1 ك انَ آحازُ في العِشرِينَ منْ عُمرِهِ عندَما تَوَلَّى الحُكمَ. وَحَكَمَ ستَّ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي القُدسِ. لَكنَّهُ لَمْ يَعِشْ حَياةَ اسْتقامَةٍ كَسَلَفِهِ داوُدَ. فَلَمْ يَفعَلْ آحازُ ما يُرضي اللهَ ،

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not what was right in the sight of Jehovah, like David his father,

2 ب َلْ سارَ عَلَى نَهْجِ مُلُوكِ إسْرائِيلَ الأردِياءِ. وَاستَخدَمَ قَوالبَ لصُنعِ أوثانٍ لِعِبادَةِ آلهَةِ البَعلِ.

but walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and even made molten images for the Baals;

3 ف َكانَ يُقَدِّمُ البَخُورَ وَيَحرِقُ أولادَهُ في وادِي ابنِ هِنُّومَ كَتَقْدِماتِ لِلآلَهَةِ الأُخْرى. عَمِلَ الأُمُورَ البَغِيضَةَ الَّتِي كانَ يَفعَلُها أهلُ تِلكَ الأرْضِ الَّذِينَ طَرَدَهُمُ اللهُ عندَما دَخَلَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ تِلكَ الأرْضَ.

and he burned incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burned his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel.

4 و َقَدَّمَ آحازُ أيضاً ذَبائحَ وَأحرَقَ بَخُوراً فِي المُرتَفَعاتِ، وَعَلَى التِّلالِ وَتَحتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضراءَ.

And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

5 ف َدَفَعَ اللهُ آحازَ إلَى يَدِ مَلِكِ أرامَ، فَهَزَمَهُ وَأسَرَ كَثيرينَ منْ شَعبِ يَهُوذا وَأحضَرَهُمْ إلَى دِمَشْقَ. كَما دَفَعَهُ إلَى يَدِ فَقْحَ مَلكِ إسْرائِيلَ، فَهَزَمَهُ وَأحدَثَ مَجزَرَةً فِي جَيشِهِ.

Therefore Jehovah his God gave him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also given into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.

6 ف َقَدْ قَتَلَ فَقْحُ بْنُ رَمَلْيا مئَةً وَعِشرِينَ ألفَ جُندِيٍّ قَوِيٍّ منْ يَهُوذا في يَومٍ واحِدٍ، لِأنَّهُمْ خَرَجُوا عَنْ طاعَةِ اللهِ ، إلَهِ آبائِهِمْ.

And Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken Jehovah the God of their fathers.

7 و َكانَ زِكْرِي جُندِيّاً قَوِيّاً مِنْ جُنُودِ أفْرايِمَ. فَتَمَكَّنَ مِنْ قَتلِ مَعْسِيَّا بْنِ المَلِكِ آحازَ، وَعَزْرِيقامَ المَسؤُولِ عَنْ بَيْتِ المَلِكِ، وَألقانَةَ نائِبِ المَلكِ.

And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah the second to the king.

8 و َأسَرَ جَيشُ إسْرائِيلَ مِئَتَي ألفَ شَخصٍ مِنْ أقربائِهِمِ السّاكِنِينَ فِي يَهُوذا. وَغَنِمُوا نِساءً وَأطفالاً وَأشياءَ ثَمِينَةً كَثيرَةً مِنْ يَهُوذا. وَجاءُوا بكُلِّ ما غَنِمُوهُ إلَى مَدِينَةِ السّامرَةِ.

And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took away also much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.

9 و َكانَ هُناكَ أحَدُ أنبِياءِ اللهِ ، وَاسْمُهُ عُودِيدُ. قابَلَ النَّبِيُّ عُودِيدُ جَيشَ إسْرائِيلَ العائِدَ إلَى السّامرَةِ. وَقالَ لَهُمْ: «لَقَدْ سَمَحَ لَكُمُ اللهُ ، إلَهُ آبائِكُمْ بِالانتِصارِ عَلَى شَعبِ يَهُوذا لِأنَّهُ غَضبَ عَلَيهِمْ. لَكِنَّكُمْ تَجاوَزْتُمْ كُلَّ حَدٍّ في مُعاقَبَتِهِمْ وَقَتلِهِمْ. وَالآنَ، فَإنَّ اللهَ غاضِبٌ عَلَيكُمْ أنتُمْ.

But a prophet of Jehovah was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because Jehovah the God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he gave them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.

10 ف َأنتُمْ تَنوُونَ إبقاءَ أهلِ يَهُوذا وَالقُدسِ عَبيداً خاضِعِينَ لَكُمْ. أفَلَسْتُمْ مِثلَهُمْ فِي الخَطايا الَّتِي ارتَكَبْتُمُوها ضِدَّ إلَهِكُمْ ؟

And now ye think to subjugate the children of Judah and Jerusalem as your bondmen and bondwomen. Are there not with you, even with you, trespasses against Jehovah your God?

11 و َالآنَ استَمعُوا إلَيَّ. أطلِقُوا إخْوَتَكُمْ وَأخَواتِكُمُ الَّذينَ أسَرْتُمُوهُمْ، وَإلّا ازدادَ غَضَبُ اللهِ عَلَيكُمْ.»

And now hear me, and send back the captives again, whom ye have taken captive of your brethren; for the fierce wrath of Jehovah is upon you.

12 ث ُمَّ رَأى بَعضُ قادَةِ أفْرايِمَ جُنُودَ جَيشِ إسْرائِيلَ القادمينَ منَ الحَربِ. فَاجتَمَعَ هَؤُلاءِ القادَةُ مَعَ جُنُودِ إسْرائِيلَ وَأنذَرُوهُمْ. وَهَؤُلاءِ القادَةُ هُمْ عَزَرْيا بْنُ يَهُوحانانَ، وَبَرَخْيا بْنُ مَشُلِّيمُوتَ، وَيَحَزْقِيا بْنُ شَلُّومَ، وَعَماسا بْنُ حَدلايَ.

And certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Hezekiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war,

13 ق الَ هَؤُلاءِ القادَةُ لِجُنُودِ إسْرائِيلَ: «لا تُدخِلُوا أسرَى يَهُوذا إلَى هُنا. فَإنْ فَعَلْتُمْ ذَلِكَ، فَإنَّكُمْ تَتَمادُوْنَ فِي الإثمِ ضِدَّ اللهِ. وَسَتَزِيدُونَ إثمَنا إثماً، وَسَيَشتَدُّ غَضَبُ اللهِ عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ!»

and said to them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither; because, for our guilt before Jehovah, ye think to increase our sins and our trespasses: for our trespass is great, and fierce wrath is upon Israel.

14 ف َأعطَى الجُنُودُ الأسرَى وَالغَنائِمَ لِهَؤُلاءِ القادَةِ وَلِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ.

Then the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation.

15 و َقامَ القادَةُ عَزَرْيا وَبَرَخْيا وَيَحَزْقِيا وَعَماسا وَأعانُوا الأسرَى. فَجَلَبَ هَؤُلاءِ الرِّجالُ الأربَعَةُ المَلابِسَ الَّتِي أخَذَها جَيشُ إسْرائِيلَ وَأعطُوها لِهَؤُلاءِ الأسرَى العُراةِ. وَألبَسُوهُمْ أحذِيَةً أيضاً. ثُمَّ أعطُوهُمْ طَعاماً لِيَأْكُلُوا وَماءً لِيَشرَبُوا. وَدَهَّنُوهُمْ بِالزَّيتِ مِنْ أجلِ تَطريَة جُرُوحهِمْ وَشِفائِها. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ وَضَعَ قادَةُ أفْرايِمَ هَؤُلاءِ الأسرَى المُنهَكِينَ عَلَى حَميرٍ، وَأرجَعُوهُمْ إلَى أقْرِبائِهِمْ فِي أريحا، مَدينَةِ النَّخِيلِ. ثُمَّ عادَ هَؤُلاء القادَةُ إلَى وَطَنِهمْ في السّامرَةِ.

And the men that have been expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them on asses, and brought them to Jericho the city of palm-trees, to their brethren. And they returned to Samaria.

16 و َفِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، اسْتَنْجَدَ المَلِكُ آحازُ بِمَلِكِ أشُّورَ.

At that time king Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria to help him.

17 ف قَدْ هَجَمَ الأدُومِيُّونَ ثانِيَةً عَلَى شَعبِ يَهُوذا وَضَرَبُوهُمْ ضَربَةً مُوجِعَةً، وَأسَرُوا منهُمْ كَثِيرِينَ.

And again the Edomites came and smote Judah, and carried away captives.

18 و َهاجَمَ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ أيضاً المُدُنَ وَالتِّلالَ فِي جَنُوبِ يَهُوذا. وَاستَولَوْا عَلَى مُدُنِ بَيتِ شَمسٍ وَأيَّلُونَ وَجَدِيرُوتَ وَسُوكُو وَتِمْنَةَ وَحِمْزُو. وَاستَولُوا أيضاً عَلَى القُرَى التّابِعَةِ لِهَذِهِ المُدُنِ.

And the Philistines invaded the cities of the lowland, and of the south of Judah, and took Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Socho and its dependent villages, and Timnah and its dependent villages, and Guimzo and its dependent villages; and they dwelt there.

19 و َأذَلَّ اللهُ يَهُوذا بِمَزِيدٍ مِنَ الضِّيقاتِ لأنَّ آحازَ مَلِكَ يَهُوذا شَجَّعَ الشَّعبَ عَلَى السَّيرِ فِي طَرِيقِ الخَطِيَّةِ. فَكانَ غَيرَ وَفيٍّ للهِ.

For Jehovah humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had made Judah lawless, and transgressed much against Jehovah.

20 ف َجاءَ تَغْلَثَ فَلاسَرُ، مَلِكُ أشُّورَ، وَكانَ مَصْدَرَ ضيقٍ لا مَصْدَرَ عَونٍ لآحازَ.

And Tilgath-Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and troubled him, and did not support him.

21 ف َمَعَ أنَّ آحازَ أخَذَ بَعْضَ الأشياءِ الثَّمينَةِ منْ بَيتِ اللهِ وَمِنْ بَيْتِ المَلِكِ وَمِنْ بَيْتِ الرُّؤَساءِ وَأعطاها لمَلِكِ أشُّورَ، إلّا أنَّهُ لَمْ يُقَدِّمْ العَونَ لآحازَ.

For Ahaz stripped the house of Jehovah, and the house of the king and of the princes, and gave to the king of Assyria; but he was of no help to him.

22 و َفِي وَسَط ضِيقاتِ آحازَ، زادَ ذَلِكَ المَلِكُ فِي الإثمِ وَعَدَمِ الوَفاءِ للهِ.

And in the time of his trouble he transgressed yet more against Jehovah, this king Ahaz.

23 ق َدَّمَ ذَبائِحَ للآلِهَةِ الَّتِي يَعبُدُها أهلُ دمَشقَ الَّذِينَ هَزَمُوهُ. وَقالَ: «ساعَدَتْ آلِهَةُ أرامَ الشَّعبَ الَّذِي يَعبُدُها، فَلَعَلَّها تُعِينُنِي أنا أيضاً إذا ذَبَحتُ لَها.» فَعَبَدَ آحازُ تِلكَ الآلِهَةَ. فَكانَتْ سَبَباُ فِي سُقُوطِهِ، وَسُقُوطِ إسرائِيلَ مَعَهُ.

And he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which had smitten him; and he said, Since the gods of the kings of Syria help them, I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

24 و َجَمَعَ آحازُ الأدَواتِ المُستَخدَمَةَ فِي بِيتِ اللهِ وَكَسَّرَها. ثُمَّ أغلَقَ أبوابَ بَيتِ اللهِ. وَعَمِلَ مَذابحَ وَوَضَعَها فِي كُلّ زاوِيَةِ شارعٍ فِي القُدس.

And Ahaz gathered the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and closed the doors of the house of Jehovah, and he made for himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

25 و َبَنَى آحازُ فِي كُلِّ مَدينَةٍ فِي يَهُوذا مُرتَفَعاتٍ لإحراقِ البَخُورِ لعِبادَة آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى. وَأغضَبَ آحازُ اللهَ ، إلَهَ آبائِهِ، غَضَباً شَدِيداً.

And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked to anger Jehovah the God of his fathers.

26 أ مّا الأشياءُ الأُخرَى الَّتي عَملَها آحازُ، فَمَكتُوبَةٌ مِنْ أوَّلها إلَى آخِرها في كتاب تاريخ مُلُوكِ إسْرائِيلَ وَيَهُوذا.

And the rest of his acts, and all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

27 و َماتَ آحازُ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبائِهِ. وَدَفَنَهُ الشَّعبُ فِي مَدِينَةِ القُدسِ، لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَدفِنُوهُ فِي المَقابِرِ المَلَكِيَّةِ. وَخَلَفَهُ فِي الحُكمِ ابنُهُ حَزَقِيّا.

And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem; but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.