1 J ehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city: and Jehoram his son reigned in his place.

وَماتَ يَهُوشافاطُ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ. وَخَلَفَهُ فِي الحُكم يَهُورامُ ابنُهُ.

2 H e had brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.

وَإخوَةُ يَهُورامَ هُمْ عَزَرْيا وَيَحِيئيلُ وَزَكَرِيّا وَعَزَرْياهُو وَمِيخائِيلُ وَشَفَطْيا. كانَ كُلُّ هَؤُلاءِ أبناءَ يَهُوشافاطَ، مَلِكِ يَهُوذا.

3 T heir father gave them great gifts, of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fortified cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram, because he was the firstborn.

وَكانَ يَهُوَشافاطُ قَدْ أهدَى أبناءَهُ هَدايا مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَذَهَبٍ وَأشياءَ ثَمِينَةٍ. وَأعطاهُمْ أيضاً مُدُناً مُحَصَّنَةً فِي يَهُوذا. لَكِنَّ يَهُوشافاطَ اختارَ يَهُورامَ مَلِكاً لأنَّهُ كانَ بِكرَهُ. يَهُورامُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذا

4 N ow when Jehoram was risen up over the kingdom of his father, and had strengthened himself, he killed all his brothers with the sword, and various also of the princes of Israel.

وَتَوَلَّى يَهُورامُ مَملَكَةَ أبيهِ. وَلَمّا شَدَّدَ قَبْضَتَهُ عَلَى المَملَكَةِ قَتَلَ بِالسَّيفِ كُلَّ إخْوَتهِ. وَقَتَلَ أيضاً بَعضَ قادَةِ إسْرائِيلَ.

5 J ehoram was thirty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

وَكانَ يَهُورامُ فِي الثّانِيَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ منْ عُمرِه عِندَما تَوَلَّى الحُكمَ. وَحَكَمَ في مَدِينَةِ القُدسِ ثَمانِي سَنَواتٍ.

6 H e walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did Ahab’s house; for he had the daughter of Ahab as wife: and he did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight.

وَعاشَ يَهُورامُ مِثلَ مُلُوكِ إسْرائِيلَ، وَسارَ عَلَى نَهْجِ عائلَةِ أخآبَ، إذْ تَزَوَّجَ مِنَ بِنتِ أخآبَ. وَفَعَلَ يَهُورامُ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ.

7 H owever Yahweh would not destroy David’s house, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children always.

لَكنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يُرِدْ أنْ يَقضِيَ عَلَى بَيتِ داوُدَ بِسَبَبِ عَهدِ اللهِ مَعَ داوُدَ. إذْ وَعَدَ اللهُ بأنْ يُبقِيَ مِصباحاً مُنِيراً لِداوُدَ وَأبنائِهِ إلَى الأبَد.

8 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 لأنْفُسِهِمْ مَلِكاً مِنْ بَينِهِمْ.

9 T hen Jehoram passed over with his captains, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, along with the captains of the chariots.

فَذَهَبَ يَهُورامُ مَعَ كُلِّ قادَتهِ وَعَرَباتِهِ إلَى أدُومَ. فَحاصَرَ الجَيشُ الأدُومِيُّ يَهُورامَ وَقادَة مَركَباتهِ. لَكنَّهُ قاتَلَهُمْ لَيلاً، وَكَسَرَ الحِصارَ المَفرُوضَ عَلَيهِ.

10 S o Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day: then Libnah revolted at the same time from under his hand, because he had forsaken Yahweh, the God of his fathers.

وَمُنذُ ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ إلَى يَومِنا هَذا، مازالَ أدُومُ مُتَمَرِّداً عَلَى يَهُوذا. فَشَجَّعَ هَذا أهلَ مَدِينَةِ لِبْنَةَ عَلَى التَّمَرُّدِ عَلَى يَهُورامَ، لِأنَّهُ تَرَكَ اللهَ ، إلَهَ آبائِهِ.

11 M oreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the prostitute, and led Judah astray.

وَبَنَى يَهُورامُ أيضاً مُرتَفَعاتٍ عَلَى تِلال يَهُوذا. فَجَعَلَ سُكّانَ القُدسِ يَخُونُونَ اللهَ، وَأضّلَّ أهلَ يَهُوذا.

12 A letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, “Yahweh says, the God of David your father, ‘Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

وَأرسَلَ النَّبيُّ إيليّا رسالَةً خَطِّيَّةً إلَى يَهُورامَ قالَ فِيها: «هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ ، إلَهُ داوُدَ جَدِّكَ. أنتَ لَمْ تَسلُكْ كَما سَلَكَ أبُوكَ يَهُوشافاطُ، وَلا كَما سَلَكَ آسا مَلكُ يَهُوذا.

13 b ut have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the prostitute, like Ahab’s house did, and also have slain your brothers of your father’s house, who were better than yourself:

أنتَ سَلَكْتَ عَلَى غِرار مُلُوكِ إسْرائِيلَ. دَفَعْتَ أهلَ يَهُوذا وَالقُدسِ إلَى الخِيانَةِ كَما فَعَلَتْ عائلَةُ أخآبَ بِإسرائِيلَ. وَأنتَ أيضاً قَتَلْتَ إخْوَتَكَ، أهلَ بَيتِ أبيكَ، الَّذِينَ كانُوا خَيراً مِنْكَ.

14 b ehold, Yahweh will strike with a great plague your people, and your children, and your wives, and all your substance;

وَلهَذا فَإنَّ اللهَ سَيُعاقِبُ شَعبَكَ عِقاباً قاسِياً. وَسَيُعاقِبُ أبناءَكَ وَزَوجاتِكَ وَكُلَّ ما يَخُصُّكَ.

15 a nd you shall have great sickness by disease of your bowels, until your bowels fall out by reason of the sickness, day by day.’”

وَسَيُصِيبُ أمعاءَكَ بِمَرَضٍ فَظيعٍ. وَسَيَزدادُ مَرَضُكَ سُوءاً كُلَّ يَومٍ إلَى أنْ تَخْرُجَ أمعاؤُكَ.»

16 Y ahweh stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians who are beside the Ethiopians:

وَهَيَّجَ اللهُ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ وَالعَرَبَ السّاكنِينَ إلَى جِوارِ الشَّعبِ الكُوشِيِّ عَلَى يَهُورامَ.

17 a nd they came up against Judah, and broke into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king’s house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, except Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

فَهاجَمَ هَؤُلاء أرْضَ يَهُوذا، وَاسْتَولُوا عَلَى ثَرْوَة بَيْتِ المَلكِ، وَأخَذُوا زَوجاتِ يَهُورامَ وَأولادَهُ. وَلَمْ يَترُكُوا إلّا ابنَ يَهُورامَ الأصغَرَ، يَهُوآحازَ.

18 A fter all this Yahweh struck him in his bowels with an incurable disease.

بَعدَ ذَلِكَ، أصابَ اللهُ يَهُورامَ بمَرَضٍ في أمْعائهِ لا يُعْرَفُ لَهُ عِلاجٌ.

19 I n process of time, at the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died of severe diseases. His people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.

وَبَعدَ سَنَتَين خَرَجَتْ أمْعاءُ يَهُورامَ بِسَبَبِ مَرَضِهِ. وَماتَ فِي ألَمٍ شَدِيدٍ. وَلَمْ يَعمَلِ الشَّعبُ ناراً كَبِيرَةً إكراماً لَهُ كَما فَعَلُوا مَعَ أبِيهِ.

20 T hirty-two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years: and he departed without being desired; and they buried him in David’s city, but not in the tombs of the kings.

فَكانَ يَهُورامُ فِي الثّانِيَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ منْ عُمْرِهِ عِندَما تَوَلَّى الحُكمَ. وَحَكَمَ ثَمانِي سَنَواتٍ فِي القُدسِ. وَلَمْ يَحزَنْ أحَدٌ عَلَى وَفاتِهِ. وَدَفَنَهُ الشَّعبُ فِي مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ، لَكِنْ لَيسَ فِي قُبُورِ المُلُوكِ.