1 ف ِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، مَرِضَ أبِيّا بْنُ يَرُبْعامَ مَرَضاً شَدِيداً.

At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.

2 ف َقالَ 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.

And Jeroboam said to his wife, “Please arise, and disguise yourself, that they may not recognize you as the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh. Indeed, Ahijah the prophet is there, who told me that I would be king over this people.

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

Also take with you ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him; he will tell you what will become of the child.”

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

And Jeroboam’s wife did so; she arose and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were glazed by reason of his age.

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

Now the Lord had said to Ahijah, “Here is the wife of Jeroboam, coming to ask you something about her son, for he is sick. Thus and thus you shall say to her; for it will be, when she comes in, that she will pretend to be another woman. ”

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

And so it was, when Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why do you pretend to be another person? For I have been sent to you with bad news.

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

Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘Thus says the Lord God of Israel: “Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you ruler over My people Israel,

8 ا نتَزَعْتُ 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.

and tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to you; and yet you have not been as My servant David, who kept My commandments and who followed Me with all his heart, to do only what was right in My eyes;

9 أ مّا 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.

but you have done more evil than all who were before you, for you have gone and made for yourself other gods and molded images to provoke Me to anger, and have cast Me behind your back—

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

therefore behold! I will bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every male in Israel, bond and free; I will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as one takes away refuse until it is all gone.

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

The dogs shall eat whoever belongs to Jeroboam and dies in the city, and the birds of the air shall eat whoever dies in the field; for the Lord has spoken!”’

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

Arise therefore, go to your own house. When your feet enter the city, the child shall die.

13 و َسَتَنُوحُ 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.

And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for he is the only one of Jeroboam who shall come to the grave, because in him there is found something good toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

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

“Moreover the Lord will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam; this is the day. What? Even now!

15 إ ذْ 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.

For the Lord will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River, because they have made their wooden images, provoking the Lord to anger.

16 س َيُعاقِبُ شَعبَهُ بِسَبِبِ خَطايا يَرُبْعامَ الَّذِي أخطَأ وَجَعَلَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ يُخطِئُونَ.»

And He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who sinned and who made Israel sin.”

17 ف َرَجِعَتْ زَوجَةُ يَرُبْعامُ إلَى تِرْصَةَ. وَما إنْ دَخَلَتْ بَيْتَها حَتَّى ماتَ ابْنُها.

Then Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. When she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.

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

And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke through His servant Ahijah the prophet. Death of Jeroboam

19 أ مّا بَقِيَةُ أعْمالِ يَرُبْعامَ، حَرُوبِهِ وَعَهْدِ حُكْمِهِ، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ إسْرائيلَ.

Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he made war and how he reigned, indeed they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

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

The period that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two years. So he rested with his fathers. Then Nadab his son reigned in his place. Rehoboam Reigns in Judah

21 أ مّا 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.

And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king. He reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there. His mother’s name was Naamah, an Ammonitess.

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

Now Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked Him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, more than all that their fathers had done.

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

For they also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and wooden images on every high hill and under every green tree.

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

And there were also perverted persons in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.

25 و َفِي السَّنَةِ الخامِسَةِ مِنْ حُكْمِ المَلِكِ رَحُبْعامَ، شَنَّ شِيشَقُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ هُجوماً عَلَى القُدْسِ.

It happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.

26 و َاستَولَى 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.

And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house; he took away everything. He also took away all the gold shields which Solomon had made.

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

Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who guarded the doorway of the king’s house.

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

And whenever the king entered the house of the Lord, the guards carried them, then brought them back into the guardroom.

29 أ مّا بَقِيَةُ أعْمالِ رَحُبْعامَ، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا.

Now 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?

30 و َكانَ يَرُبْعامُ وَرَحُبْعامُ في حَربٍ دائِمَةٍ.

And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

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

So Rehoboam rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. His mother’s name was Naamah, an Ammonitess. Then Abijam his son reigned in his place.