1 Kings 14

1 At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,

1 فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ مَرِضَ أَبِيَّا بْنُ يَرُبْعَامَ،

2 and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Now get up, disguise yourself so they will not recognize you as my wife, and go to Shiloh. For Ahijah the prophet is there; it was he who spoke about my kingship over this people.

2 فَقَالَ يَرُبْعَامُ لِزَوْجَتِهِ: «تَنَكَّرِي حَتَّى لَا يَكْتَشِفَ أَحَدٌ أَنَّكِ زَوْجَتِي، وَامْضِي إِلَى شِيلُوهَ حَيْثُ يُقِيمُ أَخِيَّا الَّذِي أَنْبَأَنِي أَنَّنِي سَأَمْلِكُ عَلَى هَذَا الشَّعْبِ،

3 Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will become of the boy.”

3 وَخُذِي لَهُ مَعَكِ عَشْرَةَ أَرْغِفَةٍ وَكَعْكاً وَجَرَّةَ عَسَلٍ، وَانْطَلِقِي إِلَيْهِ وَهُوَ يُخْبِرُكِ بِمَصِيرِ الْغُلامِ».

4 Jeroboam’s wife did as instructed; she arose and went to Shiloh and arrived at Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.

4 فَنَفَّذَتْ زَوْجَةُ يَرُبْعَامَ مَا طَلَبَهُ مِنْهَا، وَوَصَلَتْ إِلَى بَيْتِ أَخِيَّا فِي شِيلُوهَ، وَكَانَ أَخِيَّا قَدْ طَعَنَ فِي السِّنِّ، وَكَلَّ بَصَرُهُ.

5 But the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill. You are to say such and such to her, because when she arrives, she will be disguised.”

5 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لأَخِيَّا: «هَا هِيَ زَوْجَةُ يَرُبْعَامَ مُقْبِلَةٌ لِتَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ مَصِيرِ ابْنِهَا الْمَرِيضِ، فَأَجِبْهَا بِمَا أَقُولُهُ لَكَ، لأَنَّهَا سَتَدْخُلُ إِلَيْكَ مُتَنَكِّرَةً».

6 So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet entering the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you disguised? For I have been sent to you with bad news.

6 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ أَخِيَّا وَقْعَ خَطْوَاتِهَا وَهِيَ دَاخِلَةٌ مِنَ الْبَابِ قَالَ: «ادْخُلِي يَا زَوْجَةَ يَرُبْعَامَ. لِمَاذَا تَتَنَكَّرِينَ؟ إِنَّنِي أَحْمِلُ إِلَيْكِ أَخْبَاراً سَيِّئَةً.

7 Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over My people Israel.

7 اذْهَبِي وَبَلِّغِي يَرُبْعَامَ قَضَاءَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: لَقَدْ رَفَعْتُكَ مِنْ وَسَطِ الشَّعْبِ، ونَصَّبْتُكَ رَئِيساً عَلَى شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ،

8 I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes.

8 وَمَزَّقْتُ الْمَمْلَكَةَ عَنْ بَيْتِ دَاوُدَ وَوَلَّيْتُكَ عَلَيْهَا، وَلَكِنَّكَ لَمْ تَكُنْ كَعَبْدِي دَاوُدَ الَّذِي حَفِظَ وَصَايَايَ وَتَبِعَنِي مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِهِ لِيَصْنَعَ مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ فِي عَيْنَيَّ.

9 You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.

9 لَقَدِ ارْتَكَبْتَ مِنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ مَا فَاقَ جَمِيعَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا قَبْلَكَ، فَصَنَعْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى، أَصْنَاماً مَسْبُوكَةً، لِتُثِيرَ غَيْظِي، وَقَدْ طَرَحْتَنِي خَلْفَ ظَهْرِكَ.

10 Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!

10 لِذَلِكَ هَا أَنَا مُزْمِعٌ أَنْ أَبْتَلِيَ بَيْتَكَ بِشَرٍّ عَظِيمٍ، وَأُبِيدَ كُلَّ ذَكَرٍ مِنْ نَسْلِكَ، عَبْداً كَانَ أَمْ حُرّاً، وَأُفْنِيَ بَيْتَكَ كَمَا تُفْنِي النَّارُ الرَّوْثَ الْجَافَّ،

11 Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.’ For the LORD has spoken.

11 فَتَأْكُلُ الْكِلابُ كُلَّ مَنْ يَمُوتُ لَكَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، وَتَنْهَشُ طُيُورُ السَّمَاءِ كُلَّ مَنْ يَمُوتُ لَكَ فِي الْحَقْلِ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ تَكَلَّمَ».

12 As for you, get up and go home. When your feet enter the city, the child will die.

12 وَأَضَافَ أَخِيَّا: «أَمَّا أَنْتِ فَانْهَضِي وَانْطَلِقِي إِلَى بَيْتِكِ، وَحَالَمَا تَدْخُلِينَ الْمَدِينَةَ يَمُوتُ الْوَلَدُ،

13 All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.

13 فَيَنُوحُ عَلَيْهِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ وَيَدْفِنُونَهُ، لأَنَّ هَذَا وَحْدَهُ مِنْ نَسْلِ يَرُبْعَامَ يُوَارَى فِي قَبْرٍ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدْ وَجَدَ فِيهِ، مِنْ دُونِ سَائِرِ بَيْتِ يَرُبْعَامَ، شَيْئاً صَالِحاً.

14 Moreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day—yes, even today!

14 وَيُقِيمُ الرَّبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ مَلِكاً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيُبِيدَ بَيْتَ يَرُبْعَامَ الْيَوْمَ.

15 For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.

15 ثُمَّ يَعْصِفُ الرَّبُّ بِإِسْرَائِيلَ، فَيَهُزُّهُمْ كَاهْتِزَازِ الْقَصَبِ فِي الْمَاءِ، وَيَسْتَأْصِلُهُمْ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ الْخَيِّرَةِ الَّتِي وَهَبَهَا لِآبَائِهِمْ، وَيُشَتِّتُهُمْ إِلَى مَا وَرَاءِ النَّهْرِ لأَنَّهُمْ أَقَامُوا لأَنْفُسِهِمْ أَصْنَاماً وَأَثَارُوا غَيْظَ الرَّبِّ.

16 So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”

16 وَيَنْبِذُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ خَطَايَا يَرُبْعَامَ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبَهَا وَاسْتَغْوَى إِسْرَائِيلَ مَعَهُ فَأَخْطَأُوا».

17 Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.

17 فَعَادَتْ زَوْجَةُ يَرُبْعَامَ إِلَى تِرْصَةَ. وَمَا إِنْ وَصَلَتْ إِلَى عَتَبَةِ بَابِ الْبَيْتِ حَتَّى مَاتَ الْغُلامُ،

18 And they buried him, and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the prophet.

18 فَدَفَنَهُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ وَنَاحُوا عَلَيْهِ، تَمَاماً حَسَبَ كَلامِ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي نَطَقَ بِهِ عَلَى لِسَانِ عَبْدِهِ أَخِيَّا النَّبِيِّ.

19 As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he waged war and how he reigned, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

19 أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَعْمَالِ يَرُبْعَامَ وَكَيْفَ حَارَبَ وَكَيْفَ مَلَكَ، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

20 And the length of Jeroboam’s reign was twenty-two years, and he rested with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.

20 وَدَامَ مُلْكُ يَرُبْعَامَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً، ثُمَّ مَاتَ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ، وَخَلَفَهُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ ابْنُهُ نَادَابُ.

21 Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

21 أَمَّا رَحُبْعَامُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ فَقَدْ مَلَكَ فِي يَهُوذَا وَكَانَ عُمْرُهُ إِحْدَى وَأَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَاسْتَمَرَّ حُكْمُهُ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اخْتَارَهَا الرَّبُّ مِنْ بَيْنِ جَمِيعِ مُدُنِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيَضَعَ اسْمَهُ عَلَيْهَا، وَكَانَ اسْمُ أُمِّهِ نِعْمَةَ الْعَمُّونِيَّةَ.

22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.

22 وَارْتَكَبَ شَعْبُ يَهُوذَا الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، فَاسْتَثَارُوا غَيْظَهُ كَمَا لَمْ تَسْتَثِرْهُ خَطَايَا آبَائِهِمِ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبُوهَا.

23 They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

23 وَأَقَامُوا هُمْ أَيْضاً لأَنْفُسِهِمْ مُرْتَفَعَاتٍ وَأَنْصَاباً وَتَمَاثِيلَ عَلَى كُلِّ تَلٍّ مُرْتَفِعٍ، وَتَحْتَ كُلِّ شَجَرةٍ خَضْرَاءَ.

24 There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

24 وَتَكَاثَرَ فِي الأَرْضِ الْعَاهِرُونَ مِنْ ذَوِي الشُّذُوذِ الْجِنْسِيِّ، وَاقْتَرَفُوا كُلَّ مُوبِقَاتِ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي طَرَدَهَا الرَّبُّ مِنْ أَمَامِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

25 In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.

25 وَفِي السَّنَةِ الْخَامِسَةِ لِلْمَلِكِ رَحُبْعَامَ هَاجَمَ شِيشَقُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

26 He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.

26 وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَى خَزَائِنِ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ وَخَزَائِنِ قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ، وَسَلَبَ كُلَّ مَا فِيهَا، لاسِيَّمَا الأَتْرَاسُ الذَّهَبِيَّةُ الَّتِي عَمِلَهَا سُلَيْمَانُ.

27 Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.

27 فَصَنَعَ الْمَلِكُ رَحُبْعَامُ عِوَضاً عَنْهَا أَتْرَاساً نُحَاسِيَّةً، سَلَّمَهَا لِرُؤَسَاءِ حَرَسِ بَابِ قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ.

28 And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would bear the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.

28 فَكَانَ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَ الْمَلِكُ إِلَى هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ يَحْمِلُهَا الْحُرَّاسُ أَمَامَهُ، ثُمَّ يُعِيدُونَهَا إِلَى غُرْفَةِ الْحَرَسِ.

29 As for the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, along with all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

29 أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَحْدَاثِ حَيَاةِ رَحُبْعَامَ وَكُلُّ مَا قَامَ بِهِ مِنْ أَعْمَالٍ، أَلَيْسَتْ هِي مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟

30 There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.

30 وَظَلَّتْ رَحَى الْحَرْبِ دَائِرَةً بَيْنَ رَحُبْعَامَ وَيَرُبْعَامَ طَوَالَ حَيَاةِ رَحُبْعَامَ.

31 And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.

31 ثُمَّ مَاتَ رَحُبْعَامُ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ نِعْمَةُ الْعَمُّونِيَّةُ وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ أَبِيَامُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ.