2 Kings 17

1 In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.

1 وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ آحَازَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، اعْتَلَى هُوشَعُ بْنُ أَيْلَةَ عَرْشَ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي السَّامِرَةِ، لِمُدَّةِ تِسْعِ سَنَوَاتٍ.

2 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.

2 وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، إِلّا أَنَّهُ كَانَ أَفْضَلَ قَلِيلاً مِنْ أَسْلافِهِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

3 Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.

3 وَزَحَفَ عَلَيْهِ شَلْمَنْأَسَرُ مَلِكُ أَشُورَ فَصَارَ هُوشَعُ لَهُ تَابِعاً يَدْفَعُ لَهُ جِزْيَةً.

4 But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.

4 وَمَالَبِثَ أَنِ اكْتَشَفَ مَلِكُ أَشُورَ خِيَانَةَ هُوشَعَ، الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ وَفْداً يَسْتَغِيثُ بِسَوَا مَلِكِ مِصْرَ، وَلَمْ يُؤَدِّ جِزْيَةً لِمَلِكِ أَشُورَ كَعَهْدِهِ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ، فَقَبَضَ عَلَيْهِ مَلِكُ أَشُورَ وَزَجَّهُ مُوْثَقاً فِي السِّجْنِ.

5 Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.

5 وَاجْتَاحَ مَلِكُ أَشُورَ أَرْضَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَحَاصَرَ السَّامِرَةَ ثَلاثَ سَنَوَاتٍ.

6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

6 وَفِي السَّنَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ مِنْ حُكْمِ هُوشَعَ سَقَطَتِ السَّامِرَةُ، فَسَبَى مَلِكُ أَشُورَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ إِلَى أَشُورَ وَأَسْكَنَهُمْ فِي مَدِينَةِ حَلَحَ، وَعَلَى ضِفَافِ نَهْرِ خَابُورَ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ جُوزَانَ، وَفِي مُدُنِ مَادِي.

7 All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods

7 وَقَدْ حَلَّتْ هَذِهِ النَّكْبَةُ بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لأَنَّهُمْ أَثِمُوا فِي حَقِّ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمِ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَهُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، مِنْ تَحْتِ نِيرِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَبَدُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى،

8 and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.

8 سَالِكِينَ حَسَبَ فَرَائِضِ الأُمَمِ الَّذِينَ طَرَدَهُمُ الرَّبُّ مِنْ أَمَامِهِمْ، وَمِنْ أَمَامِ مُلُوكِهِمْ الَّذِينَ نَصَّبُوهُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ.

9 The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.

9 وَارْتَكَبَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي الْخَفَاءِ مَعَاصِيَ فِي حَقِّ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمْ، وَشَيَّدُوا لأَنْفُسِهِمْ مُرْتَفَعَاتٍ فِي جَمِيعِ مُدُنِهِمْ مِنْ بُرْجِ النَّوَاطِيرِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ الْمُحَصَّنَةِ،

10 They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

10 وَأَقَامُوا لأَنْفُسِهِمْ أَنْصَاباً وَتَمَاثِيلَ لِعَشْتَارُوثَ عَلَى كُلِّ تَلٍّ مُرْتَفِعٍ، وَتَحْتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ،

11 They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger.

11 وَقَرَّبُوا مُحْرَقَاتٍ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ كَسَائِرِ الأُمَمِ الَّذِينَ نَفَاهُمُ الرَّبُّ مِنْ أَمَامِهِمْ، وَاقْتَرَفُوا الْمُوبِقَاتِ لإِغَاظَةِ الرَّبِّ،

12 They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”

12 عَابِدِينَ الأَصْنَامَ الَّتِي حَذَّرَهُمْ وَنَهَاهُمُ الرَّبُّ عَنْهَا.

13 Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”

13 وَقَدْ أَنْذَرَ الرَّبُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا عَنْ طَرِيقِ أَنْبِيَائِهِ وَرَائِيهِ قَائِلاً: «ارْجِعُوا عَنْ طُرُقِكُمُ الأَثِيمَةِ، وَأَطِيعُوا وَصَايَايَ وَفَرَائِضِي بِمُقْتَضَى كُلِّ الشَّرِيعَةِ الَّتِي أَوْصَيْتُ آبَاءَكُمْ بِتَطْبِيقِهَا، وَالَّتِي أَعْلَنْتُهَا لَكُمْ عَلَى لِسَانِ عَبِيدِي الأَنْبِيَاءِ».

14 But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.

14 لَكِنَّهُمْ أَصَمُّوا أَذَانَهُمْ وَأَغْلَظُوا قُلُوبَهُمْ كَآبَائِهِمِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَثِقُوا بِالرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمْ،

15 They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.

15 وَتَنَكَّرُوا لِفَرَائِضِهِ وَعَهْدِهِ الَّذِي أَبْرَمَهُ مَعَ آبَائِهِمْ، وَتَجَاهَلُوا تَحْذِيرَاتِهِ وَنَوَاهِيَهُ لَهُمْ، وَضَلُّوا وَرَاءَ أَصْنَامٍ بَاطِلَةٍ، فَأَصْبَحُوا هُمْ أَنْفُسُهُمْ بَاطِلِينَ، وَتَمَثَّلُوا بِالأُمَمِ الَّذِينَ حَوْلَهُمْ، مَعَ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ أَمَرَهُمْ أَلّا يَفْعَلُوا مِثْلَهُمْ، وَارْتَكَبُوا أُمُوراً نَهَاهُمُ الرَّبُّ عَنْهَا،

16 They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.

16 وَنَبَذُوا جَمِيعَ وَصَايَا الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمْ، وَصَنَعُوا لأَنْفُسِهِمْ عِجْلَيْنِ مَسْبُوكَيْنِ، وَأَقَامُوا تَمَاثِيلَ لِعَشْتَارُوثَ وَسَجَدُوا لِجَمِيعِ كَوَاكِبِ السَّمَاءِ وَعَبَدُوا الْبَعْلَ.

17 They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

17 وَأَجَازُوا أَبْنَاءَهُمْ وَبَنَاتِهِمْ فِي النَّارِ، وَتَعَاطَوْا العِرَافَةَ وَالْفَأْلَ وَبَاعُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ لاِرْتِكَابِ الشَّرِّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ لإِثَارَةِ غَيْظِهِ.

18 So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,

18 فَاحْتَدَمَ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَطَرَدَهُمْ مِنْ حَضْرَتِهِ، وَلَمْ يُبْقِ سِوَى سِبْطِ يَهُوذَا.

19 and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.

19 وَلَكِنْ حَتَّى سِبْطُ يَهُوذَا لَمْ يَحْفَظْ وَصَايَا الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ بَلْ نَهَجَ فِي طُرُقِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّتِي سَلَكَتْهَا.

20 So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.

20 فَنَبَذَ الرَّبُّ كُلَّ ذُرِّيَّةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَذَلَّهُمْ وَأَسْلَمَهُمْ لِيَدِ آسِرِيهِمْ، وَطَرَدَهُمْ مِنْ حَضْرَتِهِ.

21 When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.

21 لأَنَّهُ شَقَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ بَيْتِ دَاوُدَ، فَتَوَّجُوا يَرُبْعَامَ بْنَ نَبَاطَ مَلِكاً عَلَيْهِمْ، فَأَضَلَّ يَرُبْعَامُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ طَرِيقِ الرَّبِّ وَاسْتَغْوَاهُمْ فَأَخْطَأُوا بِحَقِّ الرَّبِّ خَطِيئَةً عَظِيمَةً.

22 The Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam had committed and did not turn away from them.

22 وَلَمْ يَعْدِلِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ عَنِ ارْتِكَابِ جَمِيعِ خَطَايَا يَرُبْعَامَ بَلْ أَمْعَنُوا فِي اقْتِرَافِهَا

23 Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day.

23 فَنَفَى الرَّبُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ حَضْرَتِهِ كَمَا نَطَقَ عَلَى لِسَانِ جَمِيعِ عَبِيدِهِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ، فَسُبِيَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ مِنْ أَرْضِهِمْ إِلَى أَشُّورَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

24 Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.

24 وَنَقَلَ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ أَقْوَاماً مِنْ بَابِلَ وَكُوثَ وَعَوَّا وَحَمَاةَ وَسَفَرْوَايِمَ، وَأَسْكَنَهُمْ مُدُنَ السَّامِرَةِ مَحَلَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَاسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَى السَّامِرَةِ وَأَقَامُوا فِي مُدُنِهَا.

25 Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

25 وَإِذْ لَمْ يَعْبُدِ الْمُسْتَوْطِنُونَ الْجُدَدُ الرَّبَّ فِي بَادِئِ الأَمْرِ، فَقَدْ أَطْلَقَ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْهِمِ السِّبَاعَ الْمُتَوَحِّشَةَ فَافْتَرَسَتْ بَعْضَهُمْ.

26 So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.”

26 فَبَعَثُوا إِلَى مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ رِسَالَةً قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّ الأَقْوَامَ الَّذِينَ قُمْتَ بِسَبْيِهِمْ وَإِسْكَانِهِمْ فِي مُدُنِ السَّامِرَةِ يَجْهَلُونَ قَضَاءَ إِلَهِ هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ، فَأَطْلَقَ عَلَيْهِمِ السِّبَاعَ فَافْتَرَسَتْهُمْ، لأَنَّهُمْ يَجْهَلُونَ قَضَاءَهُ».

27 Then the king of Assyria commanded: “Send back one of the priests you carried off from Samaria, and have him go back to live there and teach the requirements of the God of the land.”

27 فَأَمَرَ مَلِكُ أَشُورَ قَائِلاً: «ابْعَثُوا إِلَى هُنَاكَ أَحَدَ الْكَهَنَةِ الْمَسْبِيِّينَ فِي تِلْكَ الْبِلادِ، لِيُقِيمَ بَيْنَهُمْ، وَيُلَقِّنَهُمْ قَضَاءَ إِلَهِ الأَرْضِ».

28 Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.

28 فَجَاءَ وَاحِدٌ مِنَ الْكَهَنَةِ الْمَسْبِيِّينَ مِنَ السَّامِرَةِ وَأَقَامَ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَشَرَعَ يُلَقِّنُهُمْ كَيْفَ يَتَّقُونَ الرَّبَّ.

29 Nevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the cities where they had settled, and they set them up in the shrines that the people of Samaria had made on the high places.

29 وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ ظَلَّ كُلُّ قَوْمٍ يَصْنَعُونَ آلِهَتَهُمْ وَيَنْصِبُونَهَا فِي مَعَابِدِ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ الَّتِي شَيَّدَهَا السَّامِرِيُّونَ فِي الْمُدُنِ الَّتِي يُقِيمُونَ فِيهَا.

30 The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,

30 فَعَبَدَ الْقَادِمُونَ مِنْ بَابِلَ أَصْنَامَ إِلَهِهِمْ سُكُّوثَ بَنُوثَ؛ وَعَبَدَ الْقَادِمُونَ مِنْ كُوثَ أَصْنَامَ إِلَهِهِمْ نَرْجَلَ، وَعَبَدَ الْقَادِمُونَ مِنْ حَمَاةَ أَصْنَامَ إِلَهِهِمْ أشِيمَا،

31 the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.

31 كَمَا عَبَدَ أَهْلُ عَوَّا نِبْحَزَ وَتَرْتَاقَ. أَمَّا أَهْلُ سَفَرْوَايِمَ فَكَانُوا يُحْرِقُونَ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ بِالنَّارِ قَرَابِينَ لأَدْرَمَّلَكَ وَعَنَمَّلَكَ إِلَهَيْ سَفَرْوَايِمَ.

32 So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.

32 فَكَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ الرَّبَّ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ أَيْضاً أَقَامُوا مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ كَهَنَةً يَخْدُمُونَ فِي مَعَابِدِ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ، وَيُقَرِّبُونَ مُحْرَقَاتِهِمْ فِيهَا.

33 They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.

33 وَهَكَذَا كَانُوا يَتَّقُونَ الرَّبَّ مِنْ نَاحِيَةٍ، وَيَعْبُدُونَ آلِهَتَهُمُ الَّتِي حَمَلُوهَا مَعَهُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي سُبُوا مِنْهَا مِنْ نَاحِيَةٍ أُخْرَى.

34 To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.

34 فَهُمْ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، يُمَارِسُونَ طُقُوسَهُمُ الأُولَى. فَأَصْبَحَتْ عِبَادَتُهُمْ خَلِيطاً مِنْ تَقْوَى الرَّبِّ وَمِنَ الطُّقُوسِ وَالْفَرَائِضِ الْوَثَنِيَّةِ، وَفْقاً لِتَقَالِيدِهِمْ، وَلَيْسَ بِمُقْتَضَى شَرِيعَةِ الرَّبِّ وَالْوَصِيَّةِ الَّتِي أَمَرَ بِها ذُرِّيَّةَ يَعْقُوبَ الَّذِي حَوَّلَ اسْمَهُ إِلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ.

35 For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.

35 فَقَدْ قَطَعَ الرَّبُّ مَعَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَهْداً وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَلّا يَعْبُدُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى وَلا يَسْجُدُوا لَهَا وَلا يَتَّقُوهَا وَلا يُقَرِّبُوا لَهَا الذَّبَائِحَ،

36 Instead, worship the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him and offer sacrifices to Him.

36 بَلْ يَتَّقُوا الرَّبَّ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَهُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ بِقُوَّةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ وَذِرَاعٍ مُقْتَدِرَةٍ، وَلَهُ وَحْدَهُ يَسْجُدُونَ وَيُقَرِّبُونَ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ،

37 And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.

37 وَيُطِيعُونَ الْفَرَائِضَ وَالأَحْكَامَ وَالشَّرِيعَةَ وَالْوَصِيَّةَ الَّتِي كَتَبَهَا لَهُمْ لِيُمَارِسُوهَا كُلَّ حَيَاتِهِمْ وَلا يَتَّقُونَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى.

38 Do not forget the covenant I have made with you. Do not worship other gods,

38 وَلا يَنْقُضُونَ الْعَهْدَ الَّذِي أَبْرَمَهُ مَعَهُمْ وَلا يَتَّقُونَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى.

39 but worship the LORD your God, and He will deliver you from the hands of all your enemies.”

39 إِنَّمَا يَتَّقُونَ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُمْ وَهُوَ يُنَجِّيهِمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَعْدَائِهِمْ.

40 But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs.

40 وَلَكِنَّ هَؤُلاءِ السُّكَّانَ أَصَمُّوا آذَانَهُمْ وَمَارَسُوا طُقُوسَهُمُ الْقَدِيمَةَ،

41 So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.

41 فَكَانُوا يَتَّقُونَ الرَّبَّ مِنْ نَاحِيَةٍ، وَيَعْبُدُونَ أَوْثَانَهُمْ مِنْ نَاحِيَةٍ أُخْرَى. وَاقْتَفَى بَنُوهُمْ خُطَاهُمْ فِي مُمَارَسَاتِهِمْ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.