1 و َقالَ ألِيشَعُ لِلمَرأةِ الَّتِي أعادَ ابْنَها إلَى الحَياةِ: «ارحَلِي أنْتِ وَأهلُ بَيتِكِ إلَى بَلَدٍ آخَرَ. فَقَدْ قَضَى اللهُ أنْ تَأْتِيَ سَبْعُ سَنَواتٍ مِنَ المَجاعَةِ هُنا.»

Then Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Arise and go, you and your household, and stay wherever you can; for the Lord has called for a famine, and furthermore, it will come upon the land for seven years.”

2 ف َعَمِلَتِ المَرأةُ بِقَولِ رَجُلِ اللهِ. فَذَهَبَتْ لِتُقِيمَ مَعَ عائلَتِها سَبْعَ سَنَواتٍ فِي أرْضِ الفِلَسْطِيِّينَ.

So the woman arose and did according to the saying of the man of God, and she went with her household and dwelt in the land of the Philistines seven years.

3 و َبَعْدَ انقِضاءِ السَّنَواتِ السَّبْعِ، عادَتْ منْ أرْضِ الفِلَسْطِيِّينَ. وَذَهَبَتْ لِتَلْتَمِسَ مِنَ المَلِكِ أنْ يُساعِدَها فِي اسْتِرجاعِ بَيتِها وَأرْضِها.

It came to pass, at the end of seven years, that the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went to make an appeal to the king for her house and for her land.

4 و َكانَ المَلِكُ يَتَحَدَّثُ إلَى جِيحَزِي، خادِمِ رَجُلِ اللهِ. فَقالَ لَهُ: «أخبِرْنِي بِكُلِّ المُعجِزاتِ الَّتِي صَنَعَها أليشَعُ.»

Then the king talked with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Tell me, please, all the great things Elisha has done.”

5 ف َراحَ جِيحَزِي يَقُصُّ عَلَى المَلِكِ كَيفَ أنَّ ألِيشَعَ أعادَ شَخْصاً إلَى الحَياةِ. وَفِي هَذِهِ الأثناءِ جاءَتْ إلَى المَلِكِ المَرأةُ الَّتِي أعادَ ألِيشَعُ ابْنَها إلَى الحَياةِ. وَتَوَسَّلَتْ إلَيهِ أنْ يُساعدَها فِي اسْتِعادَةِ بَيتِها وَأرْضِها. فَقالَ جِيجَزِي: «يا مَولايَ وَمَلِكِي، هَذِهِ هِيَ المَرأةُ، وَهَذا هُوَ ابْنُها الَّذِي أعادَهُ ألِيشَعُ إلَى الحَياةِ!»

Now it happened, as he was telling the king how he had restored the dead to life, that there was the woman whose son he had restored to life, appealing to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, “My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life.”

6 ف َسَألَ المَلِكُ المَرأةَ عَنْ تَفاصِيلِ ما حَدَثَ، فَرَوَتْ لَهُ كُلَّ شَيءٍ. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ أمَرَ المَلِكُ أحَدَ مَسؤُولِيهِ وَقالَ: «أعِدْ لِهَذِهِ المَرأةِ كُلَّ ما يَخُصُّها. وَأعطِها أيضاً كُلَّ غَلّاتِ أرْضِها منْ يَومِ رَحِيلِها إلَى رُجُوعِها.» بِنْهَدَدُ يُرْسلُ حَزائِيلَ إلَى ألِيشَع

And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed a certain officer for her, saying, “Restore all that was hers, and all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the land until now.” Death of Ben-Hadad

7 و َذَهَبَ ألِيشَعُ إلَى دِمَشْقَ. وَكانَ بِنْهَدَدُ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ مَرِيضاً. فَقالَ أحَدُهُمْ لبِنْهَدَدَ: «لَقَدْ جاءَ رَجُلُ اللهِ هُنا.»

Then Elisha went to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, “The man of God has come here.”

8 ف َقالَ المَلِكُ بِنْهَدَدُ لِحَزائيلَ: «خُذْ هَدِيَّةً وَاذْهَبْ لاسْتِقبالِ رَجُلِ اللهِ. وَاطلُبْ إلَيهِ أنْ يَسألَ اللهَ إنْ كُنتُ سَأُشفَى مِنْ مَرَضِي.»

And the king said to Hazael, “Take a present in your hand, and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord by him, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this disease?’”

9 ف َذَهَبَ حَزائِيلُ لاسْتِقبالِ ألِيشَعَ حامِلاً مَعَهُ هَدايا. وَأخَذَ مَعَهُ مِنْ كُلِّ خَيراتِ دِمَشقَ، حَمَّلَها عَلَى أرْبَعِينَ جَمَلاً. وَقالَ لَهُ: «أرسَلَنِي تابِعُكَ بِنْهَدَدُ إلَيكَ. وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ أنْ يَعرِفَ إنْ كانَ سَيُشفَى مِنْ مَرَضِهِ.»

So Hazael went to meet him and took a present with him, of every good thing of Damascus, forty camel-loads; and he came and stood before him, and said, “Your son Ben-Hadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this disease?’”

10 ف َقالَ أليشَعُ لِحَزائِيلَ: «اذْهَبْ وَقُلْ لبِنْهَدَدَ: ‹سَتَحيا.› لَكِنَّ اللهَ قالَ لِي إنَّهُ سَيَمُوتُ حَتماً.» ألِيشَعُ يَتَنَبَّأُ عَنْ حَزائيل

And Elisha said to him, “Go, say to him, ‘You shall certainly recover.’ However the Lord has shown me that he will really die.”

11 و َأخَذَ ألِيشَعُ يُحَدِّقُ فِي حَزائِيلَ. حَدَّقَ فِي وَجهِهِ فَتْرَةً طَوِيلَةً حَتَّى صارَ حَزائِيلُ مُحرَجاً. حِينَئِذٍ، بَكَى رَجُلُ اللهِ.

Then he set his countenance in a stare until he was ashamed; and the man of God wept.

12 ف َقالَ حَزائِيلُ: «لِماذا تَبْكِي يا سَيِّدِي؟» فَأجابَ ألِيشَعُ: «أنا أبكِي لأَنِّي أعلَمُ الفَظائِعَ الَّتِي سَتَرتَكِبُها في بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، إذْ سَتُشعِلُ النّارَ فِي حُصُونِهِمْ، وَسَتَقتُلُ شَبابَهُمْ بِالسَّيفِ، وَسَتَذبَحُ أطفالَهُمْ، وَتَشُقُّ بُطُونَ الحَوامِلِ مِنْهُمْ.»

And Hazael said, “Why is my lord weeping?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: Their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword; and you will dash their children, and rip open their women with child.”

13 ف َقالَ حَزائِيلُ: «ما أنا إلّا شَخصٌ نَكِرَةٌ. فَكَيفَ سَأقُومُ بِهَذِهِ الأعمالِ العَظِيمَةِ؟» فَأجابَ ألِيشَعُ: «أعلَنَ لِيَ اللهُ أنَّكَ سَتَكُونُ مَلِكاً عَلَى أرامَ.»

So Hazael said, “But what is your servant—a dog, that he should do this gross thing?” And Elisha answered, “The Lord has shown me that you will become king over Syria.”

14 و َبَعدَ ذَلِكَ انصَرَفَ حَزائِيلُ مِنْ عِندِ ألِيشَعَ وَذَهَبَ إلَى مَلِكِهِ. فَقالَ بِنْهَدَدُ لَهُ: «ماذا قالَ لَكَ ألِيشَعُ؟» فَأجابَ حَزائِيلُ: «قالَ لِي إنَّكَ سَتَحيا.» حَزائِيلُ يَغتالُ بِنْهَدَد

Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he answered, “He told me you would surely recover.”

15 و َفِي اليَومِ التّالِي، أخَذَ حَزائِيلُ قطعَةَ قُماشٍ سَمِيكَةٍ وَغَمَسَها فِي الماءِ. ثُمَّ وَضَعَها عَلَى وَجهِ بِنْهَدَدَ وَخَنَقَهُ. فَماتَ بِنْهَدَدُ. وَخَلَفَهُ حَزائِيلُ فِي الحُكمِ. يَهُورامُ يَبدَأُ حُكمَه

But it happened on the next day that he took a thick cloth and dipped it in water, and spread it over his face so that he died; and Hazael reigned in his place. Jehoram Reigns in Judah

16 و َفِي السَّنَةِ الخامِسَةِ مِنْ حُكمِ يُورامَ بْنِ أخآبَ لإسْرائِيلَ، تَوَلَّى يَهُورامُ بْنُ شافاطَ الحُكمَ فِي يَهُوذا.

Now in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoshaphat having been king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat began to reign as king of Judah.

17 و َكانَ يَهُورامُ فِي الثّانِيَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ مِنْ حُكمِهِ عِندَما تَوَلَّى الحُكمَ. وَحَكَمَ ثَمانِي سَنَواتٍ فِي مَدِينَةِ القُدسِ.

He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

18 ل َكِنَّ يَهُورامَ عاشَ مِثلَ مُلُوكِ إسْرائِيلَ، وَفَعَلَ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ. وَعَمِلَ أعْمالَ عائِلةِ أخآبَ، لِأنَّهُ اتَّخَذَ بِنتَ أخآبَ زَوجَةً لَهُ.

And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

19 ل َكِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَشَأْ أنْ يَقضِيَ عَلَى بَيْتِ يَهُوذا بِسَبَبِ الوَعدِ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ لعَبدِهِ داوُدَ. إذْ وَعَدَ اللهُ بِأنْ يَبْقَى مِصْباحاً مُنِيراً لِداوُدَ وَأبْنائِهِ إلى الأبَدِ.

Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah, for the sake of His servant David, as He promised him to give a lamp to him and his sons forever.

20 و َفِي زَمَنِ يَهُورامَ، تَمَرَّدَتْ أدُومُ وَانفَصَلَتْ عَنْ حُكمِ يَهُوذا. وَنَصَّبُوا عَلَى أنْفُسِهِمْ مَلِكاً مِنْ بَينِهِمْ.

In his days Edom revolted against Judah’s authority, and made a king over themselves.

21 ف َذَهَبَ يَهُورامُ بِكُلِّ مَركِباتِهِ إلَى صَعِيرَ فِي أدُومَ. فَحاصَرَهُ الأدُومِيُّونَ. فَهاجَمَهُمْ هُوَ وَجُنُودُهُ لَيلاً فَهَرَبُوا إلَى بَلَدِهِمْ.

So Joram went to Zair, and all his chariots with him. Then he rose by night and attacked the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots; and the troops fled to their tents.

22 و َهَكَذا تَمَرَّدَ الأدُومِيُّونَ وَتَحَرَّرُوا مِنْ حُكْمِ يَهُوذا حَتَّى هَذا اليَومِ. وَفِي نَفسِ الوَقتِ، تَمَرَّدَتْ لِبْنَةُ أيضاً.

Thus Edom has been in revolt against Judah’s authority to this day. And Libnah revolted at that time.

23 أ مّا بَقِيَّةُ أعْمالِ يَهُورامَ، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا.

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

24 و َماتَ يَهُورامُ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبائِهِ في مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ. فَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ أخَزْيا. أخَزْيا مَلِكُ يَهُوذا

So Joram rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. Then Ahaziah his son reigned in his place. Ahaziah Reigns in Judah

25 و َاعتَلَى أخَزْيا بْنُ يَهُورامَ عَرشَ يَهُوذا فِي السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكمِ يُورامَ بْنِ أخآبَ لإسْرائِيلَ.

In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, began to reign.

26 و َكانَ أخَزْيا فِي السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمرِهِ عِندَما بَدَأ يَحكُمُ. وَحَكَمَ سَنَةً واحِدَةً فِي مَدِينَةِ القُدسِ. وَأُمُّهُ عَثَلْيا بِنتُ عُمْرِي، مَلِكِ إسْرائِيلَ.

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri, king of Israel.

27 و َعَمِلَ أخَزْيا الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ كَما فَعَل بَيتُ اخآبَ. فَقَدْ سارَ عَلَى نَهْجِ بَيتِ أخآبَ، لِأنَّهُ صاهَرَهُمْ. يُورامُ يُصابُ فِي مَعرَكَةٍ مَعَ حَزائِيل

And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, like the house of Ahab, for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab.

28 و َذَهَبَ يُورامُ الَّذِي مِنْ بَيتِ أخآبَ مَعَ أخَزْيا لِمُحارَبَةِ حَزائِيلَ مَلِكِ أرامَ فِي رامُوتِ جِلْعادَ. فَجُرِحَ يُورامُ فِي تِلكَ المَعرَكَةِ.

Now he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

29 ف َرَجِعَ المَلِكُ يُورامُ إلَى يَزرَعِيلَ لِكَي يَتَعافَى مِنْ جِراحِهِ الَّتِي أصابَتْهُ فِي الرّامَةِ حَيثُ حارَبَ حَزائِيلَ مَلِكَ أرامَ. وَذَهَبَ أخَزْيا بْنُ يَهُورامَ مَلِكُ يَهُوذا إلَى يَزرَعِيلَ لِزِيارَتِهِ وَهُوَ مُصابٌ.

Then King Joram went back to Jezreel to recover from the wounds which the Syrians had inflicted on him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.