1 Kings 20
1 And Ben-hadad the king of Syria collected all his army: and [there were] thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
| وَجَمَعَ بَنْهَدَدُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ كُلَّ جَيْشِهِ، وَٱثْنَيْنِ وَثَلَاثِينَ مَلِكًا مَعَهُ، وَخَيْلًا وَمَرْكَبَاتٍ وَصَعِدَ وَحَاصَرَ ٱلسَّامِرَةَ وَحَارَبَهَا. | ١ |
2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said to him, Thus saith Ben-hadad,
| وَأَرْسَلَ رُسُلًا إِلَى أَخْآبَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «هَكَذَا يَقُولُ بَنْهَدَدُ: | ٢ |
3 Thy silver and thy gold [is] mine; thy wives also and thy children, [even] the most comely, [are] mine.
| لِي فِضَّتُكَ وَذَهَبُكَ، وَلِي نِسَاؤُكَ وَبَنُوكَ ٱلْحِسَانُ». | ٣ |
4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I [am] thine, and all that I have.
| فَأَجَابَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقَالَ: «حَسَبَ قَوْلِكَ يَاسَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكَ، أَنَا وَجَمِيعُ مَا لِي لَكَ». | ٤ |
5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent to thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver to me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;
| فَرَجَعَ ٱلرُّسُلُ وَقَالُوا: «هَكَذَا تَكَلَّمَ بَنْهَدَدُ قَائِلًا: إِنِّي قَدْ أَرْسَلْتُ إِلَيْكَ قَائِلًا: إِنَّ فِضَّتَكَ وَذَهَبَكَ وَنِسَاءَكَ وَبَنِيكَ تُعْطِينِي إِيَّاهُمْ. | ٥ |
6 Yet I will send my servants to thee to-morrow about this time, and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, [that] whatever is pleasant in thy eyes, they shall take [it] in their hand, and carry [it] away.
| فَإِنِّي فِي نَحْوِ هَذَا ٱلْوَقْتِ غَدًا أُرْسِلُ عَبِيدِي إِلَيْكَ فَيُفَتِّشُونَ بَيْتَكَ وَبُيُوتَ عَبِيدِكَ، وَكُلَّ مَا هُوَ شَهِيٌّ فِي عَيْنَيْكَ يَضَعُونَهُ فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ وَيَأْخُذُونَهُ». | ٦ |
7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this [man] seeketh mischief: for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold, and I denied him not.
| فَدَعَا مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ جَمِيعَ شُيُوخِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَقَالَ: «ٱعْلَمُوا وَٱنْظُرُوا أَنَّ هَذَا يَطْلُبُ ٱلشَّرَّ، لِأَنَّهُ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ بِطَلَبِ نِسَائِي وَبَنِيَّ وَفِضَّتِي وَذَهَبِي وَلَمْ أَمْنَعْهَا عَنْهُ». | ٧ |
8 And all the elders and all the people said to him, Hearken not [to him], nor consent.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ كُلُّ ٱلشُّيُوخِ وَكُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ: «لَا تَسْمَعْ لَهُ وَلَا تَقْبَلْ». | ٨ |
9 Wherefore he said to the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first, I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.
| فَقَالَ لِرُسُلِ بَنْهَدَدَ: «قُولُوا لِسَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكِ إِنَّ كُلَّ مَا أَرْسَلْتَ فِيهِ إِلَى عَبْدِكَ أَوَّلًا أَفْعَلُهُ. وَأَمَّا هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرُ فَلَا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَفْعَلَهُ». فَرَجَعَ ٱلرُّسُلُ وَرَدُّوا عَلَيْهِ ٱلْجَوَابَ. | ٩ |
10 And Ben-hadad sent to him, and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
| فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ بَنْهَدَدُ وَقَالَ: «هَكَذَا تَفْعَلُ بِي ٱلْآلِهَةُ وَهَكَذَا تَزِيدُنِي، إِنْ كَانَ تُرَابُ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ يَكْفِي قَبَضَاتٍ لِكُلِّ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي يَتْبَعُنِي». | ١٠ |
11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell [him], Let not him that girdeth on [his harness] boast himself as he that putteth it off.
| فَأَجَابَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقَالَ: «قُولُوا: لَا يَفْتَخِرَنَّ مَنْ يَشُدُّ كَمَنْ يَحُلُّ». | ١١ |
12 And it came to pass, when [Ben-hadad] heard this message as he [was] drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said to his servants, Set [yourselves in array]. And they set [themselves in array] against the city.
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامَ وَهُوَ يَشْرَبُ مَعَ ٱلْمُلُوكِ فِي ٱلْخِيَامِ قَالَ لِعَبِيدِهِ: «ٱصْطَفُّوا». فَٱصْطَفُّوا عَلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ. | ١٢ |
13 And behold, there came a prophet to Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thy hand this day; and thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD.
| وَإِذَا بِنَبِيٍّ تَقَدَّمَ إِلَى أَخْآبَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقَالَ: «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَلْ رَأَيْتَ كُلَّ هَذَا ٱلْجُمْهُورِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ؟ هَأَنَذَا أَدْفَعُهُ لِيَدِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ، فَتَعْلَمُ أَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ». | ١٣ |
14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, [Even] by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.
| فَقَالَ أَخْآبُ: «بِمَنْ؟» فَقَالَ: «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: بِغِلْمَانِ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْمُقَاطَعَاتِ». فَقَالَ: «مَنْ يَبْتَدِئُ بِٱلْحَرْبِ؟» فَقَالَ: «أَنْتَ». | ١٤ |
15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, [even] all the children of Israel, [being] seven thousand.
| فَعَدَّ غِلْمَانَ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْمُقَاطَعَاتِ فَبَلَغُوا مِئَتَيْنِ وَٱثْنَيْنِ وَثَلَاثِينَ. وَعَدَّ بَعْدَهُمْ كُلَّ ٱلشَّعْبِ، كُلَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، سَبْعَةَ آلَافٍ. | ١٥ |
16 And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad [was] drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
| وَخَرَجُوا عِنْدَ ٱلظُّهْرِ وَبَنْهَدَدُ يَشْرَبُ وَيَسْكَرُ فِي ٱلْخِيَامِ هُوَ وَٱلْمُلُوكُ ٱلِٱثْنَانِ وَٱلثَّلَاثُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ سَاعَدُوهُ. | ١٦ |
17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.
| فَخَرَجَ غِلْمَانُ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْمُقَاطَعَاتِ أَوَّلًا. وَأَرْسَلَ بَنْهَدَدُ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ قَائِلِينَ: «قَدْ خَرَجَ رِجَالٌ مِنَ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ». | ١٧ |
18 And he said, Whether they have come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they have come out for war, take them alive.
| فَقَالَ: «إِنْ كَانُوا قَدْ خَرَجُوا لِلسَّلَامِ فَأَمْسِكُوهُمْ أَحْيَاءً، وَإِنْ كَانُوا قَدْ خَرَجُوا لِلْقِتَالِ فَأَمْسِكُوهُمْ أَحْيَاءً». | ١٨ |
19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.
| فَخَرَجَ غِلْمَانُ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْمُقَاطَعَاتِ هَؤُلَاءِ مِنَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، هُمْ وَٱلْجَيْشُ ٱلَّذِي وَرَاءَهُمْ، | ١٩ |
20 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the horsemen.
| وَضَرَبَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ رَجُلَهُ، فَهَرَبَ ٱلْأَرَامِيُّونَ، وَطَارَدَهُمْ إِسْرَائِيلُ، وَنَجَا بَنْهَدَدُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ عَلَى فَرَسٍ مَعَ ٱلْفُرْسَانِ. | ٢٠ |
21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
| وَخَرَجَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَضَرَبَ ٱلْخَيْلَ وَٱلْمَرْكَبَاتِ، وَضَرَبَ أَرَامَ ضَرْبَةً عَظِيمَةً. | ٢١ |
22 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said to him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.
| فَتَقَدَّمَ ٱلنَّبِيُّ إِلَى مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «ٱذْهَبْ تَشَدَّدْ، وَٱعْلَمْ وَٱنْظُرْ مَا تَفْعَلُ، لِأَنَّهُ عِنْدَ تَمَامِ ٱلسَّنَةِ يَصْعَدُ عَلَيْكَ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ». | ٢٢ |
23 And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods [are] gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
| وَأَمَّا عَبِيدُ مَلِكِ أَرَامَ فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «إِنَّ آلِهَتَهُمْ آلِهَةُ جِبَالٍ، لِذَلِكَ قَوُوا عَلَيْنَا. وَلَكِنْ إِذَا حَارَبْنَاهُمْ فِي ٱلسَّهْلِ فَإِنَّنَا نَقْوَى عَلَيْهِمْ. | ٢٣ |
24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
| وَٱفْعَلْ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ: ٱعْزِلِ ٱلْمُلُوكَ، كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ، وَضَعْ قُوَّادًا مَكَانَهُمْ. | ٢٤ |
25 And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, [and] surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened to their voice, and did so.
| وَأَحْصِ لِنَفْسِكَ جَيْشًا كَٱلْجَيْشِ ٱلَّذِي سَقَطَ مِنْكَ، فَرَسًا بِفَرَسٍ، وَمَرْكَبَةً بِمَرْكَبَةٍ، فَنُحَارِبَهُمْ فِي ٱلسَّهْلِ وَنَقْوَى عَلَيْهِمْ». فَسَمِعَ لِقَوْلِهِمْ وَفَعَلَ كَذَلِكَ. | ٢٥ |
26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
| وَعِنْدَ تَمَامِ ٱلسَّنَةِ عَدَّ بَنْهَدَدُ ٱلْأَرَامِيِّينَ وَصَعِدَ إِلَى أَفِيقَ لِيُحَارِبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٢٦ |
27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
| وَأُحْصِيَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ وَتَزَوَّدُوا وَسَارُوا لِلِقَائِهِمْ. فَنَزَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ مُقَابِلَهُمْ نَظِيرَ قَطِيعَيْنِ صَغِيرَيْنِ مِنَ ٱلْمِعْزَى، وَأَمَّا ٱلْأَرَامِيُّونَ فَمَلَأُوا ٱلْأَرْضَ. | ٢٧ |
28 And there came a man of God, and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD [is] God of the hills, but he [is] not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thy hand, and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
| فَتَقَدَّمَ رَجُلُ ٱللهِ وَكَلَّمَ مَلِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقَالَ: «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّ ٱلْأَرَامِيِّينَ قَالُوا: إِنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَهُ جِبَالٍ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ إِلَهَ أَوْدِيَةٍ، أَدْفَعُ كُلَّ هَذَا ٱلْجُمْهُورِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ لِيَدِكَ، فَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ». | ٢٨ |
29 And they encamped one over against the other seven days. And [so] it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians a hundred thousand footmen in one day.
| فَنَزَلَ هَؤُلَاءِ مُقَابِلَ أُولَئِكَ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ. وَفِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلسَّابِعِ ٱشْتَبَكَتِ ٱلْحَرْبُ، فَضَرَبَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرَامِيِّينَ مِئَةَ أَلْفِ رَاجِلٍ فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ. | ٢٩ |
30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and [there] a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men [that were] left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
| وَهَرَبَ ٱلْبَاقُونَ إِلَى أَفِيقَ، إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، وَسَقَطَ ٱلسُّورُ عَلَى ٱلسَّبْعَةِ وَٱلْعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ ٱلْبَاقِينَ. وَهَرَبَ بَنْهَدَدُ وَدَخَلَ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ، مِنْ مِخْدَعٍ إِلَى مِخْدَعٍ. | ٣٠ |
31 And his servants said to him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel [are] merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: it may be he will save thy life.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبِيدُهُ: «إِنَّنَا قَدْ سَمِعْنَا أَنَّ مُلُوكَ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ هُمْ مُلُوكٌ حَلِيمُونَ، فَلْنَضَعْ مُسُوحًا عَلَى أَحْقَائِنَا وَحِبَالًا عَلَى رُؤُوسِنَا وَنَخْرُجُ إِلَى مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لَعَلَّهُ يُحْيِي نَفْسَكَ». | ٣١ |
32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and [put] ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, [Is] he yet alive? he [is] my brother.
| فَشَدُّوا مُسُوحًا عَلَى أَحْقَائِهِمْ وَحِبَالًا عَلَى رُؤُوسِهِمْ وَأَتَوْا إِلَى مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقَالُوا: «يَقُولُ عَبْدُكَ بَنْهَدَدُ: لِتَحْيَ نَفْسِي». فَقَالَ: «أَهُوَ حَيٌّ بَعْدُ؟ هُوَ أَخِي». | ٣٢ |
33 Now the men diligently observed whether [any thing would come] from him, and did hastily catch [it]: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
| فَتَفَاءَلَ ٱلرِّجَالُ وَأَسْرَعُوا وَلَجُّوا هَلْ هُوَ مِنْهُ. وَقَالُوا: «أَخُوكَ بَنْهَدَدُ». فَقَالَ: «ٱدْخُلُوا خُذُوهُ» فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ بَنْهَدَدُ فَأَصْعَدَهُ إِلَى ٱلْمَرْكَبَةِ. | ٣٣ |
34 And [Ben-hadad] said to him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then [said Ahab], I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
| وَقَالَ لَهُ: «إِنِّي أَرُدُّ ٱلْمُدُنَ ٱلَّتِي أَخَذَهَا أَبِي مِنْ أَبِيكَ، وَتَجْعَلُ لِنَفْسِكَ أَسْوَاقًا فِي دِمَشْقَ كَمَا جَعَلَ أَبِي فِي ٱلسَّامِرَةِ». فَقَالَ: «وَأَنَا أُطْلِقُكَ بِهَذَا ٱلْعَهْدِ». فَقَطَعَ لَهُ عَهْدًا وَأَطْلَقَهُ. | ٣٤ |
35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.
| وَإِنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ قَالَ لِصَاحِبِهِ: «عَنْ أَمْرِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱضْرِبْنِي». فَأَبَى ٱلرَّجُلُ أَنْ يَضْرِبَهُ. | ٣٥ |
36 Then said he to him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou hast departed from me, a lion will slay thee. And as soon as he had departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ: «مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّكَ لَمْ تَسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِ ٱلرَّبِّ فَحِينَمَا تَذْهَبُ مِنْ عِنْدِي يَقْتُلُكَ أَسَدٌ». وَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ لَقِيَهُ أَسَدٌ وَقَتَلَهُ. | ٣٦ |
37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded [him].
| ثُمَّ صَادَفَ رَجُلًا آخَرَ فَقَالَ: «ٱضْرِبْنِي». فَضَرَبَهُ ٱلرَّجُلُ ضَرْبَةً فَجَرَحَهُ. | ٣٧ |
38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.
| فَذَهَبَ ٱلنَّبِيُّ وَٱنْتَظَرَ ٱلْمَلِكَ عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقِ، وَتَنَكَّرَ بِعِصَابَةٍ عَلَى عَيْنَيْهِ. | ٣٨ |
39 And as the king passed by, he cried to the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he shall be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
| وَلَمَّا عَبَرَ ٱلْمَلِكُ نَادَى ٱلْمَلِكَ وَقَالَ: «خَرَجَ عَبْدُكَ إِلَى وَسْطِ ٱلْقِتَالِ، وَإِذَا بِرَجُلٍ مَالَ وَأَتَى إِلَيَّ بِرَجُلٍ وَقَالَ: ٱحْفَظْ هَذَا ٱلرَّجُلَ، وَإِنْ فُقِدَ تَكُونُ نَفْسُكَ بَدَلَ نَفْسِهِ، أَوْ تَدْفَعُ وَزْنَةً مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ. | ٣٩ |
40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, So [shall] thy judgment [be]; thyself hast decided [it].
| وَفِيمَا عَبْدُكَ مُشْتَغِلٌ هُنَا وَهُنَاكَ إِذَا هُوَ مَفْقُودٌ». فَقَالَ لَهُ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «هَكَذَا حُكْمُكَ. أَنْتَ قَضَيْتَ». | ٤٠ |
41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he [was] of the prophets.
| فَبَادَرَ وَرَفَعَ ٱلْعِصَابَةَ عَنْ عَيْنَيْهِ، فَعَرَفَهُ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مِنَ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ. | ٤١ |
42 And he said to him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of [thy] hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ: «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: لِأَنَّكَ أَفْلَتَّ مِنْ يَدِكَ رَجُلًا قَدْ حَرَّمْتُهُ، تَكُونُ نَفْسُكَ بَدَلَ نَفْسِهِ، وَشَعْبُكَ بَدَلَ شَعْبِهِ». | ٤٢ |
43 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
| فَمَضَى مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ مُكْتَئِبًا مَغْمُومًا وَجَاءَ إِلَى ٱلسَّامِرَةِ. | ٤٣ |
