1 Kings 15

1 Then, in the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam reigned over Judah.

در هجدهمین سال سلطنت یربعام، پادشاه اسرائیل، اَبیّام پادشاه یهودا شد و سه سال در اورشلیم سلطنت کرد. مادر او معکه دختر ابشالوم بود.

2 He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.

3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him. Neither was his heart perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David, his father.

اَبیّام نیز مانند پدرش مرد فاسدی بود و مثل داوود پادشاه نبود که نسبت به خداوند وفادار باشد.

4 But for the sake of David, the Lord his God gave to him a lamp in Jerusalem, so that he might raise up his son after him, and so that he might establish Jerusalem.

اما با وجود این، خداوند به خاطر نظر لطفی که به جد او داوود داشت، به اَبیّام پسری بخشید تا سلطنت خاندان داوود در اورشلیم برقرار بماند؛

5 For David had done what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and he had not declined from all of the things that he had instructed to him, during all the days of his life, except the matter of Uriah, the Hittite.

چون داوود در تمام عمر خود مطابق میل خداوند رفتار می‌نمود. او از دستورهای خداوند سرپیچی نکرد، به‌جز در مورد اوریای حیتی.

6 Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam during the entire time of his life.

در طول سه سال سلطنت اَبیّام، بین رحُبعام و یربعام همیشه جنگ بود.

7 And the rest of the words of Abijam, and all that he did, were these not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah? And there was fighting between Abijam and Jeroboam.

رویدادهای دیگر سلطنت اَبیّام در کتاب تاریخ پادشاهان یهودا نوشته شده است. میان اَبیّام و یربعام دائم جنگ بود.

8 And Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa, his son, reigned in his place.

وقتی اَبیّام مرد، او را در اورشلیم دفن کردند و پسرش آسا به جای او پادشاه شد.

9 Then, in the twentieth year of Jeroboam, the king of Israel, Asa reigned as king of Judah.

در بیستمین سال سلطنت یربعام پادشاه اسرائیل، آسا پادشاه یهودا شد.

10 And he reigned for forty-one years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.

او چهل و یک سال در اورشلیم سلطنت کرد. مادر بزرگ او معکه دختر ابشالوم بود.

11 And Asa did what was right before the sight of the Lord, just as his father David did.

آسا هم مثل جد خود داوود، مطابق میل خداوند رفتار می‌کرد.

12 And he took away the effeminate from the land. And he purged all the filth of the idols, which his fathers had made.

افرادی را که لواط می‌کردند از سرزمین خود اخراج کرد و تمام بتهایی را که پدرش بر پا کرده بود، در هم کوبید.

13 Moreover, he also removed his mother, Maacah, from being the leader in the sacrifices of Priapus, and in his sacred grove which she had consecrated. And he destroyed his grotto. And he shattered the very indecent idol, and he burned it at the torrent Kidron.

حتی مادر بزرگ خود معکه را به سبب اینکه بت می‌پرستید، از مقام ملکه‌ای برکنار کرد و بت او را شکست و در درهٔ قدرون سوزانید.

14 But the high places, he did not take away. Yet truly, the heart of Asa was perfect with the Lord during all his days.

هر چند بتکده‌های بالای تپه‌ها به کلی از بین نرفت، اما آسا در تمام زندگی خویش نسبت به خداوند وفادار ماند.

15 And he brought the things that his father had sanctified and vowed back to the house of the Lord: the silver, and the gold, and the vessels.

آسا اشیاء طلا و نقره‌ای را که خود و پدرش وقف خانهٔ خداوند نموده بودند، در خانهٔ خداوند گذاشت.

16 Now there was war between Asa and Baasha, the king of Israel, during all their days.

آسا، پادشاه یهودا و بعشا، پادشاه اسرائیل همیشه با یکدیگر در حال جنگ بودند.

17 And Baasha, the king of Israel, ascended against Judah. And he built up Ramah, so that no one would be able to exit or enter from the side of Asa, the king of Judah.

بعشا، پادشاه اسرائیل به یهودا لشکر کشید و شهر رامه را بنا کرد تا نگذارد کسی نزد آسا، پادشاه یهودا رفت و آمد کند.

18 And so, Asa took all the silver and the gold which had remained in the treasuries of the house of the Lord, and in the treasuries of the house of the king, and he gave it into the hands of his servants. And he sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Syria, who was living in Damascus, saying:

آسا چون وضع را چنین دید، هر چه طلا و نقره در خزانه‌های خانۀ خداوند و کاخ سلطنتی بود گرفته، با این پیام برای بنهدد پسر طَبریمّون پسر حِزیون، پادشاه سوریه به دمشق فرستاد:

19 “There is a pact between me and you, and between my father and your father. For this reason, I have sent to you gifts of silver and of gold. And I ask you to go and break your pact with Baasha, the king of Israel, so that he may withdraw from me.”

«بیا مثل پدرانمان با هم متحد شویم. این طلا و نقره را که برایت می‌فرستم از من بپذیر. پیوند دوستی خود را با بعشا، پادشاه اسرائیل قطع کن تا او از قلمرو من خارج شود.»

20 Benhadad, acquiescing to king Asa, sent the leaders of his army against the cities of Israel. And they struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel, the house of Maacah, and all of Chinneroth, that is, all the land of Naphtali.

بنهدد موافقت کرد و با سپاهیان خود به اسرائیل حمله برد و شهرهای عیون، دان، آبل بیت‌معکه، ناحیهٔ دریاچهٔ جلیل و سراسر نفتالی را تسخیر کرد.

21 And when Baasha had heard this, he ceased from fortifying Ramah, and he returned to Tirzah.

وقتی بعشا این را شنید، از ادامهٔ بنای رامه دست کشید و به ترصه بازگشت.

22 Then king Asa sent an announcement to all of Judah, saying, “Let no one be excused.” And they took away the stones from Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had fortified it. And from these things, king Asa built up Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah.

آنگاه آسا به سراسر یهودا پیغام فرستاد که همهٔ مردان بدون استثنا بیایند و سنگها و چوبهایی را که بعشا برای بنای رامه به کار می‌برد برداشته، ببرند. آسا با این مصالح، شهر جبع واقع در زمین بنیامین و شهر مصفه را بنا نهاد.

23 Now all the rest of the words of Asa, and his entire strength, and all that he did, and the cities that he built, were these not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah? Yet truly, in the time of his old age, he was afflicted in his feet.

بقیهٔ رویدادهای سلطنت آسا، یعنی فتوحات و کارهای او و نام شهرهایی را که ساخته، همه در کتاب «تاریخ پادشاهان یهودا» نوشته شده است. آسا در سالهای پیری به پا درد سختی مبتلا شد.

24 And he slept with his fathers, and he was buried with them in the city of David, his father. And Jehoshaphat, his son, reigned in his place.

وقتی آسا فوت کرد، او را در آرامگاه سلطنتی، در شهر پدرش داوود دفن کردند. بعد از او پسرش یهوشافاط به مقام پادشاهی یهودا رسید.

25 Yet truly, Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, reigned over Israel, in the second year of Asa, the king of Judah. And he reigned over Israel for two years.

در سال دوم سلطنت آسا پادشاه یهودا، ناداب، پسر یربعام، پادشاه اسرائیل شد و دو سال سلطنت کرد.

26 And he did what is evil in the sight of the Lord. And he walked in the ways of his father and in his sins, by which he caused Israel to sin.

او نیز مثل پدرش نسبت به خداوند گناه ورزید و اسرائیل را به گناه کشاند.

27 Then Baasha, the son of Ahijah, from the house of Issachar, set an ambush against him, and he struck him down at Gibbethon, which is a city of the Philistines. For indeed, Nadab and all of Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.

بعشا پسر اخیا از قبیلهٔ یساکار بر ضد ناداب برخاست و هنگامی که ناداب با سپاه خود شهر جبتون را که یکی از شهرهای فلسطین بود محاصره می‌کرد بعشا ناداب را کشت.

28 And so Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa, the king of Judah, and he reigned in his place.

بعشا در سومین سال سلطنت آسا پادشاه یهودا، به جای ناداب بر تخت سلطنت اسرائیل نشست.

29 And when he had reigned, he struck down the entire house of Jeroboam. He did not leave behind even one soul from his offspring, until he had wiped him away, in accord with the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by the hand of Ahijah, the Shilonite,

او وقتی به قدرت رسید تمام فرزندان یربعام را کشت، به طوری که حتی یک نفر هم از خاندان او زنده نماند. این درست همان چیزی بود که خداوند به‌وسیلۀ خدمتگزارش اخیای شیلونی خبر داده بود؛

30 because of the sin of Jeroboam, which he had committed, and by which he had caused Israel to sin, and because of the offense by which he had provoked the Lord, the God of Israel.

زیرا یربعام نسبت به خداوند گناه ورزید و تمام اسرائیل را به گناه کشاند و خداوند، خدای قوم اسرائیل را خشمگین نمود.

31 But the rest of the words of Nadab, and all that he did, were these not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

جزئیات سلطنت ناداب در کتاب «تاریخ پادشاهان اسرائیل» نوشته شده است.

32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha, the king of Israel, during all their days.

بین آسا، پادشاه یهودا و بعشا، پادشاه اسرائیل همیشه جنگ بود.

33 In the third year of Asa, the king of Judah, Baasha, the son of Ahijah, reigned over all of Israel, at Tirzah, for twenty-four years.

در سومین سال سلطنت آسا پادشاه یهودا، بعشا بر اسرائیل پادشاه شد و بیست و چهار سال در ترصه سلطنت کرد.

34 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord. And he walked in the ways of Jeroboam, and in his sins, by which he caused Israel to sin.

او نیز مثل یربعام نسبت به خداوند گناه ورزید و اسرائیل را به گناه کشاند.