2 Chronicles 20 ~ ﺃﺧﺒﺎﺭ ﺍﻷﻳﺎﻡ ﺍﻟﺜﺎﻥ 20

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1 I t happened after this that the people of Moab with the people of Ammon, and others with them besides the Ammonites, came to battle against Jehoshaphat.

وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ جاءَ المُوآبِيُّونَ وَالعَمُّونيُّونَ وَالمَعُونِيُّونَ ليُحارِبُوا يَهُوَشافاطَ.

2 T hen some came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, from Syria; and they are in Hazazon Tamar” (which is En Gedi).

فَجاءَ أُناسٌ وَقالُوا لِيَهُوشافاطَ: «إنَّ جَيشاً عَظِيماً قادِمٌ عَلَيكَ مِنْ أدُومَ مِنَ الجانبِ الآخَرِ مِنَ البَحرِ. وَها قَدْ وَصَلُوا إلَى حَصُّونَ ثامارَ!» – وَتُدعَى حَصُّونُ ثامارُ أيضاً عَينَ جَدْيٍ.

3 A nd Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

فَخافَ يَهُوشافاطُ. وَصَمَّمَ أنْ يَطلُبَ اللهَ وَيَسألَهُ ماذا يَفعَلُ. فَدَعا جَمِيعَ أهلِ يَهُوذا إلَى الصَّومِ.

4 S o Judah gathered together to ask help from the Lord; and from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.

فَجاءَ شَعبُ يَهُوذا منْ كُلِّ مُدُنِ يَهُوذا وَاجْتَمَعُوا مَعاً لِكَي يَطلُبُوا مَعُونَةَ اللهِ وَإرادَتَهُ.

5 T hen Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court,

كانَ يَهُوشافاطُ في بَيتِ اللهِ أمامَ السّاحَةِ الجَدِيدَةِ. فَوَقَفَ فِي الاجْتِماعِ الَّذِي ضَمَّ أهلَ يَهُوذا وَالقُدسِ.

6 a nd said: “O Lord God of our fathers, are You not God in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations, and in Your hand is there not power and might, so that no one is able to withstand You?

وَقالَ: «يا اللهُ ، يا إلَهَ آبائِنا، أنتَ اللهُ في السَّماءِ! وَأنتَ تَسُودُ عَلَى كُلِّ مَمالِك الشُّعُوبِ! لَكَ القُوَّةُ وَالقُدرَةُ! وَلَيسَ مَنْ يَستَطِيعُ أنْ يَقِفَ فِي وَجهِكَ!

7 A re You not our God, who drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and gave it to the descendants of Abraham Your friend forever?

إلَهُنا أنتَ! أنتَ الَّذِي طَرَدْتَ سُكّانَ هَذِهِ الأرْضِ مِنها أمامَ شَعبِكَ إسْرائِيلَ. وَأعطَيتَها لِنَسل إبْراهِيمَ خَلِيلِكَ إلَى الأبَدِ.

8 A nd they dwell in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your name, saying,

وَعاشَ نَسلُ إبْراهِيمَ فِي هَذِهِ الأرْضِ، وَبَنُوا هَيكَلاً مِنْ أجلِ اسْمِكَ.

9 If disaster comes upon us—sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine—we will stand before this temple and in Your presence (for Your name is in this temple), and cry out to You in our affliction, and You will hear and save.’

وَقالُوا: ‹إنْ جاءَ عَلَينا ضِيقٌ أوْ حَربٌ أوْ عِقابٌ أوْ مَرَضٌ أوْ مَجاعَةٌ، فَسَنَقفُ أمامَكَ وَأمامَ هَذا الهَيكَلِ الَّذِي وَضَعتَ فِيهِ اسْمَكَ. وَسَنَستَغِيثُ بِكَ فِي ضِيقِنا، فَتَسمَعُنا وَتُخَلِّصُنا.›

10 A nd now, here are the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir—whom You would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them and did not destroy them—

«وَالآنَ، ها قَدْ جاءَتْ جُيُوشٌ مِنْ عَمُّونَ وَمُوآبَ وَجَبَلِ سَعِيرَ! لَمْ تَسْمَحْ أنتَ لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ بِالدُّخُولِ إلَى أراضِي هَؤُلاءِ عِندَما خَرَجَ شَعبُكَ مِنْ مِصْرَ، بَلْ تَرَكُوهُمْ فِي حالِهِمْ، وَلَمْ يَقضُوا عَلَيهِمْ.

11 h ere they are, rewarding us by coming to throw us out of Your possession which You have given us to inherit.

لَكنِ انظُرْ أيَّةَ مُكافَأةٍ تُكافِئُنا بها هَذِهِ الشُّعُوبُ عَلَى عَدَمِ قَضائِنا عَلَيهِمْ. فَقَدْ جاءُوا لِكَي يَطرُدُونا مِنْ أرْضِكَ الَّتِي أعطَيتَها لَنا.

12 O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”

احْكُمْ أنتَ عَلَى هَؤُلاءِ النّاسِ، يا إلَهَنا! فَلا قُدرَةَ لَنا عَلَى مِثلِ هَذا الجَيشِ الكَبِيرِ الهاجمِ عَلَينا! وَنَحنُ لا نَعرِفُ ماذا يُمكِنُنا أنْ نَعمَلَ، لَكِنَّنا نُعَلِّقُ رَجاءَنا عَلَيكَ أنتَّ!»

13 N ow all Judah, with their little ones, their wives, and their children, stood before the Lord.

وَكانَ كُلُّ رجال يَهُوذا واقِفِينَ فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ مَعَ أطفالِهمْ الرُّضَّعِ وَزَوجاتِهِمْ وَأبنائهِمْ.

14 T hen the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly.

ثُمَّ حَلَّ رُوحُ اللهِ عَلَى يَحْزَئِيلَ بْنِ زَكَرِيّا بْنِ بَنايا بْنِ يَعِيئِيلَ بْنِ مَتَّنْيا الَّلاوِي. وَكانَ يَحْزَئِيلُ لاوِيّاً مِنْ نَسلِ آسافَ.

15 A nd he said, “Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the Lord to you: ‘Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

فَقالَ يَحْزَئِيلُ: «اسمَعُونِي أيُّها المَلِكُ يَهُوشافاطُ وَيا كُلَّ سُكّان يَهُوذا وَالقُدسِ. هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ لَكُمْ: ‹لا تَخافُوا وَلا تَنزَعِجُوا بسَبَبِ ضَخامَةِ هَذا الجَيشِ القادِمِ عَلَيكُمْ، لِأنَّ المَعرَكَةَ لَيسَتْ مَعرَكَتَكُمْ، بَلْ مَعرَكَةُ اللهِ!

16 T omorrow go down against them. They will surely come up by the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the brook before the Wilderness of Jeruel.

فَانزِلُوا غَداً وَاهجُمُوا عَلَيهِمْ. ها هُمُ الآنَ يَمُرُّونَ فِي مَعبَرِ صِيصَ. وَغَداً سَتَجِدُونَهُمْ في آخِرِ الوادي أمامَ بَرِّيَّةِ يَرُوئِيلَ.

17 Y ou will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem!’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord is with you.”

لَنْ تَضطَرُّوا إلَى القِتالِ فِي هَذِه المَعرَكَةِ، لَكِنِ اثبُتُوا فِي مَواقِعكُمْ وَسَتَرَوْنَ كَيفَ يُخَلِّصُكُمْ اللهُ. فَلا تَخافُوا وَلا تَنزَعِجُوا يا أهلَ يَهُوذا وَالقُدسِ. فَواجِهُوهُمْ غَداً، وَاللهُ مَعَكُمْ.›»

18 A nd Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem bowed before the Lord, worshiping the Lord.

فَانبَطَحَ يَهُوشافاطُ وَوَجهُهُ إلَى الأرْضِ، وَكَذَلِكَ فَعَلَ جَمِيعُ أهلِ يَهُوذا وَالقُدسِ فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ.

19 T hen the Levites of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with voices loud and high.

وَوَقَفَ الَّلاوِيُّونَ مِنْ بَنِي قَهاتَ وَبَنِي قُورَحَ لِيُسَبِّحُوا اللهَ ، إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ، بصَوتٍ عالٍ جِدّاً.

20 S o they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the Lord your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.”

وَخَرَجَ جَيشُ يَهُوشافاطَ إلَى بَرِّيَّةِ تَقُوعَ فِي الصَّباح الباكرِ. وَعندَ خُرُوجِهمْ، وَقَفَ يَهُوشافاطُ وَقالَ: «اسْمَعُونِي يا أهلَ يَهُوذا وَسُكّانَ القُدْسِ. ليَكُنْ لَكُمْ إيمانٌ بِإلَهِكُمْ ، وَلَنْ يُصِيبَكُمْ شَرٌّ. ليَكُنْ لَكُمْ إيمانٌ بِأنْبِياءِ اللهِ ، وَسَتَنجَحُونَ!»

21 A nd when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the Lord, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying: “Praise the Lord, For His mercy endures forever.”

وَشَجَّعَ يَهُوشافاطُ الشَّعبَ وَأصْدَرَ تَعلِيماتِهِ. ثُمَّ عَيَّنَ مُرَنِّمِينَ لِيُسَبِّحُوا اللهَ فِي أزْيائِهِمِ البَهِيَّةِ. فَسارُوا أمامَ الجَيشِ وَسَبَّحُوا اللهَ بِتَرْنِيمَةِ: «سَبِّحُوا اللهَ لِأنَّهُ صالِحٌ، لأنَّ رَحمَتَهُ إلَى الأبَدِ.»

22 N ow when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated.

وَلَمّا بَدَأ هَؤُلاءِ الرِّجالُ يُرَنِّمُونَ وَيُسَبِّحُونَ اللهَ ، نَصَبَ اللهُ كَميناً لشَعبِ عَمُّونَ وَمُوآبَ وَجَبَلِ ساعِيرَ الَّذِينَ هَاجَمُوا يَهُوذا، فَهُزِموا.

23 F or the people of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.

وَبَدَأ العَمُّونِيُّونَ وَالمُوآبِيُّونَ يُقاتِلُونَ أهلَ جَبَلِ ساعِيرَ، فَقَضُوا عَلَيهِمْ. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ راحُوا يَقتُلُ أحَدُهُمُ الآخَرَ!

24 S o when Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude; and there were their dead bodies, fallen on the earth. No one had escaped.

وَلَمّا وَصَلَ جَيْشُ يَهُوذا إلَى المِنطَقَةِ المُشرِفَةِ عَلَى البَرِّيَّة، نَظَرُوا إلَى جَيْشِ العَدُوِّ الكَبِيرِ، فَلَمْ يَرَوْا إلّا جُثَثاً مُلقاةً عَلَى الأرْضِ، إذْ لَمْ يَنجُ منهُمْ أحَدٌ.

25 W hen Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away their spoil, they found among them an abundance of valuables on the dead bodies, and precious jewelry, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away; and they were three days gathering the spoil because there was so much.

فَجاءَ يَهُوشافاطُ وَجَيشُهُ وَغَنِمُوا الأشياءَ الثَّمِينَةَ الَّتِي كانَتْ مَعَ أعدائِهِمْ. فَأخَذُوا خُيُولاً وَكُنُوزاً وَمَلابِسَ وَأشْياءَ ثَمينَةً. فَأخَذَها يَهُوشافاطُ وَجَيْشُهُ لِأنفُسِهمْ. وَكانَتْ هَذِه الغَنائِمُ أثقَلَ مِنْ أنْ يَحمِلَها يَهُوشافاطُ وَجَيْشُهُ فِي يَومٍ واحِدٍ. فَأمْضَوْا ثَلاثَةَ أيّامٍ يَنقُلُونَ الغَنائِمَ.

26 A nd on the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, for there they blessed the Lord; therefore the name of that place was called The Valley of Berachah until this day.

وَفي اليَوْمِ الرّابِعِ اجْتَمَعَ يَهُوشافاطُ وَجَيْشُهُ فِي «وادِي بَرَكَةَ.» – فَقَدْ بارَكُوا اللهَ وَسَبَّحُوهُ هُناكَ. لهَذا ما زالَ النّاسُ يُطلِقُونَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ المَكانِ «وادِي بَرَكَةَ.»

27 T hen they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat in front of them, to go back to Jerusalem with joy, for the Lord had made them rejoice over their enemies.

ثُمَّ عادَ يَهُوشافاطُ بأهلِ يَهُوذا وَالقُدْسِ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ. وَقَدْ فَرَّحَهُمْ اللهُ كَثِيراً بِسَبَبِ هَزِيمَةِ أعدائِهمْ.

28 S o they came to Jerusalem, with stringed instruments and harps and trumpets, to the house of the Lord.

فَجاءُوا إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ بِقَياثيرَ وَرَبابٍ وَأبواقٍ، وَتَوَجَّهُوا إلَى بَيتِ اللهِ.

29 A nd the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries when they heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel.

فَخافَتْ كُلُّ المَمالكِ حَولَهُمْ اللهَ ، لِأنَّهُمْ سَمِعُوا أنَّ اللهَ نَفسَهُ حارَبَ أعداءَ إسْرائِيلَ.

30 T hen the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around. The End of Jehoshaphat’s Reign

فَاسْتَراحَتْ مَملَكَةُ يَهُوشافاطَ لِأنَّ إلَهَ يَهُوشافاطَ أراحَها مِنَ الحُرُوبِ مَعَ البِلادِ المُجاوِرَةِ. نهايَةُ حُكمِ يَهُوشافاط

31 S o Jehoshaphat was king over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

حَكَمَ يَهُوشافاطُ بِلادَ يَهُوذا. وَكانَ فِي الخامِسَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ منْ عُمرِهِ لَمّا اسْتَلَمَ الحُكمَ. وَحَكَمَ خَمْساً وَعِشرينَ سَنَةً فِي القُدسِ. وَاسْمُ أُمّهِ عَزُوبَةُ بِنتُ شَلْحِي.

32 A nd he walked in the way of his father Asa, and did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the Lord.

وَعاشَ يَهُوشافاطُ حَياةً مُستَقِيمَةً كَأبِيه آسا. وَلَمْ يَنْحَرِف عَنْ طَرِيقِ أبِيهِ. إذْ فَعَلَ يَهُوشافاطُ كُلَّ ما يُرْضِي اللهَ.

33 N evertheless the high places were not taken away, for as yet the people had not directed their hearts to the God of their fathers.

لَكنَّهُ لَمْ يَهدِمِ المُرتَفَعاتِ، وَلَمْ يُوَجِّهِ الشَّعبُ قُلُوبَهُمْ لاتِّباعِ الإلَهِ الَّذِي تَبِعَهُ آباؤهُمْ.

34 N ow the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, indeed they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.

أمّا بَقِيَّةُ أعْمالِ يَهُوشافاطُ، مِنْ أوَّلِها إلَى آخِرِها، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ في السِّجلّاتِ الرَّسمِيَّةِ لِياهُو بْنِ حَنانِي. وَهَذِهِ مَسَجَّلَةٌ فِي كِتاب تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ إسْرائِيلَ.

35 A fter this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted very wickedly.

وَبَعدَ مُدَّةٍ، عَمِلَ يَهُوشافاطُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذا مُعاهَدَةً مَعَ أخَزْيا، مَلِكِ إسْرائِيلَ الَّذِي عَمِلَ شُرُوراً.

36 A nd he allied himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Ezion Geber.

فَاشتَرَكَ مَعَهُ فِي إرسالِ سُفُنٍ إلَى مَدِينَةِ تَرْشِيشَ. وَصَنَعا سُفُناً فِي عِصْيُونِ جابِرَ.

37 B ut Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the Lord has destroyed your works.” Then the ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

فَنَقَلَ ألِيعَزَرُ بْنُ دُوداوا المَرِيشِيُّ رِسالَةً مِنَ اللهِ إلَى يَهُوشافاطَ قالَ فِيها: «لِأنَّكَ انضَمَمْتَ إلَى أخَزْيا، سَيُحَطِّمُ اللهُ أعْمالَكَ.» فَتَحَطَّمَتْ سُفُنُ يَهُوشافاطَ وَأخَزْيا، فَلَمْ يَقدرا أنْ يُرسِلاها إلَى تَرْشِيشَ.