1 I n the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned nine years.

وَاعْتَلَى هُوشَعُ بْنُ أيلَةَ عَرْشَ إسْرائِيلَ فِي السّامِرَةِ. وَكانَ ذَلِكَ فِي السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ آحازَ لِيَهُوذا. وَحَكَمَ هُوشَعُ تِسْعَ سَنَواتٍ.

2 A nd he did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as the kings of Israel who were before him.

وَفَعَلَ هُوشَعُ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ. لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَى نَفْسِ الدَّرَجَةِ مِنَ الشَّرِّ كَالمُلُوكِ الَّذِينَ سَبَقُوهُ.

3 S halmaneser king of Assyria came up against him; and Hoshea became his vassal, and paid him tribute money.

وَجاءَ شَلْمَنْأسَّرُ، مَلِكُ أشُّورَ، لِمُحارَبَةِ هُوشَعَ فَهَزَمَهُ. فَصارَ هُوشَعُ يَدفَعُ لَهُ الجِزْيَةَ.

4 A nd the king of Assyria uncovered a conspiracy by Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and brought no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. Israel Carried Captive to Assyria

لكِنْ في وَقْتٍ لاحِقٍ رَأى مَلِكُ أشُّورَ أنَّ هُوشَعَ قَدْ نَقَضَ عَهْدَهُ مَعَهُ. فَقَدْ أرْسَلَ رُسُلاً إلَى سَوا مَلِكِ مِصْرَ، لِيَعقِدَ مَعَهُ اتِّفاقاً مِنْ غَيْرِ مَعْرِفَةِ مَلِكِ أشُّورَ. وَامتَنَعَ عَنْ دَفعِ الجِزيَةِ السَّنَوِيَّةِ المُتَّفَقِ عَلَيها. فَقَبَضَ عَلَيهِ وَسَجَنَهُ.

5 N ow the king of Assyria went throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years.

وشَنَّ مَلِكُ أشُّورَ هَجَماتٍ عَلَى جَمِيعِ مَناطِقِ إسْرائِيلَ. ثُمَّ جاءَ إلَى السّامِرَةِ، وَحاصَرَها ثَلاثَ سَنَواتٍ.

6 I n the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

وَتَمَكَّنَ مَلِكُ أشُّورَ مِنَ الاسْتِيلاءِ عَلَى السّامِرَةِ فِي السَّنَةِ التّاسِعَةِ مِنْ حُكْمِ هُوشَعَ لإسْرائِيلَ. وَسَبَى كَثِيرِينَ مِنْ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ إلَى أشُّورَ. وَأسْكَنَهُمْ فِي حَلَحَ عِنْدَ نَهْرِ خابُورَ فِي جُوزانَ وَفِي مُدُنِ المادِيِّينَ.

7 F or so it was that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and they had feared other gods,

حَدَثَتْ هَذِهِ الأُمُورُ لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ لِأنَّهُمْ أخْطَأُوا إلَى إلَهِهِمْ الَّذِي أخرَجَهُمْ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصْرَ. فَقَدْ حَرَّرَهُمْ مِنْ قُوَّةِ فِرعَوْنَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ، لَكِنَّهُمْ راحُوا يَعبُدُونَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى.

8 a nd had walked in the statutes of the nations whom the Lord had cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

وَتَبَنَّوْا المُمارَساتِ البَغِيضَةَ لِلأُمَمِ الَّتِي اسْتَأْصَلَها اللهُ لِيَزرَعَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مَكانَهُمْ. وَتَبَنَّوْا المُمارَساتِ الَتِي أتَى بِها مُلوكُ إسْرائِيلَ.

9 A lso the children of Israel secretly did against the Lord their God things that were not right, and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from watchtower to fortified city.

ارتَكَبَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ خَطايا كَثِيرَةً ضِدَّ إلَهِهِمْ عَلَناً وَسِرّاً. فَبَنُوا مُرْتَفَعاتٍ فِي كُلِّ مُدُنِهِمْ، مِنَ المُدُنِ الصَّغِيرَةِ إلَى الكَبِيرَةِ.

10 T hey set up for themselves sacred pillars and wooden images on every high hill and under every green tree.

وَأقامُوا أنصاباً تَذْكارِيَّةً وَأعمِدَةَ عَشْتَرُوتَ عَلَى كُلِّ تَلٍّ عالٍ وَتَحتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْراءَ.

11 T here they burned incense on all the high places, like the nations whom the Lord had carried away before them; and they did wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger,

وَأحْرَقُوا بَخُوراً هُناكَ فِي كُلِّ مُرتَفَعاتِ العِبادَةِ تِلْكَ. تَبَنُّوا نَفسَ المُمارَساتِ البَغِيضَةِ الَّتِي مارَسَتْها الأُمَمُ الَّتِي اسْتَأْصَلَها اللهُ لِيَزْرَعَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مَكانَها. وَعَمِلُوا شُرُوراً فَظِيعَةً أغضَبَتِ اللهَ كَثِيراً.

12 f or they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.”

وَعَبَدُوا أصناماً، عَلَى الرَّغمِ مِنْ أنَّ اللهَ سَبَقَ أنْ حَذَّرَهُمْ: «لا تَعمَلُوا هَذا الأمْرَ.»

13 Y et the Lord testified against Israel and against Judah, by all of His prophets, every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways, and keep My commandments and My statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by My servants the prophets.”

وَأرْسَلَ اللهُ الأنْبِياءَ وَالرَّائِينَ كَي يُنذِرَ إسْرائِيلَ وَيَهُوذا وَيَقُولَ: «اترُكُوا شُرُورَكُمْ وَاتبَعُوا وَصايايَ وَشَرائِعِي. اعمَلُوا بِالشَّرِيعَةِ الَّتِي أعطَيتُها لآبائِكُمْ. هَكَذا أمَرْتُ آباءَكُمْ عَلَى لِسانِ الأنبِياءِ خُدّامِي.»

14 N evertheless they would not hear, but stiffened their necks, like the necks of their fathers, who did not believe in the Lord their God.

غَيرَ أنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُطِيْعُوا، بَلْ عَانَدُوا كَما فَعَلَ آباؤهُمْ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُؤمِنُوا بِإلَهِهِمْ.

15 A nd they rejected His statutes and His covenant that He had made with their fathers, and His testimonies which He had testified against them; they followed idols, became idolaters, and went after the nations who were all around them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them that they should not do like them.

رَفَضُوا شَرائِعَ اللهِ وَالعَهْدَ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ مَعَ آبائِهِمْ. وَلَمْ يَشاءُوا أنْ يَستَمِعُوا إلَى تَحذِيراتِهِ. وَعَبَدُوا أوْثاناً تافِهَةً، وَصارُوا هُمْ أنفُسَهُمْ تافِهِينَ مِثلَها. وَعاشُوا مِثلَ الأُمَمِ المُحِيطَةِ بِهِمْ، عَلَى الرُّغمِ مِنْ أنَّ اللهَ أنذَرَهُمْ أنْ لا يَفعَلُوا ذَلِكَ.

16 S o they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, made for themselves a molded image and two calves, made a wooden image and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

تَرَكُوا جَمِيعَ وَصايا إلَهِهِمْ. وَصَنَعُوا عِجلَينِ ذَهَبِيَّينِ، وَأقامُوا أعمِدَةَ عَشْتَرُوتَ، وَعَبَدُوا نُجُومَ السَّماءِ، وَخَدَمُوا البَعلَ!

17 A nd they caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and soothsaying, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.

وَقَدَّمُوا أبناءَهُمْ وَبَناتِهِمْ ذَبائِحَ لَهُ. وَاسْتَخدَمُوا السِّحْرَ وَالعِرافَةَ لِلتَنَبُّؤِ بِالمُسْتَقبَلِ! وَباعُوا أنفُسَهُم لِعَمَلِ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ! فَأغضَبَ هَذا الأمْرُ اللهَ كَثِيراً.

18 T herefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them from His sight; there was none left but the tribe of Judah alone.

وَهَكَذا غَضِبَ اللهُ كَثِيراً عَلَى بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، وَأخرَجَهُمْ مِنْ حَضْرَتِهِ جَمِيعاً عَدا عَشِيرَةِ يَهُوذا. شَعبُ يَهُوذا آثِمُونَ أيضا

19 A lso Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

وَكَذَلِكَ بُنُو يَهُوذا لَمْ يُطِيعُوا وَصايا إلَهَهُمْ ، بَلْ سارُوا عَلَى نَهْجِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، وَتَبَنَّوا مُمارَساتِهِمْ.

20 A nd the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel, afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them from His sight.

فَرَفَضَ اللهُ جَميعَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ. وَجَلَبَ عَلَيهِمْ ضِيقاتٍ كَثِيرَةً. وَسَمَحَ لِشُعُوبٍ أُخْرَى بِأنْ تَنتَصِرَ عَلَيهِمْ. وَأخِيراً، طَرَحَهُمْ بَعِيداً عَنْهُ وَعَنْ نَظَرِهِ.

21 F or He tore Israel from the house of David, and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. Then Jeroboam drove Israel from following the Lord, and made them commit a great sin.

وَشَقَّ اللهُ إسْرائِيلَ عَنْ عائِلَةِ داوُدَ. وَنَصَّبُوا يَرُبْعامَ بْنَ نَباطَ مَلِكاً عَلَيْهِم، الَّذِي جَرَّهُمْ إلَى الخَطِيَّةِ، وَأبعَدَهُمْ عَنِ اللهِ.

22 F or the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them,

فَسارَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ عَلَى نَهْجِ يَرُبْعامَ. وَتَمَسَّكُوا بِخَطاياهُ.

23 u ntil the Lord removed Israel out of His sight, as He had said by all His servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away from their own land to Assyria, as it is to this day. Assyria Resettles Samaria

فَأخرَجَ اللهُ بَنِي إسرائيلَ مِنْ حَضْرَتِهِ، كَما سَبَقَ أنْ قالَ عَلَى ألسِنَةِ الأنبِياءِ. وَهَكَذا سُبِيَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ إلَى أشُّورَ. وَمازالُوا هُناكَ حَتَّى يَوْمِنا هَذا. نشأةُ السّامِريّين

24 T hen the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they took possession of Samaria and dwelt in its cities.

وَأخرَجَ مَلِكُ أشُّورَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مِنَ السّامِرَةِ. وَجَلَبَ بَدَلاً مِنْهُمْ جَماعاتٍ أُخْرَى مِنْ بابِلَ وَكُوثٍ وَعَوّا وَحَماةَ وَسَفْراوِيمَ. فَاسْتَولُوا عَلَى السّامِرَةِ وَسَكَنُوا فِي مُدُنِها.

25 A nd it was so, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they did not fear the Lord; therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

وَفِي بِدايَةِ إقامَةِ هَؤُلاءِ فِي السّامِرَةِ، لَمِ يَكُونُوا يَعْبُدُونَ يهوه ، فَأرْسَلَ يهوه أُسُوداً لِلفَتْكِ بِهِمْ، فَقَتَلَتْ بَعْضَهُمْ.

26 S o they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The nations whom you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the rituals of the God of the land; therefore He has sent lions among them, and indeed, they are killing them because they do not know the rituals of the God of the land.”

فَقِيلَ لِمَلِكِ أشُّورَ: «إنَّ النّاسَ الَّذِينَ جَلَبْتَهُمْ وَأسْكَنْتَهُمْ فِي مُدُنِ السّامِرَةِ لا يَعرِفُونَ شَرِيعَةَ إلَهِ ذَلِكَ البَلَدِ. وَلِهَذا أرْسَلَ أُسُوداً عَلَيهِمْ، فَقَتَلَتْ بَعْضاً مِنْهُمْ.»

27 T hen the king of Assyria commanded, saying, “Send there one of the priests whom you brought from there; let him go and dwell there, and let him teach them the rituals of the God of the land.”

فَأمَرَ مَلِكُ أشُّورَ وَقالَ: «أرسِلُوا إلَيْهِمْ أحَدَ الكَهَنَةِ الَّذِينَ سَبَيتُمُوهُمْ مِنْ هُناكَ. لِيَذْهَبَ وَيَسْكُنَ هُناكَ وَيُعَلِّمَهُمْ شَرِيعَةَ إلَهِ ذَلِكَ البَلَدِ.»

28 T hen one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the Lord.

فَرَجِعَ إلَى السّامِرَةِ كاهِنٌ كانَ قَدْ سُبِيَ مِنْها. وَجاءَ وَسَكَنَ فِي بَيْتِ إيلَ. وَعَلَّمَ الشَّعبَ كَيفَ يَنبَغِي أنْ يَعْبُدُوا يهوه.

29 H owever every nation continued to make gods of its own, and put them in the shrines on the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in the cities where they dwelt.

لَكِنَّ جَمِيعَ أُولَئِكَ النّاسِ صَنَعُوا أيضاً آلِهَةً خاصَّةً بِهِمْ، وَوَضَعُوها فِي الهَياكِلِ وَفِي المُرتَفَعاتِ الَّتِي بَناها السّامِرِيُّونَ.

30 T he men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,

فَعَمِلَ أهلُ بابِلَ تَماثِيلَ لِلإلَهِ سُكُّوثَ بَنُوثَ. وَعَمِلَ أهلُ كُوثٍ تَماثِيلَ لِلإلَهِ نَرْجَلَ. وَعَمِلَ أهلُ حَماةَ تَماثِيلَ لِلإلَهِ أشِيما.

31 a nd the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burned their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

وَعَمِلَ أهلُ عَوّا تَماثِيلَ لِلإلَهَينِ نَبْحَزَ وَتَرْتاقَ. وَأحرَقَ أهلُ سَفْراوِيمَ أبْناءَهُمْ فِي النّارِ تَكْرِيماً لِلإلَهَينِ أدْرَمَّلَكَ وَعَنَمَّلَكَ.

32 S o they feared the Lord, and from every class they appointed for themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places.

لَكِنَّهُمْ عَبَدُوا يهوه أيضاً. وَاختارُوا كَهَنَةً لِلمُرتَفَعاتِ مِنْ بَينِ الشَّعبِ. فَقَدَّمُوا ذَبائِحَ عَنِ الشَّعبِ فِي الهَياكِلِ وَالمُرتَفَعاتِ.

33 T hey feared the Lord, yet served their own gods—according to the rituals of the nations from among whom they were carried away.

كانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ يهوه، لَكِنَّهُمْ عَبَدُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى أيضاً كَمُمارَساتِ البِلادِ الَّتِي كانُوا مَسبِيِّينَ فِيها.

34 T o this day they continue practicing the former rituals; they do not fear the Lord, nor do they follow their statutes or their ordinances, or the law and commandment which the Lord had commanded the children of Jacob, whom He named Israel,

وَما زالُوا حَتَّى هَذا اليَوْمِ يُمارِسُونَ تِلْكَ العاداتِ الَّتِي مارَسُوها فِي الماضِي. فَهُمْ لا يَعْبُدُونَ يهوه حقّاً. وَلا يَعمَلُونَ حَسَبَ أنظِمَةِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ وَعاداتِهِمْ. وَلا يَلْتَزِمُونَ بِالشَّرائِعِ وَالوَصايا الَّتِي أعطاها يهوه لِأبْناءِ يَعْقُوبَ، أي إسْرائِيلَ.

35 w ith whom the Lord had made a covenant and charged them, saying: “You shall not fear other gods, nor bow down to them nor serve them nor sacrifice to them;

فَقَدْ قَطَعَ يهوه عَهْداً مَعَهُمْ، وَأمَرَهُمْ فَقالَ: «لا تَعْبُدُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى، وَلا تَسْجُدُوا لَها وَلا تَخدِمُوها، وَلا تُقَدِّمُوا لَها ذَبائِحَ.

36 b ut the Lord, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm, Him you shall fear, Him you shall worship, and to Him you shall offer sacrifice.

بَلِ اعْبُدُوا يهوه الَّذِي أخرَجَكُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ وَأنقَذَكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ وَذِرَاعٍ مَمْدُودَةٍ. لَهُ يَنبَغِي السُّجُودُ وَتَقدِيمُ الذَّبائِحَ.

37 A nd the statutes, the ordinances, the law, and the commandment which He wrote for you, you shall be careful to observe forever; you shall not fear other gods.

أطِيعُوا أنظِمَتَهُ وَشَرائِعَهُ وَتَعالِيمَهُ وَوَصاياهُ الَّتِي كَتَبَها لَكُمْ. اعمَلُوا بِها عَلَى الدَّوامِ. وَلا تَعْبُدُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى.

38 A nd the covenant that I have made with you, you shall not forget, nor shall you fear other gods.

وَلا تَنْسُوا العَهْدَ الَّذِي قَطَعْتُهُ مَعَكُمْ. لا تَعْبُدُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى،

39 B ut the Lord your God you shall fear; and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.”

بَلِ اعْبُدُوا يهوه إلَهَكُمْ وَحدَهُ. وَهُوَ سَيُنقِذُكُمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أعدائِكُمْ.»

40 H owever they did not obey, but they followed their former rituals.

لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا. بَلْ وَاصَلُوا مُمارَسَةَ عاداتِهِمِ الماضِيَةِ.

41 S o these nations feared the Lord, yet served their carved images; also their children and their children’s children have continued doing as their fathers did, even to this day.

وَهَكَذا بَدأتْ تِلْكَ الأُمَمُ تَعْبُدُ يهوه. غَيرَ أنَّها اسْتَمَرَّتْ فِي عِبادَةِ أوْثانِها. وَهَذا هُوَ حالُها وَحالُ أبْنائِها وَأحْفادِها حَتَّى هَذا اليَوْمِ.