اَلْمُلُوكِ ٱلثَّانِي 8

١ 1 وَكَلَّمَ أَلِيشَعُ ٱلْمَرْأَةَ ٱلَّتِي أَحْيَا ٱبْنَهَا قَائِلًا: «قُومِي وَٱنْطَلِقِي أَنْتِ وَبَيْتُكِ وَتَغَرَّبِي حَيْثُمَا تَتَغَرَّبِي، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَدْ دَعَا بِجُوعٍ فَيَأْتِي أَيْضًا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ سَبْعَ سِنِينٍ».

Now Elisha had spoken to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wherever thou can sojourn, for Jehovah has called for a famine, and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

٢ 2 فَقَامَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ وَفَعَلَتْ حَسَبَ كَلَامِ رَجُلِ ٱللهِ، وَٱنْطَلَقَتْ هِيَ وَبَيْتُهَا وَتَغَرَّبَتْ فِي أَرْضِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ سَبْعَ سِنِينٍ.

And the woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of God. And she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.

٣ 3 وَفِي نِهَايَةِ ٱلسِّنِينِ ٱلسَّبْعِ رَجَعَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ مِنْ أَرْضِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَخَرَجَتْ لِتَصْرُخَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ لِأَجْلِ بَيْتِهَا وَحَقْلِهَا.

And it came to pass at the end of seven years, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines, and she went forth to cry to the king for her house and for her land.

٤ 4 وَكَلَّمَ ٱلْمَلِكُ جِيحْزِيَ غُلَامَ رَجُلِ ٱللهِ قَائِلًا: «قُصَّ عَلَيَّ جَمِيعَ ٱلْعَظَائِمِ ٱلَّتِي فَعَلَهَا أَلِيشَعُ».

Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha has done.

٥ 5 وَفِيمَا هُوَ يَقُصُّ عَلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ كَيْفَ أَنَّهُ أَحْيَا ٱلْمَيْتَ، إِذَا بِٱلْمَرْأَةِ ٱلَّتِي أَحْيَا ٱبْنَهَا تَصْرُخُ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ لِأَجْلِ بَيْتِهَا وَلِأَجْلِ حَقْلِهَا. فَقَالَ جِيحْزِي: «يَا سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكَ، هَذِهِ هِيَ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ وَهَذَا هُوَ ٱبْنُهَا ٱلَّذِي أَحْيَاهُ أَلِيشَعُ».

And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored to life him who was dead, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life.

٦ 6 فَسَأَلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْمَرْأَةَ فَقَصَّتْ عَلَيْهِ ذَلِكَ، فَأَعْطَاهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ خَصِيًّا قَائِلًا: «أَرْجِعْ كُلَّ مَا لَهَا وَجَمِيعَ غَلَاّتِ ٱلْحَقْلِ مِنْ حِينِ تَرَكَتِ ٱلْأَرْضَ إِلَى ٱلْآنَ».

And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed to her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.

٧ 7 وَجَاءَ أَلِيشَعُ إِلَى دِمَشْقَ. وَكَانَ بَنْهَدَدُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ مَرِيضًا، فَأُخْبِرَ وَقِيلَ لَهُ: «قَدْ جَاءَ رَجُلُ ٱللهِ إِلَى هُنَا».

And Elisha came to Damascus, and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick. And it was told him, saying, The man of God has come here.

٨ 8 فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِحَزَائِيلَ: «خُذْ بِيَدِكَ هَدِيَّةً وَٱذْهَبْ لِٱسْتِقْبَالِ رَجُلِ ٱللهِ، وَٱسْأَلِ ٱلرَّبَّ بِهِ قَائِلًا: هَلْ أَشْفَى مِنْ مَرَضِي هَذَا؟».

And the king said to Hazael, Take a present in thy hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of Jehovah by him, saying, Shall I recover of this sickness?

٩ 9 فَذَهَبَ حَزَائِيلُ لِٱسْتِقْبَالِهِ وَأَخَذَ هَدِيَّةً بِيَدِهِ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ خَيْرَاتِ دِمَشْقَ حِمْلَ أَرْبَعِينَ جَمَلًا، وَجَاءَ وَوَقَفَ أَمَامَهُ وَقَالَ: «إِنَّ ٱبْنَكَ بَنْهَدَدَ مَلِكَ أَرَامَ قَدْ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكَ قَائِلًا: هَلْ أُشْفَى مِنْ مَرَضِي هَذَا؟»

So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria has sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this sickness?

١٠ 10 فَقَالَ لَهُ أَلِيشَعُ: «ٱذْهَبْ وَقُلْ لَهُ: شِفَاءً تُشْفَى. وَقَدْ أَرَانِي ٱلرَّبُّ أَنَّهُ يَمُوتُ مَوْتًا».

And Elisha said to him, Go, say to him, Thou shall surely recover. However Jehovah has shown me that he shall surely die.

١١ 11 فَجَعَلَ نَظَرَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَثَبَّتَهُ حَتَّى خَجِلَ، فَبَكَى رَجُلُ ٱللهِ.

And he settled his countenance steadfastly upon him, until he was ashamed. And the man of God wept.

١٢ 12 فَقَالَ حَزَائِيلُ: «لِمَاذَا يَبْكِي سَيِّدِي؟» فَقَالَ: «لِأَنِّي عَلِمْتُ مَا سَتَفْعَلُهُ بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ ٱلشَّرِّ، فَإِنَّكَ تُطْلِقُ ٱلنَّارَ فِي حُصُونِهِمْ، وَتَقْتُلُ شُبَّانَهُمْ بِٱلسَّيْفِ، وَتُحَطِّمُ أَطْفَالَهُمْ، وَتَشُقُّ حَوَامِلَهُمْ».

And Hazael said, Why do thou weep my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou will do to the sons of Israel: their strongholds thou will set on fire, and their young men thou will kill with the sword, and will dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child.

١٣ 13 فَقَالَ حَزَائِيلُ: «وَمَنْ هُوَ عَبْدُكَ ٱلْكَلْبُ حَتَّى يَفْعَلَ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ ٱلْعَظِيمَ؟» فَقَالَ أَلِيشَعُ: «قَدْ أَرَانِي ٱلرَّبُّ إِيَّاكَ مَلِكًا عَلَى أَرَامَ».

And Hazael said, But what is thy servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, Jehovah has shown me that thou shall be king over Syria.

١٤ 14 فَٱنْطَلَقَ مِنْ عِنْدِ أَلِيشَعَ وَدَخَلَ إِلَى سَيِّدِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ: «مَاذَا قَالَ لَكَ أَلِيشَعُ؟» فَقَالَ: «قَالَ لِي إِنَّكَ تَحْيَا».

Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him, What did Elisha say to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou would surely recover.

١٥ 15 وَفِي ٱلْغَدِ أَخَذَ ٱللِّبْدَةَ وَغَمَسَهَا بِٱلْمَاءِ، وَنَشَرَهَا عَلَى وَجْهِهِ وَمَاتَ، وَمَلَكَ حَزَائِيلُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took the coverlet, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died. And Hazael reigned in his stead.

١٦ 16 وَفِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلْخَامِسَةِ لِيُورَامَ بْنِ أَخْآبَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوشَافَاطَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، مَلَكَ يَهُورَامُ بْنُ يَهُوشَافَاطَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا.

And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

١٧ 17 كَانَ ٱبْنَ ٱثْنَتَيْنِ وَثَلَاثِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ ثَمَانِي سِنِينٍ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

١٨ 18 وَسَارَ فِي طَرِيقِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ كَمَا فَعَلَ بَيْتُ أَخْآبَ، لِأَنَّ بِنْتَ أَخْآبَ كَانَتْ لَهُ ٱمْرَأَةً، وَعَمِلَ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife. And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.

١٩ 19 وَلَمْ يَشَإِ ٱلرَّبُّ أَنْ يُبِيدَ يَهُوذَا مِنْ أَجْلِ دَاوُدَ عَبْدِهِ، كَمَا قَالَ إِنَّهُ يُعْطِيهِ سِرَاجًا وَلِبَنِيهِ كُلَّ ٱلْأَيَّامِ.

However Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his sons always.

٢٠ 20 فِي أَيَّامِهِ عَصَى أَدُومُ مِنْ تَحْتِ يَدِ يَهُوذَا وَمَلَّكُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ مَلِكًا.

In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

٢١ 21 وَعَبَرَ يُورَامُ إِلَى صَعِيرَ وَجَمِيعُ ٱلْمَرْكَبَاتِ مَعَهُ، وَقَامَ لَيْلًا وَضَرَبَ أَدُومَ ٱلْمُحِيطَ بِهِ وَرُؤَسَاءَ ٱلْمَرْكَبَاتِ. وَهَرَبَ ٱلشَّعْبُ إِلَى خِيَامِهِمْ.

Then Joram passed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him. And he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites that encompassed him about, and the captains of the chariots. And the people fled to their tents.

٢٢ 22 وَعَصَى أَدُومُ مِنْ تَحْتِ يَدِ يَهُوذَا إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. حِينَئِذٍ عَصَتْ لِبْنَةُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ.

So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

٢٣ 23 وَبَقِيَّةُ أُمُورِ يُورَامَ وَكُلُّ مَا صَنَعَ، أَمَا هِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي سِفْرِ أَخْبَارِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ لِمُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟

And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

٢٤ 24 وَٱضْطَجَعَ يُورَامُ مَعَ آبَائِهِ، وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ، وَمَلَكَ أَخَزْيَا ٱبْنُهُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ.

And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.

٢٥ 25 فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلثَّانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ لِيُورَامَ بْنِ أَخْآبَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، مَلَكَ أَخَزْيَا بْنُ يَهُورَامَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا.

In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign.

٢٦ 26 وَكَانَ أَخَزْيَا ٱبْنَ ٱثْنَتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ سَنَةً وَاحِدَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَٱسْمُ أُمِّهِ عَثَلْيَا بِنْتُ عُمْرِي مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel.

٢٧ 27 وَسَارَ فِي طَرِيقِ بَيْتِ أَخْآبَ، وَعَمِلَ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ كَبَيْتِ أَخْآبَ، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ صِهْرَ بَيْتِ أَخْآبَ.

And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did the house of Ahab, for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab.

٢٨ 28 وَٱنْطَلَقَ مَعَ يُورَامَ بْنِ أَخْآبَ لِمُقَاتَلَةِ حَزَائِيلَ مَلِكِ أَرَامَ فِي رَامُوتِ جِلْعَادَ، فَضَرَبَ ٱلْأَرَامِيُّونَ يُورَامَ.

And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram.

٢٩ 29 فَرَجَعَ يُورَامُ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِيَبْرَأَ فِي يَزْرَعِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْجُرُوحِ ٱلَّتِي جَرَحَهُ بِهَا ٱلْأَرَامِيُّونَ فِي رَامُوتَ عِنْدَ مُقَاتَلَتِهِ حَزَائِيلَ مَلِكَ أَرَامَ. وَنَزَلَ أَخَزْيَا بْنُ يَهُورَامَ مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا لِيَرَى يُورَامَ بْنَ أَخْآبَ فِي يَزْرَعِيلَ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ مَرِيضًا.

And king Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.