مِنْ خِلالِ الْبَوَّابَةِ الْقَائِمَةِ بَيْنَ السُّورَيْنِ نَحْوَ حَدِيقَةِ الْمَلِكِ. وَكَانَ الْكِلْدَانِيُّونَ مُحِيطِينَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ. فَتَوَجَّهَ صِدْقِيَّا وَمُقَاتِلُوهُ إِلَى طَرِيقِ الصَّحْرَاءِ. | ٤ |
5 But the Babylonian soldiers chased/ran after them. They caught the king when he was by himself in the valley near the Jordan River. He was by himself because all his soldiers had abandoned him.
| فَتَعَقَّبَتْ جُيُوشُ الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ الْمَلِكَ، وَأَدْرَكَتْهُ فِي صَحْرَاءِ أَرِيحَا، بَعْدَ أَنْ تَفَرَّقَتْ قُوَّاتُهُ عَنْهُ. | ٥ |
6 The Babylonian soldiers took King Zedekiah to Riblah [city] in Babylon. There the king of Babylon decided what they would do to punish him.
| فَأَسَرُوا الْمَلِكَ وَاقْتَادُوهُ إِلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ الْمُقِيمِ فِي رَبْلَةَ، وَحَرَّضُّوهُ عَلَى الْقَضَاءِ عَلَيْهِ. | ٦ |
7 There the king of Babylon forced Zedekiah to watch as the Babylonian soldiers killed all of Zedekiah’s sons. Then they gouged out Zedekiah’s eyes. They put bronze chains on [his hands and feet] and then they took him to Babylon.
| ثُمَّ قَتَلُوا أَبْنَاءَ صِدْقِيَّا عَلَى مَرْأَى مِنْهُ، وَقَلَعُوا عَيْنَيْهِ، وَقَيَّدُوهُ بِسِلْسِلَتَيْنِ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ، وَسَاقُوهُ إِلَى بَابِلَ. | ٧ |
8 On August 14 of that year, after Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling for 19 years, Nebuzaradan arrived in Jerusalem. He was one of king Nebuchadnezzar’s officials and captain of the men that guarded the king.
| وَفِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الْخَامِسِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ الْمَلِكِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، قَدِمَ نبُوزَرَادَانُ قَائِدُ الْحَرَسِ الْمَلَكِيِّ مِنْ بَابِلَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، | ٨ |
9 He [commanded his soldiers to] burn down the temple of Yahweh, the king’s palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. So they burned down all the important buildings in the city.
| وَأَحْرَقَ الْهَيْكَلَ وَقَصْرَ الْمَلِكِ وَسَائِرَ بُيُوتِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَكُلَّ مَنَازِلِ الْعُظَمَاءِ. | ٩ |
10 Then Nebuzaradan supervised all the soldiers of the Babylonian army as they tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
| وَهَدَمَتْ جُيُوشُ الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ الَّتِي تَحْتَ إِمْرَةِ رَئِيسِ الْحَرَسِ الْمَلَكِيِّ جَمِيعَ أَسْوَارِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، | ١٠ |
11 Then he and his soldiers took to Babylon the people who were still living in the city, the other people [who lived in that area], and the soldiers who had previously surrendered to the Babylonian army.
| وَسَبَى نَبُوزَرَادَانُ بَقِيَّةَ الشَّعْبِ الَّذِي بَقِيَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، وَالْهَارِبِينَ الَّذِينَ لَجَأُوا إِلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ وَسِوَاهُمْ مِنَ السُّكَّانِ. | ١١ |
12 But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the very poor people to stay in Judah to take care of the vineyards and [to plant crops in] the fields.
| وَلَكِنَّهُ تَرَكَ فِيهَا فُقَرَاءَ الأَرْضِ الْمَسَاكِينَ لِيَزْرَعُوهَا وَيَفْلَحُوهَا. | ١٢ |
13 The Babylonian soldiers broke into pieces the bronze pillars, the bronze carts with wheels, and the huge bronze basin, all of which were in the temple courtyard, and they took all the bronze to Babylon.
| وَحَطَّمَ الْكِلْدَانِيُّونَ أَعْمِدَةَ النُّحَاسِ وَبِرْكَةَ النُّحَاسِ الَّتِي فِي بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ، وَنَقَلُوا نُحَاسَهَا إِلَى بَابِلَ. | ١٣ |
14 They also took the pots, the shovels, the instruments for (snuffing out/extinguishing) [the wicks of] the lamps, the dishes, and all the other bronze items that the Israeli priests had used for offering sacrifices at the temple.
| وَاسْتَوْلَوْا أَيْضاً عَلَى الْقُدُورِ وَالرُّفُوشِ وَالْمَقَاصِّ والصُّحُونِ وَجَمِيعِ آنِيَةِ النُّحَاسِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تُسْتَخْدَمُ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ. | ١٤ |
15 The soldiers also took away the (firepans/trays for carrying burning coals), the basins, and [all the other] items made of pure gold or pure silver.
| وَكَذَلِكَ الْمَجَامِرِ وَالْمَنَاضِحِ. كُلُّ مَا كَانَ مَصْنُوعاً مِنَ ذَهَبٍ أَخَذَهُ قَائِدُ الْحَرَسِ الْمَلَكِيِّ كَذَهَبٍ، وَمَا كَانَ مَصْنُوعاً مِنْ فِضَّةٍ كَفِضَّةٍ. | ١٥ |
16 The bronze from the two pillars, the carts with wheels, and the huge basin were very heavy; they could not be weighed. (Those things had been made/A man named Hiram had made these things) for the temple when Solomon [was the king of Israel].
| وَكَانَ مِنَ الْعَسِيرِ وَزْنُ النُّحَاسِ الَّذِي صَنَعَ مِنْهُ سُلَيْمَانُ الْعَمُودَيْنِ وَالْبِرْكَةَ الْوَاحِدَةَ، وَالْقَوَاعِدَ لِهَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ | ١٦ |
17 Each of the pillars was (27 feet/8 meters) tall. The bronze capital/top of each pillar was (7-1/2 feet/2.3 meters) high. They were each decorated all around with something that looked like a net made of bronze chains connecting bronze pomegranates.
| إِذْ كَانَ ارْتِفَاعُ الْعَمُودِ يَزِيدُ عَلَى ثَمَانِي عَشْرَةَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ تِسْعَةِ أَمْتَارٍ)، وَقَدْ وُضِعَ عَلَيْهِ تَاجٌ ارْتِفَاعُهُ ثَلاثُ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرٍ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ)، تُحِيطُ بِهِ الشَّبَكَةُ وَالرُّمَّانَاتُ النُّحَاسِيَّةُ. وَكَانَ الْعَمُودُ الثَّانِي مَصْنُوعاً عَلَى غِرَارِ الْعَمُودِ الأَوَّلِ. | ١٧ |
18 Nebuzaradan took with him to Babylon Seraiah the Supreme Priest, Zephaniah his assistant, and the three men who guarded the entrance [to the temple].
| وَسَبَى رَئِيسُ الْحَرَسِ الْمَلَكِيِّ سَرَايَا رَئِيسَ الْكَهَنَةِ، وَصَفَنْيَا مُسَاعِدَهُ، وَحُرَّاسَ الْبَابِ الثَّلاثَةَ. | ١٨ |
19 And they found people who were still hiding in Jerusalem. From those people he took one officer from the Judean army, five of the king’s advisors, the chief secretary of the army commander who was in charge of recruiting men to join the army, and 60 other important Judean men.
| وَقَبَضَ عَلَى خَصِيٍّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ، كَانَ قَائِداً لِلْجَيْشِ، وَعَلَى خَمْسَةِ رِجَالٍ مِنْ نُدَمَاءِ الْمَلِكِ الَّذِينَ تَمَّ الْعُثُورُ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، وَكَاتِبِ قَائِدِ الْجَيْشِ الْمَسْؤولِ عَنِ التَّجْنِيدِ، وَسِتِّينَ رَجُلاً مِنَ الْفَلّاحِينَ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ. | ١٩ |
20 Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon at Riblah [city].
| وَاقْتَادَهُمْ نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ الْحَرَسِ إِلَى مَلِكِ بَابِلَ الْمُعَسْكِرِ فِي رَبْلَةَ، | ٢٠ |
21 There at Riblah, in Hamath province, the king of Babylon commanded that they all be executed. That is what happened when the people of Judah were (taken forcefully/exiled) from their land [to Babylon].
| فَقَتَلَهُمْ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ فِي رَبْلَةَ فِي أَرْضِ حَمَاةَ. وَهَكَذَا سُبِيَ شَعْبُ يَهُوذَا مِنْ أَرْضِهِ. | ٢١ |
22 Then King Nebuchadnezzar appointed Gedaliah, who was the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, to be the governor of the people who were still living in Judah.
| أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ الشَّعْبِ الَّذِينَ تَرَكَهُمْ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ فِي أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا، فَقَدْ وَكَّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ جَدَلْيَا بْنَ أَخِيقَامَ بْنِ شَافَانَ. | ٢٢ |
23 When all the army captains of Judah and their soldiers who had not surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar found out that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah to be the governor, they met with him at Mizpah [town]. These army captains were Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth from Netophah [town], and Jaazaniah from the Maacah region.
| وَلَمَّا عَلِمَ رُؤَسَاءُ الْجُيُوشِ وَرِجَالُهُمْ أَنَّ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ قَدْ وَكَّلَ جَدَلْيَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ قَدِمُوا إِلَيْهِ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ وَهُمْ إِسْماعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا، وَيُوحَنَانُ بْنُ قَارِيحَ، وَسَرَايَا بْنُ تَنْحُومَثَ النَّطُوفَاتِيِّ، وَيَازَنْيَا بْنُ الْمَعْكِيِّ، يُرَافِقُهُمْ رِجَالُهُمْ. | ٢٣ |
24 Gedaliah solemnly promised them [that the officials from Babylon were not planning to harm them]. He said, “You may live in this land [without being afraid] and serve the king of Babylon, and [if you do], everything will go well for you.”
| فَحَلَفَ جَدَلْيَا لَهُمْ وَلِرِجَالِهِمْ قَائِلاً: «لا تَخَافُوا مِنْ مُوَظَّفِي الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ. أَقِيمُوا فِي الأَرْضِ وَاخدُمُوا مَلِكَ بَابِلَ فَتَنَالُوا خَيْراً». | ٢٤ |
25 But in October of that year, Ishmael, whose grandfather Elishama was one of the relatives of the descendants of King David, went to Mizpah along with ten other men and assassinated/killed Gedaliah and all the men who were with him. There were also men from Judah and men from Babylon whom they assassinated.
| وَلَكِنْ فِي الشَّهْرِ السَّابِعِ جَاءَ إِسْماعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا بْنِ أَلِيشَمَعَ مِنَ النَّسْلِ الْمَلَكِيِّ، وَعَشْرَةُ رِجَالٍ مَعَهُ وَاغْتَالُوا جَدَلْيَا، وَقَتَلُوا أَيْضاً الْيَهُودَ وَالْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ الْمُقِيمِينَ مَعَهُ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ. | ٢٥ |
26 Then many [HYP] of the people from Judah, important people and unimportant ones, and the army captains, were very afraid of [what] the Babylonians [would do to them], so they fled to Egypt.
| فَهَبَّ جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ، صَغِيرُهُمْ وَكَبِيرُهُمْ، وَرُؤَسَاءُ الْجُيُوشِ، وَهَرَبُوا إِلَى مِصْرَ خَوْفاً مِنَ انْتِقَامِ الْكِلْدَانِيِّينَ. | ٢٦ |
27 Thirty-seven years after King Jehoiachin of Judah was taken to Babylon, [Nebuchadnezzar’s son] Evil-Merodach became the king of Babylon. He was kind to Jehoiachin, and on April 2 of that year, he released/freed Jehoiachin from prison.
| وَفِي السَّنَةِ السَّابِعَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ لِسَبْيِ يَهُويَاكِينَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، فِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الثَّانِي عَشَرَ، أَطْلَقَ أَوِيلُ مَرُودَخُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ، بِمُنَاسَبَةِ تَوَلِّيهِ الْعَرْشَ، يَهُويَاكِينَ مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا مِنَ السِّجْنِ. | ٢٧ |
28 He always spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and honored him more than the other kings who had been taken/exiled to Babylon.
| وَتَلَطَّفَ بِهِ وَأَكْرَمَهُ إِكْرَاماً فَوْقَ إِكْرَامِهِ لِسَائِرِ الْمُلُوكِ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ فِي بَابِلَ، | ٢٨ |
29 He gave Jehoiachin new clothes to replace the clothes that he had been wearing in prison, and he allowed Jehoiachin to eat at the king’s table every day for the rest of his life.
| وَأَبْدَلَ ثِيَابَ سِجْنِهِ، فَصَارَ يُنَادِمُ الْمَلِكَ عَلَى مَائِدَتِهِ بِصُورَةٍ دَائِمَةٍ. | ٢٩ |
30 The king of Babylon also gave him money every day, so that he could buy the things that he needed. The king continued to do that until Jehoiachin died.
| وَصَرَفَ لَهُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ رَاتِباً يَوْمِيًّا كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ. | ٣٠ |
