1 N ow when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal offspring.

وَلَمّا رَأتْ عَثَلْيا أُمُّ أخَزْيا أنَّ ابْنَها ماتَ، قامَتْ وَقَتَلَتْ كُلَّ أبْناءِ المَلِكِ.

2 B ut Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the bedroom; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

أمّا يَهُوشَبَعُ بِنْتُ المَلِكِ يُورامَ، وَأُخْتُ أخَزْيا، فَقَدْ خَطَفَتْ يُوآشَ بْنَ أخَزْيا مِنْ بَيْنِ إخْوَتِهِ قَبلَ أنْ يُقْتَلُوا، وَخَبَّأتْهُ هُوَ وَمُرضِعَتُهُ فِي غُرفَةِ نَومِها مِنْ عَثَلْيا فَلَمْ تَتَمَكَّنْ مِنْ قَتلِهِ.

3 H e was with her hidden in Yahweh’s house six years while Athaliah reigned over the land.

فَبَقيَ يُوآشُ مُخبَّأً فِي بَيتِ اللهِ مَعَ يَهُوشَبَعَ سِتَّ سَنَواتٍ. وَأثناءَ هَذِهِ المُدَّةِ، كانَتْ عَثَلْيا تَحْكُمُ مَملَكَةَ يَهُوذا.

4 I n the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into Yahweh’s house; and he made a covenant with them, and made a covenant with them in Yahweh’s house, and showed them the king’s son.

وَفِي السَّنَةِ السّابِعَةِ، اسْتَدعَى رَئِيسُ الكَهَنَةِ يَهُوياداعُ قادَةَ الحَرَسِ المَلَكِيِّ وَالسُّعاةِ. وَجَمَعَهُمْ مَعاً فِي بَيتِ اللهِ. ثُمَّ قَطَعَ مَعَهُمْ عَهداً بِقَسَمٍ. ثُمَّ أراهُمُ ابْنَ المَلِكِ.

5 H e commanded them, saying, “This is what you must do: a third of you, who come in on the Sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king’s house;

وَأوْصاهُمْ يَهُوياداعُ، فَقالَ: «ثُلْثُكُمُ الَّذِينَ عَلَيهِمْ نَوْبَةَ يَوْمِ السَّبْتِ، وَالَّذِينَ عَلَيهِمْ حِراسةُ بَيتِ المَلِكِ.

6 a third of you shall be at the gate Sur; and a third of you at the gate behind the guard. So you shall keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier.

وَثُلْثُكُمُ المُكَلَّفُ بِحِراسَةِ بابِ السُّورِ، وَثُلْثُكُمُ المُكَلَّفُ بِحِراسَةِ بَوّابةِ الحُرّاسِ، عَلَيكُمْ جَمِيعاً أنْ تَحْرُسُوا القَصْرَ.

7 T he two companies of you, even all who go out on the Sabbath, shall keep the watch of Yahweh’s house around the king.

وَعَلَى فِرْقَتَينِ مِنْكُمْ – مِنَ الَّذينَ يُجْبَرُونَ عَلَى حِراسَةِ بَيتِ اللهِ يَوْمَ إجازَتِهِمُ: يَومَ السَّبْتِ –

8 Y ou shall surround the king, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he who comes within the ranks, let him be slain. Be with the king when he goes out, and when he comes in.”

أنْ تُحِيطَا بِالمَلِكِ. كُونُوا مَعَ المَلِكِ حَيثُما ذَهَبَ. وَأحِيطُوا بِهِ كُلُّكُمْ، وَيَدُ كُلٍّ مِنْكُمْ عَلَى مِقبَضِ سَيفِهِ. وَاقتُلُوا كُلَّ مَنْ يُحاوِلُ اخْتِراقَ صُفُوفِكُمْ.»

9 T he captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they each took his men, those who were to come in on the Sabbath, with those who were to go out on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

فَنَفَّذَ القادَةُ كُلَّ أوامِرِ الكاهِنِ يَهُوياداعَ. فَأخَذَ كُلُّ قائِدٍ رِجالَهُ الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ يَومَ السَّبْتِ أوْ لا يَعْمَلُونَ، وَأتَوا إلَى الكاهِنِ يَهُوياداعَ.

10 T he priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been king David’s, which were in Yahweh’s house.

فَأعْطى الكاهِنُ القادَةَ حِراباً وَأتْراساً كانَ داوُدُ قَدْ أوْدَعَها فِي بَيتِ اللهِ.

11 T he guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, around the king.

وَوَقَفَ هَؤُلاءِ الحُرّاسُ وَأسلِحَتُهُمْ فِي أيدِيهِمْ مِنْ جانِبِ الهَيْكَلِ الأيْمَنِ إلَى جانِبِهِ الأيْسَرِ. وَأحاطُوا بِالمَذبَحِ وَالهَيكَلِ وَالمَلِكِ مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ لَدَى دُخُولِهِ الهَيكَلَ.

12 T hen he brought out the king’s son, and put the crown on him, and gave him the covenant; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, “Long live the king!”

وَأخرَجَ هَؤُلاءِ يُوآشَ وَوَضَعُوا التّاجَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَأعلَنُوا وَلاءَهُمْ لَهُمْ فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ. ثُمَّ مَسَحُوهُ وَنَصَّبُوهُ مَلِكاً. وَصَفَّقُوا لَهُ بِأيدِيهِمْ وَهَتَفُوا: «يَعيشُ المَلِكُ!»

13 W hen Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into Yahweh’s house:

وَسَمِعَتِ المَلِكَةُ عَثَلْيا الضَّجِيجَ الصّادِرَ عَنِ الحَرَسِ وَالشَّعْبِ. فَدَخَلَتْ إلَى هَيكَلِ اللهِ حَيْثُ كانَ الشَّعبُ.

14 a nd she looked, and behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the tradition was, with the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and cried, “Treason! Treason!”

وَنَظَرَتْ فَرَأتِ المَلِكَ واقِفاً عِندَ العَمُودِ حَسَبَ عادَةِ المُلُوكِ. وَرَأتْ أيضاً القادَةَ وَضارِبِي الأبواقِ يَنفُخُونَ الأبواقَ ابتِهاجاً بِالمَلِكِ. حِينَئِذٍ، شَقَّتْ ثِيابَها احتِجاجاً وَاسْتِنكاراً، وَصَرَخَتْ: «هَذِهِ خِيانَةٌ! هَذِهِ خِيانَةٌ!»

15 J ehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were set over the army, and said to them, “Bring her out between the ranks. Kill anyone who follows her with the sword.” For the priest said, “Don’t let her be slain in Yahweh’s house.”

وَأمَرَ الكاهِنُ القادَةَ المَسْؤُولِينَ عَنِ الجُنُودِ فَقالَ: «أخرِجُوا عَثَلْيا خارِجَ ساحَةِ الهَيكَلِ. وَإذا أرادَ أحَدٌ أنْ يَأْتِيَ لِلدِّفاعِ عَنْها، فاقتُلُوهُ. لَكِنْ لا تُقْتَل فِي بَيتِ اللهِ.»

16 S o they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses’ entry to the king’s house, and she was slain there.

فَأمسَكَ الجُنُودُ بِعَثَلْيا. وَاقتادُوها عَبْرَ طَرِيقِ الخَيلِ إلَى مَدخَلِ القَصْرِ. وَقَتَلُوها هُناكَ.

17 J ehoiada made a covenant between Yahweh and the king and the people, that they should be Yahweh’s people; also between the king and the people.

وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، قَطَعَ يَهُوياداعُ عَهْداً بَينَ اللهِ وَالمَلِكِ وَالشَّعْبِ أنْ يَكُونُوا أوْفِياءً للهِ. وَقَطَعَ يَهُوياداعُ عَهداً أيضاً بَينَ المَلِكِ وَالشَّعْبِ.

18 A ll the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images broke they in pieces thoroughly, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. The priest appointed officers over Yahweh’s house.

وَذَهَبَ جَمِيعُ الشَّعبِ إلَى مَعبَدِ البَعلِ. وَدَمَّرُوا تِمثالَهُ وَمَذابِحَهُ، وَكَسَّرُوها تَماماً. وَقَتَلُوا أيضاً مَتّانَ، كاهِنَ البَعلِ، أمامَ مَذابِحِ البَعلِ. فَعَيَّنَ الكاهِنُ يَهُوياداعُ مُشْرِفِينَ عَلَى بَيتِ اللهِ.

19 H e took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from Yahweh’s house, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king’s house. He sat on the throne of the kings.

وَأخَذَ يَهُوياداعُ ضُبّاطَ الجَيشِ وَالحَرَسَ الخاصَّ، وَكُلَّ شَعبِ الأرْضِ مَعَهُ. ثُمَّ أخرَجَ المَلكَ منْ بَيتِ اللهِ. وَعَبَرُوا بَوّابَةَ الحَرَسِ إلَى بَيت المَلِكِ. وَهُناكَ أجلَسُوا المَلِكَ عَلَى العَرشِ.

20 S o all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. They had slain Athaliah with the sword at the king’s house.

فَفَرِحَ جِدّاً كُلُّ شَعبِ يَهُوذا، استَراحَتْ مَدِينَةُ القُدسِ بَعْدَ أنْ قُتِلَتْ عَثَلْيا بِالسَّيفِ قُرْبَ بَيتِ المَلِكِ.

21 J ehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.

وَكانَ يُوآشُ فِي السّابِعَةِ مِنْ عُمرِهِ عِندَما تَوَلَّى الحُكْمَ.