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١ 1 وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّامِنَةِ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ يَهُوشَافَاطَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، اعْتَلَى يَهُورَامُ بْنُ آخْابَ عَرْشَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَدَامَ مُلْكُهُ فِي السَّامِرَةِ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً.

Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

٢ 2 وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، وَلَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يُوْغِلْ فِيهِ مِثْلَمَا أَوْغَلَ أَبُوهُ وَأُمُّهُ، فَإِنَّهُ أَزَالَ تِمْثَالَ الْبَعْلِ الَّذِي نَصَبَهُ أَبُوهُ.

And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.

٣ 3 غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ تَشَبَّثَ بِخَطَايَا يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ نَبَاطَ الَّذِي اسْتَغْوَى إِسْرَائِيلَ لارْتِكَابِ الإِثْمِ، وَلَمْ يَحِدْ عَنْهَا.

Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

٤ 4 وَكَانَ مِيشَعُ مَلِكُ مُوآبَ يَقُومُ بِتَرْبِيَةِ الْمَوَاشِي، وَيُؤَدِّي لِمَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِئَةَ أَلْفِ خَرُوفٍ وَمِئَةَ أَلْفِ كَبْشٍ مَعَ أَصْوَافِهَا.

And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.

٥ 5 وَمَا إِنْ تُوُفِّيَ آخْابُ حَتَّى تَمَرَّدَ مَلِكُ مُوآبَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ،

But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

٦ 6 فَحَشَدَ الْمَلِكُ يَهُورَامُ جُيُوشَهُ مِنْ كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.

٧ 7 وَبَعَثَ يَهُورَامُ إِلَى يَهُوشَافَاطَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا قَائِلاً: «قَدْ تَمَرَّدَ مَلِكُ الْمُوآبِيِّينَ عَلَيَّ، فَهَلْ تَشْتَرِكُ مَعِي فِي مُحَارَبَتِهِ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «أَشْتَرِكُ، فَمَثَلِي مَثَلُكَ وَشَعْبِي كَشَعْبِكَ وَخَيْلِي كَخَيْلِكَ».

And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I [am] as thou [art], my people as thy people, [and] my horses as thy horses.

٨ 8 فَسَأَلَهُ: «أَيَّ طَرِيقٍ نَتَّخِذُ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ يَهُوشَافَاطُ: «طَرِيقَ صَحْرَاءِ أَدُومَ».

And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.

٩ 9 فَتَوَجَّهَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِرِفْقَةِ حَلِيفَيْهِ: مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا وَمَلِكِ أَدُومَ، وَدَارُوا فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ مَسِيرَةَ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامٍ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ هُنَاكَ مَاءٌ لِيَشْرَبَ الْجَيْشُ وَالدَّوَابُ التَّابِعَةُ لَهُمْ.

So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days’ journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.

١٠ 10 فَقَالَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «هَلْ دَعَانَا الرَّبُّ، نَحْنُ الْمُلُوكَ الثَّلاثَةَ، لِيُسَلِّمَنَا لِيَدِ مَلِكِ مُوآبَ؟»

And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!

١١ 11 فَسَأَلَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ: «أَلَيْسَ هُنَا نَبِيٌّ لِلرَّبِّ، فَنَطْلُبَ مَشُورَةَ الرَّبِّ عَنْ يَدِهِ؟». فَأَجَابَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ رِجَالِ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «هُنَا أَلِيشَعُ بْنُ شَافَاطَ الَّذِي كَانَ خَادِماً لِلنَّبِيِّ إِيلِيَّا».

But Jehoshaphat said, [Is there] not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, Here [is] Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.

١٢ 12 فَقَالَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ: «عِنْدَهُ كَلامُ الرَّبِّ». فَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَيْهِ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوشَافَاطُ وَمَلِكُ أَدُومَ.

And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

١٣ 13 فَقَالَ أَلِيشَعُ لِمَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «مَا شَأْنِي بِكَ؟ اذْهَبْ وَاسْتَشِرْ أَنْبِيَاءَ أَبِيكَ وَأَنْبِيَاءَ أُمِّكَ». فَأَجَابَهُ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «كَلا إِذْ يَبْدُو أَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ دَعَانَا نَحْنُ الْمُلُوكَ الثَّلاثَةَ لِيُسَلِّمَنا لِيَدِ مَلِكِ مُوآبَ».

And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

١٤ 14 فَقَالَ أَلِيشَعُ: «حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ الَّذِي أَنَا مَاثِلٌ أَمَامَهُ، إِنَّهُ لَوْلا تَوْقِيرِي لِحُضُورِ يَهُوشَافَاطَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا لَمَا كُنْتُ أَعْبَأُ بِالنَّظَرِ إِلَيْكَ.

And Elisha said, [As] the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.

١٥ 15 وَالآنَ ادْعُوا عَازِفَ عُودٍ». وَعِنْدَمَا عَزَفَ الْمُوسِيقَى عَلَى عُودِهِ حَلَّ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى أَلِيشَعَ،

But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

١٦ 16 فَقَالَ: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: احْفُرُوا فِي هَذَا الْوَادِي حُفَراً كَثِيرَةً وَعَمِيقَةً،

And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.

١٧ 17 وَمَعَ أَنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَرَوْا رِيحاً وَلا مَطَراً فَإِنَّ هَذَا الْوَادِي سَيَفِيضُ بِالْمَاءِ، فَتَشْرَبُونَ أَنْتُمْ وَمَاشِيَتُكُمْ وَبَهَائِمُكُمْ.

For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.

١٨ 18 وَهَذَا أَمْرٌ يَسِيرٌ لَدَى الرَّبِّ، وَهُوَ أَيْضاً يَنْصُرُكُمْ عَلَى مَلِكِ مُوآبَ.

And this is [but] a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.

١٩ 19 فَتُدَمِّرُونَ كُلَّ مَدِينَةٍ مُحَصَّنَةٍ، وَكُلَّ مَدِينَةٍ رَئِيسِيَّةٍ، وَتَقْطَعُونَ كُلَّ شَجَرَةٍ مُثْمِرَةٍ، وَتَرْدُمُونَ كُلَّ عُيُونِ الْمَاءِ، وَتُخَرِّبُونَ كُلَّ حَقْلٍ خَصِبٍ بِالْحِجَارَةِ».

And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.

٢٠ 20 وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ، فِي مَوْعِدِ تَقْدِيمِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ دَوَّى هَدِيرُ مِيَاهٍ مُتَدَفِّقَةٍ مِنْ طَرِيقِ أَدُومَ، فَفَاضَتِ الأَرْضُ بِالْمِيَاهِ.

And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.

٢١ 21 وَعِنْدَمَا عَلِمَ الْمُوآبِيُّونَ أَنَّ الْمُلُوكَ الثَّلاثَةَ اجْتَمَعُوا لِمُحَارَبَتِهِمْ جَنَّدُوا كُلَّ قَادِرٍ عَلَى حَمْلِ السِّلاحِ مِنَ الصِّغَارِ وَالْكِبَارِ، وَاحْتَشَدُوا عِنْدَ الْحُدُودِ.

And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.

٢٢ 22 وَحِينَ بَكَّرُوا فِي صَبِيحَةِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي رَأَوْا أَشِعَةَ الشَّمْسِ مُنْعَكِسَةً عَلَى الْمِيَاهِ أَمَامَهُمْ، فَبَدَتْ لَهُمْ حَمْرَاءَ كَالدَّمِ.

And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side [as] red as blood:

٢٣ 23 فَظَنُّوهَا دَماً وَقَالُوا: «قَدْ تَحَارَبَ الْمُلُوكُ مَعاً، وَقَتَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً. فَهَيَّا إِلَى النَّهْبِ أَيُّهَا الْمُوآبِيُّونَ».

And they said, This [is] blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

٢٤ 24 فَانْطَلَقُوا إِلَى مُعَسْكَرِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَهَبَّ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ وَهَاجَمُوهُمْ فَفَرُّوا أَمَامَهُمْ، فَتَعَقَّبَهُمُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ إِلَى بِلادِهِمْ وَهُمْ يَقْتُلُونَهُمْ.

And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in [their] country.

٢٥ 25 وَهَدَمُوا الْمُدُنَ. وَرَاحَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَفْرَادِ الْجَيْشِ يُلْقِي حَجَراً فِي كُلِّ حَقْلٍ خَصِبٍ حَتَّى مَلأُوهَا، وَرَدَمُوا جَمِيعَ عُيُونِ الْمَاءِ، وَقَطَعُوا كُلَّ شَجَرَةٍ مُثْمِرَةٍ، وَلَمْ تَسْلَمْ إِلّا الْعَاصِمَةُ «قِيرُ حَارِسَةَ» الَّتِي حَاصَرَتْهَا وَهَاجَمَتْهَا فِرَقُ الْمَقَالِيعِ.

And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about [it], and smote it.

٢٦ 26 فَلَمَّا رَأَى مَلِكُ مُوآبَ أَنَّ الْمَعْرَكَةَ اشْتَدَّتْ عَلَيْهِ اخْتَارَ سَبْعَ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُحَارِبِينَ بِالسُّيوفِ لِيَقُومَ بِمُحَاوَلَةِ شَقِّ طَرِيقِهِ لِيُهَاجِمَ مَلِكَ أَدُومَ، فَلَمْ يُفْلِحْ.

And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through [even] unto the king of Edom: but they could not.

٢٧ 27 فَأَخَذَ ابْنَهُ الْبِكْرَ الَّذِي كَانَ سَيَخْلُفُهُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ، وَأَحْرَقَهُ عَلَى السُّورِ قُرْبَاناً لإِلَهِ مُوآبَ، مِمَّا أَثَارَ الْغَيْظَ الشَّدِيدَ عَلى إِسْرَائِيلَ فَارْتَدَّ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ إِلَى بِلادِهِمْ.

Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him [for] a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to [their own] land.