2 مُلُوك 23
| عِنْدَئِذٍ أَرْسَلَ الْمَلِكُ فَاسْتَدْعَى إِلَيْهِ كُلَّ شُيُوخِ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ، | ١ 1 |
So the king sent messengers who gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
| وَتَوَجَّهَ مَعَهُمْ إِلَى هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، يُرَافِقُهُ جَمِيعُ شُيُوخِ يَهُوذَا وَكُلُّ سُكَّانِ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَالْكَهَنَةُ وَالأَنْبِيَاءُ وَجَمِيعُ أَبْنَاءِ الشَّعْبِ مِنْ صِغَارٍ وَكِبَارٍ، فَقَرَأَ فِي مَسَامِعِهِمْ كُلَّ كَلامِ سِفْرِ الشَّرِيعَةِ الَّذِي تَمَّ الْعُثُورُ عَلَيْهِ فِي بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ. | ٢ 2 |
Then the king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, prophets, and all the people, from small to great. He then read in their hearing all the words of the book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of Yahweh.
| وَوَقَفَ الْمَلِكُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَقَطَعَ عَهْداً أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ أَنْ يَتَّبِعَ الرَّبَّ، حَافِظاً وَصَايَاهُ وَشَهَادَاتِهِ وَفَرَائِضَهُ مِنْ كُلِّ الْقَلْبِ وَالنَّفْسِ، لِتَطْبِيقِ كَلامِ هَذَا الْعَهْدِ الْمُدَوَّنِ فِي هَذَا السِّفْرِ. فَوَعَدَ الشَّعْبُ بِالْوَفَاءِ بِهَذَا الْعَهْدِ. | ٣ 3 |
The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh and to keep his commandments, his regulations, and his statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book. So all the people agreed to stand by the covenant.
| وَأَمَرَ الْمَلِكُ حِلْقِيَّا رَئِيسَ الْكَهَنَةِ، وَكَهَنَةَ الْفِرْقَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ، وَحُرَّاسَ الْبَابِ، أَنْ يَطْرَحُوا مِنْ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ جَمِيعَ الآنِيَةِ الْمَصْنُوعَةِ لِلْبَعْلِ وَلِعَشْتَارُوثَ وَلِكُلِّ كَوَاكِبِ السَّمَاءِ. وَأَحْرَقَهَا خَارِجَ أُورُشَلِيمَ فِي حُقُولِ وَادِي قَدْرُونَ، وَحَمَلَ رَمَادَهَا إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ. | ٤ 4 |
The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests under him, and the gatekeepers to bring out of the temple of Yahweh all the vessels that were made for Baal and Asherah, and for all the stars of heaven. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields in the Kidron Valley and carried their ashes to Bethel.
| وَأَبَادَ كَهَنَةَ الأَصْنَامِ الَّذِينَ أَقَامَهُمْ مُلُوكُ يَهُوذَا لِيُوْقِدُوا عَلَى مَذَابِحِ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا وَضَوَاحِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَكَذَلِكَ قَضَى عَلَى الْكَهَنَةِ الَّذِينَ يُحْرِقُونَ لِلْبَعْلِ وَلِلشَّمْسِ وَالْقَمَرِ وَلِلأَبْرَاجِ الْفَلَكِيَّةِ وَلِسَائِرِ الْكَوَاكِبِ. | ٥ 5 |
He got rid of the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had chosen to burn incense at the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places around Jerusalem—those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and the moon, to the planets, and to all the stars of heaven.
| وَأَخْرَجَ تِمْثَالَ عَشْتَارُوثَ مِنْ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ إِلَى خَارِجِ أُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى وَادِي قَدْرُونَ، وَأَحْرَقَهُ وَسَحَقَهُ إِلَى أَنْ أَصْبَحَ غُبَاراً، وَذَرَّى الْغُبَارَ عَلَى قُبُورِ عَامَّةِ الشَّعْبِ. | ٦ 6 |
He brought out the Asherah pole from the temple of Yahweh, outside Jerusalem to the Kidron Valley and burned it there. He beat it to dust and threw that dust onto the graves of the common people.
| وَهَدَمَ بُيُوتَ ذَوِي الشُّذُوذِ الْجِنْسِيِّ الْقَائِمَةَ حَوَالَيْ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، حَيْثُ كَانَتِ النِّسَاءُ يَنْسُجْنَ ثِيَاباً لِتِمْثَالِ عَشْتَارُوثَ. | ٧ 7 |
He cleared out the rooms of the cultic prostitutes who were in the temple of Yahweh, where the women wove garments for Asherah.
| وَاسْتَدْعَى يُوشِيَّا جَمِيعَ الْكَهَنَةِ مِنْ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا، وَدَنَّسَ كُلَّ أَمَاكِنِ الْعِبَادَةِ الْوَثَنِيَّةِ فِي التِّلالِ، حَيْثُ كَانَ الْكَهَنَةُ يُوقِدُونَ مِنْ جَبَعَ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ، وَهَدَمَ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ قَائِمَةً عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ قَصْرِ يَشُوعَ مُحَافِظِ الْمَدِينَةِ، إِلَى الْجَانِبِ الأَيْسَرِ مِنْ بَابِ الْمَدِينَةِ. | ٨ 8 |
Josiah brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba. He destroyed the high places at the gates that were at the entrance to the gate of Joshua (the city governor), on the left side of the city gate.
| وَلَمْ يَدَعْ كَهَنَةَ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ يَسْتَخْدِمُونَ مَذْبَحَ الرَّبِّ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَإِنْ شَارَكُوا بَقِيَّةَ إِخْوَتِهِمِ الْكَهَنَةِ فِي أَكْلِ خُبْزِ الْفَطِيرِ، | ٩ 9 |
Although the priests of those high places were not allowed to serve at the altar of Yahweh in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread among their brothers.
| وَدَنَّسَ الْمَلِكُ أَيْضاً مَذْبَحَ تُوفَةَ فِي وَادِي بَنِي هِنُّومَ، لِكَيْ لَا يُجِيزَ أَحَدٌ ابْنَهُ أَوِ ابْنَتَهُ فِي النَّارِ للِصَّنَمِ مُولَكَ. | ١٠ 10 |
Josiah defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, so that no one might cause his son or his daughter to pass through the fire as a sacrifice to Molech.
| وَأَبَادَ الْخَيْلَ الَّتِي كَرَّسَهَا مُلُوكُ يَهُوذَا لإِلَهِ الشَّمْسِ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ بِجُوَارِ حُجْرَةِ نَثْنَمْلَكَ مُدِيرِ شُؤُونِ الْقَصْرِ، وَأَحْرَقَ الْمَرْكَبَاتِ الْمُكَرَّسَةَ لِعِبَادَةِ الشَّمْسِ. | ١١ 11 |
He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun. They had been in an area at the entrance to the temple of Yahweh, near the room of Nathan-Melek, the chamberlain. Josiah burned the chariots of the sun.
| وَهَدَمَ الْمَلِكُ الْمَذَابِحَ الَّتِي عَلَى سَطْحِ عُلِّيَّةِ آحَازَ الَّتِي أَقَامَهَا مُلُوكُ يَهُوذَا، وَأَيْضاً الْمَذَابِحَ الَّتِي بَنَاهَا مَنَسَّى فِي سَاحَتَيِ الْهَيْكَلِ، وَسَحَقَ حِجَارَتَهَا هُنَاكَ ثُمَّ ذَرَّاهَا فِي وَادِي قَدْرُونَ | ١٢ 12 |
Josiah the king destroyed the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the temple of Yahweh. Josiah smashed them into pieces and threw them into the Kidron Valley.
| وَنَجَّسَ الْمَلِكُ جَمِيعَ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ الْمُوَاجِهَةِ لأُورُشَلِيمَ، الْقَائِمَةِ عَنْ يَمِينِ جَبَلِ الْهَلاكِ، الَّتِي بَنَاهَا سُلَيْمَانُ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِعَشْتَارُوثَ إِلَهَةِ صِيدُونَ الرِّجْسَةِ، وَلِكَمُوشَ إِلَهِ مُوآبَ النَّجِسِ، وَلِمَلْكُومَ إِلَهِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ الْمَقِيتِ. | ١٣ 13 |
The king ruined the high places east of Jerusalem, south of the mount of corruption that Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth, the detestable idol of the Sidonians; for Chemosh, the detestable idol of Moab; and for Molech, the detestable idol of the people of Ammon.
| وَحَطَّمَ التَّمَاثِيلَ، وَقَطَّعَ أَعْمِدَةَ الأَصْنَامِ، وَمَلأَ مَكَانَهَا مِنْ عِظَامِ النَّاسِ. | ١٤ 14 |
He broke the stone pillars into pieces and cut down the Asherah poles and he filled those places with the bones of human beings.
| وَكَذَلِكَ هَدَمَ الْمَذْبَحَ الَّذِي شَيَّدَهُ يَرُبْعَامُ بْنُ نَبَاطَ فِي مُرْتَفَعَةِ بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَاسْتَغْوَى بِذَلِكَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ فَأَخْطَأُوا. ثُمَّ أَحْرَقَ الْمَذْبَحَ وَسَحَقَ الْمُرْتَفَعَةَ، حَتَّى تَحَوَّلَتْ إِلَى غُبَارٍ، وَأَحْرَقَ عَمُودَ الصَّنَمِ. | ١٥ 15 |
Josiah also completely destroyed the altar that was at Bethel and the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat (the one who made Israel to sin) had constructed. He also burned that altar and the high place and beat it to dust. He also burned the Asherah pole.
| وَتَلَفَّتَ الْمَلِكُ يُوشِيَّا حَوْلَهُ فَشَاهَدَ مَقَابِرَ مُنْتَشِرَةً عَلَى الْجَبَلِ، فَأَرْسَلَ وَجَمَعَ عِظَامَهَا وَأَحْرَقَهَا عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ، وَنَجَّسَهُ تَتْمِيماً لِقَضَاءِ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي نَطَقَ بِهِ رَجُلُ اللهِ بِشَأْنِ مَذْبَحِ يَرُبْعَامَ. | ١٦ 16 |
As Josiah looked over the area, he noticed the graves that were on the hillside. He sent men to take the bones from the graves; then he burned them on the altar, which defiled it. This was according to the word of Yahweh which the man of God had spoken, the man who spoke of these things beforehand.
| وَسَأَلَ الْمَلِكُ: «مَا هَذَا النَّصَبُ الَّذِي أَرَاهُ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ رِجَالُ الْمَدِينَةِ: «هُوَ قَبْرُ رَجُلِ اللهِ الَّذِي جَاءَ مِنْ يَهُوذَا وَأَنْبَأَ بِكُلِّ مَا أَجْرَيْتَهُ عَلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ». | ١٧ 17 |
Then he said, “What monument is that I see?” The men of the city told him, “That is the grave of the man of God who came from Judah and spoke about these things that you have just done against the altar of Bethel.”
| فَقَالَ: «دَعُوهُ. لَا يُحَرِّكْ أَحَدٌ عِظَامَهُ». فَتَرَكُوا عِظَامَهُ وَعِظَامَ نَبِيِّ السَّامِرَةِ. | ١٨ 18 |
So Josiah said, “Let it alone. No one should move his bones.” So they let his bones alone, along with the bones of the prophet who had come from Samaria.
| وَأَزَالَ يُوشِيَّا جَمِيعَ مَعَابِدِ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ الْمُنْتَشِرَةِ فِي مُدُنِ السَّامِرَةِ، الَّتِي بَنَاهَا مُلُوكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لإِثَارَةِ سَخَطِ الرَّبِّ، وَأَجْرَى عَلَيْهَا مَا أَجْرَاهُ عَلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ. | ١٩ 19 |
Then Josiah removed all the houses on the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made, and that provoked Yahweh to anger. He did to them exactly what had been done at Bethel.
| وَقَتَلَ جَمِيعَ كَهَنَةِ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ الَّتِي هُنَاكَ عَلَى الْمَذَابِحِ، وَأَحْرَقَ عِظَامَ النَّاسِ عَلَيْهَا. ثُمَّ عَادَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٢٠ 20 |
He slaughtered all the priests of the high places on the altars and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
| وَأَمَرَ الْمَلِكُ جَمِيعَ الشَّعْبِ قَائِلاً: «احْتَفِلُوا بِفِصْحِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ كَمَا هُوَ مُدَوَّنٌ فِي سِفْرِ الْعَهْدِ هَذَا». | ٢١ 21 |
Then the king commanded all the people, saying, “Keep the Passover to Yahweh your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”
| إِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدِ احْتُفِلَ بِعِيدِ الْفِصْحِ هَذَا مُنْذُ أَيَّامِ الْقُضَاةِ الَّذِينَ حَكَمُوا عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَلا فِي كُلِّ حِقْبَةِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَمُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا. | ٢٢ 22 |
Such a Passover celebration had never been held from the days of the judges who ruled Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel or Judah.
| وَلَكِنْ فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّامِنَةِ عَشْرَةَ لِحُكْمِ الْمَلِكِ يُوشِيَّا احْتُفِلَ بِهَذَا الْفِصْحِ لِلرَّبِّ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ | ٢٣ 23 |
But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah this Passover of Yahweh was celebrated in Jerusalem.
| وَأَبَادَ يُوشِيَّا أَيْضاً السَّحَرَةَ وَالْعَرَّافِينَ وَأَصْنَامَ الآلِهَةِ الَّتِي يَتَعَبَّدُ لَهَا النَّاسُ فِي مَنَازِلِهِمْ، وَالأَوْثَانَ وَجَمِيعَ الرَّجَاسَاتِ الَّتِي اسْتَشْرَتْ فِي أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَذَلِكَ لِيُطَبِّقَ مَا وَرَدَ فِي الشَّرِيعَةِ الْمُدَوَّنَةِ فِي السِّفْرِ الَّذِي عَثَرَ عَلَيْهِ حِلْقِيَّا رَئِيسُ الْكَهَنَةِ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
Josiah also banished those who talked with the dead or with spirits. He also banished the fetishes, the idols, and all the disgusting things that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, so as to confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of Yahweh.
| وَلَمْ يَقُمْ مَلِكٌ مِثْلَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلا مِنْ بَعْدُ، رَجَعَ إِلَى الرَّبِّ بِكُلِّ قَلْبِهِ وَنَفْسِهِ وَقُوَّتِهِ بِمُقْتَضَى شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى. | ٢٥ 25 |
Before Josiah, there had been no king like him, who turned to Yahweh with all his heart, all his soul, and all his might, who followed all the law of Moses. Nor did any king like Josiah arise after him.
| غَيْرَ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ لَمْ يَرْجِعْ عَنْ شِدَّةِ غَضَبِهِ، لأَنَّ غَضَبَهُ احْتَدَمَ عَلَى يَهُوذَا لِفَرْطِ مَا أَثَارَ مَنَسَّى مِنْ سَخَطِهِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
Nevertheless, Yahweh did not turn away from the burning of his fierce anger, which burned against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke him to anger.
| فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «سَأَسْتَأْصِلُ يَهُوذَا مِنْ أَمَامِي كَمَا اسْتَأْصَلْتُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَتَنَكَّرُ لأُورُشَلِيمَ، الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتُهَا، وَلِلْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي قُلْتُ يَكُونُ اسْمِي فِيهِ». | ٢٧ 27 |
So Yahweh said, “I will also remove Judah out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will throw away this city that I have chosen, Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, 'My name will be there.'”
| أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ يُوشِيَّا وَكُلُّ مُنْجَزَاتِهِ أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟ | ٢٨ 28 |
As for the other matters concerning Josiah, everything that he did, are they not written in the book of the events of the kings of Judah?
| وَفِي أَيَّامِ حُكْمِ يُوشِيَّا زَحَفَ فِرْعَوْنُ نَخُوُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ نَحْوَ نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ لِمُسَاعَدَةِ مَلِكِ أَشُورَ، فَهَبَّ يُوشِيَّا لِمُسَاعَدَةِ مَلِكِ أَشُورَ عِنْدَ مَجِدُّو، فَقَتَلَهُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ، فِي أَثْنَاءِ الْمَعْرَكَةِ. | ٢٩ 29 |
In his days, Pharaoh Necho, king of Egypt, went to fight against the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went to meet Necho in battle, and Necho killed him at Megiddo.
| فَحَمَلَهُ رِجَالُهُ فِي مَرْكَبَةٍ وَعَادُوا بِهِ مِنْ مَجِدُّو لأُورُشَلِيمَ، حَيْثُ دَفَنُوهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ. فَوَلَّى الشَّعْبُ يَهُوَأَحَازَ بْنَ يُوشِيَّا مَلِكاً عَلَيْهِمْ خَلَفاً لأَبِيهِ. | ٣٠ 30 |
Josiah's servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own grave. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in his father's place.
| وَكَانَ يَهُوأَحَازُ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ ثَلاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ حَمُوطَلُ بِنْتُ إِرْمِيَا مِنْ لِبْنَةَ. | ٣١ 31 |
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal; she was the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
| وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ عَلَى غِرَارِ مَا فَعَلَ آبَاؤُهُ. | ٣٢ 32 |
Jehoahaz did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, like everything that his ancestors had done.
| وَاعْتَقَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ نَخُوَ يَهُوآحَازَ وَقَيَّدَهُ فِي رَبْلَةَ فِي أَرْضِ حَمَاةَ لِئَلّا يَمْلِكَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَفَرَضَ جِزْيَةً عَلَى الْبِلادِ: مِئَةَ وَزْنَةٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثِ مِئَةٍ وَسِتِّينَ كِيلُو جِرَاماً)، وَوَزْنَةً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ كِيلُو جِرَامَاتٍ). | ٣٣ 33 |
Pharaoh Necho put him in chains at Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he might not reign in Jerusalem. Then Necho fined Judah one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.
| وَنَصَّبَ فِرْعَوْنُ نَخُوَ أَلِيَاقِيمَ بْنَ يُوشِيَّا خَلَفاً لِيُوشِيَّا أَبِيهِ، وَغَيَّرَ اسْمَهُ إِلَى يَهُويَاقِيمَ. ثُمَّ سَاقَ يَهُوآحَازَ أَسِيراً إِلَى مِصْرَ حَيْثُ مَاتَ. | ٣٤ 34 |
Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away to Egypt, and Jehoahaz died there.
| وَأَدَّى يَهُويَاقِيمُ جِزْيَةَ الْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ لِفِرْعَوْنَ، إِلّا أَنَّهُ فَرَضَ ضَرَائِبَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْبِلادِ لِيَتَمَكَّنَ مِنْ دَفْعِهَا، بِحَسَبِ مَا يَمْتَلِكُونَ. | ٣٥ 35 |
Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh. In order to meet the demand of Pharaoh, Jehoikim taxed the land and he forced each man among the people of the land to pay him the silver and gold according to their assessments.
| وَكَانَ يَهُويَاقِيمُ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ زَبِيدَةُ بِنْتُ فِدَايَةَ مِنْ رُومَةَ. | ٣٦ 36 |
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zebidah; she was the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
| وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ عَلَى غِرَارِ مَا فَعَلَ آبَاؤُهُ. | ٣٧ 37 |
Jehoiakim did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, just as his ancestors had done.
