2 Chronicles 28

1 Twenty years old was Achaz when he became king, and sixteen years did he reign in Jerusalem; and he did not what is right in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father;

١ كَانَ آحَازُ فِي الْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ تَوَلَّى الْمُلْكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، بِعَكْسِ جَدِّهِ دَاوُدَ.

2 But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Be'alim.

٢ وَسَلَكَ فِي طُرُقِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَسَبَكَ تَمَاثِيلَ لِعِبَادَةِ الْبَعْلِيمِ.

3 And he also burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his sons in the fire, after the abominable acts of the nations that the Lord had driven out from before the children of Israel.

٣ وَأَوْقَدَ فِي وَادِي ابْنِ هِنُّومَ، وَأَحْرَقَ أَبْنَاءَهُ بِالنَّارِ، عَلَى حَسَبِ رَجَاسَاتِ الأُمَمِ الَّذِينَ طَرَدَهُمُ الرَّبُّ مِنْ أَمَامِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense on the high-places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

٤ كَمَا قَرَّبَ مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَأَوْقَدَ عَلَى الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ وَالتِّلالِ، وَتَحْتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ.

5 Wherefore the Lord his God gave him up into the hand of the king of Syria; and they defeated his people, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And also into the hand of the king of Israel was he given up, and he defeated his people with a great slaughter.

٥ فَأَسْلَمَهُ الرَّبُّ لِيَدِ مَلِكِ أَرَامَ، فَأَلْحَقَ بِهِ هَزِيمَةً نَكْرَاءَ، وَأَسَرُوا كَثِيرِينَ مِنْ يَهُوذَا نَقَلُوهُمْ إِلَى دِمَشْقَ. كَمَا أَسْلَمَهُ الرَّبُّ لِيَدِ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَكَسَرَهُ شَرَّ كَسْرَةٍ.

6 And Pekach the son of Remalyahu slew in Judah one hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all being valiant men; because they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers.

٦ وَقَتَلَ فَقَحُ بْنُ رَمَلْيَا مِئَةً وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفاً مِنْ يَهُوذَا فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَكُلُّهُمْ مِنَ الْمُحَارِبِينَ الأَشِدَّاءِ، عِقَاباً لَهُمْ، لأَنَّهُمْ تَرَكُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِهِمْ.

7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Ma'asseyahu the king's son, and 'Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah the second in rank to the king.

٧ وَقَضَى زِكْرِي بَطَلُ أَفْرَايِمَ عَلَى مَعَسِيَا ابْنِ الْمَلِكِ وَعَزْرِيقَامَ مُدِيرِ شُؤُونِ الْقَصْرِ الْملَكِيِّ، وَأَلْقَانَةَ التَّالِي لِلْمَلِكِ فِي الْمَقَامِ.

8 And the children of Israel led away captive from their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and also much booty did they plunder from them, and they brought the booty to Samaria.

٨ وَسَبَى بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَقْرِبَائِهِمْ بَنِي يَهُوذَا مِئَتَيْ أَلْفٍ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ وَالأَبْنَاءِ وَالْبَنَاتِ، وَنَهَبُوا مِنْهُمْ أَسْلاباً وَافِرَةً حَمَلُوهَا إِلَى السَّامِرَةِ.

9 But there was a prophet of the Lord, 'Oded was his name; and he went out to meet the host that was coming to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because of the fury of the Lord the God of your fathers against Judah, hath he given them up into your hand, and ye have slain among them in a rage that reacheth as far as the heavens.

٩ غَيْرَ أَنَّ نَبِيًّا لِلرَّبِّ يُدْعَى عُودِيدَ خَرَجَ لِلِقَاءِ الْجَيْشِ الرَّاجِعِ إِلَى السَّامِرَةِ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ آبَائِكُمْ عَلَى يَهُوذَا لأَنَّهُ غَضِبَ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَهَا أَنْتُمْ قَدْ قَتَلْتُمُوهُمْ بِقَسْوَةٍ أَغْضَبَتِ السَّمَاءَ.

10 And now ye think to force the children of Judah and Jerusalem to become bond-men and bond-women unto you; but surely are there not with you, even with you, trespasses against the Lord your God?

١٠ وَالآنَ أَنْتُمْ مُزْمِعُونَ عَلَى اسْتِعْبَادِ بَنِي يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ وَاتِّخَاذِهِمْ لَكُمْ عَبِيداً وَإِمَاءً. أَلَمْ تَأْثَمُوا أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً مِثْلَهُمْ فِي حَقِّ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ؟

11 And now hear me, and restore the captives, whom ye have taken captive from your brethren; for the fierce wrath of the Lord is over you.

١١ فَاسْمَعُوا لِي الآنَ، وَرُدُّوا الأَسْرَى أَقْرِبَاءَكُمْ، لأَنَّ غَضَبَ الرَّبِّ مُحْتَدِمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ».

12 Then arose certain men of the heads of the children of Ephraim, 'Azaryahu the son of Jehochanan, Berechyahu the son of Meshillemoth, and Jechizkiyahu the son of Shallum, and 'Amassa the son of Chadlai, against those that were come from the army.

١٢ ثُمَّ قَامَ رِجَالٌ مِنْ زُعَمَاءِ بَنِي أَفْرَايِمَ هُمْ: عَزَرْيَا بْنُ يَهُوحَانَانَ، وَبَرَخْيَا بْنُ مَشُلِّيمُوتَ، وَيَحَزْقِيَّا بْنُ شَلُّومَ، وَعَمَاسَا بْنُ حِدْلايَ، وَاعْتَرَضُوا سَبِيلَ الْمُقْبِلِينَ مِنَ الْجَيْشِ.

13 And they said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither; for in addition to the guiltiness against the Lord [resting] on us, ye think to add unto our sins and unto our guiltiness; for great is the guiltiness [resting] on us, and there is fierce wrath over Israel.

١٣ وَقَالُوا لَهُمْ: «لا تَدْخُلُوا بِالأَسْرَى إِلَى هُنَا، إِذْ يَكْفِينَا مَا عَلَيْنَا مِنْ آثَامٍ فِي حَقِّ الرَّبِّ، وَأَنْتُمْ مُزْمِعُونَ أَنْ تُضِيفُوا إِلَى خَطَايَانَا وَآثَامِنَا، فذُنُوبُنَا بِحَدِّ ذَاتِهَا كَثِيرَةٌ، وَغَضَبُ الرَّبِّ مُحْتَدِمٌ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ».

14 So the armed men abandoned the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the assembly.

١٤ فَتَخَلَّى الْمُحَارِبُونَ عَنِ الأَسْرَى وَالْغَنَائِمِ أَمَامَ الْقَادَةِ وَكُلِّ زُعَمَاءِ الْجَمَاعَةِ.

15 And then arose the men who have been expressed by name, and took hold of the captives, and all that were naked among them they clothed from the booty; and they gave them garments and shoes, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm-trees, near their brethren; and then did they return to Samaria.

١٥ وَنَهَضَ بَعْضُ الرِّجَالِ الَّذِينَ تَمَّ تَعْيِينُهُمْ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ وَأَخَذُوا الأَسْرَى وَوَزَّعُوا عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ الْغَنِيمَةِ مَلابِسَ وَأَحْذِيَةً وَطَعَاماً وخَمْراً، وَعَالَجُوا جِرَاحَهُمْ بالدُّهُونِ وَأَرْكَبُوا الْمُعْيِينَ فِيهِمْ عَلَى حَمِيرٍ. وَأَعَادُوهُمْ إِلَى أَرِيحَا مَدِينَةِ النَّخْلِ حَيْثُ أَسْلَمُوهُمْ إِلَى أَهَالِيهِمْ، ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا إِلَى السَّامِرَةِ.

16 At that time sent king Achaz unto the kings of Assyria to help him.

١٦ فِي ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ اسْتَنْجَدَ الْمَلِكُ آحَازُ بِمُلُوكِ أَشُورَ،

17 Moreover the Edomites came again and defeated [the men of] Judah, and carried away captives.

١٧ لأَنَّ الأَدُومِيِّينَ زَحَفُوا عَلَى يَهُوذَا وَهَاجَمُوهُمْ وَأَخَذُوا مِنْهُمْ أَسْرَى.

18 And the Philistines invaded the cities of the lowlands, and of the south of Judah, and captured Beth-shemesh, and Ayalon, and Gederoth, and Socho with its villages, and Thimnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages; and they dwelt there.

١٨ وَاقْتَحَمَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ مُدُنَ السَّوَاحِلِ وَجَنُوبِيَّ يَهُوذَا وَاسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَى بَيْتِ شَمْسٍ وَأَيَّلُونَ وَجَدِيرُوتَ وَسُوكُو وَضِيَاعِهَا وَتِمْنَةَ وَضِيَاعِهَا وَجِمْزُو وَضِيَاعِهَا، وَاسْتَوْطَنُوا فِيهَا،

19 For the Lord humbled Judah on account of Achaz the king of Israel; for he made Judah unruly, and acted very faithlessly against the Lord.

١٩ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ أَذَلَّ يَهُوذَا بِسَبَبِ شُرُورِ آحَازَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا الَّذِي أَضَلَّ شَعْبَهُ وَخَانَ الرَّبَّ.

20 Then came against him Tilgath-pilneesser the king of Assyria, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

٢٠ وَلَكِنَّ تَغْلَثْ فَلْنَاسَرَ مَلِكَ أَشُورَ ضَايَقَ آحَازَ بَدَلاً مِنْ نَجْدَتِهِ

21 Although Achaz took away a portion [out] of the house of the Lord, and [out] of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: he yet gave him no assistance.

٢١ وَكَانَ آحَازُ قَدْ أَخَذَ قِسْماً مِنْ ذَهَبِ الْهَيْكَلِ وَمِنْ قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ وَمِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ الْبِلادِ، وَقَدَّمَهُ لِمَلِكِ أَشُّورَ، وَلَكِنَّ هَذَا لَمْ يُنْجِدْهُ.

22 And in the time that he distressed him, became he yet more faithless against the Lord, —yea, he, king Achaz;

٢٢ وَفِي أَثْنَاءِ ضِيقِهِ ازْدَادَ الْمَلِكُ آحَازُ خِيَانَةً لِلرَّبِّ.

23 And he sacrificed unto the gods of [the people of] Damascus, who had smitten him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria do help them, [therefore] will I sacrifice unto them, that they may help me. But they only became to him a stumbling-block for him and for all Israel.

٢٣ وَقَدَّمَ ذَبَائِحَ لأَوْثَانِ الأَرَامِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ هَزَمُوهُ قَائِلاً: «إِنَّ آلِهَةَ مُلُوكِ أَرَامَ تُسَاعِدُهُمْ، فَلأَذْبَحَنَّ لَهُمْ فَيُسَاعِدُونِي». إلّا أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا سَبَباً فِي دَمَارِهِ وَفِي انْهِيَارِ كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

24 And Achaz gathered up the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and locked up the doors of the house of the Lord, and he made for himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

٢٤ وَجَمَعَ آحَازُ آنِيَةَ بَيْتِ اللهِ وَحَطَّمَهَا وَأَغْلَقَ أَبْوَابَ الْهَيْكَلِ، وَبَنَى لِنَفْسِهِ مَذَابِحَ فِي كُلِّ زَاوِيَةٍ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ،

25 And in each and every city of Judah made he high-places to burn incense unto other gods; and he provoked to anger the Lord the God of his fathers.

٢٥ وَأَقَامَ فِي كُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ مِنْ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا مُرْتَفَعَاتٍ لِيُوْقِدَ عَلَيْهَا لآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، فَأَغَاظَ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِهِ.

26 And the rest of his acts and of all his ways, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

٢٦ أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ آحَازَ وَأَعْمَالُهُ مِنْ بِدَايَتِهَا إِلَى نِهَايَتِهَا فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتَابِ تَارِيخِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا وَإِسْرَائِيلَ.

27 And Achaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem; for they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son became king in his stead.

٢٧ ثُمَّ مَاتَ آحَازُ فَدَفَنُوهُ فِي مَدِينَةِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، لأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُوَارُوهُ فِي مَقَابِرِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ حَزَقِيَّا عَلَى الْمُلْكِ.