1 مُلُوك 2

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

Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he commanded Solomon his son, saying,

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

"I am going the way of all the earth. You be strong therefore, 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 instruction of the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself.

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 establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you,' he said, '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 also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, avenging the blood of war in peacetime, and put the blood of war on my belt that was about my waist, and on my sandal that was on my foot.

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

Do therefore according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace. (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 show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those who eat at your table; for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.

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،

"Look, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, 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)

Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood." (Sheol h7585)

١٠ 10 ثُمَّ مَاتَ دَاوُدُ وَدُفِنَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

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.

The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

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

Solomon sat on the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was firmly established.

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

Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and did homage to her. And she said, "Do you come peaceably?" And he said, "Peaceably."

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

He said moreover, "I have something to tell you." She said, "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.

He said, "You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign. However the kingdom is turned around, and has become my brother's; for it was his from the LORD.

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

Now I ask one petition of you. Do not deny me." She said to him, "Say on."

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

He said, "Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you 'no'), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife."

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

Bathsheba said, "Alright. 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،

Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king's mother; 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».

Then she said, "I ask one small petition of you; do not deny me." The king said to her, "Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny you."

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

She said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as 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».

King Solomon answered his mother, "Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also. For he is my elder brother. For him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah."

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

Then king Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, "God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not 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».

Now therefore as the LORD lives, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day."

٢٥ 25 وَأَرْسَلَ الْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ بَنَايَاهُو بْنَ يَهُويَادَاعَ فَقَتَلَ أَدُونِيَّا.

King Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him, so that he died.

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».

To Abiathar the priest the king said, "Go to Anathoth, to your own fields; for you are worthy of death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore the ark of the LORD before David my father, and because you were afflicted in all in which my father was afflicted."

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

So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest to the LORD, that he might fulfill the word of the LORD, which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

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

The news came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he did not turn after Absalom. Joab fled to the Tent of the LORD, and caught hold on 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.

It was told king Solomon, "Joab has fled to the Tent of the LORD, and look, he is by the altar." And Solomon sent to Joab, saying, "What happened to you, that you have fled to the altar?" And Joab said, "Because I was afraid of you, so I fled to the LORD." And Solomon sent to Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, "Go, fall on 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

Benaiah came to the Tent of the LORD, and said to him, "Thus says the king, 'Come forth.'" He said, "No; but I will die here." Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, "Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me."

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

The king said to him, "Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him; that you may take away this day the innocent blood which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father's house.

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،

The LORD will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David did not know it: Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.

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

So shall their blood return on the head of Joab, and on the head of his descendants forever. But to David, and to his descendants, and to his house, and to his throne, there shall be peace forever from the LORD."

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

Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell on him, and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

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

The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army; and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.

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

The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, "Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and do not go out from there anywhere.

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

For on the day you go out, and pass over the wadi of the Kidron, know for certain that you shall surely die: your blood shall be on your own head."

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

Shimei said to the king, "The saying is good. As my lord the king has said, so will your servant do." Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.

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

It happened at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. They told Shimei, saying, "Look, your servants are in Gath."

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

Shimei arose, and saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his servants; and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

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

It was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had come again.

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

The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, "Did I not adjure you by the LORD, and warn you, saying, 'Know for certain, that on the day you go out, and walk abroad any where, you shall surely die?' You said to me, 'The saying that I have heard is good.'

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

Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have instructed you with?"

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

The king said moreover to Shimei, "You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father. Therefore the LORD shall return your wickedness on your own head.

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

But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD forever."

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

So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out, and fell on him, so that he died. The kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.