2 Kings 23

1 Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

١ عِنْدَئِذٍ أَرْسَلَ الْمَلِكُ فَاسْتَدْعَى إِلَيْهِ كُلَّ شُيُوخِ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ،

2 He went to the Lord's Temple with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, together with the priests and the Levites, all the people from the least to the greatest, and he read to them the whole Book of the Agreement that had been discovered in the Lord's Temple.

٢ 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.

3 The king stood by the pillar and made a solemn agreement before the Lord to follow him and to keep his commandments, laws, and regulations with total dedication, and to observe the requirements of the agreement as written in the book. All the people entered into the agreement.

٣ 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.

4 Then the king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of second rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the Lord's Temple everything made for Baal, Asherah, and the worship of sun, moon, and stars. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the Kidron fields and took their ashes to Bethel.

٤ 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.

5 He also dismissed the priests appointed by the kings of Judah to present burnt offerings on the high places of the towns of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem, those who had sacrificed to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the powers of heaven.

٥ 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.

6 He removed the Asherah pole from the Lord's Temple and took it to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem. He burned it there, ground it into dust, and threw its dust over the graves of the ordinary people.

٦ وَأَخْرَجَ تِمْثَالَ عَشْتَارُوثَ مِنْ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ إِلَى خَارِجِ أُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى وَادِي قَدْرُونَ، وَأَحْرَقَهُ وَسَحَقَهُ إِلَى أَنْ أَصْبَحَ غُبَاراً، وَذَرَّى الْغُبَارَ عَلَى قُبُورِ عَامَّةِ الشَّعْبِ.

7 He also demolished the quarters of the cult prostitutes that were in the Lord's Temple, where the women used to weave tapestries for the Asherah.

٧ وَهَدَمَ بُيُوتَ ذَوِي الشُّذُوذِ الْجِنْسِيِّ الْقَائِمَةَ حَوَالَيْ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، حَيْثُ كَانَتِ النِّسَاءُ يَنْسُجْنَ ثِيَاباً لِتِمْثَالِ عَشْتَارُوثَ.

8 Josiah brought to Jerusalem all the priests from the towns of Judah and defiled the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had sacrificed burnt offerings. He demolished the high places of the gates, near to the entrance of the gate of Joshua, the governor of the city, which was left of the town gate.

٨ 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.

9 Though the priests of the high places did not serve at the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, they did eat unleavened bread with their brother priests.

٩ وَلَمْ يَدَعْ كَهَنَةَ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ يَسْتَخْدِمُونَ مَذْبَحَ الرَّبِّ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَإِنْ شَارَكُوا بَقِيَّةَ إِخْوَتِهِمِ الْكَهَنَةِ فِي أَكْلِ خُبْزِ الْفَطِيرِ،

10 He defiled the Topheth altar in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.

١٠ وَدَنَّسَ الْمَلِكُ أَيْضاً مَذْبَحَ تُوفَةَ فِي وَادِي بَنِي هِنُّومَ، لِكَيْ لَا يُجِيزَ أَحَدٌ ابْنَهُ أَوِ ابْنَتَهُ فِي النَّارِ للِصَّنَمِ مُولَكَ.

11 He removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun from the entrance to the Lord's Temple. They were in the courtyard near the room of a eunuch named Nathan-melech. Josiah also burned the chariots dedicated to the sun.

١١ وَأَبَادَ الْخَيْلَ الَّتِي كَرَّسَهَا مُلُوكُ يَهُوذَا لإِلَهِ الشَّمْسِ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ بِجُوَارِ حُجْرَةِ نَثْنَمْلَكَ مُدِيرِ شُؤُونِ الْقَصْرِ، وَأَحْرَقَ الْمَرْكَبَاتِ الْمُكَرَّسَةَ لِعِبَادَةِ الشَّمْسِ.

12 He demolished the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars Manasseh had placed in the two courtyards of the Lord's Temple. The king smashed them to pieces and scattered them in the Kidron Valley.

١٢ 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

13 The king also defiled the high places to the east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, the places which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth, the vile goddess of the Sidonians, for Chemosh, the vile god of the Moabites, and for Molech, the vile god of the Ammonites.

١٣ 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.

14 He smashed the sacred stone pillars to pieces, chopped down the Asherah poles, and covered the places with human bones.

١٤ وَحَطَّمَ التَّمَاثِيلَ، وَقَطَّعَ أَعْمِدَةَ الأَصْنَامِ، وَمَلأَ مَكَانَهَا مِنْ عِظَامِ النَّاسِ.

15 He also demolished the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam, son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to dust, and burned the Asherah pole.

١٥ 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.

16 As Josiah looked around he saw some tombs there on the hill. He had the bones taken from the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, just as the Lord had said through the man of God who had prophesied these things.

١٦ 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.

17 Then he asked, “Whose gravestone is this that I see?” “It's the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed exactly what you have done to the altar of Bethel,” the townspeople replied.

١٧ 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».

18 “Let him rest in peace,” said Josiah. “Don't anyone touch his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed, together with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.

١٨ فَقَالَ: «دَعُوهُ. لَا يُحَرِّكْ أَحَدٌ عِظَامَهُ». فَتَرَكُوا عِظَامَهُ وَعِظَامَ نَبِيِّ السَّامِرَةِ.

19 Josiah destroyed, just as he did at Bethel, all the shrines of the high places in the towns of Samaria that the kings of Israel had built that had angered the Lord.

١٩ وَأَزَالَ يُوشِيَّا جَمِيعَ مَعَابِدِ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ الْمُنْتَشِرَةِ فِي مُدُنِ السَّامِرَةِ، الَّتِي بَنَاهَا مُلُوكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لإِثَارَةِ سَخَطِ الرَّبِّ، وَأَجْرَى عَلَيْهَا مَا أَجْرَاهُ عَلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ.

20 Josiah slaughtered all the priests who were there at the high places on the altars, and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

٢٠ وَقَتَلَ جَمِيعَ كَهَنَةِ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ الَّتِي هُنَاكَ عَلَى الْمَذَابِحِ، وَأَحْرَقَ عِظَامَ النَّاسِ عَلَيْهَا. ثُمَّ عَادَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.

21 The king sent out an order to all the people, “Observe the Passover of the Lord your God, as it is written in this Book of the Agreement.”

٢١ وَأَمَرَ الْمَلِكُ جَمِيعَ الشَّعْبِ قَائِلاً: «احْتَفِلُوا بِفِصْحِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ كَمَا هُوَ مُدَوَّنٌ فِي سِفْرِ الْعَهْدِ هَذَا».

22 Such a Passover as this had not been observed from the days of the judges who ruled Israel on through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah.

٢٢ إِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدِ احْتُفِلَ بِعِيدِ الْفِصْحِ هَذَا مُنْذُ أَيَّامِ الْقُضَاةِ الَّذِينَ حَكَمُوا عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَلا فِي كُلِّ حِقْبَةِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَمُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا.

23 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was observed to honor the Lord in Jerusalem.

٢٣ وَلَكِنْ فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّامِنَةِ عَشْرَةَ لِحُكْمِ الْمَلِكِ يُوشِيَّا احْتُفِلَ بِهَذَا الْفِصْحِ لِلرَّبِّ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ

24 In addition, Josiah got rid of the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the disgusting practices that were present in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to fulfill the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the Lord's Temple.

٢٤ 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.

25 Never before was there a king like him who committed himself to the Lord in all his thoughts and attitudes, and with all his strength, keeping all the Law of Moses. There was no king like him afterwards either.

٢٥ وَلَمْ يَقُمْ مَلِكٌ مِثْلَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلا مِنْ بَعْدُ، رَجَعَ إِلَى الرَّبِّ بِكُلِّ قَلْبِهِ وَنَفْسِهِ وَقُوَّتِهِ بِمُقْتَضَى شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى.

26 However, the Lord had not given up his furious hostility, which burned against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to anger him.

٢٦ غَيْرَ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ لَمْ يَرْجِعْ عَنْ شِدَّةِ غَضَبِهِ، لأَنَّ غَضَبَهُ احْتَدَمَ عَلَى يَهُوذَا لِفَرْطِ مَا أَثَارَ مَنَسَّى مِنْ سَخَطِهِ.

27 So the Lord announced, “I'm also going to banish Judah from my presence, just as I banished Israel. I will abandon this city that I have chosen, Jerusalem, and the Temple regarding which I said, My name will be there.”

٢٧ فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «سَأَسْتَأْصِلُ يَهُوذَا مِنْ أَمَامِي كَمَا اسْتَأْصَلْتُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَتَنَكَّرُ لأُورُشَلِيمَ، الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتُهَا، وَلِلْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي قُلْتُ يَكُونُ اسْمِي فِيهِ».

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

٢٨ أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ يُوشِيَّا وَكُلُّ مُنْجَزَاتِهِ أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟

29 While Josiah was still king, Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, led his army to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah took his army to fight him at Megiddo, but when Neco saw Josiah he killed him.

٢٩ 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.

30 His servants put his body in a chariot, brought him back from Megiddo to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land chose Jehoahaz, son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in succession to his father.

٣٠ فَحَمَلَهُ رِجَالُهُ فِي مَرْكَبَةٍ وَعَادُوا بِهِ مِنْ مَجِدُّو لأُورُشَلِيمَ، حَيْثُ دَفَنُوهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ. فَوَلَّى الشَّعْبُ يَهُوَأَحَازَ بْنَ يُوشِيَّا مَلِكاً عَلَيْهِمْ خَلَفاً لأَبِيهِ.

31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for three months. His mother's name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah. She came from Libnah.

٣١ وَكَانَ يَهُوأَحَازُ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ ثَلاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ حَمُوطَلُ بِنْتُ إِرْمِيَا مِنْ لِبْنَةَ.

32 He did what was evil in the Lord's sight, just as all his forefathers had done.

٣٢ وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ عَلَى غِرَارِ مَا فَعَلَ آبَاؤُهُ.

33 Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath to stop him ruling in Jerusalem. He also imposed on Judah a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

٣٣ 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).

34 Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim, son of Josiah, king in succession to his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Jehoahaz to Egypt, where he died.

٣٤ وَنَصَّبَ فِرْعَوْنُ نَخُوَ أَلِيَاقِيمَ بْنَ يُوشِيَّا خَلَفاً لِيُوشِيَّا أَبِيهِ، وَغَيَّرَ اسْمَهُ إِلَى يَهُويَاقِيمَ. ثُمَّ سَاقَ يَهُوآحَازَ أَسِيراً إِلَى مِصْرَ حَيْثُ مَاتَ.

35 Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but in order to meet Pharaoh's demand he taxed the land and required payment of the silver and the gold from the people, each in proportion to their wealth.

٣٥ وَأَدَّى يَهُويَاقِيمُ جِزْيَةَ الْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ لِفِرْعَوْنَ، إِلّا أَنَّهُ فَرَضَ ضَرَائِبَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْبِلادِ لِيَتَمَكَّنَ مِنْ دَفْعِهَا، بِحَسَبِ مَا يَمْتَلِكُونَ.

36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother's name was Zebidah, daughter of Pedaiah She came from Rumah.

٣٦ وَكَانَ يَهُويَاقِيمُ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ زَبِيدَةُ بِنْتُ فِدَايَةَ مِنْ رُومَةَ.

37 He did evil in the Lord's sight, just as his forefathers had done.

٣٧ وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ عَلَى غِرَارِ مَا فَعَلَ آبَاؤُهُ.