2 أخبار 25

١ 1 كَانَ أَمَصْيَا فِي الْخَامِسَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِنْدَمَا تَوَلَّى الْمُلْكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ تِسْعاً وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ يَهُوعَدَّانُ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.

٢ 2 وَصَنَعَ مَا هُوَ قَوِيمٌ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ دَائِماً بِقَلْبٍ مُخْلِصٍ.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.

٣ 3 وَعِنْدَمَا سَيْطَرَ عَلَى زِمَامِ الْمَمْلَكَةِ قَتَلَ الْمُتَآمِرَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ اغْتَالا وَالِدَهُ،

As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.

٤ 4 وَلَكِنَّهُ عَفَا عَنْ أَبْنَائِهِمَا، عَمَلا بِمَا وَرَدَ فِي كِتَابِ شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى، حَيْثُ أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ قَائِلاً: «لا يُقْتَلُ الآبَاءُ عِوَضاً عَنِ الأَبْنَاءِ، وَلا يُقْتَلُ الأَبْنَاءُ بَدَلاً مِنَ الآبَاءِ فَكُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ يَتَحَمَّلُ وِزْرَ نَفْسِهِ».

Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”

٥ 5 وَعَبَّأَ أَمَصْيَا جَيْشاً مِنْ يَهُوذَا وَمِنْ بِنْيَامِينَ وَوَزَّعَهُمْ بِحَسَبِ بُيُوتِ الآبَاءِ لِيَكُونُوا تَحْتَ إِمْرَةِ رُؤَسَاءِ أُلُوفٍ وَرُؤَسَاءِ مِئَاتٍ، وَأَحْصَاهُمْ مِنِ ابْنِ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً فَمَا فَوْقُ، فَبَلَغَ عَدَدُهُمْ ثَلاثَ مِئَةِ أَلْفٍ مِنَ الْجُنُودِ الْمُدَرَّبِينَ عَلَى اسْتِعْمَالِ الرِّمَاحِ وَالتُّرُوسِ.

Then Amaziah gathered the people of Judah and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and of hundreds. And he numbered those twenty years of age or older throughout Judah and Benjamin and found 300,000 chosen men able to serve in the army, bearing the spear and shield.

٦ 6 وَاسْتَأْجَرَ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِئَةَ أَلْفِ مُرْتَزِقٍ مِنَ الْمُحَارِبِينَ الأَشِدَّاءِ بِمِئَةِ وَزْنَةٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ آلافٍ وَسِتِّ مِئَةِ كِيلُو جِرَامٍ).

He also hired 100,000 mighty warriors from Israel for a hundred talents of silver.

٧ 7 فَجَاءَهُ رَجُلُ اللهِ قَائِلاً: «أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ، لَا يَذْهَبَنَّ مَعَكَ جَيْشُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ تَخَلَّى عَنْ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ

But a man of God came to him and said, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel—not with any of the Ephraimites.

٨ 8 وَحَتَّى لَوْ خُضْتَ الْمَعْرَكَةَ وَحَارَبْتَ بِإِقْدَامٍ وَشَجَاعَةٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَهْزِمُكَ أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِكَ لأَنَّ للهِ وَحْدَهُ أَنْ يُؤْتِيَكَ النَّصْرَ أَوِ الْهَزِيمَةَ».

Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will make you stumble before the enemy, for God has power to help and power to overthrow.”

٩ 9 فَسَأَلَ أَمَصْيَا رَجُلَ اللهِ: «وَمَاذَا عَنِ الْمَالِ الَّذِي دَفَعْتُهُ لِمُرْتَزِقَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «إِنَّ الرَّبَّ قَادِرٌ أَنْ يُعَوِّضَكَ أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا دَفَعْتَ».

Amaziah asked the man of God, “What should I do about the hundred talents I have given to the army of Israel?” And the man of God replied, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”

١٠ 10 فَصَرَفَ أَمَصْيَا الْمُرْتَزِقَةَ الَّذِينَ تَوَافَدُوا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَفْرَايِمَ وَأَرْسَلَهُمْ إِلَى أَرْضِهِمْ. فَاحْتَدَمَ غَضَبُهُمْ عَلَى يَهُوذَا، وَرَجَعُوا إِلَى بِلادِهِمْ سَاخِطِينَ.

So Amaziah dismissed the troops who had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. And they were furious with Judah and returned home in great anger.

١١ 11 أَمَّا أَمَصْيَا، فَقَدْ تَشَجَّعَ وَاقْتَادَ شَعْبَهُ إِلَى وَادِي الْمِلْحِ، وَقَتَلَ مِنْ رِجَالِ سَعِيرَ عَشَرَةَ آلافٍ.

Amaziah, however, summoned his strength and led his troops to the Valley of Salt, where he struck down 10,000 men of Seir,

١٢ 12 وَسَبَى بَنُو يَهُوذَا عَشَرَةَ آلافٍ آخَرِينَ أَتَوْا بِهِمْ إِلَى قِمَّةِ جَبَلِ سَالِعَ حَيْثُ طَرَحُوهُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِهَا، فَتَهَشَّمَتْ عِظَامُهُمْ جَمِيعاً.

and the army of Judah also captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.

١٣ 13 أَمَّا الْمُرْتَزِقَةُ الَّذِينَ صَرَفَهُمْ أَمَصْيَا عَنْ خَوْضِ الْقِتَالِ مَعَهُ، فَقَدْ أَغَارُوا عَلَى مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا، مَا بَيْنَ السَّامِرَةِ وَبَيْتِ حُورُونَ، وَقَتَلُوا ثَلاثَةَ آلافٍ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا، وَنَهَبُوا غَنَائِمَ كَثِيرَةً.

Meanwhile the troops that Amaziah had dismissed from battle raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon. They struck down 3,000 people and carried off a great deal of plunder.

١٤ 14 وَبَعْدَ رُجُوعِ أَمَصْيَا مِنْ مُحَارَبَةِ الأَدُومِيِّينَ مُنْتَصِراً، حَمَلَ مَعَهُ آلِهَةَ بَنِي سَاعِيرَ وَنَصَبَهَا لَهُ آلِهَةً، وَسَجَدَ لَهَا وَأَوْقَدَ لَهَا بَخُوراً.

When Amaziah returned from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the Seirites, set them up as his own gods, bowed before them, and burned sacrifices to them.

١٥ 15 فَاحْتَدَمَ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَيْهِ وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ نَبِيًّا يَقُولُ: «لِمَاذَا ضَلَلْتَ وَرَاءَ آلِهَةِ قَوْمٍ عَجَزُوا عَنْ إِنْقَاذِ شَعْبِهِمْ مِنْ يَدِكَ؟»

Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet, who said, “Why have you sought this people’s gods, which could not deliver them from your hand?”

١٦ 16 فَقَاطَعَهُ الْمَلِكُ وَقَالَ: «هَلْ أَقَمْنَاكَ أَحَدَ مُشِيرِي الْمَلِكِ؟ كُفَّ لِئَلّا تُقْتَلَ». فَانْصَرَفَ النَّبِيُّ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: «قَدْ أَيْقَنْتُ أَنَّ اللهَ قَضَى بِإِهْلاكِكَ، لأَنَّكَ ارْتَكَبْتَ هَذَا وَأَبَيْتَ أَنْ تَسْمَعَ لِمَشُورَتِي».

While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”

١٧ 17 ثُمَّ بَعْدَ أَنْ تَدَاوَلَ أَمَصْيَا مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا مَعَ مُسْتَشَارِيهِ، بَعَثَ إِلَى يُوآشَ بْنِ يَهُوآحَازَ بْنِ يَاهُو مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلاً: «تَعَالَ نَتَوَاجَهُ لِلْقِتَالِ».

Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent word to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.

١٨ 18 فَأَجَابَهُ يُوآشُ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِهَذا الْمَثَلِ: «أَرْسَلَ الْعَوْسَجُ النَّابِتُ فِي لُبْنَانَ إِلَى الأَرْزِ فِي لُبْنَانَ يَقُولُ: زَوِّجِ ابْنَتَكَ مِنِ ابْنِي. فَمَرَّ حَيَوَانٌ بَرِّيٌّ كَانَ هُنَاكَ وَدَاسَ الْعَوْسَجَ.

But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.

١٩ 19 أَنْتَ تَقُولُ فِي نَفْسِكَ: لَقَدْ هَزَمْتُ الأَدُومِيِّينَ، فَانْتَابَكَ الْغُرُورُ، وَلَكِنْ خَيْرٌ لَكَ أَنْ تَمْكُثَ فِي قَصْرِكَ. لِمَاذَا تَسْعَى فِي طَلَبِ الشَّرِّ فَتُسَبِّبَ دَمَارَكَ وَدَمَارَ يَهُوذَا مَعَكَ؟»

You have said, ‘Look, I have defeated Edom,’ and your heart has become proud and boastful. Now stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”

٢٠ 20 فَلَمْ يُصْغِ أَمَصْيَا إِلَيْهِ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَضَى بِالْهَزِيمَةِ عَلَيْهِ لأَنَّهُمْ عَبَدُوا آلِهَةَ أَدُومَ.

But Amaziah would not listen, for this had come from God in order to deliver them into the hand of Jehoash, because they had sought the gods of Edom.

٢١ 21 وَزَحَفَ يُوآشُ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِجَيْشِهِ، وَتَوَاجَهَ مَعَ أَمَصْيَا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا فِي بَيْتِ شَمْسٍ التَّابِعَةِ لِيَهُوذَا.

So Jehoash king of Israel advanced, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.

٢٢ 22 فَانْدَحَرَ يَهُوذَا أَمَامَ جَيْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَهَرَبُوا إِلَى مَنَازِلِهِمْ.

And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his own home.

٢٣ 23 وَوَقَعَ أَمَصْيَا مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا فِي أَسْرِ يُوآشَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي بَيْتِ شَمْسٍ، فَأَخَذَهُ يُوآشُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ حَيْثُ هَدَمَ سُورَهَا مِنْ بَابِ أَفْرَايِمَ إِلَى بَابِ الزَّاوِيَةِ عَلَى امْتِدَادِ نَحْوِ مِئَتَيْ مِتْرٍ،

There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.

٢٤ 24 وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَى كُلِّ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ وَجَمِيعِ الآنِيَةِ الْمَوْجُودَةِ فِي بَيْتِ اللهِ الَّتِي فِي عُهْدَةِ أَبْنَاءِ عُوبِيدَ أَدُومَ وَخَزَائِنِ قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ، وَأَخَذَ رَهَائِنَ، ثُمَّ عَادَ إِلَى السَّامِرَةِ.

He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the house of God with Obed-edom and in the treasuries of the royal palace, as well as some hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.

٢٥ 25 وَعَاشَ أَمَصْيَا بْنُ يُوآشَ مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ يُوآشَ بْنِ يَهُوآحَازَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.

٢٦ 26 أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ أَمَصْيَا مِنْ بِدَايَتِهَا إِلَى نِهَايَتِهَا أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا وَإِسْرَائِيلَ؟

As for the rest of the acts of Amaziah, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel?

٢٧ 27 وَمُنْذُ أَنْ تَحَوَّلَ أَمَصْيَا عَنِ الرَّبِّ ثَارَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْفِتْنَةُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَلَجَأَ إِلَى لَخِيشَ. وَلَكِنَّهُمْ أَرْسَلُوا مَنْ تَعَقَّبَهُ إِلَى هُنَاكَ وَاغْتَالَهُ،

From the time that Amaziah turned from following the LORD, a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.

٢٨ 28 ثُمَّ نَقَلُوهُ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ حَيْثُ دَفَنُوهُ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ.

They carried him back on horses and buried him with his fathers in the City of Judah.