1 و َبَعْدَ هَذِهِ السَّنَواتِ السِّتِّ، قَوِيَ نُفُوذُ يَهُوياداعَ. وَتَعاهَدَ مَعَ قادَة الجَيشِ: عَزَرْيا بْنِ يَرُوحامَ، وَإسْماعِيلَ بْنِ يَهُوحانانَ، وَعَزَرْيا بْنِ عُوبِيدَ، وَمَعَسْيا بْنِ عَدايا، وَألِيشافاطَ بْنِ زِكْرِي.

And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.

2 و َجالُوا فِي يَهُوذا وَجَمَعُوا الَّلاوِيِّينَ منْ كُلِّ مُدُنِ يَهُوذا. وَجَمَعُوا أيضاً كُلَّ رُؤَساءِ عائلاتِ إسْرائِيلَ، وَذَهَبُوا إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

3 و َقَطَعَ كُلُّ المُجتَمعينَ هُناكَ عَهداً مَعَ المَلِكِ في بَيتِ اللهِ. وَقالَ يَهُوياداعُ لَهُمْ: «لا بُدَّ أنْ يَحكُمَ ابنُ المَلِك بَلَدَنا. فَهَذا هُوَ ما وَعَدَ بِه اللهُ مِنْ جِهَةِ نَسلِ داوُدَ.

And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as the Lord hath said of the sons of David.

4 و َالآنَ هَذا ما يَنْبَغِي أنْ تَفعَلُوهُ: ليَحرُسْ ثُلُثُكُمُ الأبْوابَ أنتُمُ الكَهَنَةَ وَالَّلاوِيِّينَ المُناوِبِينَ فِي أيّام السَّبتِ.

This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;

5 و َلْيَكُنْ ثُلُثُكُمُ الثّانِي عِندَ بَيتِ المَلكِ، وَثُلُثُكُمُ الأخيرُ عِندَ بَوّابَةِ الأساسِ. أمّا الآخَرُونَ، فَليَبقَوْا في ساحاتِ بَيتِ اللهِ.

and a third part shall be at the king’s house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the Lord.

6 ل ا تَدَعُوا أحَداً يَدخُلُ بَيتَ اللهِ غَيرَ الكَهَنَةِ وَالَّلاوِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ يَخدِمُونَ. فَهَؤُلاءِ مُقَدَّسُونَ. أمّا الآخَرُونَ، فَيَنْبَغِي أنْ يَحرِصُوا عَلَى القِيام بِالواجِبِ الَّذِي أوْكَلَهُ اللهُ إليْهِمْ.

But let none come into the house of the Lord, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the Lord.

7 و َعَلَى الَّلاويِّينَ أنْ يُحِيطُوا بِالمَلِكِ مِنْ كُلِّ جانبٍ لِحِراسَتِهِ، وَسَيفُ كُلِّ واحِدٍ بيَدهِ. وَاقتُلُوا كُلَّ مَنْ يُحاوِلُ دُخُولَ الهَيكَلِ. وَلازِمُوا المَلِكَ حَيثُما ذَهَبَ وَأتَى.»

And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.

8 ف َأطاعَ الَّلاوِيُّونَ وَكُلُّ شَعبِ يَهُوذا كُلَّ ما أمَرَ بِهِ الكاهِنُ يَهُوياداعُ. وَلَمْ يَعْفِ الكاهِنُ يَهُوياداعُ أيَّ كاهِنٍ مِنْ أيِّ فَرِيقٍ مِنَ الكَهَنَةِ. فَدَخَلَ كُلُّ قائدٍ وَكُلُّ رِجالِهِ فِي يَومِ السَّبتِ مَعَ الَّذِينَ يَخرُجُونَ فِي السَّبتِ.

So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.

9 و َوَزَّعَ يَهُوياداعُ الكاهنُ الرّماحَ وَالتُّرُوسَ الكَبِيرَةَ وَالتُّرُوسَ الصَّغِيرَةَ الَّتي كانَتْ لِلمَلِكِ داوُدَ إلَى الضُّبّاطِ. وَكانَتْ هَذِهِ الأسلِحَةُ مَحفُوظَةً فِي بِيتِ اللهِ.

Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David’s, which were in the house of God.

10 ث ُمَّ وَجَّهَ يَهُوياداعُ الرِّجالَ أينَ يَنبَغِي أنْ يَقِفُوا. فَوَقَفَ الرِّجالُ، وَسِلاحُ كُلِّ واحِدٍ بِيَدِهِ، مِنَ الجانبِ الأيمَنِ إلَى الجانِبِ الأيسَرِ مِنَ بِيتِ اللهِ. فَكانُوا قُرْبَ المَذبَحِ، وَقُرْبَ بِيتِ اللهِ وَقُرْبَ المَلِكِ.

And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.

11 و َأخرَجُوا ابنَ المَلِك وَوَضَعُوا التّاجَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ، وَأعطُوهُ نُسخَةً مَنْ كِتاب الشَّرِيعَةِ. ثُمَّ نَصَّبُوهُ مَلِكاً. وَمَسَحَ يَهُوياداعُ وَأبناؤُهُ يُوآشَ. وَهَتَفُوا: «يَعِيشُ المَلكُ!»

Then they brought out the king’s son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.

12 و َسَمِعَتْ عَثَلْيا صَوتَ الشَّعبِ وَهُمْ يَركُضُونَ إلَى الهَيكَلِ وَيُحَيُّونَ المَلِكَ. فَدَخَلَتْ إلَى بَيتِ اللهِ حَيْثُ يَجْتَمِعُ الشَّعبُ.

Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the Lord:

13 ف َرَأتِ المَلِكَ واقِفاً عِندَ العَمُودِ قُرْبَ المَدْخَلِ. وَرَأتْ أيضاً القادَةَ وَضارِبِي الأبواقِ يَنفُخُونَ الأبواقَ ابتِهاجاً بِالمَلِكِ، وَجَميعَ الشَّعبِ يَبتَهِجُونَ وَيَنفُخُونَ الأبواقَ، وَالمُرَنِّمُونَ يَقُودونَ الاحتِفالَ بِآلاتِهِم، فَشَقَّتْ ثِيابَها وَصَرَخَتْ: «هَذِهِ خِيانَةٌ! هَذِهِ خِيانَةٌ!»

and she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.

14 و َأمَرَ الكاهِنُ القادَةَ المَسْؤُولِينَ عَنِ الجُنُودِ فَقالَ: «أخرِجُوا عَثَلْيا خارِجَ ساحَةِ الهَيكَلِ. وَإذا حَاوَلَ أحَدٌ أنْ يُدافِعَ عَنْها، فَاقتُلُوهُ. لَكِنْ لا تَقْتُلُوها فِي بَيتِ اللهِ.»

Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the Lord.

15 ف َأمسَكَ الجُنُودُ بِعَثَلْيا. وَاقتادُوها عَبْرَ طَرِيقِ الخَيلِ إلَى مَدخَلِ القَصْرِ. وَقَتَلُوها هُناكَ.

So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king’s house, they slew her there.

16 ث ُمَّ قَطَعَ يَهُوياداعُ عَهداً مَعَ كُلِّ الشَّعبِ وَمَعَ المَلِكِ. وَتَعاهَدُوا جَمِيعاً عَلَى أنْ يَكُونُوا شَعبَ اللهِ.

And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the Lord’s people.

17 و َذَهَبَ كُلُّ الشَّعبِ إلَى مَعبَدِ البَعلِ. وَدَمَّرُوا تِمثالَهُ وَمَذابِحَهُ، وَكَسَّرُوها تَكسِيراً. وَقَتَلُوا أيضاً مَتّانَ، كاهِنَ البَعلِ، أمامَ مَذابِحِ البَعلِ.

Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

18 ث ُمَّ عَيَّنَ يَهُوياداعُ الكَهَنَةَ الَّلاوِيِّينَ المَسؤُولينَ عَنْ بَيتِ اللهِ. وَكانَ داوُدُ هُوَ الَّذِي أعطاهُمْ مَسؤُولِيَّةَ الإشرافِ عَلَى بَيتِ اللهِ. وَكانَ عَلَيهمْ أنْ يُقَدِّمُوا ذَبائِحَ صاعِدَةً للهِ وَفْقَ الشَّرِيعَةِ الَّتي أمَرَ بِها مُوسَى. فَقَدَّمُوا الذَّبائِحَ بِفَرَحٍ غامِرٍ وَتَرنِيمٍ كَما أمَرَ داوُدُ.

Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the Lord by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the Lord, to offer the burnt offerings of the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.

19 و َوَضَعَ يَهُوياداعُ حُرّاساً عَلَى بَوّاباتِ بَيتِ اللهِ لِئَلّا يَدخُلَ الهَيكَلَ أيُّ شَخصٍ غَيرِ طاهِرٍ.

And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the Lord, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.

20 و َأخَذَ يَهُوياداعُ ضُبّاطَ الجَيشِ وَالقادَةَ وَرُؤَساءَ الشَّعبِ، وَكُلَّ شَعبِ الأرْضِ مَعَهُ. ثُمَّ أخرَجَ المَلكَ منْ بَيتِ اللهِ. وَعَبَرُوا البَوّابَةَ العُلْويَّةَ إلَى بَيت المَلِكِ. وَهُناكَ أجلَسُوا المَلِكَ عَلَى العَرشِ.

And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the Lord: and they came through the high gate into the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

21 ف َفَرِحَ جِدّاً كُلُّ شَعبِ يَهُوذا. وَاستَراحَتْ مَدِينَةُ القُدسِ بَعْدَ أنْ قُتِلَتْ عَثَلْيا بِالسَّيفِ.

And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.