إِرْمِيَا 40

١ 1 اَلْكَلِمَةُ ٱلَّتِي صَارَتْ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ، بَعْدَ مَا أَرْسَلَهُ نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ ٱلشُّرَطِ مِنَ ٱلرَّامَةِ، إِذْ أَخَذَهُ وَهُوَ مُقَيَّدٌ بِٱلسَّلَاسِلِ فِي وَسْطِ كُلِّ سَبْيِ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَيَهُوذَا ٱلَّذِينَ سُبُوا إِلَى بَابِلَ.

The word which came to Jeremiah from YHWH, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah, who were carried away captive to Babylon.

٢ 2 فَأَخَذَ رَئِيسُ ٱلشُّرَطِ إِرْمِيَا وَقَالَ لَهُ: «إِنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكَ قَدْ تَكَلَّمَ بِهَذَا ٱلشَّرِّ عَلَى هَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعِ.

The captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, "YHWH your God pronounced this evil on this place;

٣ 3 فَجَلَبَ ٱلرَّبُّ وَفَعَلَ كَمَا تَكَلَّمَ، لِأَنَّكُمْ قَدْ أَخْطَأْتُمْ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ وَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا لِصَوْتِهِ، فَحَدَثَ لَكُمْ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرُ.

and YHWH has brought it, and done according as he spoke: because you have sinned against YHWH, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing has come on you.

٤ 4 فَٱلْآنَ هَأَنَذَا أَحُلُّكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ مِنَ ٱلْقُيُودِ ٱلَّتِي عَلَى يَدِكَ. فَإِنْ حَسُنَ فِي عَيْنَيْكَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَ مَعِي إِلَى بَابِلَ فَتَعَالَ، فَأَجْعَلُ عَيْنَيَّ عَلَيْكَ. وَإِنْ قَبُحَ فِي عَيْنَيْكَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَ مَعِي إِلَى بَابِلَ فَٱمْتَنِعْ. اُنْظُرْ. كُلُّ ٱلْأَرْضِ هِيَ أَمَامَكَ، فَحَيْثُمَا حَسُنَ وَكَانَ مُسْتَقِيمًا فِي عَيْنَيْكَ أَنْ تَنْطَلِقَ فَٱنْطَلِقْ إِلَى هُنَاكَ».

Now, look, I release you this day from the chains which are on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will take care of you; but if it seems bad to you to come with me into Babylon, do not: look, all the land is before you; where it seems good and right to you to go, there go."

٥ 5 وَإِذْ كَانَ لَمْ يَرْجِعْ بَعْدُ، قَالَ: «ٱرْجِعْ إِلَى جَدَلْيَا بْنِ أَخِيقَامَ بْنِ شَافَانَ ٱلَّذِي أَقَامَهُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ عَلَى مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا، وَأَقِمْ عِنْدَهُ فِي وَسْطِ ٱلشَّعْبِ، وَٱنْطَلِقْ إِلَى حَيْثُ كَانَ مُسْتَقِيمًا فِي عَيْنَيْكَ أَنْ تَنْطَلِقَ». وَأَعْطَاهُ رَئِيسُ ٱلشُّرَطِ زَادًا وَهَدِيَّةً وَأَطْلَقَهُ.

Now while he had not yet gone back, "Go back then," he said, "to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wherever it seems right to you to go." So the captain of the guard gave him food and a present, and let him go.

٦ 6 فَجَاءَ إِرْمِيَا إِلَى جَدَلْيَا بْنِ أَخِيقَامَ إِلَى ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ وَأَقَامَ عِنْدَهُ فِي وَسْطِ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلْبَاقِينَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ.

Then went Jeremiah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and lived with him among the people who were left in the land.

٧ 7 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ كُلُّ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْجُيُوشِ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ هُمْ وَرِجَالُهُمْ أَنَّ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ قَدْ أَقَامَ جَدَلْيَا بْنَ أَخِيقَامَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَأَنَّهُ وَكَّلَهُ عَلَى ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَاءِ وَٱلْأَطْفَالِ وَعَلَى فُقَرَاءِ ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يُسْبَوْا إِلَى بَابِلَ،

Now when all the captains of the forces who were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed to him men, and women, and children, and of the poorest of the land, of those who were not carried away captive to Babylon;

٨ 8 أَتَى إِلَى جَدَلْيَا إِلَى ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ: إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا، وَيُوحَانَانُ وَيُونَاثَانُ ٱبْنَا قَارِيحَ، وَسَرَايَا بْنُ تَنْحُومَثَ، وَبَنُو عِيفَايَ ٱلنَّطُوفَاتِيُّ، وَيَزَنْيَا ٱبْنُ ٱلْمَعْكِيِّ، هُمْ وَرِجَالُهُمْ.

then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

٩ 9 فَحَلَفَ لَهُمْ جَدَلْيَا بْنُ أَخِيقَامَ بْنِ شَافَانَ وَلِرِجَالِهِمْ قَائِلًا: «لَا تَخَافُوا مِنْ أَنْ تَخْدِمُوا ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ. اُسْكُنُوا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَٱخْدِمُوا مَلِكَ بَابِلَ فَيُحْسَنَ إِلَيْكُمْ.

Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, "Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

١٠ 10 أَمَّا أَنَا فَهَأَنَذَا سَاكِنٌ فِي ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ لِأَقِفَ أَمَامَ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْتُونَ إِلَيْنَا. أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَٱجْمَعُوا خَمْرًا وَتِينًا وَزَيْتًا وَضَعُوا فِي أَوْعِيَتِكُمْ، وَٱسْكُنُوا فِي مُدُنِكُمُ ٱلَّتِي أَخَذْتُمُوهَا».

As for me, look, I will dwell at Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans who shall come to us: but you, gather wine and summer fruits and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that you have taken."

١١ 11 وَكَذَلِكَ كُلُّ ٱلْيَهُودِ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي مُوآبَ، وَبَيْنَ بَنِي عَمُّونَ، وَفِي أَدُومَ، وَٱلَّذِينَ فِي كُلِّ ٱلْأَرَاضِي، سَمِعُوا أَنَّ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ قَدْ جَعَلَ بَقِيَّةً لِيَهُوذَا، وَقَدْ أَقَامَ عَلَيْهِمْ جَدَلْيَا بْنَ أَخِيقَامَ بْنِ شَافَانَ،

Likewise when all the Jews who were in Moab, and among the people of Ammon, and in Edom, and who were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan;

١٢ 12 فَرَجَعَ كُلُّ ٱلْيَهُودِ مِنْ كُلِّ ٱلْمَوَاضِعِ ٱلَّتِي طُوِّحُوا إِلَيْهَا وَأَتَوْا إِلَى أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا، إِلَى جَدَلْيَا، إِلَى ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ، وَجَمَعُوا خَمْرًا وَتِينًا كَثِيرًا جِدًّا.

then all the Jews returned out of all places where they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, to Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.

١٣ 13 ثُمَّ إِنَّ يُوحَانَانَ بْنَ قَارِيحَ وَكُلَّ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْجُيُوشِ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ أَتَوْا إِلَى جَدَلْيَا إِلَى ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ،

Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,

١٤ 14 وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «أَتَعْلَمُ عِلْمًا أَنَّ بَعْلِيسَ مَلِكَ بَنِي عَمُّونَ قَدْ أَرْسَلَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنَ نَثَنْيَا لِيَقْتُلَكَ؟» فَلَمْ يُصَدِّقْهُمْ جَدَلْيَا بْنُ أَخِيقَامَ.

and said to him, "Do you know that Baalis the king of the people of Ammon has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life?" But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam did not believe them.

١٥ 15 فَكَلَّمَ يُوحَانَانُ بْنُ قَارِيحَ جَدَلْيَا سِرًّا فِي ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ قَائِلًا: «دَعْنِي أَنْطَلِقْ وَأَضْرِبْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنَ نَثَنْيَا وَلَا يَعْلَمُ إِنْسَانٌ. لِمَاذَا يَقْتُلُكَ فَيَتَبَدَّدَ كُلُّ يَهُوذَا ٱلْمُجْتَمِعُ إِلَيْكَ، وَتَهْلِكَ بَقِيَّةُ يَهُوذَا؟».

Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, "Please let me go, and I will kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: why should he take your life, that all the Jews who are gathered to you should be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?"

١٦ 16 فَقَالَ جَدَلْيَا بْنُ أَخِيقَامَ لِيُوحَانَانَ بْنِ قَارِيحَ: «لَا تَفْعَلْ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ، لِأَنَّكَ إِنَّمَا تَتَكَلَّمُ بِٱلْكَذِبِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ».

But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, "You shall not do this thing; for you speak falsely of Ishmael."