1 GLT فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلتَّاسِعَةِ لِصِدْقِيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْعَاشِرِ، أَتَى نَبُوخَذْرَاصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ وَكُلُّ جَيْشِهِ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَحَاصَرُوهَا. BSB BSB: In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.
2 GLT وَفِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلْحَادِيَةِ عَشَرَةَ لِصِدْقِيَّا، فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلرَّابِعِ، فِي تَاسِعِ ٱلشَّهْرِ فُتِحَتِ ٱلْمَدِينَةُ. BSB BSB: And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.
4 GLT فَلَمَّا رَآهُمْ صِدْقِيَّا مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا وَكُلُّ رِجَالِ ٱلْحَرْبِ، هَرَبُوا وَخَرَجُوا لَيْلًا مِنَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ فِي طَرِيقِ جَنَّةِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، مِنَ ٱلْبَابِ بَيْنَ ٱلسُّورَيْنِ، وَخَرَجَ هُوَ فِي طَرِيقِ ٱلْعَرَبَةِ. BSB BSB: When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.
5 GLT فَسَعَى جَيْشُ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ وَرَاءَهُمْ، فَأَدْرَكُوا صِدْقِيَّا فِي عَرَبَاتِ أَرِيحَا، فَأَخَذُوهُ وَأَصْعَدُوهُ إِلَى نَبُوخَذْنَاصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ إِلَى رَبْلَةَ فِي أَرْضِ حَمَاةَ، فَكَلَّمَهُ بِٱلْقَضَاءِ عَلَيْهِ. BSB BSB: But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.
6 GLT فَقَتَلَ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ بَنِي صِدْقِيَّا فِي رَبْلَةَ أَمَامَ عَيْنَيْهِ، وَقَتَلَ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ كُلَّ أَشْرَافِ يَهُوذَا. BSB BSB: There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.
7 GLT وَأَعْمَى عَيْنَيْ صِدْقِيَّا، وَقَيَّدَهُ بِسَلَاسِلِ نُحَاسٍ لِيَأْتِيَ بِهِ إِلَى بَابِلَ. BSB BSB: Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.
9 GLT وَبَقِيَّةُ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِينَ بَقُوا فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، وَٱلْهَارِبُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ سَقَطُوا لَهُ، وَبَقِيَّةُ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِينَ بَقُوا، سَبَاهُمْ نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ ٱلشُّرَطِ إِلَى بَابِلَ. BSB BSB: Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away to Babylon the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him.
10 GLT وَلَكِنَّ بَعْضَ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلْفُقَرَاءَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ شَيْءٌ، تَرَكَهُمْ نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ ٱلشُّرَطِ فِي أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا، وَأَعْطَاهُمْ كُرُومًا وَحُقُولًا فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ. BSB BSB: But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.
11 GLT وَأَوْصَى نَبُوخَذْرَاصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ عَلَى إِرْمِيَا نَبُوزَرَادَانَ رَئِيسَ ٱلشُّرَطِ قَائِلًا: BSB BSB: Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had given orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, saying,
12 GLT «خُذْهُ وَضَعْ عَيْنَيْكَ عَلَيْهِ، وَلَا تَفْعَلْ بِهِ شَيْئًا رَدِيئًا، بَلْ كَمَا يُكَلِّمُكَ هَكَذَا ٱفْعَلْ مَعَهُ». BSB BSB: “Take him, look after him, and do not let any harm come to him; do for him whatever he says.”
13 GLT فَأَرْسَلَ نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ ٱلشُّرَطِ وَنَبُوشَزْبَانُ رَئِيسُ ٱلْخِصْيَانِ وَنَرْجَلُ شَرَاصَرُ رَئِيسُ ٱلْمَجُوسِ وَكُلُّ رُؤَسَاءِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، BSB BSB: So Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the captains of the king of Babylon
14 GLT أَرْسَلُوا فَأَخَذُوا إِرْمِيَا مِنْ دَارِ ٱلسِّجْنِ وَأَسْلَمُوهُ لِجَدَلْيَا بْنِ أَخِيقَامَ بْنِ شَافَانَ لِيَخْرُجَ بِهِ إِلَى ٱلْبَيْتِ. فَسَكَنَ بَيْنَ ٱلشَّعْبِ. BSB BSB: had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guard, and they turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So Jeremiah remained among his own people.
15 GLT وَصَارَتْ كَلِمَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا إِذْ كَانَ مَحْبُوسًا فِي دَارِ ٱلسِّجْنِ قَائِلَةً: BSB BSB: And while Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD had come to him:
16 GLT «ٱذْهَبْ وَكَلِّمْ عَبْدَ مَلِكَ ٱلْكُوشِيَّ قَائِلًا: هَكَذَا قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَأَنَذَا جَالِبٌ كَلَامِي عَلَى هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ لِلشَّرِّ لَا لِلْخَيْرِ، فَيَحْدُثُ أَمَامَكَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ. BSB BSB: “Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes.
17 GLT وَلَكِنَّنِي أُنْقِذُكَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، فَلَا تُسْلَمُ لِيَدِ ٱلنَّاسِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْتَ خَائِفٌ مِنْهُمْ. BSB BSB: But I will deliver you on that day, declares the LORD, and you will not be delivered into the hands of the men whom you fear.
18 GLT بَلْ إِنَّمَا أُنَجِّيكَ نَجَاةً، فَلَا تَسْقُطُ بِٱلسَّيْفِ، بَلْ تَكُونُ لَكَ نَفْسُكَ غَنِيمَةً، لِأَنَّكَ قَدْ تَوَكَّلْتَ عَلَيَّ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ». BSB BSB: For I will surely rescue you so that you do not fall by the sword. Because you have trusted in Me, you will escape with your life like a spoil of war, declares the LORD.’”
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