1 GLT وَمَلَكَ ٱلْمَلِكُ صِدْقِيَّا بْنُ يُوشِيَّا مَكَانَ كُنْيَاهُو بْنِ يَهُويَاقِيمَ، ٱلَّذِي مَلَّكَهُ نَبُوخَذْرَاصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ فِي أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا. BSB BSB: Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim.
2 GLT وَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ هُوَ وَلَا عَبِيدُهُ وَلَا شَعْبُ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِكَلَامِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ عَنْ يَدِ إِرْمِيَا ٱلنَّبِيِّ. BSB BSB: But he and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.
4 GLT وَكَانَ إِرْمِيَا يَدْخُلُ وَيَخْرُجُ فِي وَسْطِ ٱلشَّعْبِ، إِذْ لَمْ يَكُونُوا قَدْ جَعَلُوهُ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلسِّجْنِ. BSB BSB: Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.
5 GLT وَخَرَجَ جَيْشُ فِرْعَوْنَ مِنْ مِصْرَ. فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيُّونَ ٱلْمُحَاصِرُونَ أُورُشَلِيمَ بِخَبَرِهِمْ، صَعِدُوا عَنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ. BSB BSB: Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
6 GLT فَصَارَتْ كَلِمَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا ٱلنَّبِيِّ قَائِلَةً: BSB BSB: Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet:
7 GLT «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَكَذَا تَقُولُونَ لِمَلِكِ يَهُوذَا ٱلَّذِي أَرْسَلَكُمْ إِلَيَّ لِتَسْتَشِيرُونِي: هَا إِنَّ جَيْشَ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلْخَارِجَ إِلَيْكُمْ لِمُسَاعَدَتِكُمْ، يَرْجِعُ إِلَى أَرْضِهِ، إِلَى مِصْرَ. BSB BSB: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.
8 GLT وَيَرْجِعُ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيُّونَ وَيُحَارِبُونَ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ وَيَأْخُذُونَهَا وَيُحْرِقُونَهَا بِٱلنَّارِ. BSB BSB: Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.
9 GLT هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: لَا تَخْدَعُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ قَائِلِينَ: إِنَّ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ سَيَذْهَبُونَ عَنَّا، لِأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَذْهَبُونَ. BSB BSB: This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will go away for good,’ for they will not!
10 GLT لِأَنَّكُمْ وَإِنْ ضَرَبْتُمْ كُلَّ جَيْشِ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَكُمْ، وَبَقِيَ مِنْهُمْ رِجَالٌ قَدْ طُعِنُوا، فَإِنَّهُمْ يَقُومُونَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ فِي خَيْمَتِهِ وَيُحْرِقُونَ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ بِٱلنَّارِ». BSB BSB: Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”
11 GLT وَكَانَ لَمَّا أُصْعِدَ جَيْشُ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ عَنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنْ وَجْهِ جَيْشِ فِرْعَوْنَ، BSB BSB: When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
12 GLT أَنَّ إِرْمِيَا خَرَجَ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ لِيَنْطَلِقَ إِلَى أَرْضِ بَنْيَامِينَ لِيَنْسَابَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ فِي وَسْطِ ٱلشَّعْبِ. BSB BSB: Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people.
13 GLT وَفِيمَا هُوَ فِي بَابِ بَنْيَامِينَ، إِذَا هُنَاكَ نَاظِرُ ٱلْحُرَّاسِ، ٱسْمُهُ يَرْئِيَّا بْنُ شَلَمْيَا بْنُ حَنَنِيَّا، فَقَبَضَ عَلَى إِرْمِيَا ٱلنَّبِيِّ قَائِلًا: «إِنَّكَ تَقَعُ لِلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ». BSB BSB: But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”
14 GLT فَقَالَ إِرْمِيَا: «كَذِبٌ! لَا أَقَعُ لِلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ». وَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ لَهُ، فَقَبَضَ يَرْئِيَّا عَلَى إِرْمِيَا وَأَتَى بِهِ إِلَى ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ. BSB BSB: “That is a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!” But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officials.
15 GLT فَغَضِبَ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءُ عَلَى إِرْمِيَا، وَضَرَبُوهُ وَجَعَلُوهُ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلسِّجْنِ، فِي بَيْتِ يُونَاثَانَ ٱلْكَاتِبِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ جَعَلُوهُ بَيْتَ ٱلسِّجْنِ. BSB BSB: The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.
16 GLT فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ إِرْمِيَا إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلْجُبِّ، وَإِلَى ٱلْمُقَبَّبَاتِ، أَقَامَ إِرْمِيَا هُنَاكَ أَيَّامًا كَثِيرَةً. BSB BSB: So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.
17 GLT ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ صِدْقِيَّا وَأَخَذَهُ، وَسَأَلَهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ فِي بَيْتِهِ سِرًّا وَقَالَ: «هَلْ تُوجَدُ كَلِمَةٌ مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ؟» فَقَالَ إِرْمِيَا: «تُوجَدُ». فَقَالَ: «إِنَّكَ تُدْفَعُ لِيَدِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ». BSB BSB: Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
18 GLT ثُمَّ قَالَ إِرْمِيَا لِلْمَلِكِ صِدْقِيَّا: «مَا هِيَ خَطِيَّتِي إِلَيْكَ وَإِلَى عَبِيدِكَ وَإِلَى هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ، حَتَّى جَعَلْتُمُونِي فِي بَيْتِ ٱلسِّجْنِ؟ BSB BSB: Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people, that you have put me in prison?
19 GLT فَأَيْنَ أَنْبِيَاؤُكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ تَنَبَّأُوا لَكُمْ قَائِلِينَ: لَا يَأْتِي مَلِكُ بَابِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَلَا عَلَى هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ؟ BSB BSB: Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?
20 GLT فَٱلْآنَ ٱسْمَعْ يَا سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكَ. لِيَقَعْ تَضَرُّعِي أَمَامَكَ، وَلَا تَرُدَّنِي إِلَى بَيْتِ يُونَاثَانَ ٱلْكَاتِبِ، فَلَا أَمُوتَ هُنَاكَ». BSB BSB: But now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”
21 GLT فَأَمَرَ ٱلْمَلِكُ صِدْقِيَّا أَنْ يَضَعُوا إِرْمِيَا فِي دَارِ ٱلسِّجْنِ، وَأَنْ يُعْطَى رَغِيفَ خُبْزٍ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مِنْ سُوقِ ٱلْخَبَّازِينَ، حَتَّى يَنْفُدَ كُلُّ ٱلْخُبْزِ مِنَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ. فَأَقَامَ إِرْمِيَا فِي دَارِ ٱلسِّجْنِ. BSB BSB: So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
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