Jeremia 41 | الكتاب المقدس

1 وَفِي الشَّهْرِ السَّابِعِ أَقْبَلَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا بْنِ أَلِيشَامَاعَ، مِنَ النَّسْلِ الْمَلَكِيِّ، وَأَحَدُ قُوَّادِ الْمَلِكِ، إِلَى جَدَلِيَا بْنِ أَخِيقَامَ إِلَى الْمِصْفَاةِ، بِرُفْقَةِ عَشَرَةِ رِجَالٍ. وَبعْدَ أَنْ تَنَاوَلُوا الطَّعَامَ مَعاً فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ،

2 اغْتَالَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا وَالْعَشَرَةُ الْرِجَالِ الْمُرَافِقُونَ لَهُ بِسُيُوفِهِمْ جَدَلِيَا بْنَ أَخِيقَامَ الَّذِي وَلّاهُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ حَاكِماً عَلَى الْبِلادِ.

3 كَمَا قَتَلَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ كُلَّ الْيَهُودِ الْحَاضِرِينَ مَعَ جَدَلِيَا فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ وَالْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ الْمُحَارِبِينَ الْمَوْجُودِينَ هُنَاكَ.

4 وَفِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي مِنِ اغْتِيَالِ جَدَلِيَا، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ قَدْ عَلِمَ بِالأَمْرِ بَعْدُ،

5 أَقْبَلَ ثَمَانُونَ رَجُلاً مِنْ شَكِيمَ وَمِنْ شِيلُو وَمِنَ السَّامِرَةِ بِلِحىً مَحْلُوقَةٍ وَثِيَابٍ مُمَزَّقَةٍ وَأَجْسَادٍ مُجَرَّحَةٍ، حَامِلِينَ مَعَهُمْ تَقْدِمَةً مِنَ الدَّقِيقِ وَلُبَاناً لِيُحْضِرُوهَا إِلَى بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ.

6 فَخَرَجَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا مِنَ الْمِصْفَاةِ، وَكَانَ يَسِيرُ بَاكِياً، وَعِنْدَمَا الْتَقَاهُمْ قَالَ لَهُمْ: «تَعَالَوْا إِلَى جَدَلِيَا بْنِ أَخِيقَامَ».

7 فَلَمَّا بَلَغُوا وَسَطَ الْمَدِينَةِ ذَبَحَهُمْ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا وَطَرَحَ جُثَثَهُمْ بِمَعُونَةِ رِجَالِهِ إِلَى أَعْمَاقِ الْجُبِّ.

8 إِلّا أَنَّ عَشَرَةَ رِجَالٍ كَانُوا بَيْنَهُمْ قَالُوا لإِسْمَعِيلَ: «لا تَقْتُلْنَا لأَنَّ لَدَيْنَا مُؤَناً مِنْ قَمْحٍ وَشَعِيرٍ وَزَيْتٍ وَعَسَلٍ خَبَّأْنَاهَا فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ» فَلَمْ يَقْتُلْهُمْ.

9 وَكَانَ الْجُبُّ الَّذِي طَرَحَ فِيهِ إِسْمَاعِيلُ جُثَثَ قَتْلاهُ وَجُثَّةَ جَدَلِيَا هُوَ الْجُبُّ الْكَبِيرُ الَّذِي حَفَرَهُ الْمَلِكُ آسَا لِلدِّفَاعِ ضِدَّ بَعْشَا مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَمَلَأَهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بِالْقَتْلَى.

10 ثُمَّ سَبَى إِسْمَاعِيلُ بَقِيَّةَ الشَّعْبِ الَّذِي كَانَ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ، وَبَنَاتِ الْمَلِكِ، وَكُلَّ مَنْ تَخَلَّفَ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ، مِمَّنْ عَهِدَ بِهِمْ نَبُوزَرَادَانُ رَئِيسُ الشُّرْطَةِ إِلَى جَدَلِيَا بْنِ أَخِيقَامَ، وَانْطَلَقَ بِهِمْ إِسْمَاعِيلُ إِلَى بَنِي عَمُّونَ.

11 وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا سَمِعَ يُوحَانَانُ بْنُ قَارِيحَ وَجَمِيعُ قَادَةِ الْقُوَّاتِ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ مَا ارْتَكَبَهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا مِنْ شَرٍّ،

12 أَخَذُوا جَمِيعَ رِجَالِهِمْ وَتَعَقَّبُوا إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنَ نَثَنْيَا لِيُقَاتِلُوهُ، فَصَادَفُوهُ عِنْدَ الْبِرْكَةِ الْكَبِيرَةِ الَّتِي فِي جِبْعُونَ.

13 فَلَمَّا شَاهَدَ جَميعُ أَسْرَى إِسْمَاعِيلَ يُوحَانَانَ بْنَ قَارِيحَ وَكُلَّ قَادَةِ الْقُوَّاتِ الْمُرَافِقِينَ لَهُ فَرِحُوا،

14 فَانْثَنَى الأَسْرَى الَّذِينَ سَبَاهُمْ إِسْمَاعِيلُ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ وَقَفَلُوا رَاجِعِينَ إِلَى يُوحَانَانَ بنِ قَارِيحَ.

15 أَمَّا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ نَثَنْيَا فَهَرَبَ مِنْ يُوحَانَانَ مَعَ ثَمَانِيَةٍ مِنْ رِجَالِهِ وَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى الْعَمُّونِيِّينَ.

اللجوء إلى مصر

16 فَاقْتَادَ يُوحَانَانُ بْنُ قَارِيحَ وَسَائِرُ قُوَّادِ الْقُوَّاتِ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ بَقِيَّةَ شَعْبِ الْمِصْفَاةِ، الَّذِينَ اسْتَرَدَّهُمْ مِنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ نَثَنْيَا، الَّذِي كَانَ قَدْ سَبَاهُمْ بَعْدَ اغْتِيَالِ جَدَلِيَا بْنِ أَخِيقَامَ، وَهُمْ مُحَارِبُونَ أَشِدَّاءُ وَنِسَاءٌ وَأَطْفَالٌ وَخِصْيَانٌ، وَأَعَادَهُمْ مِنْ جِبْعُونَ.

17 فَأَقَامُوا فِي جَيْرُوتَ كِمْهَامَ الْمُجَاوِرَةِ لِبَيْتِ لَحْمٍ، لِيَنْطَلِقُوا مِنْهَا إِلَى مِصْرَ.

18 هَارِبِينَ مِنْ وَجْهِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ خَوْفاً مِنْهُمْ، بِسَبِبِ اغْتِيَالِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ نَثَنْيَا لِجَدَلْيَا بْنِ أَخِيقَامَ الَّذِي وَلّاهُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ عَلَى الْبِلادِ.

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New International Version

1 In the seventh month Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was of royal blood and had been one of the king’s officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah. While they were eating together there,

2 Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed as governor over the land.

3 Ishmael also killed all the men of Judah who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Babylonian* soldiers who were there.

4 The day after Gedaliah’s assassination, before anyone knew about it,

5 eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh and Samaria, bringing grain offerings and incense with them to the house of the Lord.

6 Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When he met them, he said, ‘Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.’

7 When they went into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men who were with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.

8 But ten of them said to Ishmael, ‘Don’t kill us! We have wheat and barley, olive oil and honey, hidden in a field.’ So he let them alone and did not kill them with the others.

9 Now the cistern where he threw all the bodies of the men he had killed along with Gedaliah was the one King Asa had made as part of his defence against Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the dead.

10 Ishmael made captives of all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah – the king’s daughters along with all the others who were left there, over whom Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set out to cross over to the Ammonites.

11 When Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him heard about all the crimes Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed,

12 they took all their men and went to fight Ishmael son of Nethaniah. They caught up with him near the great pool in Gibeon.

13 When all the people Ishmael had with him saw Johanan son of Kareah and the army officers who were with him, they were glad.

14 All the people Ishmael had taken captive at Mizpah turned and went over to Johanan son of Kareah.

15 But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and fled to the Ammonites.

Flight to Egypt

16 Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him led away all the people of Mizpah who had survived, whom Johanan had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had assassinated Gedaliah son of Ahikam – the soldiers, women, children and court officials he had recovered from Gibeon.

17 And they went on, stopping at Geruth Kimham near Bethlehem on their way to Egypt

18 to escape the Babylonians.* They were afraid of them because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed as governor over the land.

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