اَلْمُلُوكِ ٱلْأَوَّلُ 20
| وَجَمَعَ بَنْهَدَدُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ كُلَّ جَيْشِهِ، وَٱثْنَيْنِ وَثَلَاثِينَ مَلِكًا مَعَهُ، وَخَيْلًا وَمَرْكَبَاتٍ وَصَعِدَ وَحَاصَرَ ٱلسَّامِرَةَ وَحَارَبَهَا. | ١ 1 |
Ben-hadad, king of Aram, called up his entire army. Together with thirty-two kings and their assembled horses and chariots, he marched to besiege Samaria, to fight against it.
| وَأَرْسَلَ رُسُلًا إِلَى أَخْآبَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «هَكَذَا يَقُولُ بَنْهَدَدُ: | ٢ 2 |
He sent messengers to Ahab, king of Israel, in the city to tell him, “This is what Ben-hadad says:
| لِي فِضَّتُكَ وَذَهَبُكَ، وَلِي نِسَاؤُكَ وَبَنُوكَ ٱلْحِسَانُ». | ٣ 3 |
Your silver and gold belong to me now, and your best wives and children also belong to me!”
| فَأَجَابَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقَالَ: «حَسَبَ قَوْلِكَ يَاسَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكَ، أَنَا وَجَمِيعُ مَا لِي لَكَ». | ٤ 4 |
“It's as you say, my lord the king,” the king of Israel replied. “I am yours, as well as everything that belongs to me.”
| فَرَجَعَ ٱلرُّسُلُ وَقَالُوا: «هَكَذَا تَكَلَّمَ بَنْهَدَدُ قَائِلًا: إِنِّي قَدْ أَرْسَلْتُ إِلَيْكَ قَائِلًا: إِنَّ فِضَّتَكَ وَذَهَبَكَ وَنِسَاءَكَ وَبَنِيكَ تُعْطِينِي إِيَّاهُمْ. | ٥ 5 |
The messengers returned and said, “This is what Ben-hadad says: I have sent you a message demanding you give me your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children.
| فَإِنِّي فِي نَحْوِ هَذَا ٱلْوَقْتِ غَدًا أُرْسِلُ عَبِيدِي إِلَيْكَ فَيُفَتِّشُونَ بَيْتَكَ وَبُيُوتَ عَبِيدِكَ، وَكُلَّ مَا هُوَ شَهِيٌّ فِي عَيْنَيْكَ يَضَعُونَهُ فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ وَيَأْخُذُونَهُ». | ٦ 6 |
But around this time tomorrow I'm going to send my men to search your palace and the homes of your officials. They will take and carry away everything you see as valuable.”
| 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 7 |
The king of Israel called all the elders of the land and told them, “Look how this man is trying to cause trouble! When he demanded my wives and my children, my silver and my gold, I didn't say no.”
| فَقَالَ لَهُ كُلُّ ٱلشُّيُوخِ وَكُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ: «لَا تَسْمَعْ لَهُ وَلَا تَقْبَلْ». | ٨ 8 |
All the elders and all the people present responded, “Don't listen to him. Don't agree to his demands.”
| 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 9 |
So the king told Ben-hadad's messengers, “Tell my lord the king: Everything you demanded at first your servant will do, but I cannot agree to this latest demand.” The messengers took the reply back to him.
| فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ بَنْهَدَدُ وَقَالَ: «هَكَذَا تَفْعَلُ بِي ٱلْآلِهَةُ وَهَكَذَا تَزِيدُنِي، إِنْ كَانَ تُرَابُ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ يَكْفِي قَبَضَاتٍ لِكُلِّ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي يَتْبَعُنِي». | ١٠ 10 |
Ben-hadad responded to him, “May the gods do as much to me and more if there remains enough dust in Samaria to give my subjects a handful each!”
| فَأَجَابَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقَالَ: «قُولُوا: لَا يَفْتَخِرَنَّ مَنْ يَشُدُّ كَمَنْ يَحُلُّ». | ١١ 11 |
The king of Israel replied, “Tell him this: A man putting on his armor should not brag like one who is taking it off.”
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامَ وَهُوَ يَشْرَبُ مَعَ ٱلْمُلُوكِ فِي ٱلْخِيَامِ قَالَ لِعَبِيدِهِ: «ٱصْطَفُّوا». فَٱصْطَفُّوا عَلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ. | ١٢ 12 |
Ben-hadad received this message while he and the kings were drinking in their tents. He immediately gave the order to his officers, “Get ready to attack!” So they prepared to attack the city.
| 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 13 |
At the same time a prophet came up to Ahab, king of Israel, and told him, “This is what the Lord says: You see this massive army? Just watch, because I will make you victorious today, and you will be convinced that I am the Lord.”
| فَقَالَ أَخْآبُ: «بِمَنْ؟» فَقَالَ: «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: بِغِلْمَانِ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْمُقَاطَعَاتِ». فَقَالَ: «مَنْ يَبْتَدِئُ بِٱلْحَرْبِ؟» فَقَالَ: «أَنْتَ». | ١٤ 14 |
“But who's going to do this?” Ahab asked. The prophet answered, “This is what the Lord says: It will be the young officers under the district commanders.” “And who's going to start the battle?” he asked. The prophet replied, “You are!”
| فَعَدَّ غِلْمَانَ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْمُقَاطَعَاتِ فَبَلَغُوا مِئَتَيْنِ وَٱثْنَيْنِ وَثَلَاثِينَ. وَعَدَّ بَعْدَهُمْ كُلَّ ٱلشَّعْبِ، كُلَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، سَبْعَةَ آلَافٍ. | ١٥ 15 |
So Ahab called up the 232 young officers of the district commanders, and assembled the 7,000 soldiers that made up Israel's army.
| وَخَرَجُوا عِنْدَ ٱلظُّهْرِ وَبَنْهَدَدُ يَشْرَبُ وَيَسْكَرُ فِي ٱلْخِيَامِ هُوَ وَٱلْمُلُوكُ ٱلِٱثْنَانِ وَٱلثَّلَاثُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ سَاعَدُوهُ. | ١٦ 16 |
They left at noon while Ben-hadad and the thirty-two kings with him were busy getting drunk in their tents.
| فَخَرَجَ غِلْمَانُ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْمُقَاطَعَاتِ أَوَّلًا. وَأَرْسَلَ بَنْهَدَدُ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ قَائِلِينَ: «قَدْ خَرَجَ رِجَالٌ مِنَ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ». | ١٧ 17 |
The young officers of the district commanders took the lead. The scouts Ben-hadad had sent out came and reported to him, “Enemy soldiers are advancing from Samaria.”
| فَقَالَ: «إِنْ كَانُوا قَدْ خَرَجُوا لِلسَّلَامِ فَأَمْسِكُوهُمْ أَحْيَاءً، وَإِنْ كَانُوا قَدْ خَرَجُوا لِلْقِتَالِ فَأَمْسِكُوهُمْ أَحْيَاءً». | ١٨ 18 |
“If they're coming in peace, take them alive,” he ordered. “If they're coming to attack, take them alive.”
| فَخَرَجَ غِلْمَانُ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْمُقَاطَعَاتِ هَؤُلَاءِ مِنَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، هُمْ وَٱلْجَيْشُ ٱلَّذِي وَرَاءَهُمْ، | ١٩ 19 |
The young officers of the district commanders advanced from the city, followed by the army.
| وَضَرَبَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ رَجُلَهُ، فَهَرَبَ ٱلْأَرَامِيُّونَ، وَطَارَدَهُمْ إِسْرَائِيلُ، وَنَجَا بَنْهَدَدُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ عَلَى فَرَسٍ مَعَ ٱلْفُرْسَانِ. | ٢٠ 20 |
Each man killed his opponent, and the Arameans ran away. The Israelites chased them, but Ben-hadad, king of Aram, escaped on horseback with his cavalry.
| وَخَرَجَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَضَرَبَ ٱلْخَيْلَ وَٱلْمَرْكَبَاتِ، وَضَرَبَ أَرَامَ ضَرْبَةً عَظِيمَةً. | ٢١ 21 |
Then the king of Israel came out and attacked the horses and chariots. He inflicted a great defeat on the Arameans.
| فَتَقَدَّمَ ٱلنَّبِيُّ إِلَى مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «ٱذْهَبْ تَشَدَّدْ، وَٱعْلَمْ وَٱنْظُرْ مَا تَفْعَلُ، لِأَنَّهُ عِنْدَ تَمَامِ ٱلسَّنَةِ يَصْعَدُ عَلَيْكَ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ». | ٢٢ 22 |
Later on the prophet came to the king of Israel and told him, “Go and reinforce your defenses, and check what you need to do, because in the spring the king of Aram will come and attack you again.”
| وَأَمَّا عَبِيدُ مَلِكِ أَرَامَ فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «إِنَّ آلِهَتَهُمْ آلِهَةُ جِبَالٍ، لِذَلِكَ قَوُوا عَلَيْنَا. وَلَكِنْ إِذَا حَارَبْنَاهُمْ فِي ٱلسَّهْلِ فَإِنَّنَا نَقْوَى عَلَيْهِمْ. | ٢٣ 23 |
In the meantime the king of Aram's officers told him, “Their gods are gods of the mountains. That's why they could defeat us. But if we fight them in the lowlands, we can beat them.
| وَٱفْعَلْ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ: ٱعْزِلِ ٱلْمُلُوكَ، كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ، وَضَعْ قُوَّادًا مَكَانَهُمْ. | ٢٤ 24 |
You should do this: remove each of the kings from their positions and replace them with commanders.
| وَأَحْصِ لِنَفْسِكَ جَيْشًا كَٱلْجَيْشِ ٱلَّذِي سَقَطَ مِنْكَ، فَرَسًا بِفَرَسٍ، وَمَرْكَبَةً بِمَرْكَبَةٍ، فَنُحَارِبَهُمْ فِي ٱلسَّهْلِ وَنَقْوَى عَلَيْهِمْ». فَسَمِعَ لِقَوْلِهِمْ وَفَعَلَ كَذَلِكَ. | ٢٥ 25 |
You also have to raise another army to replace the one you lost—horse for horse, chariot for chariot. Then we can fight them in the lowlands and we will definitely beat them.” Ben-hadad listened to their advice and did as they said.
| وَعِنْدَ تَمَامِ ٱلسَّنَةِ عَدَّ بَنْهَدَدُ ٱلْأَرَامِيِّينَ وَصَعِدَ إِلَى أَفِيقَ لِيُحَارِبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٢٦ 26 |
When spring came Ben-hadad called up the Aramean army and went to attack Israel at Aphek.
| وَأُحْصِيَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ وَتَزَوَّدُوا وَسَارُوا لِلِقَائِهِمْ. فَنَزَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ مُقَابِلَهُمْ نَظِيرَ قَطِيعَيْنِ صَغِيرَيْنِ مِنَ ٱلْمِعْزَى، وَأَمَّا ٱلْأَرَامِيُّونَ فَمَلَأُوا ٱلْأَرْضَ. | ٢٧ 27 |
The Israelite army was also called up and provided with supplies. They went to confront the Arameans. But when the Israelites set up their camp opposite the enemy they looked like couple of flocks of goats in comparison with the Aramean army that filled the whole land.
| 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 28 |
Then the man of God came to the king of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says: Because the Arameans have said, ‘The Lord is only a god of the mountains and not of the valleys,’ I will make you victorious over the whole of this massive army. Then you will be convinced that I am the Lord.”
| فَنَزَلَ هَؤُلَاءِ مُقَابِلَ أُولَئِكَ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ. وَفِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلسَّابِعِ ٱشْتَبَكَتِ ٱلْحَرْبُ، فَضَرَبَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرَامِيِّينَ مِئَةَ أَلْفِ رَاجِلٍ فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ. | ٢٩ 29 |
The armies camped opposite each other for seven days. On the seventh day the battle took place. The Israelites killed 100,000 of the Aramean infantry in one day.
| وَهَرَبَ ٱلْبَاقُونَ إِلَى أَفِيقَ، إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، وَسَقَطَ ٱلسُّورُ عَلَى ٱلسَّبْعَةِ وَٱلْعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ ٱلْبَاقِينَ. وَهَرَبَ بَنْهَدَدُ وَدَخَلَ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ، مِنْ مِخْدَعٍ إِلَى مِخْدَعٍ. | ٣٠ 30 |
The rest ran away to the town of Aphek, where a wall collapsed on 27,000 of those that remained. Ben-hadad also ran to the town and hid in an inside room.
| 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 31 |
Ben-hadad's officers said to him, “Look, we've heard that the Israelite kings are merciful. Let's surrender to the king of Israel, wearing sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads. Maybe he will let you live.”
| فَشَدُّوا مُسُوحًا عَلَى أَحْقَائِهِمْ وَحِبَالًا عَلَى رُؤُوسِهِمْ وَأَتَوْا إِلَى مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقَالُوا: «يَقُولُ عَبْدُكَ بَنْهَدَدُ: لِتَحْيَ نَفْسِي». فَقَالَ: «أَهُوَ حَيٌّ بَعْدُ؟ هُوَ أَخِي». | ٣٢ 32 |
So wearing sackcloth around their waists and ropes on their heads, they went and surrendered to the king of Israel, and told him, “Your servant Ben-hadad asks, ‘Please let me live.’” The king replied “Is he still alive? I think of him as my brother.”
| فَتَفَاءَلَ ٱلرِّجَالُ وَأَسْرَعُوا وَلَجُّوا هَلْ هُوَ مِنْهُ. وَقَالُوا: «أَخُوكَ بَنْهَدَدُ». فَقَالَ: «ٱدْخُلُوا خُذُوهُ» فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ بَنْهَدَدُ فَأَصْعَدَهُ إِلَى ٱلْمَرْكَبَةِ. | ٣٣ 33 |
The men thought this was a good sign and they immediately took the king at his word, saying, “Yes, Ben-hahad is your brother.” “Go and fetch him!” said the king. So Ben-hadad came out of hiding and surrendered to Ahab, who pulled him up into his chariot.
| 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 34 |
Ben-hadad said to him, “I will return the towns my father took from your father, and you can organize your own places for trade in Damascus, like my father did in Samaria.” “By making this agreement I set you free,” Ahab replied. He made a treaty with Ben-hadad and let him go.
| وَإِنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ قَالَ لِصَاحِبِهِ: «عَنْ أَمْرِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱضْرِبْنِي». فَأَبَى ٱلرَّجُلُ أَنْ يَضْرِبَهُ. | ٣٥ 35 |
Following a message he received from the Lord, one of the sons of the prophets said to his colleague, “Please hit me.” But the man refused to hit him.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ: «مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّكَ لَمْ تَسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِ ٱلرَّبِّ فَحِينَمَا تَذْهَبُ مِنْ عِنْدِي يَقْتُلُكَ أَسَدٌ». وَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ لَقِيَهُ أَسَدٌ وَقَتَلَهُ. | ٣٦ 36 |
So the prophet told him, “Since you have not done what the Lord said, once you leave me a lion is going to kill you.” When the man left, a lion came and killed him.
| ثُمَّ صَادَفَ رَجُلًا آخَرَ فَقَالَ: «ٱضْرِبْنِي». فَضَرَبَهُ ٱلرَّجُلُ ضَرْبَةً فَجَرَحَهُ. | ٣٧ 37 |
The prophet found another man and said, “Please hit me!” So the man hit him, wounding him.
| فَذَهَبَ ٱلنَّبِيُّ وَٱنْتَظَرَ ٱلْمَلِكَ عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقِ، وَتَنَكَّرَ بِعِصَابَةٍ عَلَى عَيْنَيْهِ. | ٣٨ 38 |
Then the prophet went and stood beside the road, waiting for the king. He had disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes.
| 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 39 |
As the king was passing by, he shouted out to the king: “Your servant had gone out fighting right in the middle of the battle, when all of a sudden a man came over with a prisoner and told me, ‘Guard this man! If for any reason he escapes, you will pay for his life with your life, or you will be fined a talent of silver.’
| وَفِيمَا عَبْدُكَ مُشْتَغِلٌ هُنَا وَهُنَاكَ إِذَا هُوَ مَفْقُودٌ». فَقَالَ لَهُ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «هَكَذَا حُكْمُكَ. أَنْتَ قَضَيْتَ». | ٤٠ 40 |
But while your servant was busy with other things, the man got away.” “So that will be your punishment then,” the king of Israel told him. “You have sentenced yourself.”
| فَبَادَرَ وَرَفَعَ ٱلْعِصَابَةَ عَنْ عَيْنَيْهِ، فَعَرَفَهُ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مِنَ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ. | ٤١ 41 |
Then the prophet quickly took off the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized he was one of the prophets.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ: «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: لِأَنَّكَ أَفْلَتَّ مِنْ يَدِكَ رَجُلًا قَدْ حَرَّمْتُهُ، تَكُونُ نَفْسُكَ بَدَلَ نَفْسِهِ، وَشَعْبُكَ بَدَلَ شَعْبِهِ». | ٤٢ 42 |
He told the king, “This is what the Lord says: You have let go a man I had decided should die. Therefore you will pay for his life with your life, your people for his people.”
| فَمَضَى مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ مُكْتَئِبًا مَغْمُومًا وَجَاءَ إِلَى ٱلسَّامِرَةِ. | ٤٣ 43 |
The king of Israel went home to Samaria, sulking and infuriated.
