1 ¶ Now Jehoram, the son of Ahab, began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

وَصارَ يَهُورامُ بْنُ أخآبَ مَلِكاً عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ فِي السّامِرَةِ. كانَ ذَلِكَ فِي السَّنَةِ الثّامِنَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ يَهُوشافاطَ لِيَهُوذا. وَحَكَمَ اثْنَتَي عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً.

2 A nd he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like his father and like his mother, for he put away the images of Baal that his father had made.

وَفَعَلَ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ. لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَى الدَّرَجَة نَفْسِها مِنَ الشَّرِّ مِثلَ أبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ. فَقَدْ أزالَ التِّمثالَ الَّذِي نَصَبَهُ أبُوهُ لِعِبادَةِ البَعلِ.

3 N evertheless, he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin; he did not depart from them.

غَيرَ أنَّهُ وَاصَلَ ارْتِكابَ نَفْسِ خَطايا يَرُبْعامَ بْنِ ناباطَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ يُخطِئُونَ. اسْتَمَرَّ بَذَلِكَ وَلَمْ يَتَوَقَّفْ. انفِصالُ مُوآبَ عَنْ إسْرائِيل

4 A nd Mesha, king of Moab, was a pastor and rendered unto the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs and one hundred thousand rams, with the wool.

كانَ مِيشَعُ مَلِكُ مُوآبَ يَملِكُ مَواشِيَ كَثِيرَةً. وَكانَ يُعْطِي مِئَةَ ألفِ حَمَلٍ، وَمِئَةَ ألفِ كَبْشٍ وَصُوفاً كَضَريبَةٍ سَنَويَّةً لِمَلِكِ إسْرائِيلَ.

5 B ut it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

لَكِنْ عِنْدَما ماتَ أخآبُ، تَمَرَّدَ عَلَى مَلِكِ إسْرائِيلَ.

6 ¶ And King Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time and numbered all Israel.

فَخَرَجَ المَلِكُ يَهُورامُ، وَحَشَدَ كُلَّ جُنُودِ إسْرائِيلَ.

7 A nd he went and sent to Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has rebelled against me; wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up; I am as thou art, my people as thy people and my horses as thy horses.

وَأرسَلَ يَهُورامُ رُسُلاً إلَى يَهُوشافاطَ، مَلِكِ يَهُوذا، فَقالَ فِي رِسالَتِه: «تَمَرَّدَ عَلَيَّ مَلِكُ مُوآبَ، فَهَلْ تَذهَبُ مَعِي لِمُقاتَلَةِ المُوآبِيِّينَ؟» فَقالَ يَهُوشافاطُ: «سَأُشارِكُكَ فِي المَعْرَكَةِ كَأنَّها مَعْرَكَتِي، وَسَيَكُونُ جَيشِي وَخُيُولِي كَأنَّهُمْ جَيشُكَ وَخُيُولُكَ أنْتَ.» المُلُوكُ الثَّلاثَةُ يَطلُبُونَ نَصِيحَةَ ألِيشَع

8 A nd he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.

فَسَألَ يَهُوشافاطُ يَهُورامَ: «مِنْ أيِّ طَرِيقٍ نَذْهَبَ؟» فَأجابَ يَهُورامُ: «نَذْهَبَ عَبْرَ بَرِّيَّةِ أدُومَ.»

9 S o the king of Israel went and the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and as they walked round about seven days’ journey through the desert, there was no water for the host or for the beasts that followed them.

فَذَهَبَ مَلِكُ إسْرائِيلَ مَعَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذا وَمَلِكِ أدُومَ. وَسارُوا سَبْعَةَ أيّامٍ. فَلَمْ يَتَبَقَّ ما يَكفِي مِنَ الماءِ لِلجَيشِ وَالحَيَواناتِ.

10 T hen the king of Israel said, Alas! The LORD has called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!

وَأخِيراً قالَ مَلِكُ إسْرائِيلَ: «أخشَى أنْ يَكُونَ اللهُ قَدْ جَمَعَنا نَحنُ المُلُوكَ الثَّلاثَةَ لِيَهْزِمَنا المُوآبِيُّونَ!»

11 B ut Jehoshaphat said, Is there not a prophet of the LORD here, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel’s slaves answered and said, Here is Elisha, the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.

لَكِنَّ يَهُوشافاطَ قالَ: «لَيتَنا نَجِدُ نَبِيّاً مِنْ أنبِياءِ اللهِ هُنا، حَتَّى نَسألَ اللهَ مِنْ خِلالِهِ ماذا يَنبَغِي أنْ نَفعَلَ.» فَأجابَ أحَدُ خُدّامِ مَلِكِ إسْرائِيلَ: «يُوجَدُ هُنا ألِيشَعُ بْنُ شافاطَ الَّذِي كانَ خادِمَ إيلِيّا.»

12 A nd Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

فَقالَ يَهُوشافاطُ: « اللهُ يَأْتَمِنُ أليشَعَ عَلَى رَسائِلِهِ.» فَنَزَلَ مَلِكُ إسْرائِيلَ وَيَهُوشافاطُ وَمَلِكُ أدُومَ لِيَرَوْا ألِيشَعَ.

13 T hen Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? Go to the prophets of thy father and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, No, for the LORD has called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

فَقالَ ألِيشَعُ لِمَلِكِ إسْرائِيلَ: «ماذا تُرِيدُ مِنِّي؟ اذهَبْ إلَى أنبِياءِ أبِيكَ وَأُمِّكَ!» فَقالَ مَلِكُ إسْرائِيلَ لألِيشَعَ: «لا، فَقَدْ جِئْنا إلَيكَ لِأنَّ اللهَ قَدْ دَعانا نَحْنُ المُلُوكَ الثَّلاثَةَ مَعاً لِيَهْزِمَنا المُوآبِيُّونَ. لِهَذا نَحتاجُ إلَى عَوْنِكَ وَمَشُورَتِكَ.»

14 A nd Elisha said, As the LORD of the hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee nor see thee.

فَقالَ ألِيشَعُ: «أُقسِمُ بِاللهِ الحَيِّ القَدِيرِ، ما كُنْتُ لأَنظُرَ إلَى وَجهِكَ أوْ أُقِيمُ لَكَ اعتِباراً لَولا خاطِرُ يَهُوشافاطَ، مَلِكِ يَهُوذا.

15 B ut now bring me a minstrel. And when the minstrel played, the hand of the LORD came upon him;

وَالآنَ، هاتُوا لِي شَخْصاً يَعزِفُ عَلَى العُودِ.» فَلَمّا عَزَفَ العَوّادُ، حَلَّ عَلَيهِ رُوحُ اللهِ.

16 a nd he said, Thus hath the LORD said, Make this valley full of ditches.

وَقالَ ألِيشَعُ: «هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: ‹احْفُرُوا حُفَراً كَثيرَةً فِي هَذا الوادِي.›

17 F or thus hath the LORD said, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet this valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye and your livestock and your beasts.

فَهَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: ‹لَنْ تَرَوْا رِيْحاً، وَلَنْ تَرَوْا مَطَراً. لَكِنَّ هَذا الوادِيَ سَيَمْتَلِئُ ماءً، فَتَشْرَبُونَ أنْتُمْ وَماشِيَتُكُمْ وَحَيوانَتُكُمْ.›

18 A nd this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD; he will also deliver the Moabites into your hands.

هَذا أمْرٌ هَيِّنٌ عَلَى اللهِ ، بَلْ وَسَيَنصُرُكُمُ اللهُ عَلَى كُلِّ المُوآبِيِّينَ.

19 A nd ye shall smite every fenced city and every choice city and shall fell every good tree and stop every fountain of water and mar every good piece of land with stones.

سَتَقتَحِمُونَ كُلَّ المُدُنِ المُحَصَّنَةِ، وَتَسْتَولُونَ عَلَى كُلِّ المُدُنِ الجَمِيلَةِ. سَتَقطَعُونَ كُلَّ شَجَرَةٍ جَيِّدَةٍ وَتَطُمُّونَ كُلَّ يَنابِيعِ المِياهِ. وَسَتُخَرِّبُونَ كُلَّ حَقلٍ جَيِّدٍ بِالحِجارَةِ.»

20 ¶ And it came to pass in the morning, when the present was offered, that water came by the way of Edom, and the land was filled with water.

وَفِي الصَّباحِ، عِنْدَ وَقتِ تَقدِيمِ الذَّبِيحَةِ الصَّباحِيَّةِ، بَدَأ الماءُ يَتَدَفَّقُ مِنْ جِهَةِ أدُومَ، وَمَلأ الوادِيَ.

21 A nd when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to gird on a girdle and upward and stood in the border.

وَكانَ المُوآبِيُّونَ قَدْ سَمِعُوا أنَّ المُلُوكَ قَدْ أتَوْا لِمُحارَبَتِهِمْ، فَجَنَّدُوا كُلَّ قادِرٍ عَلَى حَملِ السِّلاحِ، وَاصطَفُّوا عِنْدَ الحُدُودِ.

22 A nd when they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water before them as red as blood;

وَصَحا المُوآبِيُّونَ فِي الصَّباحِ الباكِرِ. وَكانَتْ أشِعَّةُ الشَّمْسِ تَسْطَعُ عَلَى مِياهِ الوادِي. فَبَدَتْ لِلمُوآبِيِّينَ دَماً.

23 a nd they said, This is blood; the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another. Now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

فَقالُوا: «انظُرُوا ما أغزَرَ الدَّمَ! لا بُدَّ أنَّ المُلُوكَ تَحارَبُوا فِي ما بَينَهُمْ، وَقَضَوا بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ. وَالآنَ، لِنَذْهَبْ وَنَجْمَعَ الغَنائِمَ.»

24 B ut when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites so that they fled before them, but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.

فَجاءَ المُوآبِيُّونَ إلَى مُعَسْكَرِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ. فَخَرَجَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ وَهاجَمُوا الجَيشَ المُوآبِيَّ. فَفَرَّ المُوآبِيُّونَ مِنْ أمامِهِمْ. فَلَحِقَ بِهِمْ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ داخِلَ مُوآبَ لِمُقاتَلَتِهِمْ.

25 A nd they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land each man cast his stone and filled it, and they stopped all the fountains of water and felled all the good trees until they left their stones only in Kirharaseth, for the slingers went about it and smote it.

فَدَمَّرُوا المُدُنَ وَمَلأُوا حُقُولَهُمُ الجَيِّدَةَ بِالحِجارَةِ. وَطَمَرُوا كُلَّ يَنابِيعِ الماءِ. وَقَطَعُوا كُلَّ الأشجارِ الَّصّالِحَةِ. وَوَصَلُوا إلَى قِيرَ حارِسَةَ، حَيثُ حاصَرَها الجُنُودُ وَهاجَمُوها.

26 A nd when the king of Moab saw that the battle was overcoming him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords to break through unto the king of Edom, but they could not.

وَرَأى مَلِكُ مُوآبَ أنَّ المَعرَكَةَ كانَتْ شَدِيدَةً جِدّاً عَلَيهِ. فَأخَذَ مَعَهُ سَبْعَ مِئَةِ جُندِيٍّ حامِلِينَ السُّيُوفَ حَتَّى يَشُقَّ طَرِيقَهُ إلَى مَلِكِ أدُومَ. فَلَمْ يَقوَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ.

27 T hen he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation in Israel, and they departed from him and returned to their own land.

حِينَئِذٍ، أخَذَ مَلِكُ مُوآبَ ابْنَهُ البِكْرَ، وَلِيَّ عَهْدِهِ، وَقَدَّمَهُ ذَبِيحَةً عَلَى سُورِ المَدِينَةِ. فاشْمَأزَّ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ كَثِيراً، فَتَرَكُوا مَلِكَ مُوآبَ وَعادُوا إلَى أرْضِهِمْ.