2 أخبار 21

١ 1 وَمَاتَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ فَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ، وَخَلَفَهُ عَلَى الْمُلْكِ ابْنُهُ يَهُورَامُ.

And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.

٢ 2 وَكَانَ لِيَهُورَامَ إِخْوَةٌ هُمْ عَزَرْيَا وَيَحِيئِيلُ وَزَكَرِيَّا وَعَزَرْيَاهُو وَمِيخَائِيلُ وَشَفَطْيَا، وَجَمِيعُهُمْ أَبْنَاءُ يَهُوشَافَاطَ.

Jehoram’s brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat, were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; these were all sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.

٣ 3 فَوَهَبَهُمْ أَبُوهُمْ عَطَايَا كَثِيرَةً مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَذَهَبٍ وَتُحَفٍ، فَضْلاً عَنْ مُدُنٍ حَصِينَةٍ فِي يَهُوذَا. أَمَّا عَرْشُ الْمَمْلَكَةِ فَأَوْرَثَهُ لِيَهُورَامَ لأَنَّهُ بِكْرُهُ.

Their father had given them many gifts of silver and gold and precious things, as well as the fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.

٤ 4 وَلَمَّا اسْتَتَبَّ لَهُ الأَمْرُ عَلَى عَرْشِ الْمَمْلَكَةِ قَتَلَ جَمِيعَ إِخْوَتِهِ بِالسَّيْفِ، كَمَا قَضَى عَلَى بَعْضِ الزُّعَمَاءِ.

When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened himself by putting to the sword all his brothers along with some of the princes of Israel.

٥ 5 وَكَانَ يَهُورَامُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ تَوَلَّى الْمُلْكَ، ثُمَّ حَكَمَ ثَمَانِيَ سَنَوَاتٍ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ،

Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.

٦ 6 وَسَلَكَ فِي نَهْجِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، مُقْتَفِياً خُطَى بَيْتِ آخْابَ لأَنَّهُ كَانَ مُتَزَوِّجاً مِنِ ابْنَةِ آخْابَ، فَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ.

And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.

٧ 7 وَلَمْ يَشَأ الرَّبُّ أَنْ يُفْنِيَ ذُرِّيَّةَ دَاوُدَ، بِسَبَبِ الْعَهْدِ الَّذِي أَبْرَمَهُ مَعَ دَاوُدَ قَائِلاً: إِنَّهُ يُبْقِي وَاحِداً مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ كُلَّ الأَيَّامِ.

Yet the LORD was unwilling to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant He had made with David, and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.

٨ 8 وَفِي عَهْدِهِ تَمَرَّدَ الأَدُومِيُّونَ عَلَى يَهُوذَا، وَنَصَّبُوا عَلَيْهِمْ مَلِكاً.

In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.

٩ 9 فَاجْتَازَ يَهُورَامُ نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ مَعَ قَادَتِهِ وَجَمِيعِ مَرْكَبَاتِهِ. وَعِنْدَمَا حَاصَرَهُ الأَدُومِيُّونَ مَعَ قَادَةِ مَرْكَبَاتِهِ هَبَّ لَيْلاً وَاقْتَحَمَ خُطُوطَهُمْ.

So Jehoram crossed into Edom with his officers and all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night.

١٠ 10 وَمُنْذُ ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ ظَلَّ الأَدُومِيُّونَ خَارِجِينَ عَنْ طَاعَةِ يَهُوذَا إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، حِينَئِذٍ تَمَرَّدَتْ عَلَيْهِ لِبْنَةُ أَيْضاً لأَنَّهُ تَرَكَ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِهِ.

So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled against his rule at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.

١١ 11 كَمَا شَيَّدَ مَعَابِدَ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ أَيْضاً فِي جِبَالِ يَهُوذَا، وَأَغْوَى أَهْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ عَلَى خِيَانَةِ الرَّبِّ وَأَضَلَّ يَهُوذَا.

Jehoram had also built high places on the hills of Judah; he had caused the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves and had led Judah astray.

١٢ 12 وَتَسَلَّمَ خِطَاباً مِنْ إِيلِيَّا النَّبِيِّ وَرَدَ فِيهِ: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ دَاوُدَ أَبِيكَ: لأَنَّكَ لَمْ تَسْلُكْ فِي نَهْجِ يَهُوشَافَاطَ أَبِيكَ، وَلا فِي طُرُقِ آسَا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا،

Then a letter came to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, which stated: “This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘You have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah,

١٣ 13 بَلْ سَلَكْتَ فِي طُرقِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَغْوَيْتَ يَهُوذَا وَسُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ فَخَانُوا الرَّبَّ كَخِيَانَةِ بَيْتِ آخْابَ، وَقَتَلْتَ أَيْضاً إِخْوَتَكَ أَبْنَاءَ بَيْتِ أَبِيكَ، مَعَ أَنَّهُمْ خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ.

but you have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and have caused Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab prostituted itself. You have also killed your brothers, your father’s family, who were better than you.

١٤ 14 فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ سَيُعَاقِبُ شَعْبَكَ وَأَبْنَاءَكَ وَنِسَاءَكَ، وَكُلَّ مَالَكَ عِقَاباً شَدِيداً.

So behold, the LORD is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a serious blow.

١٥ 15 وَسَيَضْرِبُكَ بِأَمْرَاضٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، فَتُعَانِي مِنْ دَاءٍ عُضَالٍ فِي أَمْعَائِكَ حَتَّى تَتَسَاقَطَ أَمْعَاؤُكَ مِنْ جَرَّائِهِ يَوْماً فَيَوْماً».

And day after day you yourself will suffer from a severe illness, a disease of your bowels, until it causes your bowels to come out.’”

١٦ 16 وَأَثَارَ الرَّبُّ عَلَى يَهُورَامَ عَدَاءَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَالْعَرَبِ الْمُسْتَوْطِنِينَ إِلَى جِوَارِ الْكُوشِيِّينَ.

Then the LORD stirred against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and Arabs who lived near the Cushites.

١٧ 17 فَهَاجَمُوا يَهُوذَا وَاسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَيْهَا، وَنَهَبُوا كُلَّ الأَمْوَالِ الْمُدَّخَرَةِ فِي قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ، وَسَبَوْا أَبْنَاءَهُ وَنِسَاءَهُ. وَلَمْ يَبْقَ لَهُ ابْنٌ إِلّا يَهُوآحَازَ أَصْغَرَ أَوْلادِهِ.

So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest.

١٨ 18 وَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ ضَرَبَهُ الرَّبُّ بِدَاءٍ عُضَالٍ فِي أَمْعَائِهِ.

After all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels.

١٩ 19 وَمَعَ مُرُورِ الأَيَّامِ، وَبَعْدَ انْقِضَاءِ سَنَتَيْنِ تَسَاقَطَتْ أَمْعَاؤُهُ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ الدَّاءِ، فَمَاتَ وَهُوَ يُقَاسِي مِنْ مُخْتَلَفِ الأَمْرَاضِ الخَبِيثَةِ، وَلَمْ يُشْعِلْ لَهُ شَعْبُهُ حَرِيقَةً كَبِيرَةً كَحَرِيقَةِ آبَائِهِ،

This continued day after day until two full years had passed. Finally, his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died in severe pain. And his people did not make a fire in his honor as they had done for his fathers.

٢٠ 20 وَكَانَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ تَوَلَّى الْمُلْكَ، وَحَكَمَ ثَمَانِيَ سَنَوَاتٍ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، ثُمَّ مَاتَ غَيْرَ مَأْسُوفٍ عَلَيْهِ، فَدَفَنُوهُ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ، وَلَكِنْ لَيْسَ فِي مَقَابِرِ الْمُلُوكِ.

Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.