Вторая книга Паралипоменон 25
1 Двадесяти пяти лет бысть Амасиа, егда царствовати нача, и двадесять девять лет царствова во Иерусалиме. Имя же матери его Иоадаень от Иерусалима.
Amaziah was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem.
2 И сотвори правое пред Господем, обаче не сердцем совершенным.
Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do them enthusiastically.
3 И бысть егда утвердися царство в руце его, и умертви рабы своя иже убиша царя отца его.
As soon as he was in complete control of his kingdom, he caused to be executed the officials who had murdered his father.
4 Сынов же их не изби по заповедем закона Господня, якоже писано есть в книзе закона Моисеова, якоже повеле Господь, глаголя: не умрут отцы за сыны, и сынове не умрут за отцы, но кийждо во гресе своем умрет.
But he did not command their sons to be executed; he obeyed what was in the laws that Moses had written. In those laws Yahweh had commanded, “People must not be executed because of [what] their children [have done], and children must not be executed for [what] their parents [have done]. People must be executed only for the sins that they themselves have committed.”
5 И собра Амасиа дом Иудин, и постави их по домом отечеств их в тысящники и сотники, во всей Иудеи и Вениамине: и сочте их от двадесяти лет и вышше, и обрете их триста тысящ сильных исходити на брань, держащих копия и щиты.
Amaziah summoned the men of [the tribes of] Judah and Benjamin to come to Jerusalem, and there he put them in groups, each clan in a group by themselves. Then he appointed officers to command each group. Some officers commanded 100 men and some commanded 1,000 men. They counted the men who were at least 20 years old; altogether there were 300,000 men. They were all men who were prepared to be in the army, and able to [fight well, ] using spears and shields.
6 Еще же ная от Израиля сто тысящ храбрых в силе, за сто талант сребра.
Amaziah also hired 100,000 capable soldiers from Israel and paid almost four tons of silver for them.
7 И прииде человек Божий к нему, глаголя: о, царю да не изыдет с тобою сила Израилева, несть бо Господь со Израилем, со всеми сыны Ефремли:
But a prophet came to him and said, “Your majesty, you must not allow those soldiers from Israel to march with your soldiers, because Yahweh does not help the people of the tribe of Ephraim or from [anywhere else in] Israel.
8 яко аще мниши укрепитися с ними, в бегство обратит тя Господь пред враги, зане от Господа есть укрепитися и в бегство обратитися.
Even if your soldiers go and fight courageously in battles, God will cause your enemies to defeat you; do not forget that God has the power to help armies or to cause them to be defeated.”
9 Рече же Амасиа к человеку Божию: и что сотворю о сте талантах, яже дах силе Израилеве? И рече человек Божий: имать Господь дати тебе множае сих.
Amaziah asked that prophet, “If I do that, what about the huge amount of silver that I paid to hire those soldiers from Israel?” The prophet replied, “Yahweh is able to pay you back more money than you paid [to hire those soldiers].”
10 И отлучи Амасиа силу пришедшую к нему от Ефрема, отити на место свое. И разгневашася зело на Иуду, и возвратишася во страну свою во гневе ярости.
So Amaziah told those soldiers from Israel to return home. They left to go home, but they were very angry with the king of Judah [for not allowing them to stay and fight].
11 И Амасиа укрепися, и взя люди своя и иде во удоль Сланую, и порази тамо сынов Сиир десять тысящ.
Then Amaziah became brave, and he led his army to the Salt Valley. There they killed 10,000 men from the Edom people-group.
12 И десять тысящ живых яша сынове Иудины, и приведоша их на верх некоторыя стремнины, и свергоша их стремглав с высоты стремнины, и вси разседошася.
The army of Judah also captured 10,000 others, and took them to the top of a cliff and threw them all down over the cliff, with the result that their corpses were all smashed to pieces.
13 Сынове же силы, ихже отсла Амасиа, да не идут с ним на брань, нападоша на грады Иудины от Самарии даже до Вефорона: и убиша от них три тысящы, и плениша плен мног.
While that was happening, the soldiers from Israel whom Amaziah had sent home after not allowing them to fight along with his soldiers, raided cities and towns in Judea, from Samaria [city] to Beth-Horon [town]. They killed 3,000 people and took away a great amount of valuable things.
14 И бысть егда возвратися Амасиа поразив Идумею, и принесе себе богов сынов Сиир, и постави в боги себе, и покланяшеся им и сам кадяше им.
When Amaziah returned [to Jerusalem] after his army had slaughtered the soldiers from Edom, he brought the idols that were worshiped by the people of Edom. He set them up to be his own gods. Then he bowed down to [worship] them and offered sacrifices to them.
15 И бысть гнев Господень на Амасию, и посла к нему пророка, и рече ему: почто взыскал еси богов людских, иже не избавиша людий своих от руку твоею?
Because of that, Yahweh was very angry with Amaziah. He sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why do you worship these foreign gods that were not even able to save their own people when your army attacked them?”
16 И бысть егда той глаголаше к нему, и отвеща ему: еда советника царева поставих тя? Внемли, да не биен будеши. И умолча пророк и рече: вем, яко восхоте Господь потребити тя, занеже сотворил еси сие зло) и не послушал еси совета моего.
While he was still speaking, the king said to him, “We certainly did not appoint you to be one of my advisors. So stop [talking]! If you say anything more, [I will tell my soldiers to] kill you!” So the prophet said, “I know that God has determined to get rid of you, because you have [begun to] worship idols, and have not heeded my advice.” Then the prophet said nothing more.
17 И совеща Амасиа царь Иудин, и посла ко Иоасу сыну Иоахаза сына Ииуева, ко царю Израилеву, глаголя: прииди, да увидимся между собою в лице.
Some time later Amaziah, the king of Judah, consulted his advisors. Then he sent a message to Jehoash, the king of Israel. He wrote, “Come here and let’s talk together.”
18 И посла Иоас царь Израилев ко Амасии царю Иудину, глаголя: терн, иже в Ливане, посла ко кедру ливанску, глаголя: даждь дщерь твою сыну моему в жену, и се, приидут зверие, иже в дубраве Ливанстей: и приидоша зверие и потопташа терн:
But Jehoash replied to King Amaziah, “One time a thistle growing [in the mountains] in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar tree saying, ‘Let your daughter marry my son.’ But a wild animal in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle under its feet.
19 рекл еси: се, поразих Идумею, и воздвизается сердце твое в гордыню: ныне седи в дому твоем, и почто совещаваеши себе лукавое? Падеши ты и Иуда с тобою.
[The meaning of what I am saying is that] you are saying to yourself that your army has defeated the army of Edom, so you have become very proud. But you should stay at your home. It would not be good for you to cause trouble, which would result in you and your kingdom of Judah being destroyed.”
20 И не послуша Амасиа, зане от Господа бысть, да предастся в руки Иоасу, яко взыска богов Идумейских.
But Amaziah refused to heed Jehoash’s message. That happened because God wanted Jehoash’s army to defeat them, because they were worshiping the gods of Edom.
21 И взыде Иоас царь Израилев, и явистася друг другу, той и Амасиа царь Иудин, в Вефсамисе, иже есть Иудин.
So Jehoash’s army attacked. Their two armies faced each other at Beth-Shemesh [city] in Judah.
22 И паде Иуда пред лицем Израилевым, и бежа кийждо в жилище свое.
The army of Judah was badly defeated by the army of Israel, and all the soldiers of Judah fled to their homes.
23 И Амасию царя Иудина сына Иоасова, сына Охозиина, ят Иоас царь Израилев в Вефсамисе, и введе его во Иерусалим, и разори стены Иерусалимли от врат Ефремлих даже до врат угла на четыреста лакот:
King Jehoash’s army also captured King Amaziah there. Then he brought Amaziah to Jerusalem, and his soldiers tore down the wall [that was around the city], from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. That was a section that was about 600 feet long.
24 и все злато и сребро, и вся сосуды обретшыяся в дому Господни и у Авдедома, и сокровища дому царева, и сынов залога, и возврати в Самарию.
His soldiers also carried away the gold and silver and other valuable furnishings from the temple which the descendants of Obed-Edom had previously been guarding. They also took away the valuable things in the palace, and they took to Samaria some prisoners whom they had captured.
25 И поживе Амасиа сын Иоасов, царь Иудин, по умертвии Иоаса сына Иоахазова царя Израилева пятьнадесять лет.
King Jehoash of Israel died, and King Amaziah of Judah lived for 15 years after that.
26 Прочая же словеса Амасиина первая и последняя, не се ли, писана суть в книзе царей Иудиных и Израилевых?
An account of all the other things that Amaziah did while he was the king [of Judah] is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’.
27 И во время егда Амасиа отступи от Господа, и нападоша на него нападением, и побеже из Иерусалима в Лахис. И послаша вслед его в Лахис, и убиша его ту.
From the time that Amaziah started to disobey Yahweh, some men in Jerusalem planned to kill him. He was able to escape to Lachish [city], but those who wanted to kill him sent another group of people to Lachish and killed him there.
28 И взяша его на конех и погребоша его со отцы его во граде Давидове.
They put his corpse on a horse and brought it back to Jerusalem and buried it where his ancestors [had been buried] in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’.
