2 Chronicles 15

1 And the spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded;

١ وَحَلَّ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى عَزَرْيَا بْنِ عُودِيدَ،

2 and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him: 'Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the LORD is with you, while ye are with Him; and if ye seek Him, He will be found of you; but if ye forsake Him, He will forsake you.

٢ فَتَوَجَّهَ لِلِقَاءِ آسَا وَقَالَ لَهْ: «اسْمَعْ لِي يَا آسَا وَيَا جَمِيعَ أَبْنَاءِ يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ: الرَّبُّ مَعَكُمْ مَابَرِحْتُمْ مَعَهَ، فَإِنْ طَلَبْتُمُوهُ يُوْجَدْ لَكُمْ، وَإِنْ تَخَلَّيْتُمْ عَنْهُ يَنْبِذْكُمْ.

3 Now for long seasons Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;

٣ لَقَدْ قَضَى الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ حِقْبَةً طَوِيلَةً كَانُوا فِيهَا بِلا إِلَهٍ حَقٍّ، وَبِلا كَاهِنٍ يُعَلِّمُهُمْ، وَبِلا شَرِيعَةٍ.

4 but when in their distress they turned unto the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found of them.

٤ وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا رَجَعُوا فِي ضِيقِهِمْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَطَلَبُوهُ وُجِدَ لَهُمْ.

5 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great discomfitures were upon all the inhabitants of the lands.

٥ فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ لَمْ يَكُنِ الإِنْسَانُ يَأْمَنُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ فِي ذِهَابِهِ وَإِيَابِهِ، لأَنَّ اضْطِرَابَاتٍ كَثِيرَةً كَانَتْ تَعُمُّ كُلَّ سُكَّانِ الأَرْضِ،

6 And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did discomfit them with all manner of adversity.

٦ فَأَفْنَتْ أُمَّةٌ أُمَّةً، وَأَبَادَتْ مَدِينَةٌ مَدِينَةً، لأَنَّ اللهَ أَصَابَهُمْ بِكُلِّ بَلاءٍ.

7 But be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.'

٧ فَتَقَوَّوْا أَنْتُمْ، وَلا تَخُرْ عَزِيمَتُكُمْ لأَنَّ لِعَمَلِكُمْ ثَوَاباً».

8 And when Asa heard these words, even the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the detestable things out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.

٨ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ آسَا كَلامَ نُبُوءَةِ عُودِيدَ النَّبِيِّ تَقَوَّى وَأَزَالَ الرَّجَاسَاتِ مِنْ كُلِّ أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ، وَمِنَ الْمُدُنِ الَّتِي اسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهَا مِنْ جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ، وَجَدَّدَ مَذْبَحَ الرَّبِّ الْقَائِمَ أَمَامَ رُوَاقِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ.

9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and them that sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon; for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

٩ وَاسْتَدْعَى كُلَّ بَنِي يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ وَالْغُرَبَاءَ مِنْ أَسْبَاطِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَمَنَسَّى وَشِمْعُونَ، مِمَّنْ تَوَافَدُوا إِلَيْهِ مِنْ مَمْلَكَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، بَعْدَ أَنْ رَأَوْا أَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُ مَعَهُ.

10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

١٠ فَتَجَمَّعُوا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، فِي الشَّهْرِ الثَّالِثِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ الْخَامِسَةِ عَشْرَةَ لِحُكْمِ آسَا،

11 And they sacrificed unto the LORD in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

١١ وَقَرَّبُوا لِلرَّبِّ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، سَبْعَ مِئَةٍ مِنَ الْبَقَرِ وَسَبْعَةَ آلافٍ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ مِمَّا اسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْغَنَائِمِ.

12 And they entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;

١٢ وَقَطَعُوا عَهْداً أَنْ يَطْلُبُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِهِمْ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَنُفُوسِهِمْ،

13 and that whosoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

١٣ وَأَنْ يَقْتُلُوا كُلَّ مَنْ لَا يَطْلُبُ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. لَا فَرْقَ فِي ذَلِكَ بَيْنَ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ، رَجُلٍ وَامْرَأَةٍ.

14 And they swore unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns.

١٤ وَحَلَفُوا لِلرَّبِّ مُعْلِنِينَ وَلاءَهُمْ بِصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ وَهُتَافٍ وَبِنَفْخِ أَبْوَاقٍ وَقُرُونٍ.

15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought Him with their whole desire; and He was found of them; and the LORD gave them rest round about.

١٥ وَغَمَرَتِ الْغِبْطَةُ جَمِيعَ أَبْنَاءِ يَهُوذَا مِنْ أَجْلِ الْحَلْفِ، لأَنَّهُمْ تَعَهَّدُوا لِلرَّبِّ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمْ، وَطَلَبُوهُ عَنْ رِضًى كَامِلٍ، فَوُجِدَ لَهُمْ وَأَرَاحَهُمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَعْدَائِهِمِ الْمُحِيطِينَ بِهِمْ.

16 And also Maacah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

١٦ وَخَلَعَ آسَا أُمَّهُ مَعْكَةَ مِنْ مَنْصِبِ الأُمِّ الْمَلِكَةِ، لأَنَّهَا أَقَامَتْ تِمْثَالاً لِعَشْتَارُوثَ، فَحَطَّمَ تِمْثَالَهَا وَدَقَّهُ وَأَحْرَقَهُ فِي وَادِي قَدْرُونَ.

17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was whole all his days.

١٧ وَمَعَ أَنَّ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ كُلَّهَا لَمْ تُسْتَأْصَلْ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَإِنَّ قَلْبَ آسَا كَانَ كَامِلَ الْوَلاءِ لِلهِ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ.

18 And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had hallowed, and that he himself had hallowed, silver, and gold, and vessels.

١٨ وَأَوْدَعَ خَزَائِنَ الرَّبِّ كُلَّ مَا خَصَّصَهُ أَبُوهُ وَمَا خَصَّصَهُ هُوَ لِهَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ وَالآنِيَةِ.

19 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.

١٩ وَلَمْ تَنْشَبْ حَرْبٌ إِلَى السَّنَةِ الْخَامِسَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ لِحُكْمِ آسَا.