2 Chronicles 35

1 Josiah kept a Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the first month.

١ وَاحْتَفَلَ يُوشِيَّا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ بِفِصْحِ الرَّبِّ فِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ.

2 He set the priests in their offices, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD.

٢ وَعَيَّنَ الْكَهَنَةَ فِي وَظَائِفِهِمْ وَحَضَّهُمْ عَلَى الْقِيَامِ بِخِدْمَةِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ،

3 He said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to the LORD, "Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built. There shall no more be a burden on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God, and his people Israel.

٣ وَقَالَ لِلّاوِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يُعَلِّمُونَ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِمَّنْ تَقَدَّسُوا لِلرَّبِّ: «ضَعُوا تَابُوتَ الْقُدْسِ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي بَنَاهُ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَكُفُّوا عَنْ حَمْلِهِ عَلَى الأَكْتَافِ، وَاعْمَلُوا عَلَى خِدْمَةِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ وَخِدْمَةِ شَعْبِهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

4 Prepare yourselves after your fathers' houses and by your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

٤ وَأَحْصُوا بُيُوتَ آبَائِكُمْ، وَقَسِّمُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ حَسَبَ فِرَقِكُمْ بِمُوْجِبِ تَعْلِيمَاتِ دَاوُدَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَبِمُقْتَضَى مَا نَصَّ عَلَيْهِ سُلَيْمَانُ ابْنُهُ.

5 Stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of your brothers the lay people, and let there be for each a portion of a fathers' house of the Levites.

٥ وَقِفُوا فِي القُدْسِ بِحَسَبِ أَقْسَامِ بُيُوتِ آبَاءِ إِخْوَتِكُمْ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ الشَّعْبِ، وَبِحَسَبِ فِرَقِ بُيُوتِ آبَاءِ اللّاوِيِّينَ.

6 Kill the Passover lamb, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brothers, to do according to the word of the LORD by Moses."

٦ وَاذْبَحُوا حَمَلَ الْفِصْحِ وَتَقَدَّسُوا. وَهَيِّئُوا إِخْوَتَكُمْ لِيَعْمَلُوا وَفْقَ شَرِيعَةِ الرَّبِّ الَّتِي أَعْطَاهَا لِمُوسَى».

7 Josiah gave to the lay people, of the flock, lambs and young goats, all of them for the Passover offerings, to all who were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bulls: these were of the king's substance.

٧ وَتَبَرَّعَ يُوشِيَّا مِنْ مَالِهِ لأَبْنَاءِ الشَّعْبِ الْمَوْجُودِينَ لِلاحْتِفَالِ بِالْفِصْحِ بِثَلاثِينَ أَلْفاً مِنَ الْحُمْلانِ وَثَلاثَةِ آلافٍ مِنَ الْبَقَرِ.

8 And his officials gave for a freewill offering to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites; and Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the rulers of God's house, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small livestock, and three hundred head of cattle.

٨ كَمَا قَدَّمَ رِجَالُ دَوْلَتِهِ تَبَرُّعَاتٍ للِشَّعْبِ وَالْكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ، فَقَدَّمَ حِلْقِيَا وَزَكَرِيَّا وَيَحِيئِيلُ رُؤَسَاءُ بَيْتِ اللهِ لِلْكَهَنَةِ أَلْفَيْنِ وَسِتَّ مِئَةٍ مِنَ الْحُمْلانِ لِتُذْبَحَ فِصْحاً، وَثَلاثَ مِئَةِ بَقَرَةٍ.

9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave to the Levites for the Passover offerings five thousand small livestock, and five hundred head of cattle.

٩ كَمَا تَبَرَّعَ رُؤَسَاءُ اللّاوِيِّينَ كُونَنْيَا وَأَخَوَاهُ شَمَعْيَا وَنَثْنِيئِيلُ، وَحَشَبْيَا وَيَعِيئِيلُ وَيُوزَابَادُ لِلّاوِيِّينَ بِخَمْسَةِ آلافِ حَمَلٍ لِلْفِصْحِ وَخَمْسِ مِئَةِ بَقَرَةٍ.

10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites by their divisions, according to the king's commandment.

١٠ وَهَكَذَا تَمَّ إِعْدَادُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ لِلْخِدْمَةِ، فَاحْتَلَّ الْكَهَنَةُ مَقَامَهُمْ، وَتَوَزَّعَ اللّاوِيُّونَ فِي فِرَقِهِمْ حَسَبَ أَمْرِ الْمَلِكِ.

11 They killed the Passover lamb, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hand, and the Levites flayed them.

١١ وَذَبَحُوا حُمْلانَ الْفِصْحِ. وَرَشَّ الْكَهَنَةُ الدَّمَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ، أَمَّا اللّاوِيُّونَ فَكَانُوا يَسْلُخُونَ الْحُمْلانَ.

12 They removed the burnt offerings, that they might give them according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of the lay people, to offer to the LORD, as it is written in the scroll of Moses. So they did with the cattle.

١٢ ثُمَّ أَفْرَزُوا الْمُحْرَقَاتِ لِيُوَزِّعُوهَا عَلَى أَبْنَاءِ الشَّعْبِ حَسَبَ أَقْسَامِ بُيُوتَاتِ الآبَاءِ، لِيُقَرِّبُوهَا لِلرَّبِّ كَمَا هُوَ مَنْصُوصٌ عَلَيْهِ فِي سِفْرِ مُوسَى. وَفَعَلُوا الشَّيْءَ نَفْسَهُ بِالْبَقَرِ.

13 They roasted the Passover with fire according to the ordinance: and the holy offerings boiled they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the lay people.

١٣ وَشَوَوْا حُمْلانَ الْفِصْحِ بِالنَّارِ بِمُقْتَضَى الشَّرِيعَةِ، أَمَّا التَّقْدِمَاتُ الْمُقَدَّسَةُ فَقَدْ طَبَخُوهَا فِي الْقُدُورِ وَالْمَرَاجِلِ وَالصِّحَافِ وَفَرَّقُوهَا عَلَى الشَّعْبِ.

14 Afterward they prepared for themselves, and for the priests, because the priests the descendants of Aaron were busy with offering the burnt offerings and the fat until night: therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the descendants of Aaron.

١٤ ثُمَّ أَعَدَّ اللّاوِيُّونَ اللَّحْمَ لأَنْفُسِهِمْ وَلِلْكَهَنَةِ أَبْنَاءِ هَرُونَ، الَّذِينَ انْهَمَكُوا طَوَالَ النَّهَارِ حَتَّى حُلُولِ اللَّيْلِ فِي تَقْرِيبِ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ وَإِحْرَاقِ الشَّحْمِ.

15 The singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the gatekeepers were at every gate: they did not need to depart from their service; for their brothers the Levites prepared for them.

١٥ وَاتَّخَذَ الْمُغَنُّونَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ آسَافَ أَمَاكِنَهُمْ، حَسَبَ النِّظَامِ الَّذِي عَمِلَهُ دَاوُدُ وَآسَافُ وَهَيْمَانُ وَيَدُوثُونُ نَبِيُّ الْمَلِكِ. وَقَامَ الْحُرَّاسُ بِالْوُقُوفِ عِنْدَ كُلِّ بَابٍ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْهَيْكَلِ، وَلَمْ يَهْجُرُوا مَوَاقِعَهُمْ، لأَنَّ إِخْوَتَهُمُ اللّاوِيِّينَ قَدْ جَهَّزُوا لَهُمْ طَعَامَهُمْ.

16 So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.

١٦ وَهَكَذَا تَمَّتْ كُلُّ إِجْرَاءَاتِ خِدْمَةِ الرَّبِّ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ لِلاحْتِفَالِ بِالْفِصْحِ وَتَقْرِيبِ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ عَلَى مَذْبَحِ الرَّبِّ بِمُوْجِبِ أَمْرِ الْمَلِكِ يُوشِيَّا.

17 The children of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.

١٧ وَاحْتَفَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ الْحَاضِرُونَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ بِالْفِصْحِ وَبِعِيدِ الْفَطِيرِ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ.

18 There was no Passover like that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did any of the kings of Israel keep such a Passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

١٨ وَلَمْ يُجْرَ احْتِفَالٌ مِثْلُهُ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مُنْذُ أَيَّامِ صَمُوئِيلَ النَّبِيِّ. وَلَمْ يَحْتَفِلْ أَحَدُ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِالْفِصْحِ بِمِثْلِ مَا احْتَفَلَ بِهِ يُوشِيَّا وَالْكَهَنَةُ وَاللّاوِيُّونَ وَكُلُّ يَهُوذَا وَإِسْرَائِيلَ الْحَاضِرُونَ، وَأَهْلُ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this Passover kept.

١٩ وَقَدْ جَرَى الاحْتِفَالُ بِالْفِصْحِ فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّامِنَةِ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ مُلْكِ يُوشِيَّا.

20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight against Carchemish by the Perath: and Josiah went out against him.

٢٠ وَبَعْدَ أَنْ نَظَّمَ يُوشِيَّا خِدْمَةَ الْهَيْكَلِ، زَحَفَ فِرْعَوْنُ نَخُوُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ إِلَى كَرْكَمِيشَ، لِخَوْضِ حَرْبٍ عِنْدَ الْفُرَاتِ، فَتَأَهَّبَ يُوشِيَّا لِقِتَالِهِ.

21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, "What have I to do with you, you king of Judah? I come not against you this day, but against the house with which I have war. God has commanded me to make haste. Beware that it is God who is with me, that he not destroy you."

٢١ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيهِ نَخُوُ رُسُلاً يَقُولُ: «أَيُّ نِزَاعٍ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ يَا مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا؟ أَنَا لَسْتُ أَبْغِي أَنْ أُهَاجِمَكَ فِي هَذَا الْوَقْتِ. إِنَّمَا جِئْتُ لأُحَارِبَ أَعْدَائِي. وَقَدْ أَمَرَنِي اللهُ بِالإِسْرَاعِ. فَكُفَّ عَنْ مُقَاوَمَةِ اللهِ عَاضِدِي لِئَلّا يُهْلِكَكَ».

22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and did not listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

٢٢ فَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ يُوشِيَّا عَنْ قِتَالِهِ، بَلْ تَنَكَّرَ لِيُحَارِبَهُ. وَلَمْ يُصْغِ لِتَحْذِيرِ اللهِ عَلَى فَمِ نَخُوٍ، بَلْ جَدَّ فِي مُحَارَبَتِهِ فِي سَهْلِ مَجِدُّو.

23 The archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, "Take me away, because I am seriously wounded."

٢٣ فَأَصَابَ رُمَاةُ نَخُو الْمَلِكَ يُوشِيَّا، فَقَالَ لِرِجَالِهِ: «انْقُلُونِي، لأَنَّنِي أُصِبْتُ بِجُرْحٍ بَلِيغٍ».

24 So his servants took him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

٢٤ فَنَقَلَهُ رِجَالُهُ مِنَ الْمَرْكَبَةِ إِلَى مَرْكَبَتِهِ الثَّانِيَةِ، وَأَعَادُوهُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، حَيْثُ مَاتَ وَدُفِنَ فِي مَقَابِرِ آبَائِهِ. فَنَاحَتْ عَلَيْهِ كُلُّ مَمْلَكَةِ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ.

25 Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel: and look, they are written in the lamentations.

٢٥ وَرثَى النَّبِيُّ إِرْمِيَا يُوشِيَّا، وَظَلَّ جَمِيعُ الْمُغَنِّينَ وَالْمُغَنِّيَاتِ يَنْدُبُونَ يُوشِيَّا فِي مَرَاثِيهِمْ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، فَأَصْبَحَتْ هَذِهِ الْمَرْثَاةُ الَّتِي تَمَّ تَدْوِينُهَا فِي مَجْمُوعَةِ الْمَرَاثِي فَرِيضَةً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ.

26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his good deeds, according to that which is written in the law of the LORD,

٢٦ أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ يُوشِيَّا وَأَعْمَالُهُ الصَّالِحَةُ الْمُتَوَافِقَةُ مَعَ مَا نَصَّتْ عَلَيْهِ شَرِيعَةُ الرَّبِّ،

27 and his acts, first and last, look, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

٢٧ وَمُنْجَزَاتُهُ مِنْ بِدَايَتِهَا إِلَى نِهَايَتِهَا فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتَابِ تَارِيخِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا.