1 A t that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.

فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، مَرِضَ أبِيّا بْنُ يَرُبْعامَ مَرَضاً شَدِيداً.

2 J eroboam said to his wife, “Arise now, and disguise yourself so that they will not know that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh; behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, who spoke concerning me that I would be king over this people.

فَقالَ يَرُبْعامُ لِزَوجَتِهِ: «اذهَبِي إلَى شِيلُوهَ إلَى النَّبِيِّ أخِيّا. فَهُوَ الَّذِي تَنَبَّأ بِأنِّي سَأُصبِحُ مَلِكاً عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ. تَنَكَّرِي فِي هَيئَةٍ أُخْرَى لِئَلّا يَعرِفَ النّاسُ أنَّكِ زَوجَتِي.

3 T ake ten loaves with you, some cakes and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.”

وَأعطِ النَّبِيَّ عَشْرَةَ أرغِفَةٍ مِنَ الخُبْزِ، وَبَعضَ الكَعكِ، وَجَرَّةَ عَسَلٍ. ثُمَّ اسألِيهِ عَمّا سَيَحدُثُ لابنِنا، وَهُوَ سَيُخبِرُكِ بِما سَيَحدُثُ لَهُ.»

4 J eroboam’s wife did so, and arose and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.

فَفَعَلَتْ زَوجَةُ يَرُبْعامَ كَما قالَ لَها زَوجُها. فَذَهَبَتْ إلَى شِيلُوهَ، إلَى بَيتِ النَّبِيِّ أخِيّا. وَكانَ أخِيّا قَدْ شاخَ وَفَقَدَ بَصَرَهُ.

5 N ow the Lord had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to inquire of you concerning her son, for he is sick. You shall say thus and thus to her, for it will be when she arrives that she will pretend to be another woman.”

لَكِنَّ اللهَ قالَ لَهُ: «زَوجَةُ يَرُبْعامَ قادِمَةٌ مُتَنَكِّرَةً لِرُؤيَتِكَ لِكَي تَسألَكَ عَنْ ابنِها المَرِيضِ.» وَأخبَرَ اللهُ أخِيّا بِما يَنبَغِي لَهُ أنْ يَقُولَ لَها.

6 W hen Ahijah heard the sound of her feet coming in the doorway, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam, why do you pretend to be another woman? For I am sent to you with a harsh message.

فَسَمِعَها أخِيّا وَهِيَ تَدخُلُ البابَ. فَقالَ لَهُا: «ادْخُلِي يا زَوجَةَ يَرُبْعامَ. لِماذا تَتَنَكَّرِينَ؟ لَدَيَّ خَبَرٌ سَيِّئٌ لَكِ.

7 G o, say to Jeroboam, ‘Thus says the Lord God of Israel, “ Because I exalted you from among the people and made you leader over My people Israel,

اذهَبِي وَقُولِي لِيَرُبْعامَ إنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹قَدِ اختَرْتُكَ، يا يَرُبْعامُ، مِنْ بَينِ كُلِّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ. وَجَعَلْتُكَ رَئِيساً عَلَى شَعبِي.

8 a nd tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you— yet you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and who followed Me with all his heart, to do only that which was right in My sight;

انتَزَعْتُ المَملَكَةَ مِنْ عائِلَةِ داوُدَ وَأعطَيتُها لَكَ. لَكِنَّكَ لَمْ تَكُنْ كَعَبْدِيَ داوُدَ الَّذِي كانَ يُحِبُّ طاعَةَ وَصايايَ. فَتَبِعَنِي بِكُلِّ قَلْبِهِ. وَلَمْ يَفعَلْ غَيرَ ما هُوَ مَقبُولٌ عِندِي.

9 y ou also have done more evil than all who were before you, and have gone and made for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me to anger, and have cast Me behind your back—

أمّا أنتَ، فَخَطاياكَ عَظِيمَةٌ. بَلْ هِيَ أعظَمُ مِنْ خَطايا أيِّ مَلِكٍ قَبلَكَ. فَقَد تَرَكْتَنِي، وَصَنَعْتَ لِنَفسِكَ أوثاناً وَآلِهَةً أُخْرَى، مَعَ أنَّكَ تَعرِفُ أنَّ هَذا يُغِيظُنِي كُلَّ الغَيظِ.

10 t herefore behold, I am bringing calamity on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every male person, both bond and free in Israel, and I will make a clean sweep of the house of Jeroboam, as one sweeps away dung until it is all gone.

لِهَذا سَأجلِبُ المَصائِبَ عَلَى عائِلَةِ يَرُبْعامَ. وَسَأقضِي عَلَى كُلِّ ذَكَرٍ مِنهُمْ – كِباراً وَصِغاراً. سأفنِي بَيتَ يَرُبْعامَ كَما تَلتَهِمُ النّارُ الرَّوثَ.

11 A nyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city the dogs will eat. And he who dies in the field the birds of the heavens will eat; for the Lord has spoken it.”’

كُلُّ مَنْ يَمُوتُ فِي المَدِينَةِ مِنْ عائِلَتِكَ، سَتَأْكُلُهُ الكِلابُ. وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَمُوتُ مِنْ عائِلَتِكَ فِي الحُقُولِ سَتَأْكُلُهُ الطُّيُورُ. سَيَتِمُّ هَذا لِأنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ.›»

12 N ow you, arise, go to your house. When your feet enter the city the child will die.

ثُمَّ قالَ لَها: «وَالآنَ اذهَبِي إلَى بَيتِكِ. وَما إنْ تَدخُلِي مَدِينَتَكِ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ ابْنُكِ.

13 A ll Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for he alone of Jeroboam’s family will come to the grave, because in him something good was found toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

وَسَتَنُوحُ عَلَيهِ كُلُّ إسْرائِيلَ وَتَدفِنُهُ. وَلَنْ يُدفَنَ مِنْ كُلِّ عائِلَةِ يَرُبْعامَ غَيرُ ابْنِكِ. فَهُوَ الوَحِيدُ فِي كُلِّ عائلةِ يَرُبْعامَ الذي وجدَ فيه اللهُ ، إلهُ إسْرائِيل، ما يُرضيه.

14 M oreover, the Lord will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam this day and from now on.

سَيُقِيمُ اللهُ مَلِكاً جَدِيداً عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ. وَسَيَقضِي ذَلِكَ المَلِكُ عَلَى عائِلَةِ يَرُبْعامَ. لَكِنَّ الأمْرَ لَنْ يَقِفَ عِنْدَ هَذا.

15 “ For the Lord will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and He will uproot Israel from this good land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they have made their Asherim, provoking the Lord to anger.

إذْ سَيُعاقِبُ اللهُ إسْرائِيلَ. وَسَيَخافُ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ. بَلْ إنَّهُمْ سَيَرْتَجِفُونَ خَوْفاً كَالقَصَبِ فِي الماءِ. وَسَيَنزِعُهُمُ اللهُ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأرْضِ الطَّيِّبَةِ الَّتِي أعطاها لآبائِهِمْ. سَيَنفِيهِمْ إلَى ما وَراءَ نَهْرِ الفُراتِ، لِأنَّهُ غاضِبٌ عَلَى الشَّعبِ الَّذِينَ أقامُوا أعمِدَةً لِعِبادَةِ عَشْتَرُوتَ.

16 H e will give up Israel on account of the sins of Jeroboam, which he committed and with which he made Israel to sin.”

سَيُعاقِبُ شَعبَهُ بِسَبِبِ خَطايا يَرُبْعامَ الَّذِي أخطَأ وَجَعَلَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ يُخطِئُونَ.»

17 T hen Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed and came to Tirzah. As she was entering the threshold of the house, the child died.

فَرَجِعَتْ زَوجَةُ يَرُبْعامُ إلَى تِرْصَةَ. وَما إنْ دَخَلَتْ بَيْتَها حَتَّى ماتَ ابْنُها.

18 A ll Israel buried him and mourned for him, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke through His servant Ahijah the prophet.

فَشارَكَ كُلُّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ فِي دَفْنِهِ. وَناحُوا عَلَيهِ. تَمَّ هَذا كُلُّهُ حَسَبَ كَلامِ اللهِ الذي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ عَلَى لِسانِ النَّبِيِّ أخِيّا.

19 N ow the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he made war and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

أمّا بَقِيَةُ أعْمالِ يَرُبْعامَ، حَرُوبِهِ وَعَهْدِ حُكْمِهِ، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ إسْرائيلَ.

20 T he time that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two years; and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place. Rehoboam Misleads Judah

حَكَمَ يَرُبْعامُ اثْنَتَينِ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً. ثُمَّ ماتَ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبائِهِ. فَخَلَفَهُ فِي الحُكمِ نادابُ ابْنُهُ. رَحُبْعامُ ملكُ يهوذا

21 N ow Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put His name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

أمّا رَحُبْعامُ، فَكانَ مَلِكاً عَلَى يَهُوذا. وَقَدِ اعتَلَى العَرشَ فِي الواحِدَةِ وَالأربَعِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ. وَحَكَمَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً مِنْ مَدِينَةِ القُدْسِ، المَدِينَةِ الوَحِيدَةِ الَّتِي اختارَ اللهُ أنْ يُكَرَّمَ فِيها مِنْ بَينِ جَمِيعِ مُدُنِ إسْرائِيلَ. وَكانَ اسْمُ أُمِّ رَحُبْعامَ نِعمَةَ العَمُّونِيَّةَ.

22 J udah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked Him to jealousy more than all that their fathers had done, with the sins which they committed.

وَأخطَأ أيضاً شَعبُ يَهُوذا وَفَعَلُوا الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ. فَفاقَتْ شُرُورُهُمُ الَّتِي أغضَبَتِ اللهَ شُرُورَ كُلِّ آبائِهِمِ الَّذِينَ سَبَقُوهُمْ.

23 F or they also built for themselves high places and sacred pillars and Asherim on every high hill and beneath every luxuriant tree.

إذْ بَنُوْا مُرتَفَعاتٍ، وَأنْصاباً تَذْكارِيَّةً، وَأعمِدَةً مُقَدَّسَةً لِعَشْتَرُوتَ. بَنُوها عَلَى كُلِّ تَلَّةٍ مُرْتَفِعَةٍ، وَتَحْتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْراءَ.

24 T here were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord dispossessed before the sons of Israel.

وَكانَ هُناكَ رِجالٌ يُبِيحُونَ أجسادَهُمْ فِي الهَيكَلِ. فَقَدِ اقتَرَفَ شَعبُ يَهُوذا جَميعَ رَجاساتٍ الشُّعُوبِ الَّتِي طَرَدَها اللهُ أمامَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ.

25 N ow it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, that Shishak the king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.

وَفِي السَّنَةِ الخامِسَةِ مِنْ حُكْمِ المَلِكِ رَحُبْعامَ، شَنَّ شِيشَقُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ هُجوماً عَلَى القُدْسِ.

26 H e took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house, and he took everything, even taking all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

وَاستَولَى عَلَى كُنُوزِ بَيتِ اللهِ وَقَصْرِ المَلِكِ. حَتَّى إنَّهُ أخَذَ التُّرُوسَ الذَّهَبِيَّةَ الَّتِي أخَذَها داوُدُ مِنْ رِجالِ هَدَدَ عَزَرَ، مَلِكِ أرامَ. وَكانَ داوُدُ قَدْ أخَذَ هَذِهِ التُّرُوسَ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ. فَأخَذَها شِيشَقُ كُلَّها.

27 S o King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and committed them to the care of the commanders of the guard who guarded the doorway of the king’s house.

فَصَنَعَ رَحُبْعامُ تُرُوساً أُخْرَى مَكانَها، لَكِنَّهُ صَنَعَها مِنَ البُرونْزِ. وَوَضَعَها فِي حِراسَةِ الرِّجالِ المَسؤُولِينَ عَنْ بَوّابَةِ القَصْرِ.

28 T hen it happened as often as the king entered the house of the Lord, that the guards would carry them and would bring them back into the guards’ room.

فَكانَ كُلَّما ذَهَبَ المَلِكُ إلَى بَيتِ اللهِ ، يَذهَبُ الحُرّاسُ مَعَهُ وَهُمْ يَحمِلُونَها، ثُمَّ يُعِيدُونَها إلَى غُرْفَةِ الحُرّاسِ.

29 N ow the rest of the acts of Rehoboam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

أمّا بَقِيَةُ أعْمالِ رَحُبْعامَ، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا.

30 T here was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

وَكانَ يَرُبْعامُ وَرَحُبْعامُ في حَربٍ دائِمَةٍ.

31 A nd Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Abijam his son became king in his place.

وَرَقَدَ رَحُبْعامُ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ. وَكانَ اسْمُ أُمِّهِ نِعْمَةَ العَمُّونِيَّةَ. وَخَلَفَهُ فِي الحُكمِ ابْنُهُ أبِيّا.