< اول پادشاهان 21 >
شخصی به نام نابوت یزرعیلی تاکستانی در یزرعیل، نزدیک کاخ اَخاب پادشاه داشت. | 1 |
And Achaab numbered the young men the heads of the districts, and they were two hundred and thirty: and afterwards he numbered the people, [even] every man fit for war, seven thousand.
روزی اَخاب به دیدن نابوت رفت و به او گفت: «تاکستان تو نزدیک خانهٔ من است. آن را به من بفروش، چون برای سبزیکاری به آن احتیاج دارم. اگر بخواهی قیمتش را به نقره میپردازم، یا اینکه به جای آن، تاکستان بهتری به تو میدهم.» | 2 |
And he went forth at noon, an the son of Ader was drinking [and] getting drunk in Socchoth, he and the kings, [even] thirty and two kings, his allies.
ولی نابوت جواب داد: «خداوند آن روز را نیاورد که من میراث اجدادم را به تو بدهم.» | 3 |
And the young men the heads of the districts went forth first; and they send and report to the king of Syria, saying, There are men come forth out of Samaria.
اَخاب پادشاه از این جواب رد چنان پریشان و ناراحت شد که به کاخ سلطنتیاش برگشت و در بستر خود دراز کشید و رویش را از همه برگردانید و لب به غذا نزد. | 4 |
And he said to them, If they come forth peaceably, take them alive; and if they come forth to war, take them alive:
زنش ایزابل پیش او آمد و پرسید: «چه شده؟ چرا غذا نمیخوری؟ چه اتفاقی افتاده که این همه تو را ناراحت کرده است؟» | 5 |
and let not the young men the heads of the districts go forth of the city. And the force that was behind them
اَخاب جواب داد: «امروز از نابوت یزرعیلی خواستم تاکستانش را به من به نقره بفروشد، و یا آن را با تاکستان دیگری عوض کند، ولی او قبول نکرد.» | 6 |
struck each one the man next to him; and each one a second time struck the man next to him: and Syria fled, and Israel pursued them; and the son of Ader, [even] the king of Syria, escapes on the horse of a horseman.
ایزابل به او گفت: «مگر تو در اسرائیل پادشاه نیستی؟ بلند شو و غذا بخور و هیچ ناراحت نباش؛ تاکستان نابوت را من خودم برایت میگیرم!» | 7 |
And the king of Israel went forth, and took all the horses and the chariots, and struck [the enemy] with a great slaughter in Syria.
ایزابل چند نامه به اسم اَخاب پادشاه نوشت و با مهر سلطنتی آنها را مهر کرد و برای مشایخ و سایر بزرگان شهر یزرعیل فرستاد. | 8 |
And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said, Strengthen yourself, and observe, and see what you shall do; for at the return of the year the son of Ader king of Syria comes up against you.
ایزابل در نامهٔ خود چنین نوشت: «اهالی شهر را به روزه فرا خوانید و نابوت را در صدر مجلس بنشانید. | 9 |
And the servants of the king of Syria, even they said, The God of Israel [is] a God of mountains, and not a God of valleys; therefore has he prevailed against us: but if we should fight against them in the plain, verily we shall prevail against them.
سپس دو ولگرد اجیر کنید تا بیایند و شهادت بدهند که نابوت به خدا و پادشاه ناسزا گفته است. آنگاه او را از شهر بیرون کشیده، سنگسارش کنید.» | 10 |
And do you this thing: Send away the kings, each one to his place, and set princes in their stead.
پس مشایخ و سایر بزرگان شهر نابوت مطابق دستورهای ایزابل که در نامههای ارسالی نوشته شده بود، عمل کردند. | 11 |
And we will give you [another] army according to the army that was destroyed, and cavalry according to the cavalry, and chariots according to the chariots, and we will fight against them in the plain, and we shall prevail against them. And he listened to their voice, and did so.
آنها مردم شهر را جمع کردند و نابوت را به محاکمه کشیدند. | 12 |
And it came to pass at the return of the year, that the son of Ader reviewed Syria, and went up to Apheca to war against Israel.
بعد دو ولگرد آمده، شهادت دروغ دادند که نابوت به خدا و پادشاه ناسزا گفته است. آنگاه او را از شهر بیرون کشیده، سنگسارش کردند. | 13 |
And the children of Israel were numbered, and came to meet them: and Israel encamped before them as two little flocks of goats, but Syria filled the land.
سپس به ایزابل خبر دادند که نابوت سنگسار شد و مرد. | 14 |
And there came the man of God, and said to the king of Israel, Thus says the Lord, Because Syria has said, The Lord God of Israel [is] a God of the hills, and he [is] not a God of the valleys, therefore will I give this great army into your hand, and you shall know that I [am] the Lord.
ایزابل وقتی این خبر را شنید به اَخاب گفت: «بلند شو و تاکستانی را که نابوت نمیخواست به تو بفروشد، تصرف کن. چون او دیگر زنده نیست.» | 15 |
And they encamp one over against the other before them seven days. And it came to pass on the seventh day that the battle drew on, and Israel struck Syria, [even] a hundred thousand footmen in one day.
اَخاب رفت تا تاکستان را تصرف کند. | 16 |
And the rest fled to Apheca, into the city; and the wall fell upon twenty-seven thousand men that were left: and the son of Ader fled, and entered into an inner chamber, into a closet.
در این هنگام خداوند به ایلیای نبی فرمود: | 17 |
And he said to his servants, I know that the kings of Israel are merciful kings: let us now put sackcloth upon our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and let us go forth to the king of Israel, if by any means he will save our souls alive.
«برخیز و به شهر سامره، نزد اَخاب پادشاه برو. او به تاکستان نابوت رفته است تا آن را تصرف کند. | 18 |
So they girded sackcloth upon their loins, and put ropes upon their heads, and said to the king of Israel, Your servant the son of Ader says, Let our souls live, I pray you. And he said, Does he yet live? He is my brother.
این پیغام را از جانب من به او برسان: آیا کشتن نابوت کافی نبود که حالا میخواهی اموال او را نیز غارت کنی؟ سپس به او بگو: همانطور که سگها در بیابان خون نابوت را لیسیدند، خون تو را هم خواهند لیسید!» | 19 |
And the men divined, and offered drink-offerings; and they caught the word out of his mouth, and said, Your brother the son of Ader. And he said, Go you in and fetch him. And the son of Ader went out to him, and they cause him to go up to him into the chariot.
وقتی اَخاب چشمش به ایلیا افتاد فریاد زد: «ای دشمن من، باز هم تو به سراغم آمدی!» ایلیا جواب داد: «بله، من به سراغت آمدهام، زیرا تو خود را فروختهای تا آنچه را که در نظر خداوند بد است انجام دهی. | 20 |
And he said to him, The cities which my father took from your father I will restore to you; and you shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made streets in Samaria; and I will let you go with a covenant. And he made a covenant with him, and let him go.
بدان که بهزودی خداوند، تو را به بلای بزرگی گرفتار خواهد ساخت و نسل تو را از روی زمین برخواهد داشت به طوری که حتی یک مرد، خواه برده و خواه آزاد، از نسل تو در اسرائیل باقی نخواهد ماند! | 21 |
And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor by the word of the Lord, Strike me, I pray, And the man would not strike him.
افراد خاندان تو را مثل خاندان یربعام پسر نِباط و بعشا پسر اَخیّا از بین میبرد، چون خداوند را خشمگین نمودهای و تمام بنیاسرائیل را به گناه کشاندهای. | 22 |
And he said to him, Because you have not listened to the voice of the Lord, therefore, behold, as you depart from me, a lion shall strike you: and he departed from him, and a lion found him, and struck him.
همچنین خداوند در مورد ایزابل میفرماید:”سگها بدن ایزابل را کنار دیوار یزرعیل پارهپاره خواهند کرد.“ | 23 |
And he finds another man, and says, Strike me, I pray you. And the man struck him, and in striking wounded [him].
از خانوادهٔ اَخاب هر که در شهر بمیرد، سگها او را میخورند و هر که در بیابان بمیرد لاشخورها او را میخورند.» | 24 |
And the prophet went and stood before the king of Israel by the way, and bound his eyes with a bandage.
(هیچکس نبود که مثل اَخاب پادشاه تا این حد خود را به گناه فروخته باشد تا آنچه را که در نظر خداوند بد است، به جا آورد؛ زیرا زنش ایزابل او را اغوا میکرد. | 25 |
And it came to pass as the king passed by, that he cried aloud to the king, and said, Your servant went out to war, and, behold, a man brought [another] man to me, and said to me, Keep his man; and if he should by any means escape, then your life shall go for his life, or you shall pay a talent of silver.
او با پرستش بتها به شیوهٔ اموریها که خداوند آنها را از سرزمین موعود بیرون رانده بود، به گناهان شرمآوری دست زد.) | 26 |
And it came to pass, that your servant looked round this way and that way, and the man was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, Behold, you have also destroyed snares [set] for me.
وقتی اَخاب سخنان ایلیا را شنید، لباس خود را پاره کرد و پلاس پوشیده، روزه گرفت. او در پلاس میخوابید و ماتم زده راه میرفت و با کسی حرف نمیزد. | 27 |
And he hasted, and took away the bandage from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized him, that he was one of the prophets.
پیغام دیگری از جانب خداوند به ایلیای تشبی رسید: | 28 |
And he said to him, Thus says the Lord, Because you have suffered to escape out of your hand a man appointed to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.
«ببین اَخاب چگونه در حضور من متواضع شده است. حال که اینچنین در حضور من فروتن شده است، مادامی که زنده است این بلا را بر سرش نمیآورم بلکه در زمان سلطنت پسرش بر خاندان او این بلا را میفرستم.» | 29 |
And the king of Israel departed confounded and discouraged, and came to Samaria.