2 أخبار 20
| ثُمَّ اجْتَمَعَ الْمُوآبِيُّونَ وَالْعَمُّونِيُّونَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ يَهُوشَافَاطَ، | ١ 1 |
It came about after this, that the people of Moab and Ammon, and with them some Meunites came against Jehoshaphat to do 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 some came who told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A large multitude is coming against you from beyond the Dead Sea, from Edom. See, they are in Hazezon Tamar,” that is, Engedi.
| فَاعْتَرَاهُ الْخَوْفُ وَعَقَدَ العَزْمَ عَلَى الاسْتِغَاثَةِ بِالرَّبِّ وَنَادَى بِصَوْمٍ فِي جَمِيعِ يَهُوذَا. | ٣ 3 |
Jehoshaphat became afraid and set himself to seek Yahweh. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
| فَاحْتَشَدَ بَنُو يَهُوذَا قَادِمِينَ مِنْ كُلِّ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا لِيَطْلُبُوا عَوْنَ الرَّبِّ. | ٤ 4 |
Judah gathered together to seek Yahweh; they came to seek Yahweh from all the cities of Judah.
| فَوَقَفَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ أَمَامَ الدَّارِ الْجَدِيدَةِ فِي بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ، فِي وَسَطِ جَمَاعَةِ يَهُوذَا وَأَهْلِ أَورُشَلِيمَ، | ٥ 5 |
Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, at the house of Yahweh, in front of the new courtyard.
| 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 |
He said, “Yahweh, the God of our ancestors, are you not God in heaven? Are you not the ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, so no one is able to resist you.
| أَلَسْتَ أَنْتَ إِلَهَنَا الَّذِي طَرَدْتَ أَهْلَ هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ مِنْ أَمَامِ شَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَوَهَبْتَهَا إِلَى الأَبَدِ لِنَسْلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلِكَ؟ | ٧ 7 |
Our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham?
| فَأَقَامُوا فِيهَا وَشَيَّدُوا لَكَ وَلاسْمِكَ مَقْدِساً قَائِلِينَ: | ٨ 8 |
They lived in it and built you a holy place in it 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 disaster comes on us—the sword, judgment, or disease, or famine—we will stand before this house, and before you (for your name is in this house), and we will cry to you in our affliction, and you will hear us and save us.'
| 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 |
See now, here are the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir whom you would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt; instead, Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them.
| هَا هُمْ يُكَافِئُونَنَا بِهُجُومِهِمْ عَلَيْنَا لِطَرْدِنَا مِنْ مُلْكِكَ الَّذِي أَوْرَثْتَنَا إِيَّاهُ. | ١١ 11 |
See how they are rewarding us; they are coming to drive us out of your land that 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 |
Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power against this great army that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”
| وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ كُلُّ بَنِي يَهُوذَا مَاثِلِينَ فِي حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ مَعَ أَطْفَالِهِمْ وَنِسَائِهِمْ وَبَنِيهِمْ، | ١٣ 13 |
All Judah stood before Yahweh, with their little ones, wives, and 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 in the middle of the assembly, the Spirit of Yahweh came on Jahaziel, son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, the Levite, one of the sons of Asaph.
| 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 |
Jahaziel said, “Listen, all Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat. This is what Yahweh says to you, 'Do not fear; do not be discouraged because of this great army, for the battle does not belong to you, but to God.
| ازْحَفُوا نَحْوَهُمْ غَداً، فَهَا هُمْ صَاعِدُونَ فِي عَقَبَةِ صِيصَ، فَتَجِدُوهُمْ فِي طَرَفِ الْوَادِي بِحِذَاءِ صَحْرَاءِ يَرُوئِيلَ. | ١٦ 16 |
You must go down against them tomorrow. See, they are coming up by way of the pass of Ziz. You will find them at the end of the valley, 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 |
You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand in your positions, stand still, and see the rescue of Yahweh with you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not fear nor be discouraged. Go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you.'”
| فَوَقَعَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ، وَسَجَدَ مَعَهُ لِلرَّبِّ جَمِيعُ يَهُوذَا وَسُكَّانُ أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١٨ 18 |
Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground. All Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Yahweh, worshiping him.
| ثُمَّ وَقَفَ اللّاوِيُّونَ مِنْ بَنِي قَهَاتَ وَمِنْ بَنِي قُورَحَ لِيُسَبِّحُوا الرَّبَّ بِهُتَافٍ عَظِيمٍ. | ١٩ 19 |
The Levites, those of the descendants of the Kohathites and Korahites, stood up to praise Yahweh, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice.
| 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 |
Early in the morning they arose and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. As they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Trust in Yahweh your God, and you will be supported. Trust in his prophets, and you will succeed.”
| 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 |
After he consulted with the people, he appointed those who sang to Yahweh and who praised him for his majestic splendor as they went out before the army, saying, “Give thanks to Yahweh, for his covenant faithfulness endures forever.”
| وَعِنْدَمَا شَرَعُوا فِي الْغِنَاءِ وَالتَّسْبِيحِ أَثَارَ الرَّبُّ كَمَائِنَ عَلَى الْعَمُّونِيِّينَ وَالْمُوآبِيِّينَ، وَأَهْلِ جَبَلِ سَعِيرَ الْقَادِمِينَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ يَهُوذَا، فَانْكَسَرُوا. | ٢٢ 22 |
When they began to sing and to praise, Yahweh set men in ambush against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who were coming against Judah. They were defeated.
| فَقَدِ انْقَلَبَ الْعَمُّونِيُّونَ وَالْمُوآبِيُّونَ علَى سُكَّانِ جَبَلِ سَعِيرَ وَقَضَوْا عَلَيْهِمْ، ثُمَّ انْقَلَبُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ فَأَفْنَى بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً. | ٢٣ 23 |
For the people of Ammon and Moab rose to fight the inhabitants of Mount Seir, in order to completely kill them and destroy them. When they had finished with the inhabitants of Mount Seir, they all helped to destroy each other.
| وَحِينَ بَلَغَ جَيْشُ يَهُوذَا بُرْجَ الْمُرَاقَبَةِ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ، الْتَفَتُوا نَحْوَ جَيْشِ الأَعْدَاءِ، وَإذَا بِهِمْ جُثَثٌ مُتَنَاثِرَةٌ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، لَمْ يُفْلِتْ مِنْهُمْ حَيٌّ. | ٢٤ 24 |
When Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked out on the army. Behold, they were dead, fallen to the ground; none had 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 |
When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take plunder from them, they found among them abundant goods, clothing, and valuable articles, which they took for themselves, more than they could carry away. It took them three days to carry off the plunder, there was so much of it.
| ثُمَّ اجْتَمَعُوا فِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابِعِ فِي وَادِي الْبَرَكَةِ لأَنَّهُمْ هُنَاكَ بَارَكُوا الرَّبَّ، فَدَعَوْا ذَلِكَ الْمَكَانَ وَادِي الْبَرَكَةِ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berakah. There they praised Yahweh, so the name of that place is the “Valley of Berakah” to 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 their lead, to go again to Jerusalem with joy, for Yahweh had made them rejoice over their enemies.
| وَدَخَلُوا أُورُشَلِيمَ عَازِفِينَ عَلَى الرَّبَابِ وَالْعِيدَانِ وَالأَبْوَاقِ، وَتَوَجَّهُوا إِلَى هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ. | ٢٨ 28 |
They came to Jerusalem and to the house of Yahweh with lyres, harps, and trumpets.
| وَطَغَتْ هَيْبَةُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى كُلِّ مَمَالِكِ الأَرَاضِي الْمُجَاوِرَةِ بَعْدَ أَنْ سَمِعُوا أَنَّ الرَّبَّ حَارَبَ أَعْدَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٢٩ 29 |
The terror of God was on all the kingdoms of the nations when they heard that Yahweh had fought against Israel's enemies.
| وَتَمَتَّعَتْ مَمْلَكَةُ يَهُوشَافَاطَ بِالسَّلامِ، وَوَفَّرَ لَهُ الرَّبُّ أَمَاناً شَامِلاً مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ. | ٣٠ 30 |
So Jehoshaphat's kingdom was quiet, for his God gave him peace all around him.
| وَكَانَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ حِينَ تَوَلَّى الْمُلْكَ عَلَى يَهُوذَا فِي الْخَامِسَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ عَزُوبَةُ بِنْتُ شَلْحِي. | ٣١ 31 |
Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: He was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. 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 |
He walked in the ways of Asa, his father; he did not turn away from them; he did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh.
| غَيْرَ أَنَّ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ لَمْ يَتِمَّ اسْتِئْصَالُهَا، لأَنَّ الشَّعْبَ لَمْ يَكُنْ بَعْدُ قَدْ أَعَدَّ قَلْبَهُ لِلإِخْلاصِ لإِلَهِ آبَائِهِمْ. | ٣٣ 33 |
However, the high places were not taken away. The people still had not directed their hearts to the God of their ancestors.
| أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ يَهُوشَافَاطَ مِنْ بِدَايَتِهَا إِلَى نِهَايَتِهَا فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي تَارِيخِ يَاهُو بْنِ حَنَانِي، الْمَذْكُورِ فِي كِتَابِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٣٤ 34 |
As for the other matters concerning Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu son of Hanani, which is recorded in the book of the kings of Israel.
| ثُمَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ عَقَدَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ اتِّفَاقاً مَعَ أَخَزْيَا مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِي أَسَاءَ فِي تَصَرُّفَاتِهِ. | ٣٥ 35 |
After this Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, allied himself with Ahaziah, king of Israel, who committed much wickedness.
| فَبَنَيَا مَعاً أُسْطُولاً مِنَ السُّفُنِ فِي عِصْيُونَ جَابِرَ لِتَبْحُرَ إِلَى تَرْشِيشَ. | ٣٦ 36 |
He allied himself with him to build ships to go to Tarshish. They built the ships at Ezion Geber.
| 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 son of Dodavahu of Mareshah, prophesied against Jehoshaphat; he said, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, Yahweh has destroyed your projects.” The ships were wrecked so that they were not able to sail.
