1 A t that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.

فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، مَرِضَ أبِيّا بْنُ يَرُبْعامَ مَرَضاً شَدِيداً.

2 A nd Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, who spake concerning me that I should be king over this people.

فَقالَ يَرُبْعامُ لِزَوجَتِهِ: «اذهَبِي إلَى شِيلُوهَ إلَى النَّبِيِّ أخِيّا. فَهُوَ الَّذِي تَنَبَّأ بِأنِّي سَأُصبِحُ مَلِكاً عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ. تَنَكَّرِي فِي هَيئَةٍ أُخْرَى لِئَلّا يَعرِفَ النّاسُ أنَّكِ زَوجَتِي.

3 A nd take with thee ten loaves, and cakes, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he will tell thee what shall become of the child.

وَأعطِ النَّبِيَّ عَشْرَةَ أرغِفَةٍ مِنَ الخُبْزِ، وَبَعضَ الكَعكِ، وَجَرَّةَ عَسَلٍ. ثُمَّ اسألِيهِ عَمّا سَيَحدُثُ لابنِنا، وَهُوَ سَيُخبِرُكِ بِما سَيَحدُثُ لَهُ.»

4 A nd Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.

فَفَعَلَتْ زَوجَةُ يَرُبْعامَ كَما قالَ لَها زَوجُها. فَذَهَبَتْ إلَى شِيلُوهَ، إلَى بَيتِ النَّبِيِّ أخِيّا. وَكانَ أخِيّا قَدْ شاخَ وَفَقَدَ بَصَرَهُ.

5 A nd Jehovah said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to inquire of thee concerning her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her; for it will be, when she cometh in, that she will feign herself to be another woman.

لَكِنَّ اللهَ قالَ لَهُ: «زَوجَةُ يَرُبْعامَ قادِمَةٌ مُتَنَكِّرَةً لِرُؤيَتِكَ لِكَي تَسألَكَ عَنْ ابنِها المَرِيضِ.» وَأخبَرَ اللهُ أخِيّا بِما يَنبَغِي لَهُ أنْ يَقُولَ لَها.

6 A nd it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.

فَسَمِعَها أخِيّا وَهِيَ تَدخُلُ البابَ. فَقالَ لَهُا: «ادْخُلِي يا زَوجَةَ يَرُبْعامَ. لِماذا تَتَنَكَّرِينَ؟ لَدَيَّ خَبَرٌ سَيِّئٌ لَكِ.

7 G o, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,

اذهَبِي وَقُولِي لِيَرُبْعامَ إنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹قَدِ اختَرْتُكَ، يا يَرُبْعامُ، مِنْ بَينِ كُلِّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ. وَجَعَلْتُكَ رَئِيساً عَلَى شَعبِي.

8 a nd rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee; and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes,

انتَزَعْتُ المَملَكَةَ مِنْ عائِلَةِ داوُدَ وَأعطَيتُها لَكَ. لَكِنَّكَ لَمْ تَكُنْ كَعَبْدِيَ داوُدَ الَّذِي كانَ يُحِبُّ طاعَةَ وَصايايَ. فَتَبِعَنِي بِكُلِّ قَلْبِهِ. وَلَمْ يَفعَلْ غَيرَ ما هُوَ مَقبُولٌ عِندِي.

9 b ut hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:

أمّا أنتَ، فَخَطاياكَ عَظِيمَةٌ. بَلْ هِيَ أعظَمُ مِنْ خَطايا أيِّ مَلِكٍ قَبلَكَ. فَقَد تَرَكْتَنِي، وَصَنَعْتَ لِنَفسِكَ أوثاناً وَآلِهَةً أُخْرَى، مَعَ أنَّكَ تَعرِفُ أنَّ هَذا يُغِيظُنِي كُلَّ الغَيظِ.

10 t herefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every man-child, him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweepeth away dung, till it be all gone.

لِهَذا سَأجلِبُ المَصائِبَ عَلَى عائِلَةِ يَرُبْعامَ. وَسَأقضِي عَلَى كُلِّ ذَكَرٍ مِنهُمْ – كِباراً وَصِغاراً. سأفنِي بَيتَ يَرُبْعامَ كَما تَلتَهِمُ النّارُ الرَّوثَ.

11 H im that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the birds of the heavens eat: for Jehovah hath spoken it.

كُلُّ مَنْ يَمُوتُ فِي المَدِينَةِ مِنْ عائِلَتِكَ، سَتَأْكُلُهُ الكِلابُ. وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَمُوتُ مِنْ عائِلَتِكَ فِي الحُقُولِ سَتَأْكُلُهُ الطُّيُورُ. سَيَتِمُّ هَذا لِأنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ.›»

12 A rise thou therefore, get thee to thy house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.

ثُمَّ قالَ لَها: «وَالآنَ اذهَبِي إلَى بَيتِكِ. وَما إنْ تَدخُلِي مَدِينَتَكِ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ ابْنُكِ.

13 A nd all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.

وَسَتَنُوحُ عَلَيهِ كُلُّ إسْرائِيلَ وَتَدفِنُهُ. وَلَنْ يُدفَنَ مِنْ كُلِّ عائِلَةِ يَرُبْعامَ غَيرُ ابْنِكِ. فَهُوَ الوَحِيدُ فِي كُلِّ عائلةِ يَرُبْعامَ الذي وجدَ فيه اللهُ ، إلهُ إسْرائِيل، ما يُرضيه.

14 M oreover Jehovah will raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.

سَيُقِيمُ اللهُ مَلِكاً جَدِيداً عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ. وَسَيَقضِي ذَلِكَ المَلِكُ عَلَى عائِلَةِ يَرُبْعامَ. لَكِنَّ الأمْرَ لَنْ يَقِفَ عِنْدَ هَذا.

15 F or Jehovah will smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and he will root up Israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River, because they have made their Asherim, provoking Jehovah to anger.

إذْ سَيُعاقِبُ اللهُ إسْرائِيلَ. وَسَيَخافُ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ. بَلْ إنَّهُمْ سَيَرْتَجِفُونَ خَوْفاً كَالقَصَبِ فِي الماءِ. وَسَيَنزِعُهُمُ اللهُ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأرْضِ الطَّيِّبَةِ الَّتِي أعطاها لآبائِهِمْ. سَيَنفِيهِمْ إلَى ما وَراءَ نَهْرِ الفُراتِ، لِأنَّهُ غاضِبٌ عَلَى الشَّعبِ الَّذِينَ أقامُوا أعمِدَةً لِعِبادَةِ عَشْتَرُوتَ.

16 A nd he will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he hath sinned, and wherewith he hath made Israel to sin.

سَيُعاقِبُ شَعبَهُ بِسَبِبِ خَطايا يَرُبْعامَ الَّذِي أخطَأ وَجَعَلَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ يُخطِئُونَ.»

17 A nd Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.

فَرَجِعَتْ زَوجَةُ يَرُبْعامُ إلَى تِرْصَةَ. وَما إنْ دَخَلَتْ بَيْتَها حَتَّى ماتَ ابْنُها.

18 A nd all Israel buried him, and mourned for him, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the prophet.

فَشارَكَ كُلُّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ فِي دَفْنِهِ. وَناحُوا عَلَيهِ. تَمَّ هَذا كُلُّهُ حَسَبَ كَلامِ اللهِ الذي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ عَلَى لِسانِ النَّبِيِّ أخِيّا.

19 A nd the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

أمّا بَقِيَةُ أعْمالِ يَرُبْعامَ، حَرُوبِهِ وَعَهْدِ حُكْمِهِ، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ إسْرائيلَ.

20 A nd the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.

حَكَمَ يَرُبْعامُ اثْنَتَينِ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً. ثُمَّ ماتَ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبائِهِ. فَخَلَفَهُ فِي الحُكمِ نادابُ ابْنُهُ. رَحُبْعامُ ملكُ يهوذا

21 A nd Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

أمّا رَحُبْعامُ، فَكانَ مَلِكاً عَلَى يَهُوذا. وَقَدِ اعتَلَى العَرشَ فِي الواحِدَةِ وَالأربَعِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ. وَحَكَمَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً مِنْ مَدِينَةِ القُدْسِ، المَدِينَةِ الوَحِيدَةِ الَّتِي اختارَ اللهُ أنْ يُكَرَّمَ فِيها مِنْ بَينِ جَمِيعِ مُدُنِ إسْرائِيلَ. وَكانَ اسْمُ أُمِّ رَحُبْعامَ نِعمَةَ العَمُّونِيَّةَ.

22 A nd Judah did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.

وَأخطَأ أيضاً شَعبُ يَهُوذا وَفَعَلُوا الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ. فَفاقَتْ شُرُورُهُمُ الَّتِي أغضَبَتِ اللهَ شُرُورَ كُلِّ آبائِهِمِ الَّذِينَ سَبَقُوهُمْ.

23 F or they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every green tree;

إذْ بَنُوْا مُرتَفَعاتٍ، وَأنْصاباً تَذْكارِيَّةً، وَأعمِدَةً مُقَدَّسَةً لِعَشْتَرُوتَ. بَنُوها عَلَى كُلِّ تَلَّةٍ مُرْتَفِعَةٍ، وَتَحْتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْراءَ.

24 a nd there were also sodomites in the land: they did according to all the abominations of the nations which Jehovah drove out before the children of Israel.

وَكانَ هُناكَ رِجالٌ يُبِيحُونَ أجسادَهُمْ فِي الهَيكَلِ. فَقَدِ اقتَرَفَ شَعبُ يَهُوذا جَميعَ رَجاساتٍ الشُّعُوبِ الَّتِي طَرَدَها اللهُ أمامَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ.

25 A nd it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;

وَفِي السَّنَةِ الخامِسَةِ مِنْ حُكْمِ المَلِكِ رَحُبْعامَ، شَنَّ شِيشَقُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ هُجوماً عَلَى القُدْسِ.

26 a nd he took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

وَاستَولَى عَلَى كُنُوزِ بَيتِ اللهِ وَقَصْرِ المَلِكِ. حَتَّى إنَّهُ أخَذَ التُّرُوسَ الذَّهَبِيَّةَ الَّتِي أخَذَها داوُدُ مِنْ رِجالِ هَدَدَ عَزَرَ، مَلِكِ أرامَ. وَكانَ داوُدُ قَدْ أخَذَ هَذِهِ التُّرُوسَ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ. فَأخَذَها شِيشَقُ كُلَّها.

27 A nd king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.

فَصَنَعَ رَحُبْعامُ تُرُوساً أُخْرَى مَكانَها، لَكِنَّهُ صَنَعَها مِنَ البُرونْزِ. وَوَضَعَها فِي حِراسَةِ الرِّجالِ المَسؤُولِينَ عَنْ بَوّابَةِ القَصْرِ.

28 A nd it was so, that, as oft as the king went into the house of Jehovah, the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber.

فَكانَ كُلَّما ذَهَبَ المَلِكُ إلَى بَيتِ اللهِ ، يَذهَبُ الحُرّاسُ مَعَهُ وَهُمْ يَحمِلُونَها، ثُمَّ يُعِيدُونَها إلَى غُرْفَةِ الحُرّاسِ.

29 N ow the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

أمّا بَقِيَةُ أعْمالِ رَحُبْعامَ، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا.

30 A nd there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

وَكانَ يَرُبْعامُ وَرَحُبْعامُ في حَربٍ دائِمَةٍ.

31 A nd Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

وَرَقَدَ رَحُبْعامُ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ. وَكانَ اسْمُ أُمِّهِ نِعْمَةَ العَمُّونِيَّةَ. وَخَلَفَهُ فِي الحُكمِ ابْنُهُ أبِيّا.