2 Kings 16

1 Ahaz, son of Jotham, became king of Judah in the seventeenth year of the reign of Pekah, son of Remaliah.

١ وَفِي السَّنَةِ السَّابِعَةِ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ فَقْحَ بْنِ رَمَلْيَا، اعْتَلَى آحَازُ بْنُ يُوثَامَ عَرْشَ يَهُوذَا

2 Ahaz was twenty when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for sixteen years. But unlike David his forefather, he did not do what was right in the sight of the Lord his God.

٢ وَكَانَ لَهُ مِنَ الْعُمْرِ عِشْرُونَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ. وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ، عَلَى نَقِيضِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ،

3 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and he even sacrificed his son in the fire, participating in the disgusting practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

٣ مُتَمَثِّلاً بِمُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، حَتَّى إِنَّهُ أَجَازَ ابْنَهُ فِي النَّارِ، وَفْقاً لأَرْجَاسِ الأُمَمِ الَّذِينَ طَرَدَهُمُ الرَّبُّ مِنْ أَمَامِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

4 He sacrificed and presented burnt offerings on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.

٤ وَذَبَحَ وَأَوْقَدَ لِلأَوْثَانِ عَلَى الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ وَعَلَى التِّلالِ وَتَحْتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ.

5 Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came and attacked Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but couldn't defeat him.

٥ عِنْدَئِذٍ تَقَدَّمَ رَصِينُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ وَفَقْحُ بْنُ رَمَلْيَا مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ نَحْوَ أُورُشَلِيمَ لِمُهَاجَمَتِهَا، فَحَاصَرَا آحَازَ. غَيْرَ أَنَّهُمَا أَخْفَقَا فِي الاسْتِيلاءِ عَلَيْهَا.

6 This was when Rezin, king of Aram, recovered Elath for Edom. He expelled the people of Judah, and sent Edomites to Elath, where they still live to this day.

٦ وَتَمَكَّنَ رَصِينُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ مِنَ اسْتِرْجَاعِ مَدِينَةِ أَيْلَةَ، فَطَرَدَ مِنْهَا اليَهُودَ وَأَحَلَّ مَكَانَهُمُ الأَرَامِيِّينَ فَاسْتَوْطَنُوهَا إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

7 Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, saying, “I'm your servant, and your son. Please come and rescue me from the kings of Aram and Israel who are attacking me.”

٧ وَبَعَثَ آحَازُ وَفْداً إِلَى تَغْلَثْ فَلاسِرَ مَلِكِ أَشُورَ قَائِلاً: «أَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُكَ، فَتَعَالَ وَأَنْقِذْنِي مِنْ حِصَارِ مَلِكِ أَرَامَ وَمَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ اللَّذَيْنِ يُهَاجِمَانِنِي».

8 Ahaz took the silver and gold from the Lord's Temple and from the treasuries of the king's palace, and he sent it to the king of Assyria as a gift.

٨ وَجَمَعَ آحَازُ الْفِضَّةَ وَالذَّهَبَ الْمَوْجُودَةَ فِي هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ وَفِي خَزَائِنِ قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ، وَأَرْسَلَهَا إِلَى مَلِكِ أَشُورَ هَدِيَّةً.

9 The king of Assyria responded positively to him. He went and attacked Damascus, and captured it. He deported its inhabitants to Kir and executed Rezin.

٩ فَلَبَّى مَلِكُ أَشُورَ طَلَبَهُ، وَزَحَفَ بِجَيْشِهِ إِلَى دِمَشْقَ وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهَا، وَسَبَى أَهْلَهَا إِلَى قِيرَ، وَقَتَلَ رَصِينَ.

10 King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria. During his visit he saw an altar in Damascus, and he sent Uriah the priest a drawing of the altar, along with instructions how to build it.

١٠ وَتَوَجَّهَ الْمَلِكُ آحَازُ إِلَى دِمَشْقَ لِلِقَاءِ تَغْلَثْ فَلاسِرَ مَلِكِ أَشُورَ، فَشَاهَدَ هُنَاكَ الْمَذْبَحَ، فَنَقَلَ رَسْمَهُ وَأَرْسَلَهُ إِلَى أُورِيَّا الْكَاهِنِ بِكَامِلِ تَفَاصِيلِ صِنَاعَتِهِ.

11 So Uriah the priest built an altar following all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, completing it before King Ahaz returned.

١١ فَبَنَى أُورِيَّا الْكَاهِنُ مَذْبَحاً بِمُوْجِبِ الرَّسْمِ الَّذِي بَعَثَهُ الْمَلِكُ آحَازُ مِنْ دِمَشْقَ، وَانْتَظَرَ رُجُوعَ الْمَلِكِ مِنْ سَفْرَتِهِ.

12 When the king came back from Damascus he saw the altar. He went over to it and made offerings on it.

١٢ وَعِنْدَمَا عَادَ الْمَلِكُ مِنْ دِمَشْقَ، وَشَاهَدَ الْمَذْبَحَ

13 He presented his burnt offering and his grain offering, he poured out his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his friendship offerings on it.

١٣ أَوْقَدَ عَلَيْهِ مُحْرَقَتَهُ وَتَقْدِمَتَهُ، وَسَكَبَ عَلَيْهِ سَكِيبَهُ مِنَ الْخَمْرِ، ثُمَّ رَشَّ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ دَمَ ذَبِيحَةِ السَّلامِ.

14 He also moved the bronze altar that stood before the Lord from the front of the Temple, between the new altar and the Lord's Temple, and he placed it to the north of the new altar.

١٤ أَمَّا مَذْبَحُ النُّحَاسِ الْقَائِمُ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، بَيْنَ مَدْخَلِ الْهَيْكَلِ وَالْمَذْبَحِ الْجَدِيدِ، فَقَدْ أَزَاحَهُ إِلَى جَانِبِ الْمَذْبَحِ الشِّمَالِيِّ.

15 Then King Ahaz ordered Uriah the priest: “Use this new important altar to offer the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, the king's burnt offering and grain offering, and the burnt offering of all the people, and their grain offerings and their drink offerings. Sprinkle on this altar the blood of all the burnt offerings and sacrifices. The old bronze altar I'll use for divination.”

١٥ وَأَمَرَ الْمَلِكُ آحَازُ أُورِيَّا الْكَاهِنَ أَنْ يُوْقِدَ مُحْرَقَةَ الصَّبَاحِ وَتَقْدِمَةَ الْمَسَاءِ وَمُحْرَقَةَ الْمَلِكِ وَتَقْدِمَتَهُ مَعَ مُحْرَقَةِ الشَّعْبِ وَتَقْدِمَتِهِمْ وَسَكَائِبِ خَمْرِهِمْ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ الْعَظِيمِ، وَيَرُشَّ عَلَيْهِ كُلَّ دَمِ مُحْرَقَةٍ وَذَبِيحَةٍ. أَمَّا مَذْبَحُ النُّحَاسِ فَيَكُونُ مُخَصَّصاً لِلْمَلِكِ لِمَعْرِفَةِ الْغَيْبِ

16 Uriah the priest followed King Ahaz's orders.

١٦ فَنَفَّذَ أُورِيَّا الْكَاهِنُ أَوَامِرَ الْمَلِكِ آحَازَ.

17 King Ahaz also removed the frames of the movable carts, and also took out the bronze basin from each of them. He removed the Sea from the bronze bulls it rested on and placed it on a stone pedestal.

١٧ ثُمَّ نَزَعَ الْمَلِكُ آحَازُ عَوَارِضَ الْقَوَاعِدِ الدَّائِرِيَّةِ وَرَفَعَ عَنْهَا الْمِرْحَضَةَ وَأَنْزَلَ الْبِرْكَةَ عَنِ الثِّيرَانِ النُّحَاسِيَّةِ وَأَقَامَهَا عَلَى صَفٍّ مِنَ الْحِجَارَةِ.

18 He took down the Sabbath canopy they had built in the Temple, as well as the king's outer entrance to the Lord's Temple. He did this to please the king of Assyria.

١٨ وَإِرْضَاءً لِمَلِكِ أَشُورَ أَزَالَ آحَازُ مِنَ الْهَيْكَلِ مِنْبَرَ الْعَرْشِ الْمَلَكِيِّ، وَأَغْلَقَ الْمَدْخَلَ الْخَاصَّ الَّذِي كَانَ قَدْ بُنِيَ مِنَ الْخَارِجِ لِيَصِلَ مَا بَيْنَ الْقَصْرِ وَالْهَيْكَلِ.

19 The rest of what happened in Ahaz's reign and all he did are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.

١٩ أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ آحَازَ وَمُنْجَزَاتُهُ أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟

20 Ahaz died and was buried with his forefathers in the City of David. His son Hezekiah succeeded him as king.

٢٠ ثُمَّ مَاتَ آحَازُ فَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ حَزَقِيَّا عَلَى الْمُلْكِ.