1 و َنَصَّبَ أهلُ القُدسِ أخَزْيا بْنَ يَهُورامَ مَلِكاً بَدَلاً مِنْ أبِيهِ. كانَ أخَزْيا أصغَرَ أبناء يَهُورامَ. وَلَمْ يَبقَ غَيرُهُ لِأنَّ الَّذِينَ جاءُوا مَعَ العَرَبِ لِلهُجُومِ عَلَى مُخَيَّمِ يَهُورامَ قَتَلُوا بَقِيَّةَ أبنائِهِ. وَهَكَذا صارَ أخَزْيا مَلِكاً.

And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead; for the band of men that came in the camp with the Arabians had slain all the elder ones. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

2 و َكانَ عُمْرُهُ اثْنَينِ وَعِشرِينَ سَنَةً عِندَما تَوَلَّى الحُكمَ. وَحَكَمَ في القُدسِ سَنَةً واحِدَةً. وَأُمُّهُ هِيَ عَثَلْيا بِنتُ عُمْرِي.

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Athaliah, daughter of Omri.

3 و َعَمِلَ أخَزْيا ما لا يُرْضِي اللهَ، فسَلَكَ عَلَى غِرارِ عائِلَةِ أخآبَ، إذْ شَجَّعَتْهُ أُمُّهُ عَلَى فِعلِ الشُّرُورِ.

He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.

4 ف َفَعَلَ أخَزْيا الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ ، كَما فَعَلَتْ عائِلَةُ أخآبَ. فَقَدْ صارَ أفرادُ عائلَةِ أخآبَ مُستَشارِينَ لِأخَزْيا بَعدَ مَوت أبيهِ. فَأساءُوا النُّصحَ لَهُ، فَأدَّى ذَلِكَ إلَى مَوتِهِ.

And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah like the house of Ahab; for they were his counsellors after the death of his father, to his destruction.

5 و َاستَمَعَ أخَزيا إلَى نَصِيحَةِ عائلَةِ أخآبَ، فَذَهَبَ مَعَ المَلِكِ يَهُورامَ بْنِ مَلِكِ إسْرائِيلَ أخآبَ، لمُحارَبَةِ حَزائِيلَ مَلِكِ أرامَ فِي مَدِينَةِ رامُوثَ الَّتِي فِي جَلْعادَ. فَجَرَحَ الأرامِيُّونَ يُورامَ فِي المَعرَكَةِ.

He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, to the war against Hazael the king of Syria at Ramoth-Gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

6 ف َرَجِعَ يُورامُ إلَى مَدِينَةِ يَزْرَعِيلَ ليَتَعافَى. وَكانَ قَدْ أُصِيبَ فِي رامُوثَ أثْناءَ قَتالِهِ حَزائيلَ، مَلِكَ أرامَ. فَذَهَبَ أخَزْيا بْنُ يَهُورامَ إلَى مَدينَةِ يَزْرَعيلَ لِيَطمَئِنَّ عَلَى يَهُورامَ بْنِ أخآبَ، لِأنَّهُ كانَ مُصاباً.

And he returned to be healed in Jizreel because of the wounds that were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jizreel; for he was sick.

7 و َجَعَلَ اللهُ مَوْتَ أخَزْيا فِي وَقْتِ زيارَتِه لِيَهُورامَ. فَوَصَلَ أخَزْيا وَخَرَجَ مَعَ يَهُورامَ لِيُقابِلَ ياهُو بْنَ نِمْشِي الَّذِي اختارَهُ اللهُ لِلقَضاءِ عَلَى عائِلَةِ أخآبَ.

But his coming to Joram was from God the complete ruin of Ahaziah. And when he had come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom Jehovah had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.

8 و َبَينَما كانَ ياهُو يَقتُلُ عائِلَةَ أخآبَ، رَأى قادَةَ يَهُوذا وَأقرِباءَ أخَزْيا الَّذِينَ كانُوا يَخدِمُونَ أخَزْيا، فَقَتَلَهُمْ جَمِيعاً.

And it came to pass when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, that he found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that attended upon Ahaziah, and he slew them.

9 ث ُمَّ بَحَثَ عَنْ أخَزْيا، وَألقَى رِجالُ ياهُو القَبضَ عَلَى أخَزْيا وَهُوَ يَختَبِئُ فِي مَدِينَةِ السّامِرَةِ. فَأحْضَرُوهُ إلَى ياهُو، ثُمَّ قَتَلُوهُ وَدَفَنُوهُ إذْ قالُوا: «أخَزْيا مِنْ نَسلِ يَهُوشافاطَ الَّذِي تَبِعَ اللهَ بِكُلِّ قَلبِهِ.» وَلَمْ تَكُنْ لِعائلَةِ أخَزْيا قُدْرَةٌ عَلَى ضَبْطِ شُؤُونِ مَملَكَةِ يَهُوذا. عَثَلْيا مَلكَةُ يَهُوذا

And he sought Ahaziah; and they caught him (for he had hid himself in Samaria), and brought him to Jehu, and slew him; and they buried him, for they said, He is a son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Jehovah with all his heart. And in the house of Ahaziah there was no one who was able to the kingdom.

10 و َلَمّا رَأتْ عَثَلْيا أُمُّ أخَزْيا أنَّ ابْنَها قَدْ ماتَ، قَتَلَتْ جَمِيعَ أحفادِها أبناءِ المَلكِ فِي يَهُوذا.

And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she rose up and exterminated all the royal seed of the house of Judah.

11 أ مّا يَهُوشَبْعَةُ بِنتُ المَلِكِ، فَقَدْ خَطَفَتْ يُوآشَ بْنَ أخَزْيا مِنْ بَيْنِ إخْوَتِهِ قَبلَ أنْ يُقْتَلُوا، وَخَبَّأتْهُ هُوَ وَمُرضِعَتُهُ فِي غُرفَةِ نَومِها. كَانَتْ يَهُوشَبْعَةُ بِنتَ المَلِكِ يَهُورامَ، وَزَوجَةَ الكاهِنِ يَهُورامَ، وَأُخْتَ أخَزْيا. لِذَلِكَ خَبَّأتْ يَواشَ مِنْ عَثَلْيا فَلَمْ تَتَمَكَّنْ مِنْ قَتلِهِ.

But Jehoshabeath the daughter of the king took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah, so that she did not slay him;

12 ف َبَقيَ يُوآشُ مُخبَّأً فِي بَيتِ اللهِ مَعَ يَهُوشَبْعَةَ وَمُرْضِعَتِهِ سِتَّ سَنَواتٍ. بَينَما مَلَكَتْ عَثَلْيا عَلَى يَهُوذا.

and he was with them hid in the house of God six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land.