2 أخبار 14

١ 1 ثُمَّ مَاتَ أَبِيَّا وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ آسَا عَلَى الْعَرْشِ. وَفِي أَيَّامِهِ عَمَّ الأَمْنُ الْبِلادَ فَتْرَةَ عَشْرِ سَنَوَاتٍ.

So Abiiah slept with his fathers, and they buryed him in the citie of Dauid, and Asa his sonne reigned in his steade: in whose dayes the lande was quiet ten yeere.

٢ 2 وَصَنَعَ آسَا كُلَّ مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ وَقَوِيمٌ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ.

And Asa did that was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God.

٣ 3 وَأَزَالَ الْمَذَابِحَ الْغَرِيبَةَ وَالْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ وَحَطَّمَ الأَوْثَانَ، وَقَطَّعَ سَوَارِي عَشْتَارُوثَ.

For he tooke away the altars of the strange gods and the hie places, and brake downe the images, and cut downe the groues,

٤ 4 وَأَوْصَى شَعْبَ يَهُوذَا أَنْ يَطْلُبُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِهِمْ وَأَنْ يُطَبِّقُوا الشَّرِيعَةَ وَالْوَصِيَّةَ.

And commanded Iudah to seeke the Lord God of their fathers, and to doe according to the Lawe and the comandement.

٥ 5 وَاسْتَأْصَلَ مِنْ كُلِّ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ وَتَمَاثِيلَ عِبَادَةِ الشَّمْسِ، فَاسْتَرَاحَتِ الْمَمْلَكَةُ فِي عَهْدِهِ.

And he tooke away out of all the cities of Iudah the hie places, and the images: therefore the kingdome was quiet before him.

٦ 6 وَبَنَى مُدُناً حَصِينَةً فِي يَهُوذَا، لأَنَّ الأَمْنَ كَانَ يَسُودُ الْبِلادَ إِذْ إِنَّ الرَّبَّ أَرَاحَهُ مِنَ الْحُرُوبِ.

He built also strong cities in Iudah, because the lande was in rest, and he had no warre in those yeeres: for the Lord had giuen him rest.

٧ 7 وَقَالَ لِيَهُوذَا: «لِنَبْنِ هَذِهِ الْمُدُنَ وَنُقِمْ حَوْلَهَا أَسْوَاراً وَأَبْرَاجاً وَأَبْوَاباً وَأَرْتَاجاً مَادُمْنَا مُسَيْطِرِينَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، لأَنَّنَا طَلَبْنَا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَنَا، فَأَرَاحَنَا مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ». فَبَنَوْا وَأَفْلَحُوا.

Therefore he saide to Iudah, Let vs builde these cities and make walles about, and towers, gates, and barres, whiles the lande is before vs: because we haue sought the Lord our God, we haue sought him, and he hath giuen vs rest on euery side: so they built and prospered.

٨ 8 وَكَانَ لِآسَا جَيْشٌ مُؤَلَّفٌ مِنْ ثَلاثِ مِئَةِ أَلْفٍ مِنْ سِبْطِ يَهُوذَا مِنْ حَمَلَةِ الأَتْرَاسِ وَالرِّمَاحِ، وَمِئَتَيْنِ وَثَمَانِينَ أَلْفاً مِنْ سِبْطِ بِنْيَامِينَ مِنْ حَمَلَةِ الأَتْرَاسِ وَرُمَاةِ السِّهَامِ، وَجَمِيعُهُمْ مِنَ الْمُحَارِبِينَ الأَشِدَّاءِ.

And Asa had an armie of Iudah that bare shieldes and speares, three hundreth thousande, and of Beniamin that bare shieldes and drewe bowes, two hundreth and foure score thousande: all these were valiant men.

٩ 9 وَزَحَفَ عَلَيْهِمْ زَارَحُ الْكُوشِيُّ بِجَيْشٍ مُؤَلَّفٍ مِنْ مِلْيُونَ مُحَارِبٍ وَثَلاثِ مِئَةِ مَرْكَبَةٍ وَعَسْكَرَ فِي مَرِيشَةَ.

And there came out against them Zerah of Ethiopia with an hoste of ten hundreth thousande, and three hundreth charets, and came vnto Mareshah.

١٠ 10 فَهَبَّ آسَا لِلِقَائِهِ. وَاصْطَفَّ الْجَيْشَانِ لِلْقِتَالِ فِي وَادِي صَفَاتَةَ عِنْدَ مَرِيشَةَ.

Then Asa went out before him, and they set the battell in aray in the valley of Zephathah beside Mareshah.

١١ 11 وَتَضَرَّعَ آسَا إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ قَائِلاً: «أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ، لَا فَرْقَ عِنْدَكَ أَنْ تُسَاعِدَ جَيْشاً قَوِيًّا أَوْ جَيْشاً ضَعِيفاً، فَأَعِنَّا أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا لأَنَّنَا عَلَيْكَ اتَّكَلْنَا، وَبِاسْمِكَ جِئْنَا لِنُحَارِبَ هَذَا الْجَيْشَ. أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ أَنْتَ إِلَهُنَا، وَلا يَقْوَى عَلَيْكَ إِنْسَانٌ».

And Asa cryed vnto the Lord his God, and saide, Lord, it is nothing with thee to helpe with many, or with no power: helpe vs, O Lord our God: for we rest on thee, and in thy Name are we come against this multitude: O Lord, thou art our God, let not man preuaile against thee.

١٢ 12 فَقَضَى الرَّبُّ عَلَى الْكُوشِيِّينَ أَمَامَ آسَا وَجَيْشِ يَهُوذَا، فَفَرَّ الْكُوشِيُّونَ.

So the Lord smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before Iudah, and the Ethiopians fled.

١٣ 13 وَتَعَقَّبَهُمْ آسَا وَالْجَيْشُ إِلَى جَرَارَ، فَقَتَلَ الْكُوشِيِّينَ فَلَمْ يُفْلِتْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ لأَنَّهُمُ انْهَزَمُوا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، وَأَمَامَ جَيْشِهِ، فَغَنِمَ يَهُوذَا مِنْ أَسْلابِهِمْ غَنِيمَةً عَظِيمَةً.

And Asa and the people that was with him, pursued them vnto Gerar. And the Ethiopians hoste was ouerthrowen, so that there was no life in them: for they were destroyed before the Lord and before his hoste: and they caryed away a mightie great spoyle.

١٤ 14 ثُمَّ هَاجَمُوا جَمِيعَ الْمُدُنِ الْمُجَاوِرَةِ لِجَرَارَ لأَنَّ رُعْبَ الرَّبِّ طَغَى عَلَيْهِمْ، وَنَهَبُوا كُلَّ الْمُدُنِ لِوَفْرَةِ مَا فِيهَا مِنْ غَنَائِمَ.

And they smote all the cities rounde about Gerar: for the feare of the Lord came vpon them, and they spoyled all the cities, for there was exceeding much spoyle in them.

١٥ 15 وَهَاجَمُوا أَيْضاً مَضَارِبَ رُعَاةِ الْمَاشِيَةِ فَسَاقُوا غَنَماً وَجِمَالاً بِأَعْدَادٍ كَبِيرَةٍ. ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.

Yea, and they smote the tents of cattel, and carried away plentie of sheepe and camels, and returned to Ierusalem.