1 N ow the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

ثُمَّ كَلَّمَ اللهُ ياهُو بْنَ حَنانِي وَتَنَبَّأ ضِدَّ المَلِكِ بَعشا فَقالَ:

2 “ I took you from the dust and gave you honor. I made you leader over My people Israel. But you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made My people Israel sin. You have made Me angry with their sins.

«رَفَعْتُكَ مِنَ الحَضِيضِ. وَجَعَلْتُكَ رَئِيساً عَلَى شَعبِي إسْرائِيلَ. لَكِنَّكَ سِرْتَ فِي طُرُقِ يَرُبْعامَ. وَجَعَلْتَ شَعبِي إسْرائِيلَ يُخطِئُونَ. فَأغضَبُونِي بِخَطاياهُمْ.

3 S o I will destroy Baasha and his house. I will make your house like the family of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

لِهَذا سَأقضِي عَلَيكَ وَعَلَى عائِلَتِكَ مَعَكَ. سَأفعَلُ بِكَ نَفسَ ما فَعَلْتُهُ بِيَرُبْعامَ بْنِ ناباطَ.

4 T he dogs will eat anyone of Baasha’s family who dies in the city. And the birds of the air will eat anyone of his who dies in the field.”

فَالَّذِي يَمُوتُ مِنْ عائِلَتِكَ فِي المَدِينَةِ سَتَأْكُلُهُ الكِلابُ. وَالَّذِي يَمُوتُ مِنْ عائِلَتِكَ فِي الحُقُولِ سَتَأْكُلُهُ الطُّيُورُ الكاسِرَةُ.»

5 T he rest of the acts of Baasha and what he did and his strength, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

أمّا بَقِيَةُ أعْمالِ بَعْشا وَجَبَرُوتِهِ، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ إسْرائِيلَ.

6 B aasha died and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah became king in his place.

وَماتَ بَعْشا وَدُفِنَ فِي تِرْصَةَ. وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ أيلَةُ مَلِكاً عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ.

7 T he word of the Lord came against Baasha and his house through the man who spoke for God, Jehu the son of Hanani because Baasha had done what was sinful in the eyes of the Lord. He made the Lord angry with the work of his hands, in being like the family of Jeroboam, and because he destroyed it. Elah Rules Israel

وَهَكَذا تَحَقَّقَ كَلامُ اللهِ ضِدَّ بَعْشا الذي تَكَلَّمَ به عَلَى لِسَانِ النَّبِيِّ ياهُو. فَعَلَ اللهُ هَذا لِأنَّ بَعشا عَمِلَ ما لا يُرضِيهِ. فَأغضَبَ اللهَ إغضاباً شَدِيداً. إذِ ارْتَكَبَ بَعْشا الخَطايا نَفْسَها الَّتِي ارتَكَبَتْها عائِلَةُ يَرُبْعامَ. وَغَضِبَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ أيضاً لِأنَّهُ أبادَ كُلَّ عائِلَةِ يَرُبْعامَ. أيلَةُ مَلِكُ إسْرائِيل

8 I n the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king of Israel at Tirzah. He ruled for two years.

اعتَلَى أيلَةُ بْنُ بَعشا عَرشَ إسْرائِيلَ فِي السَّنَةِ السّادِسَةِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنْ حُكْمِ آسا عَلَى يَهُوذا. وَحَكَمَ فِي تِرْصَةَ مُدَّةَ سَنَتَينِ.

9 H is servant Zimri, captain of half his war-wagons, made plans against him. Elah was at Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the family of Arza. Arza was the head of the house at Tirzah.

وَكانَ زِمْرِي أحَدَ قادَةِ المَلِكِ أيلَةَ. إذْ كانَ مَسؤُولاً عَنْ نِصْفِ مَركِباتِ أيلَةَ. لَكِنَّ زِمْرِي هَذا حاكَ مُؤامَرَةً ضِدَّ أيلَةَ. كانَ أيلَةُ فِي تِرْصَةَ يَأْكُلُ وَيَسكَرُ فِي بَيتِ أرصا المَسؤُولِ عَنْ قَصْرِ المَلِكِ فِي تِرْصَةَ.

10 Z imri went in and hit him and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah. And Zimri became king in his place.

فَدَخَلَ زِمْرِي وَضَرَبَ المَلِكَ فَقَتَلَهُ وَحَكَمَ مَكانَهُ. حَدَثَ هَذا فِي السَّنَةِ السّابِعَةِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنْ حُكمِ آسا عَلَى يَهُوذا. زِمْرِي مَلِكُ إسْرائِيل

11 W hen he became king, as soon as he sat on his throne, he killed all those of Baasha’s house. He did not leave alive one male, of his brothers or of his friends.

بَعْدَ أنْ اعتَلَى زِمْرِي العَرْشَ، أبادَ كُلَّ عائِلَةِ بَعْشا، فَلَمْ يَبقَ مِنْهُمْ أحَدٌ حَيّاً. حَتَّى إنَّهُ قَتَلَ أصحابَهُ وَالمُوالِينَ لَهُ.

12 S o Zimri destroyed the whole family of Baasha, as was spoken against Baasha by the word of the Lord through Jehu the man who spoke for God.

فَجاءَ قَضاءُ زِمْرِي عَلَى بَيتِ بَعْشا تَحقِيقاً لِكَلامِ اللهِ الذي تَكَلَّمَ به عَلَى لِسانِ النَّبِيِّ ياهُو ضِدَّ بَعْشا.

13 I t happened because of all the sins of Baasha and his son Elah. They sinned and they made Israel sin. They made the Lord God of Israel angry with their false gods.

هَذا كُلُّهُ كانَ بِسَبَبِ خَطايا بَعْشا وَخَطايا ابْنِهِ أيلَةَ. فَقَدْ أخطَآ وَجَعَلا بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ يُخطِئُونَ. وَصَنَعا أوثاناً فأغْضَبا اللهُ ، إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ.

14 N ow the rest of the acts of Elah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? Zimri Rules Israel

أمّا بَقِيَّةُ أعْمالِ أيلَةَ، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ إسْرائِيلَ.

15 I n the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri ruled seven days at Tirzah. Now the people were gathered against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

وَاعتَلَى زِمْرِي العَرشَ فِي السَّنَةِ السّابِعَةِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنْ حُكمِ آسا لِيَهُوذا. وَلَمْ يحكُم فِي تِرْصَةَ سِوى سَبعةِ أيّامٍ. فَقَدْ حَدَثَ أنَّ جَيشَ إسْرائِيلَ كانَ فِي مَدِينَةِ جِبَّثُونَ الفِلِسْطِيَّةِ.

16 T he people who were gathered heard it said, “Zimri has made plans and has killed the king.” So all Israel made Omri, the captain of the army, the king of Israel that day among the tents.

فَسَمِعُوا أنَّ زِمْرِي تَآمَرَ عَلَى المَلِكِ وَقَتَلَهُ. فَنَصَّبَ كُلُّ الجُنُودِ الَّذِينَ فِي المُخَيَّمِ عُمْرِي، قائِدَ الجَيشِ، مَلِكاً.

17 T hen Omri went with all Israel up from Gibbethon, and they gathered in battle around Tirzah.

ثُمَّ غادَرَ عُمْرِي وَكُلُّ جُنُودِ إسْرائِيلَ جِبَّثُونَ وَتَوَجَّهُوا إلَى تِرْصَةَ. وَحاصَرُوا المَدِينَةَ ثُمَّ هاجَمُوها.

18 W hen Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into an inside room of the king’s house. And he burned the king’s house over him with fire, and died.

فَلَمّا رَأى زِمْرِي أنَّ عُمْرِي استَولَى عَلَى المَدِينَةِ، هَرَبَ إلَى القَصْرِ، وَأحرَقَ القصرَ وهو فِيهِ، فَماتَ

19 H e died because of his sins. He did what was sinful in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the way of Jeroboam. And in his sin, he made Israel sin.

زِمْرِي لِأنَّهُ أخطَأ وَفَعَلَ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ. فَقَدْ سارَ فِي طَرِيقِ يَرُبْعامَ الَّذِي أخطَأ وَجَعَلَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ يُخطِئُونَ.

20 T he rest of the acts of Zimri and the plan he made, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? Omri Rules Israel

أمّا بَقِيَّةُ أعْمالِ زِمْرِي وَمُؤامَراتِهِ، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ إسْرائِيلَ. عُمْرِي مَلِكُ إسْرائِيل

21 T hen the people of Israel were divided into two parts. Half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king. The other half followed Omri.

وَانقَسَمَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ إلَى قِسْمَينِ. فَكانَ القِسْمُ الأوَّلُ يُوالِي تِبْنِي بْنَ جِينَةَ، وَأرادَ أنْ يُنَصِّبهُ مَلِكاً. أمّا القِسْمُ الثّانِي، فَكانَ يُوالِي عُمرِي.

22 B ut the people who followed Omri won over the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath. Tibni died and Omri became king.

لَكِنَّ أتباعَ عُمْرِي كانُوا أقوَى مِنْ أتباعِ تِبْنِي. فَدارَتْ مَعرَكَةٌ بَينَهُما، قُتِلَ فِيها تِبْنِي، فَتَوَلَّى عُمْرِي الحُكمَ.

23 I n the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became the king of Israel. He ruled for twelve years. He ruled six years at Tirzah.

فَاعتَلَى عُمْرِي عَرشَ إسْرائِيلَ فِي السَّنَةِ الحادِيَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ مِنْ حُكمِ آسا لِيَهُوذا. وَقَدْ حَكَمَ عُمْرِي إسْرائِيلَ اثنَتَي عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، سِتّاً مِنْها فِي مَدِينَةِ تِرْصَةَ.

24 A nd he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for silver weighing as much as two men. He built on the hill, and gave the city he built the name of Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.

وَاشتَرَى عُمرِي جَبَلَ السّامِرَةِ مِنْ سامِرَ بِقِنْطارَينِ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ. وَبَنَى مَدِينَةً عَلَى ذَلِكَ الجَبَلِ، وَأطلَقَ عَلَيها اسْمَ «السّامِرَةِ» بَحَسَبِ اسْمِ المالِكِ السّابِقِ، سامِرَ.

25 O mri did what was sinful in the eyes of the Lord. He acted worse than all who were before him.

وَفَعَلَ عُمرِي الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ. بَلْ كانَ أسوَأ مِنْ كُلِّ المُلُوكِ الَّذِينَ سَبَقُوهُ.

26 F or he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. And in his sin he made Israel sin. They made the Lord God of Israel angry with their false gods.

وَارتَكَبَ الخَطايا نَفْسَها التي ارْتَكَبَها يَرُبْعامُ بْنُ ناباطَ، الَّذِي جَعَلَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ يُخطِئُونَ أيضاً. فَأغضَبُوا اللهَ ، إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ، غَضَباً شَدِيداً، بِسَبَبِ أوْثانِهِمْ.

27 N ow the rest of the acts of Omri and the strength that he showed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

أمّا بَقِيَّةُ أعْمالِ عُمْرِي وَجَبَرُوتِهِ، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ إسْرائِيلَ.

28 O mri died and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab became king in his place. Ahab Rules Israel

وَماتَ عُمْرِي وَدُفِنَ فِي السّامِرَةِ، فَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ أخآبُ. أخآبُ مَلِكُ إسْرائِيل

29 O mri’s son Ahab became king of Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah. He ruled over Israel in Samaria for twenty-two years.

وَاعتَلَى أخآبُ بْنُ عُمْرِي عَرْشَ إسْرائِيلَ فِي السَّنَةِ الثّامِنَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ مِنْ حُكمِ آسا لِيَهُوذا. فَحَكَمَ أخآبُ فِي مَدِينَةِ السّامِرَةِ اثْنَينِ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً.

30 A hab the son of Omri did what was sinful in the eyes of the Lord more than all who were before him.

وَفَعَلَ أخآبُ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ. بَلْ إنَّهُ كانَ أسوَأ مِنْ كُلِّ المُلُوكِ الَّذِينَ قَبلَهُ.

31 H e thought it was a small thing to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. He married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians. Then he went to serve the false god Baal and worshiped him.

فَلَمْ يَكتَفِ بارتِكابِ خَطايا يَرُبْعامَ بْنِ ناباطَ وَكأنَّها قَلِيلَةٌ! بَلْ تَزَوَّجَ أيضاً إيزابَلَ بِنتَ أثْبَعَلَ مَلِكِ الصَّيدُونِيِّينَ. وَصارَ يَعْبُدُ البَعلَ كَزَوجَتِهِ.

32 H e built an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria.

وَبَنَى أخآبُ فِي السّامِرَةِ هَيكَلاً لِعِبادَةِ البَعلِ، وَوَضَعَ فِيهِ مَذبَحاً.

33 A hab made an object of wood to look like the false goddess Asherah. So Ahab did more to make the Lord God of Israel angry than all the kings of Israel before him.

وَأقامَ أخآبُ عَمُوداً لِعِبادَةِ عَشْتَرُوتَ. وَفَعَلَ أُمُوراً تُغضِبُ اللهَ ، إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ، أكثَرَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ المُلُوكِ الَّذِينَ سَبَقُوهُ.

34 I n his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho. His first-born son Abiram died as he began to build the city. His youngest son Segub died as he put up its gates. It happened as it was told by the word of the Lord spoken by Joshua the son of Nun.

وَفِي فَتْرَةِ حُكمِهِ، أعادَ حِيئِيلُ البَيتُئِيلِيُّ بناء مَدِينَةَ أرِيحا. وَعِندَما باشَرَ العَمَلَ فِي وَضْعِ أساساتِ المدينةِ، ماتَ ابنُهُ البِكْرُ أبِيرامُ. وَعِندَما وَضَعَ حِيئِيلُ أبواباً لِلمَدِينَةِ، ماتَ ابنُهُ الأصغَرُ، سَجُوبُ. حَدَثَ هَذا تَحقِيقاً لِما قالَهُ اللهُ عَلَى فَمِ يَشُوعَ بْنِ نُونَ.