2 أخبار 15

١ 1 وَحَلَّ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى عَزَرْيَا بْنِ عُودِيدَ،

And Azarias the son of Oded—upon him came the Spirit of the Lord,

٢ 2 فَتَوَجَّهَ لِلِقَاءِ آسَا وَقَالَ لَهْ: «اسْمَعْ لِي يَا آسَا وَيَا جَمِيعَ أَبْنَاءِ يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ: الرَّبُّ مَعَكُمْ مَابَرِحْتُمْ مَعَهَ، فَإِنْ طَلَبْتُمُوهُ يُوْجَدْ لَكُمْ، وَإِنْ تَخَلَّيْتُمْ عَنْهُ يَنْبِذْكُمْ.

and he went out to meet Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin, and said, Hear me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin. The Lord [is] with you, while ye are with him; and if ye seek him out, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

٣ 3 لَقَدْ قَضَى الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ حِقْبَةً طَوِيلَةً كَانُوا فِيهَا بِلا إِلَهٍ حَقٍّ، وَبِلا كَاهِنٍ يُعَلِّمُهُمْ، وَبِلا شَرِيعَةٍ.

And Israel [has been] a long time without the true God, and without a priest to expound [the truth], and without the law.

٤ 4 وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا رَجَعُوا فِي ضِيقِهِمْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَطَلَبُوهُ وُجِدَ لَهُمْ.

But he shall turn them to the Lord God of Israel, and he will be found of them.

٥ 5 فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ لَمْ يَكُنِ الإِنْسَانُ يَأْمَنُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ فِي ذِهَابِهِ وَإِيَابِهِ، لأَنَّ اضْطِرَابَاتٍ كَثِيرَةً كَانَتْ تَعُمُّ كُلَّ سُكَّانِ الأَرْضِ،

And in that time there is no peace to one going out, or to one coming in, for the terror of the Lord is upon all that inhabit the lands.

٦ 6 فَأَفْنَتْ أُمَّةٌ أُمَّةً، وَأَبَادَتْ مَدِينَةٌ مَدِينَةً، لأَنَّ اللهَ أَصَابَهُمْ بِكُلِّ بَلاءٍ.

And nation shall fight against nation, and city against city; for God has confounded them with every [kind of] affliction.

٧ 7 فَتَقَوَّوْا أَنْتُمْ، وَلا تَخُرْ عَزِيمَتُكُمْ لأَنَّ لِعَمَلِكُمْ ثَوَاباً».

But be ye strong, and let not your hands be weakened: for there is a reward for your work.

٨ 8 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ آسَا كَلامَ نُبُوءَةِ عُودِيدَ النَّبِيِّ تَقَوَّى وَأَزَالَ الرَّجَاسَاتِ مِنْ كُلِّ أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ، وَمِنَ الْمُدُنِ الَّتِي اسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهَا مِنْ جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ، وَجَدَّدَ مَذْبَحَ الرَّبِّ الْقَائِمَ أَمَامَ رُوَاقِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ.

And when [Asa] heard these words, and the prophesy of Adad the prophet, then he strengthened himself, and cast out the abominations from all the land of Juda and Benjamin, and from the cities which Jeroboam possessed, in mount Ephraim, and he renewed the altar of the Lord, which was before the temple of the Lord.

٩ 9 وَاسْتَدْعَى كُلَّ بَنِي يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ وَالْغُرَبَاءَ مِنْ أَسْبَاطِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَمَنَسَّى وَشِمْعُونَ، مِمَّنْ تَوَافَدُوا إِلَيْهِ مِنْ مَمْلَكَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، بَعْدَ أَنْ رَأَوْا أَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُ مَعَهُ.

And he assembled Juda and Benjamin, and the strangers that dwelt with him, of Ephraim, and of Manasse, and of Symeon: for many of Israel were joined to him, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

١٠ 10 فَتَجَمَّعُوا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، فِي الشَّهْرِ الثَّالِثِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ الْخَامِسَةِ عَشْرَةَ لِحُكْمِ آسَا،

And they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

١١ 11 وَقَرَّبُوا لِلرَّبِّ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، سَبْعَ مِئَةٍ مِنَ الْبَقَرِ وَسَبْعَةَ آلافٍ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ مِمَّا اسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْغَنَائِمِ.

And he sacrificed to the Lord in that day of the spoils which they brought, seven hundred calves and seven thousand sheep.

١٢ 12 وَقَطَعُوا عَهْداً أَنْ يَطْلُبُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِهِمْ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَنُفُوسِهِمْ،

And he entered into a covenant that they should seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul.

١٣ 13 وَأَنْ يَقْتُلُوا كُلَّ مَنْ لَا يَطْلُبُ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. لَا فَرْقَ فِي ذَلِكَ بَيْنَ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ، رَجُلٍ وَامْرَأَةٍ.

And that whoever should not seek the Lord God of Israel, should die, whether young or old, whether man or woman.

١٤ 14 وَحَلَفُوا لِلرَّبِّ مُعْلِنِينَ وَلاءَهُمْ بِصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ وَهُتَافٍ وَبِنَفْخِ أَبْوَاقٍ وَقُرُونٍ.

And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

١٥ 15 وَغَمَرَتِ الْغِبْطَةُ جَمِيعَ أَبْنَاءِ يَهُوذَا مِنْ أَجْلِ الْحَلْفِ، لأَنَّهُمْ تَعَهَّدُوا لِلرَّبِّ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمْ، وَطَلَبُوهُ عَنْ رِضًى كَامِلٍ، فَوُجِدَ لَهُمْ وَأَرَاحَهُمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَعْدَائِهِمِ الْمُحِيطِينَ بِهِمْ.

And all Juda rejoiced concerning the oath: for they swore with all their heart, and they sought him with all their desires; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.

١٦ 16 وَخَلَعَ آسَا أُمَّهُ مَعْكَةَ مِنْ مَنْصِبِ الأُمِّ الْمَلِكَةِ، لأَنَّهَا أَقَامَتْ تِمْثَالاً لِعَشْتَارُوثَ، فَحَطَّمَ تِمْثَالَهَا وَدَقَّهُ وَأَحْرَقَهُ فِي وَادِي قَدْرُونَ.

And he removed Maacha his mother from being priestess to Astarte; and he cut down the idol, and burnt it in the brook of Kedron.

١٧ 17 وَمَعَ أَنَّ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ كُلَّهَا لَمْ تُسْتَأْصَلْ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَإِنَّ قَلْبَ آسَا كَانَ كَامِلَ الْوَلاءِ لِلهِ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ.

Nevertheless they removed not the high places: they still existed in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

١٨ 18 وَأَوْدَعَ خَزَائِنَ الرَّبِّ كُلَّ مَا خَصَّصَهُ أَبُوهُ وَمَا خَصَّصَهُ هُوَ لِهَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ وَالآنِيَةِ.

And he brought in the holy things of David his father, and the holy things of the house of God, silver, and gold, and vessels.

١٩ 19 وَلَمْ تَنْشَبْ حَرْبٌ إِلَى السَّنَةِ الْخَامِسَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ لِحُكْمِ آسَا.

And there was no war [waged] with him until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.