اَلْمُلُوكِ ٱلثَّانِي 6
| وَقَالَ بَنُو ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ لِأَلِيشَعَ: «هُوَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعُ ٱلَّذِي نَحْنُ مُقِيمُونَ فِيهِ أَمَامَكَ ضَيِّقٌ عَلَيْنَا. | ١ 1 |
The sons of the prophets told Elisha, “Look, the place we meet with you is too small for us.
| فَلْنَذْهَبْ إِلَى ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ وَنَأْخُذْ مِنْ هُنَاكَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ خَشَبَةً، وَنَعْمَلْ لِأَنْفُسِنَا هُنَاكَ مَوْضِعًا لِنُقِيمَ فِيهِ». فَقَالَ: «ٱذْهَبُوا». | ٢ 2 |
Let's go to the Jordan and each of us can carry one log back. We can build a new place there for us to meet.” “Go ahead,” said Elisha.
| فَقَالَ وَاحِدٌ: «ٱقْبَلْ وَٱذْهَبْ مَعَ عَبِيدِكَ». فَقَالَ: «إِنِّي أَذْهَبُ». | ٣ 3 |
One of them asked, “Please come with your servants.” “I'll come,” he replied.
| فَٱنْطَلَقَ مَعَهُمْ. وَلَمَّا وَصَلُوا إِلَى ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ قَطَعُوا خَشَبًا. | ٤ 4 |
So he went with them. When they got to the Jordan, they started cutting down trees.
| وَإِذْ كَانَ وَاحِدٌ يَقْطَعُ خَشَبَةً، وَقَعَ ٱلْحَدِيدُ فِي ٱلْمَاءِ. فَصَرَخَ وَقَالَ: «آهِ يَا سَيِّدِي! لِأَنَّهُ عَارِيَةٌ». | ٥ 5 |
But as one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axhead fell into the water. “Oh no! My master, it was one that was borrowed!” he shouted.
| فَقَالَ رَجُلُ ٱللهِ: «أَيْنَ سَقَطَ؟» فَأَرَاهُ ٱلْمَوْضِعَ، فَقَطَعَ عُودًا وَأَلْقَاهُ هُنَاكَ، فَطَفَا ٱلْحَدِيدُ. | ٦ 6 |
“Where did it fall?” the man of God asked. When he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it in there, and made the iron axhead float.
| فَقَالَ: «ٱرْفَعْهُ لِنَفْسِكَ». فَمَدَّ يَدَهُ وَأَخَذَهُ. | ٧ 7 |
“Pick it up,” Elisha told the man. So he reached out his hand and picked it up.
| وَأَمَّا مَلِكُ أَرَامَ فَكَانَ يُحَارِبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَتَآمَرَ مَعَ عَبِيدِهِ قَائِلًا: «فِي ٱلْمَكَانِ ٱلْفُلَانِيِّ تَكُونُ مَحَلَّتِي». | ٨ 8 |
The Aramean king was at war with Israel. After consulting with his officers, he said, “I will set up my camp in this particular place.”
| فَأَرْسَلَ رَجُلُ ٱللهِ إِلَى مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ يَقُولُ: «ٱحْذَرْ مِنْ أَنْ تَعْبُرَ بِهَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْأَرَامِيِّينَ حَالُّونَ هُنَاكَ». | ٩ 9 |
Then the man of God sent a warning to the king of Israel: “Watch out if you go near this place, because the Arameans are going to be there.”
| فَأَرْسَلَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى ٱلْمَوْضِعِ ٱلَّذِي قَالَ لَهُ عَنْهُ رَجُلُ ٱللهِ وَحَذَّرَهُ مِنْهُ وَتَحَفَّظَ هُنَاكَ، لَا مَرَّةً وَلَا مَرَّتَيْنِ. | ١٠ 10 |
So the king of Israel sent a warning to the place the man of God had indicated. Elisha repeatedly warned the king, so that he was on the alert in those places.
| فَٱضْطَرَبَ قَلْبُ مَلِكِ أَرَامَ مِنْ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ، وَدَعَا عَبِيدَهُ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَمَا تُخْبِرُونَنِي مَنْ مِنَّا هُوَ لِمَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟» | ١١ 11 |
This made the Aramean king really mad. He summoned his officers, demanding an answer: “Tell me, which of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”
| فَقَالَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ عَبِيدِهِ: «لَيْسَ هَكَذَا يَا سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكَ. وَلَكِنَّ أَلِيشَعَ ٱلنَّبِيَّ ٱلَّذِي فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، يُخْبِرُ مَلِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِٱلْأُمُورِ ٱلَّتِي تَتَكَلَّمُ بِهَا فِي مُخْدَعِ مِضْطَجَعِكَ». | ١٢ 12 |
“It's none of us, my lord the king,” one of his officers replied. “It's Elisha, the prophet who lives in Israel—he tells the king of Israel even what you say in your bedroom.”
| فَقَالَ: «ٱذْهَبُوا وَٱنْظُرُوا أَيْنَ هُوَ، فَأُرْسِلَ وَآخُذَهُ». فَأُخْبِرَ وَقِيلَ لَهُ: «هُوَذَا هُوَ فِي دُوثَانَ». | ١٣ 13 |
So the king gave the order, “Go and find out where he is so I can send soldiers to capture him.” He was told, “Elisha is in Dothan.”
| فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ خَيْلًا وَمَرْكَبَاتٍ وَجَيْشًا ثَقِيلًا، وَجَاءُوا لَيْلًا وَأَحَاطُوا بِٱلْمَدِينَةِ. | ١٤ 14 |
So he sent horses, chariots, and a large army. They came at night and surrounded the town.
| فَبَكَّرَ خَادِمُ رَجُلِ ٱللهِ وَقَامَ وَخَرَجَ، وَإِذَا جَيْشٌ مُحِيطٌ بِٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَخَيْلٌ وَمَرْكَبَاتٌ. فَقَالَ غُلَامُهُ لَهُ: «آهِ يَاسَيِّدِي! كَيْفَ نَعْمَلُ؟» | ١٥ 15 |
Early in the morning when the servant of the man of God got up, he went out and saw that an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. “Oh, my master, what are we going to do?” he asked Elisha.
| فَقَالَ: «لَا تَخَفْ، لِأَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَنَا أَكْثَرُ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُمْ». | ١٦ 16 |
Elisha replied, “Don't be afraid, for there are many more who are with us than there are with them!”
| وَصَلَّى أَلِيشَعُ وَقَالَ: «يَارَبُّ، ٱفْتَحْ عَيْنَيْهِ فَيُبْصِرَ». فَفَتَحَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَيْنَيِ ٱلْغُلَامِ فَأَبْصَرَ، وَإِذَا ٱلْجَبَلُ مَمْلُوءٌ خَيْلًا وَمَرْكَبَاتِ نَارٍ حَوْلَ أَلِيشَعَ. | ١٧ 17 |
Elisha prayed, saying, “Lord, please open his eyes so he can see.” The Lord opened the servant's eyes, and when he looked he saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
| وَلَمَّا نَزَلُوا إِلَيْهِ صَلَّى أَلِيشَعُ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ وَقَالَ: «ٱضْرِبْ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْأُمَمَ بِٱلْعَمَى». فَضَرَبَهُمْ بِٱلْعَمَى كَقَوْلِ أَلِيشَعَ. | ١٨ 18 |
As the army descended on him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So he struck them with blindness, as Elisha had asked.
| فَقَالَ لَهُمْ أَلِيشَعُ: «لَيْسَتْ هَذِهِ هِيَ ٱلطَّرِيقَ، وَلَا هَذِهِ هِيَ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ. ٱتْبَعُونِي فَأَسِيرَ بِكُمْ إِلَى ٱلرَّجُلِ ٱلَّذِي تُفَتِّشُونَ عَلَيْهِ». فَسَارَ بِهِمْ إِلَى ٱلسَّامِرَةِ. | ١٩ 19 |
Then Elisha went and told them, “This isn't the right road, and this isn't the right town. Follow me, and I'll take you to the man you're looking for.” He led them to Samaria.
| فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا ٱلسَّامِرَةَ قَالَ أَلِيشَعُ: «يَارَبُّ ٱفْتَحْ أَعْيُنَ هَؤُلَاءِ فَيُبْصِرُوا». فَفَتَحَ ٱلرَّبُّ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَأَبْصَرُوا وَإِذَا هُمْ فِي وَسْطِ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ. | ٢٠ 20 |
After they had entered Samaria, Elisha prayed, “Lord, open the eyes of these men that they can see.” The Lord opened their eyes, and they looked around and saw that they were in Samaria.
| فَقَالَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِأَلِيشَعَ لَمَّا رَآهُمْ: «هَلْ أَضْرِبُ؟ هَلْ أَضْرِبُ يَا أَبِي؟» | ٢١ 21 |
When the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”
| فَقَالَ: «لَا تَضْرِبْ. تَضْرِبُ ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَيْتَهُمْ بِسَيْفِكَ وَبِقَوْسِكَ. ضَعْ خُبْزًا وَمَاءً أَمَامَهُمْ فَيَأْكُلُوا وَيَشْرَبُوا، ثُمَّ يَنْطَلِقُوا إِلَى سَيِّدِهِمْ». | ٢٢ 22 |
“No, don't you kill them!” he replied. “Would you kill prisoners you captured with your own sword or bow? Give them some food and water so that they may eat and drink, and then let them go back to their master.”
| فَأَوْلَمَ لَهُمْ وَلِيمَةً عَظِيمَةً فَأَكَلُوا وَشَرِبُوا، ثُمَّ أَطْلَقَهُمْ فَٱنْطَلَقُوا إِلَى سَيِّدِهِمْ. وَلَمْ تَعُدْ أَيْضًا جُيُوشُ أَرَامَ تَدْخُلُ إِلَى أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٢٣ 23 |
So the king had a great feast prepared for them, and once they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them back to their master. The Aramean raiders did not enter the land of Israel again.
| وَكَانَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ بَنْهَدَدَ مَلِكَ أَرَامَ جَمَعَ كُلَّ جَيْشِهِ وَصَعِدَ فَحَاصَرَ ٱلسَّامِرَةَ. | ٢٤ 24 |
Sometime after this Ben-hadad king of Aram called up all his army and went to lay siege to Samaria.
| وَكَانَ جُوعٌ شَدِيدٌ فِي ٱلسَّامِرَةِ. وَهُمْ حَاصَرُوهَا حَتَّى صَارَ رَأْسُ ٱلْحِمَارِ بِثَمَانِينَ مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ، وَرُبْعُ ٱلْقَابِ مِنْ زِبْلِ ٱلْحَمَامِ بِخَمْسٍ مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
So there was a major famine in Samaria. In fact the siege lasted so long that a donkey's head cost eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove's dung cost five shekels of silver.
| وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ جَائِزًا عَلَى ٱلسُّورِ صَرَخَتِ ٱمْرَأَةٌ إِلَيْهِ تَقُولُ: «خَلِّصْ يَا سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكَ». | ٢٦ 26 |
As the king of Israel was walking by on the city wall, a woman called out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
| فَقَالَ: «لَا! يُخَلِّصْكِ ٱلرَّبُّ. مِنْ أَيْنَ أُخَلِّصُكِ؟ أَمِنَ ٱلْبَيْدَرِ أَوْ مِنَ ٱلْمِعْصَرَةِ؟» | ٢٧ 27 |
“If the Lord doesn't help you, why would you think I can help you?” the king replied. “I don't have grain from the threshing floor, or wine from the winepress.”
| ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ: «مَا لَكِ؟» فَقَالَتْ: «إِنَّ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَرْأَةَ قَدْ قَالَتْ لِي: هَاتِي ٱبْنَكِ فَنَأْكُلَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ ثُمَّ، نَأْكُلَ ٱبْنِي غَدًا. | ٢٨ 28 |
But then he asked her, “What's the problem?” “This woman told me, ‘Give up your son and we'll eat him today, and tomorrow we'll eat my son,’” she answered.
| فَسَلَقْنَا ٱبْنِي وَأَكَلْنَاهُ. ثُمَّ قُلْتُ لَهَا فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْآخَرِ: هَاتِي ٱبْنَكِ فَنَأْكُلَهُ فَخَبَّأَتِ ٱبْنَهَا». | ٢٩ 29 |
“So we cooked my son and we ate him. The next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son so we can eat him,’ but she's hidden her son.”
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ٱلْمَلِكُ كَلَامَ ٱلْمَرْأَةِ مَزَّقَ ثِيَابَهُ وَهُوَ مُجْتَازٌ عَلَى ٱلسُّورِ، فَنَظَرَ ٱلشَّعْبُ وَإِذَا مِسْحٌ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ عَلَى جَسَدِهِ. | ٣٠ 30 |
When the king heard what the woman said he ripped his clothes. As he walked by on the wall, the people saw that he was wearing sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.
| فَقَالَ: «هَكَذَا يَصْنَعُ لِي ٱللهُ وَهَكَذَا يَزِيدُ، إِنْ قَامَ رَأْسُ أَلِيشَعَ بْنِ شَافَاطَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْيَوْمَ». | ٣١ 31 |
“May God punish me very severely if the head of Elisha, son of Shaphat, remains on his shoulders today!” he declared.
| وَكَانَ أَلِيشَعُ جَالِسًا فِي بَيْتِهِ وَٱلشُّيُوخُ جُلُوسًا عِنْدَهُ. فَأَرْسَلَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَمَامِهِ. وَقَبْلَمَا أَتَى ٱلرَّسُولُ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ لِلشُّيُوخِ: «هَلْ رَأَيْتُمْ أَنَّ ٱبْنَ ٱلْقَاتِلِ هَذَا قَدْ أَرْسَلَ لِكَيْ يَقْطَعَ رَأْسِي؟ ٱنْظُرُوا! إِذَا جَاءَ ٱلرَّسُولُ فَأَغْلِقُوا ٱلْبَابَ وَٱحْصُرُوهُ عِنْدَ ٱلْبَابِ. أَلَيْسَ صَوْتُ قَدَمَيْ سَيِّدِهِ وَرَاءَهُ؟». | ٣٢ 32 |
Elisha was sitting in his house with the elders. The king had sent a messenger on ahead, but before he got there, Elisha told the elders, “Can you see how this murderer is sending someone to cut off my head? So, as soon as the messenger arrives, close the door and hold it shut against him. Isn't that the sound of his master's footsteps following him?”
| وَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ يُكَلِّمُهُمْ إِذَا بِٱلرَّسُولِ نَازِلٌ إِلَيْهِ. فَقَالَ: «هُوَذَا هَذَا ٱلشَّرُّ هُوَ مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ. مَاذَا أَنْتَظِرُ مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ بَعْدُ؟». | ٣٣ 33 |
While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger arrived. The king said, “This disaster is from the Lord. Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?”
