1 A nd Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

وَماتَ يَهُوشافاطُ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ. وَخَلَفَهُ فِي الحُكم يَهُورامُ ابنُهُ.

2 A nd he had brethren, the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.

وَإخوَةُ يَهُورامَ هُمْ عَزَرْيا وَيَحِيئيلُ وَزَكَرِيّا وَعَزَرْياهُو وَمِيخائِيلُ وَشَفَطْيا. كانَ كُلُّ هَؤُلاءِ أبناءَ يَهُوشافاطَ، مَلِكِ يَهُوذا.

3 A nd their father had given them great gifts of silver and of gold and of precious things, besides fortified cities in Judah; but the kingdom he gave to Jehoram, for he was the firstborn.

وَكانَ يَهُوَشافاطُ قَدْ أهدَى أبناءَهُ هَدايا مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَذَهَبٍ وَأشياءَ ثَمِينَةٍ. وَأعطاهُمْ أيضاً مُدُناً مُحَصَّنَةً فِي يَهُوذا. لَكِنَّ يَهُوشافاطَ اختارَ يَهُورامَ مَلِكاً لأنَّهُ كانَ بِكرَهُ. يَهُورامُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذا

4 A nd Jehoram established himself over the kingdom of his father, and strengthened himself; and he slew all his brethren with the sword, and also of the princes of Israel.

وَتَوَلَّى يَهُورامُ مَملَكَةَ أبيهِ. وَلَمّا شَدَّدَ قَبْضَتَهُ عَلَى المَملَكَةِ قَتَلَ بِالسَّيفِ كُلَّ إخْوَتهِ. وَقَتَلَ أيضاً بَعضَ قادَةِ إسْرائِيلَ.

5 J ehoram was thirty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

وَكانَ يَهُورامُ فِي الثّانِيَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ منْ عُمرِه عِندَما تَوَلَّى الحُكمَ. وَحَكَمَ في مَدِينَةِ القُدسِ ثَمانِي سَنَواتٍ.

6 A nd he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the sight of Jehovah.

وَعاشَ يَهُورامُ مِثلَ مُلُوكِ إسْرائِيلَ، وَسارَ عَلَى نَهْجِ عائلَةِ أخآبَ، إذْ تَزَوَّجَ مِنَ بِنتِ أخآبَ. وَفَعَلَ يَهُورامُ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ.

7 B ut Jehovah would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he had promised to give to him always a lamp, and to his sons.

لَكنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يُرِدْ أنْ يَقضِيَ عَلَى بَيتِ داوُدَ بِسَبَبِ عَهدِ اللهِ مَعَ داوُدَ. إذْ وَعَدَ اللهُ بأنْ يُبقِيَ مِصباحاً مُنِيراً لِداوُدَ وَأبنائِهِ إلَى الأبَد.

8 I n his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they set a king over themselves.

وَفِي زَمَنِ يَهُورامَ، تَمَرَّدَتْ أدُومُ وَانفَصَلَتْ عَنْ حُكمِ يَهُوذا. وَنَصَّبُوا لأنْفُسِهِمْ مَلِكاً مِنْ بَينِهِمْ.

9 A nd Jehoram went over with his captains, and all the chariots with him; and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites who had surrounded him, and the captains of the chariots.

فَذَهَبَ يَهُورامُ مَعَ كُلِّ قادَتهِ وَعَرَباتِهِ إلَى أدُومَ. فَحاصَرَ الجَيشُ الأدُومِيُّ يَهُورامَ وَقادَة مَركَباتهِ. لَكنَّهُ قاتَلَهُمْ لَيلاً، وَكَسَرَ الحِصارَ المَفرُوضَ عَلَيهِ.

10 B ut the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time from under his hand, because he had forsaken Jehovah the God of his fathers.

وَمُنذُ ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ إلَى يَومِنا هَذا، مازالَ أدُومُ مُتَمَرِّداً عَلَى يَهُوذا. فَشَجَّعَ هَذا أهلَ مَدِينَةِ لِبْنَةَ عَلَى التَّمَرُّدِ عَلَى يَهُورامَ، لِأنَّهُ تَرَكَ اللهَ ، إلَهَ آبائِهِ.

11 M oreover he made high places on the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah.

وَبَنَى يَهُورامُ أيضاً مُرتَفَعاتٍ عَلَى تِلال يَهُوذا. فَجَعَلَ سُكّانَ القُدسِ يَخُونُونَ اللهَ، وَأضّلَّ أهلَ يَهُوذا.

12 A nd there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet saying, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father: Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

وَأرسَلَ النَّبيُّ إيليّا رسالَةً خَطِّيَّةً إلَى يَهُورامَ قالَ فِيها: «هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ ، إلَهُ داوُدَ جَدِّكَ. أنتَ لَمْ تَسلُكْ كَما سَلَكَ أبُوكَ يَهُوشافاطُ، وَلا كَما سَلَكَ آسا مَلكُ يَهُوذا.

13 b ut hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, like the fornications of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren, thy father's house who were better than thyself:

أنتَ سَلَكْتَ عَلَى غِرار مُلُوكِ إسْرائِيلَ. دَفَعْتَ أهلَ يَهُوذا وَالقُدسِ إلَى الخِيانَةِ كَما فَعَلَتْ عائلَةُ أخآبَ بِإسرائِيلَ. وَأنتَ أيضاً قَتَلْتَ إخْوَتَكَ، أهلَ بَيتِ أبيكَ، الَّذِينَ كانُوا خَيراً مِنْكَ.

14 b ehold, Jehovah will smite with a great stroke thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance,

وَلهَذا فَإنَّ اللهَ سَيُعاقِبُ شَعبَكَ عِقاباً قاسِياً. وَسَيُعاقِبُ أبناءَكَ وَزَوجاتِكَ وَكُلَّ ما يَخُصُّكَ.

15 a nd thyself with sore sicknesses, with a disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.

وَسَيُصِيبُ أمعاءَكَ بِمَرَضٍ فَظيعٍ. وَسَيَزدادُ مَرَضُكَ سُوءاً كُلَّ يَومٍ إلَى أنْ تَخْرُجَ أمعاؤُكَ.»

16 A nd Jehovah stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who near the Ethiopians;

وَهَيَّجَ اللهُ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ وَالعَرَبَ السّاكنِينَ إلَى جِوارِ الشَّعبِ الكُوشِيِّ عَلَى يَهُورامَ.

17 a nd they came up into Judah, and broke into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was no son left him, except Jehoahaz the youngest of his sons.

فَهاجَمَ هَؤُلاء أرْضَ يَهُوذا، وَاسْتَولُوا عَلَى ثَرْوَة بَيْتِ المَلكِ، وَأخَذُوا زَوجاتِ يَهُورامَ وَأولادَهُ. وَلَمْ يَترُكُوا إلّا ابنَ يَهُورامَ الأصغَرَ، يَهُوآحازَ.

18 A nd after all this, Jehovah smote him in his bowels with an incurable sickness.

بَعدَ ذَلِكَ، أصابَ اللهُ يَهُورامَ بمَرَضٍ في أمْعائهِ لا يُعْرَفُ لَهُ عِلاجٌ.

19 A nd it came to pass, from day to day, and at the time when the second year was drawing to a close, that his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died in cruel sufferings. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.

وَبَعدَ سَنَتَين خَرَجَتْ أمْعاءُ يَهُورامَ بِسَبَبِ مَرَضِهِ. وَماتَ فِي ألَمٍ شَدِيدٍ. وَلَمْ يَعمَلِ الشَّعبُ ناراً كَبِيرَةً إكراماً لَهُ كَما فَعَلُوا مَعَ أبِيهِ.

20 H e was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being regretted. And they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.

فَكانَ يَهُورامُ فِي الثّانِيَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ منْ عُمْرِهِ عِندَما تَوَلَّى الحُكمَ. وَحَكَمَ ثَمانِي سَنَواتٍ فِي القُدسِ. وَلَمْ يَحزَنْ أحَدٌ عَلَى وَفاتِهِ. وَدَفَنَهُ الشَّعبُ فِي مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ، لَكِنْ لَيسَ فِي قُبُورِ المُلُوكِ.