1 ف ِي السَّنَةِ الثّامِنَةِ مِنْ حُكْمِ يَرُبْعامَ بْنِ ناباطَ عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ، صارَ أبِيّا مَلِكاً عَلَى يَهُوذا.

In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.

2 و َقَدْ حَكَمَ أبِيّا فِي القُدسِ ثَلاثَ سَنَواتٍ. وَكانَتْ أُمُّهُ مَعْكَةَ بِنتَ أبشالُومَ.

He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maachah the granddaughter of Abishalom.

3 ا رتَكَبَ أبِيّا الخَطايا نَفْسَها الَّتِي سَبَقَ أنْ ارتَكَبَها أبُوهُ. فَلَمْ يَكُنْ قَلْبُهُ وَفِيّاً لإلَهِهِ كَما كانَ قَلْبُ جَدِّهِ داوُدَ.

And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; his heart was not loyal to the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David.

4 ل َكِن، مِنْ أجلِ خاطِرِ داوُدَ، أعطَاهُ إلَهُهُ مَملَكَةً فِي القُدْسِ. وَأعطاهُ ابْناً، وَجَعَلَ القُدْسَ مَدِينَةً آمِنَةً.

Nevertheless for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, by setting up his son after him and by establishing Jerusalem;

5 ف َقَدْ أرْضَى داوُدُ اللهَ ، وَلَمْ يَحِدْ عَنْ وَصاياهُ طَوالَ حَياتِهِ، إلّا فِي مَسألَةِ أُورِيّا الحِثِّيِّ.

because David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

6 و َقَدْ شَهِدَ أبِيّا قَبلَ اعتِلائِهِ العَرشَ الحُرُوبَ المُتَواصِلَةَ بَينَ رَحُبْعامَ وَيَرُبْعامَ.

And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

7 أ مّا بَقِيَةُ أعْمالِ أبِيّا، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا. وَظَلَّ أبِيّا وَيَرُبْعامُ يَتَحارَبانِ طَوالَ مُدَّةِ حُكْمِ أبِيّا.

Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

8 و َلَمّا ماتَ أبِيّا، دُفِنَ فِي مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ. فَخَلَفَهُ فِي الحُكْمِ ابْنُهُ آسا. آسا مَلِكُ يَهُوذا

So Abijam rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. Then Asa his son reigned in his place. Asa Reigns in Judah

9 و َفِي السَّنَةِ العِشْرِينَ مِنْ حُكْمِ يَرُبْعامَ لإسْرائِيلَ، صارَ آسا مَلِكاً عَلَى يَهُوذا.

In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah.

10 و َحَكَمَ آسا فِي القُدْسِ واحِدَةً وَأربَعِينَ سَنَةً. وَكانَ اسْمُ أُمِّهِ مَعْكَةَ، وَهِيَ بِنتُ أبشالُومَ.

And he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother’s name was Maachah the granddaughter of Abishalom.

11 ف َعَلَ آسا ما يُرضِي اللهَ ، كَما فَعَلَ داوُدُ أبُوهُ.

Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did his father David.

12 و َفِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، كانَ هُناكَ رِجالٌ يُبِيحُونَ أجْسادَهُمْ فِي عِبادَةِ آلِهَتِهِمْ، فَنَفاهُمْ آسا مِنْ يَهُوذا. وَنَزَعَ الأوثانَ الَّتِي سَبَقَ أنْ صَنَعَها آباؤهُ.

And he banished the perverted persons from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

13 و َعَزَلَ أُمَّهُ مَعْكَةَ أيضاً عَنِ الحُكمِ كَمَلِكَةٍ، لأنَّها أقامَتْ عَمُوداً لِعِبادَةِ عَشْتَرُوتَ. فَقَطَعَ آسا العَمُودَ وَأحرَقَهُ فِي وادِي قَدْرُونَ.

Also he removed Maachah his grandmother from being queen mother, because she had made an obscene image of Asherah. And Asa cut down her obscene image and burned it by the Brook Kidron.

14 و َلَمْ يَنزِعْ آسا المُرتَفَعاتِ، لَكِنَّ قَلبَهُ ظَلَّ أميناً للهِ طَوالَ حَياتِهِ.

But the high places were not removed. Nevertheless Asa’s heart was loyal to the Lord all his days.

15 و َوَضَعَ آسا كُلَّ ما خَصَّصَهُ هُوَ وَأبُوهُ مِنْ أشْياءَ مَصْنُوعَةٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَفِضَّةٍ فِي بَيْتِ اللهِ.

He also brought into the house of the Lord the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which he himself had dedicated: silver and gold and utensils.

16 و َظَلَّ آسا طَوالَ مُدَّةِ حُكْمِهِ لِيَهُوذا فِي حَرْبٍ مُستَمِرَّةٍ مَعَ بَعْشا، مَلِكِ إسْرائِيلَ.

Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

17 و َهاجَمَ بَعْشا، ملكُ إسْرائِيلَ، يَهُوذا، وحصَّنَ مدينةَ الرامةِ وَاستَخْدَمَها كَنُقْطَةٍ لِيَمْنَعَ آسا مِنْ شَنِّ الحَربِ عَلَيهِ مِنْ يَهُوذا.

And Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

18 ف َأخَذَ آسا ما تَبَقَّى مِنَ الفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ مِنْ خَزْنَةِ بَيتِ اللهِ وَقَصْرِ المَلِكِ، وَأرسَلَها إلَى دِمَشْقَ مَعَ خُدّامِهِ إلَى بِنْهَدَدَ بْنِ طَبْرِيمُونَ بْنِ حَزْيُونَ مَلِكِ أرامَ.

Then Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and the treasuries of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying,

19 و َأرسَلَ آسا هَذِهِ الرِّسالَةَ إلَيهِ: «يَرْبِطُنِي بِكَ عَهْدٌ يَرْجِعُ إلَى زَمانِ أبِي وَأبيكَ. وَها أنا أُرسِلُ إلَيكَ فِضَّةً وَذَهَباً. فَانقُضْ عَهْدَكَ مَعَ بَعْشا مَلكِ إسْرائِيلَ، لكَي يَترُكَنِي وَشَأنِي.»

“ Let there be a treaty between you and me, as there was between my father and your father. See, I have sent you a present of silver and gold. Come and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”

20 ف َاسْتَجابَ المَلِكُ بِنْهَدَدُ لِطَلَبِ آسا. فَأرسَلَ جَيشَهُ لِمُهاجَمَةِ مُدُنِ إسْرائِيلَ، فَهاجَمَ عُيُونَ وَدانَ وَآبَلَ بَيتِ مَعْكَةَ وَالمُدُنَ القَرِيبَةِ مِنْ بُحَيرَةِ الجَلِيلِ وَمِنطَقَةِ نَفتالِي.

So Ben-Hadad heeded King Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel. He attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maachah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

21 ف َلَمّا سَمِعَ بَعْشا بِهَذِهِ الهَجَماتِ، أوقَفَ تَحصِينَ الرّامَةِ. وَغادَرَها عائِداً إلَى تِرْصَةَ.

Now it happened, when Baasha heard it, that he stopped building Ramah, and remained in Tirzah.

22 ث ُمَّ أصدَرَ آسا أمراً لِجَميعِ سُكّان يَهُوذا دُونَ استِثناءٍ، لِيُحضِرُوا الحِجارَةَ وَالخَشَبَ الَّتِي كانَ بَعشا يَستَخدِمُها فِي تَحصِينِ مَدِينَةِ الرّامَةِ. فَنَقَلُوها وَبَنَوْا مَعَ المَلِكِ آسا مَدِينَةَ جِبْعَةَ فِي أرْضِ بَنْيامِيْنَ وَمَدِينَةَ المِصفاةِ.

Then King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted. And they took away the stones and timber of Ramah, which Baasha had used for building; and with them King Asa built Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

23 و َكُلُّ الأُمُورِ الأُخرَى المُتَعَلِّقَةِ بِآسا، وَإنجازاتِهِ العَظِيمَةِ وَالمُدُنِ الَّتِي بَناها، مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا. وَلَمّا شاخَ آسا، أُصِيبَ بِمَرَضٍ فِي قَدَمِيهِ.

The rest of all the acts of Asa, all his might, all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

24 و َماتَ آسا وَدُفِنَ مَعَ جَماعَتِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ جَدِّهِ. فَخَلَفَهُ فِي الحُكمِ ابنُهُ يَهُوشافاطُ. نادابُ مَلِكُ إسْرائِيل

So Asa rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. Then Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place. Nadab Reigns in Israel

25 ف ِي السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةِ مِنْ حُكمِ آسا لِيَهُوذا، اعتَلَى نادابُ بْنُ يَرُبْعامَ عَرشَ إسْرائِيلَ. فَحَكَمَ إسْرائِيلَ سَنَتَينِ.

Now Nadab the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years.

26 و َفَعَلَ نادابُ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ. وَارتَكَبَ نَفسَ خَطايا أبِيهِ يَرُبْعامَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ أيضاً يُخطِئُونَ.

And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin.

27 و َحاكَ بَعشا بْنُ أخِيّا اليَسّاكَرِيِّ مُؤامَرَةً لِقَتلِ المَلِكِ نادابَ. حَدَثَ هَذا فِي الوَقتِ الَّذِي كانَ فِيهِ نادابُ وَكُلُّ إسْرائِيلَ يُهاجِمُونَ جِبَثُونَ، وَهِيَ مَدِينَةٌ فِلَسطِيَّةٌ. فَتَمَكَّنَ بَعشا مِنْ قَتلِ نادابَ هُناكَ.

Then Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him. And Baasha killed him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.

28 ح َدَثَ هَذا فِي السَّنَةِ الثّالِثَةِ مِنْ حُكمِ آسا لِيَهُوذا، وَخَلَفَهُ بَعشا مَلِكاً عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ. بَعْشا مَلِكُ إسْرائِيل

Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.

29 و َلَمّا اعتَلَى بَعْشا عَرْشَ إسْرائِيلَ، أبادَ كُلَّ عائِلَةِ يَرُبْعامَ. فَلَمْ يُبقِ عَلَى أيِّ أحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ حَيّاً. حَدَثَ هَذا تَحقِيقاً لِما قالَهُ اللهُ فِي شِيلُوهَ لِعَبْدِهِ أخِيّا.

And it was so, when he became king, that he killed all the house of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according to the word of the Lord which He had spoken by His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,

30 ه َذا كُلُّهُ كانَ بِسَبَبِ خَطايا يَرُبْعامَ الكَثِيرَةَ، وَدَفعِهِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ إلَى ارتِكابِ خَطايا كَثِيرَةً، ممّا أغضَبَ اللهَ ، إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ، غَضَباً شَدِيْداً.

because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he had sinned and by which he had made Israel sin, because of his provocation with which he had provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger.

31 أ مّا بَقِيَةُ أعْمالِ نادابَ، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ إسْرائِيلَ.

Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

32 و َكانَ بَعْشا طَوالَ حُكمِهِ لإسْرائِيلَ في حَربٍ مُستَمِرَّةٍ مع آسا مَلِكُ يَهُوذا.

And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. Baasha Reigns in Israel

33 ا عتَلَى بَعْشا بْنُ أخِيّا عَرشَ إسْرائِيلَ فِي السَّنَةِ الثّالِثَةِ مِنْ حُكمِ آسا لِيَهُوذا. وَقَدْ حَكَمَ بَعشا مِنْ مَدِينَةِ تِرْصَةَ مُدَّةَ أربَعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً.

In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all Israel in Tirzah, and reigned twenty-four years.

34 ل َكِنَّهُ فَعَلَ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ. إذِ ارتَكَبَ نَفسَ الخَطايا الَّتِي ارتَكَبَها يَرُبْعامُ. وَجَعَلَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ يُخطِئُونَ.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin.