Jeremiah 38

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 Then Shephatiah, the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah, the son of Pashhur, and Jehucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur, the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah was speaking to all the people, saying:	1 وسمع شفطيا بن متان وجدليا بن فشحور ويوخل بن شلميا وفشحور بن ملكيا الكلام الذي كان ارميا يكلم به الشعب قائلا
2 “Thus says the Lord: Whoever will remain in this city will die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence. But whoever will flee away from the Chaldeans, will live, and his soul will dwell in safety.	2 هكذا قال الرب. الذي يقيم في هذه المدينة يموت بالسيف والجوع والوبإ. واما الذي يخرج الى الكلدانيين فانه يحيا وتكون له نفسه غنيمة فيحيا.
3 Thus says the Lord: This city will certainly be delivered into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.”	3 هكذا قال الرب. هذه المدينة ستدفع دفعا ليد جيش ملك بابل فياخذها.
4 And the leaders said to the king: “We petition you to put this man to death. For he is deliberately weakening the hands of the men of war, who have remained in this city, and the hands of the people, by speaking to them with these words. For this man is certainly not seeking peace for this people, but evil.”	4 فقال الرؤساء للملك ليقتل هذا الرجل لانه بذلك يضعف ايادي رجال الحرب الباقين في هذه المدينة وايادي كل الشعب اذ يكلمهم بمثل هذا الكلام. لان هذا الرجل لا يطلب السلام لهذا الشعب بل الشر.
5 And king Zedekiah said: “Behold, he is in your hands. For it is not fitting for the king to deny you anything.”	5 فقال الملك صدقيا ها هو بيدكم لان الملك لا يقدر عليكم في شيء.
6 Therefore, they took Jeremiah and cast him into the pit of Malchiah, the son of Amelech, which was at the entrance to the prison. And they lowered Jeremiah by ropes into the pit, in which there was no water, but only mud. And so Jeremiah descended into the mire.	6 فاخذوا ارميا والقوه في جب ملكيا ابن الملك الذي في دار السجن ودلوا ارميا بحبال. ولم يكن في الجب ماء بل وحل فغاص ارميا في الوحل
7 Now Ebedmelech, an Ethiopian man, a eunuch who was in the king’s house, heard that they had sent Jeremiah into the pit, and also that the king was sitting at the gate of Benjamin.	7 فلما سمع عبد ملك الكوشي رجل خصي وهو في بيت الملك انهم جعلوا ارميا في الجب والملك جالس في باب بنيامين
8 And so Ebedmelech departed from the king’s house, and he spoke to the king, saying:	8 خرج عبد ملك من بيت الملك وكلم الملك قائلا.
9 “My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have perpetrated against Jeremiah the prophet, casting him into the pit so that he would die there from famine. For there is no more bread in the city.”	9 يا سيدي الملك قد اساء هؤلاء الرجال في كل ما فعلوا بارميا النبي الذي طرحوه في الجب فانه يموت في مكانه بسبب الجوع لانه ليس بعد خبز في المدينة.
10 And so the king instructed Ebedmelech, the Ethiopian, saying: “Take with you thirty men from here, and lift Jeremiah the prophet from the pit, before he dies.”	10 فأمر الملك عبد ملك الكوشي قائلا خذ معك من هنا ثلاثين رجلا واطلع ارميا من الجب قبلما يموت.
11 Therefore, Ebedmelech, taking the men with him, entered into the king’s house to a place below the storehouse. And he took from there old garments, no longer in use, and he sent them down by rope to Jeremiah in the pit.	11 فاخذ عبد ملك الرجال معه ودخل الى بيت الملك الى اسفل المخزن واخذ من هناك ثيابا رثة وملابس بالية ودلاها الى ارميا الى الجب بحبال.
12 And Ebedmelech, the Ethiopian, said to Jeremiah: “Place these old garments, and these cut and decaying cloths, under your arms and over the ropes.” And Jeremiah did so.	12 وقال عبد ملك الكوشي لارميا ضع الثياب الرثة والملابس البالية تحت ابطيك تحت الحبال. ففعل ارميا كذلك.
13 And they pulled up Jeremiah with the ropes, and they led him away from the pit. And Jeremiah remained in the vestibule of the prison.	13 فجذبوا ارميا بالحبال واطلعوه من الجب. فاقام ارميا في دار السجن
14 And king Zedekiah sent and took Jeremiah the prophet to him at the third gate, which was at the house of the Lord. And the king said to Jeremiah: “I will question you about a matter. You shall conceal nothing from me.”	14 فارسل الملك صدقيا واخذ ارميا النبي اليه الى المدخل الثالث الذي في بيت الرب وقال الملك لارميا انا اسألك عن أمر. لا تخف عني شيئا.
15 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah: “If I announce to you, will you not put me to death? And if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.”	15 فقال ارميا لصدقيا اذا اخبرتك أفما تقتلني قتلا. واذا اشرت عليك فلا تسمع لي.
16 Then king Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah, secretly, saying: “As the Lord lives, who made this soul for us, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of those men who are seeking your life.”	16 فحلف الملك صدقيا لارميا سرا قائلا حيّ هو الرب الذي صنع لنا هذه النفس اني لا اقتلك ولا ادفعك ليد هؤلاء الرجال الذين يطلبون نفسك.
17 And Jeremiah said to Zedekiah: “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: If, having set out, you go to the rulers of the king of Babylon, your soul will live, and this city will not be burned with fire. And you and your house will be safe.	17 فقال ارميا لصدقيا هكذا قال الرب اله الجنود اله اسرائيل. ان كنت تخرج خروجا الى رؤساء ملك بابل تحيا نفسك ولا تحرق هذه المدينة بالنار بل تحيا انت وبيتك.
18 But if you will not go to the rulers of the king of Babylon, this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans, and they will burn it with fire. And you will not escape from their hand.”	18 ولكن ان كنت لا تخرج الى رؤساء ملك بابل تدفع هذه المدينة ليد الكلدانيين فيحرقونها بالنار وانت لا تفلت من يدهم.
19 And king Zedekiah said to Jeremiah: “I am anxious, because of the Jews who have crossed over to the Chaldeans, lest perhaps I may be delivered into their hands, and they may abuse me.”	19 فقال صدقيا الملك لارميا اني اخاف من اليهود الذين قد سقطوا للكلدانيين لئلا يدفعوني ليدهم فيزدروا بي.
20 But Jeremiah responded: “They will not deliver you. Listen, I ask you, to the voice of the Lord, which I am speaking to you, and it will be well with you, and your soul will live.	20 فقال ارميا لا يدفعونك. اسمع لصوت الرب في ما اكلمك انا به فيحسن اليك وتحيا نفسك.
21 But if you refuse to depart, this is the word that the Lord has revealed to me:	21 وان كنت تأبى الخروج فهذه هي الكلمة التي اراني الرب اياها.
22 Behold, all the women who remain in the house of the king of Judah will be led away to the rulers of the king of Babylon. And the women will say: ‘Your men of peacefulness have led you astray, and they have prevailed against you. They have immersed your feet in mud and have set them in a slippery place. And they have withdrawn from you.’	22 ها كل النساء اللواتي بقين في بيت ملك يهوذا يخرجن الى رؤساء ملك بابل وهنّ يقلن قد خدعك وقدر عليك مسالموك. غاصت في الحمأة رجلاك وارتدتا الى الوراء
23 And all your wives and your sons will be led away to the Chaldeans, and you will not escape from their hands. Instead, you will be seized by the hand of the king of Babylon. And he will burn this city with fire.”	23 ويخرجون كل نسائك وبنيك الى الكلدانيين وانت لا تفلت من يدهم لانك انت تمسك بيد ملك بابل وهذه المدينة تحرق بالنار
24 Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah: “Let no one know of these words, and you will not die.	24 فقال صدقيا لارميا لا يعلم احد بهذا الكلام فلا تموت.
25 But if the leaders hear that I have spoken with you, and if they come to you, and say to you: ‘Tell us what you said to the king. Do not conceal it from us, and we will not put you to death. And tell us what the king said to you,’	25 واذا سمع الرؤساء اني كلمتك واتوا اليك وقالوا لك اخبرنا بماذا كلمت الملك لا تخف عنا فلا نقتلك وماذا قال لك الملك.
26 then you shall say to them: ‘I presented my supplication before the king, so that he would not order me to be led back to the house of Jonathan, to die there.’ ”	26 فقل لهم اني القيت تضرعي امام الملك حتى لا يردني الى بيت يوناثان لاموت هناك.
27 Then all the leaders came to Jeremiah, and they questioned him. And he spoke to them in accord with all the words that the king had commanded him. And they withdrew from him, for they had learned nothing.	27 فأتى كل الرؤساء الى ارميا وسألوه فاخبرهم حسب كل هذا الكلام الذي اوصاه به الملك فسكتوا عنه لان الأمر لم يسمع.
28 Yet truly, Jeremiah remained at the entrance of the prison, until the day when Jerusalem was seized. And it happened that Jerusalem was captured.	28 فاقام ارميا في دار السجن الى اليوم الذي أخذت فيه اورشليم. ولما أخذت اورشليم