1 I t came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ جاءَ المُوآبِيُّونَ وَالعَمُّونيُّونَ وَالمَعُونِيُّونَ ليُحارِبُوا يَهُوَشافاطَ.

2 T hen there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi.

فَجاءَ أُناسٌ وَقالُوا لِيَهُوشافاطَ: «إنَّ جَيشاً عَظِيماً قادِمٌ عَلَيكَ مِنْ أدُومَ مِنَ الجانبِ الآخَرِ مِنَ البَحرِ. وَها قَدْ وَصَلُوا إلَى حَصُّونَ ثامارَ!» – وَتُدعَى حَصُّونُ ثامارُ أيضاً عَينَ جَدْيٍ.

3 A nd Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

فَخافَ يَهُوشافاطُ. وَصَمَّمَ أنْ يَطلُبَ اللهَ وَيَسألَهُ ماذا يَفعَلُ. فَدَعا جَمِيعَ أهلِ يَهُوذا إلَى الصَّومِ.

4 A nd Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.

فَجاءَ شَعبُ يَهُوذا منْ كُلِّ مُدُنِ يَهُوذا وَاجْتَمَعُوا مَعاً لِكَي يَطلُبُوا مَعُونَةَ اللهِ وَإرادَتَهُ.

5 A nd Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court,

كانَ يَهُوشافاطُ في بَيتِ اللهِ أمامَ السّاحَةِ الجَدِيدَةِ. فَوَقَفَ فِي الاجْتِماعِ الَّذِي ضَمَّ أهلَ يَهُوذا وَالقُدسِ.

6 a nd said, O Lord God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?

وَقالَ: «يا اللهُ ، يا إلَهَ آبائِنا، أنتَ اللهُ في السَّماءِ! وَأنتَ تَسُودُ عَلَى كُلِّ مَمالِك الشُّعُوبِ! لَكَ القُوَّةُ وَالقُدرَةُ! وَلَيسَ مَنْ يَستَطِيعُ أنْ يَقِفَ فِي وَجهِكَ!

7 A rt not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

إلَهُنا أنتَ! أنتَ الَّذِي طَرَدْتَ سُكّانَ هَذِهِ الأرْضِ مِنها أمامَ شَعبِكَ إسْرائِيلَ. وَأعطَيتَها لِنَسل إبْراهِيمَ خَلِيلِكَ إلَى الأبَدِ.

8 A nd they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

وَعاشَ نَسلُ إبْراهِيمَ فِي هَذِهِ الأرْضِ، وَبَنُوا هَيكَلاً مِنْ أجلِ اسْمِكَ.

9 I f, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.

وَقالُوا: ‹إنْ جاءَ عَلَينا ضِيقٌ أوْ حَربٌ أوْ عِقابٌ أوْ مَرَضٌ أوْ مَجاعَةٌ، فَسَنَقفُ أمامَكَ وَأمامَ هَذا الهَيكَلِ الَّذِي وَضَعتَ فِيهِ اسْمَكَ. وَسَنَستَغِيثُ بِكَ فِي ضِيقِنا، فَتَسمَعُنا وَتُخَلِّصُنا.›

10 A nd now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;

«وَالآنَ، ها قَدْ جاءَتْ جُيُوشٌ مِنْ عَمُّونَ وَمُوآبَ وَجَبَلِ سَعِيرَ! لَمْ تَسْمَحْ أنتَ لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ بِالدُّخُولِ إلَى أراضِي هَؤُلاءِ عِندَما خَرَجَ شَعبُكَ مِنْ مِصْرَ، بَلْ تَرَكُوهُمْ فِي حالِهِمْ، وَلَمْ يَقضُوا عَلَيهِمْ.

11 b ehold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

لَكنِ انظُرْ أيَّةَ مُكافَأةٍ تُكافِئُنا بها هَذِهِ الشُّعُوبُ عَلَى عَدَمِ قَضائِنا عَلَيهِمْ. فَقَدْ جاءُوا لِكَي يَطرُدُونا مِنْ أرْضِكَ الَّتِي أعطَيتَها لَنا.

12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.

احْكُمْ أنتَ عَلَى هَؤُلاءِ النّاسِ، يا إلَهَنا! فَلا قُدرَةَ لَنا عَلَى مِثلِ هَذا الجَيشِ الكَبِيرِ الهاجمِ عَلَينا! وَنَحنُ لا نَعرِفُ ماذا يُمكِنُنا أنْ نَعمَلَ، لَكِنَّنا نُعَلِّقُ رَجاءَنا عَلَيكَ أنتَّ!»

13 A nd all Judah stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

وَكانَ كُلُّ رجال يَهُوذا واقِفِينَ فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ مَعَ أطفالِهمْ الرُّضَّعِ وَزَوجاتِهِمْ وَأبنائهِمْ.

14 T hen upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the Lord in the midst of the congregation;

ثُمَّ حَلَّ رُوحُ اللهِ عَلَى يَحْزَئِيلَ بْنِ زَكَرِيّا بْنِ بَنايا بْنِ يَعِيئِيلَ بْنِ مَتَّنْيا الَّلاوِي. وَكانَ يَحْزَئِيلُ لاوِيّاً مِنْ نَسلِ آسافَ.

15 a nd he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

فَقالَ يَحْزَئِيلُ: «اسمَعُونِي أيُّها المَلِكُ يَهُوشافاطُ وَيا كُلَّ سُكّان يَهُوذا وَالقُدسِ. هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ لَكُمْ: ‹لا تَخافُوا وَلا تَنزَعِجُوا بسَبَبِ ضَخامَةِ هَذا الجَيشِ القادِمِ عَلَيكُمْ، لِأنَّ المَعرَكَةَ لَيسَتْ مَعرَكَتَكُمْ، بَلْ مَعرَكَةُ اللهِ!

16 T o morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.

فَانزِلُوا غَداً وَاهجُمُوا عَلَيهِمْ. ها هُمُ الآنَ يَمُرُّونَ فِي مَعبَرِ صِيصَ. وَغَداً سَتَجِدُونَهُمْ في آخِرِ الوادي أمامَ بَرِّيَّةِ يَرُوئِيلَ.

17 Y e shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the Lord will be with you.

لَنْ تَضطَرُّوا إلَى القِتالِ فِي هَذِه المَعرَكَةِ، لَكِنِ اثبُتُوا فِي مَواقِعكُمْ وَسَتَرَوْنَ كَيفَ يُخَلِّصُكُمْ اللهُ. فَلا تَخافُوا وَلا تَنزَعِجُوا يا أهلَ يَهُوذا وَالقُدسِ. فَواجِهُوهُمْ غَداً، وَاللهُ مَعَكُمْ.›»

18 A nd Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the Lord, worshipping the Lord.

فَانبَطَحَ يَهُوشافاطُ وَوَجهُهُ إلَى الأرْضِ، وَكَذَلِكَ فَعَلَ جَمِيعُ أهلِ يَهُوذا وَالقُدسِ فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ.

19 A nd the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with a loud voice on high.

وَوَقَفَ الَّلاوِيُّونَ مِنْ بَنِي قَهاتَ وَبَنِي قُورَحَ لِيُسَبِّحُوا اللهَ ، إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ، بصَوتٍ عالٍ جِدّاً.

20 A nd they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

وَخَرَجَ جَيشُ يَهُوشافاطَ إلَى بَرِّيَّةِ تَقُوعَ فِي الصَّباح الباكرِ. وَعندَ خُرُوجِهمْ، وَقَفَ يَهُوشافاطُ وَقالَ: «اسْمَعُونِي يا أهلَ يَهُوذا وَسُكّانَ القُدْسِ. ليَكُنْ لَكُمْ إيمانٌ بِإلَهِكُمْ ، وَلَنْ يُصِيبَكُمْ شَرٌّ. ليَكُنْ لَكُمْ إيمانٌ بِأنْبِياءِ اللهِ ، وَسَتَنجَحُونَ!»

21 A nd when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord; for his mercy endureth for ever.

وَشَجَّعَ يَهُوشافاطُ الشَّعبَ وَأصْدَرَ تَعلِيماتِهِ. ثُمَّ عَيَّنَ مُرَنِّمِينَ لِيُسَبِّحُوا اللهَ فِي أزْيائِهِمِ البَهِيَّةِ. فَسارُوا أمامَ الجَيشِ وَسَبَّحُوا اللهَ بِتَرْنِيمَةِ: «سَبِّحُوا اللهَ لِأنَّهُ صالِحٌ، لأنَّ رَحمَتَهُ إلَى الأبَدِ.»

22   And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

وَلَمّا بَدَأ هَؤُلاءِ الرِّجالُ يُرَنِّمُونَ وَيُسَبِّحُونَ اللهَ ، نَصَبَ اللهُ كَميناً لشَعبِ عَمُّونَ وَمُوآبَ وَجَبَلِ ساعِيرَ الَّذِينَ هَاجَمُوا يَهُوذا، فَهُزِموا.

23 F or the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.

وَبَدَأ العَمُّونِيُّونَ وَالمُوآبِيُّونَ يُقاتِلُونَ أهلَ جَبَلِ ساعِيرَ، فَقَضُوا عَلَيهِمْ. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ راحُوا يَقتُلُ أحَدُهُمُ الآخَرَ!

24 A nd when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.

وَلَمّا وَصَلَ جَيْشُ يَهُوذا إلَى المِنطَقَةِ المُشرِفَةِ عَلَى البَرِّيَّة، نَظَرُوا إلَى جَيْشِ العَدُوِّ الكَبِيرِ، فَلَمْ يَرَوْا إلّا جُثَثاً مُلقاةً عَلَى الأرْضِ، إذْ لَمْ يَنجُ منهُمْ أحَدٌ.

25 A nd when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.

فَجاءَ يَهُوشافاطُ وَجَيشُهُ وَغَنِمُوا الأشياءَ الثَّمِينَةَ الَّتِي كانَتْ مَعَ أعدائِهِمْ. فَأخَذُوا خُيُولاً وَكُنُوزاً وَمَلابِسَ وَأشْياءَ ثَمينَةً. فَأخَذَها يَهُوشافاطُ وَجَيْشُهُ لِأنفُسِهمْ. وَكانَتْ هَذِه الغَنائِمُ أثقَلَ مِنْ أنْ يَحمِلَها يَهُوشافاطُ وَجَيْشُهُ فِي يَومٍ واحِدٍ. فَأمْضَوْا ثَلاثَةَ أيّامٍ يَنقُلُونَ الغَنائِمَ.

26 A nd on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the Lord: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.

وَفي اليَوْمِ الرّابِعِ اجْتَمَعَ يَهُوشافاطُ وَجَيْشُهُ فِي «وادِي بَرَكَةَ.» – فَقَدْ بارَكُوا اللهَ وَسَبَّحُوهُ هُناكَ. لهَذا ما زالَ النّاسُ يُطلِقُونَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ المَكانِ «وادِي بَرَكَةَ.»

27 T hen they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the Lord had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

ثُمَّ عادَ يَهُوشافاطُ بأهلِ يَهُوذا وَالقُدْسِ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ. وَقَدْ فَرَّحَهُمْ اللهُ كَثِيراً بِسَبَبِ هَزِيمَةِ أعدائِهمْ.

28 A nd they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the Lord.

فَجاءُوا إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ بِقَياثيرَ وَرَبابٍ وَأبواقٍ، وَتَوَجَّهُوا إلَى بَيتِ اللهِ.

29 A nd the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the Lord fought against the enemies of Israel.

فَخافَتْ كُلُّ المَمالكِ حَولَهُمْ اللهَ ، لِأنَّهُمْ سَمِعُوا أنَّ اللهَ نَفسَهُ حارَبَ أعداءَ إسْرائِيلَ.

30 S o the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.

فَاسْتَراحَتْ مَملَكَةُ يَهُوشافاطَ لِأنَّ إلَهَ يَهُوشافاطَ أراحَها مِنَ الحُرُوبِ مَعَ البِلادِ المُجاوِرَةِ. نهايَةُ حُكمِ يَهُوشافاط

31 A nd Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

حَكَمَ يَهُوشافاطُ بِلادَ يَهُوذا. وَكانَ فِي الخامِسَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ منْ عُمرِهِ لَمّا اسْتَلَمَ الحُكمَ. وَحَكَمَ خَمْساً وَعِشرينَ سَنَةً فِي القُدسِ. وَاسْمُ أُمّهِ عَزُوبَةُ بِنتُ شَلْحِي.

32 A nd he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the Lord.

وَعاشَ يَهُوشافاطُ حَياةً مُستَقِيمَةً كَأبِيه آسا. وَلَمْ يَنْحَرِف عَنْ طَرِيقِ أبِيهِ. إذْ فَعَلَ يَهُوشافاطُ كُلَّ ما يُرْضِي اللهَ.

33 H owbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

لَكنَّهُ لَمْ يَهدِمِ المُرتَفَعاتِ، وَلَمْ يُوَجِّهِ الشَّعبُ قُلُوبَهُمْ لاتِّباعِ الإلَهِ الَّذِي تَبِعَهُ آباؤهُمْ.

34 N ow the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.

أمّا بَقِيَّةُ أعْمالِ يَهُوشافاطُ، مِنْ أوَّلِها إلَى آخِرِها، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ في السِّجلّاتِ الرَّسمِيَّةِ لِياهُو بْنِ حَنانِي. وَهَذِهِ مَسَجَّلَةٌ فِي كِتاب تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ إسْرائِيلَ.

35 A nd after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:

وَبَعدَ مُدَّةٍ، عَمِلَ يَهُوشافاطُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذا مُعاهَدَةً مَعَ أخَزْيا، مَلِكِ إسْرائِيلَ الَّذِي عَمِلَ شُرُوراً.

36   and he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.

فَاشتَرَكَ مَعَهُ فِي إرسالِ سُفُنٍ إلَى مَدِينَةِ تَرْشِيشَ. وَصَنَعا سُفُناً فِي عِصْيُونِ جابِرَ.

37 T hen Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the Lord hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

فَنَقَلَ ألِيعَزَرُ بْنُ دُوداوا المَرِيشِيُّ رِسالَةً مِنَ اللهِ إلَى يَهُوشافاطَ قالَ فِيها: «لِأنَّكَ انضَمَمْتَ إلَى أخَزْيا، سَيُحَطِّمُ اللهُ أعْمالَكَ.» فَتَحَطَّمَتْ سُفُنُ يَهُوشافاطَ وَأخَزْيا، فَلَمْ يَقدرا أنْ يُرسِلاها إلَى تَرْشِيشَ.