2 Kings 10

1 And Ahab has seventy sons in Samaria, and Jehu writes letters, and sends [them] to Samaria, to the heads of Jezreel, the elderly, and to those supporting Ahab, saying,

١ وَكَانَ لأَخْآبَ سَبْعُونَ ابْناً يُقِيمُونَ فِي السَّامِرَةِ، فَكَتَبَ يَاهُو رَسَائِلَ بَعَثَ بِها إِلَى شُيُوخِ مَدِينَةِ يَزْرَعِيلَ وَإِلَى الْأَوْصِيَاءِ عَلَى أَبْنَاءِ آخْابَ قَائِلاً:

2 “And now, at the coming in of this letter to you, and sons of your lord [are] with you, and the chariots and the horses, and a fortified city, and the armor, [are] with you,

٢ «مِنْ حَيْثُ أَنَّ أَبْنَاءَ سَيِّدِكُمْ لَدَيْكُمْ، وَمِنْ حَيْثُ أَنَّكُمْ تَمْتَلِكُونَ مَرْكَبَاتٍ وَخَيْلاً وَتَعْتَصِمُونَ بِمَدِينَةٍ مُحَصَّنَةٍ، وَعِنْدَكُمْ سِلاحٌ، فَعِنْدَ تَلَقِّيكُمْ هَذِهِ الرِّسَالَةَ

3 that you have seen the best and the most upright of the sons of your lord, and have set [him] on the throne of his father, and fight for the house of your lord.”

٣ اخْتَارُوا الأَفْضَلَ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ سَيِّدِكُمْ وَنَصِّبُوهُ مَلِكاً عَلَى عَرْشِ أَبِيهِ، وَدَافِعُوا عَنْ بَيْتِ مَوْلاكُمْ».

4 And they fear very greatly, and say, “Behold, the two kings have not stood before him, and how do we stand—we?”

٤ فَاعْتَرَاهُمْ خَوْفٌ عَظِيمٌ وَقَالُوا: «هَا مَلِكَانِ قَدْ عَجَزَا عَنْ صَدِّهِ، فَكَيْفَ يُمْكِنُنَا نَحْنُ أَنْ نُوَاجِهَهُ؟»

5 And he who [is] over the house, and he who [is] over the city, and the elderly, and those supporting, send to Jehu, saying, “We [are] your servants, and all that you say to us we do; we do not make anyone king—do that which [is] good in your eyes.”

٥ فَأَجَابَ مُدَبِّرُ الْقَصْرِ وَمُحَاِفظُ الْمَدِينَةِ والشُّيُوخُ وَالأَوْصِيَاءُ يَاهُو قَائِلِينَ: «نَحْنُ عَبِيدُكَ، وَسَنَفْعَلُ كُلَّ مَا تَأْمُرُ بِهِ. لَنْ يَمْلِكَ عَلَيْنَا سِوَاكَ. وَاصْنَعْ مَا يَرُوقُ لَكَ».

6 And he writes a letter to them a second time, saying, “If you [are] for me, and are listening to my voice, take the heads of the men—the sons of your lord, and come to me about this time tomorrow, to Jezreel”; and the sons of the king [are] seventy men, with the great ones of the city—those bringing them up.

٦ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِمْ بِرِسَالَةٍ ثَانِيَةٍ قَائِلاً: «إِنْ كُنْتُمْ حَقّاً مِنْ أَنْصَارِي، وَتَأْتَمِرُونَ بِأَمْرِي، فَاقْطَعُوا رُؤُوسَ أَبْنَاءِ سَيِّدِكُمْ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَأَحْضِرُوهَا إِلَيَّ فِي يَزْرَعِيلَ، فِي نَحْوِ هَذَا الْوَقْتِ فِي يَوْمِ الْغَدِ». وَكَانَ أَبْنَاءُ الْمَلِكِ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلاً يَعِيشُونَ فِي رِعَايَةِ أَشْرَافِ الْمَدِينَةِ الَّذِينَ تَعَهَّدُوهُمْ بِالتَّرْبِيَةِ.

7 And it comes to pass, at the coming in of the letter to them, that they take the sons of the king, and slaughter seventy men, and put their heads in baskets, and send [them] to him at Jezreel,

٧ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَتْهُمْ رِسَالَةُ يَاهُو قَبَضُوا عَلَى الأُمَرَاءِ وَقَتَلُوا سَبْعِينَ رَجُلاً وَوَضَعُوا رُؤُوسَهُمْ فِي سِلالٍ وَأَرْسَلُوهَا إِلَيْهِ فِي يَزْرَعِيلَ.

8 and the messenger comes in, and declares [it] to him, saying, “They have brought in the heads of the sons of the king,” and he says, “Make them two heaps at the opening of the gate until the morning.”

٨ فَجَاءَ رَسُولٌ وَأَخْبَرَ يَاهُو قَائِلاً: «قَدْ أَحْضَرُوا رُؤُوسَ الأُمَرَاءِ» فَقَالَ: «اجْعَلُوهَا كُومَتَيْنِ فِي مَدْخَلِ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى الصَّبَاحِ».

9 And it comes to pass in the morning, that he goes out, and stands, and says to all the people, “You are righteous; behold, I have conspired against my lord, and slay him—and who struck all these?

٩ وَفِي صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي خَرَجَ وَقَالَ لِلشَّعْبِ الْمُتَجَمْهِرِ: «أَنْتُمْ أَبْرِيَاءُ، فَهَا أَنَا قَدْ تَمَرَّدْتُ عَلَى سَيِّدِي وَقَتَلْتُهُ، وَلَكِنْ مَنْ قَتَلَ كُلَّ هَؤُلاءِ؟

10 Now you know that nothing falls of the word of YHWH to the earth that YHWH spoke against the house of Ahab, and YHWH has done that which He spoke by the hand of His servant Elijah.”

١٠ فَاعْلَمُوا الآنَ أَنَّهُ لَنْ تَسْقُطَ كَلِمَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ مِمَّا قَضَى بِهِ الرَّبُّ عَلَى بَيْتِ آخْابَ، وَقَدْ نَفَّذَ الرَّبُّ مَا نَطَقَ بِهِ عَلَى لِسَانِ عَبْدِهِ إِيلِيَّا».

11 And Jehu strikes all those left to the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his acquaintances, and his priests, until he has not left a remnant to him.

١١ وَقَضَى يَاهُو عَلَى الْبَقِيَّةِ الْبَاقِيَةِ مِنْ نَسْلِ آخْابَ فِي يَزْرَعِيلَ، وَعَلَى كُلِّ عُظَمَائِهِ وَأَصْدِقَائِهِ وَكَهَنَتِهِ، فَلَمْ يُفْلِتْ لَهُ حَيٌّ.

12 And he rises, and comes in and goes to Samaria; he [is] at the shepherds’ shearing-house in the way,

١٢ ثُمَّ تَوَجَّهَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ نَحْوَ السَّامِرَةِ. وَلَمَّا وَصَلَ إِلَى جُوَارِ بَيْتِ عَقْدِ الرُّعَاةِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ،

13 and Jehu has found the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah and says, “Who [are] you?” And they say, “We [are] brothers of Ahaziah, and we go down to greet the sons of the king and the sons of the mistress.”

١٣ صَادَفَ يَاهُو إِخْوَةَ أَخَزْيَا مَلِكِ يَهُوذا، فَسَأَلَهُمْ: «مَنْ أَنْتُمْ؟» فَأَجَابُوا: «نَحْنُ إِخْوَةُ أَخَزْيَا، وَنَحْنُ قَادِمُونَ لِزِيَارَةِ أَبْنَاءِ الْمَلِكِ وَالْمَلِكَةِ إِيزَابِلَ».

14 And he says, “Catch them alive”; and they catch them alive, and slaughter them at the pit of the shearing-house, forty-two men, and he has not left [even one] man of them.

١٤ فَقَالَ: «اقْبِضُوا عَلَيْهِمْ أَحْيَاءَ». فَقَبَضُوا عَلَيْهِمْ أَحْيَاءَ وَقَتَلُوهُمْ جَمِيعاً عِنْدَ بِئْرِ بَيْتِ عَقْدٍ، وَعَدَدُهُمْ اثْنَانِ وَأَرْبَعُونَ رَجُلاً.

15 And he goes there, and finds Jehonadab son of Rechab to meet him, and blesses him, and says to him, “Is your heart right, as my heart [is] with your heart?” And Jehonadab says, “It is.” “Then it is; give your hand”; and he gives his hand, and he causes him to come up into the chariot to him,

١٥ ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ فَالْتَقَى يَهُونَادَابَ بْنَ رَكَابَ، الَّذِي كَانَ قَادِماً لِمُقَابَلَتِهِ، فَحَيَّاهُ يَاهُو ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ: «هَلْ قَلْبُكَ مُخْلِصٌ لِقَلْبِي مِثْلَ إِخْلاصِ قَلْبِي لِقَلْبِكَ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ يَهُونَادَابُ: «نَعَمْ». فَقَالَ يَاهُو: «إِذَنْ هَاتِ يَدَكَ». فَمَدَّ إِلَيْهِ يَدَهُ فَأَصْعَدَهُ مَعَهُ إِلَى الْمَرْكَبَةِ،

16 and says, “Come with me, and look on my zeal for YHWH”; and they cause him to ride in his chariot.

١٦ وَقَالَ: «تَعَالَ مَعِي لِتَرَى مَدَى غَيْرَتِي لِلرَّبِّ»، وَهَكَذَا أَرْكَبَهُ مَعَهُ فِي الْمَرْكَبَةِ.

17 And he comes to Samaria, and strikes all those left to Ahab in Samaria, until his destroying him, according to the word of YHWH that He spoke to Elisha.

١٧ وَعِنْدَمَا وَصَلَ يَاهُو إِلَى السَّامِرَةِ أَهْلَكَ جَمِيعَ مَنْ بَقِيَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ آخْابَ، فَأَفْنَاهُمْ بِمُوْجِبِ قَضَاءِ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي كَلَّمَ بِهِ إِيلِيَّا.

18 And Jehu gathers the whole of the people and says to them, “Ahab served Ba‘al a little—Jehu serves him much:

١٨ ثُمَّ جَمَعَ يَاهُو كُلَّ الشَّعْبِ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لَقَدْ عَبَدَ آخْابُ الْبَعْلَ عِبَادَةً طَفِيفَةً، أَمَّا أَنَا فَأُغَالِي فِي عِبَادَتِهِ.

19 and now, all the prophets of Ba‘al, all his servants, and all his priests, call to me; do not let a man be lacking, for I have a great sacrifice for Ba‘al; everyone who is lacking—he does not live”; and Jehu has done [it] in subtlety, in order to destroy the servants of Ba‘al.

١٩ فَادْعُوا إِلَيَّ الآنَ جَمِيعَ أَنْبِيَاءِ الْبَعْلِ وَكُلَّ كَهَنَتِهِ وَالْمُتَعَبِّدِينَ لَهُ. لَا يَتَخَلَّفْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ، لأَنَّنِي عَازِمٌ أَنْ أُقَرِّبَ ذَبِيحَةً عَظِيمَةً لِلْبَعْلِ. وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَتَخَلَّفُ عَنِ الْحُضُورِ يَمُوتُ». وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ مَكِيدَةً مِنْهُ لِكَيْ يَسْتَأْصِلَ عَبَدَةَ الْبَعْلِ.

20 And Jehu says, “Sanctify a restraint for Ba‘al”; and they proclaim [it].

٢٠ وَقَالَ يَاهُو: «أَقِيمُوا مَحْفَلاً مُقَدَّساً لِلْبَعْلِ». فَنَادَوْا بِهِ.

21 And Jehu sends into all Israel, and all the servants of Ba‘al come in, and there has not been left a man who has not come in; and they come into the house of Ba‘al, and the house of Ba‘al is full—mouth to mouth.

٢١ وَاسْتَدْعَى يَاهُو جَمِيعَ عَبَدَةِ الْبَعْلِ مِنْ كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَلَمْ يَتَخَلَّفْ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ، وَدَخَلُوا مَعْبَدَ الْبَعْلِ فَامْتَلأَ بِهِمِ الْمَكَانُ،

22 And he says to him who [is] over the wardrobe, “Bring out clothing for all those serving Ba‘al”; and he brings out the clothing to them.

٢٢ فَقَالَ لِلْمُشْرِفِ عَلَى الْمَلابِسِ: «وَزِّعْ مَلابِسَ عَلَى كُلِّ عَبَدَةِ الْبَعْلِ». فَأَخْرَجَهَا وَوَزَّعَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ.

23 And Jehu goes in—and Jehonadab son of Rechab—to the house of Ba‘al, and says to the servants of Ba‘al, “Search and see, lest there be [any] from the servants of YHWH here with you—but [only] the servants of Ba‘al by themselves.”

٢٣ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ يَاهُو وَيَهُونَادَابُ بْنُ رَكَابَ إِلَى مَعْبَدِ الْبَعْلِ، وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «فَتِّشُوا إِنْ كَانَ قَدِ انْدَسَّ بَيْنَكُمْ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ عَبِيدِ الرَّبِّ، إِذْ لَا يَجِبُ أَنْ يَكُونَ هُنَا سِوَى عَبَدَةِ الْبَعْلِ فَقَطْ».

24 And they come in to make sacrifices and burnt-offerings, and Jehu has set eighty men for himself in an out-place, and says, “The man who lets [any] of the men whom I am bringing into your hand escape—his soul for his soul.”

٢٤ وَهَكَذَا دَخَلُوا لِيُقَرِّبُوا ذَبَائِحَ وَمُحْرَقَاتٍ. وَكَانَ يَاهُو قَدْ رَصَدَ كَمِيناً مِنْ ثَمَانِينَ رَجُلاً خَارِجَ الْمَعْبَدِ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «إِنْ أَفْلَتَ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ مِنْ عَبَدَةِ الْبَعْلِ تَكُونُ أَنْفُسُكُمْ عِوَضاً عَنْهُ».

25 And it comes to pass, at his finishing to make the burnt-offering, that Jehu says to the runners and to the captains, “Go in, strike them, let none come out”; and they strike them by the mouth of the sword, and the runners and the captains cast [them] out; and they go to the city, to the house of Ba‘al,

٢٥ وَعِنْدَمَا فَرَغَ يَاهُو مِنْ تَقْرِيبِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ، قَالَ لِلْحُرَّاسِ وَالضُّبَّاطِ: «ادْخُلُوا وَأَهْلِكُوهُمْ! لَا يُفْلِتْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ». فَأَبَادُوهُمْ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ، وَطَرَحُوا جُثَثَهُمْ. ثُمَّ تَوَجَّهُوا نَحْوَ الْمِحْرَابِ الدَّاخِلِيِّ لِمَعْبَدِ الْبَعْلِ،

26 and bring out the standing-pillars of the house of Ba‘al, and burn them,

٢٦ فَأَخْرَجُوا التَّمَاثِيلَ وَأَحْرَقُوهَا،

27 and break down the standing-pillar of Ba‘al, and break down the house of Ba‘al, and appoint it for a latrine to this day.

٢٧ وَحَطَّمُوا تِمْثَالَ الْبَعْلِ، وَهَدَمُوا الْمَعْبَدَ وَحَوَّلُوهُ إِلَى مَزْبَلَةٍ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

28 And Jehu destroys Ba‘al out of Israel,

٢٨ وَاسْتَأْصَلَ يَاهُو عِبَادَةَ الْبَعْلِ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

29 only [not]—the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, that he caused Israel to sin, Jehu has not turned aside from after them—the calves of gold that [are] at Beth-El and in Dan.

٢٩ وَلَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَحِدْ عَنْ خَطَايَا يَرُبْعَامَ الَّتِي اسْتَغْوَى بِها الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ وَجَعَلَهُمْ يُخْطِئُونَ، إِذْ أَبْقَى عَلَى عُجُولِ الذَّهَبِ الَّتِي فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَفِي دَانَ.

30 And YHWH says to Jehu, “Because that you have done well, to do that which [is] right in My eyes—according to all that [is] in My heart you have done to the house of Ahab—the sons of the fourth [generation] sit on the throne of Israel for you.”

٣٠ وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِيَاهُو: «مِنْ حَيْثُ إِنَّكَ قَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ بِتَنْفِيذِ مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ فِي عَيْنَيَّ، وَأَجْرَيْتَ عَلَى بَيْتِ آخْابَ مَا أَضْمَرْتُهُ فِي قَلْبِي، فَإِنَّ أَبْنَاءَكَ يَتَرَبَّعُونَ عَلَى عَرْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى الْجِيلِ الرَّابِعِ».

31 And Jehu has not taken heed to walk in the Law of YHWH, God of Israel, with all his heart; he has not turned aside from the sins of Jeroboam that he caused Israel to sin.

٣١ وَلَكِنَّ يَاهُو لَمْ يَحْرِصْ عَلَى السُّلُوكِ فِي شَرِيعَةِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِهِ، إِذْ وَاظَبَ عَلَى ارْتِكَابِ خَطَايَا يَرُبْعَامَ الَّتِي اسْتَغْوَى بِها الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ وَجَعَلَهُمْ يُخْطِئُونَ.

32 In those days YHWH has begun to cut off [some] in Israel, and Hazael strikes them in all the border of Israel,

٣٢ وَفِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ بَدَأَ الرَّبُّ يُخَفِّضُ مِنْ مِسَاحَةِ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَاسْتَوْلَى حَزَائِيلُ عَلَى أَجْزَاءَ كَبِيرَةٍ مِنْ مَنَاطِقِهِمْ.

33 from the Jordan, at the sun-rising: the whole land of Gilead, of the Gadite, and the Reubenite, and the Manassite (from Aroer, that [is] by the Brook of Arnon), even Gilead and Bashan.

٣٣ ابْتِدَاءً مِنْ شَرْقِيِّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ، بِمَا فِي ذَلِكَ أَرْضُ جِلْعَادَ، أَرْضُ الْجَادِيِّينَ وَالرَّأُوبَيْنِيِّينَ، وَالْمَنَسِّيِّينَ، مِنْ عَرُوعِيرَ الْقَائِمَةِ عَلَى وَادِي أَرْنُونَ وَجِلْعَادَ وَبَاشَانَ.

34 And the rest of the matters of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written on the scroll of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

٣٤ أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ يَاهُو وَكُلُّ مَا عَمِلَهُ أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟

35 And Jehu lies with his fathers, and they bury him in Samaria, and his son Jehoahaz reigns in his stead.

٣٥ وَمَاتَ يَاهُو وَدُفِنَ فِي السَّامِرَةِ وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ يَهُوأَحَازُ.

36 And the days that Jehu has reigned over Israel in Samaria [are] twenty-eight years.

٣٦ وَدَامَ مُلْكُ يَاهُو عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي السَّامِرَةِ ثَمَانِيَ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً.