اَلْمُلُوكِ ٱلثَّانِي 7

١ 1 وَقَالَ أَلِيشَعُ: «ٱسْمَعُوا كَلَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ. هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا ٱلْوَقْتِ غَدًا تَكُونُ كَيْلَةُ ٱلدَّقِيقِ بِشَاقِلٍ، وَكَيْلَتَا ٱلشَّعِيرِ بِشَاقِلٍ فِي بَابِ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ».

Elisha said, “Hear the LORD’s word. The LORD says, ‘Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.’”

٢ 2 وَإِنَّ جُنْدِيًّا لِلْمَلِكِ كَانَ يَسْتَنِدُ عَلَى يَدِهِ أَجَابَ رَجُلَ ٱللهِ وَقَالَ: «هُوَذَا ٱلرَّبُّ يَصْنَعُ كُوًى فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ! هَلْ يَكُونُ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرُ؟» فَقَالَ: «إِنَّكَ تَرَى بِعَيْنَيْكَ، وَلَكِنْ لَا تَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ».

Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, “Behold, if the LORD made windows in heaven, could this thing be?” He said, “Behold, you will see it with your eyes, but will not eat of it.”

٣ 3 وَكَانَ أَرْبَعَةُ رِجَالٍ بُرْصٍ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ ٱلْبَابِ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ لِصَاحِبِهِ: «لِمَاذَا نَحْنُ جَالِسُونَ هُنَا حَتَّى نَمُوتَ؟

Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate. They said to one another, “Why do we sit here until we die?

٤ 4 إِذَا قُلْنَا نَدْخُلُ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ، فَٱلْجُوعُ فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ فَنَمُوتُ فِيهَا. وَإِذَا جَلَسْنَا هُنَا نَمُوتُ. فَٱلْآنَ هَلُمَّ نَسْقُطْ إِلَى مَحَلَّةِ ٱلْأَرَامِيِّينَ، فَإِنِ اِسْتَحْيَوْنَا حَيِينَا، وَإِنْ قَتَلُونَا مُتْنَا».

If we say, ‘We will enter into the city,’ then the famine is in the city, and we will die there. If we sit still here, we also die. Now therefore come, and let’s surrender to the army of the Syrians. If they save us alive, we will live; and if they kill us, we will only die.”

٥ 5 فَقَامُوا فِي ٱلْعِشَاءِ لِيَذْهَبُوا إِلَى مَحَلَّةِ ٱلْأَرَامِيِّينَ. فَجَاءُوا إِلَى آخِرِ مَحَلَّةِ ٱلْأَرَامِيِّينَ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ هُنَاكَ أَحَدٌ.

They rose up in the twilight to go to the camp of the Syrians. When they had come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, no man was there.

٦ 6 فَإِنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ أَسْمَعَ جَيْشَ ٱلْأَرَامِيِّينَ صَوْتَ مَرْكَبَاتٍ وَصَوْتَ خَيْلٍ، صَوْتَ جَيْشٍ عَظِيمٍ. فَقَالُوا ٱلْوَاحِدُ لِأَخِيهِ: «هُوَذَا مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدِ ٱسْتَأْجَرَ ضِدَّنَا مُلُوكَ ٱلْحِثِّيِّينَ وَمُلُوكَ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ لِيَأْتُوا عَلَيْنَا».

For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear the sound of chariots and the sound of horses, even the noise of a great army; and they said to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to attack us.”

٧ 7 فَقَامُوا وَهَرَبُوا فِي ٱلْعِشَاءِ وَتَرَكُوا خِيَامَهُمْ وَخَيْلَهُمْ وَحَمِيرَهُمُ، ٱلْمَحَلَّةَ كَمَا هِيَ، وَهَرَبُوا لِأَجْلِ نَجَاةِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ.

Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

٨ 8 وَجَاءَ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْبُرْصُ إِلَى آخِرِ ٱلْمَحَلَّةِ وَدَخَلُوا خَيْمَةً وَاحِدَةً، فَأَكَلُوا وَشَرِبُوا وَحَمَلُوا مِنْهَا فِضَّةً وَذَهَبًا وَثِيَابًا وَمَضَوْا وَطَمَرُوهَا. ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا وَدَخَلُوا خَيْمَةً أُخْرَى وَحَمَلُوا مِنْهَا وَمَضَوْا وَطَمَرُوا.

When these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drank, then carried away silver, gold, and clothing and went and hid it. Then they came back, and entered into another tent and carried things from there also, and went and hid them.

٩ 9 ثُمَّ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: «لَسْنَا عَامِلِينَ حَسَنًا. هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمُ هُوَ يَوْمُ بِشَارَةٍ وَنَحْنُ سَاكِتُونَ، فَإِنِ ٱنْتَظَرْنَا إِلَى ضَوْءِ ٱلصَّبَاحِ يُصَادِفُنَا شَرٌّ. فَهَلُمَّ ٱلْآنَ نَدْخُلْ وَنُخْبِرْ بَيْتَ ٱلْمَلِكِ».

Then they said to one another, “We are not doing right. Today is a day of good news, and we keep silent. If we wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come, let’s go and tell the king’s household.”

١٠ 10 فَجَاءُوا وَدَعَوْا بَوَّابَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَأَخْبَرُوهُ قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّنَا دَخَلْنَا مَحَلَّةَ ٱلْأَرَامِيِّينَ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ هُنَاكَ أَحَدٌ وَلَا صَوْتُ إِنْسَانٍ، وَلَكِنْ خَيْلٌ مَرْبُوطَةٌ وَحَمِيرٌ مَرْبُوطَةٌ وَخِيَامٌ كَمَا هِيَ».

So they came and called to the city gatekeepers; and they told them, “We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, not even a man’s voice, but the horses tied, and the donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.”

١١ 11 فَدَعَا ٱلْبَوَّابِينَ فَأَخْبَرُوا بَيْتَ ٱلْمَلِكِ دَاخِلًا.

Then the gatekeepers called out and told it to the king’s household within.

١٢ 12 فَقَامَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لَيْلًا وَقَالَ لِعَبِيدِهِ: «لَأُخْبِرَنَّكُمْ مَا فَعَلَ لَنَا ٱلْأَرَامِيُّونَ. عَلِمُوا أَنَّنَا جِيَاعٌ فَخَرَجُوا مِنَ ٱلْمَحَلَّةِ لِيَخْتَبِئُوا فِي حَقْلٍ قَائِلِينَ: إِذَا خَرَجُوا مِنَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ قَبَضْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَحْيَاءً وَدَخَلْنَا ٱلْمَدِينَةَ».

The king arose in the night, and said to his servants, “I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry. Therefore they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, ‘When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into the city.’”

١٣ 13 فَأَجَابَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ عَبِيدِهِ وَقَالَ: «فَلْيَأْخُذُوا خَمْسَةً مِنَ ٱلْخَيْلِ ٱلْبَاقِيَةِ ٱلَّتِي بَقِيَتْ فِيهَا. هِيَ نَظِيرُ كُلِّ جُمْهُورِ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّذِينَ بَقَوْا بِهَا، أَوْ هِيَ نَظِيرُ كُلِّ جُمْهُورِ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّذِينَ فَنَوْا. فَنُرْسِلُ وَنَرَى».

One of his servants answered, “Please let some people take five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city. Behold, they are like all the multitude of Israel who are left in it. Behold, they are like all the multitude of Israel who are consumed. Let’s send and see.”

١٤ 14 فَأَخَذُوا مَرْكَبَتَيْ خَيْلٍ. وَأَرْسَلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَرَاءَ جَيْشِ ٱلْأَرَامِيِّينَ قَائِلًا: «ٱذْهَبُوا وَٱنْظُرُوا».

Therefore they took two chariots with horses; and the king sent them out to the Syrian army, saying, “Go and see.”

١٥ 15 فَٱنْطَلَقُوا وَرَاءَهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ، وَإِذَا كُلُّ ٱلطَّرِيقِ مَلآنٌ ثِيَابًا وَآنِيَةً قَدْ طَرَحَهَا ٱلْأَرَامِيُّونَ مِنْ عَجَلَتِهِمْ. فَرَجَعَ ٱلرُّسُلُ وَأَخْبَرُوا ٱلْمَلِكَ.

They went after them to the Jordan; and behold, all the path was full of garments and equipment which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. The messengers returned and told the king.

١٦ 16 فَخَرَجَ ٱلشَّعْبُ وَنَهَبُوا مَحَلَّةَ ٱلْأَرَامِيِّينَ. فَكَانَتْ كَيْلَةُ ٱلدَّقِيقِ بِشَاقِلٍ، وَكَيْلَتَا ٱلشَّعِيرِ بِشَاقِلٍ حَسَبَ كَلَامِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

The people went out and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a seah of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the LORD’s word.

١٧ 17 وَأَقَامَ ٱلْمَلِكُ عَلَى ٱلْبَابِ ٱلْجُنْدِيَّ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ يَسْتَنِدُ عَلَى يَدِهِ، فَدَاسَهُ ٱلشَّعْبُ فِي ٱلْبَابِ، فَمَاتَ كَمَا قَالَ رَجُلُ ٱللهِ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ عِنْدَ نُزُولِ ٱلْمَلِكِ إِلَيْهِ.

The king had appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to be in charge of the gate; and the people trampled over him in the gate, and he died as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.

١٨ 18 فَإِنَّهُ لَمَّا تَكَلَّمَ رَجُلُ ٱللهِ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ قَائِلًا: «كَيْلَتَا شَعِيرٍ بِشَاقِلٍ وَكَيْلَةُ دَقِيقٍ بِشَاقِلٍ تَكُونُ فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا ٱلْوَقْتِ غَدًا فِي بَابِ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ»

It happened as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, “Two seahs of barley for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour for a shekel, shall be tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria;”

١٩ 19 وَأَجَابَ ٱلْجُنْدِيُّ رَجُلَ ٱللهِ وَقَالَ: «هُوَذَا ٱلرَّبُّ يَصْنَعُ كُوًى فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ! هَلْ يَكُونُ مِثْلَ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ؟» قَالَ: «إِنَّكَ تَرَى بِعَيْنَيْكَ وَلَكِنَّكَ لَا تَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ».

and that captain answered the man of God, and said, “Now, behold, if the LORD made windows in heaven, might such a thing be?” and he said, “Behold, you will see it with your eyes, but will not eat of it.”

٢٠ 20 فَكَانَ لَهُ كَذَلِكَ. دَاسَهُ ٱلشَّعْبُ فِي ٱلْبَابِ فَمَاتَ.

It happened like that to him, for the people trampled over him in the gate, and he died.