1 T hen Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Arise and go, you and your household, and stay wherever you can; for the Lord has called for a famine, and furthermore, it will come upon the land for seven years.”

وَقالَ ألِيشَعُ لِلمَرأةِ الَّتِي أعادَ ابْنَها إلَى الحَياةِ: «ارحَلِي أنْتِ وَأهلُ بَيتِكِ إلَى بَلَدٍ آخَرَ. فَقَدْ قَضَى اللهُ أنْ تَأْتِيَ سَبْعُ سَنَواتٍ مِنَ المَجاعَةِ هُنا.»

2 S o the woman arose and did according to the saying of the man of God, and she went with her household and dwelt in the land of the Philistines seven years.

فَعَمِلَتِ المَرأةُ بِقَولِ رَجُلِ اللهِ. فَذَهَبَتْ لِتُقِيمَ مَعَ عائلَتِها سَبْعَ سَنَواتٍ فِي أرْضِ الفِلَسْطِيِّينَ.

3 I t came to pass, at the end of seven years, that the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went to make an appeal to the king for her house and for her land.

وَبَعْدَ انقِضاءِ السَّنَواتِ السَّبْعِ، عادَتْ منْ أرْضِ الفِلَسْطِيِّينَ. وَذَهَبَتْ لِتَلْتَمِسَ مِنَ المَلِكِ أنْ يُساعِدَها فِي اسْتِرجاعِ بَيتِها وَأرْضِها.

4 T hen the king talked with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Tell me, please, all the great things Elisha has done.”

وَكانَ المَلِكُ يَتَحَدَّثُ إلَى جِيحَزِي، خادِمِ رَجُلِ اللهِ. فَقالَ لَهُ: «أخبِرْنِي بِكُلِّ المُعجِزاتِ الَّتِي صَنَعَها أليشَعُ.»

5 N ow it happened, as he was telling the king how he had restored the dead to life, that there was the woman whose son he had restored to life, appealing to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, “My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life.”

فَراحَ جِيحَزِي يَقُصُّ عَلَى المَلِكِ كَيفَ أنَّ ألِيشَعَ أعادَ شَخْصاً إلَى الحَياةِ. وَفِي هَذِهِ الأثناءِ جاءَتْ إلَى المَلِكِ المَرأةُ الَّتِي أعادَ ألِيشَعُ ابْنَها إلَى الحَياةِ. وَتَوَسَّلَتْ إلَيهِ أنْ يُساعدَها فِي اسْتِعادَةِ بَيتِها وَأرْضِها. فَقالَ جِيجَزِي: «يا مَولايَ وَمَلِكِي، هَذِهِ هِيَ المَرأةُ، وَهَذا هُوَ ابْنُها الَّذِي أعادَهُ ألِيشَعُ إلَى الحَياةِ!»

6 A nd when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed a certain officer for her, saying, “Restore all that was hers, and all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the land until now.” Death of Ben-Hadad

فَسَألَ المَلِكُ المَرأةَ عَنْ تَفاصِيلِ ما حَدَثَ، فَرَوَتْ لَهُ كُلَّ شَيءٍ. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ أمَرَ المَلِكُ أحَدَ مَسؤُولِيهِ وَقالَ: «أعِدْ لِهَذِهِ المَرأةِ كُلَّ ما يَخُصُّها. وَأعطِها أيضاً كُلَّ غَلّاتِ أرْضِها منْ يَومِ رَحِيلِها إلَى رُجُوعِها.» بِنْهَدَدُ يُرْسلُ حَزائِيلَ إلَى ألِيشَع

7 T hen Elisha went to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, “The man of God has come here.”

وَذَهَبَ ألِيشَعُ إلَى دِمَشْقَ. وَكانَ بِنْهَدَدُ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ مَرِيضاً. فَقالَ أحَدُهُمْ لبِنْهَدَدَ: «لَقَدْ جاءَ رَجُلُ اللهِ هُنا.»

8 A nd the king said to Hazael, “Take a present in your hand, and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord by him, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this disease?’”

فَقالَ المَلِكُ بِنْهَدَدُ لِحَزائيلَ: «خُذْ هَدِيَّةً وَاذْهَبْ لاسْتِقبالِ رَجُلِ اللهِ. وَاطلُبْ إلَيهِ أنْ يَسألَ اللهَ إنْ كُنتُ سَأُشفَى مِنْ مَرَضِي.»

9 S o Hazael went to meet him and took a present with him, of every good thing of Damascus, forty camel-loads; and he came and stood before him, and said, “Your son Ben-Hadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this disease?’”

فَذَهَبَ حَزائِيلُ لاسْتِقبالِ ألِيشَعَ حامِلاً مَعَهُ هَدايا. وَأخَذَ مَعَهُ مِنْ كُلِّ خَيراتِ دِمَشقَ، حَمَّلَها عَلَى أرْبَعِينَ جَمَلاً. وَقالَ لَهُ: «أرسَلَنِي تابِعُكَ بِنْهَدَدُ إلَيكَ. وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ أنْ يَعرِفَ إنْ كانَ سَيُشفَى مِنْ مَرَضِهِ.»

10 A nd Elisha said to him, “Go, say to him, ‘You shall certainly recover.’ However the Lord has shown me that he will really die.”

فَقالَ أليشَعُ لِحَزائِيلَ: «اذْهَبْ وَقُلْ لبِنْهَدَدَ: ‹سَتَحيا.› لَكِنَّ اللهَ قالَ لِي إنَّهُ سَيَمُوتُ حَتماً.» ألِيشَعُ يَتَنَبَّأُ عَنْ حَزائيل

11 T hen he set his countenance in a stare until he was ashamed; and the man of God wept.

وَأخَذَ ألِيشَعُ يُحَدِّقُ فِي حَزائِيلَ. حَدَّقَ فِي وَجهِهِ فَتْرَةً طَوِيلَةً حَتَّى صارَ حَزائِيلُ مُحرَجاً. حِينَئِذٍ، بَكَى رَجُلُ اللهِ.

12 A nd Hazael said, “Why is my lord weeping?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: Their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword; and you will dash their children, and rip open their women with child.”

فَقالَ حَزائِيلُ: «لِماذا تَبْكِي يا سَيِّدِي؟» فَأجابَ ألِيشَعُ: «أنا أبكِي لأَنِّي أعلَمُ الفَظائِعَ الَّتِي سَتَرتَكِبُها في بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، إذْ سَتُشعِلُ النّارَ فِي حُصُونِهِمْ، وَسَتَقتُلُ شَبابَهُمْ بِالسَّيفِ، وَسَتَذبَحُ أطفالَهُمْ، وَتَشُقُّ بُطُونَ الحَوامِلِ مِنْهُمْ.»

13 S o Hazael said, “But what is your servant—a dog, that he should do this gross thing?” And Elisha answered, “The Lord has shown me that you will become king over Syria.”

فَقالَ حَزائِيلُ: «ما أنا إلّا شَخصٌ نَكِرَةٌ. فَكَيفَ سَأقُومُ بِهَذِهِ الأعمالِ العَظِيمَةِ؟» فَأجابَ ألِيشَعُ: «أعلَنَ لِيَ اللهُ أنَّكَ سَتَكُونُ مَلِكاً عَلَى أرامَ.»

14 T hen he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he answered, “He told me you would surely recover.”

وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ انصَرَفَ حَزائِيلُ مِنْ عِندِ ألِيشَعَ وَذَهَبَ إلَى مَلِكِهِ. فَقالَ بِنْهَدَدُ لَهُ: «ماذا قالَ لَكَ ألِيشَعُ؟» فَأجابَ حَزائِيلُ: «قالَ لِي إنَّكَ سَتَحيا.» حَزائِيلُ يَغتالُ بِنْهَدَد

15 B ut it happened on the next day that he took a thick cloth and dipped it in water, and spread it over his face so that he died; and Hazael reigned in his place. Jehoram Reigns in Judah

وَفِي اليَومِ التّالِي، أخَذَ حَزائِيلُ قطعَةَ قُماشٍ سَمِيكَةٍ وَغَمَسَها فِي الماءِ. ثُمَّ وَضَعَها عَلَى وَجهِ بِنْهَدَدَ وَخَنَقَهُ. فَماتَ بِنْهَدَدُ. وَخَلَفَهُ حَزائِيلُ فِي الحُكمِ. يَهُورامُ يَبدَأُ حُكمَه

16 N ow in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoshaphat having been king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat began to reign as king of Judah.

وَفِي السَّنَةِ الخامِسَةِ مِنْ حُكمِ يُورامَ بْنِ أخآبَ لإسْرائِيلَ، تَوَلَّى يَهُورامُ بْنُ شافاطَ الحُكمَ فِي يَهُوذا.

17 H e was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

وَكانَ يَهُورامُ فِي الثّانِيَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ مِنْ حُكمِهِ عِندَما تَوَلَّى الحُكمَ. وَحَكَمَ ثَمانِي سَنَواتٍ فِي مَدِينَةِ القُدسِ.

18 A nd he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

لَكِنَّ يَهُورامَ عاشَ مِثلَ مُلُوكِ إسْرائِيلَ، وَفَعَلَ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ. وَعَمِلَ أعْمالَ عائِلةِ أخآبَ، لِأنَّهُ اتَّخَذَ بِنتَ أخآبَ زَوجَةً لَهُ.

19 Y et the Lord would not destroy Judah, for the sake of His servant David, as He promised him to give a lamp to him and his sons forever.

لَكِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَشَأْ أنْ يَقضِيَ عَلَى بَيْتِ يَهُوذا بِسَبَبِ الوَعدِ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ لعَبدِهِ داوُدَ. إذْ وَعَدَ اللهُ بِأنْ يَبْقَى مِصْباحاً مُنِيراً لِداوُدَ وَأبْنائِهِ إلى الأبَدِ.

20 I n his days Edom revolted against Judah’s authority, and made a king over themselves.

وَفِي زَمَنِ يَهُورامَ، تَمَرَّدَتْ أدُومُ وَانفَصَلَتْ عَنْ حُكمِ يَهُوذا. وَنَصَّبُوا عَلَى أنْفُسِهِمْ مَلِكاً مِنْ بَينِهِمْ.

21 S o Joram went to Zair, and all his chariots with him. Then he rose by night and attacked the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots; and the troops fled to their tents.

فَذَهَبَ يَهُورامُ بِكُلِّ مَركِباتِهِ إلَى صَعِيرَ فِي أدُومَ. فَحاصَرَهُ الأدُومِيُّونَ. فَهاجَمَهُمْ هُوَ وَجُنُودُهُ لَيلاً فَهَرَبُوا إلَى بَلَدِهِمْ.

22 T hus Edom has been in revolt against Judah’s authority to this day. And Libnah revolted at that time.

وَهَكَذا تَمَرَّدَ الأدُومِيُّونَ وَتَحَرَّرُوا مِنْ حُكْمِ يَهُوذا حَتَّى هَذا اليَومِ. وَفِي نَفسِ الوَقتِ، تَمَرَّدَتْ لِبْنَةُ أيضاً.

23 N ow the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

أمّا بَقِيَّةُ أعْمالِ يَهُورامَ، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا.

24 S o Joram rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. Then Ahaziah his son reigned in his place. Ahaziah Reigns in Judah

وَماتَ يَهُورامُ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبائِهِ في مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ. فَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ أخَزْيا. أخَزْيا مَلِكُ يَهُوذا

25 I n the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, began to reign.

وَاعتَلَى أخَزْيا بْنُ يَهُورامَ عَرشَ يَهُوذا فِي السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكمِ يُورامَ بْنِ أخآبَ لإسْرائِيلَ.

26 A haziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri, king of Israel.

وَكانَ أخَزْيا فِي السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمرِهِ عِندَما بَدَأ يَحكُمُ. وَحَكَمَ سَنَةً واحِدَةً فِي مَدِينَةِ القُدسِ. وَأُمُّهُ عَثَلْيا بِنتُ عُمْرِي، مَلِكِ إسْرائِيلَ.

27 A nd he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, like the house of Ahab, for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab.

وَعَمِلَ أخَزْيا الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ كَما فَعَل بَيتُ اخآبَ. فَقَدْ سارَ عَلَى نَهْجِ بَيتِ أخآبَ، لِأنَّهُ صاهَرَهُمْ. يُورامُ يُصابُ فِي مَعرَكَةٍ مَعَ حَزائِيل

28 N ow he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

وَذَهَبَ يُورامُ الَّذِي مِنْ بَيتِ أخآبَ مَعَ أخَزْيا لِمُحارَبَةِ حَزائِيلَ مَلِكِ أرامَ فِي رامُوتِ جِلْعادَ. فَجُرِحَ يُورامُ فِي تِلكَ المَعرَكَةِ.

29 T hen King Joram went back to Jezreel to recover from the wounds which the Syrians had inflicted on him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

فَرَجِعَ المَلِكُ يُورامُ إلَى يَزرَعِيلَ لِكَي يَتَعافَى مِنْ جِراحِهِ الَّتِي أصابَتْهُ فِي الرّامَةِ حَيثُ حارَبَ حَزائِيلَ مَلِكَ أرامَ. وَذَهَبَ أخَزْيا بْنُ يَهُورامَ مَلِكُ يَهُوذا إلَى يَزرَعِيلَ لِزِيارَتِهِ وَهُوَ مُصابٌ.