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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 in 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.

He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, but not like his father and like his mother, for he put away the pillar 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 held to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. He didn’t depart from them.

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

Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder; and he supplied the king of Israel with one hundred thousand lambs and the wool of one hundred thousand rams.

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

But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

٦ 6 فَحَشَدَ الْمَلِكُ يَهُورَامُ جُيُوشَهُ مِنْ كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered 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».

He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me against Moab to battle?” He said, “I will go up. I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”

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

Then he said, “Which way shall we go up?” Jehoram answered, “The way of 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 with the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and they marched for seven days along a circuitous route. There was no water for the army or for the animals that followed them.

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

The king of Israel said, “Alas! For the LORD has 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, “Isn’t there a prophet of the LORD here, that we may enquire of the LORD by him?” One of the king of Israel’s servants answered, “Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah, is here.”

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

Jehoshaphat said, “The LORD’s word 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».

Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother.” The king of Israel said to him, “No, for the LORD has 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.

Elisha said, “As the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I respect the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look towards you, nor see you.

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

But now bring me a musician.” When the musician played, the LORD’s hand came on him.

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

He said, “The LORD says, ‘Make this valley full of trenches.’

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

For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind, neither will you see rain, yet that valley will be filled with water, and you will drink, both you and your livestock and your other animals.

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

This is an easy thing in the LORD’s sight. He will also deliver the Moabites 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».

You shall strike every fortified city and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all springs 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.

In the morning, about the time of offering the sacrifice, behold, water came 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.

Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all who were able to put on armour, young and old, and stood on the border.

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

They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood.

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

They said, “This is blood. The kings are surely destroyed, and they have struck each other. Now therefore, Moab, to the plunder!”

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

When they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went forward into the land attacking the Moabites.

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.

They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land each man cast his stone, and filled it. They also stopped all the springs of water and cut down all the good trees, until in Kir Hareseth all they left was its stones; however the men armed with slings went around it and attacked 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.

When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew a sword, to break through to 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 oldest son who would have reigned in his place, and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. There was great wrath against Israel; and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.