1 A fter this, the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ جاءَ المُوآبِيُّونَ وَالعَمُّونيُّونَ وَالمَعُونِيُّونَ ليُحارِبُوا يَهُوَشافاطَ.

2 T hen some came who told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea from Syria. Behold, they are in Hazazon Tamar” (that 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 J ehoshaphat was alarmed, and set himself to seek to Yahweh. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

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

4 J udah gathered themselves together, to seek help from Yahweh. They came out of all the cities of Judah to seek Yahweh.

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

5 J ehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in Yahweh’s house, before the new court;

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

6 a nd he said, “Yahweh, the God of our fathers, aren’t you God in heaven? Aren’t you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, 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 D idn’t you, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it to the offspring of Abraham your friend forever?

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

8 T hey lived 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 evil comes on us—the sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine—we will stand before this house, and before you, (for your name is in this house), and cry 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 N ow, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and didn’t 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 b ehold, how they reward us, to come to cast 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 ur God, will you not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that comes against us; neither know we what to do, but our eyes are on 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 A ll Judah stood before Yahweh, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

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

14 T hen Yahweh’s Spirit came on Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, in the middle 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 Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat. Yahweh says to you, ‘Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed by reason 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. Behold, they are coming up by the ascent of Ziz. You shall find them at the end of the valley, 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 this battle. Set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh 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 J ehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Yahweh, worshiping Yahweh.

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

19 T he Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites, stood up to praise Yahweh, the God of Israel, with an exceeding loud voice.

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

20 T hey rose early in the morning, and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Yahweh your God, so you shall be established! Believe his prophets, so 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 W hen he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who should sing to Yahweh, and give praise in holy array, as they went out before the army, and say, Give thanks to Yahweh; for his loving kindness 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 W hen they began to sing and to praise, Yahweh set ambushers against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were struck.

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

23 F or the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, utterly to kill and destroy them: and when they had finished the inhabitants of Seir, everyone helped to destroy another.

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

24 W hen Judah came to the place overlooking the wilderness, they looked at the multitude; and behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were no one who 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 their plunder, they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in taking the plunder, it 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 O n the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Beracah; for there they blessed Yahweh: therefore the name of that place was called The valley of Beracah to 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, and Jehoshaphat in their forefront, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Yahweh had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

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

28 T hey came to Jerusalem with stringed instruments and harps and trumpets to Yahweh’s house.

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

29 T he fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that Yahweh fought against the enemies of Israel.

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

30 S o the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest all around.

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

31 J ehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem: and 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 H e walked in the way of Asa his father, and didn’t turn aside from it, doing that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes.

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

33 H owever the high places were not taken away; neither as yet had the people set 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, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is inserted 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 joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. The same did very wickedly:

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

36 a nd he joined 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 T hen Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, Yahweh has destroyed your works.” The ships were broken, 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.