اَلْمُلُوكِ ٱلثَّانِي 17
| فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلثَّانِيةَ عَشْرَةَ لِآحَازَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، مَلَكَ هُوشَعُ بْنُ أَيْلَةَ فِي ٱلسَّامِرَةِ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ تِسْعَ سِنِينَ. | ١ 1 |
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, the reign of Hoshea son of Elah began. He ruled in Samaria over Israel for nine years.
| وَعَمِلَ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَلَكِنْ لَيْسَ كَمُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا قَبْلَهُ. | ٢ 2 |
He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him.
| وَصَعِدَ عَلَيْهِ شَلْمَنْأَسَرُ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ، فَصَارَ لَهُ هُوشَعُ عَبْدًا وَدَفَعَ لَهُ جِزْيَةً. | ٣ 3 |
Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his servant and brought him tribute.
| وَوَجَدَ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ فِي هُوشَعَ خِيَانَةً، لِأَنَّهُ أَرْسَلَ رُسُلًا إِلَى سَوَا مَلِكِ مِصْرَ، وَلَمْ يُؤَدِّ جِزْيَةً إِلَى مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ حَسَبَ كُلِّ سَنَةٍ، فَقَبَضَ عَلَيْهِ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ وَأَوْثَقَهُ فِي ٱلسِّجْنِ. | ٤ 4 |
Then the king of Assyria realized that Hoshea had been plotting against him, for Hoshea had sent messengers to So king of Egypt; also, he offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. So the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison.
| وَصَعِدَ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ عَلَى كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَصَعِدَ إِلَى ٱلسَّامِرَةِ وَحَاصَرَهَا ثَلَاثَ سِنِينَ. | ٥ 5 |
Then the king of Assyria attacked throughout all the land, and attacked Samaria and besieged it for three years.
| فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلتَّاسِعَةِ لِهُوشَعَ أَخَذَ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ ٱلسَّامِرَةَ، وَسَبَى إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى أَشُّورَ وَأَسْكَنَهُمْ فِي حَلَحَ وَخَابُورَ نَهْرِ جُوزَانَ وَفِي مُدُنِ مَادِي. | ٦ 6 |
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria. He put them in Halah, at the Habor River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
| وَكَانَ أَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَخْطَأُوا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمِ ٱلَّذِي أَصْعَدَهُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ مِنْ تَحْتِ يَدِ فِرْعَوْنَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ، وَٱتَّقَوْا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى، | ٧ 7 |
This captivity happened because the people of Israel had sinned against Yahweh their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. The people had been worshiping other gods
| وَسَلَكُوا حَسَبَ فَرَائِضِ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ طَرَدَهُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ مِنْ أَمَامِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَمُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَقَامُوهُمْ. | ٨ 8 |
and walking in the practices of the nations whom Yahweh had driven out before the people of Israel, and in the practices of the kings of Israel that they had done.
| وَعَمِلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ سِرًّا ضِدَّ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمْ أُمُورًا لَيْسَتْ بِمُسْتَقِيمَةٍ، وَبَنَوْا لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ مُرْتَفَعَاتٍ فِي جَمِيعِ مُدُنِهِمْ، مِنْ بُرْجِ ٱلنَّوَاطِيرِ إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱلْمُحَصَّنَةِ. | ٩ 9 |
The people of Israel did secretly—against Yahweh their God—things that were not right. They built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the watchtower to the fortress.
| وَأَقَامُوا لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ أَنْصَابًا وَسَوَارِيَ عَلَى كُلِّ تَلٍّ عَالٍ وَتَحْتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ. | ١٠ 10 |
They also set up stone pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
| وَأَوْقَدُوا هُنَاكَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ مِثْلَ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ سَاقَهُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ مِنْ أَمَامِهِمْ، وَعَمِلُوا أُمُورًا قَبِيحَةً لِإِغَاظَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ. | ١١ 11 |
There they burned incense in all the high places, as the nations had done, those whom Yahweh had carried away before them. The Israelites performed wicked things to provoke Yahweh to anger;
| وَعَبَدُوا ٱلْأَصْنَامَ ٱلَّتِي قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لَهُمْ عَنْهَا: «لَا تَعْمَلُوا هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ». | ١٢ 12 |
they worshiped idols, about which Yahweh had said to them, “You will not do this thing.”
| وَأَشْهَدَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ وَعَلَى يَهُوذَا عَنْ يَدِ جَمِيعِ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَكُلِّ رَاءٍ قَائِلًا: «ٱرْجِعُوا عَنْ طُرُقِكُمُ ٱلرَّدِيئَةِ وَٱحْفَظُوا وَصَايَايَ، فَرَائِضِي، حَسَبَ كُلِّ ٱلشَّرِيعَةِ ٱلَّتِي أَوْصَيْتُ بِهَا آبَاءَكُمْ، وَٱلَّتِي أَرْسَلْتُهَا إِلَيْكُمْ عَنْ يَدِ عَبِيدِي ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ». | ١٣ 13 |
Yet Yahweh had testified to Israel and to Judah by every prophet and every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways and keep my commandments and my statutes, and be careful to keep all the law I commanded your fathers, and that I sent to you by my servants the prophets.”
| فَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا بَلْ صَلَّبُوا أَقْفِيَتَهُمْ كَأَقْفِيَةِ آبَائِهِمِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمْ. | ١٤ 14 |
But they would not listen; instead they were very stubborn like their fathers who did not trust in Yahweh their God.
| وَرَفَضُوا فَرَائِضَهُ وَعَهْدَهُ ٱلَّذِي قَطَعَهُ مَعَ آبَائِهِمْ وَشَهَادَاتِهِ ٱلَّتِي شَهِدَ بِهَا عَلَيْهِمْ، وَسَارُوا وَرَاءَ ٱلْبَاطِلِ، وَصَارُوا بَاطِلًا وَرَاءَ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ حَوْلَهُمُ، ٱلَّذِينَ أَمَرَهُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ أَنْ لَا يَعْمَلُوا مِثْلَهُمْ. | ١٥ 15 |
They rejected his statutes and the covenant that he had made with their ancestors, and the covenant decrees that he had given to them. They followed useless practices and they themselves became useless. They followed the pagan nations who were around them, those that Yahweh had commanded them not to imitate.
| وَتَرَكُوا جَمِيعَ وَصَايَا ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمْ وَعَمِلُوا لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ مَسْبُوكَاتٍ عِجْلَيْنِ، وَعَمِلُوا سَوَارِيَ، وَسَجَدُوا لِجَمِيعِ جُنْدِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، وَعَبَدُوا ٱلْبَعْلَ. | ١٦ 16 |
They ignored all the commandments of Yahweh their God. They made cast metal figures of two calves to worship. They made an Asherah pole, and they worshiped all the stars of the heavens and Baal.
| وَعَبَّرُوا بَنِيهِمْ وَبَنَاتِهِمْ فِي ٱلنَّارِ، وَعَرَفُوا عِرَافَةً وَتَفَاءَلُوا، وَبَاعُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ لِعَمَلِ ٱلشَّرِّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ لِإِغَاظَتِهِ. | ١٧ 17 |
They made their sons and daughters pass through the fire, they used divination and enchantments, they sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and they provoked him to anger.
| فَغَضِبَ ٱلرَّبُّ جِدًّا عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ وَنَحَّاهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِهِ، وَلَمْ يَبْقَ إِلَّا سِبْطُ يَهُوذَا وَحْدَهُ. | ١٨ 18 |
Therefore Yahweh was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight. There was no one left but the tribe of Judah alone.
| وَيَهُوذَا أَيْضًا لَمْ يَحْفَظُوا وَصَايَا ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمْ، بَلْ سَلَكُوا فِي فَرَائِضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلُوهَا. | ١٩ 19 |
Even Judah did not keep the commandments of Yahweh their God, and they followed the practices that Israel had done.
| فَرَذَلَ ٱلرَّبُّ كُلَّ نَسْلِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَذَلَّهُمْ وَدَفَعَهُمْ لِيَدِ نَاهِبِينَ حَتَّى طَرَحَهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِهِ، | ٢٠ 20 |
So Yahweh rejected all the descendants of Israel; he afflicted them and gave them into the hand of those who would take the possession as spoil, until he had cast them out of his sight.
| لِأَنَّهُ شَقَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ بَيْتِ دَاوُدَ، فَمَلَّكُوا يَرُبْعَامَ بْنَ نَبَاطَ، فَأَبْعَدَ يَرُبْعَامُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَجَعَلَهُمْ يُخْطِئُونَ خَطِيَّةً عَظِيمَةً. | ٢١ 21 |
He tore Israel from the royal line of David, and they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king. Jeroboam drove Israel away from following Yahweh and made them commit a great sin.
| وَسَلَكَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي جَمِيعِ خَطَايَا يَرُبْعَامَ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَ. لَمْ يَحِيدُوا عَنْهَا | ٢٢ 22 |
The people of Israel followed all the sins of Jeroboam and they did not depart from them,
| حَتَّى نَحَّى ٱلرَّبُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَمَامِهِ كَمَا تَكَلَّمَ عَنْ يَدِ جَمِيعِ عَبِيدِهِ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ، فَسُبِيَ إِسْرَائِيلُ مِنْ أَرْضِهِ إِلَى أَشُّورَ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
so Yahweh removed Israel from his sight, as he had said through all his servants the prophets that he would. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria, and it is this way to this present day.
| وَأَتَى مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ بِقَوْمٍ مِنْ بَابِلَ وَكُوثَ وَعَوَّا وَحَمَاةَ وَسَفَرْوَايِمَ، وَأَسْكَنَهُمْ فِي مُدُنِ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ عِوَضًا عَنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَٱمْتَلَكُوا ٱلسَّامِرَةَ وَسَكَنُوا فِي مُدُنِهَا. | ٢٤ 24 |
The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon and from Kuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria in place of the people of Israel. They took over Samaria and lived in its cities.
| وَكَانَ فِي ٱبْتِدَاءِ سَكَنِهِمْ هُنَاكَ أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَتَّقُوا ٱلرَّبَّ، فَأَرْسَلَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَلَيْهِمِ ٱلسِّبَاعَ فَكَانَتْ تَقْتُلُ مِنْهُمْ. | ٢٥ 25 |
It happened at the beginning of their residence there that they did not honor Yahweh. So Yahweh sent lions among them which killed some of them.
| فَكَلَّمُوا مَلِكَ أَشُّورَ قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّ ٱلْأُمَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَيْتَهُمْ وَأَسْكَنْتَهُمْ فِي مُدُنِ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ، لَا يَعْرِفُونَ قَضَاءَ إِلَهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، فَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمِ ٱلسِّبَاعَ فَهِيَ تَقْتُلُهُمْ لِأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ قَضَاءَ إِلَهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ». | ٢٦ 26 |
So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The nations that you have carried away and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the practices required by the god of the land. So he has sent lions among them, and, see, the lions are killing people there because they do not know the practices required by the god of the land.”
| فَأَمَرَ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ قَائِلًا: «ٱبْعَثُوا إِلَى هُنَاكَ وَاحِدًا مِنَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَيْتُمُوهُمْ مِنْ هُنَاكَ فَيَذْهَبَ وَيَسْكُنَ هُنَاكَ، وَيُعَلِّمَهُمْ قَضَاءَ إِلَهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ». | ٢٧ 27 |
Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, “Take one of the priests there whom you brought from there, and let him go and live there, and let him teach them the practices required by the god of the land.”
| فَأَتَى وَاحِدٌ مِنَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَوْهُمْ مِنَ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ، وَسَكَنَ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَعَلَّمَهُمْ كَيْفَ يَتَّقُونَ ٱلرَّبَّ. | ٢٨ 28 |
So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in Bethel; he taught them how they should honor Yahweh.
| فَكَانَتْ كُلُّ أُمَّةٍ تَعْمَلُ آلِهَتَهَا وَوَضَعُوهَا فِي بُيُوتِ ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَهَا ٱلسَّامِرِيُّونَ، كُلُّ أُمَّةٍ فِي مُدُنِهَا ٱلَّتِي سَكَنَتْ فِيهَا. | ٢٩ 29 |
Every ethnic group made gods of their own, and put them in the high places that the Samaritans had made—every ethnic group in the cities where they lived.
| فَعَمِلَ أَهْلُ بَابِلَ سُكُّوثَ بَنُوثَ، وَأَهْلُ كُوثَ عَمِلُوا نَرْجَلَ، وَأَهْلُ حَمَاةَ عَمِلُوا أَشِيمَا، | ٣٠ 30 |
The people of Babylon made Succoth Benoth; the people of Kuthah made Nergal; the people of Hamath made Ashima;
| وَٱلْعُوِّيُّونَ عَمِلُوا نِبْحَزَ وَتَرْتَاقَ، وَٱلسَّفَرْوَايِمِيُّونَ كَانُوا يُحْرِقُونَ بَنِيهِمْ بِٱلنَّارِ لِأَدْرَمَّلَكَ وَعَنَمَّلَكَ إِلَهَيْ سَفَرْوَايِمَ. | ٣١ 31 |
the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak. The Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelek and Anammelek, the gods of the Sepharvites.
| فَكَانُوا يَتَّقُونَ ٱلرَّبَّ، وَيَعْمَلُونَ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ مِنْ أَطْرَافِهِمْ كَهَنَةَ مُرْتَفَعَاتٍ، كَانُوا يُقَرِّبُونَ لِأَجْلِهِمْ فِي بُيُوتِ ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ. | ٣٢ 32 |
They also honored Yahweh, and appointed from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the temples at the high places.
| كَانُوا يَتَّقُونَ ٱلرَّبَّ وَيَعْبُدُونَ آلِهتَهُمْ كَعَادَةِ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَوْهُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ | ٣٣ 33 |
They honored Yahweh and also worshiped their own gods, in the customs of the nations from among whom they had been taken away.
| إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ يَعْمَلُونَ كَعَادَاتِهِمِ ٱلْأُوَلِ. لَا يَتَّقُونَ ٱلرَّبَّ وَلَا يَعْمَلُونَ حَسَبَ فَرَائِضِهِمْ وَعَوَائِدِهِمْ وَلَا حَسَبَ ٱلشَّرِيعَةِ وَٱلْوَصِيَّةِ ٱلَّتِي أَمَرَ بِهَا ٱلرَّبُّ بَنِي يَعْقُوبَ، ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ ٱسْمَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٣٤ 34 |
To this day they persist in their old customs. They neither honor Yahweh, nor do they follow the statutes, decrees, the law, or the commandments that Yahweh gave to the people of Jacob—whom he named Israel—
| وَقَطَعَ ٱلرَّبُّ مَعَهُمْ عَهْدًا وَأَمَرَهُمْ قَائِلًا: «لَا تَتَّقُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى، وَلَا تَسْجُدُوا لَهَا وَلَا تَعْبُدُوهَا وَلَا تَذْبَحُوا لَهَا. | ٣٥ 35 |
and with whom Yahweh had made a covenant and commanded them, “You will not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor worship them, nor sacrifice to them.
| بَلْ إِنَّمَا ٱتَّقُوا ٱلرَّبَّ ٱلَّذِي أَصْعَدَكُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ بِقُوَّةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ وَذِرَاعٍ مَمْدُودَةٍ، وَلَهُ ٱسْجُدُوا، وَلَهُ ٱذْبَحُوا. | ٣٦ 36 |
But Yahweh, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and a raised arm, is the one you must honor; it is to him that you will prostrate yourselves, and it is to him that you will sacrifice.
| وَٱحْفَظُوا ٱلْفَرَائِضَ وَٱلْأَحْكَامَ وَٱلشَّرِيعَةَ وَٱلْوَصِيَّةَ ٱلَّتِي كَتَبَهَا لَكُمْ لِتَعْمَلُوا بِهَا كُلَّ ٱلْأَيَّامِ، وَلَا تَتَّقُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى. | ٣٧ 37 |
The statutes and the decrees, the law and the commandments that he wrote for you, you will keep them forever. So you must not fear other gods,
| وَلَا تَنْسَوْا ٱلْعَهْدَ ٱلَّذِي قَطَعْتُهُ مَعَكُمْ، وَلَا تَتَّقُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى. | ٣٨ 38 |
and the covenant that I have made with you, you will not forget; neither will you honor other gods.
| بَلْ إِنَّمَا ٱتَّقُوا ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ وَهُوَ يُنْقِذُكُمْ مِنْ أَيْدِي جَمِيعِ أَعْدَائِكُمْ». | ٣٩ 39 |
But Yahweh your God is who you will honor. He will rescue you from the might of your enemies.”
| فَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا بَلْ عَمِلُوا حَسَبَ عَادَتِهِمِ ٱلْأُولَى. | ٤٠ 40 |
They would not listen, because they continued to do what they had done in the past.
| فَكَانَ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْأُمَمُ يَتَّقُونَ ٱلرَّبَّ، وَيَعْبُدُونَ تَمَاثِيلَهُمْ، وَأَيْضًا بَنُوهُمْ وَبَنُو بَنِيهِمْ. فَكَمَا عَمِلَ آبَاؤُهُمْ هَكَذَا هُمْ عَامِلُونَ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. | ٤١ 41 |
So these nations feared Yahweh and they also worshiped their carved figures, and their children did the same—as did their children's children. They continue to do what their ancestors did, up to this day.
