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 began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem.

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

He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, but not with a perfect heart.

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

Now when the kingdom was established to him, he killed his servants who had killed 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».

But he didn’t put their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as the LORD commanded, saying, “The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall 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.

Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together and ordered them according to their fathers’ houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin. He counted them from twenty years old and upward, and found that there were three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go out to war, who could handle 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 one hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for one 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

A man of God came to him, saying, “O king, don’t let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel, with all the children of Ephraim.

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

But if you will go, take action, and be strong for the battle. God will overthrow you before the enemy; for God has power to help, and 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 said to the man of God, “But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?” The man of God answered, “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.

Then Amaziah separated them, the army that had come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again. Therefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger.

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

Amaziah took courage, and led his people out and went to the Valley of Salt, and struck ten thousand of the children of Seir.

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

The children of Judah carried away ten thousand alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and threw them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were broken in 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.

But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell on the cities of Judah from Samaria even to Beth Horon, and struck of them three thousand, and took much plunder.

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

Now after Amaziah had come from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them and burned incense 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 LORD’s anger burned against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet who said to him, “Why have you sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of 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».

As he talked with him, the king said to him, “Have we made you one of the king’s counselors? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” Then the prophet stopped, and said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”

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 consulted his advisers, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come! Let’s look one another in the face.”

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.

Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as his wife. Then a wild animal that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled down 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 say to yourself that you have struck Edom; and your heart lifts you up to boast. Now stay at home. Why should you meddle with trouble, that you should fall, even 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 it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they had sought after the gods of Edom.

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

So Joash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.

٢٢ 22 فَانْدَحَرَ يَهُوذَا أَمَامَ جَيْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَهَرَبُوا إِلَى مَنَازِلِهِمْ.

Judah was defeated by Israel; so every man fled to his tent.

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،

Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, 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 vessels that were found in God’s house with Obed-Edom, and the treasures of the king’s house, and the hostages, and returned to Samaria.

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

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

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

Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, aren’t they 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،

Now from the time that Amaziah turned away from following the LORD, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem. He fled to Lachish, but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.

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

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