2 أخبار 20
| ثُمَّ اجْتَمَعَ الْمُوآبِيُّونَ وَالْعَمُّونِيُّونَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ يَهُوشَافَاطَ، | ١ 1 |
It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
| فَأَتَى قَوْمٌ وَأَبْلَغُوا يَهُوشَافَاطَ أَنَّ جَيْشاً عَظِيماً قَدْ زَحَفَ عَلَيْهِ قَادِماً مِنْ عَبْرِ الْبَحْرِ مِنْ أَرَامَ، وَهَا هُوَ قَدْ أَصْبَحَ فِي حُصُونِ تَامَارَ الَّتِي هِيَ عَيْنُ جَدْيٍ. | ٢ 2 |
Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There comes a great multitude against you from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.
| فَاعْتَرَاهُ الْخَوْفُ وَعَقَدَ العَزْمَ عَلَى الاسْتِغَاثَةِ بِالرَّبِّ وَنَادَى بِصَوْمٍ فِي جَمِيعِ يَهُوذَا. | ٣ 3 |
And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
| فَاحْتَشَدَ بَنُو يَهُوذَا قَادِمِينَ مِنْ كُلِّ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا لِيَطْلُبُوا عَوْنَ الرَّبِّ. | ٤ 4 |
And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
| فَوَقَفَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ أَمَامَ الدَّارِ الْجَدِيدَةِ فِي بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ، فِي وَسَطِ جَمَاعَةِ يَهُوذَا وَأَهْلِ أَورُشَلِيمَ، | ٥ 5 |
And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,
| وَقَالَ: «يَا رَبُّ إِلَهَ آبَائِنَا، أَلَسْتَ أَنْتَ اللهَ فِي السَّمَاءِ، الْمُتَسَلِّطَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ مَمَالِكِ الأُمَمِ، الْمُتَمَتِّعَ بِالْعِزَّةِ وَالْجَبَرُوتِ. فَمَنْ إِذاً يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَثْبُتَ أَمَامَكَ؟ | ٦ 6 |
And said, O LORD God of our fathers, are not you God in heaven? and rule not you over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in your hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand you?
| أَلَسْتَ أَنْتَ إِلَهَنَا الَّذِي طَرَدْتَ أَهْلَ هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ مِنْ أَمَامِ شَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَوَهَبْتَهَا إِلَى الأَبَدِ لِنَسْلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلِكَ؟ | ٧ 7 |
Are not you our God, who did drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and gave it to the seed of Abraham your friend for ever?
| فَأَقَامُوا فِيهَا وَشَيَّدُوا لَكَ وَلاسْمِكَ مَقْدِساً قَائِلِينَ: | ٨ 8 |
And they dwelt therein, and have built you a sanctuary therein for your name, saying,
| إِذَا أَصَابَنَا شَرٌّ، سَوَاءٌ سَيْفُ قَضَاءٍ أَمْ وَبَأٌ، أَمْ جُوعٌ، وَوَقَفْنَا أَمَامَ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ، وَفِي حَضْرَتِكَ، لأَنَّ اسْمَكَ حَالٌّ فِيهِ، وَاسْتَغَثْنَا بِكَ مِنْ ضِيقِنَا فَإِنَّكَ تَسْمَعُ وَتُخَلِّصُ. | ٩ 9 |
If, when evil comes upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in your presence, (for your name is in this house, ) and cry unto you in our affliction, then you will hear and help.
| وَالآنَ هَا هِيَ جُيُوشُ الْعَمُّونِيِّينَ وَالْمُوآبِيِّينَ وَسُكَّانُ جَبَلِ سَعِيرَ الَّذِينَ مَنَعْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ الدُّخُولِ إِلَى أَرْضِهِمْ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِهِمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ فَتَحَوَّلُوا عَنْهُمْ وَلَمْ يُهْلِكُوهُمْ. | ١٠ 10 |
And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
| هَا هُمْ يُكَافِئُونَنَا بِهُجُومِهِمْ عَلَيْنَا لِطَرْدِنَا مِنْ مُلْكِكَ الَّذِي أَوْرَثْتَنَا إِيَّاهُ. | ١١ 11 |
Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.
| فَيَا إِلَهَنَا، أَلا تُنْزِلْ بِهِمْ قَضَاءَكَ؟ لأَنَّنَا نَفْتَقِرُ إِلَى الْقُوَّةِ لِمُحَارَبَةِ هَذَا الْجَيْشِ الْعَظِيمِ الْقَادِمِ عَلَيْنَا، وَنَحْنُ لَا نَدْرِي مَاذَا نَفْعَلُ، إِنَّمَا إِلَيْكَ وَحْدَكَ تَلْتَفِتُ عُيُونُنَا». | ١٢ 12 |
O our God, will you not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that comes against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon you.
| وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ كُلُّ بَنِي يَهُوذَا مَاثِلِينَ فِي حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ مَعَ أَطْفَالِهِمْ وَنِسَائِهِمْ وَبَنِيهِمْ، | ١٣ 13 |
And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
| حَلَّ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى يَحْزَئِيلَ بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ بَنَايَا بْنِ يَعِيئِيلَ بْنِ مَتَّنِيَّا اللّاوِيِّ، مِنْ بَنِي آسَافَ، الَّذِي كَانَ وَاقِفاً وَسَطَ الْجَمَاعَةِ، | ١٤ 14 |
Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
| فَقَالَ: «أَصْغُوْا يَا جَمِيعَ يَهُوذَا وَسُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَيَا أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ يَهُوشَافَاطُ. هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ لَكُمْ: لَا تَجْزَعُوا وَلا تَرْتَعِبُوا خَوْفاً مِنْ هَذَا الْجَيْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، إِذْ لَيْسَتِ الْحَرْبُ حَرْبَكُمْ، بَلْ هِيَ حَرْبُ اللهِ. | ١٥ 15 |
And he said, Hearken all of you, all Judah, and all of you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat, Thus says the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
| ازْحَفُوا نَحْوَهُمْ غَداً، فَهَا هُمْ صَاعِدُونَ فِي عَقَبَةِ صِيصَ، فَتَجِدُوهُمْ فِي طَرَفِ الْوَادِي بِحِذَاءِ صَحْرَاءِ يَرُوئِيلَ. | ١٦ 16 |
Tomorrow go all of you down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and all of you shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
| لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تُخُوضُوا هَذِهِ الْمَعْرَكَةَ، بَلْ قِفُوا وَاثْبُتُوا وَاشْهَدُوا خَلاصَ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي يُنْعِمُ بِهِ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا بَنِي يَهُوذَا وَيَا أَهْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ. لَا تَجْزَعُوا وَلا تَرْتَعِبُوا. انْطَلِقُوا غَداً لِلِقَائِهِمْ وَالرَّبُّ مَعَكُمْ». | ١٧ 17 |
All of you shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand all of you still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.
| فَوَقَعَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ، وَسَجَدَ مَعَهُ لِلرَّبِّ جَمِيعُ يَهُوذَا وَسُكَّانُ أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١٨ 18 |
And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.
| ثُمَّ وَقَفَ اللّاوِيُّونَ مِنْ بَنِي قَهَاتَ وَمِنْ بَنِي قُورَحَ لِيُسَبِّحُوا الرَّبَّ بِهُتَافٍ عَظِيمٍ. | ١٩ 19 |
And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.
| وَفِي سَاعَةٍ مُبَكِّرَةٍ مِنْ صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي تَوَجَّهَ جَيْشُ يَهُوذَا إِلَى صَحْرَاءِ تَقُوعَ، فَقَالَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ لَهُمْ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِهِمْ: «أَصْغُوْا يَا رِجَالَ يَهُوذَا وَيَا سُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ. آمِنُوا بِالرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ فَتَأْمَنُوا. آمِنُوا بِأَنْبِيَائِهِ فَتُفْلِحُوا». | ٢٠ 20 |
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and all of you inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall all of you be established; believe his prophets, so shall all of you prosper.
| وَبَعْدَ التَّدَاوُلِ مَعَ الشَّعْبِ، جَعَلَ فِرْقَةً مِنَ الْمُغَنِّينَ الَّذِينَ تَزَيَّنُوا بِالثِّيَابِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ تَتَقَدَّمُ مَسِيرَةَ الْمُجَنَّدِينَ لِلْقِتَالِ، لِتُسَبِّحَ الرَّبَّ قَائِلَةً: «احْمَدُوا الرَّبَّ لأَنَّ رَحْمَتَهُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ تَدُومُ». | ٢١ 21 |
And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endures for ever.
| وَعِنْدَمَا شَرَعُوا فِي الْغِنَاءِ وَالتَّسْبِيحِ أَثَارَ الرَّبُّ كَمَائِنَ عَلَى الْعَمُّونِيِّينَ وَالْمُوآبِيِّينَ، وَأَهْلِ جَبَلِ سَعِيرَ الْقَادِمِينَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ يَهُوذَا، فَانْكَسَرُوا. | ٢٢ 22 |
And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
| فَقَدِ انْقَلَبَ الْعَمُّونِيُّونَ وَالْمُوآبِيُّونَ علَى سُكَّانِ جَبَلِ سَعِيرَ وَقَضَوْا عَلَيْهِمْ، ثُمَّ انْقَلَبُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ فَأَفْنَى بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً. | ٢٣ 23 |
For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
| وَحِينَ بَلَغَ جَيْشُ يَهُوذَا بُرْجَ الْمُرَاقَبَةِ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ، الْتَفَتُوا نَحْوَ جَيْشِ الأَعْدَاءِ، وَإذَا بِهِمْ جُثَثٌ مُتَنَاثِرَةٌ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، لَمْ يُفْلِتْ مِنْهُمْ حَيٌّ. | ٢٤ 24 |
And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
| فَهَبَّ يَهُوشَافَاطُ وَجَيْشُهُ لِنَهْبِ الْغَنَائِمِ، فَوَجَدُوا بَيْنَ الْجُثَثِ أَمْوَالاً وَأَسْلاباً هَائِلَةً وَأَمْتِعَةً ثَمِينَةً وَفِيرَةً فَغَنِمُوهَا لأَنْفُسِهِمْ حَتَّى عَجَزُوا عَنْ حَمْلِهَا، وَظَلُّوا يَنْهَبُونَ الْغَنِيمَةَ طَوَالَ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ لِوَفْرَتِهَا. | ٢٥ 25 |
And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
| ثُمَّ اجْتَمَعُوا فِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابِعِ فِي وَادِي الْبَرَكَةِ لأَنَّهُمْ هُنَاكَ بَارَكُوا الرَّبَّ، فَدَعَوْا ذَلِكَ الْمَكَانَ وَادِي الْبَرَكَةِ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
| ثُمَّ رَجَعَ رِجَالُ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِمْ يَهُوشَافَاطُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ بِفَرَحٍ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ هَزَمَ أَعْدَاءَهُمْ. | ٢٧ 27 |
Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
| وَدَخَلُوا أُورُشَلِيمَ عَازِفِينَ عَلَى الرَّبَابِ وَالْعِيدَانِ وَالأَبْوَاقِ، وَتَوَجَّهُوا إِلَى هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ. | ٢٨ 28 |
And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
| وَطَغَتْ هَيْبَةُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى كُلِّ مَمَالِكِ الأَرَاضِي الْمُجَاوِرَةِ بَعْدَ أَنْ سَمِعُوا أَنَّ الرَّبَّ حَارَبَ أَعْدَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٢٩ 29 |
And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.
| وَتَمَتَّعَتْ مَمْلَكَةُ يَهُوشَافَاطَ بِالسَّلامِ، وَوَفَّرَ لَهُ الرَّبُّ أَمَاناً شَامِلاً مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ. | ٣٠ 30 |
So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
| وَكَانَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ حِينَ تَوَلَّى الْمُلْكَ عَلَى يَهُوذَا فِي الْخَامِسَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ عَزُوبَةُ بِنْتُ شَلْحِي. | ٣١ 31 |
And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
| وَسَارَ فِي طَرِيقِ أَبِيهِ آسَا لَمْ يَحِدْ عَنْهَا وَصَنَعَ مَا هُوَ قَوِيمٌ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ. | ٣٢ 32 |
And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.
| غَيْرَ أَنَّ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ لَمْ يَتِمَّ اسْتِئْصَالُهَا، لأَنَّ الشَّعْبَ لَمْ يَكُنْ بَعْدُ قَدْ أَعَدَّ قَلْبَهُ لِلإِخْلاصِ لإِلَهِ آبَائِهِمْ. | ٣٣ 33 |
Nevertheless the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
| أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ يَهُوشَافَاطَ مِنْ بِدَايَتِهَا إِلَى نِهَايَتِهَا فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي تَارِيخِ يَاهُو بْنِ حَنَانِي، الْمَذْكُورِ فِي كِتَابِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٣٤ 34 |
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.
| ثُمَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ عَقَدَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ اتِّفَاقاً مَعَ أَخَزْيَا مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِي أَسَاءَ فِي تَصَرُّفَاتِهِ. | ٣٥ 35 |
And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
| فَبَنَيَا مَعاً أُسْطُولاً مِنَ السُّفُنِ فِي عِصْيُونَ جَابِرَ لِتَبْحُرَ إِلَى تَرْشِيشَ. | ٣٦ 36 |
And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongaber.
| وَلَكِنَّ أَلِيعَزَرَ بْنَ دُودَاوَاهُو مِنْ مَرِيشَةَ تَنَبَّأَ عَلَى يَهُوشَافَاطَ قَائِلاً: «لأَنَّكَ عَقَدْتَ اتِّفَاقاً مَعَ أَخَزْيَا، سَيُدَمِّرُ الرَّبُّ مَا بَنَيْتَ». فَتَحَطَّمَتِ السُّفُنُ وَلَمْ تَبْحُرْ إِلَى تَرْشِيشَ. | ٣٧ 37 |
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has broken your works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
