1 ت َوَلَّى أمَصْيا بْنُ يُوآشَ المُلْكَ عَلَى يَهُوذا فِي السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةِ مِنْ حُكمِ يُوآشَ لإسْرائِيلَ.

In the second year of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, became king.

2 و َكانَ أمَصْيا فِي الخامِسَةِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ، عِندَما تَوَلَّى الحُكمَ. وَحَكَمَ تِسْعاً وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً فِي القُدْسِ. وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ يَهُوعَدَّانُ، وَهِيَ مِنَ القُدْسِ.

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

3 ع َمِلَ أمَصْيا ما يُرْضِي اللهَ ، لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَتبَعِ اللهَ اتِّباعاً كامِلاً مِثلَ سَلَفِهِ داوُدَ. بَلْ عَمِلَ كُلَّ ما سَبَقَ أنْ عَمِلَهُ يُوآشُ أبُوهُ.

And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like his father David; he did everything as his father Joash had done.

4 ف َكانَ النّاسُ ما يَزالُونَ يُقَدِّمُونَ الذَّبائِحَ وَيَحرِقُونَ البَخُورَ فِي مُرْتَفَعاتِ العِبادَةِ.

However the high places were not taken away, and the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

5 و َلَمّا أحكَمَ أمَصْيا قَبْضَتَهُ عَلَى المَملَكَةِ، قَتَلَ القادَةَ الَّذِينَ قَتَلُوا أباهُ.

Now it happened, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he executed his servants who had murdered his father the king.

6 غ َيرَ أنَّهُ لَمْ يَقْتُلْ أبناءَ القَتَلَةِ هَؤُلاءِ بِسَبَبِ ما تَنُصُّ عَلَيهِ شَرِيعَةُ مُوسَى، حَيثُ أمَرَ اللهُ وَقالَ: «لا ينبَغِي أنْ يُقتَلَ الآباءُ لِأجلِ الأولادِ، وَلا أنْ يُقتَلَ الأولادُ لِأجلِ الآباءِ. بَلْ يُقتَلُ كُلُّ واحِدٍ عَنْ خَطِيَّتِهِ.»

But the children of the murderers he did not execute, according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, in which the Lord commanded, saying, “Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; but a person shall be put to death for his own sin.”

7 و َقَتَلَ أمَصْيا عَشْرَةَ آلافِ أدُومِيٍّ فِي وادِي المِلْحِ. وَاسْتَولَى عَلَى سالَعَ بِالحَرْبِ وَأسْماها يَقْتَئِيلَ. وَمازالَتْ تُدعَى بِهَذا الاسْمِ حَتَّى يَوْمِنا هَذا. أمَصْيا يَرْغَبُ فِي مُحارَبَةِ يَهُوآش

He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel to this day.

8 أ رْسَلَ أمَصْيا رُسُلاً إلَى يَهُوآشَ بْنِ يَهُوآحازَ بْنِ مَلِكِ إسْرائِيلَ، جاءَ فِيها: «لِماذا لا نَتَقابَلُ وَجهاً لِوَجهٍ وَنَتَقاتَلُ؟»

Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us face one another in battle. ”

9 ف َرَدَّ يَهُوآشُ مَلِكُ إسْرائِيلَ عَلَى أمَصْيا، مَلِكِ يَهُوذا وَقالَ: «أرْسَلَ عَوسَجُ لُبنانَ رِسالَةً إلَى أرْزِ لُبنانَ، قالَ فِيها: ‹زَوِّجِ ابْنَتَكَ لابْنِي.› لَكِنَّ وَحشاً بَرِّيّاً مِنْ لُبْنانَ مَرَّ وَداسَ العَوْسَجَ.

And Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife’; and a wild beast that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

10 ص َحِيحٌ أنَّكَ هَزَمْتَ أدُومَ. لَكِنَّكَ انتَفَخْتَ بِالكِبْرِياءِ بِسَبَبِ ذَلِكَ. فَالزَمْ بَيتَكَ وَتَباهَ كَما يَحلُو لَكَ. وَلا تَطلُبِ الشَّرَّ لِنَفسِكَ. فَإنْ فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ فَسَتَسقُطُ أنتَ وَيَهُوذا مَعَكَ!»

You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Glory in that, and stay at home; for why should you meddle with trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”

11 ل َكِنَّ أمَصْيا لَمْ يَسْتَمِعْ إلَى تَحذِيرِ يَهُوآشَ. فَخَرَجَ يَهُوآش، مَلِكُ إسْرائِيلَ، لِيُحارِبَ أمَصْيا، مَلِكِ يَهُوذا، فِي بَيتِ شَمسٍ فِي يَهُوذا.

But Amaziah would not heed. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went out; so he and Amaziah king of Judah faced one another at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.

12 ف َألحَقَتْ إسْرائِيلُ هَزِيمَةً بِيَهُوذا. فَهَرَبَ كُلُّ رِجالِ يَهُوذا إلَى بُيُوتِهِمْ.

And Judah was defeated by Israel, and every man fled to his tent.

13 و َفِي بَيتَ شَمْسَ أسَرَ يَهُوآشُ، مَلِكُ إسْرائِيلَ، أمَصْيا بْنَ يَهُوآشَ بْنِ أخَزْيا، مَلِكَ يَهُوذا. وَأخَذَ يَهُوآشُ أمَصْيا إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ. وَهَدَمَ سُورَ القُدْسِ مِنْ بَوّابَةِ أفْرايِمَ إلَى بَوّابَةِ الزّاوِيَةِ، نَحْوَ أربَعِ مِئَةِ ذِراعٍ.

Then Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh; and he went to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate—four hundred cubits.

14 و َأخَذَ يَهُوآشُ كُلَّ الذَّهَبِ وَالفِضَّةِ وَالأشياءِ الأُخرَى الثَمِينَةِ الَّتِي فِي بَيتِ اللهِ ، مَعَ الكُنُوزِ الَّتِي فِي بَيتِ المَلِكِ. ثُمَّ أخَذَ بَعضَ الرَّهائِنِ وَعادَ إلَى السّامِرَةِ.

And he took all the gold and silver, all the articles that were found in the house of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king’s house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.

15 أ مّا بَقِيَّةُ أعْمالِ يَهُوآشَ، وَقُوَّتِهِ وَحُرُوبِهِ مَعَ أمَصْيا، مَلِكِ يَهُوذا، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ إسْرائِيلَ.

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did—his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah— are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

16 و َماتَ يَهُوآشُ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبائِهِ مُلُوكِ إسْرائِيلَ فِي السّامِرَةِ. وَخَلَفَهُ فِي الحُكمِ ابْنُهُ يَرُبْعامُ. مَوْتُ أمَصْيا

So Jehoash rested with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. Then Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.

17 و َعاشَ أمَصْيا بْنُ يُوآشَ، مَلِكُ يَهُوذا، خَمسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً بَعْدَ مَوتِ يَهُوآشَ بْنِ يَهُوآحازَ مَلِكِ إسْرائِيلَ.

Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.

18 و َكُلُّ الأُمُورِ الأُخرَى المُتَعَلِّقَةِ بِأمَصْيا مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا.

Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

19 و َتَآمَرَ أهلُ القُدسِ عَلَيهِ. فَهَرَبَ إلَى مَدِينَةِ لَخِيشَ. لَكنَّ الشَّعبَ أرسَلُوا رِجالاً إلَى لَخِيشَ، فَقَتَلُوا أمَصْيا هُناكَ.

And they formed a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.

20 ث ُمَّ حَمَلُوا جُثَّتَهُ عَلَى الخَيلِ وَدَفَنُوهُ مَعَ آبائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ. عَزَرْيا يَبدَأُ حُكْمَهُ لِيَهُوذا

Then they brought him on horses, and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David.

21 ث ُمَّ نَصَّبَ كُلُّ شَعبِ يَهُوذا عَزَرْيا مَلِكاً خَلَفاً لِأبِيهِ. وَكانَ عَزَرْيا آنَذاكَ فِي السّادِسَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ.

And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

22 و َبَعْدَ أنْ ماتَ أمَصْيا وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبائِهِ، اسْتَرجَعَ عَزَرْيا أيلَةَ إلَى يَهُوذا وَأعادَ بِناءَها. يَرُبْعامُ الثّانِي يَبدَأُ حُكمَهُ لإسْرائِيل

He built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king rested with his fathers. Jeroboam II Reigns in Israel

23 و َبَدَأ يَرُبْعامُ بْنُ يَهُوآشَ، مَلِكُ إسْرائِيلَ، حُكْمَهُ فِي السّامِرَةِ فِي السَّنَةِ الخامِسَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ أمَصْيا بْنِ يَهُوآشَ لِيَهُوذا. وَحَكَمَ إحْدَى وَأرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً.

In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years.

24 و َفَعَلَ يَرُبْعامُ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ. وَلَمْ يَتَوَقَّفْ عَنِ السَّيرِ فِي طَرِيقِ يَرُبْعامَ بْنِ نَباطَ، الَّذِي جَعَلَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ يُخطِئُونَ.

And he did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin.

25 و َاسْتَعادَ يَرُبْعامُ أرْضَ إسْرائِيلَ المُمتَدَّةَ مِنْ مَدخَلِ حَماةَ إلَى بَحْرِ العَرَبَةِ تَحقِيقاً لِكَلامِ اللهِ ، إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ، إلَى يُونانَ بْنِ أمِتايَ الَّذِي مِنْ جَتَّ حافِرَ.

He restored the territory of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which He had spoken through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet who was from Gath Hepher.

26 و َرَأى اللهُ أنَّ كُلَّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ فِي ضِيقٍ، سَواءٌ أكانُوا عَبِيداً أمْ أحراراً. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ هُناكَ مَنْ يَمُدُّ لَهُمْ يَدَ العَوْنِ.

For the Lord saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter; and whether bond or free, there was no helper for Israel.

27 ل َكِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَقضِ بِإزالَةِ اسْمِ إسْرائِيلَ مِنَ الوُجُودِ. فَأنقَذَهُمْ عَنْ طَرِيقِ يَرُبْعامَ بْنِ يَهُوآشَ.

And the Lord did not say that He would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven; but He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

28 أ مّا بَقِيَّةُ أعْمالِ يَرُبْعامَ، جَبَرُوتِهِ وَحُرُوبِهِ، وَكَيفَ اسْتَرَدَّ دِمَشْقَ وَحَماةَ وَضَمِّهُما إلَى إسْرائِيلَ – وَكانتا قَبلاً لِيهُوذا – فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ إسْرائِيلَ.

Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did—his might, how he made war, and how he recaptured for Israel, from Damascus and Hamath, what had belonged to Judah— are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

29 و َماتَ يَرُبْعامُ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبائِهِ مُلُوكِ إسْرائِيلَ. وَخَلَفَهُ فِي الحُكمِ ابْنُهُ زَكَرِيّا.

So Jeroboam rested with his fathers, the kings of Israel. Then Zechariah his son reigned in his place.