2 مُلُوك 14

١ 1 وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ مِنْ حُكْمِ يُوآشَ بْنِ يُوأَحَازَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، تَوَلَّى أَمَصْيَا بْنُ يُوآشَ الْمُلْكَ عَلَى يَهُوذَا

In the second year of Joash the son of Joachaz the king of Israel became Amazyahu, the son of Joash the king of Judah, king.

٢ 2 وَكَانَ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ تِسْعاً وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ يَهُوعَدَّانُ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

Twenty and five years was he old when he became king, and twenty and nine years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Yeho'addan of Jerusalem.

٣ 3 وَصَنَعَ كُلَّ مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، عَلَى غِرَارِ أَبِيهِ يُوآشَ، وَلَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَبْلُغْ صَلاحَ جَدِّهِ الأَكْبَرِ دَاوُدَ.

And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, yet not like David his father: in accordance with all that Joash his father had done, [so] did he.

٤ 4 إِذْ لَمْ يَهْدِمِ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ، بَلْ ظَلَّ الشَّعْبُ يَذْبَحُونَ عَلَيْهَا وَيُوْقِدُونَ.

Nevertheless the high-places were not removed: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high-places.

٥ 5 وَعِنْدَمَا اسْتَتَبَّ الْمُلْكُ فِي يَدِهِ قَتَلَ رِجَالَهُ الَّذِينَ اغْتَالُوا أَبَاهُ الْمَلِكَ.

And it came to pass, when the kingdom was firmly established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had slain the king his father.

٦ 6 وَلَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَقْتَصَّ مِنْ أَبْنَائِهِمْ عَمَلاً بِمَا هُوَ وَارِدٌ فِي كِتَابِ شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى، حَيْثُ أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ قَائِلاً: «لا يُقْتَلُ الآبَاءُ بِذَنْبِ الْبَنِينَ وَلا يُقْتَلُ الْبَنُونَ بِذَنْبِ الآبَاءِ، إِنَّمَا يُقْتَلُ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ بِمَا جَنَتْ يَدَاهُ».

But the children of the murderers he put not to death: as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, that the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor shall the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

٧ 7 وَهُوَ الَّذِي قَتَلَ عَشَرَةَ آلافٍ مِنَ الأَدُومِيِّينَ فِي وَادِي الْمِلْحِ، وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَى سَالِعَ بِالْحَرْبِ، وَدَعَا اسْمَهَا يَقْتَئِيلَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

He it was that smote of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand men, and seized Sela' in the war, and called its name Yoktheel until this day.

٨ 8 وَبَعَثَ أَمَصْيَا رُسُلاً إِلَى يَهُوآشَ بْنِ يَهُوأَحَازَ بْنِ يَاهُو مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلاً: «تَعَالَ نَتَوَاجَهْ لِلْقِتَالِ».

Then sent Amazyah messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoachaz the son of Jehu, the king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.

٩ 9 فَأَجَابَهُ يَهُوآشُ: «أَرْسَلَ الْعَوْسَجُ النَّابِتُ فِي لُبْنَانَ إِلَى الأَرْزِ فِي لُبْنَانَ يَقُولُ: زَوِّجِ ابْنَتَكَ مِنِ ابْنِي. فَمَرَّ حَيَوَانٌ بَرِّيٌّ كَانَ هُنَاكَ، فَوَطِئَ الْعَوْسَجَ!

And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amazyahu the king of Judah, saying, The thornbush that was in the Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in the Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son for wife. And there passed along the wild beasts that were in Lebanon, and trod down the thornbush.

١٠ 10 لَقَدْ هَزَمْتَ الأَدُومِيِّينَ فَانْتَابَكَ الْغُرُورُ، وَلَكِنْ خَيْرٌ لَكَ أَنْ تَمْكُثَ فِي قَصْرِكَ وَتَتَمَتَّعَ بِمَجْدِ انْتِصَارِكَ. فَلِمَاذَا تَسْعَى إِلَى الشَّرِّ فَتَجْلِبَ الدَّمَارَ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى يَهُوذَا؟»

Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up: keep thy glory and stay in thy house; and why wilt thou meddle with misfortune, that thou mayest fall, thou, and Judah with thee?

١١ 11 فَلَمْ يُصْغِ أَمَصْيَا لَهُ، فَحَشَدَ يَهُوآشُ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ جُيُوشَهُ وَتَوَاجَهَ مَعَ أَمَصْيَا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا فِي بَيْتِ شَمْسٍ التَّابِعَةِ لِمَمْلَكَةِ يَهُوذَا.

But Amazyahu would not hear. Therefore Jehoash the king of Israel went up; and he and Amazyahu the king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

١٢ 12 فَانْهَزَمَ يَهُوذَا أَمَامَ جَيْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَهَرَبُوا إِلَى مَنَازِلِهِمْ،

And Judah was defeated before Israel; and they fled every man to his tents.

١٣ 13 وَوَقَعَ أَمَصْيَا فِي أَسْرِ يَهُوآشَ فِي بَيْتِ شَمْسٍ. وَتَوَجَّهَ بِجَيْشِهِ نَحْوَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَهَدَمَ سُورَهَا مِنْ بَابِ أَفْرَايِمَ إِلَى بَابِ الزَّاوِيَةِ عَلَى امْتِدَادِ أَرْبَعِ مِئَةِ ذِرَاعٍ (نَحْوَ مِئَتَيْ مِتْرٍ)

And Jehoash the king of Israel caught Amazyahu the king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Achazyahu, at Beth-shemesh; and he came to Jerusalem, and made a breach in the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner-gate, four hundred cubits.

١٤ 14 وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَى كُلِّ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ، وَجَمِيعِ الآنِيَةِ الْمَوْجُودَةِ فِي هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ وَفِي قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ، وَأَخَذَ رَهَائِنَ ثُمَّ عَادَ إِلَى السَّامِرَةِ.

And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house, and the children of the chiefs as hostages, and returned to Samaria.

١٥ 15 أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ يَهُوآشَ وَمَا قَامَ بِهِ مِنْ أَعْمَالٍ وَكَيْفَ حَارَبَ أَمَصْيَا مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his mighty deeds, and how he fought with Amazyahu the king of Judah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

١٦ 16 ثُمَّ مَاتَ يَهُوآشُ وَدُفِنَ فِي السَّامِرَةِ مَعَ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ يَرُبْعَامُ.

And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel: and Jerobo'am his son became king in his stead.

١٧ 17 وَعَاشَ أَمَصْيَا بْنُ يُوآشَ مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ يَهُوآشَ بْنِ يَهُوأَحَازَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And Amazyahu the son of Joash the king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash, the son of Jehoachaz the king of Israel, fifteen years.

١٨ 18 أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ أَمَصْيَا أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟

And the rest of the acts of Amazyahu, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

١٩ 19 وَثَارَتْ عَلَيْهِ فِتْنَةٌ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَلَجَأَ إِلَى لَخِيشَ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ أَرْسَلُوا مَنْ تَعَقَّبُوهُ إِلَى هُنَاكَ وَاغْتَالُوهُ،

Now they raised a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: wherefore he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.

٢٠ 20 ثُمَّ نَقَلُوهُ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ حَيْثُ دُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ.

And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

٢١ 21 وَنَصَّبَ كُلُّ شَعْبِ يَهُوذَا ابْنَهُ عَزَرْيَا مَلِكاً، وَلَهُ مِنَ الْعُمْرِ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، فَخَلَفَ أَبَاهُ أَمَصْيَا عَلَى الْعَرْشِ.

And all the people of Judah took 'Azaryah, who was sixteen years old, and they made him king instead of his father Amazyahu.

٢٢ 22 وَهُوَ الَّذِي اسْتَرَدَّ أَيْلَةَ لِيَهُوذَا وَرَمَّمَهَا عَقِبَ وَفَاةِ وَالِدِهِ الْمَلِكِ أَمَصْيَا.

He it was that built Elath, and brought it back to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.

٢٣ 23 وَفِي السَّنَةِ الْخَامِسَةِ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ أَمَصْيَا بْنِ يُوآشَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، تَوَلَّى يَرُبْعَامُ بْنُ يُوآشَ عَرْشَ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي السَّامِرَةِ إِحْدَى وَأَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً.

In the fifteenth year of Amazyahu the son of Joash the king of Judah became Jerobo'am the son of Joash the king of Israel king in Samaria, [for] forty and one years.

٢٤ 24 وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، وَلَمْ يَعْدِلْ عَنْ أَيٍّ مِنْ خَطَايَا يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ نَبَاطَ الَّتِي اسْتَغْوَى بِها الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ فَأَخْطَأُوا.

And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jerobo'am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin.

٢٥ 25 وَهُوَ الَّذِي اسْتَرْجَعَ لإِسْرَائِيلَ أَرَاضِيهَا الْمُمْتَدَّةَ مِنْ حَمَاةَ إِلَى الْبَحْرِ الْمَيِّتِ، تَحْقِيقاً لِكَلامِ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي نَطَقَ بِهِ عَلَى لِسَانِ عَبْدِهِ يُونَانَ بْنِ أَمَتَّايَ النَّبِيِّ مِنْ أَهْلِ جَتَّ حَافِرَ،

He restored the boundary of Israel from the entrance of Chamath unto the sea of the plain; in accordance with the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he had spoken by means of his servant Jonah the son of Amitthai, the prophet, who was of Gathchepher.

٢٦ 26 لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ رَأَى مَا يُعَانِيهِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ مِنْ عَبِيدٍ وَأَحْرَارٍ مِنْ ضِيقٍ أَلِيمٍ مَرِيرٍ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ مِنْ مُعِينٍ.

For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, which was very bitter; that the guarded was no more, and that the fortified was no more, and there was no helper for Israel.

٢٧ 27 وَإِذْ لَمْ يَكُنِ الرَّبُّ قَدْ قَضَى بِمَحْوِ اسْمِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ تَحْتِ السَّمَاءِ، أَنْقَذَهُمْ عَلَى يَدِ يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ يُوآشَ.

And the Lord had not spoken that he would blot out the name of Israel from under the heavens; but he helped them by means of Jerobo'am the son of Joash.

٢٨ 28 أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ يَرُبْعَامَ وَكُلُّ مُنْجَزَاتِهِ وَأَعْمَالِهِ وَكَيْفَ حَارَبَ وَاسْتَرْجَعَ لإِسْرَائِيلَ كُلًا مِنْ دِمَشْقَ وَحَمَاةَ الَّتِي اسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهَا يَهُوذَا أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟

Now the rest of the acts of Jerobo'am, and all that he did, and his mighty deeds, how he warred, and how he brought back Damascus and Chamath, [which had belonged] to Judah, to Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

٢٩ 29 ثُمَّ مَاتَ يَرُبْعَامُ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ زَكَرِيَّا عَلَى الْمُلْكِ.

And Jerobo'am slept with his fathers, with the kings of Israel: and Zechariah his son became king in his stead.