٢ أخبار 16

١ 1 فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلسَّادِسَةِ وَٱلثَّلَاثِينَ لِمُلْكِ آسَا صَعِدَ بَعْشَا مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى يَهُوذَا، وَبَنَى ٱلرَّامَةَ لِكَيْلَا يَدَعَ أَحَدًا يَخْرُجُ أَوْ يَدْخُلُ إِلَى آسَا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا.

And in the thirty-eighth year of the reign of Asa, the king of Israel went up against Juda, and built Rama, so as not to allow egress or ingress to Asa king of Juda.

٢ 2 وَأَخْرَجَ آسَا فِضَّةً وَذَهَبًا مِنْ خَزَائِنِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَبَيْتِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى بَنْهَدَدَ مَلِكِ أَرَامَ ٱلسَّاكِنِ فِي دِمَشْقَ قَائِلًا:

And Asa took silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Lord, and of the king's house, and sent [them] to the son of Ader king of Syria, which lived in Damascus, saying,

٣ 3 «إِنَّ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ، وَبَيْنَ أَبِي وَأَبِيكَ عَهْدًا. هُوَذَا قَدْ أَرْسَلْتُ لَكَ فِضَّةً وَذَهَبًا، فَتَعَالَ ٱنْقُضْ عَهْدَكَ مَعَ بَعْشَا مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَيَصْعَدَ عَنِّي».

Make a covenant between me and you, and between my father and your father: behold, I have sent you gold and silver: come, and turn away from me Baasa king of Israel, and let him depart from me.

٤ 4 فَسَمِعَ بَنْهَدَدُ لِلْمَلِكِ آسَا، وَأَرْسَلَ رُؤَسَاءَ ٱلْجُيُوشِ ٱلَّتِي لَهُ عَلَى مُدُنِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَضَرَبُوا عُيُونَ وَدَانَ وَآبَلَ ٱلْمِيَاهِ وَجَمِيعَ مَخَازِنِ مُدُنِ نَفْتَالِي.

And the son of Ader listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his host against the cities of Israel; and struck Aeon, and Dan, and Abelmain, and all the country round Nephthali.

٥ 5 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ بَعْشَا كَفَّ عَنْ بِنَاءِ ٱلرَّامَةِ وَتَرَكَ عَمَلَهُ.

And it came to pass when Baasa heard [it] he left off building Rama, and put a stop to his work:

٦ 6 فَأَخَذَ آسَا ٱلْمَلِكُ كُلَّ يَهُوذَا، فَحَمَلُوا حِجَارَةَ ٱلرَّامَةِ وَأَخْشَابَهَا ٱلَّتِي بَنَى بِهَا بَعْشَا، وَبَنَى بِهَا جَبْعَ وَٱلْمِصْفَاةَ.

then king Asa took all Juda, and took the stones of Rama, and its timber, [with] which Baasa [had] built; and he built with them Gabae and Maspha.

٧ 7 وَفِي ذَلِكَ ٱلزَّمَانِ جَاءَ حَنَانِي ٱلرَّائِي إِلَى آسَا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا وَقَالَ لَهُ: «مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّكَ ٱسْتَنَدْتَ عَلَى مَلِكِ أَرَامَ وَلَمْ تَسْتَنِدْ عَلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ، لِذَلِكَ قَدْ نَجَا جَيْشُ مَلِكِ أَرَامَ مِنْ يَدِكَ.

And at that time came Anani the prophet to Asa king of Juda, and said to him, Because you did trust on the king of Syria, and did not trust on the Lord your God, therefore the army of Syria is escaped out of your hand.

٨ 8 أَلَمْ يَكُنِ ٱلْكُوشِيُّونَ وَٱللُّوبِيُّونَ جَيْشًا كَثِيرًا بِمَرْكَبَاتٍ وَفُرْسَانٍ كَثِيرَةٍ جِدًّا؟ فَمِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّكَ ٱسْتَنَدْتَ عَلَى ٱلرَّبِّ دَفَعَهُمْ لِيَدِكَ.

Were not the Ethiopians and Libyans a great force, in courage, in horsemen, in great numbers? and did not He deliver them into your hands, because you trusted in the Lord?

٩ 9 لِأَنَّ عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ تَجُولَانِ فِي كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيَتَشَدَّدَ مَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ قُلُوبُهُمْ كَامِلَةٌ نَحْوَهُ، فَقَدْ حَمِقْتَ فِي هَذَا حَتَّى إِنَّهُ مِنَ ٱلْآنَ تَكُونُ عَلَيْكَ حُرُوبٌ.

For the eyes of the Lord look upon all the earth, to strengthen every heart that is perfect towards him. In this you have done foolishly; henceforth there shall be war with you.

١٠ 10 فَغَضِبَ آسَا عَلَى ٱلرَّائِي وَوَضَعَهُ فِي ٱلسِّجْنِ، لِأَنَّهُ ٱغْتَاظَ مِنْهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا، وَضَايَقَ آسَا بَعْضًا مِنَ ٱلشَّعْبِ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ.

And Asa was angry with the prophet, and put him in prison, for he was angry at this: and Asa vexed some of the people at that time.

١١ 11 وَأُمُورُ آسَا ٱلْأُولَى وَٱلْأَخِيرَةُ، هَاهِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي سِفْرِ ٱلْمُلُوكِ لِيَهُوذَا وَإِسْرَائِيلَ.

And, behold, the acts of Asa, the first and the last, [are] written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel.

١٢ 12 وَمَرِضَ آسَا فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلتَّاسِعَةِ وَٱلثَّلَاثِينَ مِنْ مُلْكِهِ فِي رِجْلَيْهِ حَتَّى ٱشْتَدَّ مَرَضُهُ، وَفِي مَرَضِهِ أَيْضًا لَمْ يَطْلُبِ ٱلرَّبَّ بَلِ ٱلْأَطِبَّاءَ.

And Asa was diseased [in] his feet in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, until he was very ill: but in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians.

١٣ 13 ثُمَّ ٱضْطَجَعَ آسَا مَعَ آبَائِهِ وَمَاتَ فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلْحَادِيَةِ وَٱلْأَرْبَعِينَ لِمُلْكِهِ،

And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the forties year of his reign.

١٤ 14 فَدَفَنُوهُ فِي قُبُورِهِ ٱلَّتِي حَفَرَهَا لِنَفْسِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ، وَأَضْجَعُوهُ فِي سَرِيرٍ كَانَ مَمْلُوًّا أَطْيَابًا وَأَصْنَافًا عَطِرَةً حَسَبَ صِنَاعَةِ ٱلْعِطَارَةِ. وَأَحْرَقُوا لَهُ حَرِيقَةً عَظِيمَةً جِدًّا.

And they buried him in the sepulchre which he had dug for himself in the city of David, and they laid him on a bed, and filled [it] with spices and [all] kinds of perfumes of the apothecaries; and they made for him a very great funeral.