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ثُمَّ مَاتَ أَبِيَّا وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ آسَا عَلَى الْعَرْشِ. وَفِي أَيَّامِهِ عَمَّ الأَمْنُ الْبِلادَ فَتْرَةَ عَشْرِ سَنَوَاتٍ. ١ 1
So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David; and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
وَصَنَعَ آسَا كُلَّ مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ وَقَوِيمٌ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ. ٢ 2
Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
وَأَزَالَ الْمَذَابِحَ الْغَرِيبَةَ وَالْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ وَحَطَّمَ الأَوْثَانَ، وَقَطَّعَ سَوَارِي عَشْتَارُوثَ. ٣ 3
for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and cut down the Asherim,
وَأَوْصَى شَعْبَ يَهُوذَا أَنْ يَطْلُبُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِهِمْ وَأَنْ يُطَبِّقُوا الشَّرِيعَةَ وَالْوَصِيَّةَ. ٤ 4
and commanded Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
وَاسْتَأْصَلَ مِنْ كُلِّ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ وَتَمَاثِيلَ عِبَادَةِ الشَّمْسِ، فَاسْتَرَاحَتِ الْمَمْلَكَةُ فِي عَهْدِهِ. ٥ 5
Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
وَبَنَى مُدُناً حَصِينَةً فِي يَهُوذَا، لأَنَّ الأَمْنَ كَانَ يَسُودُ الْبِلادَ إِذْ إِنَّ الرَّبَّ أَرَاحَهُ مِنَ الْحُرُوبِ. ٦ 6
He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because the LORD had given him rest.
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. ٧ 7
For he said to Judah, "Let us build these cities, and make walls around them, with towers, gates, and bars. The land is still ours. Since we have sought the LORD our God, he has sought us and he has given us rest on every side." So they built and prospered.
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. ٨ 8
Asa had an army that bore bucklers and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew bows, two hundred eighty thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.
وَزَحَفَ عَلَيْهِمْ زَارَحُ الْكُوشِيُّ بِجَيْشٍ مُؤَلَّفٍ مِنْ مِلْيُونَ مُحَارِبٍ وَثَلاثِ مِئَةِ مَرْكَبَةٍ وَعَسْكَرَ فِي مَرِيشَةَ. ٩ 9
There came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a million troops, and three hundred chariots; and he came to Mareshah.
فَهَبَّ آسَا لِلِقَائِهِ. وَاصْطَفَّ الْجَيْشَانِ لِلْقِتَالِ فِي وَادِي صَفَاتَةَ عِنْدَ مَرِيشَةَ. ١٠ 10
Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
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». ١١ 11
Asa cried to the LORD his God, and said, "LORD, there is none besides you to help, between the mighty and those who have no strength. Help us, LORD our God; for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. LORD, you are our God. Do not let man prevail against you."
فَقَضَى الرَّبُّ عَلَى الْكُوشِيِّينَ أَمَامَ آسَا وَجَيْشِ يَهُوذَا، فَفَرَّ الْكُوشِيُّونَ. ١٢ 12
So the LORD struck the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
وَتَعَقَّبَهُمْ آسَا وَالْجَيْشُ إِلَى جَرَارَ، فَقَتَلَ الْكُوشِيِّينَ فَلَمْ يُفْلِتْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ لأَنَّهُمُ انْهَزَمُوا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، وَأَمَامَ جَيْشِهِ، فَغَنِمَ يَهُوذَا مِنْ أَسْلابِهِمْ غَنِيمَةً عَظِيمَةً. ١٣ 13
Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar: and there fell of the Ethiopians so many that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his army; and they carried away very much booty.
ثُمَّ هَاجَمُوا جَمِيعَ الْمُدُنِ الْمُجَاوِرَةِ لِجَرَارَ لأَنَّ رُعْبَ الرَّبِّ طَغَى عَلَيْهِمْ، وَنَهَبُوا كُلَّ الْمُدُنِ لِوَفْرَةِ مَا فِيهَا مِنْ غَنَائِمَ. ١٤ 14
They struck all the cities around Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came on them: and they plundered all the cities; for there was a great amount of plunder in them.
وَهَاجَمُوا أَيْضاً مَضَارِبَ رُعَاةِ الْمَاشِيَةِ فَسَاقُوا غَنَماً وَجِمَالاً بِأَعْدَادٍ كَبِيرَةٍ. ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. ١٥ 15
They struck also the tents of livestock, and carried away sheep in abundance, and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.

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