1 Kings 14

1 At that time Abiiah the sonne of Ieroboam fell sicke.

١ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ مَرِضَ أَبِيَّا بْنُ يَرُبْعَامَ،

2 And Ieroboam saide vnto his wife, Vp, I pray thee, and disguise thy selfe, that they know not that thou art the wife of Ieroboam, and goe to Shiloh: for there is Ahiiah the Prophet, which tolde mee that I shoulde bee King ouer this people,

٢ فَقَالَ يَرُبْعَامُ لِزَوْجَتِهِ: «تَنَكَّرِي حَتَّى لَا يَكْتَشِفَ أَحَدٌ أَنَّكِ زَوْجَتِي، وَامْضِي إِلَى شِيلُوهَ حَيْثُ يُقِيمُ أَخِيَّا الَّذِي أَنْبَأَنِي أَنَّنِي سَأَمْلِكُ عَلَى هَذَا الشَّعْبِ،

3 And take with thee tenne loaues and craknels, and a bottell of honie, and go to him: hee shall tell thee what shall become of the yong man.

٣ وَخُذِي لَهُ مَعَكِ عَشْرَةَ أَرْغِفَةٍ وَكَعْكاً وَجَرَّةَ عَسَلٍ، وَانْطَلِقِي إِلَيْهِ وَهُوَ يُخْبِرُكِ بِمَصِيرِ الْغُلامِ».

4 And Ieroboams wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahiiah: but Ahiiah could not see, for his sight was decayed for his age.

٤ فَنَفَّذَتْ زَوْجَةُ يَرُبْعَامَ مَا طَلَبَهُ مِنْهَا، وَوَصَلَتْ إِلَى بَيْتِ أَخِيَّا فِي شِيلُوهَ، وَكَانَ أَخِيَّا قَدْ طَعَنَ فِي السِّنِّ، وَكَلَّ بَصَرُهُ.

5 Then the Lord saide vnto Ahiiah, Beholde, the wife of Ieroboam commeth to aske a thing of thee for her sonne, for he is sicke: thus and thus shalt thou say vnto her: for when shee commeth in, shee shall feine her selfe to be another.

٥ وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لأَخِيَّا: «هَا هِيَ زَوْجَةُ يَرُبْعَامَ مُقْبِلَةٌ لِتَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ مَصِيرِ ابْنِهَا الْمَرِيضِ، فَأَجِبْهَا بِمَا أَقُولُهُ لَكَ، لأَنَّهَا سَتَدْخُلُ إِلَيْكَ مُتَنَكِّرَةً».

6 Therefore when Ahiiah heard the sounde of her feete as shee came in at the doore, hee saide, Come in, thou wife of Ieroboam: why feinest thou thus thy selfe to bee an other? I am sent to thee with heauie tidings.

٦ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ أَخِيَّا وَقْعَ خَطْوَاتِهَا وَهِيَ دَاخِلَةٌ مِنَ الْبَابِ قَالَ: «ادْخُلِي يَا زَوْجَةَ يَرُبْعَامَ. لِمَاذَا تَتَنَكَّرِينَ؟ إِنَّنِي أَحْمِلُ إِلَيْكِ أَخْبَاراً سَيِّئَةً.

7 Goe, tel Ieroboam, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Forasmuch as I haue exalted thee from among the people, and haue made thee prince ouer my people Israel,

٧ اذْهَبِي وَبَلِّغِي يَرُبْعَامَ قَضَاءَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: لَقَدْ رَفَعْتُكَ مِنْ وَسَطِ الشَّعْبِ، ونَصَّبْتُكَ رَئِيساً عَلَى شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ،

8 And haue rent the kingdome away from the house of Dauid, and haue giuen it thee, and thou hast not bene as my seruant Dauid, which kept my commandements, and followed mee with all his heart, and did onely that which was right in mine eyes,

٨ وَمَزَّقْتُ الْمَمْلَكَةَ عَنْ بَيْتِ دَاوُدَ وَوَلَّيْتُكَ عَلَيْهَا، وَلَكِنَّكَ لَمْ تَكُنْ كَعَبْدِي دَاوُدَ الَّذِي حَفِظَ وَصَايَايَ وَتَبِعَنِي مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِهِ لِيَصْنَعَ مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ فِي عَيْنَيَّ.

9 But hast done euil aboue al that were before thee (for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to prouoke me, and hast cast me behinde thy backe)

٩ لَقَدِ ارْتَكَبْتَ مِنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ مَا فَاقَ جَمِيعَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا قَبْلَكَ، فَصَنَعْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى، أَصْنَاماً مَسْبُوكَةً، لِتُثِيرَ غَيْظِي، وَقَدْ طَرَحْتَنِي خَلْفَ ظَهْرِكَ.

10 Therefore beholde, I will bring euill vpon the house of Ieroboam, and will cut off from Ieroboam him that pisseth against the wall, aswell him that is shut vp, as him that is left in Israel, and will sweepe away the remnant of the house of Ieroboam, as a man sweepeth away doung, till it be all gone.

١٠ لِذَلِكَ هَا أَنَا مُزْمِعٌ أَنْ أَبْتَلِيَ بَيْتَكَ بِشَرٍّ عَظِيمٍ، وَأُبِيدَ كُلَّ ذَكَرٍ مِنْ نَسْلِكَ، عَبْداً كَانَ أَمْ حُرّاً، وَأُفْنِيَ بَيْتَكَ كَمَا تُفْنِي النَّارُ الرَّوْثَ الْجَافَّ،

11 The dogges shall eate him of Ieroboams stocke that dyeth in the citie, and the foules of the aire shall eate him that dyeth in the fielde: for the Lord hath said it.

١١ فَتَأْكُلُ الْكِلابُ كُلَّ مَنْ يَمُوتُ لَكَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، وَتَنْهَشُ طُيُورُ السَّمَاءِ كُلَّ مَنْ يَمُوتُ لَكَ فِي الْحَقْلِ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ تَكَلَّمَ».

12 Vp therefore and get thee to thine house: for when thy feete enter into the citie, the childe shall die.

١٢ وَأَضَافَ أَخِيَّا: «أَمَّا أَنْتِ فَانْهَضِي وَانْطَلِقِي إِلَى بَيْتِكِ، وَحَالَمَا تَدْخُلِينَ الْمَدِينَةَ يَمُوتُ الْوَلَدُ،

13 And al Israel shall mourne for him, and burie him: for he onely of Ieroboam shall come to the graue, because in him there is found some goodnes towarde the Lord God of Israel in the house of Ieroboam.

١٣ فَيَنُوحُ عَلَيْهِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ وَيَدْفِنُونَهُ، لأَنَّ هَذَا وَحْدَهُ مِنْ نَسْلِ يَرُبْعَامَ يُوَارَى فِي قَبْرٍ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدْ وَجَدَ فِيهِ، مِنْ دُونِ سَائِرِ بَيْتِ يَرُبْعَامَ، شَيْئاً صَالِحاً.

14 Moreouer, the Lord shall stirre him vp a King ouer Israel, which shall destroy the house of Ieroboam in that day: what? yea, euen nowe.

١٤ وَيُقِيمُ الرَّبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ مَلِكاً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيُبِيدَ بَيْتَ يَرُبْعَامَ الْيَوْمَ.

15 For the Lord shall smite Israel, as when a reede is shaken in the water, and hee shall weede Israel out of his good lad, which he gaue to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the Riuer, because they haue made them groues, prouoking the Lord to anger.

١٥ ثُمَّ يَعْصِفُ الرَّبُّ بِإِسْرَائِيلَ، فَيَهُزُّهُمْ كَاهْتِزَازِ الْقَصَبِ فِي الْمَاءِ، وَيَسْتَأْصِلُهُمْ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ الْخَيِّرَةِ الَّتِي وَهَبَهَا لِآبَائِهِمْ، وَيُشَتِّتُهُمْ إِلَى مَا وَرَاءِ النَّهْرِ لأَنَّهُمْ أَقَامُوا لأَنْفُسِهِمْ أَصْنَاماً وَأَثَارُوا غَيْظَ الرَّبِّ.

16 And he shall giue Israel vp, because of the sinnes of Ieroboam, who did sinne, and made Israel to sinne.

١٦ وَيَنْبِذُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ خَطَايَا يَرُبْعَامَ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبَهَا وَاسْتَغْوَى إِسْرَائِيلَ مَعَهُ فَأَخْطَأُوا».

17 And Ieroboams wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah, and when shee came to the threshold of the house, the yong man dyed,

١٧ فَعَادَتْ زَوْجَةُ يَرُبْعَامَ إِلَى تِرْصَةَ. وَمَا إِنْ وَصَلَتْ إِلَى عَتَبَةِ بَابِ الْبَيْتِ حَتَّى مَاتَ الْغُلامُ،

18 And they buried him, and all Israel lamented him; according to the word of the Lord, which hee spake by the hand of his seruant Ahiiah the Prophet.

١٨ فَدَفَنَهُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ وَنَاحُوا عَلَيْهِ، تَمَاماً حَسَبَ كَلامِ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي نَطَقَ بِهِ عَلَى لِسَانِ عَبْدِهِ أَخِيَّا النَّبِيِّ.

19 And the rest of Ieroboams actes, how hee warred, and howe hee reigned, beholde, they are written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

١٩ أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَعْمَالِ يَرُبْعَامَ وَكَيْفَ حَارَبَ وَكَيْفَ مَلَكَ، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

20 And the dayes which Ieroboam reigned, were two and twentie yeere: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his sonne reigned in his steade.

٢٠ وَدَامَ مُلْكُ يَرُبْعَامَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً، ثُمَّ مَاتَ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ، وَخَلَفَهُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ ابْنُهُ نَادَابُ.

21 Also Rehoboam the sonne of Salomon reigned in Iudah. Rehoboam was one and fourtie yere olde, when he began to reigne, and reigned seuenteene yere in Ierusalem, the citie which the Lord did chuse out of al the tribes of Israel, to put his Name there: and his mothers name was Naamah an Ammonite.

٢١ أَمَّا رَحُبْعَامُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ فَقَدْ مَلَكَ فِي يَهُوذَا وَكَانَ عُمْرُهُ إِحْدَى وَأَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَاسْتَمَرَّ حُكْمُهُ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اخْتَارَهَا الرَّبُّ مِنْ بَيْنِ جَمِيعِ مُدُنِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيَضَعَ اسْمَهُ عَلَيْهَا، وَكَانَ اسْمُ أُمِّهِ نِعْمَةَ الْعَمُّونِيَّةَ.

22 And Iudah wrought wickednesse in the sight of the Lord: and they prouoked him more with their sinnes, which they had committed, then all that which their fathers had done.

٢٢ وَارْتَكَبَ شَعْبُ يَهُوذَا الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، فَاسْتَثَارُوا غَيْظَهُ كَمَا لَمْ تَسْتَثِرْهُ خَطَايَا آبَائِهِمِ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبُوهَا.

23 For they also made them hie places, and images, and groues on euery hie hill, and vnder euery greene tree.

٢٣ وَأَقَامُوا هُمْ أَيْضاً لأَنْفُسِهِمْ مُرْتَفَعَاتٍ وَأَنْصَاباً وَتَمَاثِيلَ عَلَى كُلِّ تَلٍّ مُرْتَفِعٍ، وَتَحْتَ كُلِّ شَجَرةٍ خَضْرَاءَ.

24 There were also Sodomites in the lande, they did according to all the abominations of the nations, which the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.

٢٤ وَتَكَاثَرَ فِي الأَرْضِ الْعَاهِرُونَ مِنْ ذَوِي الشُّذُوذِ الْجِنْسِيِّ، وَاقْتَرَفُوا كُلَّ مُوبِقَاتِ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي طَرَدَهَا الرَّبُّ مِنْ أَمَامِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

25 And in the fift yere of King Rehoboam, Shishak King of Egypt came vp against Ierusale,

٢٥ وَفِي السَّنَةِ الْخَامِسَةِ لِلْمَلِكِ رَحُبْعَامَ هَاجَمَ شِيشَقُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

26 And tooke the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the Kings house, and tooke away all: also he caried away all the shields of golde which Salomon had made.

٢٦ وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَى خَزَائِنِ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ وَخَزَائِنِ قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ، وَسَلَبَ كُلَّ مَا فِيهَا، لاسِيَّمَا الأَتْرَاسُ الذَّهَبِيَّةُ الَّتِي عَمِلَهَا سُلَيْمَانُ.

27 And King Rehoboam made for them brasen shieldes, and committed them vnto ye hands of the chiefe of the garde, which wayted at the doore of the Kings house.

٢٧ فَصَنَعَ الْمَلِكُ رَحُبْعَامُ عِوَضاً عَنْهَا أَتْرَاساً نُحَاسِيَّةً، سَلَّمَهَا لِرُؤَسَاءِ حَرَسِ بَابِ قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ.

28 And when the King went into the house of the Lord, the garde bare them, and brought them againe into the gard chamber.

٢٨ فَكَانَ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَ الْمَلِكُ إِلَى هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ يَحْمِلُهَا الْحُرَّاسُ أَمَامَهُ، ثُمَّ يُعِيدُونَهَا إِلَى غُرْفَةِ الْحَرَسِ.

29 And the rest of the actes of Rehoboam, and all that hee did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?

٢٩ أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَحْدَاثِ حَيَاةِ رَحُبْعَامَ وَكُلُّ مَا قَامَ بِهِ مِنْ أَعْمَالٍ، أَلَيْسَتْ هِي مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟

30 And there was warre betweene Rehoboam and Ieroboam continually.

٣٠ وَظَلَّتْ رَحَى الْحَرْبِ دَائِرَةً بَيْنَ رَحُبْعَامَ وَيَرُبْعَامَ طَوَالَ حَيَاةِ رَحُبْعَامَ.

31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the citie of Dauid: his mothers name was Naamah an Ammonite. And Abiiam his sonne reigned in his stead.

٣١ ثُمَّ مَاتَ رَحُبْعَامُ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ نِعْمَةُ الْعَمُّونِيَّةُ وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ أَبِيَامُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ.