Jeremiah 39

bashanah hatteshi'it letsidqiyyahu melekh-yehudah bakhodesh ha'asiri ba nevukhadretsar melekh-bavel vekhol-khelo el-yerushalai͏m vayyatsuru aleha

In the ninth year of King Zedekiah of Judah, in the tenth month, King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon moved against Jerusalem with his whole army, and they laid siege to it.

be'ashte-esreh shanah letsidqiyyahu bakhodesh harevi'i betishah lakhodesh hovqe'ah ha'ir

And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, on the ninth day of the fourth month, the [walls of] the city were breached.

vayyavo'u kol sare melekh-bavel vayyeshevu besha'ar hattavekh neregal saretser samgar-nevu sar-sekhim rav-saris neregal saretser rav-mag vekhol-she'erit sare melekh bavel

All the officers of the king of Babylon entered, and took up quarters at the middle gate—Nergal-sarezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim the Rab-saris, Nergal-sarezer the Rab-mag, and all the rest of the officers of the king of Babylon.

vayehi ka'asher ra'am tsidqiyyahu melekh-yehudah vekhol anshe hammilkhamah vayyivrekhu vayyetse'u laylah min-ha'ir derekh gan hammelekh besha'ar ben hakhomotayim vayyetse derekh ha'aravah

When King Zedekiah of Judah saw them, he and all the soldiers fled. They left the city at night, by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the double walls; and he set out toward the Arabah.

vayyirdefu khel-kasdim akharehem vayyassigu et-tsidqiyyahu be'arvot yerekho vayyiqkhu oto vayya'aluhu el-nevukhadretsar melekh-bavel rivlatah be'erets khamat vayedabber itto mishpatim

But the Chaldean troops pursued them, and they overtook Zedekiah in the steppes of Jericho. They captured him and brought him before King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon at Riblah in the region of Hamath; and he put him on trial.

vayyishkhat melekh bavel et-bene tsidqiyyahu berivlah le'enayw ve'et kol-khore yehudah shakhat melekh bavel

The king of Babylon had Zedekiah’s sons slaughtered at Riblah before his eyes; the king of Babylon had all the nobles of Judah slaughtered.

ve'et-ene tsidqiyyahu ivver vayya'asrehu bankhushtayim lavi oto bavelah

Then the eyes of Zedekiah were put out and he was chained in bronze fetters, that he might be brought to Babylon.

ve'et-bet hammelekh ve'et-bet ha'am sarefu hakkasdim ba'esh ve'et-khomot yerushalai͏m natatsu

The Chaldeans burned down the king’s palace and the houses of the people by fire, and they tore down the walls of Jerusalem.

ve'et yeter ha'am hannisharim ba'ir ve'et-hannofelim asher nafelu alayw ve'et yeter ha'am hannisharim heglah nevuzaradan rav-tabbakhim bavel

The remnant of the people that was left in the city, and the defectors who had gone over to him—the remnant of the people that was left—were exiled by Nebuzaradan, the chief of the guards, to Babylon.

umin-ha'am haddallim asher en-lahem me'umah hishir nevuzaradan rav-tabbakhim be'erets yehudah vayyitten lahem keramim vigevim bayyom hahu

But some of the poorest people who owned nothing were left in the land of Judah by Nebuzaradan, the chief of the guards, and he gave them vineyards and fields at that time.

vayetsav nevukhadretsar melekh-bavel al-yirmeyahu beyad nevuzaradan rav-tabbakhim lemor

King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon had given orders to Nebuzaradan, the chief of the guards, concerning Jeremiah:

qakhennu ve'enekha sim alayw ve'al-ta'as lo me'umah ra ki (m) ka'asher yedabber elekha ken aseh immo

“Take him and look after him; do him no harm, but grant whatever he asks of you.”

vayyishlakh nevuzaradan rav-tabbakhim unevushazban rav-saris veneregal saretser rav-mag vekhol rabbe melekh-bavel

So Nebuzaradan, the chief of the guards, and Nebushazban the Rab-saris, and Nergal-sarezer the Rab-mag, and all the commanders of the king of Babylon sent

vayyishlekhu vayyiqkhu et-yirmeyahu mekhatsar hammattarah vayyittenu oto el-gedalyahu ben-akhiqam ben-shafan lehotsi'ehu el-habbayit vayyeshev betokh ha'am

and had Jeremiah brought from the prison compound. They committed him to the care of Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, that he might be left at liberty in a house. So he dwelt among the people.

ve'el-yirmeyahu hayah devar-Adonai bihyoto atsur bakhatsar hammattarah lemor

The word of GOD had come to Jeremiah while he was still confined in the prison compound:

halokh ve'amarta le'eved-melekh hakkushi lemor koh-amar Adonai tseva'ot elohe yisra'el hinni mevi et-devaray el-ha'ir hazzot lera'ah velo letovah vehayu lefanekha bayyom hahu

Go and say to Ebed-melech the Cushite: “Thus said GOD of Hosts, the God of Israel: I am going to fulfill My words concerning this city—for disaster, not for good—and they shall come true on that day in your presence.

vehitsaltikha vayyom-hahu ne'um-Adonai velo tinnaten beyad ha'anashim asher-attah yagor mippenehem

But I will save you on that day—declares GOD; you shall not be delivered into the hands of those you dread.

ki mallet amalletkha uvakherev lo tippol vehayetah lekha nafshekha leshalal ki-vatakhta bi ne'um-Adonai

I will rescue you, and you shall not fall by the sword. You shall escape with your life, because you trusted Me—declares GOD.”