1 Kings 22
1 For almost three years there was no war between Syria and Israel.
| وَانْقَضَتْ ثَلاثُ سَنَوَاتٍ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تَنْشَبَ حَرْبٌ بَيْنَ أَرَامَ وَإِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١ |
2 Then King Jehoshaphat, who ruled Judah, went to [visit] King Ahab, who ruled Israel.
| وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ قَدِمَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا لِزِيَارَةِ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، | ٢ |
3 [While they were talking, ] Ahab said to his officials, “Do you realize that the Syrians are still occupying our city of Ramoth in [the] Gilead [region]? And we are doing nothing to retake that city!”
| فَقَالَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِرِجَالِهِ: «أَتَدْرُونَ أَنَّ رَامُوتَ جِلْعَادَ هِيَ لَنَا، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ لَمْ نَفْعَلُ شَيْئاً لاِسْتِرْجَاعِهَا مِنْ أَرَامَ؟» | ٣ |
4 Then he turned to Jehoshaphat and asked, “Will your [army] join my [army] to fight against the people of Ramoth [and retake that city]?” Jehoshaphat replied, “[Certainly] I [will do whatever] you [want], and you may command my troops. You may take my horses into battle, also.”
| وَسَأَلَ آخْابُ يَهُوشَافَاطَ: «هَلْ تَشْتَرِكُ مَعِي فِي الْحَرْبِ لاِسْتِرْجَاعِ رَامُوتَ جِلْعَادَ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ يَهُوشَافَاطُ: «مَثَلِي مَثَلُكَ: شَعْبِي كَشَعْبِكَ وَخَيْلِي كَخَيْلِكَ». | ٤ |
5 Then he added, “But we should ask Yahweh first, to find out what he wants us to do.”
| ثُمَّ قَالَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ لِمَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «اطْلُبِ الْيَوْمَ مَشُورَةَ الرَّبِّ». | ٥ |
6 So Ahab summoned about 400 of his prophets together, and he asked them, “Should my [army] go to fight the people in Ramoth and retake that city, or not?” They answered, “Yes, go [and attack them], because God will enable your [army] to defeat them.”
| فَجَمَعَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ نَحْوَ أَرْبَعِ مِئَةٍ مِنْ أَنْبِيَاءِ الأَصْنَامِ وَسَأَلَهُمْ: «هَلْ أَذْهَبُ لِلْحَرْبِ إِلَى رَامُوتَ جِلْعَادَ أَمْ أَمْتَنِعُ؟» فَأَجَابُوهُ: «اذْهَبْ، فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ سَيَنْصُرُكَ وَيُسَلِّمُهَا لَكَ». | ٦ |
7 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of Yahweh here whom we can ask?”
| فَقَالَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ: «أَلا يُوْجَدُ هُنَا بَعْدُ نَبِيٌّ مِنْ أَنْبِيَاءِ الرَّبِّ فَنَسْأَلَهُ الْمَشُورَةَ؟» | ٧ |
8 The King of Israel replied, “There is one man we can talk to. We can ask him if he can find out what Yahweh wants. His name is Micaiah; he is the son of Imlah. But I hate him, because when he (prophesies/tells what God says to him) he never says [that] anything good [will happen] to me. He always predicts [that] bad things [will happen to me].” Jehoshaphat replied, “King Ahab, you should not say that!”
| فَأَجَابَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «يُوْجَدُ بَعْدُ رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ، يُمْكِنُنَا عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ أَنْ نَطْلُبَ مَشُورَةَ الرَّبِّ، وَلَكِنِّي أَمْقُتُهُ لأَنَّهُ لَا يَتَنَبَّأُ عَلَيَّ بِغَيْرِ الشَّرِّ. إِنَّهُ مِيخَا بْنُ يَمْلَةَ». فَقَالَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ: «لا تَقُلْ هَذَا أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ». | ٨ |
9 So the king of Israel told one of his officers to summon Micaiah immediately.
| فَأَمَرَ آخْابُ أَحَدَ رِجَالِهِ بِاسْتِدْعَاءِ مِيخَا بنِ يَمْلَةَ. | ٩ |
10 The king of Israel and the king of Judah were wearing their (royal robes/robes that showed that they were kings). They were sitting on thrones at the place where people threshed grain, near the gate of Samaria [city]. All of Ahab’s prophets were standing in front of the kings, (prophesying/predicting what was going to happen).
| وَكَانَ كُلٌّ مِنْ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوشَافَاطَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا يَجْلِسُ عَلَى عَرْشٍ فِي سَاحَةٍ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ بَابِ السَّامِرَةِ، وَقَدِ ارْتَدَيَا حُلَلَهُمَا الْمَلَكِيَّةَ، وَالأَنْبِيَاءُ جَمِيعُهُمْ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ أَمَامَهُمَا. | ١٠ |
11 One of them, whose name was Zedekiah, the son of Kenaanah, had made from iron [something that resembled] horns of a bull. Then he proclaimed [to Ahab], “This is what Yahweh says: ‘With horns like these your [army] will keep attacking the Syrians [like a bull attacks another animal] [MET], until you completely destroy them!’”
| وَصَنَعَ صِدْقِيَّا بْنُ كَنْعَنَةَ لِنَفْسِهِ قَرْنَيْ حَدِيدٍ وَقَالَ: «هَكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: بِهَذِهِ تَنْطَحُ الأَرَامِيِّينَ حَتَّى يَهْلِكُوا». | ١١ |
12 All the [other] prophets [of Ahab] agreed. They said, “Yes! If you go up to attack Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region], you will be successful, because Yahweh will enable you to defeat them!”
| وَتَنَبَّأَ جَمِيعُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْكَلامِ قَائِلِينَ: «اذْهَبْ إِلَى رَامُوتَ جِلْعَادَ فَتَظْفَرَ بِها، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يُسَلِّمُهَا إِلَى الْمَلِكِ». | ١٢ |
13 Meanwhile, the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Listen to me! All the other prophets are predicting that the king’s army will defeat the Syrians. So be sure that you agree with them and say (what will be favorable/that the king’s army will be successful).”
| وَقَالَ الرَّسُولُ الَّذِي انْطَلَقَ لاِسْتِدْعَاءِ مِيخَا: «لَقَدْ تَنَبَّأَ جَمِيعُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ بِفَمٍ وَاحِدٍ مُبَشِّرِينَ الْمَلِكَ بِالْخَيْرِ، فَلْيَكُنْ كَلامُكَ مُوَافِقاً لِكَلامِهِمْ يَحْمِلُ بَشَائِرَ الْخَيْرِ». | ١٣ |
14 But Micaiah replied, “As surely as Yahweh lives, I will tell him only what Yahweh tells me to say.”
| فَأَجَابَ مِيخَا: «حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ إِنَّنِي لَنْ أَنْطِقَ إِلّا بِمَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ». | ١٤ |
15 When Micaiah came to Ahab, Ahab asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to fight against [the people of] Ramoth, or not?” Micaiah replied, “Sure, go! Yahweh will enable your army to defeat them!”
| وَلَمَّا حَضَرَ أَمَامَ الْمَلِكِ سَأَلَهُ: «يَا مِيخَا، هَلْ نَذْهَبُ لِلْحَرْبِ إِلَى رَاُموتَ جِلْعَادَ، أَمْ نَمْتَنِعُ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ (بِتَهَكُّمٍ): «اذْهَبْ فَتَظْفَرَ بِها لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يُسَلِّمُهَا إِلَى الْمَلِكِ». | ١٥ |
16 But King Ahab [realized that Micaiah was (lying/being sarcastic), so he] said to Micaiah, “I have told you [RHQ] many times that you must always tell only the truth when you say what Yahweh [has revealed to you]!”
| فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمَلِكُ: «كَمْ مَرَّةٍ اسْتَحْلَفْتُكَ بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ أَلّا تُخْبِرَنِي إِلّا الْحَقَّ». | ١٦ |
17 So Micaiah said to him, “[The truth is that] in a vision I saw all the troops of Israel scattered on the mountains. They seemed to be like sheep that did not have a shepherd. And Yahweh said, ‘Their master has been killed. So tell them all to go home peacefully.’”
| عِنْدَئِذٍ قَالَ مِيخَا: «رَأَيْتُ كُلَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ مُبَدَّدِينَ عَلَى الْجِبَالِ كَخِرَافٍ بِلا رَاعٍ. فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: لَيْسَ لِهَؤُلاءِ قَائِدٌ، فَلْيَرْجِعْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ بِسَلامٍ». | ١٧ |
18 Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I told you [RHQ] that he never predicts [that] anything good [will happen to me]! He [always] predicts [that] bad things [will happen to me].”
| فَقَالَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيَهُوشَافَاطَ: «أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكَ إِنَّهُ لَا يَتَنَبَّأُ عَلَيَّ بِغَيْرِ الشَّرِّ؟» | ١٨ |
19 But Micaiah continued, saying, “Listen to what Yahweh showed to me! [In a vision] I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, with all the armies of heaven surrounding him, on his right side and on his left side.
| فَأَجَابَ مِيخَا: «إِذاً فَاسْمَعْ كَلامَ الرَّبِّ: قَدْ شَاهَدْتُ الرَّبَّ جَالِساً عَلَى كُرْسِيِّهِ وَكُلُّ أَجْنَادِ السَّمَاءِ مَاثِلَةٌ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ. | ١٩ |
20 And Yahweh said, ‘Who can persuade Ahab to go to fight against the people of Ramoth, in order that he may be killed there?’ Some suggested one thing, and others suggested something else.
| فَسَأَلَ الرَّبُّ: مَنْ يُغْرِي آخْابَ لِيَخْرُجَ لِلْحَرْبِ وَيَمُوتَ فِي رَامُوتَ جِلْعَادَ؟ فَأَجَابَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ بِشَيْءٍ. | ٢٠ |
21 Finally one [evil] spirit came to Yahweh and said, ‘I can do it!’
| ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ رُوحُ الضَّلالِ وَقَالَ: أَنَا أُغْوِيهِ. فَسَأَلَهُ الرَّبُّ: بِمَاذَا؟ | ٢١ |
22 Yahweh asked him, ‘How will you do it?’ The spirit replied, ‘I will go and inspire all of Ahab’s prophets to tell lies.’ Yahweh said, ‘You will be successful; go and do it!’
| فَأَجَابَ: أَخْرُجُ، وَأُصْبِحُ رُوحَ ضَلالٍ فِي أَفْوَاهِ جَمِيعِ أَنْبِيَائِهِ. فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: إِنَّكَ قَادِرٌ عَلَى إِغْوَائِهِ وَتُفْلِحُ فِي ذَلِكَ، فَامْضِ وَنَفِّذْ هَذَا الأَمْرَ. | ٢٢ |
23 So now [I tell you that] Yahweh has caused all of your prophets to lie to you. Yahweh has decided that something terrible will happen to you.”
| وَهَا الرَّبُّ قَدْ جَعَلَ الآنَ رُوحَ ضَلالٍ فِي أَفْوَاهِ جَمِيعِ أَنْبِيَائِكَ هَؤُلاءِ، وَقَدْ قَضَى عَلَيْكَ بِالشَّرِّ». | ٢٣ |
24 Then Zedekiah walked over to Micaiah and slapped him on his face. He said, “Do you think that Yahweh’s Spirit left me in order to speak to you?” [RHQ]
| فَاقْتَرَبَ صِدْقِيَّا بْنُ كَنْعَنَةَ مِنْ مِيخَا وَضَرَبَهُ عَلَى الْفَكِّ قَائِلاً: «مِنْ أَيْنَ عَبَرَ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ مِنِّي لِيُكَلِّمَكَ؟» | ٢٤ |
25 Micaiah replied, “You will find out for yourself [which of us Yahweh’s Spirit has truly spoken to] on the day when you go into a room of some house to hide [from the Syrian troops]!”
| فَأَجَابَهُ مِيخَا: «سَتَعْرِفُ ذَلِكَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي تَلْجَأُ فِيهِ لِلاخْتِبَاءِ مِنْ مُخْدَعٍ إِلَى مُخْدَعٍ». | ٢٥ |
26 King Ahab commanded [his soldiers], “Seize Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of this city, and to my son Joash.
| حِينَئِذٍ أَمَرَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلاً: «اقْبِضُوا عَلَى مِيخَا وَسَلِّمُوهُ إِلَى آمُونَ رَئِيسِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَإِلَى يُوآشَ ابْنِ الْمَلِكِ، | ٢٦ |
27 Tell them that I have commanded that they should put this man in prison and give him only bread and water. Do not give him anything else to eat until I return safely from the battle!”
| وَقُولُوا لَهُمَا: إِنَّ الْمَلِكَ أَمَرَ بِإِيْدَاعِ هَذَا فِي السِّجْنِ، وَأَطْعِمُوهُ خُبْزَ الضِّيقِ وَمَاءَ الضِّيقِ حَتَّى أَرْجِعَ مِنَ الْحَرْبِ بِسَلامٍ». | ٢٧ |
28 Micaiah replied, “If you return safely, [it will be clear that] it was not Yahweh who told me what to say to you!” Then he said [to all those who were standing there], “Do not forget what I have said [to King Ahab]!”
| فَأَجَابَهُ مِيخَا: «إِنْ رَجَعْتَ بِسَلامٍ لَا يَكُونُ الرَّبُّ قَدْ تَكَلَّمَ عَلَى لِسَانِي، فَاشْهَدُوا عَلَى ذَلِكَ أَيُّهَا الشَّعْبُ جَمِيعاً». | ٢٨ |
29 So the King of Israel and the King of Judah [led their armies] to Ramoth, in [the] Gilead [region].
| وَتوَجَّهَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوشَافَاطُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا إِلَى رَامُوتَ جِلْعَادَ. | ٢٩ |
30 King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I will put on different clothes, [in order that no one will recognize that I am the king]. But you should wear your (royal robe/robe that shows that you are a king).” So Ahab disguised himself, and they both went into the battle.
| فَقَالَ آخْابُ لِيَهُوشَافَاطَ: «إِنَّنِي سَأَخُوضُ الْحَرْبَ مُتَنَكِّراً، أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَارْتَدِ ثِيَابَكَ الْمَلَكِيَّةَ». وَهَكَذَا تَنَكَّرَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَخَاضَ الْحَرْبَ. | ٣٠ |
31 The King of Syria told this to his thirty-two men who were driving the chariots: “Attack only the king of Israel!”
| وَقَالَ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ لِقَادَةِ مَرْكَبَاتِهِ الاثْنَيْنِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ: «لا تُحَارِبُوا صَغِيراً وَلا كَبِيراً إِلّا مَلِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَحْدَهُ». | ٣١ |
32 So when the men who were driving the Syrian chariots saw Jehoshaphat [wearing (his royal robes/clothes that showed he was the king)], they pursued him. They shouted, “There is the king of Israel!” But when Jehoshaphat cried out,
| فَلَمَّا شَاهَدَ قَادَةُ الْمَرْكَبَاتِ يَهُوشَافَاطَ، ظَنُّوا أَنَّهُ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَحَاصَرُوهُ لِيُقَاتِلُوهُ، فَأَطْلَقَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ صَرْخَةً، | ٣٢ |
33 they realized that he was not the king of Israel. So they stopped pursuing him.
| أَدْرَكُوا مِنْهَا أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ مَلِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَارْتَدُّوا عَنْهُ. | ٣٣ |
34 But one [Syrian] soldier shot an arrow at Ahab, without knowing that it was Ahab. The arrow struck Ahab between the places where the parts of his armor joined together. Ahab told the driver of his chariot, “Turn the chariot around and take me out of here! I have been severely wounded!”
| وَلَكِنْ حَدَثَ أَنَّ جُنْدِيًّا أَطْلَقَ سَهْمَهُ مِنْ قَوْسِهِ غَيْرَ مُتَعَمِّدٍ، فَأَصَابَ مَلِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ بَيْنَ أَوْصَالِ دِرْعِهِ، فَقَالَ آخْابُ لِقَائِدِ مَرْكَبَتِهِ: «اسْتَدِرْ وَأَخْرِجْنِي مِنْ أَرْضِ الْمَعْرَكَةِ فَقَدْ جُرِحْتُ» | ٣٤ |
35 The battle continued all the day. Ahab was sitting propped up in his chariot, facing the Syrian troops. The blood from his wound ran down to the floor of the chariot. And late in the afternoon he died.
| وَاشْتَدَّتِ الْمَعْرَكَةُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، وَأَوْقَفَ الْمَلِكُ مَرْكَبَتَهُ فِي مُوَاجَهَةِ الأَرَامِيِّينَ، وَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ مَاتَ عِنْدَ الْمَسَاءِ، فَجَرَى دَمُ الْجُرْحِ إِلَى أَرْضِ الْمَرْكَبَةِ. | ٣٥ |
36 Just as the sun was going down, someone among the Israeli troops shouted, “[The battle is ended!] Everyone should return home!”
| وَعِنْدَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ تَجَاوَبَتْ صَرْخَةٌ بَيْنَ قُوَّاتِ الْجَيْشِ: «لِيَرْجِعْ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ إِلَى مَدِينَتِهِ وَإِلَى أَرْضِهِ». | ٣٦ |
37 So king Ahab died, and they took his body [in the chariot] to Samaria [city] and buried his body there.
| وَهَكَذَا مَاتَ الْمَلِكُ فَنَقَلُوهُ إِلَى السَّامِرَةِ حَيْثُ دُفِنَ فِيهَا. | ٣٧ |
38 They washed his chariot alongside the pool in Samaria, a pool where the prostitutes bathed. And dogs [came and] licked the king’s blood, just like Yahweh had predicted would happen.
| وَعِنْدَمَا غُسِلَتْ مَرْكَبَتُهُ وَأَسْلِحَتُهُ فِي بِرْكَةِ السَّامِرَةِ، جَاءَتِ الْكِلابُ وَلَحَسَتْ دَمَهُ. فَتَحَقَّقَ بِذَلِكَ كُلُّ مَا أَنْذَرَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ. | ٣٨ |
39 The account/record of the other things that happened while Ahab was ruling, and about the palace decorated with much ivory [that they built for him], and the cities that were built for him, was written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
| أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ آخْابَ وَإِنْجَازَاتُهُ وَبَيْتُ الْعَاجِ الَّذِي بَنَاهُ، وَكُلُّ الْمُدُنِ الَّتِي عَمَّرَهَا، أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي تَارِيخِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟ | ٣٩ |
40 When Ahab died, his body was buried where his ancestors were buried. Then his son Ahaziah became king.
| وَدُفِنَ آخْابُ مَعَ آبَائِهِ وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ أَخَزْيَا عَلَى الْمُلْكِ. | ٤٠ |
41 Before King Ahab died, when he had been ruling in Israel for four years, Asa’s son Jehoshaphat started to rule in Judah.
| وَمَلَكَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ بْنُ آسَا عَلَى يَهُوذَا فِي السَّنَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ مِنْ حُكْمِ آخْابَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٤١ |
42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he started to rule, and he ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
| وَكَانَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ خَمْساً وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ عَزُوبَةُ بِنْتُ شَلْحِي | ٤٢ |
43 Jehoshaphat was a good king, just like his father Asa had been. He did things that pleased Yahweh. But while he was king, he did not remove all the pagan altars [that the people had built] on the hilltops. So the people continued to offer sacrifices [to idols] on those altars and burned incense there.
| وَاقْتَفَى خُطَى أَبِيهِ آسَا، وَلَمْ يَحِدْ عَنْهَا صَانِعاً مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ. إِلّا أَنَّ مَذَابِحَ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ لَمْ تُهْدَمْ، بَلْ كَانَ الشَّعْبُ لَا يَزَالُ يَذْبَحُ وَيُوقِدُ عَلَيْهَا. | ٤٣ |
44 Jehoshaphat also made [a] peace [agreement] with the king of Israel.
| وَوَقَّعَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ مُعَاهَدَةَ صُلْحٍ مَعَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٤٤ |
45 All the other things that happened while Jehoshaphat was ruling, and the great things that he did and the victories his [troops] won, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
| أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ يَهُوشَافَاطَ وَمَا أَبْدَاهُ مِنْ بَأْسٍ، وَكَيْفَ حَارَبَ، أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ تَارِيخِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟ | ٤٥ |
46 Jehoshaphat’s father Asa [had tried to expel] the male prostitutes that stayed at the pagan shrines, but some of them were still there. Jehoshaphat got rid of them.
| كَمَا أَبَادَ مِنَ الْبِلادِ الَّذِينَ يُمَارِسُونَ الشُّذُوذَ الْجِنْسِيَّ فِي عِبَادَتِهِمِ الْوَثَنِيَّةِ مِمَّنْ بَقُوا مِنْ أَيَّامِ أَبِيهِ آسَا. | ٤٦ |
47 At that time, there was no king in Edom; a ruler who had been appointed by Jehoshaphat ruled there.
| وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي زَمَانِهِ مَلِكٌ عَلَى أَدُومَ، بَلْ تَوَلَّى الْحُكْمَ وَكِيلٌ لِلْمَلِكِ. | ٤٧ |
48 Jehoshaphat [ordered some Israeli men to] build a fleet/group of ships to sail [south] to [the] Ophir [region] to get gold. But they were wrecked at Ezion-Geber/Elath, so the ships never sailed.
| وَبَنَى يَهُوشَافَاطُ أُسْطُولاً تِجَارِيًّا لِكَيْ يَبْحُرَ إِلَى أُوفِيرَ وَيَعُودَ مُحَمَّلاً بِالذَّهَبِ، وَلَكِنَّ السُّفُنَ لَمْ تَبْحُرْ لأَنَّهَا تَحَطَّمَتْ فِي عِصْيُونَ جَابَرَ. | ٤٨ |
49 Before the ships were wrecked, Ahab’s son Ahaziah suggested to Jehoshaphat, “Allow my sailors to go with your sailors,” but Jehoshaphat refused.
| حِينَئِذٍ قَالَ أَخَزْيَا بْنُ آخْابَ لِيَهُوشَافَاطَ: «لِيَبْحُرْ رِجَالِي مَعَ رِجَالِكَ فِي السُّفُنِ». فَأَبَى يَهُوشَافَاطُ. | ٤٩ |
50 When Jehoshaphat died, his [body] was buried where his ancestors were buried in [Jerusalem, ] the city where King David [had ruled]. Then Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became king.
| وَمَاتَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ فَدُفِنَ مَعَ أَسْلافِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ يَهُورَامُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ. | ٥٠ |
51 Before King Jehoshaphat died, when he had been ruling in Judah for 17 years, Ahab’s son Ahaziah began to rule in Israel. Ahaziah ruled in Samaria for two years.
| وَمَلَكَ أَخَزْيَا بْنُ آخْابَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي السَّامِرَةِ، فِي السَّنَةِ السَّابِعَةِ عَشْرَةَ لِحُكْمِ يَهُوشَافَاطَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، وَدَامَ مُلْكُهُ سَنَتَيْنِ، | ٥١ |
52 He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, doing the [evil] things that his father and mother had done and the evil things that Jeroboam had done—the king who had led all the Israeli people to sin [by worshiping idols].
| ارْتَكَبَ فِيهِمَا الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، وَسَلَكَ فِي سُبُلِ أَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ، وَفِي طَرِيقِ يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ نَبَاطَ الَّذِي اسْتَغْوَى إِسْرَائِيلَ لاِقْتِرَافِ الإِثْمِ، | ٥٢ |
53 Ahaziah bowed in front of Baal’s idol and worshiped it. That caused Yahweh, the God who was the true God of the Israeli people, to become very angry, just as Ahaziah’s father had caused Yahweh to become angry.
| وَعَبَدَ أَخَزْيَا الْبَعْلَ وَسَجَدَ لَهُ، فَأَثَارَ بِذَلِكَ غَيْظَ الرَّبِّ، تَمَاماً كَمَا فَعَلَ أَبُوهُ. | ٥٣ |
