1 مُلُوك 2

١ 1 وَعِنْدَمَا أَحَسَّ دَاوُدُ بِدُنُوِّ أَجَلِهِ، أَوْصَى سُلَيْمَانَ ابْنَهُ قَائِلاً:

And the days of David drew near that he should die: and he addressed his son Solomon, saying, I go the way of all the earth:

٢ 2 «أَنَا مَاضٍ إِلَى مَصِيرِ كُلِّ أَهْلِ الأَرْضِ، فَتَشَجَّعْ وَكُنْ رَجُلاً.

but be you strong, and show yourself a man;

٣ 3 احْفَظْ شَرَائِعَ إِلَهِكَ. سِرْ فِي سُبُلِهِ وَأَطِعْ فَرَائِضَهُ وَوَصَايَاهُ وَأَحْكَامَهُ وَشَهَادَاتِهِ، كَمَا هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى، لِيُحَالِفَكَ النَّجَاحُ فِي كُلِّ مَا تَفْعَلُ وَحَيْثُمَا تَتَوَجَّهُ،

and keep the charge of the Lord your God, to walk in his ways, to keep the commandments and the ordinances and the judgments which are written in the law of Moses; that you may understand what you shall do in all things that I command you:

٤ 4 فَيُحَقِّقَ الرَّبُّ وُعُودَهُ الَّتِي وَعَدَنِي بِها قَائِلاً: إِذَا حَفِظَ بَنُوكَ طَرِيقَهُمْ وَسَلَكُوا أَمَامِي بِإِخْلاصٍ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَأَنْفُسِهِمْ، فَإِنَّهُ لَنْ يَنْقَطِعَ لَكَ رَجُلٌ عَنِ اعْتِلاءِ عَرْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

that the Lord may confirm his word which he spoke, saying, If your children shall take heed to their way to walk before me in truth with all their heart, [I promise you], saying, there shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.

٥ 5 أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ مَا جَنَاهُ عَلَيَّ يُوآبُ ابْنُ صُرُوِيَّةَ حِينَ قَتَلَ قَائِدَيْ جُيُوشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: أَبْنَيْرَ بْنَ نَيْرٍ وَعَمَاسَا بْنَ يَثْرٍ، فَسَفَكَ دَماً فِي وَقْتِ السِّلْمِ، وَكَأَنَّهُ فِي خِضَمِّ حَرْبٍ، فَلَطَّخَ بِذَلِكَ الدَّمِ حِزَامَ حَقَوَيْهِ وَنَعْلَيْ رِجْلَيْهِ.

Moreover you know all that Joab the son of Saruia did to me, what he did to the two captains of the forces of Israel, to Abenner the son of Ner, and to Amessai the son of Jether, that he killed them, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put innocent blood on his girdle that was about his loins, and on his sandal that was on his foot.

٦ 6 فَاقْضِ بِمَا تُمْلِيهِ عَلَيْكَ حِكْمَتُكَ، وَلا تَدَعْ رَأْسَهُ الأَشْيَبَ يَمُوتُ فِي سَلامٍ. (Sheol h7585)

Therefore you shall deal [with him] according to your wisdom, and you shall not bring down his grey hairs in peace to the grave. (Sheol h7585)

٧ 7 وَاصْنَعْ مَعْرُوفاً لِبَنِي بَرْزِلَّايِ الْجِلْعَادِيِّ، فَيَكُونُوا بَيْنَ الآكِلِينَ الدَّائِمِينَ عَلَى مَائِدَتِكَ، لأَنَّهُمْ وَقَفُوا إِلَى جَانِبِي عِنْدَ هُرُوبِي مِنْ وَجْهِ أَبْشَالُومَ أَخِيكَ.

But you shall deal kindly with the sons of Berzelli the Galaadite, and they shall be among those that eat at your table; for thus they drew near to me when I fled from the face of your brother Abessalom.

٨ 8 وَهُنَاكَ أَيْضاً شِمْعِي بْنُ جِيرَا الْبِنْيَامِينِيُّ مِنْ بَحُورِيمَ، فَقَدْ صَبَّ عَلَيَّ أَشَدَّ اللَّعْنَاتِ يَوْمَ انْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى مَحَنَايِمَ، وَلَكِنَّهُ انْحَدَرَ لِلِقَائِي عِنْدَ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ مُسْتَغْفِراً، فَحَلَفْتُ لَهُ بِالرَّبِّ أَنَّنِي لَنْ أُمِيتَهُ بِالسَّيْفِ،

And, behold, [there is] with you Semei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Baurim: and he cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went into the camp; and he came down to Jordan to meet me, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword.

٩ 9 أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَلا تُبَرِّرْهُ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ، وَأَنْتَ رَجُلٌ حَكِيمٌ، فَانْظُرْ مَا تُعَاقِبُهُ بِهِ. أَحْدِرْ شَيْبَتَهُ إِلَى الْقَبْرِ مُلَطَّخَةً بِالدَّمِ». (Sheol h7585)

But you shall by no means hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man, and will know what you shall do to him, and shall bring down his grey hairs with blood to the grave. (Sheol h7585)

١٠ 10 ثُمَّ مَاتَ دَاوُدُ وَدُفِنَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

١١ 11 وَكَانَتْ فَتْرَةُ حُكْمِ دَاوُدَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً، مَلَكَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ فِي حَبْرُونَ وَثَلاثاً وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

And the days which David reigned over Israel [were] forty years; he reigned seven years in Chebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

١٢ 12 وَأَصْبَحَ سُلَيْمَانُ مَلِكاً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ خَلَفاً لِوَالِدِهِ دَاوُدَ، وَتَثَبَّتَتْ دَعَائِمُ مَمْلَكَتِهِ.

And Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was established greatly.

١٣ 13 وَجَاءَ أَدُونِيَّا بْنُ حَجِّيثَ إِلَى بَثْشَبَعَ أُمِّ سُلَيْمَانَ فَسَأَلَتْهُ: «أَجِئْتَ مُسَالِماً؟» فَأَجَابَهَا: «مُسَالِماً»،

And Adonias the son of Aggith came in to Bersabee the mother of Solomon, and did obeisance to her: and she said, Do you enter peaceably? and he said, Peaceably:

١٤ 14 وَأَضَافَ: «وَلَدَيَّ مَا أَطْلُبُهُ مِنْكِ». فَقَالَتْ: «تَكَلَّمْ» فَقَالَ:

I have business with you. And she said to him, Say on.

١٥ 15 «أَنْتِ تَعْلَمِينَ أَنَّ الْمُلْكَ كَانَ مِنْ حَقِّي، وَأَنَّ جَمِيعَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ قَدِ الْتَفُّوا حَوْلِي لأَكُونَ مَلِكاً عَلَيْهِمْ، وَلَكِنْ تَحَوَّلَتِ الأُمُورُ، وَصَارَ الْمُلْكُ لأَخِي بِمُقْتَضَى أَمْرِ الرَّبِّ.

And he said to her, You know that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel turned their face toward me for a king; but the kingdom was turned [from me] and became my brother's: for it was [appointed] to him from the Lord.

١٦ 16 وَلِيَ الآنَ مَطْلَبٌ وَاحِدٌ، فَلا تُخَيِّبِي أَمَلِي فِيهِ،

And now I make one request of you, do not turn away your face. And Bersabee said to him, Speak [on].

١٧ 17 اطْلُبِي مِنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْمَلِكِ أَنْ يُزَوِّجَنِي مِنْ أَبِيشَجَ الشُّونَمِيَّةِ فَهُوَ لَا يَرُدُّ لَكِ سُؤْلاً».

And he said to her, Speak, I pray you, to king Solomon, for he will not turn away his face from you, and let him give me Abisag the Somanite for a wife.

١٨ 18 فَأَجَابَتْهُ بَثْشَبَعُ: «أَنَا أُخَاطِبُ الْمَلِكَ فِي الأَمْرِ نِيَابَةً عَنْكَ».

And Bersabee said, Well; I will speak for you to the king.

١٩ 19 وَدَخَلَتْ بَثْشَبَعُ إِلَى سُلَيْمَانَ لِتَرْفَعَ إِلَيْهِ مَطْلَبَ أَدُونِيَّا، فَهَبَّ الْمَلِكُ لاِسْتِقْبَالِهَا وَسَجَدَ لَهَا، ثُمَّ جَلَسَ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ، وَأَعَدَّ لَهَا مَقْعَداً مَلَكِيًّا آخَرَ فَجَلَسَتْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ،

And Bersabee went in to king Solomon to speak to him concerning Adonias; and the king rose up to meet her, and kissed her, and sat on the throne, and a throne was set for the mother of the king, and she sat on his right hand.

٢٠ 20 وَقَالَتْ: «جِئْتُ أَطْلُبُ مِنْكَ أَمْراً وَاحِداً بَسِيطاً، فَلا تَرُدَّنِي خَائِبَةً». فَأَجَابَهَا: «اسْأَلِي يَا أُمِّي، لأَنِّي لَنْ أُخَيِّبَ لَكِ رَجَاءً».

And she said to him, I ask of you one little request; turn not away my face from you. And the king said to her, Ask, my mother, and I will not reject you.

٢١ 21 فَقَالَتْ: «زَوِّجْ أَدُونِيَّا أَخَاكَ مِنْ أَبِيشَجَ الشُّونَمِيَّةِ».

And she said, Let, I pray you, Abisag the Somanite be given to Adonias your brother to wife.

٢٢ 22 فَأَجَابَهَا الْمَلِكُ: «لِمَاذَا تَطْلُبِينَ أَبِيشَجَ الشُّونَمِيَّةَ فَقَطْ لأَدُونِيَّا؟ اُطْلُبِي لَهُ الْمُلْكَ أَيْضاً، فَهُوَ أَخِي الأَكْبَرُ، فَيُصْبِحَ الْمُلْكُ لَهُ وَلأَبِيَاثَارَ الْكَاهِنِ وَيُوآبَ ابْنِ صُرُوِيَّةَ».

And king Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why have you asked Abisag for Adonias? ask for him the kingdom also; for he [is] my elder brother, and he has for his companion Abiathar the priest, and Joab the son of Saruia the commander-in-chief.

٢٣ 23 وَحَلَفَ سُلَيْمَانُ الْمَلِكُ بِالرَّبِّ قَائِلاً: «لِيُعَاقِبْنِي الرَّبُّ أَشَدَّ عِقَابٍ وَيَزِدْ إِنْ لَمْ يَدْفَعْ أَدُونِيَّا حَيَاتَهُ ثَمَناً لِهَذَا الْمَطْلَبِ.

And king Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also, [if it be not] that Adonias has spoken this word against his own life.

٢٤ 24 حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي ثَبَّتَنِي وَأَجْلَسَنِي عَلَى عَرْشِ دَاوُدَ أَبِي وَأَعْطَانِي مُلْكاً كَمَا وَعَدَ. الْيَوْمَ يَمُوتُ أَدُونِيَّا».

And now [as] the Lord lives who has established me, and set me on the throne of my father David, and he has made me a house, as the Lord spoke, this day shall Adonias be put to death.

٢٥ 25 وَأَرْسَلَ الْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ بَنَايَاهُو بْنَ يَهُويَادَاعَ فَقَتَلَ أَدُونِيَّا.

So king Solomon sent by the hand of Banaeas the son of Jodae, and he killed him, and Adonias died in that day.

٢٦ 26 وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ لأَبِيَاثَارَ الْكَاهِنِ: «انْطَلِقْ إِلَى حُقُولِكَ فِي عَنَاثُوثَ وَامْكُثْ هُنَاكَ، فَأَنْتَ الْيَوْمَ مُسْتَوْجِبٌ المَوْتَ، وَلَكِنَّنِي لَنْ أَقْتُلَكَ، لأَنَّكَ حَمَلْتَ تَابُوتَ سَيِّدِي الرَّبِّ أَمَامَ دَاوُدَ أَبِي وَلأَنَّكَ قَاسَيْتَ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا قَاسَى مِنْهُ أَيْضاً».

And the king said to Abiathar the priest, Depart you quickly to Anathoth to your farm, for you are worthy of death this day; but I will not kill you, because you have borne the ark of the covenant of the Lord before my father, and because you was afflicted in all things wherein my father was afflicted.

٢٧ 27 وطَرَدَ سُلَيْمَانُ أَبِيَاثَارَ مِنْ وَظِيفَةِ الْكَهَنُوتِ، لِيَتِمَّ كَلامُ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي حَكَمَ بِهِ عَلَى نَسْلِ عَالِي فِي شِيلُوهَ.

And Solomon removed Abiathar from being a priest of the Lord, that the word of the Lord might be fulfilled, which he spoke concerning the house of Heli in Selom.

٢٨ 28 فَبَلَغَ الْخَبَرُ يُوآبَ الَّذِي كَانَ قَدْ تَآمَرَ مَعَ أَدُونِيَّا وَلَيْسَ مَعَ أَبْشَالُومَ، فَهَرَبَ إِلَى خَيْمَةِ الرَّبِّ وَتَشَبَّثَ بِقُرُونِ الْمَذْبَحِ،

And the report came to Joab son of Saruia; for Joab had turned after Adonias, and he went not after Solomon: and Joab fled to the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold of the horns of the altar.

٢٩ 29 فَقِيلَ لِلْمَلِكِ سُلَيْمَانَ إِنَّ يُوآبَ قَدْ لَجَأَ إِلَى خَيْمَةِ الرَّبِّ، وَهَا هُوَ مُقِيمٌ إِلَى جُوَارِ الْمَذْبَحِ، فَأَمَرَ سُلَيْمَانُ بَنَايَاهُو بْنَ يَهُويَادَاعَ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ وَيَقْتُلَهُ.

And it was told Solomon, saying, Joab has fled to the tabernacle of the Lord, and behold! he has hold of the horns of the altar. And king Solomon sent to Joab, saying, What ails you, that you have fled to the altar? and Joab said, Because I was afraid of you, and fled for refuge to the Lord. And Solomon sent Banaeas son of Jodae, saying, Go and kill him, and bury him.

٣٠ 30 فَدَخَلَ بَنَايَاهُو إِلَى خَيْمَةِ الرَّبِّ وَقَالَ لِيُوآبَ: «الْمَلِكُ يَأْمُرُكَ بِالْخُرُوجِ» فَأَجَابَ: «لا. لَنْ أَخْرُجَ بَلْ أَمُوتَ هُنَا» فَأَبْلَغَ بَنَايَاهُو الْمَلِكَ جَوَابَ يُوآبَ

And Banaeas son of Jodae came to Joab to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said to him, Thus says the king, Come forth. And Joab said, I will not come forth, for I will die here. And Banaeas son of Jodae returned and spoke to the king, saying, Thus has Joab spoken, and thus has he answered me.

٣١ 31 فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمَلِكُ: «افْعَلْ مِثْلَمَا قَالَ، وَاقْتُلْهُ وَادْفِنْهُ وَأَزِلْ عَنِّي وَعَنْ بَيْتِ أَبِي ذَنْبَ الدِّمَاءِ الزَّكِيَّةِ الَّتِي سَفَكَهَا يُوآبُ،

And the king said to him, Go, and do to him as he has spoken, and kill him: and you shall bury him, and you shall remove this day the blood which he shed without cause, from me and from the house of my father.

٣٢ 32 فَيُحَمِّلَهُ الرَّبُّ وَحْدَهُ وِزْرَ إِثْمِهِ، لأَنَّهُ اغْتَالَ بِالسَّيْفِ رَجُلَيْنِ بَرِيئَيْنِ، هُمَا أَفْضَلُ مِنْهُ، مِنْ غَيْرِ عِلْمِ دَاوُدَ أَبِي، وَهُمَا أَبْنَيْرُ بْنُ نَيْرٍ رَئِيسُ جَيْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَعَمَاسَا بْنُ يَثْرٍ رَئِيسُ جَيْشِ يَهُوذَا،

And the Lord has returned upon his own head the blood of his unrighteousness, inasmuch as he attacked two men more righteous and better than himself, and killed them with the sword, and my father David knew not of their blood, [even] Abenner the son of Ner the commander-in-chief of Israel, and Amessa the son of Jether the commander-in-chief of Juda.

٣٣ 33 فَيَرْتَدُّ دَمُهُمَا عَلَى رَأْسِ يُوآبَ وَرَأْسِ نَسْلِهِ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، وَيَمْلأُ سَلامُ الرَّبِّ دَاوُدَ وَنَسْلَهُ وَبَيْتَهُ وَعَرْشَهُ إِلَى مَدَى الدَّهْرِ».

And their blood is returned upon his head, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but to David, and his seed, and his house, and his throne, may there be peace for ever from the Lord.

٣٤ 34 فَانْطَلَقَ بَنَايَاهُو بْنُ يَهُويَادَاعَ وَقَتَلَ يُوآبَ. وَدُفِنَ فِي جُوَارِ بَيْتِهِ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ.

So Banaeas son of Jodae went up, and attacked him, and killed him, and buried him in his house in the wilderness.

٣٥ 35 وَعَيَّنَ الْمَلِكُ بَنَايَاهُو بْنَ يَهُويَادَاعَ مَكَانَهُ قَائِداً لِلْجَيْشِ، وَأَقَامَ صَادُوقَ الْكَاهِنَ مَكَانَ أَبِيَاثَارَ.

And the king appointed Banaeas son of Jodae in his place over the host; and the kingdom was established in Jerusalem; and [as for] Sadoc the priest, the king appointed him to be high priest in the room of Abiathar. And Solomon son of David reigned over Israel and Juda in Jerusalem: and the Lord gave understanding to Solomon, and very much wisdom, and largeness of heart, as the sand by the sea-shore.

٣٦ 36 ثُمَّ اسْتَدْعَى الْمَلِكُ شِمْعِي بْنَ جِيرَا وَقَالَ لَهُ: «ابْنِ لَكَ بَيْتاً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَأَقِمْ هُنَاكَ، وَإِيَّاكَ أَنْ تُغَادِرَ الْمَدِينَةَ.

٣٧ 37 وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّكَ يَوْمَ تَتَخَطَّى وَادِي قَدْرُونَ فَإِنَّكَ حَتْماً تَمُوتُ وَيَكُونُ دَمُكَ عَلَى رَأْسِكَ».

٣٨ 38 فَأَجَابَ شِمْعِي الْمَلِكَ: «حَسَناً، فَإِنَّ عَبْدَكَ يُنَفِّذُ كُلَّ مَا يَأْمُرُ بِهِ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكُ». فَأَقَامَ شِمْعِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ أَيَّاماً كَثِيرَةً.

٣٩ 39 وَفِي خِتَامِ ثَلاثِ سَنَوَاتٍ هَرَبَ عَبْدَانِ لِشِمْعِي إِلَى أَخِيشَ بْنِ مَعْكَةَ مَلِكِ جَتَّ، فَقِيلَ لِشِمْعِي هُوَذَا عَبْدَاكَ فِي جَتَّ.

٤٠ 40 فَقَامَ وَأَسْرَجَ حِمَارَهُ وَارْتَحَلَ إِلَى جَتَّ إِلَى أَخِيشَ لِيَبْحَثَ عَنْ عَبْدَيْهِ. وَلَمَّا وَجَدَهُمَا عَادَ بِهِمَا مِنْ جَتَّ.

٤١ 41 فَبَلَغَ سُلَيْمَانَ أَنَّ شِمْعِي قَدْ غَادَرَ أُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى جَتَّ ثُمَّ عَادَ إِلَيْهَا،

٤٢ 42 فَاسْتَدْعَاهُ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَمَا اسْتَحْلَفْتُكَ بِالرَّبِّ وَأَشْهَدْتُ عَلَيْكَ أَنَّكَ يَوْمَ تُغَادِرُ الْمَدِينَةَ إِلَى أَيِّ مَكَانٍ آخَرَ حَتْماً تَمُوتُ. فَأَجَبْتَنِي: حَسَناً، وَسَمْعاً وَطَاعَةً.

٤٣ 43 فَلِمَاذَا نَقَضْتَ يَمِينَ الرَّبِّ وَنَكَثْتَ مَا أَوْصَيْتُكَ بِهِ؟»

٤٤ 44 ثُمَّ قَالَ الْمَلِكُ لَهُ: «أَنْتَ تُدْرِكُ فِي قَرَارَةِ نَفْسِكَ كُلَّ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي ارْتَكَبْتَهُ فِي حَقِّ أَبِي، فَلْيُعَاقِبْكَ الرَّبُّ بِمَا جَنَتْهُ يَدَاكَ.

٤٥ 45 أَمَّا الْمَلِكُ فَلْيُنْعِمْ عَلَيْهِ الرَّبُّ بِبَرَكَاتِهِ، وَلْيَكُنْ عَرْشُ دَاوُدَ رَاسِخاً أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ إِلَى الأَبَدِ».

٤٦ 46 وَأَمَرَ الْمَلِكُ بَنَايَاهُو بْنَ يَهُويَادَاعَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ بِشِمْعِي وَيَقْتُلَهُ، وَهَكَذَا ثَبَتَ الْمُلْكُ لِسُلَيْمَانَ.