1 Kings 16

1 The LORD’s word came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

١ وَأَوْحَى الرَّبُّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ يَاهُو بْنِ حَنَانِي بِرِسَالَةٍ لِيُبَلِّغَهَا لِبَعْشَا:

2 “Because I exalted you out of the dust and made you prince over my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins,

٢ «لَقَدْ رَفَعْتُكَ مِنَ الْحَضِيضِ، وَنَصَّبْتُكَ مَلِكاً عَلَى شَعْبِي وَلَكِنَّكَ سَلَكْتَ فِي سُبُلِ يَرُبْعَامَ، وَجَعَلْتَ شَعْبِي يَأْثَمُونَ وَيُثِيرُونَ غَيْظِي بِخَطَايَاهُمْ.

3 behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house; and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

٣ لِهَذَا سَأَسْتَأْصِلُ ذُرِّيَّتَكَ وَسَائِرَ نَسْلِ بَيْتِكَ، وَأُبِيدُ بَيْتَكَ كَمَا أَبَدْتُ بَيْتَ يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ نَبَاطَ.

4 The dogs will eat Baasha’s descendants who die in the city; and he who dies of his in the field, the birds of the sky will eat.”

٤ فَكُلُّ مَنْ يَمُوتُ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِكَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ تَأْكُلُهُ الْكِلابُ، وَمَنْ يَمُوتُ مِنْهُمْ فِي الْحَقْلِ تَنْهَشُهُ طُيُورُ السَّمَاءِ».

5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

٥ أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ بَعْشَا وَمَا قَامَ بِهِ مِنْ أَعْمَالٍ وَبَأْسٍ، أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

6 Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his place.

٦ وَمَاتَ بَعْشَا وَدُفِنَ فِي تِرْصَةَ وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ أَيْلَةُ عَلَى عَرْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

7 Moreover the LORD’s word came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and against his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the LORD’s sight, to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck him.

٧ وَكَانَ كَلامُ الرَّبِّ أَيْضاً عَلَى لِسَانِ يَاهُو بْنِ حَنَانِي النَّبِيِّ بِشَأْنِ بَعْشَا وَذُرِّيَّتِهِ بِسَبَبِ مَا ارْتَكَبَهُ مِنْ شَرٍّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، فَأَثَارَ غَيْظَهُ بِمَا جَنَتْهُ يَدَاهُ، عَلَى مِثَالِ مَا اقْتَرَفَهُ بَيْتُ يَرُبْعَامَ، بَلْ فَاقَ عَلَيْهِ إِذْ أَقْدَمَ عَلَى إِبَادَةِ عَائِلَةِ يَرُبْعَامَ.

8 In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah for two years.

٨ وَفِي السَّنَةِ السَّادِسَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ حُكْمِ آسَا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، اعْتَلَى أَيْلَةُ بْنُ بَعْشَا فِي تِرْصَةَ عَرْشَ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِمُدَّةِ سَنَتَيْنِ.

9 His servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah;

٩ فَتَآمَرَ عَلَيْهِ زِمْرِي قَائِدُ نِصْفِ فِرْقَةِ الْمَرْكَبَاتِ بَيْنَمَا كَانَ فِي تِرْصَةَ يَشْرَبُ وَيَسْكَرُ فِي مَنْزِلِ أَرْصَا الْمُشْرِفِ عَلَى إِدَارَةِ الْقَصْرِ.

10 and Zimri went in and struck him and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.

١٠ فَاقْتَحَمَ زِمْرِي الْمَنْزِلَ وَاغْتَالَ أَيْلَةَ. وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ فِي السَّنَةِ السَّابِعَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ حُكْمِ آسَا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا وَخَلَفَهُ عَلَى عَرْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

11 When he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, he attacked all the house of Baasha. He didn’t leave him a single one who urinates on a wall among his relatives or his friends.

١١ وَحَالَمَا تَسَلَّمَ زِمَامَ الْمُلْكِ أَبَادَ كُلَّ ذُرِّيَّةِ بَعْشَا، فَلَمْ يُبْقِ عَلَى ذَكَرٍ مِنْهُمْ، كَمَا قَتَلَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ إِلَى بَعْشَا وَأَصْحَابَهُ.

12 Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to the LORD’s word which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,

١٢ وَهَكَذَا أَبَادَ زِمْرِي كُلَّ بَيْتِ بَعْشَا، تَحْقِيقاً لِقَضَاءِ الرَّبِّ عَلَى لِسَانِ يَاهُو النَّبِيِّ،

13 for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and with which they made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.

١٣ وَذَلِكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَا ارْتَكَبَهُ بَعْشَا وَابْنُهُ أَيْلَةُ مِنْ آثَامٍ، وَجَعلا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يُخْطِئُونَ، وَيَسْتَثِيرُونَ غَيْظَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِضَلالِهِمْ.

14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

١٤ أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ أَيْلَةَ وَكُلُّ مَا قَامَ بِهِ مِنْ أَعْمَالٍ، أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟

15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

١٥ وَفِي السَّنَةِ السَّابِعَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ لِحُكْمِ آسَا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، تَرَبَّعَ زِمْرِي عَلَى كُرْسِيِّ الْمَمْلَكَةِ لِمُدَّةِ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامٍ فِي تِرْصَةَ. وَكَانَ الْجَيْشُ آنَئِذٍ يُحَاصِرُ الْمَدِينَةَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيَّةَ جِبَّثُونَ.

16 The people who were encamped heard that Zimri had conspired, and had also killed the king. Therefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.

١٦ فَبَلَغَ مَسَامِعَ الْجَيْشِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّ أَنَّ زِمْرِي تَمَرَّدَ عَلَى الْمَلِكِ وَاغْتَالَهُ، فَنَصَّبَ الْجَيْشُ قَائِدَهُمْ عُمْرِيَ مَلِكاً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، وَهُمْ مَا بَرِحُوا فِي مَيْدَانِ الْقِتَالِ.

17 Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.

١٧ فَتَوَجَّهَ عُمْرِي وَكُلُّ الْجَيْشِ الَّذِي مَعَهُ مِنْ جِبَّثُونَ وَحَاصَرُوا تِرْصَةَ.

18 When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the fortified part of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over him with fire, and died,

١٨ وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَى زِمْرِي أَنَّ الْمَدِينَةَ قَدْ سَقَطَتْ، دَخَلَ قَصْرَ الْمَلِكِ وَأَشْعَلَ فِيهِ وَفِي نَفْسِهِ النَّارَ، فَمَاتَ،

19 for his sins which he sinned in doing that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did to make Israel to sin.

١٩ عِقَاباً عَلَى آثَامِهِ الَّتِي اقْتَرَفَهَا حِينَ ارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، وَسَلَكَ فِي سُبُلِ يَرُبْعَامَ، وَلأَنَّهُ جَعَلَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يُخْطِئُونَ.

20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he committed, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

٢٠ أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ زِمْرِي وَتَمَرُّدُهُ أَلَيْسَتْ هِي مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟

21 Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king, and half followed Omri.

٢١ وَمَا لَبِثَ الشَّعْبُ أَنِ انْقَسَمَ إِلَى فِئَتَيْنِ: فِئَةٌ تُنَاصِرُ تِبْنِي بْنَ جِينَةَ لِتُبَايِعَهُ عَلَى الْمُلْكِ، وَفِئَةٌ تُنَاصِرُ عُمْرِي.

22 But the people who followed Omri prevailed against the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath; so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.

٢٢ فَتَغَلَّبَ أَنْصَارُ عُمْرِي عَلَى أَنْصَارِ تِبْنِي بْنِ جِينَةَ، فَمَاتَ تِبْنِي وَسَلِمَ الْعَرْشُ لِعُمْرِي.

23 In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel for twelve years. He reigned six years in Tirzah.

٢٣ وَفِي السَّنَةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ لِحُكْمِ آسَا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، اعْتَلَى عُمْرِي عَرْشَ مَمْلَكَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، مِنْهَا سِتُّ سَنَوَاتٍ فِي تِرْصَةَ.

24 He bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.

٢٤ ثُمَّ اشْتَرَى جَبَلَ السَّامِرَةِ مِنْ شَامِرَ بِوَزْنَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ (نَحْوِ اثْنَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ كِيلُو جِرَاماً)، وَبَنَى عَلَيْهِ مَدِينَةً دَعَاهَا السَّامِرَةَ، عَلَى اسْمِ شَامِرَ صَاحِبِ الْجَبَلِ.

25 Omri did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and dealt wickedly above all who were before him.

٢٥ وَارْتَكَبَ عُمْرِي الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ حَتَّى فَاقَ إِثْمُهُ جَمِيعَ الَّذِينَ قَبْلَهُ،

26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sins with which he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.

٢٦ وَاقْتَرَفَ خَطَايَا يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ نَبَاطَ، وَسَلَكَ فِي سُبُلِهِ الَّتِي أَضَلَّ بِها إِسْرَائِيلَ فَاسْتَثَارُوا بِضَلالِهِمْ غَيْظَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمْ.

27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he showed, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

٢٧ أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ عُمْرِي وَمَا قَامَ بِهِ مِنْ أَعْمَالٍ وَمِنْ بَأْسٍ، أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟

28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his place.

٢٨ وَمَاتَ عُمْرِي وَدُفِنَ فِي السَّامِرَةِ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ آخْابُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ.

29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel. Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.

٢٩ وَمَلَكَ آخْابُ بْنُ عُمْرِي عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّامِنَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ لِحُكْمِ آسَا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، وَدَامَتْ وِلايَتُهُ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي السَّامِرَةِ مُدَّةَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً.

30 Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight above all that were before him.

٣٠ وَارْتَكَبَ آخْابُ بْنُ عُمْرِي الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، حَتَّى فَاقَ إِثْمُهُ جَمِيعَ أَسْلافِهِ.

31 As if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshiped him.

٣١ وَكَأَنَّمَا كَانَ الانْهِمَاكُ فِي ارْتِكَابِ خَطَايَا يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ نَبَاطَ أَمْراً تَافِهاً، فَتَزَوَّجَ مِنْ إِيزَابِلَ ابْنَةِ أَثْبَعَلَ مَلِكِ الصِّيدُونِيِّينَ، وَغَوَى وَرَاءَ الْبَعْلِ وَسَجَدَ لَهُ.

32 He raised up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.

٣٢ وَشَيَّدَ مَذْبَحاً لِلْبَعْلِ فِي مَعْبَدِ الْبَعْلِ الَّذِي بَنَاهُ فِي السَّامِرَةِ.

33 Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did more yet to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

٣٣ وَأَقَامَ آخْابُ مَنْحُوتَاتِ الأَصْنَامِ، وَتَفَاقَمَ شَرُّ أَعْمَالِهِ لِيُثِيرَ غَيْظَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ سَائِرِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ السَّابِقِينَ.

34 In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho. He laid its foundation with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the LORD’s word, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.

٣٤ وَفِي عَهْدِهِ بَنَى حِيئِيلُ الْبَيْتَئِيلِيُّ أَرِيحَا. وَعِنْدَمَا أَرْسَى أَسَاسَهَا مَاتَ ابْنُهُ الأَكْبَرُ أَبِيرَامُ، وَعِنْدَمَا نَصَبَ بَوَّابَاتِهَا مَاتَ ابْنُهُ الأَصْغَرُ سَجُوبُ، فَتَحَقَّقَ بِذَلِكَ وَعِيدُ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي نَطَقَ بِهِ عَلَى لِسَانِ يَشُوعَ بْنِ نُونٍ.