2 Kings 16

1 When Pekah had been ruling Israel for almost 17 years, Ahaz, the son of Jotham, became the king of Judah.

١ وَفِي السَّنَةِ السَّابِعَةِ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ فَقْحَ بْنِ رَمَلْيَا، اعْتَلَى آحَازُ بْنُ يُوثَامَ عَرْشَ يَهُوذَا

2 He was 20 years old when he became the king [of Judah]. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. He did not do things that pleased Yahweh his God, good things like his ancestor King David had done.

٢ وَكَانَ لَهُ مِنَ الْعُمْرِ عِشْرُونَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ. وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ، عَلَى نَقِيضِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ،

3 Instead, he was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He even sacrificed his son as an offering to idols. That was worse than the disgusting things that the people who previously lived there had done, people whom Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis were advancing through the land.

٣ مُتَمَثِّلاً بِمُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، حَتَّى إِنَّهُ أَجَازَ ابْنَهُ فِي النَّارِ، وَفْقاً لأَرْجَاسِ الأُمَمِ الَّذِينَ طَرَدَهُمُ الرَّبُّ مِنْ أَمَامِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

4 Ahaz offered sacrifices and burned incense [to honor Yahweh] on the tops of many hills and under many [HYP] big trees, [instead of in Jerusalem as Yahweh had commanded].

٤ وَذَبَحَ وَأَوْقَدَ لِلأَوْثَانِ عَلَى الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ وَعَلَى التِّلالِ وَتَحْتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ.

5 While he was the king of Judah, King Rezin of Assyria and King Pekah of Israel [came with their armies] and attacked Jerusalem. They surrounded the city, but they could not conquer it.

٥ عِنْدَئِذٍ تَقَدَّمَ رَصِينُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ وَفَقْحُ بْنُ رَمَلْيَا مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ نَحْوَ أُورُشَلِيمَ لِمُهَاجَمَتِهَا، فَحَاصَرَا آحَازَ. غَيْرَ أَنَّهُمَا أَخْفَقَا فِي الاسْتِيلاءِ عَلَيْهَا.

6 At that time the [army of the] king of Edom expelled the people of Judah who were living in Elath [city]. Some of the people of Edom started to live there, and they are still living there.

٦ وَتَمَكَّنَ رَصِينُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ مِنَ اسْتِرْجَاعِ مَدِينَةِ أَيْلَةَ، فَطَرَدَ مِنْهَا اليَهُودَ وَأَحَلَّ مَكَانَهُمُ الأَرَامِيِّينَ فَاسْتَوْطَنُوهَا إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

7 King Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria, to tell this message to him: “I promise that I will completely do what you tell me to do, [as though] I [was] your son. Please come and rescue us from the armies of Syria and Israel who are attacking my country.”

٧ وَبَعَثَ آحَازُ وَفْداً إِلَى تَغْلَثْ فَلاسِرَ مَلِكِ أَشُورَ قَائِلاً: «أَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُكَ، فَتَعَالَ وَأَنْقِذْنِي مِنْ حِصَارِ مَلِكِ أَرَامَ وَمَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ اللَّذَيْنِ يُهَاجِمَانِنِي».

8 Ahaz took the silver and gold that was in the palace and in the temple and sent it to Assyria to be a present/gift for the king of Assyria.

٨ وَجَمَعَ آحَازُ الْفِضَّةَ وَالذَّهَبَ الْمَوْجُودَةَ فِي هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ وَفِي خَزَائِنِ قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ، وَأَرْسَلَهَا إِلَى مَلِكِ أَشُورَ هَدِيَّةً.

9 So Tiglath-Pileser did what Ahaz requested. His army marched to Damascus and captured it, and they took the people of Damascus as prisoners to live in the capital city of Assyria, and executed [King] Rezin.

٩ فَلَبَّى مَلِكُ أَشُورَ طَلَبَهُ، وَزَحَفَ بِجَيْشِهِ إِلَى دِمَشْقَ وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهَا، وَسَبَى أَهْلَهَا إِلَى قِيرَ، وَقَتَلَ رَصِينَ.

10 When King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet King Tiglath-Pileser, he saw the altar that was there. So he sent to Uriah, the Supreme Priest [in Jerusalem], a drawing of the altar and a model that was exactly like the altar in Damascus.

١٠ وَتَوَجَّهَ الْمَلِكُ آحَازُ إِلَى دِمَشْقَ لِلِقَاءِ تَغْلَثْ فَلاسِرَ مَلِكِ أَشُورَ، فَشَاهَدَ هُنَاكَ الْمَذْبَحَ، فَنَقَلَ رَسْمَهُ وَأَرْسَلَهُ إِلَى أُورِيَّا الْكَاهِنِ بِكَامِلِ تَفَاصِيلِ صِنَاعَتِهِ.

11 So Uriah built an altar [in Jerusalem], following the drawing that King Ahaz had sent. Uriah finished the altar before Ahaz returned [to Jerusalem] from Damascus.

١١ فَبَنَى أُورِيَّا الْكَاهِنُ مَذْبَحاً بِمُوْجِبِ الرَّسْمِ الَّذِي بَعَثَهُ الْمَلِكُ آحَازُ مِنْ دِمَشْقَ، وَانْتَظَرَ رُجُوعَ الْمَلِكِ مِنْ سَفْرَتِهِ.

12 When the king returned from Damascus, he saw the altar. He went to it

١٢ وَعِنْدَمَا عَادَ الْمَلِكُ مِنْ دِمَشْقَ، وَشَاهَدَ الْمَذْبَحَ

13 and burned animal sacrifices and a grain offering on it. He also poured a wine offering on it and threw on it the blood of the offerings to maintain fellowship with God.

١٣ أَوْقَدَ عَلَيْهِ مُحْرَقَتَهُ وَتَقْدِمَتَهُ، وَسَكَبَ عَلَيْهِ سَكِيبَهُ مِنَ الْخَمْرِ، ثُمَّ رَشَّ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ دَمَ ذَبِيحَةِ السَّلامِ.

14 The old bronze altar which had been dedicated long ago to Yahweh was between the new altar and the temple, so Ahaz moved it to the north side of his new altar, [which was bigger than the old altar].

١٤ أَمَّا مَذْبَحُ النُّحَاسِ الْقَائِمُ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، بَيْنَ مَدْخَلِ الْهَيْكَلِ وَالْمَذْبَحِ الْجَدِيدِ، فَقَدْ أَزَاحَهُ إِلَى جَانِبِ الْمَذْبَحِ الشِّمَالِيِّ.

15 Then King Ahaz ordered Uriah: “Each morning put on this new altar the sacrifices that will be completely burned, and in the evening put on it the grain offering, along with my offering and the offerings that the people bring, ones that will be completely burned, and my grain offering and the people’s grain and wine offerings. Pour against the sides of the altar the blood of all the animals that are sacrificed. But the old bronze altar will be only for me to use to find out what Yahweh wants me to do.”

١٥ وَأَمَرَ الْمَلِكُ آحَازُ أُورِيَّا الْكَاهِنَ أَنْ يُوْقِدَ مُحْرَقَةَ الصَّبَاحِ وَتَقْدِمَةَ الْمَسَاءِ وَمُحْرَقَةَ الْمَلِكِ وَتَقْدِمَتَهُ مَعَ مُحْرَقَةِ الشَّعْبِ وَتَقْدِمَتِهِمْ وَسَكَائِبِ خَمْرِهِمْ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ الْعَظِيمِ، وَيَرُشَّ عَلَيْهِ كُلَّ دَمِ مُحْرَقَةٍ وَذَبِيحَةٍ. أَمَّا مَذْبَحُ النُّحَاسِ فَيَكُونُ مُخَصَّصاً لِلْمَلِكِ لِمَعْرِفَةِ الْغَيْبِ

16 So Uriah did what the king commanded him to do.

١٦ فَنَفَّذَ أُورِيَّا الْكَاهِنُ أَوَامِرَ الْمَلِكِ آحَازَ.

17 King Ahaz told his workers to take off the frames of the carts [that were outside the temple] and to take down the basins that were on them. They also took down the bronze tank from the backs of the bronze [statues of the] oxen and put it on a stone foundation.

١٧ ثُمَّ نَزَعَ الْمَلِكُ آحَازُ عَوَارِضَ الْقَوَاعِدِ الدَّائِرِيَّةِ وَرَفَعَ عَنْهَا الْمِرْحَضَةَ وَأَنْزَلَ الْبِرْكَةَ عَنِ الثِّيرَانِ النُّحَاسِيَّةِ وَأَقَامَهَا عَلَى صَفٍّ مِنَ الْحِجَارَةِ.

18 Then to please the king of Assyria, Ahaz had them remove from the temple the roof under which the people walked into the temple on the Sabbath Day, and closed up the private entrance into the temple for the kings of Judah.

١٨ وَإِرْضَاءً لِمَلِكِ أَشُورَ أَزَالَ آحَازُ مِنَ الْهَيْكَلِ مِنْبَرَ الْعَرْشِ الْمَلَكِيِّ، وَأَغْلَقَ الْمَدْخَلَ الْخَاصَّ الَّذِي كَانَ قَدْ بُنِيَ مِنَ الْخَارِجِ لِيَصِلَ مَا بَيْنَ الْقَصْرِ وَالْهَيْكَلِ.

19 [If you want to know about] the other things that Ahaz did, they are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.

١٩ أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ آحَازَ وَمُنْجَزَاتُهُ أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟

20 Ahaz died [EUP], and he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, where his ancestors had been buried. Then his son Hezekiah became the king.

٢٠ ثُمَّ مَاتَ آحَازُ فَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ حَزَقِيَّا عَلَى الْمُلْكِ.