1 N ow in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah.

فِي السَّنَةِ الثّامِنَةِ مِنْ حُكْمِ يَرُبْعامَ بْنِ ناباطَ عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ، صارَ أبِيّا مَلِكاً عَلَى يَهُوذا.

2 H e reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

وَقَدْ حَكَمَ أبِيّا فِي القُدسِ ثَلاثَ سَنَواتٍ. وَكانَتْ أُمُّهُ مَعْكَةَ بِنتَ أبشالُومَ.

3 H e walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father.

ارتَكَبَ أبِيّا الخَطايا نَفْسَها الَّتِي سَبَقَ أنْ ارتَكَبَها أبُوهُ. فَلَمْ يَكُنْ قَلْبُهُ وَفِيّاً لإلَهِهِ كَما كانَ قَلْبُ جَدِّهِ داوُدَ.

4 N evertheless for David’s sake, Yahweh his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;

لَكِن، مِنْ أجلِ خاطِرِ داوُدَ، أعطَاهُ إلَهُهُ مَملَكَةً فِي القُدْسِ. وَأعطاهُ ابْناً، وَجَعَلَ القُدْسَ مَدِينَةً آمِنَةً.

5 b ecause David did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, and didn’t turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

فَقَدْ أرْضَى داوُدُ اللهَ ، وَلَمْ يَحِدْ عَنْ وَصاياهُ طَوالَ حَياتِهِ، إلّا فِي مَسألَةِ أُورِيّا الحِثِّيِّ.

6 N ow there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

وَقَدْ شَهِدَ أبِيّا قَبلَ اعتِلائِهِ العَرشَ الحُرُوبَ المُتَواصِلَةَ بَينَ رَحُبْعامَ وَيَرُبْعامَ.

7 T he rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

أمّا بَقِيَةُ أعْمالِ أبِيّا، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا. وَظَلَّ أبِيّا وَيَرُبْعامُ يَتَحارَبانِ طَوالَ مُدَّةِ حُكْمِ أبِيّا.

8 A bijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place.

وَلَمّا ماتَ أبِيّا، دُفِنَ فِي مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ. فَخَلَفَهُ فِي الحُكْمِ ابْنُهُ آسا. آسا مَلِكُ يَهُوذا

9 I n the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah.

وَفِي السَّنَةِ العِشْرِينَ مِنْ حُكْمِ يَرُبْعامَ لإسْرائِيلَ، صارَ آسا مَلِكاً عَلَى يَهُوذا.

10 H e reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

وَحَكَمَ آسا فِي القُدْسِ واحِدَةً وَأربَعِينَ سَنَةً. وَكانَ اسْمُ أُمِّهِ مَعْكَةَ، وَهِيَ بِنتُ أبشالُومَ.

11 A sa did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, as David his father did.

فَعَلَ آسا ما يُرضِي اللهَ ، كَما فَعَلَ داوُدُ أبُوهُ.

12 H e put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

وَفِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، كانَ هُناكَ رِجالٌ يُبِيحُونَ أجْسادَهُمْ فِي عِبادَةِ آلِهَتِهِمْ، فَنَفاهُمْ آسا مِنْ يَهُوذا. وَنَزَعَ الأوثانَ الَّتِي سَبَقَ أنْ صَنَعَها آباؤهُ.

13 H e also removed Maacah his mother from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah. Asa cut down her image and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

وَعَزَلَ أُمَّهُ مَعْكَةَ أيضاً عَنِ الحُكمِ كَمَلِكَةٍ، لأنَّها أقامَتْ عَمُوداً لِعِبادَةِ عَشْتَرُوتَ. فَقَطَعَ آسا العَمُودَ وَأحرَقَهُ فِي وادِي قَدْرُونَ.

14 B ut the high places were not taken away. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Yahweh all his days.

وَلَمْ يَنزِعْ آسا المُرتَفَعاتِ، لَكِنَّ قَلبَهُ ظَلَّ أميناً للهِ طَوالَ حَياتِهِ.

15 H e brought into Yahweh’s house the things that his father had dedicated, and the things that he himself had dedicated: silver, gold, and utensils.

وَوَضَعَ آسا كُلَّ ما خَصَّصَهُ هُوَ وَأبُوهُ مِنْ أشْياءَ مَصْنُوعَةٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَفِضَّةٍ فِي بَيْتِ اللهِ.

16 T here was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

وَظَلَّ آسا طَوالَ مُدَّةِ حُكْمِهِ لِيَهُوذا فِي حَرْبٍ مُستَمِرَّةٍ مَعَ بَعْشا، مَلِكِ إسْرائِيلَ.

17 B aasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

وَهاجَمَ بَعْشا، ملكُ إسْرائِيلَ، يَهُوذا، وحصَّنَ مدينةَ الرامةِ وَاستَخْدَمَها كَنُقْطَةٍ لِيَمْنَعَ آسا مِنْ شَنِّ الحَربِ عَلَيهِ مِنْ يَهُوذا.

18 T hen Asa took all the silver and the gold that was left in the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered it into the hand of his servants. Then King Asa sent them to Ben Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,

فَأخَذَ آسا ما تَبَقَّى مِنَ الفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ مِنْ خَزْنَةِ بَيتِ اللهِ وَقَصْرِ المَلِكِ، وَأرسَلَها إلَى دِمَشْقَ مَعَ خُدّامِهِ إلَى بِنْهَدَدَ بْنِ طَبْرِيمُونَ بْنِ حَزْيُونَ مَلِكِ أرامَ.

19 “ There is a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.”

وَأرسَلَ آسا هَذِهِ الرِّسالَةَ إلَيهِ: «يَرْبِطُنِي بِكَ عَهْدٌ يَرْجِعُ إلَى زَمانِ أبِي وَأبيكَ. وَها أنا أُرسِلُ إلَيكَ فِضَّةً وَذَهَباً. فَانقُضْ عَهْدَكَ مَعَ بَعْشا مَلكِ إسْرائِيلَ، لكَي يَترُكَنِي وَشَأنِي.»

20 B en Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

فَاسْتَجابَ المَلِكُ بِنْهَدَدُ لِطَلَبِ آسا. فَأرسَلَ جَيشَهُ لِمُهاجَمَةِ مُدُنِ إسْرائِيلَ، فَهاجَمَ عُيُونَ وَدانَ وَآبَلَ بَيتِ مَعْكَةَ وَالمُدُنَ القَرِيبَةِ مِنْ بُحَيرَةِ الجَلِيلِ وَمِنطَقَةِ نَفتالِي.

21 W hen Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.

فَلَمّا سَمِعَ بَعْشا بِهَذِهِ الهَجَماتِ، أوقَفَ تَحصِينَ الرّامَةِ. وَغادَرَها عائِداً إلَى تِرْصَةَ.

22 T hen king Asa made a proclamation to all Judah. No one was exempted. They carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and king Asa used it to build Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

ثُمَّ أصدَرَ آسا أمراً لِجَميعِ سُكّان يَهُوذا دُونَ استِثناءٍ، لِيُحضِرُوا الحِجارَةَ وَالخَشَبَ الَّتِي كانَ بَعشا يَستَخدِمُها فِي تَحصِينِ مَدِينَةِ الرّامَةِ. فَنَقَلُوها وَبَنَوْا مَعَ المَلِكِ آسا مَدِينَةَ جِبْعَةَ فِي أرْضِ بَنْيامِيْنَ وَمَدِينَةَ المِصفاةِ.

23 N ow the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

وَكُلُّ الأُمُورِ الأُخرَى المُتَعَلِّقَةِ بِآسا، وَإنجازاتِهِ العَظِيمَةِ وَالمُدُنِ الَّتِي بَناها، مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا. وَلَمّا شاخَ آسا، أُصِيبَ بِمَرَضٍ فِي قَدَمِيهِ.

24 A sa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in his father David’s city; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.

وَماتَ آسا وَدُفِنَ مَعَ جَماعَتِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ جَدِّهِ. فَخَلَفَهُ فِي الحُكمِ ابنُهُ يَهُوشافاطُ. نادابُ مَلِكُ إسْرائِيل

25 N adab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.

فِي السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةِ مِنْ حُكمِ آسا لِيَهُوذا، اعتَلَى نادابُ بْنُ يَرُبْعامَ عَرشَ إسْرائِيلَ. فَحَكَمَ إسْرائِيلَ سَنَتَينِ.

26 H e did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.

وَفَعَلَ نادابُ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ. وَارتَكَبَ نَفسَ خَطايا أبِيهِ يَرُبْعامَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ أيضاً يُخطِئُونَ.

27 B aasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha struck him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gibbethon.

وَحاكَ بَعشا بْنُ أخِيّا اليَسّاكَرِيِّ مُؤامَرَةً لِقَتلِ المَلِكِ نادابَ. حَدَثَ هَذا فِي الوَقتِ الَّذِي كانَ فِيهِ نادابُ وَكُلُّ إسْرائِيلَ يُهاجِمُونَ جِبَثُونَ، وَهِيَ مَدِينَةٌ فِلَسطِيَّةٌ. فَتَمَكَّنَ بَعشا مِنْ قَتلِ نادابَ هُناكَ.

28 E ven in the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha killed him, and reigned in his place.

حَدَثَ هَذا فِي السَّنَةِ الثّالِثَةِ مِنْ حُكمِ آسا لِيَهُوذا، وَخَلَفَهُ بَعشا مَلِكاً عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ. بَعْشا مَلِكُ إسْرائِيل

29 A s soon as he was king, he struck all the house of Jeroboam. He didn’t leave to Jeroboam any who breathed, until he had destroyed him; according to the saying of Yahweh, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite;

وَلَمّا اعتَلَى بَعْشا عَرْشَ إسْرائِيلَ، أبادَ كُلَّ عائِلَةِ يَرُبْعامَ. فَلَمْ يُبقِ عَلَى أيِّ أحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ حَيّاً. حَدَثَ هَذا تَحقِيقاً لِما قالَهُ اللهُ فِي شِيلُوهَ لِعَبْدِهِ أخِيّا.

30 f or the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and with which he made Israel to sin, because of his provocation with which he provoked Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger.

هَذا كُلُّهُ كانَ بِسَبَبِ خَطايا يَرُبْعامَ الكَثِيرَةَ، وَدَفعِهِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ إلَى ارتِكابِ خَطايا كَثِيرَةً، ممّا أغضَبَ اللهَ ، إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ، غَضَباً شَدِيْداً.

31 N ow the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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

32 T here was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

وَكانَ بَعْشا طَوالَ حُكمِهِ لإسْرائِيلَ في حَربٍ مُستَمِرَّةٍ مع آسا مَلِكُ يَهُوذا.

33 I n the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel in Tirzah for twenty-four years.

اعتَلَى بَعْشا بْنُ أخِيّا عَرشَ إسْرائِيلَ فِي السَّنَةِ الثّالِثَةِ مِنْ حُكمِ آسا لِيَهُوذا. وَقَدْ حَكَمَ بَعشا مِنْ مَدِينَةِ تِرْصَةَ مُدَّةَ أربَعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً.

34 H e did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.

لَكِنَّهُ فَعَلَ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ. إذِ ارتَكَبَ نَفسَ الخَطايا الَّتِي ارتَكَبَها يَرُبْعامُ. وَجَعَلَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ يُخطِئُونَ.