2 Kings 25

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 Then it happened that, in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, he and his entire army, arrived against Jerusalem. And they encircled it, and they constructed fortifications all around it.	1 وفي السنة التاسعة لملكه في الشهر العاشر في عاشر الشهر جاء نبوخذناصّر ملك بابل هو وكل جيشه على اورشليم ونزل عليها وبنوا عليها ابراجا حولها.
2 And the city was enclosed and besieged, even until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah,	2 ودخلت المدينة تحت الحصار الى السنة الحادية عشرة للملك صدقيا.
3 on the ninth day of the month. And a famine prevailed in the city; neither was there bread for the people of the land.	3 في تاسع الشهر اشتد الجوع في المدينة ولم يكن خبز لشعب الارض.
4 And the city was breached. And all the men of war fled in the night along the way of the gate which is between the double wall at the garden of the king. Now the Chaldeans were besieging the city on all sides. And so Zedekiah fled along the way which leads to the plains of the wilderness.	4 فثغرت المدينة وهرب جميع رجال القتال ليلا من طريق الباب بين السورين اللذين نحو جنة الملك. وكان الكلدانيون حول المدينة مستديرين. فذهبوا في طريق البرية.
5 And the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they overtook him in the plains of Jericho. And all the warriors who were with him were dispersed, and they abandoned him.	5 فتبعت جيوش الكلدانيين الملك فادركوه في برية اريحا وتفرقت جميع جيوشه عنه.
6 Therefore, having apprehended him, they led the king to the king of Babylon at Riblah. And he was speaking with him in judgment.	6 فأخذوا الملك واصعدوه الى ملك بابل الى ربلة وكلموه بالقضاء عليه.
7 Then he killed the sons of Zedekiah before him, and he dug out his eyes, and he bound him with chains, and he led him away to Babylon.	7 وقتلوا بني صدقيا امام عينيه. وقلعوا عيني صدقيا وقيدوه بسلسلتين من نحاس وجاءوا به الى بابل
8 In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, the same is the nineteenth year of the king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the leader of the army, a servant of the king of Babylon, went into Jerusalem.	8 وفي الشهر الخامس في سابع الشهر وهي السنة التاسعة عشرة للملك نبوخذناصّر ملك بابل جاء نبوزرادان رئيس الشرط عبد ملك بابل الى اورشليم.
9 And he set fire to the house of the Lord, and to the house of the king. And the houses of Jerusalem, and every great house, he burned with fire.	9 واحرق بيت الرب وبيت الملك وكل بيوت اورشليم وكل بيوت العظماء احرقها بالنار.
10 And the entire army of the Chaldeans, which was with the leader of the military, tore down the walls of Jerusalem all around.	10 وجميع اسوار اورشليم مستديرا هدمها كل جيوش الكلدانيين الذين مع رئيس الشرط.
11 Then Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, carried away the rest of the people, who had remained in the city, and the fugitives, who had fled over to the king of Babylon, and the remnant of the common people.	11 وبقية الشعب الذين بقوا في المدينة والهاربون الذين هربوا الى ملك بابل وبقية الجمهور سباهم نبوزرادان رئيس الشرط.
12 But he left behind some vinedressers and farmers from the poor of the land.	12 ولكن رئيس الشرط ابقى من مساكين الارض كرامين وفلاحين.
13 Now the pillars of brass which were in the temple of the Lord, and the bases, and the sea of brass, which was in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke apart. And they took all the brass to Babylon.	13 واعمدة النحاس التي في بيت الرب والقواعد وبحر النحاس الذي في بيت الرب كسّرها الكلدانيون وحملوا نحاسها الى بابل.
14 Also, they took away the cooking pots of brass, and the scoops, and the forks, and the cups, and the little mortars, and all the articles of brass with which they were ministering.	14 والقدور والرفوش والمقاص والصحون وجميع آنية النحاس التي كانوا يخدمون بها اخذوها
15 And the leader of the military even took away the censers and the bowls, whatever was of gold for the gold, and whatever was of silver for the silver,	15 والمجامر والمناضح. ما كان من ذهب فالذهب وما كان من فضة فالفضة اخذها رئيس الشرط.
16 and also the two pillars, the one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the temple of the Lord. The brass of all these items was beyond measure.	16 والعمودان والبحر الواحد والقواعد التي عملها سليمان لبيت الرب لم يكن وزن لنحاس كل هذه الادوات.
17 One pillar had eighteen cubits in height. And the head of brass upon it was three cubits in height. And the network and pomegranates upon the head of the pillar were all of brass. And the second pillar had a similar adornment.	17 ثماني عشرة ذراعا ارتفاع العمود الواحد وعليه تاج من نحاس وارتفاع التاج ثلاث اذرع والشبكة والرمانات التي على التاج مستديرة جميعها من نحاس. وكان للعمود الثاني مثل هذه على الشبكة
18 Also, the leader of the military took away Seraiah, the chief priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and three doorkeepers,	18 واخذ رئيس الشرط سرايا الكاهن الرئيس وصفنيا الكاهن الثاني وحارسي الباب الثلاثة.
19 and from the city, one eunuch, who was in charge of the men of war, and five men out of those who had stood before the king, whom he found in the city, and Sopher, the leader of the army who trained the young soldiers from the people of the land, and sixty men from the common people, who had been found in the city.	19 ومن المدينة اخذ خصيا واحدا كان وكيلا على رجال الحرب وخمسة رجال من الذين ينظرون وجه الملك الذين وجدوا في المدينة وكاتب رئيس الجند الذي كان يجمع شعب الارض وستين رجلا من شعب الارض الموجودين في المدينة
20 Taking them, Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, led them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.	20 واخذهم نبوزرادان رئيس الشرط وسار بهم الى ملك بابل الى ربلة.
21 And the king of Babylon struck them and killed them at Riblah, in the land of Hamath. And Judah was taken away from his land.	21 فضربهم ملك بابل وقتلهم في ربلة في ارض حماة. فسبي يهوذا من ارضه
22 But over the people who had remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had permitted, he appointed as ruler Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan.	22 واما الشعب الذي بقي في ارض يهوذا الذين ابقاهم نبوخذناصّر ملك بابل فوكّل عليهم جدليا بن اخيقام بن شافان.
23 And when all the commanders of the military had heard this, they and the men who were with them, specifically, that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah, they went to Gedaliah at Mizpah: Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth, the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah, the son of a Maacathite, they and their companions.	23 ولما سمع جميع رؤساء الجيوش هم ورجالهم ان ملك بابل قد وكّل جدليا أتوا الى جدليا الى المصفاة وهم اسماعيل بن نثنيا ويوحنان بن قاريح وسرايا بن تنحومث النطوفاتي ويازنيا ابن المعكي هم ورجالهم.
24 And Gedaliah swore to them and to their companions, saying: “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Remain in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.”	24 وحلف جدليا لهم ولرجالهم وقال لهم لا تخافوا من عبيد الكلدانيين. اسكنوا الارض وتعبّدوا لملك بابل فيكون لكم خير.
25 But it happened that, in the seventh month, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of royal offspring, and ten men with him, went and struck Gedaliah, who then died, along with the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.	25 وفي الشهر السابع جاء اسماعيل بن نثنيا بن اليشمع من النسل الملكي وعشرة رجال معه وضربوا جدليا فمات وايضا اليهود والكلدانيين الذين معه في المصفاة.
26 And all the people, from small to great, and the leaders of the military, rising up, went away to Egypt, fearing the Chaldeans.	26 فقام جميع الشعب من الصغير الى الكبير ورؤساء الجيوش وجاءوا الى مصر لانهم خافوا من الكلدانيين
27 Truly, it happened that, in the thirty-seventh year of the transmigration of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evilmerodach, the king of Babylon, in the year when he had begun to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, from prison.	27 وفي السنة السابعة والثلاثين لسبي يهوياكين ملك يهوذا في الشهر الثاني عشر في السابع والعشرين من الشهر رفع اويل مرودخ ملك بابل في سنة تملكه راس يهوياكين ملك يهوذا من السجن
28 And he spoke kindly to him. And he set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him at Babylon.	28 وكلمه بخير وجعل كرسيه فوق كراسي الملوك الذين معه في بابل.
29 And he changed his garments that he had worn in prison. And he ate bread before him always, during all the days of his life.	29 وغيّر ثياب سجنه وكان ياكل دائما الخبز امامه كل ايام حياته.
30 Also, he appointed to him an allowance without ceasing, which also was given to him by the king, for each day, during all the days of his life.	30 ووظيفته وظيفة دائمة تعطى له من عند الملك امر كل يوم بيومه كل ايام حياته