1 I n the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel, for nine years.

وَاعْتَلَى هُوشَعُ بْنُ أيلَةَ عَرْشَ إسْرائِيلَ فِي السّامِرَةِ. وَكانَ ذَلِكَ فِي السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ آحازَ لِيَهُوذا. وَحَكَمَ هُوشَعُ تِسْعَ سَنَواتٍ.

2 A nd he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not as the kings of Israel that had been before him.

وَفَعَلَ هُوشَعُ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ. لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَى نَفْسِ الدَّرَجَةِ مِنَ الشَّرِّ كَالمُلُوكِ الَّذِينَ سَبَقُوهُ.

3 A gainst him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his servant, and tendered him presents.

وَجاءَ شَلْمَنْأسَّرُ، مَلِكُ أشُّورَ، لِمُحارَبَةِ هُوشَعَ فَهَزَمَهُ. فَصارَ هُوشَعُ يَدفَعُ لَهُ الجِزْيَةَ.

4 B ut the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and sent up no present to the king of Assyria as from year to year. And the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison.

لكِنْ في وَقْتٍ لاحِقٍ رَأى مَلِكُ أشُّورَ أنَّ هُوشَعَ قَدْ نَقَضَ عَهْدَهُ مَعَهُ. فَقَدْ أرْسَلَ رُسُلاً إلَى سَوا مَلِكِ مِصْرَ، لِيَعقِدَ مَعَهُ اتِّفاقاً مِنْ غَيْرِ مَعْرِفَةِ مَلِكِ أشُّورَ. وَامتَنَعَ عَنْ دَفعِ الجِزيَةِ السَّنَوِيَّةِ المُتَّفَقِ عَلَيها. فَقَبَضَ عَلَيهِ وَسَجَنَهُ.

5 A nd the king of Assyria overran the whole land, and went up against Samaria, and besieged it three years.

وشَنَّ مَلِكُ أشُّورَ هَجَماتٍ عَلَى جَمِيعِ مَناطِقِ إسْرائِيلَ. ثُمَّ جاءَ إلَى السّامِرَةِ، وَحاصَرَها ثَلاثَ سَنَواتٍ.

6 I n the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

وَتَمَكَّنَ مَلِكُ أشُّورَ مِنَ الاسْتِيلاءِ عَلَى السّامِرَةِ فِي السَّنَةِ التّاسِعَةِ مِنْ حُكْمِ هُوشَعَ لإسْرائِيلَ. وَسَبَى كَثِيرِينَ مِنْ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ إلَى أشُّورَ. وَأسْكَنَهُمْ فِي حَلَحَ عِنْدَ نَهْرِ خابُورَ فِي جُوزانَ وَفِي مُدُنِ المادِيِّينَ.

7 A nd so it was, because the children of Israel had sinned against Jehovah their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods;

حَدَثَتْ هَذِهِ الأُمُورُ لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ لِأنَّهُمْ أخْطَأُوا إلَى إلَهِهِمْ الَّذِي أخرَجَهُمْ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصْرَ. فَقَدْ حَرَّرَهُمْ مِنْ قُوَّةِ فِرعَوْنَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ، لَكِنَّهُمْ راحُوا يَعبُدُونَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى.

8 a nd they walked in the statutes of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

وَتَبَنَّوْا المُمارَساتِ البَغِيضَةَ لِلأُمَمِ الَّتِي اسْتَأْصَلَها اللهُ لِيَزرَعَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مَكانَهُمْ. وَتَبَنَّوْا المُمارَساتِ الَتِي أتَى بِها مُلوكُ إسْرائِيلَ.

9 A nd the children of Israel did secretly against Jehovah their God things that were not right; and they built them high places in all their cities, from the watchmen's tower to the fortified city.

ارتَكَبَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ خَطايا كَثِيرَةً ضِدَّ إلَهِهِمْ عَلَناً وَسِرّاً. فَبَنُوا مُرْتَفَعاتٍ فِي كُلِّ مُدُنِهِمْ، مِنَ المُدُنِ الصَّغِيرَةِ إلَى الكَبِيرَةِ.

10 A nd they set them up columns and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree;

وَأقامُوا أنصاباً تَذْكارِيَّةً وَأعمِدَةَ عَشْتَرُوتَ عَلَى كُلِّ تَلٍّ عالٍ وَتَحتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْراءَ.

11 a nd there they burned incense on all the high places, as did the nations that Jehovah had carried away from before them, and they wrought wicked things to provoke Jehovah to anger;

وَأحْرَقُوا بَخُوراً هُناكَ فِي كُلِّ مُرتَفَعاتِ العِبادَةِ تِلْكَ. تَبَنُّوا نَفسَ المُمارَساتِ البَغِيضَةِ الَّتِي مارَسَتْها الأُمَمُ الَّتِي اسْتَأْصَلَها اللهُ لِيَزْرَعَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مَكانَها. وَعَمِلُوا شُرُوراً فَظِيعَةً أغضَبَتِ اللهَ كَثِيراً.

12 a nd they served idols, as to which Jehovah had said to them, Ye shall not do this thing.

وَعَبَدُوا أصناماً، عَلَى الرَّغمِ مِنْ أنَّ اللهَ سَبَقَ أنْ حَذَّرَهُمْ: «لا تَعمَلُوا هَذا الأمْرَ.»

13 A nd Jehovah testified against Israel and against Judah, by all the prophets, all the seers, saying, Turn from your evil ways, and keep my commandments, my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you through my servants the prophets.

وَأرْسَلَ اللهُ الأنْبِياءَ وَالرَّائِينَ كَي يُنذِرَ إسْرائِيلَ وَيَهُوذا وَيَقُولَ: «اترُكُوا شُرُورَكُمْ وَاتبَعُوا وَصايايَ وَشَرائِعِي. اعمَلُوا بِالشَّرِيعَةِ الَّتِي أعطَيتُها لآبائِكُمْ. هَكَذا أمَرْتُ آباءَكُمْ عَلَى لِسانِ الأنبِياءِ خُدّامِي.»

14 B ut they would not hear, and hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, who did not believe in Jehovah their God.

غَيرَ أنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُطِيْعُوا، بَلْ عَانَدُوا كَما فَعَلَ آباؤهُمْ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُؤمِنُوا بِإلَهِهِمْ.

15 A nd they rejected his statutes, and his covenant which he had made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he had testified unto them; and they followed vanity and became vain, and after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them.

رَفَضُوا شَرائِعَ اللهِ وَالعَهْدَ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ مَعَ آبائِهِمْ. وَلَمْ يَشاءُوا أنْ يَستَمِعُوا إلَى تَحذِيراتِهِ. وَعَبَدُوا أوْثاناً تافِهَةً، وَصارُوا هُمْ أنفُسَهُمْ تافِهِينَ مِثلَها. وَعاشُوا مِثلَ الأُمَمِ المُحِيطَةِ بِهِمْ، عَلَى الرُّغمِ مِنْ أنَّ اللهَ أنذَرَهُمْ أنْ لا يَفعَلُوا ذَلِكَ.

16 A nd they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made them molten images, two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of the heavens, and served Baal;

تَرَكُوا جَمِيعَ وَصايا إلَهِهِمْ. وَصَنَعُوا عِجلَينِ ذَهَبِيَّينِ، وَأقامُوا أعمِدَةَ عَشْتَرُوتَ، وَعَبَدُوا نُجُومَ السَّماءِ، وَخَدَمُوا البَعلَ!

17 a nd they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

وَقَدَّمُوا أبناءَهُمْ وَبَناتِهِمْ ذَبائِحَ لَهُ. وَاسْتَخدَمُوا السِّحْرَ وَالعِرافَةَ لِلتَنَبُّؤِ بِالمُسْتَقبَلِ! وَباعُوا أنفُسَهُم لِعَمَلِ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ! فَأغضَبَ هَذا الأمْرُ اللهَ كَثِيراً.

18 T herefore Jehovah was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there remained but the tribe of Judah only.

وَهَكَذا غَضِبَ اللهُ كَثِيراً عَلَى بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، وَأخرَجَهُمْ مِنْ حَضْرَتِهِ جَمِيعاً عَدا عَشِيرَةِ يَهُوذا. شَعبُ يَهُوذا آثِمُونَ أيضا

19 A lso Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they had made.

وَكَذَلِكَ بُنُو يَهُوذا لَمْ يُطِيعُوا وَصايا إلَهَهُمْ ، بَلْ سارُوا عَلَى نَهْجِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، وَتَبَنَّوا مُمارَساتِهِمْ.

20 A nd Jehovah rejected all the seed of Israel; and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

فَرَفَضَ اللهُ جَميعَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ. وَجَلَبَ عَلَيهِمْ ضِيقاتٍ كَثِيرَةً. وَسَمَحَ لِشُعُوبٍ أُخْرَى بِأنْ تَنتَصِرَ عَلَيهِمْ. وَأخِيراً، طَرَحَهُمْ بَعِيداً عَنْهُ وَعَنْ نَظَرِهِ.

21 F or Israel had rent from the house of David; and they had made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king; and Jeroboam violently turned Israel from following Jehovah, and made them sin a great sin.

وَشَقَّ اللهُ إسْرائِيلَ عَنْ عائِلَةِ داوُدَ. وَنَصَّبُوا يَرُبْعامَ بْنَ نَباطَ مَلِكاً عَلَيْهِم، الَّذِي جَرَّهُمْ إلَى الخَطِيَّةِ، وَأبعَدَهُمْ عَنِ اللهِ.

22 A nd the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them:

فَسارَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ عَلَى نَهْجِ يَرُبْعامَ. وَتَمَسَّكُوا بِخَطاياهُ.

23 u ntil Jehovah had removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said through all his servants the prophets; and Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria, unto this day.

فَأخرَجَ اللهُ بَنِي إسرائيلَ مِنْ حَضْرَتِهِ، كَما سَبَقَ أنْ قالَ عَلَى ألسِنَةِ الأنبِياءِ. وَهَكَذا سُبِيَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ إلَى أشُّورَ. وَمازالُوا هُناكَ حَتَّى يَوْمِنا هَذا. نشأةُ السّامِريّين

24 A nd the king of Assyria brought from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and made them dwell in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in its cities.

وَأخرَجَ مَلِكُ أشُّورَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مِنَ السّامِرَةِ. وَجَلَبَ بَدَلاً مِنْهُمْ جَماعاتٍ أُخْرَى مِنْ بابِلَ وَكُوثٍ وَعَوّا وَحَماةَ وَسَفْراوِيمَ. فَاسْتَولُوا عَلَى السّامِرَةِ وَسَكَنُوا فِي مُدُنِها.

25 A nd so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not Jehovah; and Jehovah sent lions among them, which killed of them.

وَفِي بِدايَةِ إقامَةِ هَؤُلاءِ فِي السّامِرَةِ، لَمِ يَكُونُوا يَعْبُدُونَ يهوه ، فَأرْسَلَ يهوه أُسُوداً لِلفَتْكِ بِهِمْ، فَقَتَلَتْ بَعْضَهُمْ.

26 A nd they spoke to the king of Assyria saying, The nations that thou hast removed and made to dwell in the cities of Samaria know not the manner of the god of the land; therefore he has sent lions among them, and behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the god of the land.

فَقِيلَ لِمَلِكِ أشُّورَ: «إنَّ النّاسَ الَّذِينَ جَلَبْتَهُمْ وَأسْكَنْتَهُمْ فِي مُدُنِ السّامِرَةِ لا يَعرِفُونَ شَرِيعَةَ إلَهِ ذَلِكَ البَلَدِ. وَلِهَذا أرْسَلَ أُسُوداً عَلَيهِمْ، فَقَتَلَتْ بَعْضاً مِنْهُمْ.»

27 A nd the king of Assyria commanded saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye have brought away from thence; and let them go and abide there, and let him teach them the manner of the god of the land.

فَأمَرَ مَلِكُ أشُّورَ وَقالَ: «أرسِلُوا إلَيْهِمْ أحَدَ الكَهَنَةِ الَّذِينَ سَبَيتُمُوهُمْ مِنْ هُناكَ. لِيَذْهَبَ وَيَسْكُنَ هُناكَ وَيُعَلِّمَهُمْ شَرِيعَةَ إلَهِ ذَلِكَ البَلَدِ.»

28 T hen one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and abode in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Jehovah.

فَرَجِعَ إلَى السّامِرَةِ كاهِنٌ كانَ قَدْ سُبِيَ مِنْها. وَجاءَ وَسَكَنَ فِي بَيْتِ إيلَ. وَعَلَّمَ الشَّعبَ كَيفَ يَنبَغِي أنْ يَعْبُدُوا يهوه.

29 A nd every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places that the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities in which they dwelt.

لَكِنَّ جَمِيعَ أُولَئِكَ النّاسِ صَنَعُوا أيضاً آلِهَةً خاصَّةً بِهِمْ، وَوَضَعُوها فِي الهَياكِلِ وَفِي المُرتَفَعاتِ الَّتِي بَناها السّامِرِيُّونَ.

30 A nd the people of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the people of Cuth made Nergal, and the people of Hamath made Ashima,

فَعَمِلَ أهلُ بابِلَ تَماثِيلَ لِلإلَهِ سُكُّوثَ بَنُوثَ. وَعَمِلَ أهلُ كُوثٍ تَماثِيلَ لِلإلَهِ نَرْجَلَ. وَعَمِلَ أهلُ حَماةَ تَماثِيلَ لِلإلَهِ أشِيما.

31 a nd the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.

وَعَمِلَ أهلُ عَوّا تَماثِيلَ لِلإلَهَينِ نَبْحَزَ وَتَرْتاقَ. وَأحرَقَ أهلُ سَفْراوِيمَ أبْناءَهُمْ فِي النّارِ تَكْرِيماً لِلإلَهَينِ أدْرَمَّلَكَ وَعَنَمَّلَكَ.

32 S o they feared Jehovah, and made to themselves from all classes of them priests of the high places, who offered for them in the houses of the high places.

لَكِنَّهُمْ عَبَدُوا يهوه أيضاً. وَاختارُوا كَهَنَةً لِلمُرتَفَعاتِ مِنْ بَينِ الشَّعبِ. فَقَدَّمُوا ذَبائِحَ عَنِ الشَّعبِ فِي الهَياكِلِ وَالمُرتَفَعاتِ.

33 T hey feared Jehovah, and served their own gods after the manner of the nations, whence they had been carried away.

كانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ يهوه، لَكِنَّهُمْ عَبَدُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى أيضاً كَمُمارَساتِ البِلادِ الَّتِي كانُوا مَسبِيِّينَ فِيها.

34 T o this day they do after their former customs: they fear not Jehovah, neither do they after their statutes or after their ordinances, nor after the law and commandment that Jehovah commanded the sons of Jacob, whom he named Israel.

وَما زالُوا حَتَّى هَذا اليَوْمِ يُمارِسُونَ تِلْكَ العاداتِ الَّتِي مارَسُوها فِي الماضِي. فَهُمْ لا يَعْبُدُونَ يهوه حقّاً. وَلا يَعمَلُونَ حَسَبَ أنظِمَةِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ وَعاداتِهِمْ. وَلا يَلْتَزِمُونَ بِالشَّرائِعِ وَالوَصايا الَّتِي أعطاها يهوه لِأبْناءِ يَعْقُوبَ، أي إسْرائِيلَ.

35 A nd Jehovah had made a covenant with them, and charged them saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow down yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them;

فَقَدْ قَطَعَ يهوه عَهْداً مَعَهُمْ، وَأمَرَهُمْ فَقالَ: «لا تَعْبُدُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى، وَلا تَسْجُدُوا لَها وَلا تَخدِمُوها، وَلا تُقَدِّمُوا لَها ذَبائِحَ.

36 b ut Jehovah alone, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched-out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.

بَلِ اعْبُدُوا يهوه الَّذِي أخرَجَكُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ وَأنقَذَكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ وَذِرَاعٍ مَمْدُودَةٍ. لَهُ يَنبَغِي السُّجُودُ وَتَقدِيمُ الذَّبائِحَ.

37 A nd the statutes and the ordinances and the law, and the commandment which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.

أطِيعُوا أنظِمَتَهُ وَشَرائِعَهُ وَتَعالِيمَهُ وَوَصاياهُ الَّتِي كَتَبَها لَكُمْ. اعمَلُوا بِها عَلَى الدَّوامِ. وَلا تَعْبُدُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى.

38 A nd ye shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you, neither shall ye fear other gods;

وَلا تَنْسُوا العَهْدَ الَّذِي قَطَعْتُهُ مَعَكُمْ. لا تَعْبُدُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى،

39 b ut ye shall fear Jehovah your God, and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

بَلِ اعْبُدُوا يهوه إلَهَكُمْ وَحدَهُ. وَهُوَ سَيُنقِذُكُمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أعدائِكُمْ.»

40 A nd they did not hearken, but did after their former customs.

لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا. بَلْ وَاصَلُوا مُمارَسَةَ عاداتِهِمِ الماضِيَةِ.

41 A nd these nations feared Jehovah, and served their graven images, both their children and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they, unto this day.

وَهَكَذا بَدأتْ تِلْكَ الأُمَمُ تَعْبُدُ يهوه. غَيرَ أنَّها اسْتَمَرَّتْ فِي عِبادَةِ أوْثانِها. وَهَذا هُوَ حالُها وَحالُ أبْنائِها وَأحْفادِها حَتَّى هَذا اليَوْمِ.