1 و َاعتَلَى آحازُ بْنُ يُوثامَ عَرْشَ يَهُوذا فِي السَّنَةِ السّابِعَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ فَقَحَ بْنِ رَمَلْيا لإسْرائِيلَ.

In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, began to reign.

2 و َكانَ آحازُ فِي العِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ. وَحَكَمَ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي القُدْسِ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ آحازُ مِثلَ جَدِّهِ داوُدَ، إذْ لَمْ يَعمَلْ ما يُرضِي إلهَهُ.

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not what was right in the sight of Jehovah his God, like David his father,

3 ب َلْ سارَ عَلَى نَهْجِ مُلُوكِ إسْرائِيلَ. حَتَّى إنَّهُ ضَحَّى بابْنِهِ بِإحراقِهِ فِي النّارِ. وَتَبَنَّى كُلَّ الخَطايا البَشِعَةِ لِلأُمَمِ الَّتِي سَبَقَ أنْ طَرَدَها اللهُ لَدَى دُخُولِهِمْ تِلْكَ الأرْضَ.

but walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and even caused his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel.

4 و َقَدَّمَ آحازُ ذَبائِحَ وَأحرَقَ بَخُوراً فِي المُرتَفَعاتِ وَعَلَى التِّلالِ وَتَحتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْراءَ.

And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

5 و َجاءَ رَصِينُ، مَلِكُ أرامَ، وَفَقَحُ بْنُ رَمَلْيا، مَلِكُ إسْرائِيلَ، لِلهُجُومِ عَلَى القُدْسِ. وَحاصَرا آحازَ، لَكِنَّهُما لَمْ يَقدِرا أنْ يَهزِماهُ.

Then Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah son of Remaliah, the king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to battle; and they besieged Ahaz, but were unable to conquer him.

6 ف ِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، اسْتَرْجَعَ رَصِينُ، مَلِكُ أرامَ، أيلَةَ لأرام. وَطَرَدَ كُلَّ اليَهُودِ مِنْها. وَاسْتَقَرَّ الأرامِيُّونَ مَكانَهُمْ فِي أيلَةَ. وَمازالُوا يَسْكُنُونَ هُناكَ حَتَّى يَوْمِنا هَذا.

At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there to this day.

7 و َأرْسَلَ آحازُ رُسُلاً إلَى تَغلَثَ فَلاسِرَ، مَلِكِ أشُّورَ، جاءَ فِيها: «أنا خادِمُكَ، وَبِمَثابَةِ ابْنٍ لَكَ. فَتَعالَ وَأنقِذْنِي مِنْ مَلِكِ أرامَ وَمَلِكِ إسْرائِيلَ اللَّذَينِ يُحارِبانَنِي.»

And Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who have risen up against me.

8 و َأخَذَ آحازُ الفِضَّةَ وَالذَّهَبَ الَّذِيِ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ وَالكُنُوزَ فِي بَيتِ المَلِكِ، وَأرسَلَها هَدِيَّةً لِمَلِكِ أشُّورَ.

And Ahaz took the silver and the gold that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it a present to the king of Assyria.

9 ف َاسْتَجابَ مَلِكُ أشُّورَ لِآحازَ، وَذَهَبَ لِمُقاتَلَةِ دِمَشْقَ. وَاسْتَولَى عَلَى المَدِينَةِ وَسَبَى أهلَها إلَى قِيرَ. وَقَتَلَ أيضاً رَصِينَ.

And the king of Assyria hearkened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried it captive to Kir, and put Rezin to death.

10 و َذَهَبَ آحازُ إلَى دِمَشْقَ لِلَّقاءِ بِتَغلَثَ فَلاسِرَ، مَلِكِ أشُّورَ. وَهُناكَ رَأى المَذْبَحَ. فَأرْسَلَ المَلِكُ آحازُ نَمُوذَجاً وَرَسْماً لِهَذا المَذْبَحِ إلَى الكاهِنِ أُورِيّا.

And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria; and he saw the altar that was at Damascus, and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the form of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all its workmanship.

11 ف َبَنَى الكاهِنُ أُورِيّا مَذْبَحاً عَلَى غِرارِ النَّمُوذَجِ الَّذِي أرْسَلَهُ إلَيهِ مِنْ دِمَشْقَ. وَأتَمَّ بِناءَهُ قَبلَ عَوْدَةِ المَلِكِ آحازَ مِنْ دِمَشْقَ.

And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus; thus Urijah the priest made, against king Ahaz came from Damascus.

12 و َعِنْدَ عَوْدَةِ المَلِكِ مِنْ دِمَشْقَ، رَأى المَذْبَحَ. وَقَدَّمَ ذَبائِحَ عَلَيهِ.

And when the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king approached to the altar, and offered upon it.

13 و َقَدَّمَ عَلَيهِ أيضاً ذَبائِحَ وَتَقدِماتِ حُبُوبٍ وَسَكِيبٍ، وَرَشَّ دَمَ تَقدِماتِ الشَّرِكَةِ عَلَيهِ.

And he burned his burnt-offering and his oblation, and poured out his drink-offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace-offering upon the altar.

14 أ مّا المَذْبَحُ البُرونْزيُّ الَّذِي كانَ فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ ، فَقَدْ أخَذَهُ مِنْ أمامِ الهَيكَلِ، فَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى الجانِبِ الشَّماليِّ مِنْ مَذْبَحِهِ ما بَينَ مَذْبَحِهِ وَبَيتِ اللهِ. فَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى الجانِبِ الشِّمالِيِّ مِنْ مَذبَحِهِ.

And the brazen altar which was before Jehovah, he brought forward from the forefront of the house, from between altar and the house of Jehovah, and put it by the side of altar on the north.

15 و َأمَرَ آحازُ الكاهِنَ أوْرِيّا فَقالَ لَهُ: «اسْتَخدِمِ المَذبَحَ الكَبِيرَ فِي تَقدِيمِ الذَّبائِحِ الصّاعِدَةِ الصَّباحِيَّةِ، وَتَقدِماتِ الحُبُوبِ المَسائِيَّةِ، وَتَقدِماتِ السَّكِيبِ الَّتِي يُقَدِّمُها كُلُّ أهلِ هَذا البَلَدِ. وَرُشَّ دَمِ كُلِّ الذَّبائِحِ الصّاعِدَةِ وَالذَّبائِحِ الأُخرَى عَلَى المَذبَحِ الكَبِيرِ. أمّا المَذبَحُ البُرونْزِيُّ، فَسَأسْتَخدِمُهُ حِينَ أُرِيدُ أنْ أسْألَ اللهَ عَنْ أمرٍ ما.»

And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt-offering, and the evening oblation, and the king's burnt-offering, and his oblation, and the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their oblation, and their drink-offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt-offerings, and all the blood of the sacrifices; and the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire.

16 ف َفَعَلَ الكاهِنُ أُورِيّا كُلَّ ما أمَرهُ بِهِ المَلِكُ آحازُ.

And Urijah the priest did according to all that king Ahaz had commanded.

17 ث ُمَّ نَزَعَ المَلِكُ آحازُ عَوارِضَ القَواعِدِ، وَرَفَعَ عَنها أحْواضَ المِياهِ، وَنَزَعَ الخَزّانَ الكَبِيرَ عَنِ الثِّيرانِ البُرونْزِيَّةِ الَّتِي تَحتَهُ، وَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى رَصِيفٍ حَجَرِيٍّ.

And king Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the lavers from off them; and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a stone pavement.

18 و َكانَ العُمّالُ قَدْ بَنَوْا قاعَةً داخِلَ مِنْطَقَةِ الهَيكَلِ مِنْ أجلِ اجتِماعاتِ السَّبْتِ. فَهَدَمَها آحازُ أيضاً. نَزَعَ هَذِهِ كُلَّها مِنْ بَيتِ اللهِ مِنْ أجلِ مَلِكِ أشُّورَ.

And the covered way of the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry outside, he turned from the house of Jehovah on account of the king of Assyria.

19 أ مّا بَقِيَّةُ أعْمالِ آحازَ، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا.

And the rest of the acts of Ahaz, what he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

20 و َماتَ آحازُ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ. وَخَلَفَهُ فِي الحُكْمِ ابْنُهُ حَزَقِيّا.

And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.