II Chronicles 20

It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

ثُمَّ بَعْدَ ذلِكَ أَتَى بَنُو مُوآبَ وَبَنُو عَمُّونَ وَمَعَهُمُ الْعَمُّونِيُّونَ عَلَى يَهُوشَافَاطَ لِلْمُحَارَبَةِ.

Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon–tamar, which is En–gedi.

فَجَاءَ أُنَاسٌ وَأَخْبَرُوا يَهُوشَافَاطَ قَائِلِينَ: «قَدْ جَاءَ عَلَيْكَ جُمْهُورٌ كَثِيرٌ مِنْ عَبْرِ الْبَحْرِ مِنْ أَرَامَ، وَهَا هُمْ فِي حَصُّونَ تَامَارَ». هِيَ عَيْنُ جَدْيٍ.

And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

فَخَافَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ وَجَعَلَ وَجْهَهُ لِيَطْلُبَ الرَّبَّ، وَنَادَى بِصَوْمٍ فِي كُلِّ يَهُوذَا.

And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.

وَاجْتَمَعَ يَهُوذَا لِيَسْأَلُوا الرَّبَّ. جَاءُوا أَيْضًا مِنْ كُلِّ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا لِيَسْأَلُوا الرَّبَّ.

And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,

فَوَقَفَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ فِي جَمَاعَةِ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ فِي بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ أَمَامَ الدَّارِ الْجَدِيدَةِ

And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?

وَقَالَ: «يَا رَبُّ إِلهَ آبَائِنَا، أَمَا أَنْتَ هُوَ اللهُ فِي السَّمَاءِ، وَأَنْتَ الْمُتَسَلِّطُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ مَمَالِكِ الأُمَمِ، وَبِيَدِكَ قُوَّةٌ وَجَبَرُوتٌ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يَقِفُ مَعَكَ؟

Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

أَلَسْتَ أَنْتَ إِلهَنَا الَّذِي طَرَدْتَ سُكَّانَ هذِهِ الأَرْضِ مِنْ أَمَامِ شَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَعْطَيْتَهَا لِنَسْلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلِكَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ؟

And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

فَسَكَنُوا فِيهَا وَبَنَوْا لَكَ فِيهَا مَقْدِسًا لاسْمِكَ قَائِلِينَ:

If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.

إِذَا جَاءَ عَلَيْنَا شَرٌّ، سَيْفٌ قَضَاءٌ أَوْ وَبَأٌ أَوْ جُوعٌ، وَوَقَفْنَا أَمَامَ هذَا الْبَيْتِ وَأَمَامَكَ، لأَنَّ اسْمَكَ فِي هذَا الْبَيْتِ، وَصَرَخْنَا إِلَيْكَ مِنْ ضِيقِنَا فَإِنَّكَ تَسْمَعُ وَتُخَلِّصُ.

And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;

وَالآنَ هُوَذَا بَنُو عَمُّونَ وَمُوآبُ وَجَبَلُ سَاعِيرَ، الَّذِينَ لَمْ تَدَعْ إِسْرَائِيلَ يَدْخُلُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ حِينَ جَاءُوا مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، بَلْ مَالُوا عَنْهُمْ وَلَمْ يُهْلِكُوهُمْ،

Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

فَهُوَذَا هُمْ يُكَافِئُونَنَا بِمَجِيئِهِمْ لِطَرْدِنَا مِنْ مُلْكِكَ الَّذِي مَلَّكْتَنَا إِيَّاهُ.

O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.

يَا إِلهَنَا أَمَا تَقْضِي عَلَيْهِمْ، لأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ فِينَا قُوَّةٌ أَمَامَ هذَا الْجُمْهُورِ الْكَثِيرِ الآتِي عَلَيْنَا، وَنَحْنُ لاَ نَعْلَمُ مَاذَا نَعْمَلُ وَلكِنْ نَحْوَكَ أَعْيُنُنَا».

And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

وَكَانَ كُلُّ يَهُوذَا وَاقِفِينَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ مَعَ أَطْفَالِهِمْ وَنِسَائِهِمْ وَبَنِيهِمْ.

Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;

وَإِنَّ يَحْزَئِيلَ بْنَ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ بَنَايَا بْنِ يَعِيئِيلَ بْنِ مَتَّنِيَّا اللاَّوِيَِّ مِنْ بَنِي آسَافَ، كَانَ عَلَيْهِ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ فِي وَسَطِ الْجَمَاعَةِ،

And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

فَقَالَ: «اصْغَوْا يَا جَمِيعَ يَهُوذَا وَسُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَأَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ يَهُوشَافَاطُ. هكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ لَكُمْ: لاَ تَخَافُوا وَلاَ تَرْتَاعُوا بِسَبَبِ هذَا الْجُمْهُورِ الْكَثِيرِ، لأَنَّ الْحَرْبَ لَيْسَتْ لَكُمْ بَلْ ِللهِ.

To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.

غَدًا انْزِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ. هُوَذَا هُمْ صَاعِدُونَ فِي عَقَبَةِ صِيصَ فَتَجِدُوهُمْ فِي أَقْصَى الْوَادِي أَمَامَ بَرِّيَّةِ يَرُوئِيلَ.

Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.

لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تُحَارِبُوا فِي هذِهِ. قِفُوا اثْبُتُوا وَانْظُرُوا خَلاَصَ الرَّبِّ مَعَكُمْ يَا يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمُ. لاَ تَخَافُوا وَلاَ تَرْتَاعُوا. غَدًا اخْرُجُوا لِلِقَائِهِمْ وَالرَّبُّ مَعَكُمْ».

And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.

فَخَرَّ يَهُوشَافَاطُ لِوَجْهِهِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، وَكُلُّ يَهُوذَا وَسُكَّانُ أُورُشَلِيمَ سَقَطُوا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ سُجُودًا لِلرَّبِّ.

And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.

فَقَامَ اللاَّوِيُّونَ مِنْ بَنِي الْقَهَاتِيِّينَ وَمِنْ بَنِي الْقُورَحِيِّينَ لِيُسَبِّحُوا الرَّبَّ إِلهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ جِدًّا.

And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

وَبَكَّرُوا صَبَاحًا وَخَرَجُوا إِلَى بَرِّيَّةِ تَقُوعَ. وَعِنْدَ خُرُوجِهِمْ وَقَفَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ وَقَالَ: «اسْمَعُوا يَا يَهُوذَا وَسُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، آمِنُوا بِالرَّبِّ إِلهِكُمْ فَتَأْمَنُوا. آمِنُوا بِأَنْبِيَائِهِ فَتُفْلِحُوا».

And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.

وَلَمَّا اسْتَشَارَ الشَّعْبَ أَقَامَ مُغَنِّينَ لِلرَّبِّ وَمُسَبِّحِينَ فِي زِينَةٍ مُقَدَّسَةٍ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِهِمْ أَمَامَ الْمُتَجَرِّدِينَ وَقَائِلِينَ: «احْمَدُوا الرَّبَّ لأَنَّ إِلَى الأَبَدِ رَحْمَتَهُ».

And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

وَلَمَّا ابْتَدَأُوا فِي الْغِنَاءِ وَالتَّسْبِيحِ جَعَلَ الرَّبُّ أَكْمِنَةً عَلَى بَنِي عَمُّونَ وَمُوآبَ وَجَبَلِ سِعِير الآتِينَ عَلَى يَهُوذَا فَانْكَسَرُوا.

For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.

وَقَامَ بَنُو عَمُّونَ وَمُوآبُ عَلَى سُكَّانِ جَبَلِ سِعِير لِيُحَرِّمُوهُمْ وَيُهْلِكُوهُمْ. وَلَمَّا فَرَغُوا مِنْ سُكَّانِ سِعِير سَاعَدَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى إِهْلاَكِ بَعْضٍ.

And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.

وَلَمَّا جَاءَ يَهُوذَا إِلَى الْمَرْقَبِ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ تَطَلَّعُوا نَحْوَ الْجُمْهُورِ وَإِذَا هُمْ جُثَثٌ سَاقِطَةٌ عَلَى الأَرْضِ وَلَمْ يَنْفَلِتْ أَحَدٌ.

And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.

فَأَتَى يَهُوشَافَاطُ وَشَعْبُهُ لِنَهْبِ أَمْوَالِهِمْ، فَوَجَدُوا بَيْنَهُمْ أَمْوَالاً وَجُثَثًا وَأَمْتِعَةً ثَمِينَةً بِكَثْرَةٍ، فَأَخَذُوهَا لأَنْفُسِهِمْ حَتَّى لَمْ يَقْدِرُوا أَنْ يَحْمِلُوهَا. وَكَانُوا ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ يَنْهَبُونَ الْغَنِيمَةَ لأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ كَثِيرَةً.

And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.

وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابعِ اجْتَمَعُوا فِي وَادِي بَرَكَةَ، لأَنَّهُمْ هُنَاكَ بَارَكُوا الرَّبَّ، لِذلِكَ دَعَوْا اسْمَ ذلِكَ الْمَكَانِ «وَادِي بَرَكَةَ» إِلَى الْيَوْمِ.

Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

ثُمَّ ارْتَدَّ كُلُّ رِجَالِ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ وَيَهُوشَافَاطُ بِرَأْسِهِمْ لِيَرْجِعُوا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ بِفَرَحٍ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ فَرَّحَهُمْ عَلَى أَعْدَائِهِمْ.

And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.

وَدَخَلُوا أُورُشَلِيمَ بِالرَّبَابِ وَالْعِيدَانِ وَالأَبْوَاقِ إِلَى بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ.

And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.

وَكَانَتْ هَيْبَةُ اللهِ عَلَى كُلِّ مَمَالِكِ الأَرَاضِي حِينَ سَمِعُوا أَنَّ الرَّبَّ حَارَبَ أَعْدَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.

وَاسْتَرَاحَتْ مَمْلَكَةُ يَهُوشَافَاطَ، وَأَرَاحَهُ إِلهُهُ مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ.

And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

وَمَلَكَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ عَلَى يَهُوذَا. كَانَ ابْنَ خَمْسٍ وَثَلاَثِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ عَزُوبَةُ بِنْتُ شَلْحِي.

And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.

وَسَارَ فِي طَرِيقِ أَبِيهِ آسَا وَلَمْ يَحِدْ عَنْهَا إِذْ عَمِلَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ.

Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

إِلاَّ أَنَّ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ لَمْ تُنْتَزَعْ، بَلْ كَانَ الشَّعْبُ لَمْ يُعِدُّوا بَعْدُ قُلُوبَهُمْ لإِلهِ آبَائِهِمْ.

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.

وَبَقِيَّةُ أُمُورِ يَهُوشَافَاطَ الأُولَى وَالأَخِيرَةِ، هَا هِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي أَخْبَارِ يَاهُوَ بْنِ حَنَانِي الْمَذْكُورِ فِي سِفْرِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:

ثُمَّ بَعْدَ ذلِكَ اتَّحَدَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا مَعَ أَخَزْيَا مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِي أَسَاءَ فِي عَمَلِهِ.

And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion–geber.

فَاتَّحَدَ مَعَهُ فِي عَمَلِ سُفُنٍ تَسِيرُ إِلَى تَرْشِيشَ، فَعَمِلاَ السُّفُنَ فِي عِصْيُونَ جَابِرَ.

Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

وَتَنَبَّأَ أَلِيعَزَرُ بْنُ دُودَاوَاهُو مِنْ مَرِيشَةَ عَلَى يَهُوشَافَاطَ قَائِلاً: «لأَنَّكَ اتَّحَدْتَ مَعَ أَخَزْيَا، قَدِ اقْتَحَمَ الرَّبُّ أَعْمَالَكَ». فَتَكَسَّرَتِ السُّفُنُ وَلَمْ تَسْتَطِعِ السَّيْرَ إِلَى تَرْشِيشَ.