1 N ow Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Arise, and go, you and your household, and stay for a while wherever you can; for Yahweh has called for a famine. It will also come on 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 T he woman arose, and did according to the man of God’s word. She went with her household, and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years.

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

3 A t the end of seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines. Then she went out to beg 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 N ow the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.”

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

5 A s he was telling the king how he had restored to life him who was dead, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, begged the king for her house and for her land. 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 W hen the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed to her a certain officer, saying, “Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.”

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 E lisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick. He was told, “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 T he king said to Hazael, “Take a present in your hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of Yahweh by him, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

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, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden, and came and stood before him, and said, “Your son Benhadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

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 E lisha said to him, “Go, tell him, ‘You will surely recover;’ however Yahweh has shown me that he will surely die.”

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

11 H e settled his gaze steadfastly on him, until he was ashamed. Then the man of God wept.

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

12 H azael said, “Why do you weep, my lord?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel. You will set their strongholds on fire, and you will kill their young men with the sword, and will dash their little ones in pieces, and rip up their pregnant women.”

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 H azael said, “But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he could do this great thing?” Elisha answered, “Yahweh has shown me that you will be 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?” He answered, “He told me that 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 O n the next day, he took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died. Then Hazael reigned in his place.

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 I n the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being king of Judah then, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

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 began to reign. He reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

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

18 H e walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did Ahab’s house; for he married Ahab’s daughter. He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight.

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

19 H owever Yahweh would not destroy Judah, for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always.

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 from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

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

21 T hen Joram passed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, and the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.

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

22 S o Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

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

23 T he rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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

24 J oram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.

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 began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter 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 H e walked in the way of Ahab’s house, and did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, as did Ahab’s house; for he was the son-in-law of Ahab’s house.

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

28 H e 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 K ing Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. 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.