1 Kings 20
1 Ben Hadad king of Aram gathered all his army together. There were thirty-two lesser kings with him, and horses and chariots. He went up, besieged Samaria and fought against it.
| وَحَشَدَ بَنْهَدَدُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ كُلَّ جَيْشِهِ، بَعْدَ أَنِ انْضَمَّ إِلَيْهِ اثْنَانِ وَثَلاثُونَ مَلِكاً بِخَيْلِهِمْ وَمَرْكَبَاتِهِمْ، وَحَاصَرَ السَّامِرَةَ عَاصِمَةَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١ |
2 He sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel, and said to him, “Ben Hadad says this:
| ثُمَّ بَعَثَ بَنْهَدَدُ رِسَالَةً إِلَى آخْابَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي السَّامِرَةِ تَقُولُ: | ٢ |
3 'Your silver and your gold are mine. Also your wives and children, the best ones, are now mine.'”
| «لِي كُلُّ فِضَّتِكَ وَذَهَبِكَ وَأَجْمَلُ نِسَائِكَ وَبَنُوكَ الْحِسَانُ». | ٣ |
4 The king of Israel answered and said, “It is as you say, my master, king. I and all that I have are yours.”
| فَأَجَابَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «لَكَ مَا طَلَبْتَهُ يَا سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكُ، فَأَنَا وَكُلُّ مَا أَمْلِكُهُ لَكَ». | ٤ |
5 The messengers came again and said, “Ben Hadad says this, 'I sent word to you saying that you must give me your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children.
| فَبَعَثَ بَنْهَدَدُ رِسَالَةً أُخْرَى إِلَى آخْابَ تَقُولُ: «كُنْتُ قَدْ أَرْسَلْتُ إِلَيْكَ طَالِباً أَنْ تُقَدِّمَ لِي كُلَّ فِضَّتِكَ وَذَهَبِكَ وَأَجْمَلَ نِسَائِكَ وَبَنِيكَ الْحِسَانَ، | ٥ |
6 But I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they will search your house and your servants' houses. They will seize with their own hands and take away whatever pleases their eyes.'”
| وَلَكِنِّي أَيْضاً فِي نَحْوِ هَذَا الْوَقْتِ غَداً أُرْسِلُ رِجَالِي إِلَيْكَ لِيُفَتِّشُوا قَصْرَكَ وَبُيُوتَ عَبِيدِكَ، لَيَسْتَوْلُوا عَلَى كُلِّ مَا هُوَ نَفِيسٌ». | ٦ |
7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land together and said, “Please take note and see how this man seeks trouble. He has sent word to me in order to take my wives, children, and silver and gold, and I have not refused him.”
| فَاسْتَدْعَى مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ جَمِيعَ زُعَمَاءِ الْبِلادِ وَقَالَ: «اعْلَمُوا وَانْظُرُوا أَنَّ بَنْهَدَدَ يَبْغِي الشَّرَّ، فَقَدْ بَعَثَ يَطْلُبُ إِلَيَّ تَسْلِيمَ نِسَائِي وَبَنِيَّ وَفِضَّتِي وَذَهَبِي، فَوَافَقْتُ». | ٧ |
8 All the elders and all the people said to Ahab, “Do not listen to him or consent to his demands.”
| فَقَالَ لَهُ كُلُّ زُعَمَاءِ الْبِلادِ وَسائِرُ الشَّعْبِ: «لا تَسْمَعْ لَهُ وَلا تَخْضَعْ لِطَلَبِهِ». | ٨ |
9 So Ahab said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Tell my master the king, 'I agree to everything that you sent your servant to do the first time, but I cannot accept this second demand.'” So the messengers left and took this response to Ben Hadad.
| فَقَالَ آخْابُ لِرُسُلِ بَنْهَدَدَ: «قُولُوا لِسَيِّدِي الْمَلِكِ إِنَّنِي مُسْتَعِدٌّ أَنْ أُنَفِّذَ جَمِيعَ مَطَالِبِهِ الأُولَى، أَمَّا الْمَطَالِبُ الثَّانِيَةُ فَلا أَسْتَطِيعُ تَلْبِيَتَهَا». فَرَجَعَ الرُّسُلُ بِجَوَابِهِ إِلَى بَنْهَدَدَ. | ٩ |
10 Then Ben Hadad sent his reply to Ahab, and said, “May the gods do so to me and more also, if even the ashes of Samaria will be enough for all the people who follow me to have a handful each.”
| فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ بَنْهَدَدُ قَائِلاً: «لِتُعَاقِبْنِي الآلِهَةُ أَشَّدَ عِقَابٍ وَتَزِدْ، إِنْ بَقِيَ مِنْ تُرَابِ السَّامِرَةِ مَا يَكْفِي لِمِلْءِ قَبْضَةِ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ رِجَالِي». | ١٠ |
11 The king of Israel answered and said, “Tell Ben Hadad, 'No one who is just putting on his armor, should boast as if he were taking it off.'”
| فَأَجَابَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «قُولُوا لَهُ: لَا يَفْتَخِرُ مَنْ يَشُدُّ دِرْعَهُ كَمَنْ يَحُلُّهُ» (أَي الفَخْرُ يَكُونُ بَعْدَ الْمَعْرَكَةِ لَا قَبْلَهَا). | ١١ |
12 Ben Hadad heard this message as he was drinking, he and the kings under him who were in their tents. Ben Hadad commanded his men, “Line yourselves up in position for battle.” So they prepared themselves in position of battle to attack the city.
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ بَنْهَدَدُ هَذَا الْكَلامَ وَهُوَ يَشْرَبُ الْخَمْرَ فِي الْخِيَامِ مَعَ حُلَفَائِهِ الْمُلُوكِ، أَمَرَ رِجَالَهُ أَنْ يَتَأَهَّبُوا لِلْقِتَالِ، فَاسْتَعَدُّوا لِلْهُجُومِ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ. | ١٢ |
13 Then behold, a prophet came to Ahab king of Israel and said, “Yahweh says, 'Have you seen this great army? Look, I will place it into your hand today, and you will know that I am Yahweh.'”
| وَإذَا بِنَبِيٍّ يَتَقَدَّمُ إِلَى آخْابَ قَائِلاً: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: هَلْ تَرَى هَذَا الْجَيْشَ الْغَفِيرَ؟ هَا أَنَا أَنْصُرُكَ عَلَيْهِ الْيَوْمَ، فَتَعْلَمُ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ». | ١٣ |
14 Ahab replied, “By whom?” Yahweh replied and said, “By the young officers who serve the governors of the districts.” Then Ahab said, “Who will begin the battle?” Yahweh answered, “You.”
| فَسَأَلَ آخْابُ: «بِمَنْ يَكُونُ النَّصْرُ؟» فَأَجَابَ: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: بِقُوَّاتِ رُؤَسَاءِ الْمُقَاطَعَاتِ» فَعَادَ يَسْأَلُ: «مَنْ يَبْتَدِئُ الْحَرْبَ؟» فَأَجَابَ: «أَنْتَ». | ١٤ |
15 Then Ahab mustered the young officers who served the governors of the districts. They numbered 232. After them he mustered all the soldiers, all the army of Israel; seven thousand in number.
| فَأَحْصَى آخْابُ رِجَالَ رُؤَسَاءِ الْمُقَاطَعَاتِ، فَبَلَغُوا مِئَتَيْنِ وَاثْنَيْنِ وَثَلاثِينَ. ثُمَّ أَحْصَى بَعْدَهُمْ بَقِيَّةَ جَيْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَكَانُوا سَبْعَةَ آلافٍ. | ١٥ |
16 They went out at noon. Ben Hadad had been drinking himself drunk in his tent, he and the thirty-two lesser kings who were supporting him.
| وَانْدَفَعُوا عِنْدَ الظُّهْرِ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَبَنْهَدَدُ مُنْهَمِكٌ فِي السُّكْرِ فِي الْخِيَامِ مَعَ حُلَفَائِهِ الْمُلُوكِ الاثْنَيْنِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ، | ١٦ |
17 The young officers who served the governors of the districts went forward first. Then Ben Hadad was informed by scouts that he had sent out, “Men are coming out from Samaria.”
| وَتَقَدَّمَتْ قُوَّاتُ رُؤَسَاءِ الْمُقَاطَعَاتِ أَوَّلاً، فَقَالَ الْمُرَاقِبُونَ لِبَنْهَدَدَ: «رِجَالٌ مِنَ السَّامِرَةِ قَادِمُونَ عَلَيْنَا» | ١٧ |
18 Ben Hadad said, “Whether they have come out for peace or war, take them alive.”
| فَقَالَ: «اقْبِضُوا عَلَيْهِمْ أَحْيَاءَ، سَوَاءٌ كَانَ قُدُومُهُمْ لِلْهُدْنَةِ أَوْ لِلْحَرْبِ». | ١٨ |
19 So the young officers who served the governors of the districts went out of the city and the army followed them.
| وَهَكَذَا انْدَفَعَتْ قُوَّاتُ رُؤَسَاءِ الْمُقَاطَعَاتِ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَفِي أَعْقَابِهَا تَقَدَّمَ الْجَيْشُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّ | ١٩ |
20 Each man killed his opponent. The Arameans fled and Israel pursued them. Ben Hadad the king of Aram escaped on a horse along with some horsemen.
| وَهَاجَمَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ وَاحِداً مِنْ جَيْشِ الأَرَامِيِّينَ، فَهَرَبَ الأَرَامِيُّونَ، وَلاحَقَهُمُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ. وَتَمَكَّنَ بَنْهَدَدُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ مَعَ بَعْضِ فُرْسَانِهِ مِنَ النَّجَاةِ عَلَى خُيُولِهِمْ. | ٢٠ |
21 Then the king of Israel went out and attacked the horses and chariots, and killed the Arameans in a great slaughter.
| وَتَقَدَّمَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَاقْتَحَمَ الْخَيْلَ وَالْمَرْكَبَاتِ، وَأَنْزَلَ بِالأَرَامِيِّينَ هَزِيمَةً فَادِحَةً. | ٢١ |
22 So the prophet came to the king of Israel and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself, and understand and plan what you are doing, because at the return of the year the king of Aram will come up against you again.”
| وَاقْتَرَبَ النَّبِيُّ مِنْ آخْابَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «اذْهَبْ وَتَأَهَّبْ، وَدَبِّرْ شُؤُونَكَ، وَفَكِّرْ بِمَا تَفْعَلُ، لأَنَّهُ فِي نِهَايَةِ هَذَا الْعَامِ يُهَاجِمُكَ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ، | ٢٢ |
23 The servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their god is a god of the hills. That is why they were stronger than we were. But now let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they are.
| لأَنَّ رِجَالَهُ قَدْ قَالُوا لَهُ: إِنَّ آلِهَةَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ آلِهَةُ جِبَالٍ، لِذَلِكَ انْتَصَرُوا هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ، وَلَكِنْ إِنْ حَارَبْنَاهُمْ فِي السَّهْلِ فَإِنَّنَا نَهْزِمُهُمْ. | ٢٣ |
24 So you must do this: Remove all the kings from their positions of authority and replace them with military commanders.
| كَمَا اقْتَرَحُوا عَلَيْهِ عَزْلَ الْمُلُوكِ مِنْ قِيَادَةِ الْجُيُوشِ، وَتَعْيِينَ ضُبَّاطٍ بَدَلاً مِنْهُمْ. | ٢٤ |
25 Raise up an army like the army you lost—horse for horse and chariot for chariot—so we can fight them in the plain. Then surely we will be stronger than they are.” So Ben Hadad listened to their advice and did what they advised.
| وَقَالُوا لِبَنْهَدَدَ: جَهِّزْ لِنَفْسِكَ جَيْشاً ضَخْماً، يَكُونُ عَدَدُهُ كَعَدَدِ الْجَيْشِ الَّذِي فَقَدْتَهُ، فَرَساً بِفَرَسٍ وَمَرْكَبَةً بِمَرْكَبَةٍ، فَنُحَارِبَهُمْ فِي السَّهْلِ وَنَقْهَرَهُمْ». فَعَمِلَ بَنْهَدَدُ بِاقْتِرَاحِهِمْ وَرَأْيِهِمْ. | ٢٥ |
26 After the beginning of the new year, Ben Hadad mustered the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
| وَفِي نِهَايَةِ الْعَامِ جَهَّزَ بَنْهَدَدُ جَيْشاً مِنَ الأَرَامِيِّينَ، وَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى أَفِيقَ لِيُحَارِبَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ. | ٢٦ |
27 The people of Israel were mustered and supplied to fight against them. The people of Israel camped before them like two little flocks of goats, but the Arameans filled the countryside.
| وَحَشَدَتْ إِسْرَائِيلُ جَيْشَهَا وَجَهَّزَتْ مَؤُونَتَهُ وَتَقَدَّمُوا لِلِقَائِهِمْ، فَكَانُوا بِالْمُقَارَنَةِ بِالأَرَامِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ مَلَأُوا الأَرْضَ نَظِيرَ قَطِيعَيْنِ مِنْ الْمِعْزَى. | ٢٧ |
28 Then a man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel and said, “Yahweh says: 'Because the Arameans have said that Yahweh is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys, I will place this great army into your hand, and you will know that I am Yahweh.'”
| فَجَاءَ رَجُلُ اللهِ إِلَى آخْابَ وَقَالَ: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: لأَنَّ الأَرَامِيِّينَ قَدِ ادَّعُوا أَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَهُ جِبَالٍ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ إِلَهُ أَوْدِيَةٍ، فَإِنَّنِي سَأَنْصُرُكَ عَلَى كُلِّ هَذَا الْجَيْشِ الْغَفِيرِ، فَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ». | ٢٨ |
29 So the armies camped opposite each other for seven days. Then on the seventh day the battle started. The people of Israel killed 100,000 Aramean footmen in one day.
| وَهَكَذَا تَوَاجَهَ الطَّرَفَانِ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ. وَفِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ دَارَتْ رَحَى الْحَرْبِ، فَقَتَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ مِئَةَ أَلْفٍ مِنْ مُشَاةِ أَرَامَ، | ٢٩ |
30 The rest fled to Aphek, into the city, and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben Hadad fled and went into the city, into an inner room.
| وَهَرَبَ الأَحْيَاءُ إِلَى دَاخِلِ مَدِينَةِ أَفِيقَ، فَانْهَارَ السُّورُ عَلَى السَّبْعَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ الْبَاقِينَ. أَمَّا بَنْهَدَدُ فَقَدْ لَجَأَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَاخْتَبَأَ فِيهَا فِي مُخْدَعٍ دَاخِلَ مُخْدَعٍ. | ٣٠ |
31 Ben Hadad's servants said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Please let us put sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads, and go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will spare your life.”
| فَقَالَ لَهُ رِجَالُهُ: «لَقَدْ سَمِعْنَا أَنَّ مُلُوكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ مُلُوكٌ حَلِيمُونَ، فَلْنَرْتَدِ مُسُوحاً حَوْلَ أَحْقَائِنَا، وَنَضَعْ حِبَالاً عَلَى رُؤُوسِنَا، وَنَخْرُجْ إِلَى مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لَعَلَّهُ يَعْفُو عَنْكَ». | ٣١ |
32 So they put sackcloth on their waists and ropes around their heads and then went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben Hadad said, 'Please let me live.'” Ahab said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
| فَارْتَدَوْا مُسُوحاً حَوْلَ أَحْقَائِهِمْ، وَوَضَعُوا حِبَالاً عَلَى رُؤُوسِهِمْ، وَمَثَلُوا أَمَامَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلِينَ: «عَبْدُكَ بَنْهَدَدُ يَرْجُو الْعَفْوَ عَنْ حَيَاتِهِ». فَقَالَ: «أَلا يَزَالُ حَيًّا؟ هُوَ أَخِي!» | ٣٢ |
33 Now the men were listening for any sign from Ahab, so they quickly answered him, “Yes, your brother Ben Hadad is alive.” Then Ahab said, “Go and bring him.” Then Ben Hadad came to him, and Ahab had him come up into his chariot.
| فَتَفَاءَلَ رِجَالُ بَنْهَدَدَ، وَتَشَبَّثُوا بِالأَمَلِ، وَقَالُوا: «نَعَمْ هُوَ أَخُوكَ». فَقَالَ لَهُمْ آخْابُ: «اذْهَبُوا وَأَحْضِرُوهُ.» وَعِنْدَمَا وَصَلَ، أَصْعَدَهُ مَعَهُ فِي مَرْكَبَتِهِ، | ٣٣ |
34 Ben Hadad said to Ahab, “I will restore to you the cities that my father took from your father, and you may make markets for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” Ahab replied, “I will let you go with this covenant.” So Ahab made a covenant with him and then let him go.
| فَقَالَ بَنْهَدَدُ: «إِنِّي أَرُدُّ الْمُدُنَ الَّتِي اسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهَا أَبِي مِنْ أَبِيكَ، وَتُقِيمُ لِنَفْسِكَ أَسْوَاقاً تِجَارِيَّةً فِي دِمَشْقَ مُمَاثِلَةً لِلأَسْوَاقِ الَّتِي أَقَامَهَا أَبِي فِي السَّامِرَةِ». فَأَجَابَهُ الْمَلِكُ: «وَبِنَاءً عَلَى هَذَا الْعَهْدِ فَإِنَّنِي أُطْلِقُكَ حُرّاً». فَقَطَعَ لَهُ بَنْهَدَدُ عَهْداً وَأَطْلَقَهُ آخْابُ. | ٣٤ |
35 A certain man, one of the sons of the prophets, said to one of his fellow prophets by the word of Yahweh, “Please hit me.” But the man refused to hit him.
| وَنُزُولاً عِنْدَ أَمْرِ الرَّبِّ، قَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي الأَنْبِيَاءِ لِصَاحِبِهِ: «اضْرِبْنِي بِسَيْفِكَ». فَأَبَى الرَّجُلُ أَنْ يَضْرِبَهُ. | ٣٥ |
36 Then the prophet said to his fellow prophet, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh, as soon as you leave me, a lion will kill you.” As soon as that man had left him, a lion came upon him and killed him.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ: «إِنَّكَ لَمْ تُطِعْ أَمْرَ الرَّبِّ، فَعِنْدَ انْصِرَافِكَ مِنْ عِنْدِي يَقْتُلُكَ أَسَدٌ». وَحِينَ خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ لَقِيَهُ أَسَدٌ وَصَرَعَهُ. | ٣٦ |
37 Then the prophet found another man and said, “Please hit me.” So the man hit him and wounded him.
| ثُمَّ صَادَفَ النَّبِيُّ رَجُلاً آخَرَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: «اضْرِبْنِي». فَضَرَبَهُ وَجَرَحَهُ، | ٣٧ |
38 Then the prophet left and waited for the king by the road; he had disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes.
| فَمَضَى النَّبِيُّ وَاعْتَرَضَ طَرِيقَ الْمَلِكَ مُتَنَكِّراً بِعِصَابَةٍ عَلَى عَيْنَيْهِ. | ٣٨ |
39 As the king passed by, the prophet cried out to the king and said, “Your servant went out into the heat of the battle, and a soldier stopped and brought a man to me and said, 'Watch this man. If by any means he goes missing, your life will be given for his life, or you must pay a talent of silver.'
| وَعِنْدَمَا اجْتَازَ آخْابُ أَمَامَهُ نَادَاهُ وَقَالَ: «خَرَجَ عَبْدُكَ فِي أَثْنَاءِ اشْتِدَادِ الْمَعْرَكَةِ، وَإذَا بِرَجُلٍ أَقْبَلَ إِلَيَّ بِأَسِيرٍ، وَقَالَ: احْرُسْ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ، وَإِنْ فُقِدَ تَكُونُ نَفْسُكَ عِوَضَ نَفْسِهِ، أَوْ تَدْفَعُ وَزْنَةً مِنَ الفِضَّةِ (نَحْوَ سِتَّةٍ وَثَلاثِينَ كِيلُو جِرَاماً) | ٣٩ |
40 But because your servant was busy going here and there, the man escaped.” Then the king of Israel said to him, “This is what your punishment will be—you yourself have decided it.”
| وَفِيمَا عَبْدُكَ مُنْهَمِكٌ فِي بَعْضِ الأُمُورِ، اخْتَفَى الأَسِيرُ». فَقَالَ لَهُ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «لَقَدْ حَكَمْتَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ بِمَا قَضَيْتَ بِهِ». | ٤٠ |
41 Then the prophet quickly removed the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized that he was one of the prophets.
| عِنْدَئِذٍ بَادَرَ النَّبِيُّ فَرَفَعَ الْعِصَابَةَ عَنْ عَيْنَيْهِ فَأَدْرَكَ الْمَلِكُ أَنَّهُ مِنْ بَنِي الأَنْبِيَاءِ. | ٤١ |
42 The prophet said to the king, “Yahweh says, 'Because you have let go from your hand the man whom I had sentenced to death, your life will take the place of his life, and your people for his people.'”
| وَقَالَ لِلْمَلِكِ: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: لأَنَّكَ أَبْقَيْتَ عَلَى حَيَاةِ رَجُلٍ قَضَيْتُ بِهَلاكِهِ، فَسَتَمُوتُ بَدَلاً مِنْهُ، وَيَهْلِكُ شَعْبُكَ بَدَلاً مِنْ شَعْبِهِ». | ٤٢ |
43 So the king of Israel went to his house resentful and angry, and arrived in Samaria.
| فَانْصَرَفَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى قَصْرِهِ فِي السَّامِرَةِ مُكْتَئِباً مَغْمُوماً. | ٤٣ |
