¹الكلمة التي صارت الى ارميا من قبل الرب بعدما ارسله نبو زرادان رئيس الشرط من الرامة اذ اخذه وهو مقيد بالسلاسل في وسط كل سبي اورشليم ويهوذا الذين سبوا الى بابل.

¹The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, 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.

²فاخذ رئيس الشرط ارميا وقال له ان الرب الهك قد تكلم بهذا الشر على هذا الموضع.

²The captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, Yahweh your God pronounced this evil on this place;

³فجلب الرب وفعل كما تكلم لانكم قد اخطأتم الى الرب ولم تسمعوا لصوته فحدث لكم هذا الامر.

³and Yahweh has brought it, and done according as he spoke: because you have sinned against Yahweh, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing has come on you.

⁴فالآن هانذا احلّك اليوم من القيود التي على يدك. فان حسن في عينيك ان تأتي معي الى بابل فتعال فاجعل عينيّ عليك. وان قبح في عينيك ان تاتي معي الى بابل فامتنع. انظر. كل الارض هي امامك فحيثما حسن وكان مستقيما في عينيك ان تنطلق فانطلق الى هناك.

⁴Now, behold, 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, don’t: behold, all the land is before you; where it seems good and right to you to go, there go.

⁵واذ كان لم يرجع بعد قال ارجع الى جدليا بن اخيقام بن شافان الذي اقامه ملك بابل على مدن يهوذا واقم عنده في وسط الشعب وانطلق الى حيث كان مستقيما في عينيك ان تنطلق. واعطاه رئيس الشرط زادا وهدية واطلقه.

⁵Now 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.

⁶فجاء ارميا الى جدليا بن اخيقام الى المصفاة واقام عنده في وسط الشعب الباقين في الارض

⁶Then went Jeremiah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and lived with him among the people who were left in the land.

⁷فلما سمع كل رؤساء الجيوش الذين في الحقل هم ورجالهم ان ملك بابل قد اقام جدليا بن اخيقام على الارض وانه وكله على الرجال والنساء والاطفال وعلى فقراء الارض الذين لم يسبوا الى بابل

⁷Now 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;

⁸أتى الى جدليا الى المصفاة اسماعيل بن نثنيا ويوحانان ويوناثان ابنا قاريح وسرايا بن تنحومث وبنو عيفاي النطوفاتي ويزنيا ابن المعكي هم ورجالهم.

⁸then 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.

⁹فحلف لهم جدليا بن اخيقام بن شافان ولرجالهم قائلا لا تخافوا من ان تخدموا الكلدانيين. اسكنوا في الارض واخدموا ملك بابل فيحسن اليكم

⁹Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, Don’t be afraid to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

¹⁰اما انا فهانذا ساكن في المصفاة لاقف امام الكلدانيين الذين ياتون الينا. اما انتم فاجمعوا خمرا وتينا وزيتا وضعوا في اوعيتكم واسكنوا في مدنكم التي اخذتموها.

¹⁰As for me, behold, 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.

¹¹وكذلك كل اليهود الذين في موآب وبين بني عمون وفي ادوم والذين في كل الاراضي سمعوا ان ملك بابل قد جعل بقية ليهوذا وقد اقام عليهم جدليا بن اخيقام بن شافان

¹¹Likewise when all the Jews who were in Moab, and among the children 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;

¹²فرجع كل اليهود من كل المواضع التي طوحوا اليها واتوا الى ارض يهوذا الى جدليا الى المصفاة وجمعوا خمرا وتينا كثيرا جدا

¹²then 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.

¹³ثم ان يوحانان بن قاريح وكل رؤساء الجيوش الذين في الحقل أتوا الى جدليا الى المصفاة

¹³Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,

¹⁴وقالوا له. أتعلم علما ان بعليس ملك بني عمون قد ارسل اسماعيل بن نثنيا ليقتلك. فلم يصدقهم جدليا بن اخيقام.

¹⁴and said to him, Do you know that Baalis the king of the children of Ammon has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam didn’t believe them.

¹⁵فكلم يوحانان بن قاريح جدليا سرا في المصفاة قائلا دعني انطلق واضرب اسماعيل بن نثنيا ولا يعلم انسان. لماذا يقتلك فيتبدد كل يهوذا المجتمع اليك وتهلك بقية يهوذا.

¹⁵Then 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?

¹⁶فقال جدليا بن اخيقام ليوحانان بن قاريح لا تفعل هذا الامر لانك انما تتكلم بالكذب عن اسماعيل

¹⁶But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, You shall not do this thing; for you speak falsely of Ishmael.