Jeremiah 39
1 After King Zedekiah had been ruling Judah for almost nine years, King Nebuchadnezzar came in January with his army, and they surrounded Jerusalem.
| فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلتَّاسِعَةِ لِصِدْقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْعَاشِرِ، أَتَى نَبُوخَذْرَاصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ وَكُلُّ جَيْشِهِ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَحَاصَرُوهَا. | ١ |
2 One and a half years later, after Zedekiah had been ruling for almost eleven years, on July 18, [soldiers from Babylonia] broke through the city [wall. Then they rushed in and captured the city].
| وَفِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلْحَادِيَةِ عَشَرَةَ لِصِدْقِيَّا، فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلرَّابِعِ، فِي تَاسِعِ ٱلشَّهْرِ فُتِحَتِ ٱلْمَدِينَةُ. | ٢ |
3 Then all the officers of the king of Babylon came in and sat down at the Middle Gate [to decide what they would do to the city. They included] Nergal-Sharezer from Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim who was one of the chief army officers, another Nergal-Sharezer, the king’s advisor, and many other officials.
| وَدَخَلَ كُلُّ رُؤَسَاءِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ وَجَلَسُوا فِي ٱلْبَابِ ٱلْأَوْسَطِ: نَرْجَلَ شَرَاصَرُ، وَسَمْجَرْ نَبُو، وَسَرْسَخِيمُ رَئِيسُ ٱلْخِصْيَانِ، وَنَرْجَلَ شَرَاصَرُ رَئِيسُ ٱلْمَجُوسِ، وَكُلُّ بَقِيَّةِ رُؤَسَاءِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ. | ٣ |
4 When King Zedekiah and all his soldiers realized that [the army of Babylonia had broken into the city], they fled. [They waited until] it was dark. Then they went out of the city through the king’s garden, through the gate that was between the two walls. Then they started [running] toward the Jordan River Valley.
| فَلَمَّا رَآهُمْ صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا وَكُلُّ رِجَالِ ٱلْحَرْبِ، هَرَبُوا وَخَرَجُوا لَيْلًا مِنَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ فِي طَرِيقِ جَنَّةِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، مِنَ ٱلْبَابِ بَيْنَ ٱلسُّورَيْنِ، وَخَرَجَ هُوَ فِي طَرِيقِ ٱلْعَرَبَةِ. | ٤ |
5 But the soldiers from Babylonia pursued the king, and they caught him on the plains near Jericho. They took him to the King of Babylon, who was at Riblah [town] in the Hamath [region]. There the king of Babylon told [his soldiers what] they should do to punish Zedekiah.
| فَسَعَى جَيْشُ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ وَرَاءَهُمْ، فَأَدْرَكُوا صِدْقِيَّا فِي عَرَبَاتِ أَرِيحَا، فَأَخَذُوهُ وَأَصْعَدُوهُ إِلَى نَبُوخَذْنَاصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ إِلَى رَبْلَةَ فِي أَرْضِ حَمَاةَ، فَكَلَّمَهُ بِٱلْقَضَاءِ عَلَيْهِ. | ٥ |
6 They forced Zedekiah to watch while they killed his sons and all the officials from Judah.
| فَقَتَلَ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ بَنِي صِدْقِيَّا فِي رَبْلَةَ أَمَامَ عَيْنَيْهِ، وَقَتَلَ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ كُلَّ أَشْرَافِ يَهُوذَا. | ٦ |
7 [Then] they gouged out Zedekiah’s eyes. They fastened him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon.
| وَأَعْمَى عَيْنَيْ صِدْقِيَّا، وَقَيَّدَهُ بِسَلَاسِلِ نُحَاسٍ لِيَأْتِيَ بِهِ إِلَى بَابِلَ. | ٧ |
8 [Meanwhile, ] the Babylonian army burned the palace and all the other buildings in Jerusalem. And they tore down the city walls.
| أَمَّا بَيْتُ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَبُيُوتُ ٱلشَّعْبِ فَأَحْرَقَهَا ٱلْكَلْدَانِيُّونَ بِٱلنَّارِ، وَنَقَضُوا أَسْوَارَ أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٨ |
9 Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the [king’s] bodyguards, forced to go to Babylon [most of] the other people who remained in the city and the Jews who had joined the soldiers of Babylonia.
| وَبَقِيَّةُ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِينَ بَقُوا فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، وَٱلْهَارِبُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ سَقَطُوا لَهُ، وَبَقِيَّةُ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِينَ بَقُوا، سَبَاهُمْ نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ ٱلشُّرَطِ إِلَى بَابِلَ. | ٩ |
10 But he allowed some of the very poor people to remain in Judah, and he gave them vineyards and fields [to take care of].
| وَلَكِنَّ بَعْضَ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلْفُقَرَاءَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ شَيْءٌ، تَرَكَهُمْ نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ ٱلشُّرَطِ فِي أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا، وَأَعْطَاهُمْ كُرُومًا وَحُقُولًا فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ. | ١٠ |
11 King Nebuchadnezzar had [previously] told Nebuzaradan to find me. He said,
| وَأَوْصَى نَبُوخَذْرَاصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ عَلَى إِرْمِيَا نَبُوزَرَادَانَ رَئِيسَ ٱلشُّرَطِ قَائِلًا: | ١١ |
12 “Make sure that no one harms him. Take care of him, and do for him whatever he requests you to do.”
| «خُذْهُ وَضَعْ عَيْنَيْكَ عَلَيْهِ، وَلَا تَفْعَلْ بِهِ شَيْئًا رَدِيئًا، بَلْ كَمَا يُكَلِّمُكَ هَكَذَا ٱفْعَلْ مَعَهُ». | ١٢ |
13 So he and Nebushazban, who was one of their chief officers, and Nergal-Sharezer the king’s advisor, and other officers of the King of Babylon
| فَأَرْسَلَ نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ ٱلشُّرَطِ وَنَبُوشَزْبَانُ رَئِيسُ ٱلْخِصْيَانِ وَنَرْجَلُ شَرَاصَرُ رَئِيسُ ٱلْمَجُوسِ وَكُلُّ رُؤَسَاءِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، | ١٣ |
14 sent [some men] to bring me out of the courtyard outside of the palace. They took me to Gedaliah who was the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan. Then Gedaliah took me to my home, and I stayed [in Judah] among [my own] people [who had been allowed to remain there].
| أَرْسَلُوا فَأَخَذُوا إِرْمِيَا مِنْ دَارِ ٱلسِّجْنِ وَأَسْلَمُوهُ لِجَدَلْيَا بْنِ أَخِيقَامَ بْنِ شَافَانَ لِيَخْرُجَ بِهِ إِلَى ٱلْبَيْتِ. فَسَكَنَ بَيْنَ ٱلشَّعْبِ. | ١٤ |
15 While I was [still] being guarded in the palace courtyard, Yahweh gave me this message:
| وَصَارَتْ كَلِمَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا إِذْ كَانَ مَحْبُوسًا فِي دَارِ ٱلسِّجْنِ قَائِلَةً: | ١٥ |
16 “Say this to Ebed-Melech, the official from Ethiopia: ‘This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says: “I will do to this city everything that I said that I would do. I will not enable the people to prosper; I will cause them to experience disasters. You will see Jerusalem being destroyed,
| «ٱذْهَبْ وَكَلِّمْ عَبْدَ مَلِكَ ٱلْكُوشِيَّ قَائِلًا: هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَأَنَذَا جَالِبٌ كَلَامِي عَلَى هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ لِلشَّرِّ لَا لِلْخَيْرِ، فَيَحْدُثُ أَمَامَكَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ. | ١٦ |
17 but I will rescue you from the people whom you are afraid of.
| وَلَكِنَّنِي أُنْقِذُكَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، فَلَا تُسْلَمُ لِيَدِ ٱلنَّاسِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْتَ خَائِفٌ مِنْهُمْ. | ١٧ |
18 You trusted me, so I will save you. You will not be killed by [your enemies’] swords; you will remain alive. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”
| بَلْ إِنَّمَا أُنَجِّيكَ نَجَاةً، فَلَا تَسْقُطُ بِٱلسَّيْفِ، بَلْ تَكُونُ لَكَ نَفْسُكَ غَنِيمَةً، لِأَنَّكَ قَدْ تَوَكَّلْتَ عَلَيَّ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ». | ١٨ |
