2 مُلُوك 8

١ 1 وَقَالَ أَلِيشَعُ لِلْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي أَحْيَا ابْنَهَا: «اذْهَبِي أَنْتِ وَعَائِلَتُكِ وَتَغَرَّبِي حَيْثُ تَشَائِينَ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ سَيُصِيبُ الْبِلادَ بِمَجَاعَةٍ تَدُومُ سَبْعَ سَنَوَاتٍ».

Now Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Arise, and go, you and your household, and stay for a while wherever you can; for the LORD has called for a famine. It will also come on the land for seven years.”

٢ 2 فَعَمِلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ بِأَمْرِ رَجُلِ اللهِ، وَرَحَلَتْ هِيَ وَعَائِلَتُهَا إِلَى بِلادِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ حَيْثُ تَغَرَّبَتْ هُنَاكَ سَبْعَ سَنَوَاتٍ.

The woman arose, and did according to the man of God’s word. She went with her household, and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years.

٣ 3 وَفِي خِتَامِ السَّنَوَاتِ السَّبْعِ رَجَعَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ مِنْ دِيَارِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَتَوَجَّهَتْ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ تَسْتَغِيثُ بِهِ لاِسْتِرْدَادِ بَيْتِهَا وَأَرْضِهَا.

At the end of seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines. Then she went out to beg the king for her house and for her land.

٤ 4 وَكَانَ الْمَلِكُ آنَئِذٍ يَقُولُ لِجِيحَزِي خَادِمِ رَجُلِ اللهِ: «قُصَّ عَلَيَّ جَمِيعَ مَا أَجْرَاهُ أَلِيشَعُ مِنْ مُعْجِزَاتٍ».

Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.”

٥ 5 وَفِيمَا هُوَ يَسْرُدُ عَلَى الْمَلِكِ كَيْفَ أَحْيَا أَلِيشَعُ الْمَيْتَ أَقْبَلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ الَّتِي أَحْيَا ابْنَهَا تَسْتَغِيثُ بِالْمَلِكِ لاِسْتِرْدَادِ بَيْتِهَا وَأَرْضِهَا. فَقَالَ جِيحَزِي: «هَذِهِ هِيَ الْمَرْأَةُ يَا سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكَ، وَهَذَا هُوَ ابْنُهَا الَّذِي أَحْيَاهُ أَلِيشَعُ».

As he was telling the king how he had restored to life him who was dead, behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life begged the king for her house and for her land. Gehazi said, “My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.”

٦ 6 فَاسْتَخْبَرَهَا الْمَلِكُ الأَمْرَ فَحَدَّثَتْهُ بِهِ. فَأَمَرَ الْمَلِكُ أَحَدَ مُوَظَّفِيهِ: «اعْمَلْ عَلَى اسْتِرْدَادِ كُلِّ أَمْلاكِهَا وَكُلِّ إِيرَادِ غَلّاتِ أَرْضِهَا مُنْذُ أَنْ رَحَلَتْ عَنِ الْبِلادِ إِلَى الآنَ».

When the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed to her a certain officer, saying, “Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.”

٧ 7 وَذَهَبَ أَلِيشَعُ إِلَى دِمَشْقَ. وَكَانَ بَنْهَدَدُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ أَيْضاً مَرِيضاً، فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّ رَجُلَ اللهِ جَاءَ إِلَى هُنَا.

Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick. He was told, “The man of God has come here.”

٨ 8 فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ لِحَزَائِيلَ: «احْمِلْ مَعَكَ هَدِيَّةً وَاذْهَبْ لاِسْتِقْبَالِ رَجُلِ اللهِ، وَاسْأَلِ الرَّبَّ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ إِنْ كُنْتُ سَأَبْرَأُ مِنْ مَرَضِي».

The king said to Hazael, “Take a present in your hand, and go meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

٩ 9 فَمَضَى حَزَائِيلُ لاِسْتِقْبَالِهِ آخِذاً مَعَهُ هَدِيَّةً، حِمْلَ أَرْبَعِينَ جَمَلاً مِنْ كُلِّ خَيْرَاتِ دِمَشْقَ. وَقَالَ لأَلِيشَعَ: «ابْنُكَ بَنْهَدَدُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكَ يَسْأَلُ إِنْ كَانَ سَيَبْرَأُ مِنْ مَرَضِهِ».

So Hazael went to meet him and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden, and came and stood before him and said, “Your son Benhadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

١٠ 10 فَقَالَ لَهُ أَلِيشَعُ: «اذْهَبْ وَقُلْ لَهُ: إِنَّهُ حَتْماً يُشْفَى. وَلَكِنَّ الرَّبَّ أَرَانِي أَنَّهُ لابُدَّ مَائِتٌ».

Elisha said to him, “Go, tell him, ‘You will surely recover;’ however the LORD has shown me that he will surely die.”

١١ 11 وَتَفَرَّسَ أَلِيشَعُ فِي حَزَائِيلَ طَوِيلاً حَتَّى اعْتَرَى حَزَائِيلَ الْخَجَلُ، وَبَكَى رَجُلُ اللهِ.

He settled his gaze steadfastly on him, until he was ashamed. Then the man of God wept.

١٢ 12 فَسَأَلَهُ حَزَائِيلُ: «لِمَاذَا يَبْكِي سَيِّدِي؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «لأَنِّي عَرَفْتُ مَا سَتُنْزِلُهُ بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ شَرٍّ، فَإِنَّكَ سَتُحْرِقُ حُصُونَهُمْ وَتَقْتُلُ شُبَّانَهُمْ وَتَذْبَحُ أَطْفَالَهُمْ وَتَشُقُّ بُطُونَ حَوَامِلِهِمْ».

Hazael said, “Why do you weep, my lord?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel. You will set their strongholds on fire, and you will kill their young men with the sword, and will dash their little ones in pieces, and rip up their pregnant women.”

١٣ 13 فَقَالَ حَزَائِيلُ: «كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ لِمُجَرَّدِ كَلْبٍ نَظِيرِ عَبْدِكَ أَنْ يَرْتَكِبَ هَذِهِ الْفَظَائِعَ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ أَلِيشَعُ: «لَقَدْ كَشَفَ الرَّبُّ لِي أَنَّكَ سَتَمْلِكُ عَلَى أَرَامَ».

Hazael said, “But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he could do this great thing?” Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Syria.”

١٤ 14 فَانْصَرَفَ مِنْ عِنْدِ أَلِيشَعَ وَدَخَلَ إِلَى سَيِّدِهِ فَسَأَلَهُ: «مَاذَا قَالَ لَكَ أَلِيشَعُ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «قَالَ لِي إِنَّكَ تَبْرَأُ».

Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him, “What did Elisha say to you?” He answered, “He told me that you would surely recover.”

١٥ 15 وَفِي صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي أَخَذَ حَزَائِيلُ قِطْعَةَ قُمَاشٍ سَمِيكَةً، شَبَّعَهَا بِالْمَاءِ، وَضَغَطَ بِها عَلَى وَجْهِ الْمَلِكِ حَتَّى أَخْمَدَ أَنْفَاسَهُ وَخَلَفَهُ حَزَائِيلُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ.

On the next day, he took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it on the king’s face, so that he died. Then Hazael reigned in his place.

١٦ 16 وَفِي السَّنَةِ الْخَامِسَةِ لِحُكْمِ يُورَامَ بْنِ آخْابَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَيَهُوشَافَاطَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، تَوَلَّى يَهُورَامُ بْنُ يَهُوشَافَاطَ الْمُلْكَ عَلَى يَهُوذَا.

In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being king of Judah then, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

١٧ 17 وَكَانَ ابْنَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَحَكَمَ ثَمَانِي سَنَوَاتٍ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ،

He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign. He reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

١٨ 18 وَسَلَكَ فِي طَرِيقِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَلَى غِرَارِ بَيْتِ آخْابَ، لأَنَّهُ كَانَ مُتَزَوِّجاً مِنْ بِنْتِ آخْابَ وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ.

He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did Ahab’s house, for he married Ahab’s daughter. He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight.

١٩ 19 لَكِنَّ الرَّبَّ لَمْ يَشَأْ أَنْ يُفْنِيَ بَيْتَ يَهُوذَا إِكْرَاماً لِدَاوُدَ عَبْدِهِ، الَّذِي وَعَدَهُ أَنَّهُ يُبْقِي سِرَاجاً لَهُ وَلِبَنِيهِ مَدَى الأَيَّامِ.

However, the LORD would not destroy Judah, for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always.

٢٠ 20 وَفِي غُضُونِ حُكْمِهِ تَمَرَّدَ الأَدُومِيُّونَ عَلَى يَهُوذَا، وَنَصَّبُوا عَلَيْهِمْ مَلِكاً.

In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

٢١ 21 فَاجْتَازَ يُورَامُ نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ، بِجَمِيعِ مَرْكَبَاتِهِ إِلَى صَعِيرَ. وَعِنْدَمَا حَاصَرَهُ الأَدُومِيُّونَ مَعَ قَادَةِ مَرْكَبَاتِهِ، اقْتَحَمَ خُطُوطَهُمْ لَيْلاً، غَيْرَ أَنَّ جَيْشَهُ هَرَبُوا لاجِئِينَ إِلَى بُيُوتِهِمْ.

Then Joram crossed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him; and he rose up by night and struck the Edomites who surrounded him with the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.

٢٢ 22 وَظَلَّ الأَدُومِيُّونَ خَارِجِينَ عَنْ طَاعَةِ يَهُوذَا إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. حِينَئِذٍ تَمَرَّدَتْ لِبْنَةُ أَيْضاً.

So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

٢٣ 23 أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ يُورَامَ أَلَيْسَتْ هِي مُدَوَّنَةً فِي تَارِيخِ أَخْبَارِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟

The rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

٢٤ 24 وَمَاتَ يُورَامُ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ أَخَزْيَا عَلَى الْحُكْمِ.

Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.

٢٥ 25 وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ عَشْرَةَ لِحُكْمِ يُورَامَ بْنِ آخْابَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، تَوَلَّى أَخَزْيَا بْنُ يَهُورَامَ مُلْكَ يَهُوذَا.

In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign.

٢٦ 26 وَكَانَ أَخَزْيَا فِي الثَّانِيَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ سَنَةً وَاحِدَةً. وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ عَثَلْيَا بِنْتُ عُمْرِي مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel.

٢٧ 27 وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، عَلَى غِرَارِ بَيْتِ آخْابَ، لأَنَّهُ كَانَ صِهْراً لَهُمْ.

He walked in the way of Ahab’s house and did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, as did Ahab’s house, for he was the son-in-law of Ahab’s house.

٢٨ 28 وَانْضَمَّ أَخَزْيَا إِلَى يُورَامَ بْنِ آخْابَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ حَزَائِيلَ مَلِكِ أَرَامَ فِي رَامُوتِ جِلْعَادَ، فَهَزَمَ الأَرَامِيُّونَ يُورَامَ.

He went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram.

٢٩ 29 فَتَوَجَّهَ يُورَامُ إِلَى يَزْرَعِيلَ رَيْثَمَا يَبْرَأُ مِنْ جِرَاحِهِ الَّتِي أَصَابَهُ بِها الأَرَاميُّونَ فِي رَامُوتَ فِي أَثْنَاءِ الْمَعْرَكَةِ مَعَ حَزَائِيلَ. وَجَاءَ أَخَزْيَا بْنُ يَهُورَامَ مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا إِلَى يَزْرَعِيلَ لِيَزُورَ يُورَامَ بْنَ أَخَآبَ فِي أَثْنَاءِ مَرَضِهِ.

King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.