1 و َدَعا النَّبِيُّ ألِيشَعُ واحِداً مِنْ جَماعَةِ الأنْبِياءِ وَقالَ لَهُ: «اسْتَعِدَّ وَخُذْ مَعَكَ قِنِّينَةَ زَيتٍ صَغِيرَةٍ، وَاذْهَبْ إلَى جِلْعادَ.

Now Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “ Gird up your loins, and take this flask of oil in your hand and go to Ramoth-gilead.

2 و َعِندَما تَصِلُ إلَى هُناكَ، جِدْ ياهُو بْنَ يَهُوشافاطَ بْنِ نَمشِي. وَادخُلْ ثُمَّ أقِمْهُ مِنْ بَينِ إخْوَتِهِ. وَخُذْهُ إلَى غُرْفَةٍ داخِلِيَّةٍ.

When you arrive there, search out Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in and bid him arise from among his brothers, and bring him to an inner room.

3 و َخُذْ قِنِّينَةَ الزَّيتِ، وَاسْكُبْهُ عَلَى رَأْسِ ياهُو. وَقُلْ: ‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: قَدْ مَسَحْتُكَ كَي تُصبِحَ مَلِكَ إسْرائِيلَ الجَدِيدَ.› ثُمَّ افتَحِ البابَ وَاهْرُبْ. أسْرِعْ وَلا تَتَباطَأْ!»

Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, ‘Thus says the Lord, “ I have anointed you king over Israel.”’ Then open the door and flee and do not wait.”

4 ف انطَلَقَ النَّبِيُّ الشّابُّ إلَى رامُوتَ جِلْعادَ.

So the young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.

5 و َلَمّا وَصَلَ، رَأى قادَةَ الجَيشِ جالِسِينَ، فَقالَ: «أيُّها القائِدُ، عِندِي رِسالَةٌ لَكَ.» فَقالَ ياهُو: «لِمَنْ مِنّا الرِّسالَةُ؟» فَقالَ النَّبِيُّ الشّابُّ: «لَكَ أنتَ يا سَيِّدِي.»

When he came, behold, the captains of the army were sitting, and he said, “I have a word for you, O captain.” And Jehu said, “ For which one of us?” And he said, “For you, O captain.”

6 ف َقامَ ياهُو وَدَخَلَ البَيتَ. فَسَكَبَ النَّبِيُّ الشّابُ زَيتاً عَلَى رَأْسِ ياهُو وَقالَ لَهُ: «يَقُولُ اللهُ إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹أنا أمسَحُكَ لِتَصِيرَ مَلِكاً عَلَى شَعبِ اللهِ ، إسْرائِيلَ.

He arose and went into the house, and he poured the oil on his head and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘ I have anointed you king over the people of the Lord, even over Israel.

7 ف َاقضِي عَلَى عائِلَةِ سَيِّدِكَ أخآبَ، وَهَكَذا أُعاقِبُ إيزابَلَ عَلَى قَتلِ خُدّامِي الأنبِياءِ، وَقَتلِ جَمِيعِ خُدّامِ اللهِ.

You shall strike the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of Jezebel.

8 ي َنبغِي أنْ تَمُوتَ عائِلَةِ أخآبَ كُلِّها، وَلا يَبقَى مِنْهُمْ ذَكَرٌ حَيّاً فِي إسْرائِيلَ، حُرّاً أمْ عَبْداً.

For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male person both bond and free in Israel.

9 و َهَكَذا أجعَلُ عائِلَةَ أخآبَ مِثلَ عائِلَةِ يَرُبْعامَ بْنِ ناباطَ، وَمِثلَ عائِلَةِ بَعْشا بْنِ أخِيّا.

I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah.

10 و َسَتَأْكُلُ الكِلابُ إيزابَلَ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ يَزرَعِيلَ، وَلَنْ تُدفَنَ.›» ثُمَّ فَتَحَ النَّبِيُّ الشّابُّ البابَ وَهَرَبَ. الخُدّامُ يُعلِنُونَ ياهُو مَلِكاً

The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and none shall bury her.’” Then he opened the door and fled.

11 و َرَجِعَ ياهُو إلَى خُدّامِ مَلِكِهِ. فَقالَ أحَدُهُمْ لِياهُو: «هَلْ كُلُّ شَيءٍ عَلَى ما يُرامُ؟ لِماذا أتَى هَذا الرَّجُلُ المَجنُونُ إلَيكَ؟» فَأجابَ ياهُو: «أنتُمْ تَعرِفُونَ الرَّجُلَ وَالأشياءَ الغَرِيبَةَ الَّتِي يَقُولُهُا.»

Now Jehu came out to the servants of his master, and one said to him, “ Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?” And he said to them, “You know very well the man and his talk.”

12 ف َقالُوا لَهُ: «لا تَكْذِبْ! قُلِ الحَقِيقَةَ.» فَقالَ «هَذا هُوَ ما قالَهُ لِي: ‹يَقُولُ اللهُ قَدْ مَسَحْتُكَ مَلِكاً عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ.›»

They said, “It is a lie, tell us now.” And he said, “Thus and thus he said to me, ‘Thus says the Lord, “I have anointed you king over Israel.”’”

13 ف َخَلَعَ كُلُّ خادِمٍ مِنْهُمْ ثَوْبَهُ وَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى الدَّرَجِ أمامَ ياهُو. ثُمَّ نَفَخُوا فِي الأبواقِ وَقالُوا: «صارَ ياهُو مَلِكاً!» ياهُو يَذْهَبُ إلَى يَزرَعِيل

Then they hurried and each man took his garment and placed it under him on the bare steps, and blew the trumpet, saying, “Jehu is king!” Jehoram (Joram) Is Assassinated

14 و َتَمَرَّدَ ياهُو بْنُ يَهُوشافاطَ بْنِ نَمْشِي عَلَى يُورامَ. فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، كانَ يُورامُ وَبَنُو إسْرائِيلَ يُحاوِلُونَ الدِّفاعَ عَنْ رامُوتِ جِلْعادَ ضِدَّ حَزائِيلَ مَلِكِ أرامَ.

So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. Now Joram with all Israel was defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram,

15 و َكانَ المَلِكُ يُورامُ قَدْ حارَبَ حَزائِيلَ، مَلِكَ أرامَ. لَكِنَّ الأرامِيِّينَ جَرَحُوا المَلِكَ يُورامَ، فَذَهَبَ إلَى يَزْرَعِيلَ لِيَتَعافَى مِنْ جِراحِهِ. فَقالَ ياهُو لِخُدّامِ المَلِكِ: «مادُمْتُمْ قَبِلْتُمُونِي مَلِكاً، فَلا تَسْمَحُوا لأحَدٍ بِأنْ يَهرُبَ مِنَ المَدِينَةِ لِيَنْشُرَ الخَبَرَ فِي يَزرَعِيلَ.»

but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to be healed of the wounds which the Arameans had inflicted on him when he fought with Hazael king of Aram. So Jehu said, “If this is your mind, then let no one escape or leave the city to go tell it in Jezreel.”

16 و َكانَ يُورامُ يَقْضِي فَتْرَةَ نَقاهَةٍ فِي يَزرَعِيلَ. فَرَكِبَ ياهُو مَرْكَبَتَهُ وَذَهَبَ إلَيهِ. وَكانَ المَلِكُ أخَزْيا مَلِكُ يَهُوذا، قَدْ جاءَ أيضاً لِيَزُورَ يُورامَ.

Then Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram was lying there. Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram.

17 و َكانَ حارِسٌ واقِفاً عَلَى البُرجِ فِي يَزرَعِيلَ. فَرَأى جَماعَةَ ياهُو الكَبِيرَةَ آتِيَةً. فَقالَ: «أرَى جَماعَةً كَبِيرَةً مِنَ النّاسِ!» فَقالَ يُورامُ: «أرسِلْ فارِساً لِلِقائِهِمْ، وَاطلُبْ إلَيهِ أنْ يَسألَهُمْ هَل هُم قادِمُونَ فِي سَلامٍ.»

Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, “I see a company.” And Joram said, “Take a horseman and send him to meet them and let him say, ‘Is it peace?’”

18 ف امتَطَى الرَّسُولُ حِصاناً لِمُلاقاةِ ياهُو، وَقالَ: «يَسْألُ المَلِكُ يُورامُ: ‹هَلْ أنتُمْ قادِمُونَ فِي سَلامٍ؟›» فَقالَ لَهُ ياهُو: «أيُّ سَلامٍ هَذا؟ تَعالَ وَاتبَعْنِي.» فَقالَ الحارِسُ لِيُورامَ: «ذَهَبَ الرَّسُولُ إلَى الجَماعَةِ، لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَعُدْ بَعْدُ.»

So a horseman went to meet him and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peace?’” And Jehu said, “ What have you to do with peace? Turn behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger came to them, but he did not return.”

19 ف َأرسَلَ يُورامُ فارِساً آخَرَ. فَجاءَ الفارِسُ إلَى جَماعَةِ ياهُو وَقالَ: «يَقُولُ المَلِكُ يُورامُ: ‹هَلْ أنتُمْ قادِمُونَ فِي سَلامٍ؟›» فَأجابَ ياهُو: «أيُّ سَلامٍ هَذا؟ تَعالَ وَاتبَعْنِي.»

Then he sent out a second horseman, who came to them and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peace?’” And Jehu answered, “What have you to do with peace? Turn behind me.”

20 ف َقالَ الحارِسُ لِيُورامَ: «ذَهَبَ الرَّسُولُ الثّانِي إلَى الجَماعَةِ، لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَعُدْ بَعدُ. وَهُناكَ رَجُلٌ يَسُوقُ مَرْكَبَتَهُ بِجُنُونٍ عَلَى طَرِيقَةِ ياهُو بْنِ نَمْشِي.»

The watchman reported, “He came even to them, and he did not return; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously.”

21 ف َقالَ يُورامُ: «هاتُوا لِي مَركَبَتِي!» فَأحضَرَ الخادِمُ مَركَبَةَ يُورامَ. فَرَكِبَ كُلٌّ مِنْ يُورامَ، مَلِكِ إسْرائِيلَ وَأخَزْيا مَلِكِ يَهُوذا مَرْكَبَتَهُ. وَخَرَجَ الاثْنانِ لِلِقاءِ ياهُو. فَقابَلاهُ عِنْدَ حَقلِ نابُوتَ اليَزرَعِيلِيِّ.

Then Joram said, “ Get ready.” And they made his chariot ready. Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu and found him in the property of Naboth the Jezreelite.

22 ف َسَألَ يُورامُ ياهُو: «هَلْ أنتَ قادِمٌ فِي سَلامٍ؟» فَأجابَ ياهُو: «لا سَلامَ ما دامَتْ أُمُّكَ تُمارِسُ أعمالَ العُهْرِ وَالسِّحْرِ!»

When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” And he answered, “What peace, so long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?”

23 ف َغَيَّرَ يُورامُ اتِّجاهَ مَرْكَبَتِهِ لِيَهرُبَ، وَقالَ لِأخَزْيا: «إنَّها خِيانَةٌ يا أخَزْيا!»

So Joram reined about and fled and said to Ahaziah, “ There is treachery, O Ahaziah!”

24 ف َأمسَكَ ياهُو بِقَوْسِهِ. وَأطلَقَ سَهْماً عَلَى يُورامَ. فَأصابَهُ فِي مُنتَصَفِ ظَهْرِهِ مُختَرِقاً قَلْبَهُ. فَسَقَطَ يُورامُ فِي مَركَبَتِهِ مَيِّتاً.

And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and shot Joram between his arms; and the arrow went through his heart and he sank in his chariot.

25 ث ُمَّ قالَ ياهُو لِبَدْقَرَ، سائِقِ المَركَبَةِ: «خُذْ جُثَّةَ يُورامَ وَارمِها فِي حَقلِ نابُوتَ اليَزرَعِيلِيِّ. فَلَعَلَّكَ تَذكُرُ أنَّنِي عِندَما رَكِبْتُ مَعَكَ وَراءَ أخآبَ إلَى يُورامَ، قالَ اللهُ إنَّ هَذا سَيَكُونُ مَصِيرَهُ.

Then Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Take him up and cast him into the property of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite, for I remember when you and I were riding together after Ahab his father, that the Lord laid this oracle against him:

26 ف َقَدْ قالَ اللهُ: ‹بِالأمْسِ رَأيتُ دَمَ نابُوتَ وَأولادِهِ. لِهَذا سَأُعاقِبُكَ، يا أخآبُ، فِي هَذا الحَقلِ نَفسِهِ.› هَذا هُوَ ما قالَهُ اللهُ. فَخُذْ جُثَّةَ يُورامَ وَارْمِها فِي الحَقلِ، كَما قالَ اللهُ.»

‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,’ says the Lord, ‘and I will repay you in this property,’ says the Lord. Now then, take and cast him into the property, according to the word of the Lord.” Jehu Assassinates Ahaziah

27 ف َلَمّا رَأى المَلِكُ أخَزْيا هَذا، حاوَلَ الهَرَبَ. فَسَلَكَ طَرِيقَ «بَيْتِ البُسْتانِ.» فَطارَدَهُ ياهُو، وَقالَ: «اقتُلُوا أخَزْيا أيضاً!» فَأُصِيبَ أخَزْيا فِي مَرْكَبَتِهِ عَلَى طَرِيقِ عَقْبَةِ جُورَ قُرْبَ يِبلَعامَ. لَكِنَّهُ وَاصَلَ الهَرَبَ حَتَّى مَجِدُّو، وَهُناكَ ماتَ.

When Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu pursued him and said, “ Shoot him too, in the chariot.” So they shot him at the ascent of Gur, which is at Ibleam. But he fled to Megiddo and died there.

28 ف َحَمَلَ خُدّامُهُ جُثَّتَهُ فِي المَركَبَةِ إلَى مَدِينَةِ القُدْسِ، وَدَفَنُوهُ هُناكَ مَعَ آبائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ.

Then his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem and buried him in his grave with his fathers in the city of David.

29 ك انَ أخَزْيا قَدْ صارَ مَلِكاً عَلَى يَهُوذا فِي السَّنَةِ الحادِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ يُورامَ لإسْرائِيلَ. إيزابَلُ تَمُوتُ ميتةً شَنِيعة

Now in the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.

30 و َذَهَبَ ياهُو إلَى يَزْرَعِيلَ. فَسَمِعَتْ إيزابَلُ بِالخَبَرِ. فَوَضَعَتْ مَساحِيقَ تَجمِيلٍ عَلَى وَجهِها وَرَتَّبَتْ شَعرَها. ثُمَّ وَقَفَتْ عِندَ النّافِذَةِ وَنَظَرَتْ مِنْها.

When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it, and she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out the window.

31 ف َلَمّا دَخَلَ ياهُو المَدِينَةَ، قالَتْ لَهُ إيزابِيلُ: «أجِئْتَ للسَّلامِ يا مَنْ قَتَلَ سَيِّدَهُ كَما فَعَلَ زِمْري؟»

As Jehu entered the gate, she said, “ Is it well, Zimri, your master’s murderer?”

32 ف َتَطَلَّعَ ياهُو إلَى النّافِذَةِ، وَنادَى: «مَنْ مَعِي؟» فَأطَلَّ اثْنانِ أوْ ثَلاثَةُ خُدّامٍ مِنَ النّافِذَةِ.

Then he lifted up his face to the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three officials looked down at him. Jezebel Is Slain

33 ف َقالَ لَهُمْ ياهُو: «اطْرَحُوا إيزابَلَ إلَى أسْفَلَ!» فَطَرَحَها الخُدّامُ إلَى أسْفَلَ. فَتَطايَرَ دَمُها عَلَى السُّورِ وَعَلَى الخُيُولِ، فَداسَتْها.

He said, “Throw her down.” So they threw her down, and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall and on the horses, and he trampled her under foot.

34 ب َعْدَ ذَلِكَ، دَخَلَ ياهُو البَيتَ وَأكَلَ وَشَرِبَ. ثُمَّ قالَ: «انْظُرُوا فِي أمْرِ هَذِهِ المَرأةِ اللَّعِينَةِ، وَادفِنُوها فَهِيَ بِنْتُ مَلِكٍ.»

When he came in, he ate and drank; and he said, “See now to this cursed woman and bury her, for she is a king’s daughter.”

35 ف َذَهَبَ الرِّجالُ لِيَدفِنُوا إيزابَلَ، لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَجِدُوا جُثَّتَها. وَوَجَدُوا الجُمجُمَةَ وَالقَدَمَينِ وَراحَتَي اليَدَينِ.

They went to bury her, but they found nothing more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands.

36 ف َرَجِعَ الرِّجالُ وَأخبَرُوا ياهُو. فَقالَ ياهُو: «أمَرَ اللهُ عَبْدَهُ إيلِيّا التَّشْبِيّ أنْ يُوصِلَ هَذِهِ الرِّسالَةَ حَيثُ قالَ: ‹سَتَأْكُلُ الكِلابُ جُثَّةَ إيزابَلَ فِي يَزرَعِيلَ.

Therefore they returned and told him. And he said, “This is the word of the Lord, which He spoke by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ‘ In the property of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel;

37 ف َتَصِيرُ جُثَّتَها كَالزِّبلِ عَلَى الحَقلِ، حَتَّى لا يَستَطِيعُ أحَدٌ أنْ يُمَيِّزَها!›»

and the corpse of Jezebel will be as dung on the face of the field in the property of Jezreel, so they cannot say, “This is Jezebel.”’”