2 Chronicles 20
1 It happened after this, that the people of Moab, and the people of Ammon, and with them some of the Meunites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
| ثُمَّ اجْتَمَعَ الْمُوآبِيُّونَ وَالْعَمُّونِيُّونَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ يَهُوشَافَاطَ، | ١ |
2 Then some came who told Jehoshaphat, saying, "A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea from Edom. Look, they are in Hazazon Tamar" (that is, En Gedi).
| فَأَتَى قَوْمٌ وَأَبْلَغُوا يَهُوشَافَاطَ أَنَّ جَيْشاً عَظِيماً قَدْ زَحَفَ عَلَيْهِ قَادِماً مِنْ عَبْرِ الْبَحْرِ مِنْ أَرَامَ، وَهَا هُوَ قَدْ أَصْبَحَ فِي حُصُونِ تَامَارَ الَّتِي هِيَ عَيْنُ جَدْيٍ. | ٢ |
3 Jehoshaphat was alarmed, and set himself to seek to the LORD. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
| فَاعْتَرَاهُ الْخَوْفُ وَعَقَدَ العَزْمَ عَلَى الاسْتِغَاثَةِ بِالرَّبِّ وَنَادَى بِصَوْمٍ فِي جَمِيعِ يَهُوذَا. | ٣ |
4 Judah gathered themselves together, to seek help from the LORD. They came out of all the cities of Judah to seek the LORD.
| فَاحْتَشَدَ بَنُو يَهُوذَا قَادِمِينَ مِنْ كُلِّ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا لِيَطْلُبُوا عَوْنَ الرَّبِّ. | ٤ |
5 Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court;
| فَوَقَفَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ أَمَامَ الدَّارِ الْجَدِيدَةِ فِي بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ، فِي وَسَطِ جَمَاعَةِ يَهُوذَا وَأَهْلِ أَورُشَلِيمَ، | ٥ |
6 and he said, "O LORD, the God of our fathers, aren't you God in heaven? Aren't you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, so that no one is able to withstand you.
| وَقَالَ: «يَا رَبُّ إِلَهَ آبَائِنَا، أَلَسْتَ أَنْتَ اللهَ فِي السَّمَاءِ، الْمُتَسَلِّطَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ مَمَالِكِ الأُمَمِ، الْمُتَمَتِّعَ بِالْعِزَّةِ وَالْجَبَرُوتِ. فَمَنْ إِذاً يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَثْبُتَ أَمَامَكَ؟ | ٦ |
7 Did you not, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend?
| أَلَسْتَ أَنْتَ إِلَهَنَا الَّذِي طَرَدْتَ أَهْلَ هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ مِنْ أَمَامِ شَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَوَهَبْتَهَا إِلَى الأَبَدِ لِنَسْلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلِكَ؟ | ٧ |
8 They lived in it, and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name, saying,
| فَأَقَامُوا فِيهَا وَشَيَّدُوا لَكَ وَلاسْمِكَ مَقْدِساً قَائِلِينَ: | ٨ |
9 'If evil comes on us—the sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine—we will stand before this house, and before you, (for your name is in this house), and cry to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.'
| إِذَا أَصَابَنَا شَرٌّ، سَوَاءٌ سَيْفُ قَضَاءٍ أَمْ وَبَأٌ، أَمْ جُوعٌ، وَوَقَفْنَا أَمَامَ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ، وَفِي حَضْرَتِكَ، لأَنَّ اسْمَكَ حَالٌّ فِيهِ، وَاسْتَغَثْنَا بِكَ مِنْ ضِيقِنَا فَإِنَّكَ تَسْمَعُ وَتُخَلِّصُ. | ٩ |
10 Now, look, the people of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and did not destroy them;
| وَالآنَ هَا هِيَ جُيُوشُ الْعَمُّونِيِّينَ وَالْمُوآبِيِّينَ وَسُكَّانُ جَبَلِ سَعِيرَ الَّذِينَ مَنَعْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ الدُّخُولِ إِلَى أَرْضِهِمْ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِهِمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ فَتَحَوَّلُوا عَنْهُمْ وَلَمْ يُهْلِكُوهُمْ. | ١٠ |
11 look, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.
| هَا هُمْ يُكَافِئُونَنَا بِهُجُومِهِمْ عَلَيْنَا لِطَرْدِنَا مِنْ مُلْكِكَ الَّذِي أَوْرَثْتَنَا إِيَّاهُ. | ١١ |
12 Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that comes against us; neither know we what to do, but our eyes are on you."
| فَيَا إِلَهَنَا، أَلا تُنْزِلْ بِهِمْ قَضَاءَكَ؟ لأَنَّنَا نَفْتَقِرُ إِلَى الْقُوَّةِ لِمُحَارَبَةِ هَذَا الْجَيْشِ الْعَظِيمِ الْقَادِمِ عَلَيْنَا، وَنَحْنُ لَا نَدْرِي مَاذَا نَفْعَلُ، إِنَّمَا إِلَيْكَ وَحْدَكَ تَلْتَفِتُ عُيُونُنَا». | ١٢ |
13 All Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
| وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ كُلُّ بَنِي يَهُوذَا مَاثِلِينَ فِي حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ مَعَ أَطْفَالِهِمْ وَنِسَائِهِمْ وَبَنِيهِمْ، | ١٣ |
14 Then the Ruach of the LORD came on Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly;
| حَلَّ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى يَحْزَئِيلَ بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ بَنَايَا بْنِ يَعِيئِيلَ بْنِ مَتَّنِيَّا اللّاوِيِّ، مِنْ بَنِي آسَافَ، الَّذِي كَانَ وَاقِفاً وَسَطَ الْجَمَاعَةِ، | ١٤ |
15 and he said, "Listen, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat. Thus says the LORD to you, 'Do not be afraid, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
| فَقَالَ: «أَصْغُوْا يَا جَمِيعَ يَهُوذَا وَسُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَيَا أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ يَهُوشَافَاطُ. هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ لَكُمْ: لَا تَجْزَعُوا وَلا تَرْتَعِبُوا خَوْفاً مِنْ هَذَا الْجَيْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، إِذْ لَيْسَتِ الْحَرْبُ حَرْبَكُمْ، بَلْ هِيَ حَرْبُ اللهِ. | ١٥ |
16 Tomorrow go down against them. Look, they are coming up by the ascent of Ziz. You shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
| ازْحَفُوا نَحْوَهُمْ غَداً، فَهَا هُمْ صَاعِدُونَ فِي عَقَبَةِ صِيصَ، فَتَجِدُوهُمْ فِي طَرَفِ الْوَادِي بِحِذَاءِ صَحْرَاءِ يَرُوئِيلَ. | ١٦ |
17 You will not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid, nor be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you.'"
| لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تُخُوضُوا هَذِهِ الْمَعْرَكَةَ، بَلْ قِفُوا وَاثْبُتُوا وَاشْهَدُوا خَلاصَ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي يُنْعِمُ بِهِ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا بَنِي يَهُوذَا وَيَا أَهْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ. لَا تَجْزَعُوا وَلا تَرْتَعِبُوا. انْطَلِقُوا غَداً لِلِقَائِهِمْ وَالرَّبُّ مَعَكُمْ». | ١٧ |
18 Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.
| فَوَقَعَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ، وَسَجَدَ مَعَهُ لِلرَّبِّ جَمِيعُ يَهُوذَا وَسُكَّانُ أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١٨ |
19 The Levites, of the descendants of the Kohathites and of the descendants of the Korahites, stood up to praise the LORD, the God of Israel, with an exceeding loud voice.
| ثُمَّ وَقَفَ اللّاوِيُّونَ مِنْ بَنِي قَهَاتَ وَمِنْ بَنِي قُورَحَ لِيُسَبِّحُوا الرَّبَّ بِهُتَافٍ عَظِيمٍ. | ١٩ |
20 They rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, so you will be established. Believe his prophets, and you will prosper."
| وَفِي سَاعَةٍ مُبَكِّرَةٍ مِنْ صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي تَوَجَّهَ جَيْشُ يَهُوذَا إِلَى صَحْرَاءِ تَقُوعَ، فَقَالَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ لَهُمْ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِهِمْ: «أَصْغُوْا يَا رِجَالَ يَهُوذَا وَيَا سُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ. آمِنُوا بِالرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ فَتَأْمَنُوا. آمِنُوا بِأَنْبِيَائِهِ فَتُفْلِحُوا». | ٢٠ |
21 When he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the LORD, and give praise in holy array, as they went out before the army, and say, Give thanks to the LORD; for his loving kindness endures forever.
| وَبَعْدَ التَّدَاوُلِ مَعَ الشَّعْبِ، جَعَلَ فِرْقَةً مِنَ الْمُغَنِّينَ الَّذِينَ تَزَيَّنُوا بِالثِّيَابِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ تَتَقَدَّمُ مَسِيرَةَ الْمُجَنَّدِينَ لِلْقِتَالِ، لِتُسَبِّحَ الرَّبَّ قَائِلَةً: «احْمَدُوا الرَّبَّ لأَنَّ رَحْمَتَهُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ تَدُومُ». | ٢١ |
22 When they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushers against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were struck.
| وَعِنْدَمَا شَرَعُوا فِي الْغِنَاءِ وَالتَّسْبِيحِ أَثَارَ الرَّبُّ كَمَائِنَ عَلَى الْعَمُّونِيِّينَ وَالْمُوآبِيِّينَ، وَأَهْلِ جَبَلِ سَعِيرَ الْقَادِمِينَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ يَهُوذَا، فَانْكَسَرُوا. | ٢٢ |
23 For the people of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, utterly to kill and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, everyone helped to destroy another.
| فَقَدِ انْقَلَبَ الْعَمُّونِيُّونَ وَالْمُوآبِيُّونَ علَى سُكَّانِ جَبَلِ سَعِيرَ وَقَضَوْا عَلَيْهِمْ، ثُمَّ انْقَلَبُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ فَأَفْنَى بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً. | ٢٣ |
24 When Judah came to the place overlooking the wilderness, they looked at the multitude; and look, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none who escaped.
| وَحِينَ بَلَغَ جَيْشُ يَهُوذَا بُرْجَ الْمُرَاقَبَةِ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ، الْتَفَتُوا نَحْوَ جَيْشِ الأَعْدَاءِ، وَإذَا بِهِمْ جُثَثٌ مُتَنَاثِرَةٌ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، لَمْ يُفْلِتْ مِنْهُمْ حَيٌّ. | ٢٤ |
25 When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their spoil, they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much.
| فَهَبَّ يَهُوشَافَاطُ وَجَيْشُهُ لِنَهْبِ الْغَنَائِمِ، فَوَجَدُوا بَيْنَ الْجُثَثِ أَمْوَالاً وَأَسْلاباً هَائِلَةً وَأَمْتِعَةً ثَمِينَةً وَفِيرَةً فَغَنِمُوهَا لأَنْفُسِهِمْ حَتَّى عَجَزُوا عَنْ حَمْلِهَا، وَظَلُّوا يَنْهَبُونَ الْغَنِيمَةَ طَوَالَ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ لِوَفْرَتِهَا. | ٢٥ |
26 On the fourth day they assembled themselves in the Valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of that place was called The Valley of Berachah to this day.
| ثُمَّ اجْتَمَعُوا فِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابِعِ فِي وَادِي الْبَرَكَةِ لأَنَّهُمْ هُنَاكَ بَارَكُوا الرَّبَّ، فَدَعَوْا ذَلِكَ الْمَكَانَ وَادِي الْبَرَكَةِ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. | ٢٦ |
27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in their forefront, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
| ثُمَّ رَجَعَ رِجَالُ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِمْ يَهُوشَافَاطُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ بِفَرَحٍ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ هَزَمَ أَعْدَاءَهُمْ. | ٢٧ |
28 They came to Jerusalem with stringed instruments and harps and trumpets to the house of the LORD.
| وَدَخَلُوا أُورُشَلِيمَ عَازِفِينَ عَلَى الرَّبَابِ وَالْعِيدَانِ وَالأَبْوَاقِ، وَتَوَجَّهُوا إِلَى هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ. | ٢٨ |
29 The fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.
| وَطَغَتْ هَيْبَةُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى كُلِّ مَمَالِكِ الأَرَاضِي الْمُجَاوِرَةِ بَعْدَ أَنْ سَمِعُوا أَنَّ الرَّبَّ حَارَبَ أَعْدَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٢٩ |
30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest all around.
| وَتَمَتَّعَتْ مَمْلَكَةُ يَهُوشَافَاطَ بِالسَّلامِ، وَوَفَّرَ لَهُ الرَّبُّ أَمَاناً شَامِلاً مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ. | ٣٠ |
31 Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
| وَكَانَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ حِينَ تَوَلَّى الْمُلْكَ عَلَى يَهُوذَا فِي الْخَامِسَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ عَزُوبَةُ بِنْتُ شَلْحِي. | ٣١ |
32 He walked in the way of Asa his father, and did not turn aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD.
| وَسَارَ فِي طَرِيقِ أَبِيهِ آسَا لَمْ يَحِدْ عَنْهَا وَصَنَعَ مَا هُوَ قَوِيمٌ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ. | ٣٢ |
33 However the high places were not taken away; neither as yet had the people set their hearts to the God of their fathers.
| غَيْرَ أَنَّ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ لَمْ يَتِمَّ اسْتِئْصَالُهَا، لأَنَّ الشَّعْبَ لَمْ يَكُنْ بَعْدُ قَدْ أَعَدَّ قَلْبَهُ لِلإِخْلاصِ لإِلَهِ آبَائِهِمْ. | ٣٣ |
34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, look, they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is inserted in the book of the kings of Israel.
| أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ يَهُوشَافَاطَ مِنْ بِدَايَتِهَا إِلَى نِهَايَتِهَا فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي تَارِيخِ يَاهُو بْنِ حَنَانِي، الْمَذْكُورِ فِي كِتَابِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٣٤ |
35 After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. The same did very wickedly:
| ثُمَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ عَقَدَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ اتِّفَاقاً مَعَ أَخَزْيَا مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِي أَسَاءَ فِي تَصَرُّفَاتِهِ. | ٣٥ |
36 and he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish; and they made the ships in Ezion Geber.
| فَبَنَيَا مَعاً أُسْطُولاً مِنَ السُّفُنِ فِي عِصْيُونَ جَابِرَ لِتَبْحُرَ إِلَى تَرْشِيشَ. | ٣٦ |
37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, "Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works." The ships were broken, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
| وَلَكِنَّ أَلِيعَزَرَ بْنَ دُودَاوَاهُو مِنْ مَرِيشَةَ تَنَبَّأَ عَلَى يَهُوشَافَاطَ قَائِلاً: «لأَنَّكَ عَقَدْتَ اتِّفَاقاً مَعَ أَخَزْيَا، سَيُدَمِّرُ الرَّبُّ مَا بَنَيْتَ». فَتَحَطَّمَتِ السُّفُنُ وَلَمْ تَبْحُرْ إِلَى تَرْشِيشَ. | ٣٧ |
