2 Chronicles 21

1 Then Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and he was buried with them in the City of David. And his son, Jehoram, reigned in his place.

وقتی یهوشافاط مرد، او را در آرامگاه سلطنتی در اورشلیم، شهر داوود، دفن کردند و پسر او یهورام به جای او به سلطنت رسید.

2 And he had brothers, sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah. All these were sons of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah.

برادران او، یعنی سایر پسران یهوشافاط، اینها بودند: عزریا، یحی‌ئیل، زکریا، عزریاهو، میکائیل و شفطیا.

3 And their father gave to them many gifts of silver, and gold, and valuables, with very fortified cities in Judah. But the kingdom he handed on to Jehoram, because he was the firstborn.

پدرشان به هر یک از آنها هدایایی گرانبها از قبیل نقره و طلا و جواهرات و نیز شهرهای حصاردار در یهودا بخشیده بود. اما سلطنت را به یهورام داد چون پسر ارشدش بود. ولی یهورام وقتی زمام امور را به دست گرفت و بر اوضاع مسلط شد، تمام برادران خود و عدهٔ زیادی از بزرگان اسرائیل را کشت.

4 Therefore, Jehoram rose up over the kingdom of his father. And when he had established himself, he killed with the sword all his brothers, and certain ones from the leaders of Israel.

5 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.

یهورام در سن سی و دو سالگی پادشاه شد و هشت سال در اورشلیم سلطنت کرد،

6 And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For his wife was a daughter of Ahab, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

دختر اَخاب زن او بود و او مانند اَخاب و سایر پادشاهان اسرائیل نسبت به خداوند گناه می‌ورزید.

7 But the Lord was not willing to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had formed with him, and because he had promised that he would provide a lamp to him, and to his sons, for all time.

اما خداوند نخواست دودمان سلطنت داوود را براندازد، زیرا با داوود عهد بسته بود که همیشه یکی از پسرانش پادشاه باشد.

8 In those days, Edom rebelled, so as not to be subject to Judah, and they appointed for themselves a king.

در دورهٔ سلطنت یهورام، مردم ادوم از فرمان یهودا سرپیچی کردند و پادشاهی برای خود تعیین نمودند.

9 And when Jehoram had gone across with his leaders, and all the horsemen who were with him, he arose in the night, and struck the Edomites (who had surrounded him), and all the commanders of his horsemen.

یهورام و فرماندهان سپاه او با تمام ارابه‌های جنگی عازم ادوم شدند. اما ادومی‌ها آنها را محاصره کردند و یهورام شبانه از دست ادومی‌ها گریخت.

10 Even so, Edom rebelled, so as not to be under the authority of Judah, even to this day. Also at that time, Libnah withdrew, so as not to be under his hand. For he had forsaken the Lord, the God of his fathers.

به این ترتیب ادوم تا به امروز استقلال خود را از یهودا حفظ کرده است. در این هنگام اهالی شهر لبنه نیز شورش نمودند، زیرا یهورام از خداوند، خدای اجدادش برگشته بود.

11 Moreover, he also constructed high places in the cities of Judah. And he caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to fornicate, and Judah to prevaricate.

او همچنین بر بلندیهای یهودا بتخانه‌ها ساخت و اهالی اورشلیم را به بت‌پرستی کشاند و باعث شد مردم یهودا از خدا دور شوند.

12 Then letters were conveyed to him from the prophet Elijah, in which it was written: “Thus says the Lord, the God of David, your father: Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat, your father, nor in the ways of Asa, the king of Judah,

یهورام نامه‌ای از ایلیای نبی با این مضمون دریافت کرد: «خداوند، خدای جد تو داوود، می‌فرماید که چون مثل پدرت یهوشافاط و مانند آسا پادشاه یهودا رفتار نکردی،

13 but instead you have advanced along the paths of the kings of Israel, and you have caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to fornicate, imitating the fornication of the house of Ahab, and moreover, you have killed your brothers, the house of your father, who are better than you:

بلکه مثل پادشاهان اسرائیل شرور بوده‌ای و مانند زمان اَخاب پادشاه، مردم یهودا و اورشلیم را به بت‌پرستی کشانده‌ای، و چون برادرانت را که از خودت بهتر بودند به قتل رساندی،

14 behold, the Lord will strike you with a great plague, with all your people, and your sons and wives, and all your substance.

پس خداوند بلای سختی دامنگیر قوم تو و زنان و فرزندانت خواهد کرد؛ و تو هر چه داری از دست خواهی داد.

15 And you shall be sickened by a very grievous disease of your bowels, until your inner organs depart, little by little, each day.”

خودت نیز به مرض روده‌ای سختی مبتلا خواهی شد و این مرض آنقدر طول خواهد کشید تا روده‌هایت از بین برود.»

16 Therefore, the Lord stirred up, against Jehoram, the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who are along the borders of the Ethiopians.

بنابراین خداوند فلسطینی‌ها و عرب‌هایی را که همسایهٔ حبشی‌ها بودند بر ضد یهورام برانگیخت.

17 And they ascended into the land of Judah. And they laid waste to it. And they despoiled all the substance that was found in the house of the king, including even his sons and wives. Neither did there remain for him any son, except Jehoahaz, who was the youngest born.

آنها به یهودا حمله کرده، آن را گرفتند و تمام اموال کاخ سلطنتی و پسران و زنان یهورام را برداشته، با خود بردند. فقط پسر کوچک او اخزیا جان به در برد.

18 And in addition to all these things, the Lord struck him with an incurable disease of the bowels.

پس از آن، خداوند یهورام را به یک مرض علاج‌ناپذیر روده‌ای مبتلا کرد.

19 And as day followed after day, and the space of time turned, the course of two years was completed. And after having been wasted by a long consumption, so much so that even his inner organs were discharged, the disease ended along with his life. And so he died of a very grievous illness. And the people did not make a funeral for him, according to the custom of burning, as they had done for his ancestors.

به مرور زمان، بعد از دو سال، روده‌هایش بیرون آمد و او با دردی جانکاه مرد. قومش مراسم مخصوص دفن پادشاهان را برای او انجام ندادند.

20 He was thirty-two years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem. And he did not walk uprightly. And they buried him in the City of David, yet truly, not in the sepulcher of the kings.

یهورام سی و دو سال داشت که پادشاه شد و هشت سال در اورشلیم سلطنت کرد و هنگامی که مرد، کسی برایش عزا نگرفت. یهورام در شهر داوود دفن شد، اما نه در آرامگاه سلطنتی.