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 وَقَالَ أَلِيشَعُ لِلْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي أَحْيَا ابْنَهَا: «اذْهَبِي أَنْتِ وَعَائِلَتُكِ وَتَغَرَّبِي حَيْثُ تَشَائِينَ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ سَيُصِيبُ الْبِلادَ بِمَجَاعَةٍ تَدُومُ سَبْعَ سَنَوَاتٍ».

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 فَعَمِلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ بِأَمْرِ رَجُلِ اللهِ، وَرَحَلَتْ هِيَ وَعَائِلَتُهَا إِلَى بِلادِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ حَيْثُ تَغَرَّبَتْ هُنَاكَ سَبْعَ سَنَوَاتٍ.

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 خِتَامِ السَّنَوَاتِ السَّبْعِ رَجَعَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ مِنْ دِيَارِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَتَوَجَّهَتْ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ تَسْتَغِيثُ بِهِ لاِسْتِرْدَادِ بَيْتِهَا وَأَرْضِهَا.

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 وَكَانَ الْمَلِكُ آنَئِذٍ يَقُولُ لِجِيحَزِي خَادِمِ رَجُلِ اللهِ: «قُصَّ عَلَيَّ جَمِيعَ مَا أَجْرَاهُ أَلِيشَعُ مِنْ مُعْجِزَاتٍ».

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 يَسْرُدُ عَلَى الْمَلِكِ كَيْفَ أَحْيَا أَلِيشَعُ الْمَيْتَ أَقْبَلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ الَّتِي أَحْيَا ابْنَهَا تَسْتَغِيثُ بِالْمَلِكِ لاِسْتِرْدَادِ بَيْتِهَا وَأَرْضِهَا. فَقَالَ جِيحَزِي: «هَذِهِ هِيَ الْمَرْأَةُ يَا سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكَ، وَهَذَا هُوَ ابْنُهَا الَّذِي 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 فَاسْتَخْبَرَهَا الْمَلِكُ الأَمْرَ فَحَدَّثَتْهُ بِهِ. فَأَمَرَ الْمَلِكُ أَحَدَ مُوَظَّفِيهِ: «اعْمَلْ عَلَى اسْتِرْدَادِ كُلِّ أَمْلاكِهَا وَكُلِّ إِيرَادِ غَلّاتِ أَرْضِهَا مُنْذُ أَنْ رَحَلَتْ عَنِ الْبِلادِ إِلَى الآنَ».

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 وَذَهَبَ أَلِيشَعُ إِلَى دِمَشْقَ. وَكَانَ بَنْهَدَدُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ أَيْضاً مَرِيضاً، فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّ رَجُلَ اللهِ جَاءَ 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 الْمَلِكُ لِحَزَائِيلَ: «احْمِلْ مَعَكَ هَدِيَّةً وَاذْهَبْ لاِسْتِقْبَالِ رَجُلِ اللهِ، وَاسْأَلِ الرَّبَّ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ إِنْ كُنْتُ سَأَبْرَأُ مِنْ مَرَضِي».

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 فَمَضَى حَزَائِيلُ لاِسْتِقْبَالِهِ آخِذاً مَعَهُ هَدِيَّةً، حِمْلَ أَرْبَعِينَ جَمَلاً مِنْ كُلِّ خَيْرَاتِ دِمَشْقَ. وَقَالَ لأَلِيشَعَ: «ابْنُكَ بَنْهَدَدُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكَ يَسْأَلُ إِنْ كَانَ سَيَبْرَأُ مِنْ مَرَضِهِ».

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: «اذْهَبْ وَقُلْ لَهُ: إِنَّهُ حَتْماً يُشْفَى. وَلَكِنَّ الرَّبَّ أَرَانِي أَنَّهُ لابُدَّ مَائِتٌ».

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 وَتَفَرَّسَ أَلِيشَعُ فِي حَزَائِيلَ طَوِيلاً حَتَّى اعْتَرَى حَزَائِيلَ الْخَجَلُ، وَبَكَى رَجُلُ اللهِ.

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 فَسَأَلَهُ حَزَائِيلُ: «لِمَاذَا يَبْكِي سَيِّدِي؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «لأَنِّي عَرَفْتُ مَا سَتُنْزِلُهُ بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ شَرٍّ، فَإِنَّكَ سَتُحْرِقُ حُصُونَهُمْ وَتَقْتُلُ شُبَّانَهُمْ وَتَذْبَحُ أَطْفَالَهُمْ وَتَشُقُّ بُطُونَ حَوَامِلِهِمْ».

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: «كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ لِمُجَرَّدِ كَلْبٍ نَظِيرِ عَبْدِكَ أَنْ يَرْتَكِبَ هَذِهِ الْفَظَائِعَ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ أَلِيشَعُ: «لَقَدْ كَشَفَ الرَّبُّ لِي أَنَّكَ سَتَمْلِكُ 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 فَانْصَرَفَ مِنْ عِنْدِ أَلِيشَعَ وَدَخَلَ إِلَى سَيِّدِهِ فَسَأَلَهُ: «مَاذَا قَالَ لَكَ أَلِيشَعُ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «قَالَ لِي إِنَّكَ تَبْرَأُ».

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 صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي أَخَذَ حَزَائِيلُ قِطْعَةَ قُمَاشٍ سَمِيكَةً، شَبَّعَهَا بِالْمَاءِ، وَضَغَطَ بِها عَلَى وَجْهِ الْمَلِكِ حَتَّى أَخْمَدَ أَنْفَاسَهُ وَخَلَفَهُ حَزَائِيلُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ.

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 السَّنَةِ الْخَامِسَةِ لِحُكْمِ يُورَامَ بْنِ آخْابَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَيَهُوشَافَاطَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، تَوَلَّى يَهُورَامُ بْنُ يَهُوشَافَاطَ الْمُلْكَ عَلَى يَهُوذَا.

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

١٧ وَكَانَ ابْنَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَحَكَمَ ثَمَانِي سَنَوَاتٍ 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 وَسَلَكَ فِي طَرِيقِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَلَى غِرَارِ بَيْتِ آخْابَ، لأَنَّهُ كَانَ مُتَزَوِّجاً مِنْ بِنْتِ آخْابَ وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ.

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 لَكِنَّ الرَّبَّ لَمْ يَشَأْ أَنْ يُفْنِيَ بَيْتَ يَهُوذَا إِكْرَاماً لِدَاوُدَ عَبْدِهِ، الَّذِي وَعَدَهُ أَنَّهُ يُبْقِي سِرَاجاً لَهُ وَلِبَنِيهِ مَدَى الأَيَّامِ.

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

٢٠ وَفِي غُضُونِ حُكْمِهِ تَمَرَّدَ الأَدُومِيُّونَ عَلَى يَهُوذَا، وَنَصَّبُوا عَلَيْهِمْ مَلِكاً.

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 فَاجْتَازَ يُورَامُ نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ، بِجَمِيعِ مَرْكَبَاتِهِ إِلَى صَعِيرَ. وَعِنْدَمَا حَاصَرَهُ الأَدُومِيُّونَ مَعَ قَادَةِ مَرْكَبَاتِهِ، اقْتَحَمَ خُطُوطَهُمْ لَيْلاً، غَيْرَ أَنَّ جَيْشَهُ هَرَبُوا لاجِئِينَ إِلَى بُيُوتِهِمْ.

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 وَظَلَّ الأَدُومِيُّونَ خَارِجِينَ عَنْ طَاعَةِ يَهُوذَا إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. حِينَئِذٍ تَمَرَّدَتْ لِبْنَةُ أَيْضاً.

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 أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ يُورَامَ أَلَيْسَتْ هِي مُدَوَّنَةً فِي تَارِيخِ أَخْبَارِ مُلُوكِ 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 وَمَاتَ يُورَامُ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ أَخَزْيَا عَلَى الْحُكْمِ.

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 وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ عَشْرَةَ لِحُكْمِ يُورَامَ بْنِ آخْابَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، تَوَلَّى أَخَزْيَا بْنُ يَهُورَامَ مُلْكَ 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 فِي الثَّانِيَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ سَنَةً وَاحِدَةً. وَاسْمُ 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 وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، عَلَى غِرَارِ بَيْتِ آخْابَ، لأَنَّهُ كَانَ صِهْراً لَهُمْ.

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 وَانْضَمَّ أَخَزْيَا إِلَى يُورَامَ بْنِ آخْابَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ حَزَائِيلَ مَلِكِ أَرَامَ فِي رَامُوتِ جِلْعَادَ، فَهَزَمَ الأَرَامِيُّونَ يُورَامَ.

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

٢٩ فَتَوَجَّهَ يُورَامُ إِلَى يَزْرَعِيلَ رَيْثَمَا يَبْرَأُ مِنْ جِرَاحِهِ الَّتِي أَصَابَهُ بِها الأَرَاميُّونَ فِي رَامُوتَ فِي أَثْنَاءِ الْمَعْرَكَةِ مَعَ حَزَائِيلَ. وَجَاءَ أَخَزْيَا بْنُ يَهُورَامَ مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا إِلَى يَزْرَعِيلَ لِيَزُورَ يُورَامَ بْنَ أَخَآبَ فِي أَثْنَاءِ مَرَضِهِ.