٢ أخبار 36

١ 1 وَأَخَذَ شَعْبُ ٱلْأَرْضِ يَهُوآحَازَ بْنَ يُوشِيَّا وَمَلَّكُوهُ عِوَضًا عَنْ أَبِيهِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

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

٢ 2 كَانَ يُوآحَازُ ٱبْنَ ثَلَاثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months.

٣ 3 وَعَزَلَهُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَغَرَّمَ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِمِئَةِ وَزْنَةٍ مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ، وَبِوَزْنَةٍ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ.

Then the king of Egypt took the kingdom from him in Jerusalem, and put on the land a tax of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

٤ 4 وَمَلَّكَ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ أَلِيَاقِيمَ أَخَاهُ عَلَى يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ، وَغَيَّرَ ٱسْمَهُ إِلَى يَهُويَاقِيمَ. وَأَمَّا يُوآحَازُ أَخُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُ نَخْوُ وَأَتَى بِهِ إِلَى مِصْرَ.

And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, changing his name to Jehoiakim. And Neco took his brother Jehoahaz away to Egypt.

٥ 5 كَانَ يَهُويَاقِيمُ ٱبْنَ خَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ إِحْدَى عَشَرَةَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَعَمِلَ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ.

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years, and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God.

٦ 6 عَلَيْهِ صَعِدَ نَبُوخَذْنَاصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ وَقَيَّدَهُ بِسَلَاسِلِ نُحَاسٍ لِيَذْهَبَ بِهِ إِلَى بَابِلَ،

Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came up against him, and took him away in chains to Babylon.

٧ 7 وَأَتَى نَبُوخَذْنَاصَّرُ بِبَعْضِ آنِيَةِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى بَابِلَ وَجَعَلَهَا فِي هَيْكَلِهِ فِي بَابِلَ.

And Nebuchadnezzar took away some of the vessels of the Lord's house, and put them in the house of his god in Babylon.

٨ 8 وَبَقِيَّةُ أُمُورِ يَهُويَاقِيمَ وَرَجَاسَاتُهُ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَ وَمَا وُجِدَ فِيهِ هَا هِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي سِفْرِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا. وَمَلَكَ يَهُويَاكِينُ ٱبْنُهُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ.

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and the disgusting things he did, and all there is to be said against him, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah; and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place.

٩ 9 كَانَ يَهُويَاكِينُ ٱبْنَ ثَمَانِي سِنِينَ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشَرَةَ أَيَّامٍ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. وَعَمِلَ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months and ten days, and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

١٠ 10 وَعِنْدَ رُجُوعِ ٱلسَّنَةِ أَرْسَلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ نَبُوخَذْنَاصَّرُ فَأَتَى بِهِ إِلَى بَابِلَ مَعَ آنِيَةِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلثَّمِينَةِ، وَمَلَّكَ صِدْقِيَّا أَخَاهُ عَلَى يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ.

In the spring of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and took him away to Babylon, with the beautiful vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah, his father's brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

١١ 11 كَانَ صِدْقِيَّا ٱبْنَ إِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ إِحْدَى عَشَرَةَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years.

١٢ 12 وَعَمِلَ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ، وَلَمْ يَتَوَاضَعْ أَمَامَ إِرْمِيَا ٱلنَّبِيِّ مِنْ فَمِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did not make himself low before Jeremiah the prophet who gave him the word of the Lord.

١٣ 13 وَتَمَرَّدَ أَيْضًا عَلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ نَبُوخَذْنَاصَّرَ ٱلَّذِي حَلَّفَهُ بِٱللهِ، وَصَلَّبَ عُنُقَهُ وَقَوَّى قَلْبَهُ عَنِ ٱلرُّجُوعِ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

And he took up arms against King Nebuchadnezzar, though he had made him take an oath by God; but he made his neck stiff and his heart hard, turning away from the Lord, the God of Israel.

١٤ 14 حَتَّى إِنَّ جَمِيعَ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱلشَّعْبِ أَكْثَرُوا ٱلْخِيَانَةَ حَسَبَ كُلِّ رَجَاسَاتِ ٱلْأُمَمِ، وَنَجَّسُوا بَيْتَ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّذِي قَدَّسَهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

And more than this, all the great men of Judah and the priests and the people made their sin great, turning to all the disgusting ways of the nations; and they made unclean the house of the Lord which he had made holy in Jerusalem.

١٥ 15 فَأَرْسَلَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ آبَائِهِمْ إِلَيْهِمْ عَنْ يَدِ رُسُلِهِ مُبَكِّرًا وَمُرْسِلًا لِأَنَّهُ شَفِقَ عَلَى شَعْبِهِ وَعَلَى مَسْكَنِهِ،

And the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them by his servants, sending early and frequently, because he had pity on his people and on his living-place;

١٦ 16 فَكَانُوا يَهْزَأُونَ بِرُسُلِ ٱللهِ، وَرَذَلُوا كَلَامَهُ وَتَهَاوَنُوا بِأَنْبِيَائِهِ حَتَّى ثَارَ غَضَبُ ٱلرَّبِّ عَلَى شَعْبِهِ حَتَّى لَمْ يَكُنْ شِفَاءٌ.

But they put shame on the servants of God, making sport of his words and laughing at his prophets, till the wrath of God was moved against his people, till there was no help.

١٧ 17 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.

So he sent against them the king of the Chaldaeans, who put their young men to death with the sword in the house of their holy place, and had no pity for any, young man or virgin, old man or white-haired: God gave them all into his hands.

١٨ 18 وَجَمِيعُ آنِيَةِ بَيْتِ ٱللهِ ٱلْكَبِيرَةِ وَٱلصَّغِيرَةِ وَخَزَائِنِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَخَزَائِنِ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَرُؤَسَائِهِ أَتَى بِهَا جَمِيعًا إِلَى بَابِلَ.

And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the stored wealth of the Lord's house and the wealth of the king and his chiefs, he took away to Babylon.

١٩ 19 وَأَحْرَقُوا بَيْتَ ٱللهِ، وَهَدَمُوا سُورَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَأَحْرَقُوا جَمِيعَ قُصُورِهَا بِٱلنَّارِ، وَأَهْلَكُوا جَمِيعَ آنِيَتِهَا ٱلثَّمِينَةِ.

And the house of God was burned and the wall of Jerusalem broken down; all its great houses were burned with fire and all its beautiful vessels given up to destruction.

٢٠ 20 وَسَبَى ٱلَّذِينَ بَقُوا مِنَ ٱلسَّيْفِ إِلَى بَابِلَ، فَكَانُوا لَهُ وَلِبَنِيهِ عَبِيدًا إِلَى أَنْ مَلَكَتْ مَمْلَكَةُ فَارِسَ،

And all who had not come to death by the sword he took away prisoners to Babylon; and they became servants to him and to his sons till the kingdom of Persia came to power:

٢١ 21 لِإِكْمَالِ كَلَامِ ٱلرَّبِّ بِفَمِ إِرْمِيَا، حَتَّى ٱسْتَوْفَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ سُبُوتَهَا، لِأَنَّهَا سَبَتَتْ فِي كُلِّ أَيَّامِ خَرَابِهَا لِإِكْمَالِ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً.

So that the words of the Lord, which he said by the mouth of Jeremiah, might come true, till the land had had pleasure in her Sabbaths; for as long as she was waste the land kept the Sabbath, till seventy years were complete.

٢٢ 22 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:

Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the words which the Lord had said by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, and he made a public statement and had it given out through all his kingdom and put in writing, saying,

٢٣ 23 «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».

Cyrus, king of Persia, has said, All the kingdoms of the earth have been given to me by the Lord, the God of heaven; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, may the Lord his God be with him and let him go up.