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| وَحَشَدَ بَنْهَدَدُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ كُلَّ جَيْشِهِ، بَعْدَ أَنِ انْضَمَّ إِلَيْهِ اثْنَانِ وَثَلاثُونَ مَلِكاً بِخَيْلِهِمْ وَمَرْكَبَاتِهِمْ، وَحَاصَرَ السَّامِرَةَ عَاصِمَةَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١ 1 |
Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.
| ثُمَّ بَعَثَ بَنْهَدَدُ رِسَالَةً إِلَى آخْابَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي السَّامِرَةِ تَقُولُ: | ٢ 2 |
Then he sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel,
| «لِي كُلُّ فِضَّتِكَ وَذَهَبِكَ وَأَجْمَلُ نِسَائِكَ وَبَنُوكَ الْحِسَانُ». | ٣ 3 |
saying, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ‘Your silver and gold are mine, and your best wives and children are mine!’”
| فَأَجَابَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «لَكَ مَا طَلَبْتَهُ يَا سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكُ، فَأَنَا وَكُلُّ مَا أَمْلِكُهُ لَكَ». | ٤ 4 |
And the king of Israel replied, “Just as you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all that I have.”
| فَبَعَثَ بَنْهَدَدُ رِسَالَةً أُخْرَى إِلَى آخْابَ تَقُولُ: «كُنْتُ قَدْ أَرْسَلْتُ إِلَيْكَ طَالِباً أَنْ تُقَدِّمَ لِي كُلَّ فِضَّتِكَ وَذَهَبِكَ وَأَجْمَلَ نِسَائِكَ وَبَنِيكَ الْحِسَانَ، | ٥ 5 |
The messengers came back and said, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ‘I have sent to you to demand your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children.
| وَلَكِنِّي أَيْضاً فِي نَحْوِ هَذَا الْوَقْتِ غَداً أُرْسِلُ رِجَالِي إِلَيْكَ لِيُفَتِّشُوا قَصْرَكَ وَبُيُوتَ عَبِيدِكَ، لَيَسْتَوْلُوا عَلَى كُلِّ مَا هُوَ نَفِيسٌ». | ٦ 6 |
But about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to search your palace and the houses of your servants. They will seize and carry away all that is precious to you.’”
| فَاسْتَدْعَى مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ جَمِيعَ زُعَمَاءِ الْبِلادِ وَقَالَ: «اعْلَمُوا وَانْظُرُوا أَنَّ بَنْهَدَدَ يَبْغِي الشَّرَّ، فَقَدْ بَعَثَ يَطْلُبُ إِلَيَّ تَسْلِيمَ نِسَائِي وَبَنِيَّ وَفِضَّتِي وَذَهَبِي، فَوَافَقْتُ». | ٧ 7 |
Then the king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said, “Please take note and see that this man is looking for trouble, for when he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, I did not deny him.”
| فَقَالَ لَهُ كُلُّ زُعَمَاءِ الْبِلادِ وَسائِرُ الشَّعْبِ: «لا تَسْمَعْ لَهُ وَلا تَخْضَعْ لِطَلَبِهِ». | ٨ 8 |
And the elders and the people all said, “Do not listen to him or consent to his terms.”
| فَقَالَ آخْابُ لِرُسُلِ بَنْهَدَدَ: «قُولُوا لِسَيِّدِي الْمَلِكِ إِنَّنِي مُسْتَعِدٌّ أَنْ أُنَفِّذَ جَمِيعَ مَطَالِبِهِ الأُولَى، أَمَّا الْمَطَالِبُ الثَّانِيَةُ فَلا أَسْتَطِيعُ تَلْبِيَتَهَا». فَرَجَعَ الرُّسُلُ بِجَوَابِهِ إِلَى بَنْهَدَدَ. | ٩ 9 |
So Ahab answered the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you demanded of your servant the first time I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” So the messengers departed and relayed the message to Ben-hadad.
| فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ بَنْهَدَدُ قَائِلاً: «لِتُعَاقِبْنِي الآلِهَةُ أَشَّدَ عِقَابٍ وَتَزِدْ، إِنْ بَقِيَ مِنْ تُرَابِ السَّامِرَةِ مَا يَكْفِي لِمِلْءِ قَبْضَةِ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ رِجَالِي». | ١٠ 10 |
Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
| فَأَجَابَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «قُولُوا لَهُ: لَا يَفْتَخِرُ مَنْ يَشُدُّ دِرْعَهُ كَمَنْ يَحُلُّهُ» (أَي الفَخْرُ يَكُونُ بَعْدَ الْمَعْرَكَةِ لَا قَبْلَهَا). | ١١ 11 |
And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ بَنْهَدَدُ هَذَا الْكَلامَ وَهُوَ يَشْرَبُ الْخَمْرَ فِي الْخِيَامِ مَعَ حُلَفَائِهِ الْمُلُوكِ، أَمَرَ رِجَالَهُ أَنْ يَتَأَهَّبُوا لِلْقِتَالِ، فَاسْتَعَدُّوا لِلْهُجُومِ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ. | ١٢ 12 |
Ben-hadad received this message while he and the kings were drinking in their tents, and he said to his servants, “Take your positions.” So they stationed themselves against the city.
| وَإذَا بِنَبِيٍّ يَتَقَدَّمُ إِلَى آخْابَ قَائِلاً: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: هَلْ تَرَى هَذَا الْجَيْشَ الْغَفِيرَ؟ هَا أَنَا أَنْصُرُكَ عَلَيْهِ الْيَوْمَ، فَتَعْلَمُ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ». | ١٣ 13 |
Meanwhile a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do you see this entire great army? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this very day, and you will know that I am the LORD.’”
| فَسَأَلَ آخْابُ: «بِمَنْ يَكُونُ النَّصْرُ؟» فَأَجَابَ: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: بِقُوَّاتِ رُؤَسَاءِ الْمُقَاطَعَاتِ» فَعَادَ يَسْأَلُ: «مَنْ يَبْتَدِئُ الْحَرْبَ؟» فَأَجَابَ: «أَنْتَ». | ١٤ 14 |
“By whom?” Ahab asked. And the prophet replied, “This is what the LORD says: ‘By the young officers of the district governors.’” “Who will start the battle?” asked Ahab. “You will,” answered the prophet.
| فَأَحْصَى آخْابُ رِجَالَ رُؤَسَاءِ الْمُقَاطَعَاتِ، فَبَلَغُوا مِئَتَيْنِ وَاثْنَيْنِ وَثَلاثِينَ. ثُمَّ أَحْصَى بَعْدَهُمْ بَقِيَّةَ جَيْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَكَانُوا سَبْعَةَ آلافٍ. | ١٥ 15 |
So Ahab assembled the young officers of the district governors, and there were 232 men. And after them, he assembled the rest of the Israelite troops, 7,000 in all.
| وَانْدَفَعُوا عِنْدَ الظُّهْرِ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَبَنْهَدَدُ مُنْهَمِكٌ فِي السُّكْرِ فِي الْخِيَامِ مَعَ حُلَفَائِهِ الْمُلُوكِ الاثْنَيْنِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ، | ١٦ 16 |
They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.
| وَتَقَدَّمَتْ قُوَّاتُ رُؤَسَاءِ الْمُقَاطَعَاتِ أَوَّلاً، فَقَالَ الْمُرَاقِبُونَ لِبَنْهَدَدَ: «رِجَالٌ مِنَ السَّامِرَةِ قَادِمُونَ عَلَيْنَا» | ١٧ 17 |
And the young officers of the district governors marched out first. Now Ben-hadad had sent out scouts, who reported to him, “Men are marching out of Samaria.”
| فَقَالَ: «اقْبِضُوا عَلَيْهِمْ أَحْيَاءَ، سَوَاءٌ كَانَ قُدُومُهُمْ لِلْهُدْنَةِ أَوْ لِلْحَرْبِ». | ١٨ 18 |
“If they have marched out in peace,” he said, “take them alive. Even if they have marched out for war, take them alive.”
| وَهَكَذَا انْدَفَعَتْ قُوَّاتُ رُؤَسَاءِ الْمُقَاطَعَاتِ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَفِي أَعْقَابِهَا تَقَدَّمَ الْجَيْشُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّ | ١٩ 19 |
Meanwhile, these young officers of the district governors marched out of the city, with the army behind them,
| وَهَاجَمَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ وَاحِداً مِنْ جَيْشِ الأَرَامِيِّينَ، فَهَرَبَ الأَرَامِيُّونَ، وَلاحَقَهُمُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ. وَتَمَكَّنَ بَنْهَدَدُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ مَعَ بَعْضِ فُرْسَانِهِ مِنَ النَّجَاةِ عَلَى خُيُولِهِمْ. | ٢٠ 20 |
and each one struck down his opponent. So the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with the cavalry.
| وَتَقَدَّمَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَاقْتَحَمَ الْخَيْلَ وَالْمَرْكَبَاتِ، وَأَنْزَلَ بِالأَرَامِيِّينَ هَزِيمَةً فَادِحَةً. | ٢١ 21 |
Then the king of Israel marched out and attacked the horses and chariots, inflicting a great slaughter on the Arameans.
| وَاقْتَرَبَ النَّبِيُّ مِنْ آخْابَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «اذْهَبْ وَتَأَهَّبْ، وَدَبِّرْ شُؤُونَكَ، وَفَكِّرْ بِمَا تَفْعَلُ، لأَنَّهُ فِي نِهَايَةِ هَذَا الْعَامِ يُهَاجِمُكَ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ، | ٢٢ 22 |
Afterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, “Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against you.”
| لأَنَّ رِجَالَهُ قَدْ قَالُوا لَهُ: إِنَّ آلِهَةَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ آلِهَةُ جِبَالٍ، لِذَلِكَ انْتَصَرُوا هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ، وَلَكِنْ إِنْ حَارَبْنَاهُمْ فِي السَّهْلِ فَإِنَّنَا نَهْزِمُهُمْ. | ٢٣ 23 |
Meanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they prevailed over us. Instead, we should fight them on the plains; surely then we will prevail.
| كَمَا اقْتَرَحُوا عَلَيْهِ عَزْلَ الْمُلُوكِ مِنْ قِيَادَةِ الْجُيُوشِ، وَتَعْيِينَ ضُبَّاطٍ بَدَلاً مِنْهُمْ. | ٢٤ 24 |
So do this: Dismiss all the kings from their positions and replace them with other officers.
| وَقَالُوا لِبَنْهَدَدَ: جَهِّزْ لِنَفْسِكَ جَيْشاً ضَخْماً، يَكُونُ عَدَدُهُ كَعَدَدِ الْجَيْشِ الَّذِي فَقَدْتَهُ، فَرَساً بِفَرَسٍ وَمَرْكَبَةً بِمَرْكَبَةٍ، فَنُحَارِبَهُمْ فِي السَّهْلِ وَنَقْهَرَهُمْ». فَعَمِلَ بَنْهَدَدُ بِاقْتِرَاحِهِمْ وَرَأْيِهِمْ. | ٢٥ 25 |
And you must raise an army like the one you have lost—horse for horse and chariot for chariot—so we can fight the Israelites on the plain, where we will surely prevail.” And the king approved their plan and acted accordingly.
| وَفِي نِهَايَةِ الْعَامِ جَهَّزَ بَنْهَدَدُ جَيْشاً مِنَ الأَرَامِيِّينَ، وَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى أَفِيقَ لِيُحَارِبَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ. | ٢٦ 26 |
In the spring, Ben-hadad mobilized the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
| وَحَشَدَتْ إِسْرَائِيلُ جَيْشَهَا وَجَهَّزَتْ مَؤُونَتَهُ وَتَقَدَّمُوا لِلِقَائِهِمْ، فَكَانُوا بِالْمُقَارَنَةِ بِالأَرَامِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ مَلَأُوا الأَرْضَ نَظِيرَ قَطِيعَيْنِ مِنْ الْمِعْزَى. | ٢٧ 27 |
The Israelites also mobilized, gathered supplies, and marched out to meet them. The Israelites camped before them like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside.
| فَجَاءَ رَجُلُ اللهِ إِلَى آخْابَ وَقَالَ: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: لأَنَّ الأَرَامِيِّينَ قَدِ ادَّعُوا أَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَهُ جِبَالٍ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ إِلَهُ أَوْدِيَةٍ، فَإِنَّنِي سَأَنْصُرُكَ عَلَى كُلِّ هَذَا الْجَيْشِ الْغَفِيرِ، فَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ». | ٢٨ 28 |
Then the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans think the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your hand. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
| وَهَكَذَا تَوَاجَهَ الطَّرَفَانِ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ. وَفِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ دَارَتْ رَحَى الْحَرْبِ، فَقَتَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ مِئَةَ أَلْفٍ مِنْ مُشَاةِ أَرَامَ، | ٢٩ 29 |
For seven days the armies camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle ensued, and the Israelites struck down the Arameans—a hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.
| وَهَرَبَ الأَحْيَاءُ إِلَى دَاخِلِ مَدِينَةِ أَفِيقَ، فَانْهَارَ السُّورُ عَلَى السَّبْعَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ الْبَاقِينَ. أَمَّا بَنْهَدَدُ فَقَدْ لَجَأَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَاخْتَبَأَ فِيهَا فِي مُخْدَعٍ دَاخِلَ مُخْدَعٍ. | ٣٠ 30 |
The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ رِجَالُهُ: «لَقَدْ سَمِعْنَا أَنَّ مُلُوكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ مُلُوكٌ حَلِيمُونَ، فَلْنَرْتَدِ مُسُوحاً حَوْلَ أَحْقَائِنَا، وَنَضَعْ حِبَالاً عَلَى رُؤُوسِنَا، وَنَخْرُجْ إِلَى مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لَعَلَّهُ يَعْفُو عَنْكَ». | ٣١ 31 |
Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”
| فَارْتَدَوْا مُسُوحاً حَوْلَ أَحْقَائِهِمْ، وَوَضَعُوا حِبَالاً عَلَى رُؤُوسِهِمْ، وَمَثَلُوا أَمَامَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلِينَ: «عَبْدُكَ بَنْهَدَدُ يَرْجُو الْعَفْوَ عَنْ حَيَاتِهِ». فَقَالَ: «أَلا يَزَالُ حَيًّا؟ هُوَ أَخِي!» | ٣٢ 32 |
So with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
| فَتَفَاءَلَ رِجَالُ بَنْهَدَدَ، وَتَشَبَّثُوا بِالأَمَلِ، وَقَالُوا: «نَعَمْ هُوَ أَخُوكَ». فَقَالَ لَهُمْ آخْابُ: «اذْهَبُوا وَأَحْضِرُوهُ.» وَعِنْدَمَا وَصَلَ، أَصْعَدَهُ مَعَهُ فِي مَرْكَبَتِهِ، | ٣٣ 33 |
Now the men were looking for a sign of hope, and they quickly grasped at this word and replied, “Yes, your brother Ben-hadad.” “Go and get him!” said the king. Then Ben-hadad came out, and Ahab had him come up into his chariot.
| فَقَالَ بَنْهَدَدُ: «إِنِّي أَرُدُّ الْمُدُنَ الَّتِي اسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهَا أَبِي مِنْ أَبِيكَ، وَتُقِيمُ لِنَفْسِكَ أَسْوَاقاً تِجَارِيَّةً فِي دِمَشْقَ مُمَاثِلَةً لِلأَسْوَاقِ الَّتِي أَقَامَهَا أَبِي فِي السَّامِرَةِ». فَأَجَابَهُ الْمَلِكُ: «وَبِنَاءً عَلَى هَذَا الْعَهْدِ فَإِنَّنِي أُطْلِقُكَ حُرّاً». فَقَطَعَ لَهُ بَنْهَدَدُ عَهْداً وَأَطْلَقَهُ آخْابُ. | ٣٤ 34 |
Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” “By this treaty I release you,” Ahab replied. So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.
| وَنُزُولاً عِنْدَ أَمْرِ الرَّبِّ، قَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي الأَنْبِيَاءِ لِصَاحِبِهِ: «اضْرِبْنِي بِسَيْفِكَ». فَأَبَى الرَّجُلُ أَنْ يَضْرِبَهُ. | ٣٥ 35 |
Meanwhile, by the word of the LORD, one of the sons of the prophets said to his companion, “Strike me, please!” But the man refused to strike him.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ: «إِنَّكَ لَمْ تُطِعْ أَمْرَ الرَّبِّ، فَعِنْدَ انْصِرَافِكَ مِنْ عِنْدِي يَقْتُلُكَ أَسَدٌ». وَحِينَ خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ لَقِيَهُ أَسَدٌ وَصَرَعَهُ. | ٣٦ 36 |
Then the prophet said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you depart from me a lion will kill you.” And when he left, a lion found him and killed him.
| ثُمَّ صَادَفَ النَّبِيُّ رَجُلاً آخَرَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: «اضْرِبْنِي». فَضَرَبَهُ وَجَرَحَهُ، | ٣٧ 37 |
Then the prophet found another man and said, “Strike me, please!” So the man struck him and wounded him,
| فَمَضَى النَّبِيُّ وَاعْتَرَضَ طَرِيقَ الْمَلِكَ مُتَنَكِّراً بِعِصَابَةٍ عَلَى عَيْنَيْهِ. | ٣٨ 38 |
and the prophet went and waited on the road for the king, disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes.
| وَعِنْدَمَا اجْتَازَ آخْابُ أَمَامَهُ نَادَاهُ وَقَالَ: «خَرَجَ عَبْدُكَ فِي أَثْنَاءِ اشْتِدَادِ الْمَعْرَكَةِ، وَإذَا بِرَجُلٍ أَقْبَلَ إِلَيَّ بِأَسِيرٍ، وَقَالَ: احْرُسْ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ، وَإِنْ فُقِدَ تَكُونُ نَفْسُكَ عِوَضَ نَفْسِهِ، أَوْ تَدْفَعُ وَزْنَةً مِنَ الفِضَّةِ (نَحْوَ سِتَّةٍ وَثَلاثِينَ كِيلُو جِرَاماً) | ٣٩ 39 |
As the king passed by, he cried out to the king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me, ‘Guard this man! If he goes missing for any reason, your life will be exchanged for his life, or you will weigh out a talent of silver.’
| وَفِيمَا عَبْدُكَ مُنْهَمِكٌ فِي بَعْضِ الأُمُورِ، اخْتَفَى الأَسِيرُ». فَقَالَ لَهُ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «لَقَدْ حَكَمْتَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ بِمَا قَضَيْتَ بِهِ». | ٤٠ 40 |
But while your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared.” And the king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you have pronounced it on yourself.”
| عِنْدَئِذٍ بَادَرَ النَّبِيُّ فَرَفَعَ الْعِصَابَةَ عَنْ عَيْنَيْهِ فَأَدْرَكَ الْمَلِكُ أَنَّهُ مِنْ بَنِي الأَنْبِيَاءِ. | ٤١ 41 |
Then the prophet quickly removed the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.
| وَقَالَ لِلْمَلِكِ: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: لأَنَّكَ أَبْقَيْتَ عَلَى حَيَاةِ رَجُلٍ قَضَيْتُ بِهَلاكِهِ، فَسَتَمُوتُ بَدَلاً مِنْهُ، وَيَهْلِكُ شَعْبُكَ بَدَلاً مِنْ شَعْبِهِ». | ٤٢ 42 |
And the prophet said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have let slip from your hand the man I had devoted to destruction, your life will be exchanged for his life, and your people for his people.’”
| فَانْصَرَفَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى قَصْرِهِ فِي السَّامِرَةِ مُكْتَئِباً مَغْمُوماً. | ٤٣ 43 |
Sullen and angry, the king of Israel went home to Samaria.
