2 Kings 8

1 After Elisha caused the son of the woman from Shunem [town] to become alive again, he told her that she should leave with her family and live somewhere else for a while, because Yahweh was going to (send a famine/cause food to become very scarce) in the land. He said that the famine would last for seven years.

١ وَكَلَّمَ أَلِيشَعُ ٱلْمَرْأَةَ ٱلَّتِي أَحْيَا ٱبْنَهَا قَائِلًا: «قُومِي وَٱنْطَلِقِي أَنْتِ وَبَيْتُكِ وَتَغَرَّبِي حَيْثُمَا تَتَغَرَّبِي، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَدْ دَعَا بِجُوعٍ فَيَأْتِي أَيْضًا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ سَبْعَ سِنِينٍ».

2 So the woman did what Elisha told her to do. She and her family went to live in [the] Philistia [region] for seven years.

٢ فَقَامَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ وَفَعَلَتْ حَسَبَ كَلَامِ رَجُلِ ٱللهِ، وَٱنْطَلَقَتْ هِيَ وَبَيْتُهَا وَتَغَرَّبَتْ فِي أَرْضِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ سَبْعَ سِنِينٍ.

3 After the seven years were ended, they returned to their home. The woman went to the king to request that her house and her land be given back to her.

٣ وَفِي نِهَايَةِ ٱلسِّنِينِ ٱلسَّبْعِ رَجَعَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ مِنْ أَرْضِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَخَرَجَتْ لِتَصْرُخَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ لِأَجْلِ بَيْتِهَا وَحَقْلِهَا.

4 When she arrived, the king was talking with Gehazi, Elisha’s servant. The king was saying to him, “Tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.”

٤ وَكَلَّمَ ٱلْمَلِكُ جِيحْزِيَ غُلَامَ رَجُلِ ٱللهِ قَائِلًا: «قُصَّ عَلَيَّ جَمِيعَ ٱلْعَظَائِمِ ٱلَّتِي فَعَلَهَا أَلِيشَعُ».

5 While Gehazi was telling the king that Elisha had caused the son of a woman [from Shunem] to become alive again, that woman came in and requested the king to enable her to get her house and land back again. Gehazi exclaimed, “Your Majesty, this is the woman whose son Elisha caused to become alive again!”

٥ وَفِيمَا هُوَ يَقُصُّ عَلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ كَيْفَ أَنَّهُ أَحْيَا ٱلْمَيْتَ، إِذَا بِٱلْمَرْأَةِ ٱلَّتِي أَحْيَا ٱبْنَهَا تَصْرُخُ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ لِأَجْلِ بَيْتِهَا وَلِأَجْلِ حَقْلِهَا. فَقَالَ جِيحْزِي: «يَا سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكَ، هَذِهِ هِيَ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ وَهَذَا هُوَ ٱبْنُهَا ٱلَّذِي أَحْيَاهُ أَلِيشَعُ».

6 When the king asked her about it, she told him [that what Gehazi had said was true]. The king summoned one of his officials and said to him, “[I want] everything that this woman possessed previously, including the value of all the crops that have been harvested during these last seven years while she was away from her land, [to] be given back to her.” [So the official did that].

٦ فَسَأَلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْمَرْأَةَ فَقَصَّتْ عَلَيْهِ ذَلِكَ، فَأَعْطَاهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ خَصِيًّا قَائِلًا: «أَرْجِعْ كُلَّ مَا لَهَا وَجَمِيعَ غَلَاّتِ ٱلْحَقْلِ مِنْ حِينِ تَرَكَتِ ٱلْأَرْضَ إِلَى ٱلْآنَ».

7 Elisha went to Damascus, [the capital of Syria], when Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, was [very] sick. When someone told the king that Elisha was in Damascus,

٧ وَجَاءَ أَلِيشَعُ إِلَى دِمَشْقَ. وَكَانَ بَنْهَدَدُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ مَرِيضًا، فَأُخْبِرَ وَقِيلَ لَهُ: «قَدْ جَاءَ رَجُلُ ٱللهِ إِلَى هُنَا».

8 the king told [one of his officials named] Hazael, “Go and talk to that prophet and take a present/gift with you to give to him. Request him to ask Yahweh if I will recover from my illness.”

٨ فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِحَزَائِيلَ: «خُذْ بِيَدِكَ هَدِيَّةً وَٱذْهَبْ لِٱسْتِقْبَالِ رَجُلِ ٱللهِ، وَٱسْأَلِ ٱلرَّبَّ بِهِ قَائِلًا: هَلْ أَشْفَى مِنْ مَرَضِي هَذَا؟».

9 So Hazael went to talk with Elisha. He took with him forty camels that were carrying many kinds of goods that were produced in Damascus. When Hazael met him, he said to him, “Your friend Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, sent me to ask you whether [you think] he will recover from his illness.”

٩ فَذَهَبَ حَزَائِيلُ لِٱسْتِقْبَالِهِ وَأَخَذَ هَدِيَّةً بِيَدِهِ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ خَيْرَاتِ دِمَشْقَ حِمْلَ أَرْبَعِينَ جَمَلًا، وَجَاءَ وَوَقَفَ أَمَامَهُ وَقَالَ: «إِنَّ ٱبْنَكَ بَنْهَدَدَ مَلِكَ أَرَامَ قَدْ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكَ قَائِلًا: هَلْ أُشْفَى مِنْ مَرَضِي هَذَا؟»

10 Elisha said to Hazael, “Go and say to him, ‘Yes, you will certainly not die from this illness,’ but Yahweh has shown me that he will certainly die [before he recovers].”

١٠ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَلِيشَعُ: «ٱذْهَبْ وَقُلْ لَهُ: شِفَاءً تُشْفَى. وَقَدْ أَرَانِي ٱلرَّبُّ أَنَّهُ يَمُوتُ مَوْتًا».

11 Then Elisha stared at him and had a terrified look on his face. That caused Hazael to feel uneasy/embarrassed. Then [suddenly] Elisha started to cry.

١١ فَجَعَلَ نَظَرَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَثَبَّتَهُ حَتَّى خَجِلَ، فَبَكَى رَجُلُ ٱللهِ.

12 Hazael said, “Sir, why are you crying?” Elisha replied, “Because [Yahweh has enabled] me [to] know the terrible things that you will do to the people of Israel: You will burn their cities with walls around them, you will kill their fine young men with a sword, you will bash the heads of their children, and you will rip open the bellies of their pregnant women [with a sword].”

١٢ فَقَالَ حَزَائِيلُ: «لِمَاذَا يَبْكِي سَيِّدِي؟» فَقَالَ: «لِأَنِّي عَلِمْتُ مَا سَتَفْعَلُهُ بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ ٱلشَّرِّ، فَإِنَّكَ تُطْلِقُ ٱلنَّارَ فِي حُصُونِهِمْ، وَتَقْتُلُ شُبَّانَهُمْ بِٱلسَّيْفِ، وَتُحَطِّمُ أَطْفَالَهُمْ، وَتَشُقُّ حَوَامِلَهُمْ».

13 Hazael replied, “I am [as insignificant as] [MET] a dog; (how could I do such things?/I would never do such terrible things!)” [RHQ] Elisha replied, “Yahweh has also revealed to me that you will become the king of Syria.”

١٣ فَقَالَ حَزَائِيلُ: «وَمَنْ هُوَ عَبْدُكَ ٱلْكَلْبُ حَتَّى يَفْعَلَ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ ٱلْعَظِيمَ؟» فَقَالَ أَلِيشَعُ: «قَدْ أَرَانِي ٱلرَّبُّ إِيَّاكَ مَلِكًا عَلَى أَرَامَ».

14 Then Hazael left and returned to his master/boss [the king], who asked him, “What did Elisha say?” He replied, “He told me that you would certainly recover.”

١٤ فَٱنْطَلَقَ مِنْ عِنْدِ أَلِيشَعَ وَدَخَلَ إِلَى سَيِّدِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ: «مَاذَا قَالَ لَكَ أَلِيشَعُ؟» فَقَالَ: «قَالَ لِي إِنَّكَ تَحْيَا».

15 But the next day, [while the king was sleeping, ] Hazael took a blanket and soaked it in water. Then he spread it on the king’s face [in order that he could not breathe], and he died. Then Hazael became the king of Syria instead of Ben-Hadad.

١٥ وَفِي ٱلْغَدِ أَخَذَ ٱللِّبْدَةَ وَغَمَسَهَا بِٱلْمَاءِ، وَنَشَرَهَا عَلَى وَجْهِهِ وَمَاتَ، وَمَلَكَ حَزَائِيلُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ.

16 After King Joram, the son of Ahab, had been ruling in Israel for almost five years, Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became the king of Judah.

١٦ وَفِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلْخَامِسَةِ لِيُورَامَ بْنِ أَخْآبَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوشَافَاطَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، مَلَكَ يَهُورَامُ بْنُ يَهُوشَافَاطَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا.

17 He was thirty-two years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years.

١٧ كَانَ ٱبْنَ ٱثْنَتَيْنِ وَثَلَاثِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ ثَمَانِي سِنِينٍ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

18 His wife was the daughter of King Ahab. And like everyone in Ahab’s family, he continually did the evil things that the previous kings of Israel had done. He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil.

١٨ وَسَارَ فِي طَرِيقِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ كَمَا فَعَلَ بَيْتُ أَخْآبَ، لِأَنَّ بِنْتَ أَخْآبَ كَانَتْ لَهُ ٱمْرَأَةً، وَعَمِلَ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

19 But Yahweh did not want to get rid of the people of Judah, because of what he had promised David, who served him [very well]. He had promised David that his descendants [MET] would always rule Judah.

١٩ وَلَمْ يَشَإِ ٱلرَّبُّ أَنْ يُبِيدَ يَهُوذَا مِنْ أَجْلِ دَاوُدَ عَبْدِهِ، كَمَا قَالَ إِنَّهُ يُعْطِيهِ سِرَاجًا وَلِبَنِيهِ كُلَّ ٱلْأَيَّامِ.

20 During the time that Jehoram ruled, [the king of] Edom rebelled against Judah, and they appointed their own king.

٢٠ فِي أَيَّامِهِ عَصَى أَدُومُ مِنْ تَحْتِ يَدِ يَهُوذَا وَمَلَّكُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ مَلِكًا.

21 So Jehoram went with his army and all their chariots to Zair [city near the border of Edom]. There the army of Edom surrounded them. But during the night, Jehoram and the commanders in their chariots were able to get through the enemy lines and escaped. And all his soldiers also fled to their homes.

٢١ وَعَبَرَ يُورَامُ إِلَى صَعِيرَ وَجَمِيعُ ٱلْمَرْكَبَاتِ مَعَهُ، وَقَامَ لَيْلًا وَضَرَبَ أَدُومَ ٱلْمُحِيطَ بِهِ وَرُؤَسَاءَ ٱلْمَرْكَبَاتِ. وَهَرَبَ ٱلشَّعْبُ إِلَى خِيَامِهِمْ.

22 So after that, Edom was no longer controlled by Judah, and it is still like that. During that same time, the people of Libnah [city] also freed themselves from being controlled by Judah.

٢٢ وَعَصَى أَدُومُ مِنْ تَحْتِ يَدِ يَهُوذَا إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. حِينَئِذٍ عَصَتْ لِبْنَةُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ.

23 [If you want to read about] the other things that Jehoram did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.

٢٣ وَبَقِيَّةُ أُمُورِ يُورَامَ وَكُلُّ مَا صَنَعَ، أَمَا هِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي سِفْرِ أَخْبَارِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ لِمُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟

24 Jehoram died [EUP] and was buried where the other kings of Judah had been buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became the king.

٢٤ وَٱضْطَجَعَ يُورَامُ مَعَ آبَائِهِ، وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ، وَمَلَكَ أَخَزْيَا ٱبْنُهُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ.

25 After Ahab’s son Joram has been ruling in Israel for almost twelve years, Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became the king of Judah.

٢٥ فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلثَّانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ لِيُورَامَ بْنِ أَخْآبَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، مَلَكَ أَخَزْيَا بْنُ يَهُورَامَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا.

26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he started to rule. He ruled in Jerusalem for [only] one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, [the daughter of King Ahab and] the granddaughter of King Omri of Israel.

٢٦ وَكَانَ أَخَزْيَا ٱبْنَ ٱثْنَتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ سَنَةً وَاحِدَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَٱسْمُ أُمِّهِ عَثَلْيَا بِنْتُ عُمْرِي مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

27 King Ahab conducted his life just like the members of Ahab’s family had done. He did things that Yahweh considered to be very evil.

٢٧ وَسَارَ فِي طَرِيقِ بَيْتِ أَخْآبَ، وَعَمِلَ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ كَبَيْتِ أَخْآبَ، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ صِهْرَ بَيْتِ أَخْآبَ.

28 Ahaziah’s army joined the army of King Joram of Israel to fight against the army of King Hazael of Syria. Their armies started fighting at Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region], and the soldiers of Syria wounded Joram.

٢٨ وَٱنْطَلَقَ مَعَ يُورَامَ بْنِ أَخْآبَ لِمُقَاتَلَةِ حَزَائِيلَ مَلِكِ أَرَامَ فِي رَامُوتِ جِلْعَادَ، فَضَرَبَ ٱلْأَرَامِيُّونَ يُورَامَ.

29 King Joram returned to Jezreel [city] to recover from his wounds. King Ahaziah went to visit him there.

٢٩ فَرَجَعَ يُورَامُ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِيَبْرَأَ فِي يَزْرَعِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْجُرُوحِ ٱلَّتِي جَرَحَهُ بِهَا ٱلْأَرَامِيُّونَ فِي رَامُوتَ عِنْدَ مُقَاتَلَتِهِ حَزَائِيلَ مَلِكَ أَرَامَ. وَنَزَلَ أَخَزْيَا بْنُ يَهُورَامَ مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا لِيَرَى يُورَامَ بْنَ أَخْآبَ فِي يَزْرَعِيلَ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ مَرِيضًا.