ارمیا 52

۱ 1 صدقیا بیست و یکساله بود که آغازسلطنت نمود و یازده سال در اورشلیم پادشاهی کرد و اسم مادرش حمیطل دختر ارمیااز لبنه بود.

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became the King [of Judah]. He ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother was Hamutal, the daughter of [a man named] Jeremiah from Libnah [town].

۲ 2 و آنچه در نظر خداوند ناپسند بودموافق هر‌آنچه یهویاقیم کرده بود، بعمل آورد.

Zedekiah did [many] things that Yahweh says are evil, like [his father] Jehoiakim had done.

۳ 3 زیرا به‌سبب غضبی که خداوند بر اورشلیم ویهودا داشت به حدی که آنها را از نظر خودانداخت واقع شد که صدقیا بر پادشاه بابل عاصی گشت.

[The events that are summarized here happened] because Yahweh was angry with [the people of] Jerusalem and [of other places in] Judah, and finally he (exiled them/forced them to go to other countries) [and said that he did not want to have anything to do with] them any more. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

۴ 4 و واقع شد که نبوکدرصر پادشاه بابل باتمامی لشکر خود در روز دهم ماه دهم سال نهم سلطنت خویش بر اورشلیم برآمد و در مقابل آن اردو زده، سنگری گرداگردش بنا نمودند.

[So, ] on January 15, when Zedekiah had been ruling for almost nine years, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon led his entire army to attack Jerusalem. They surrounded the city and built dirt ramps up to the top of the city walls [to enable them to attack the city].

۵ 5 وشهر تا سال یازدهم صدقیا پادشاه در محاصره بود.

They continued to surround Jerusalem until Zedekiah had been ruling for almost eleven years.

۶ 6 و در روز نهم ماه چهارم قحطی در شهرچنان سخت شد که برای اهل زمین نان نبود.

When Zedekiah had been ruling for almost eleven years, by July 18 of that year, the (famine/lack of food) in the city had become very severe, and there was no [more] food for the people [to eat].

۷ 7 پس در شهر رخنه‌ای ساختند و تمام مردان جنگی درشب از راه دروازه‌ای که در میان دو حصار نزد باغ پادشاه بود فرار کردند. و کلدانیان شهر را احاطه نموده بودند. و ایشان به راه عربه رفتند.

Then [the soldiers of Babylonia] broke through [a section of] the city wall, and all the [Israeli] soldiers fled. But because the city was surrounded by soldiers from Babylonia, [Zedekiah and the Israeli] soldiers [waited until] it became dark. Then they left the city through the gate between the two walls behind the king’s garden. Then they ran towards the Jordan River Valley.

۸ 8 و لشکرکلدانیان پادشاه را تعاقب نموده، در بیابان اریحا به صدقیا رسیدند و تمامی لشکرش از او پراکنده شدند.

But the soldiers of Babylonia pursued King Zedekiah, and they caught up with him on the plains near Jericho. [He was alone because] all his men had deserted him and had scattered.

۹ 9 پس پادشاه را گرفته، او را نزد پادشاه بابل به ربله در زمین حمات آوردند و او بر وی فتوی داد.

The soldiers of Babylonia took him to the king of Babylon, who was at Riblah in the Hamath [region]. There the king of Babylon told [his soldiers what] they should do to punish Zedekiah.

۱۰ 10 و پادشاه بابل پسران صدقیا را پیش رویش به قتل رسانید و جمیع سروران یهودا را نیز درربله کشت.

They forced Zedekiah to watch while they killed his sons and all the officials from Judah.

۱۱ 11 و چشمان صدقیا را کور کرده، او رابدو زنجیر بست. و پادشاه بابل او را به بابل برده، وی را تا روز وفاتش در زندان انداخت.

[Then] they gouged out Zedekiah’s eyes. They fastened him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon. They put him in a prison, and he remained there until the day that he died.

۱۲ 12 و در روز دهم ماه پنجم از سال نوزدهم سلطنت نبوکدرصر ملک پادشاه بابل، نبوزردان رئیس جلادان که به حضور پادشاه بابل می‌ایستادبه اورشلیم آمد.

On August 17 of that year, which was when King Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling for almost 19 years, Nebuzaradan, who was the captain of the king’s bodyguards and one of the king’s officials, arrived in Jerusalem.

۱۳ 13 و خانه خداوند و خانه پادشاه را سوزانید و همه خانه های اورشلیم و هر خانه بزرگ را به آتش سوزانید.

He [commanded his soldiers to] burn down the temple of Yahweh, the king’s palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. They [also] destroyed all the important buildings [in the city].

۱۴ 14 و تمامی لشکرکلدانیان که همراه رئیس جلادان بودند تمامی حصارهای اورشلیم را بهر طرف منهدم ساختند.

Then he supervised the soldiers from Babylonia while they tore down the walls on all sides of Jerusalem.

۱۵ 15 و نبوزردان رئیس جلادان بعضی از فقیران خلق و بقیه قوم را که در شهر باقی‌مانده بودند وخارجین را که بطرف پادشاه بابل شده بودند و بقیه جمعیت را به اسیری برد.

Then Nebuzaradan (forced to go/exiled) [to Babylon] some of the poorest people, those Israelis who had said they would support the king of Babylon, the rest of the craftsmen, and other people who had remained in Jerusalem.

۱۶ 16 امانبوزردان رئیس جلادان بعضی از مسکینان زمین را برای باغبانی وفلاحی واگذاشت.

But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the very poor people to remain [in Judah] to take care of the vineyards and fields.

۱۷ 17 و کلدانیان ستونهای برنجینی که در خانه خداوند بود و پایه‌ها ودریاچه برنجینی که در خانه خداوند بود، شکستند و تمامی برنج آنها را به بابل بردند.

The soldiers from Babylonia broke [into pieces] the [huge] bronze pillars that were in front of the temple, and the [large] bronze water tank, and the [ten bronze water] carts, and they took all the bronze to Babylon.

۱۸ 18 ودیگها و خاکندازها و گلگیرها و کاسه‌ها و قاشقهاو تمامی اسباب برنجینی را که به آنها خدمت می کردند بردند.

They also took away the basins [for holding the ashes from the burned sacrifices], the shovels [for cleaning out the ashes], the tools for snuffing out the wicks of the lamps, the basins [for holding the blood of the sacrificed animals], the dishes [for incense], and all the [other] bronze items that were used when sacrifices were made at the temple.

۱۹ 19 و رئیس جلادان پیاله‌ها ومجمرها و کاسه‌ها و دیگها و شمعدانها و قاشقهاو لگنها را یعنی طلای آنچه را که از طلا بود ونقره آنچه را که از نقره بود برد.

Nebuzaradan also [told his soldiers to] take away the small bowls, the dishes for burning incense, the basins, pots, lampstands, bowls [for incense], and the bowls used for pouring out the wine offerings. They took all the other items that were made of pure gold or silver.

۲۰ 20 اما دو ستون ویک دریاچه و دوازده گاو برنجینی را که زیرپایه‌ها بود و سلیمان پادشاه آنها را برای خانه خداوند ساخته بود. برنج همه این اسباب بی‌اندازه بود.

The bronze from the two pillars, the [large water] tank and the twelve statues of oxen that were beneath it, and the water carts, was more/heavier than they could weigh. Those things had been made for the temple during the time that Solomon was the king.

۲۱ 21 و اما ستونها، بلندی یکستون هجده ذراع و ریسمان دوازده ذراعی آنها رااحاطه داشت و حجم آن چهار انگشت بود و تهی بود.

Each of the pillars was (27 feet/8 meters) tall and (18 feet/5.5 meters) around. They were hollow, and each had sides/walls that were (3 in./8 cm.) thick.

۲۲ 22 و تاج برنجین بر سرش و بلندی یکتاج پنج ذراع بود. و شبکه وانارها گرداگرد تاج همه ازبرنج بود. و ستون دوم مثل اینها و انارها داشت.

The bronze head on the top of each pillar was (7-1/2 feet/over 2 meters) high and was decorated all around with a bronze [network of figures that represented] pomegranates.

۲۳ 23 و بهر طرف نود و شش انار بود. و تمام انارها به اطراف شبکه یکصد بود.

There was a total of 100 figures of pomegranates on the network at the top, 96 of which could be seen from the ground.

۲۴ 24 و رئیس جلادان، سرایا رئیس کهنه، و صفنیای کاهن دوم و سه مستحفظ در را گرفت.

When Nebuzaradan [returned to Babylon], he took [with him as prisoners] Seraiah the Supreme Priest, Zephaniah who was Seraiah’s deputy, and the three men who guarded the entrances [to the temple].

۲۵ 25 و سرداری را که برمردان جنگی گماشته شده بود و هفت نفر از آنانی را که روی پادشاه را می‌دیدند و در شهر یافت شدند و کاتب سردار لشکر را که اهل ولایت راسان می‌دید و شصت نفر از اهل زمین را که درشهر یافت شدند، از شهر گرفت.

He found [some other] people who were [hiding] in the city. [So] from them he took a commander of the army [of Judah], seven of the king’s advisors, the army commander’s chief secretary who was in charge of recruiting [soldiers for the army], and 60 [other] soldiers.

۲۶ 26 و نبوزردان رئیس جلادان ایشان را برداشته، نزد پادشاه بابل به ربله برد.

Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon, [who was still] at Riblah.

۲۷ 27 و پادشاه بابل ایشان را در ربله درزمین حمات زده، به قتل رسانید پس یهودا ازولایت خود به اسیری رفتند.

There at Riblah in the Hamath region, the king of Babylon commanded that they [all] be executed. [Many of the people of] Judah were (forced to leave/exiled from) their own land.

۲۸ 28 و این است گروهی که نبوکدرصر به اسیری برد. در سال هفتم سه هزار و بیست و سه نفر از یهود را.

The number of people who were captured and sent to Babylon at that time, when Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling for almost seven years, was 3,023.

۲۹ 29 و در سال هجدهم نبوکدرصر هشتصد و سی و دو نفر ازاورشلیم به اسیری برد.

Then, when he had been ruling for almost 18 years, his [soldiers] took 832 [more Israeli people to Babylonia].

۳۰ 30 و در سال بیست و سوم نبوکدرصر نبوزردان رئیس جلادان هفتصد وچهل و پنج نفر از یهودا را به اسیری برد. پس جمله کسان چهار هزار و ششصد نفربودند.

When he had been ruling almost 23 years, he sent Nebuzaradan [to Jerusalem again], and he brought back 745 [more Israelis to Babylonia]. That was a total of 4,600 Israelis [who were taken to Babylonia].

۳۱ 31 و در روز بیست و پنجم ماه دوازدهم ازسال سی و هفتم اسیری یهویاقیم پادشاه یهوداواقع شد که اویل مرودک پادشاه بابل در سال اول سلطنت خود سر یهویاقیم پادشاه یهودا را اززندان برافراشت.

After King Jehoiachin of Judah had been in prison [in Babylon] for almost thirty-seven years, Evil-Merodach became the king of Babylon. He was kind to Jehoiachin and ordered that he be released from prison. That was on March 31 of the year that Evil-Merodach became king.

۳۲ 32 و با او سخنان دلاویز گفت وکرسی او را بالاتر از کرسیهای سایر پادشاهانی که با او در بابل بودند گذاشت.

He [always] spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and gave him a position in which he was honored more than [all] the other kings [who had been exiled/taken to Babylon].

۳۳ 33 و لباس زندانی او راتبدیل نمود و او در تمامی روزهای عمرش همیشه نزد وی نان می‌خورد.

He [supplied new clothes] for Jehoiachin, to replace the clothes that he had been wearing in prison. [He also allowed] Jehoiachin to eat with him every day, all during the rest of his life.

۳۴ 34 و برای معیشت او وظیفه دایمی یعنی قسمت هر روز در روزش در تمام ایام عمرش تا روز وفاتش از جانب پادشاه بابل به او داده می‌شد.

Every day, the King [of Babylon] gave him some money [to buy the things that he needed. That continued] until the day that Jehoiachin died.