1 Kings 16

1 During the time that Baasha [was king of Israel], [the prophet] Jehu, Hanani’s son, gave Baasha this message that he had received from Yahweh:

خداوند به ییهو نبی فرمود که این پیغام را به بعشا بدهد:

2 “You were very insignificant/unimportant [IDM] when I caused you to become the ruler of my Israeli people. But you have caused me to become very angry by doing [IDM] the kinds of evil things that King Jeroboam did. You have also caused me to become angry by causing my people to sin.

«تو را از روی خاک بلند کردم و به سلطنت قوم خود اسرائیل رساندم؛ اما تو مانند یربعام گناه ورزیدی و قوم مرا به گناه کشانیدی و آنها نیز با گناهانشان مرا خشمگین نمودند.

3 So now I will get rid of you and your family [MTY]. I will do to you just like I did to Jeroboam and his family.

پس تو و خاندان تو را مثل خاندان یربعام پسر نِباط نابود می‌کنم.

4 [The bodies of] those in your family who die in this city [will not be buried; they] will be eaten by dogs; and [the corpses of] those who die in the fields will be eaten by vultures.”

از خانهٔ تو آنکه در شهر بمیرد، سگها او را می‌خورند و آنکه در صحرا بمیرد، لاشخورها او را می‌خورند!»

5 The other things that happened during the time that Baasha ruled Israel, and the things that he did, are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.

این پیغام برای بعشا و خاندانش فرستاده شد، زیرا او مانند یربعام با کارهای زشت و شرم‌آور خود خداوند را خشمگین کرده بود و نیز خاندان یربعام را از بین برده بود. وقتی بعشا مرد او را در ترصه دفن کردند و پسرش ایله به جای او پادشاه شد. بقیهٔ رویدادهای سلطنت بعشا، یعنی فتوحات و کارهای او در کتاب «تاریخ پادشاهان اسرائیل» نوشته شده است.

6 When Baasha died, he was buried in Tirzah, [the capital city]. Then his son Elah became king.

7 Yahweh gave that message about Baasha and his family to the prophet Jehu. Baasha had done many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, which caused Yahweh to become angry. Baasha did the same kind of things that King Jeroboam and his family had done previously. Yahweh was also angry with Baasha because he had killed all of Jeroboam’s family.

8 After Asa had been the king of Judah for almost 26 years, Elah became the king of Israel. Elah ruled in Tirzah for [only] two years.

در بیست و ششمین سال سلطنت آسا پادشاه یهودا، ایله پسر بعشا بر تخت سلطنت اسرائیل نشست و دو سال در ترصه سلطنت کرد.

9 [A man named] Zimri was one of Elah’s army officers. He commanded the drivers of half of Elah’s army’s (chariots/two-wheeled vehicles pulled by horses). He made plans to kill Elah while Elah was in Tirzah, getting drunk at the house of [a man named] Arza. Arza was the man who took care of the things in the king’s palace.

زمری که فرماندهی نیمی از ارابه‌های سلطنتی را به عهده داشت، علیه او توطئه چید. یک روز که ایله پادشاه در ترصه، در خانهٔ ارصا، وزیر دربار خود، بر اثر نوشیدن شراب مست شده بود،

10 Zimri went into Arza’s house and killed Elah. Then Zimri became the king of Israel. That was when Asa had been the king of Judah for 27 years.

زمری وارد خانه شد و به ایله حمله کرد و او را کشت. این واقعه در بیست و هفتمین سال سلطنت آسا پادشاه یهودا رخ داد. از آن تاریخ زمری خود را پادشاه اسرائیل اعلام کرد.

11 As soon as Zimri became king [MTY], he killed all of Baasha’s family [MTY]. That included every male [IDM] in Baasha’s family and all of Baasha’s male friends.

وقتی زمری بر تخت سلطنت نشست، اعضای خاندان بعشا را قتل عام کرد و حتی یک مرد از خویشاوندان و دوستان بعشا را زنده نگذاشت.

12 That was just what Yahweh told the prophet Jehu would happen.

نابودی فرزندان بعشا که خداوند توسط ییهو نبی قبلاً خبر داده بود،

13 Baasha and his son Elah had sinned and led the Israeli people to sin. They caused Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli people worshiped, to become angry, because they both urged the people [to worship] worthless idols.

به این سبب بود که بعشا و پسرش ایله گناه ورزیده، بنی‌اسرائیل را به بت‌پرستی کشاندند و به این ترتیب خشم خداوند را برانگیختند.

14 Everything else that Elah did is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.

بقیهٔ رویدادهای سلطنت ایله در کتاب «تاریخ پادشاهان اسرائیل» نوشته شده است.

15 So Zimri became the king of Israel after Asa had been king of Judah for 27 years. But Zimri ruled in Tirzah for only seven days. The Israeli army was beseiging/surrounding Gibeah, a town which belonged to the Philistine people-group.

زمری در بیست و هفتمین سال سلطنت آسا پادشاه یهودا، پادشاه اسرائیل شد و فقط هفت روز در ترصه سلطنت کرد. لشکر اسرائیل علیه شهر فلسطینی جِبِتون اردو زده بود.

16 The men in the Israeli army camp heard that Zimri had secretly planned to kill King Elah, and then had killed him. So on that day the soldiers chose Omri, the commander of their army, to become the king of Israel.

وقتی سربازان اسرائیل که آمادهٔ حمله به جبتون بودند، شنیدند که زمری، پادشاه را کشته است، عمری را که سردار سپاه بود همان جا پادشاه خود ساختند.

17 The Israeli army was camped near Gibbethon [city]. When they heard what Zimri had done, they left there and went to Tirzah, and surrounded the city.

عمری بی‌درنگ با نیروهای خود به ترصه برگشت و آن را محاصره کرد.

18 When Zimri realized that the city was [about to be] captured, he went into his palace and set it on fire. So the palace burned down, and he died [in the fire].

زمری وقتی دید که شهر محاصره شده، به داخل کاخ سلطنتی رفت و آن را آتش زد. او خود نیز در میان شعله‌های آتش سوخت.

19 He died because he had sinned by doing the things that Yahweh considered to be evil. Jeroboam had led the Israeli people to sin, and Zimri sinned just like Jeroboam had sinned.

او مانند یربعام نسبت به خداوند گناه ورزید و اسرائیل را به گناه کشاند.

20 All the other things that Zimri did, and the record of how he rebelled [against King Elah], are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.

بقیه وقایع زندگی زمری و شرح شورش او در کتاب «تاریخ پادشاهان اسرائیل» نوشته شده است.

21 After Zimri died, the Israeli people were divided. One group wanted Tibni, the son of Ginath, to be their king. The other group wanted Omri [to be the king].

در آن روزها بین مردم اسرائیل دو دستگی افتاد. نیمی از مردم طرفدار عمری بودند و نیمی دیگر از تبنی پسر جینت پشتیبانی می‌کردند.

22 Those who supported Omri (were stronger than/defeated) those who supported Tibni. So Tibni was killed, and Omri became king.

ولی سرانجام طرفداران عمری پیروز شدند. تبنی کشته شد و عمری به سلطنت رسید.

23 Omri became king when Asa had been king of Judah for almost 31 years. Omri ruled Israel for 12 years. For the first six years he ruled in Tirzah.

در سی و یکمین سال سلطنت آسا پادشاه یهودا، عمری پادشاه اسرائیل شد و دوازده سال سلطنت کرد. از این دوازده سال، شش سال را در ترصه سلطنت کرد.

24 Then he bought a hill from [a man named] Shemer and paid him about (150 pounds/70 kg.) of silver for it. Then Omri ordered his men to build a city on that hill, and he called it Samaria, to honor Shemer, the man who owned it previously.

او تپهٔ سامره را از شخصی به نام سامر به هفتاد کیلو نقره خرید و شهری روی آن ساخت و نام آن را سامره گذاشت.

25 But Omri did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did more evil deeds than any of the kings who ruled Israel before he did.

ولی عمری بیش از پادشاهان قبل نسبت به خداوند گناه ورزید.

26 [When] Jeroboam [was previously the king, he] had led the Israeli people to sin, and Omri committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam did. The Israeli people caused Yahweh, the God the Israeli people had worshiped, to become very angry, because they worshiped worthless idols.

او مانند یرُبعام پسر نِباط به پرستیدن بت پرداخت و قوم اسرائیل را به گمراهی کشاند و به این وسیله خشم خداوند، خدای اسرائیل را برانگیخت.

27 Everything that Omri did, and the record of the victories that his [army] won, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.

بقیه رویدادهای سلطنت و فتوحات عمری در کتاب «تاریخ پادشاهان اسرائیل» نوشته شده است.

28 After Omri died, he was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab became king.

وقتی عمری مرد او را در سامره دفن کردند و پسرش اَخاب به جای او پادشاه شد.

29 Ahab became king of Israel when Asa had ruled Judah for almost 38 years. Ahab ruled in Samaria [city] for 22 years.

در سی و هشتمین سال سلطنت آسا پادشاه یهودا، اَخاب پسر عُمری پادشاه اسرائیل شد و بیست و دو سال در سامره سلطنت کرد.

30 Ahab did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did more evil things than any of the kings who ruled Israel before he did.

اَخاب بیش از پادشاهان قبل نسبت به خداوند گناه ورزید.

31 He committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam did, but he did things that were worse than the things that Jeroboam did. He married [a woman named] Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal, the king of Sidon [city]. Then Ahab started to worship Baal, [the god that the Canaan people-group worshiped].

او نه فقط مثل یربعام پسر نِباط مرتکب گناه شد، بلکه با ایزابل دختر اتبعل، پادشاه صیدون نیز ازدواج کرد و بت بعل صیدونی‌ها را پرستید و در برابر آن سجده کرد.

32 He built a temple in Samaria in order that the Israeli people could worship Baal there, and he put an altar there for [making sacrifices to] Baal.

او در سامره یک بتخانه و یک مذبح برای بعل ساخت،

33 He also made an idol that represented Asherah, [Baal’s wife]. He did many more things that caused Yahweh to become angry. He did more evil things than any of the previous kings of Israel had done.

بعد از آن بت اَشیره را ساخت و با این اعمال خود بیش از هر پادشاهی که قبل از او در اسرائیل سلطنت کرده بود، خداوند، خدای اسرائیل را خشمگین نمود.

34 During the years that Ahab [ruled], Hiel, a man from Bethel [city], rebuilt Jericho [city]. But when he started to rebuild the city, his oldest son Abiram died. And [when the city was finished, ] while Hiel was building the city gates, his youngest son Segub died. They died just like Yahweh had told Joshua would happen [to the sons of anyone who would rebuild Jericho].

در دورهٔ سلطنت او مردی از بیت‌ئیل به نام حی‌ئیل، شهر اریحا را دوباره بنا کرد. اما وقتی پایه‌های آن را می‌نهاد، پسر بزرگش ابیرام مرد و وقتی آن را تمام کرد و دروازه‌هایش را کار گذاشت، پسر کوچکش سجوب مرد. این به سبب لعنت خداوند بر اریحا بود که توسط یوشع پسر نون اعلام شده بود.