1 و َماتَ يَهُوشافاطُ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ. وَخَلَفَهُ فِي الحُكم يَهُورامُ ابنُهُ.

Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with in the City of David. Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

2 و َإخوَةُ يَهُورامَ هُمْ عَزَرْيا وَيَحِيئيلُ وَزَكَرِيّا وَعَزَرْياهُو وَمِيخائِيلُ وَشَفَطْيا. كانَ كُلُّ هَؤُلاءِ أبناءَ يَهُوشافاطَ، مَلِكِ يَهُوذا.

He had brothers: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah, all the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.

3 و َكانَ يَهُوَشافاطُ قَدْ أهدَى أبناءَهُ هَدايا مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَذَهَبٍ وَأشياءَ ثَمِينَةٍ. وَأعطاهُمْ أيضاً مُدُناً مُحَصَّنَةً فِي يَهُوذا. لَكِنَّ يَهُوشافاطَ اختارَ يَهُورامَ مَلِكاً لأنَّهُ كانَ بِكرَهُ. يَهُورامُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذا

Their father gave them great gifts of silver, gold, and precious things, together with fortified cities in Judah, but the kingdom he gave to Jehoram, the firstborn.

4 و َتَوَلَّى يَهُورامُ مَملَكَةَ أبيهِ. وَلَمّا شَدَّدَ قَبْضَتَهُ عَلَى المَملَكَةِ قَتَلَ بِالسَّيفِ كُلَّ إخْوَتهِ. وَقَتَلَ أيضاً بَعضَ قادَةِ إسْرائِيلَ.

When Jehoram had ascended to the kingship of his father, he strengthened himself and slew all his brethren with the sword and also some of Israel’s princes.

5 و َكانَ يَهُورامُ فِي الثّانِيَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ منْ عُمرِه عِندَما تَوَلَّى الحُكمَ. وَحَكَمَ في مَدِينَةِ القُدسِ ثَمانِي سَنَواتٍ.

Jehoram at thirty-two years of age began his eight-year reign in Jerusalem.

6 و َعاشَ يَهُورامُ مِثلَ مُلُوكِ إسْرائِيلَ، وَسارَ عَلَى نَهْجِ عائلَةِ أخآبَ، إذْ تَزَوَّجَ مِنَ بِنتِ أخآبَ. وَفَعَلَ يَهُورامُ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ.

He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for he married the daughter of Ahab and did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord.

7 ل َكنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يُرِدْ أنْ يَقضِيَ عَلَى بَيتِ داوُدَ بِسَبَبِ عَهدِ اللهِ مَعَ داوُدَ. إذْ وَعَدَ اللهُ بأنْ يُبقِيَ مِصباحاً مُنِيراً لِداوُدَ وَأبنائِهِ إلَى الأبَد.

But the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because He had made a covenant with David and promised to give a light to him and to his sons forever.

8 و َفِي زَمَنِ يَهُورامَ، تَمَرَّدَتْ أدُومُ وَانفَصَلَتْ عَنْ حُكمِ يَهُوذا. وَنَصَّبُوا لأنْفُسِهِمْ مَلِكاً مِنْ بَينِهِمْ.

In Jehoram’s days, the Edomites revolted from the rule of Judah and set up for themselves a king.

9 ف َذَهَبَ يَهُورامُ مَعَ كُلِّ قادَتهِ وَعَرَباتِهِ إلَى أدُومَ. فَحاصَرَ الجَيشُ الأدُومِيُّ يَهُورامَ وَقادَة مَركَباتهِ. لَكنَّهُ قاتَلَهُمْ لَيلاً، وَكَسَرَ الحِصارَ المَفرُوضَ عَلَيهِ.

Then Jehoram passed over with his captains and all his chariots, and rose up by night and smote the Edomites who had surrounded him and his chariot captains.

10 و َمُنذُ ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ إلَى يَومِنا هَذا، مازالَ أدُومُ مُتَمَرِّداً عَلَى يَهُوذا. فَشَجَّعَ هَذا أهلَ مَدِينَةِ لِبْنَةَ عَلَى التَّمَرُّدِ عَلَى يَهُورامَ، لِأنَّهُ تَرَكَ اللهَ ، إلَهَ آبائِهِ.

So Edom revolted from the rule of Judah to this day. Then Libnah also revolted from Jehoram’s rule, because he had forsaken the Lord, the God of his fathers.

11 و َبَنَى يَهُورامُ أيضاً مُرتَفَعاتٍ عَلَى تِلال يَهُوذا. فَجَعَلَ سُكّانَ القُدسِ يَخُونُونَ اللهَ، وَأضّلَّ أهلَ يَهُوذا.

Moreover, he made idolatrous high places in the hill country of Judah and debauched spiritually the inhabitants of Jerusalem and led Judah astray.

12 و َأرسَلَ النَّبيُّ إيليّا رسالَةً خَطِّيَّةً إلَى يَهُورامَ قالَ فِيها: «هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ ، إلَهُ داوُدَ جَدِّكَ. أنتَ لَمْ تَسلُكْ كَما سَلَكَ أبُوكَ يَهُوشافاطُ، وَلا كَما سَلَكَ آسا مَلكُ يَهُوذا.

And there came a letter to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

13 أ نتَ سَلَكْتَ عَلَى غِرار مُلُوكِ إسْرائِيلَ. دَفَعْتَ أهلَ يَهُوذا وَالقُدسِ إلَى الخِيانَةِ كَما فَعَلَتْ عائلَةُ أخآبَ بِإسرائِيلَ. وَأنتَ أيضاً قَتَلْتَ إخْوَتَكَ، أهلَ بَيتِ أبيكَ، الَّذِينَ كانُوا خَيراً مِنْكَ.

But have walked in the ways of Israel’s kings, and made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem play the harlot like the harlotry of Ahab’s house, and also have slain your brothers of your father’s house, who were better than you,

14 و َلهَذا فَإنَّ اللهَ سَيُعاقِبُ شَعبَكَ عِقاباً قاسِياً. وَسَيُعاقِبُ أبناءَكَ وَزَوجاتِكَ وَكُلَّ ما يَخُصُّكَ.

Behold, the Lord will smite your people, and your children, your wives, and all your possessions with a great plague.

15 و َسَيُصِيبُ أمعاءَكَ بِمَرَضٍ فَظيعٍ. وَسَيَزدادُ مَرَضُكَ سُوءاً كُلَّ يَومٍ إلَى أنْ تَخْرُجَ أمعاؤُكَ.»

And you yourself shall have a severe illness because of an intestinal disease, until your bowels fall out because of the sickness, day after day.

16 و َهَيَّجَ اللهُ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ وَالعَرَبَ السّاكنِينَ إلَى جِوارِ الشَّعبِ الكُوشِيِّ عَلَى يَهُورامَ.

And the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the anger of the Philistines and of the Arabs who were near the Ethiopians.

17 ف َهاجَمَ هَؤُلاء أرْضَ يَهُوذا، وَاسْتَولُوا عَلَى ثَرْوَة بَيْتِ المَلكِ، وَأخَذُوا زَوجاتِ يَهُورامَ وَأولادَهُ. وَلَمْ يَترُكُوا إلّا ابنَ يَهُورامَ الأصغَرَ، يَهُوآحازَ.

They came against Judah, invaded it, and carried away all the possessions found in and around the king’s house, together with his sons and his wives; so there was not a son left to him except Jehoahaz, the youngest.

18 ب َعدَ ذَلِكَ، أصابَ اللهُ يَهُورامَ بمَرَضٍ في أمْعائهِ لا يُعْرَفُ لَهُ عِلاجٌ.

And after all this, the Lord smote with an incurable intestinal disease.

19 و َبَعدَ سَنَتَين خَرَجَتْ أمْعاءُ يَهُورامَ بِسَبَبِ مَرَضِهِ. وَماتَ فِي ألَمٍ شَدِيدٍ. وَلَمْ يَعمَلِ الشَّعبُ ناراً كَبِيرَةً إكراماً لَهُ كَما فَعَلُوا مَعَ أبِيهِ.

In process of time, after two years, his bowels fell out because of his disease. So he died in severe distress. And his people made no funeral fire to honor him, like the fires for his fathers.

20 ف َكانَ يَهُورامُ فِي الثّانِيَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ منْ عُمْرِهِ عِندَما تَوَلَّى الحُكمَ. وَحَكَمَ ثَمانِي سَنَواتٍ فِي القُدسِ. وَلَمْ يَحزَنْ أحَدٌ عَلَى وَفاتِهِ. وَدَفَنَهُ الشَّعبُ فِي مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ، لَكِنْ لَيسَ فِي قُبُورِ المُلُوكِ.

Thirty-two years old was Jehoram when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being wanted. Yet they buried him in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.