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

At that time Jeroboam’s son Abijah 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, “Get ready and dress yourself so no one will know that you are the wife of Jeroboam. Then go to Shiloh. Ahijah the man who speaks for God is there. He is the one who said that I would be king over these people.

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

Take ten loaves, some sweet bread and a jar of honey with you, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.”

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

Jeroboam’s wife did so. She got ready and went to Shiloh, and came to Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see. His eyes were weak because he was old.

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.

The Lord had said to Ahijah, “The wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is sick. This is what you should say to her. When she comes 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.

When Ahijah heard the sound of her feet coming to the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why do you pretend to be another woman? For I have been given news that will be hard for you.

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 and say to Jeroboam, ‘This is what the Lord God of Israel says. “I gave you honor from among the people. I made you the leader of 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.

I tore the nation away from the family of David and gave it to you. But you have not been like My servant David. He kept My Laws and followed Me with all his heart. He did 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 sinful things than all who were before you. You have gone and made for yourself other gods and objects to look like gods to make Me angry. You have put 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.

So I am bringing trouble upon the family of Jeroboam. I will kill every male from Jeroboam, both owned and free in Israel. I will clean away the family of Jeroboam, as one cleans away animal waste 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 will eat anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city. And the birds of the air will eat anyone who dies in the field. For the Lord has said it.” ‘

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

“Get up and go to your house. When your feet go into the city the child will 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.

All Israel will have sorrow for him and bury him. For he alone of Jeroboam’s family will come to the grave. Because in him there is found something good to the Lord God of Israel, in the family of Jeroboam.

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

But the Lord will send a king over Israel who will destroy the family of Jeroboam this day and from now on.

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 punish Israel, as a piece of grass is shaken in the water. He will send Israel out from this good land He gave to their fathers. He will spread them out on the other side of the Euphrates River, because they have their false gods, and have made the Lord angry.

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

He will give up Israel because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he sinned and made Israel to sin.”

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

Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and left and came to Tirzah. As she came to the door 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 all Israel buried him and had sorrow for him, as the Word of God was spoken through His servant Ahijah the man who spoke for God. The 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 ruled, 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

Jeroboam ruled for twenty-two years. Then he died and his son Nadab ruled in his place. Rehoboam Rules 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.

Now Solomon’s son Rehoboam ruled in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king. And he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen from all the families of Israel to put His name there. The name of Rehoboam’s mother was Naamah of Ammon.

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

Judah did what was sinful in the eyes of the Lord. They made Him jealous with their sins, more than all 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 built for themselves high places, holy objects and false gods 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.

In their religion there were men in the land who sold the use of their bodies. They did all the hated things of the nations which the Lord drove away before the people of Israel.

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

In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak the 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.

He took away the riches of the Lord’s house and the riches of the king’s house. He took everything. He even took all the body coverings of gold which Solomon had made.

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

So King Rehoboam made body coverings of brass in their place. He put them in the care of the captain of the soldiers who watched the door of the king’s house.

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

Every time the king went into the house of the Lord, the soldiers would carry them and return them again to their room.

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.

There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam always.

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

Rehoboam died and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. His mother’s name was Naamah of Ammon. And his son Abijam became king in his place.