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Chapter: 001

V 001 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
V 002 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
V 003 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?
V 004 Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
V 005 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
V 006 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
V 007 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?
V 008 And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
V 009 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.
V 010 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
V 011 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.
V 012 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
V 013 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.
V 014 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.
V 015 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.
V 016 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
V 017 So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
V 018 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  فصل 1

أخزيا يرسلُ لاستشارة البعل

1- وَتَمَرَّدَ الْمُوآبِيُّونَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ أَخْآبَ،
2- وَسَقَطَ أَخَزْيَا مِنْ كُوَّةٍ فِي عُلِّيَّةِ قَصْرِهِ فِي السَّامِرَةِ، فَأُصِيبَ بِجُرْحٍ قَاتِلٍ. وَبَعَثَ رُسُلاً إِلَى مَعْبَدِ بَعْلَ زَبُوبَ إِلَهِ عَقْرُونَ قَائِلاً: «امْضُوا وَاسْأَلُوهُ إِنْ كُنْتُ أَبْرَأُ مِنْ جُرْحِي؟»
3- فَقَالَ مَلاَكُ الرَّب لإِيلِيَّا التَّشْبِيِّ: «قُمْ وَاذْهَبْ لِلِقَاءِ رُسُلِ مَلِكِ السَّامِرَةِ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: هَلْ لأَنَّهُ لاَ يُوْجَدُ إِلَهٌ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ تَذْهَبُونَ لِسُؤَالِ بَعْلَ زَبُوبَ إِلَهِ عَقْرُونَ؟
4- لِذَلِكَ هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: إِنَّ السَّرِيرَ الَّذِي رَقَدْتَ عَلَيْهِ لَنْ تَنْهَضَ عَنْهُ، بَلْ حَتْماً تَمُوتَ». وَانْصَرَفَ إِيلِيَّا.
5- وَرَجَعَ الرُّسُلُ إِلَى أَخَزْيَا فَسَأَلَهُمْ: «لِمَاذَا رَجَعْتُمْ؟»
6- فَأَجَابُوهُ: «اعْتَرَضَنَا رَجُلٌ وَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكَ لِنُخْبِرَكَ أَنَّ اللهَ يَقُولُ: هَلْ لأَنَّهُ لاَ يُوْجَدُ إِلَهٌ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ تُرْسِلُ لِتَسْأَلَ بَعْلَ زَبُوبَ إِلَهَ عَقْرُونَ؟ لِذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ السَّرِيرَ الَّذِي رَقَدْتَ عَلَيْهِ لَنْ تَنْهَضَ عَنْهُ بَلْ حَتْماً تَمُوتَ».
7- فَسَأَلَهُمْ: «مَا هِيَ أَوْصَافُ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي اعْتَرَضَكُمْ وَبَلَّغَكُمْ هَذَا الْكَلاَمَ؟»
8- فَأَجَابُوهُ: «إِنَّهُ رَجُلٌ كَثِيفُ الشَّعْرِ مُتَنَطِّقٌ بِحِزامٍ مِنْ جِلْدٍ حَوْلَ حَقْوَيْهِ». فَقَالَ: «إِنَّهُ حَتْماً إِيلِيَّا التَّشْبِيُّ».

 

محاولات للقبض على إيليا

9- فَأَرْسَلَ أَحَدَ قَادَتِهِ عَلَى رَأْسِ خَمْسِينَ جُنْدِيّاً إِلَى إِيلِيَّا، الَّذِي كَانَ جَالِساً آنَئِذٍ عَلَى قِمَّةِ جَبَلٍ. فَقَالَ لَهُ: «يَارَجُلَ اللهِ، إِنَّ الْمَلِكَ يَأْمُرُكَ بِمُرَافَقَتِنَا».
10- فَأَجَابَ إِيلِيَّا: «إِنْ كُنْتُ أَنَا رَجُلَ اللهِ، فَلْتَنْزِلْ نَارٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَتَلْتَهِمْكَ أَنْتَ وَرِجَالَكَ الْخَمْسِينَ». فَنَزَلَتْ نَارٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْتَهَمَتْهُ مَعَ رِجَالِهِ الْخَمْسِينَ.
11- فَعَادَ أَخَزْيَا وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ قَائِداً آخَرَ عَلَى رَأْسِ خَمْسِينَ جُنْدِيّاً، فَقَالَ لإِيلِيَّا: «يَارَجُلَ اللهِ، الْمَلِكُ يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تُسْرِعَ وَتَنْزِلَ».
12- فَأَجَابَهُ إِيلِيَّا: «إِنْ كُنْتُ أَنَا رَجُلَ اللهِ، فَلْتَنْزِلْ نَارٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَتَلْتَهِمْكَ أَنْتَ وَرِجَالَكَ الْخَمْسِينَ». فَنَزَلَتْ نَارٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْتَهَمَتْهُ مَعَ رِجَالِهِ الْخَمْسِينَ.
13- ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ أَخَزْيَا لِلْمَرَّةِ الثَّالِثَةِ قَائِداً آخَرَ عَلَى رَأْسِ خَمْسِينَ جُنْدِيّاً. فَأَقْبَلَ هَذَا إِلَى إِيلِيَّا وَجَثَا أَمَامَهُ وَتَوَسَّلَ إِلَيْهِ قَائِلاً: «يَارَجُلَ اللهِ، لِتَكُنْ نَفْسِي وَنُفُوسُ عَبِيدِكَ هَؤُلاَءِ عَزِيزَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ.
14-  لَقَدْ نَزَلَتْ نَارٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ الْتَهَمَتِ الْقَائِدَيْنِ السَّابِقَيْنِ مَعَ رِجَالِهِمَا الْمِئَةِ، فَأَرْجُوكَ لِتَكُنْ نَفْسِي عَزِيزَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ (وَلاَ تَقْضِ عَلَيْنَا(».

15- فَقَالَ مَلاَكُ الرَّبِّ لإِيلِيَّا: «امْضِ مَعَهُ وَلاَ تَخَفْ مِنْهُ». فَقَامَ وَانْطَلَقَ مَعَهُ لِمُقَابَلَةِ الْمَلِكِ.
16- وَقَالَ إِيلِيَّا لِلْمَلِكِ: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: مِنْ حَيْثُ أَنَّكَ أَرْسَلْتَ مَبْعُوثِينَ لِتَسْتَشِيرَ بَعْلَ زَبُوبَ إِلَهَ عَقْرُونَ وَكَأَنَّهُ لاَ يُوْجَدُ إِلَهٌ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لِتَسْأَلَهُ، فَإِنَّ السَّرِيرَ الَّذِي رَقَدْتَ عَلَيْهِ لَنْ تَنْهَضَ عَنْهُ، بَلْ حَتْماً تَمُوتَ».

 

يهورام ملك على إسْرائيل

17- فَمَاتَ أَخَزْيَا بِمُوْجِبِ كَلاَمِ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي نَطَقَ بِهِ عَلَى لِسَانِ إِيلِيَّا. وَإِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ ابْنٌ، خَلَفَهُ أَخُوهُ يَهُورَامُ، وَذَلِكَ فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ لِحُكْمِ يَهُورَامَ بْنِ يَهُوشَافَاطَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا.
18- أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ أَخَزْيَا وَأَعْمَالُهُ أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟

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Chapter: 002

V 001 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
V 002 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel.
V 003 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
V 004 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.
V 005 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
V 006 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.
V 007 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
V 008 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
V 009 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
V 010 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.
V 011 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
V 012 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
V 013 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
V 014 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
V 015 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
V 016 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
V 017 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
V 018 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
V 019 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.
V 020 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
V 021 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
V 022 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.
V 023 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
V 024 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
V 025 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
 

فصل 2

صعود إيليا إلى السماء

1- وَعِنْدَمَا أَزْمَعَ الرَّبُّ أَنْ يَنْقُلَ إِيلِيَّا فِي الْعَاصِفَةِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، ذَهَبَ إِيلِيَّا وَأَلِيشَعُ مِنَ الْجِلْجَالِ.
2- فَقَالَ إِيلِيَّا لأَلِيشَعَ: «امْكُثْ هُنَا لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ أَوْفَدَنِي إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ». فَأَجَابَ أَلِيشَعُ: «حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ، وَحَيَّةٌ هِيَ نَفْسُكَ إِنِّي لاَ أَتْرُكُكَ». فَانْطَلَقَا مَعاً إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ.
3- فَخَرَجَ بَنُو الأَنْبِيَاءِ الْمُقِيمُونَ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ لِلِقَاءِ أَلِيشَعَ وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «هَلْ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ سَيَأْخُذُ الْيَوْمَ مِنْكَ سَيِّدَكَ إِيلِيَّا؟» فَأَجَابَ: «نَعَمْ، إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ، فَاصْمُتُوا».
4- ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ إِيلِيَّا: «يَاأَلِيشَعُ، امْكُثْ هُنَا لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ أَوْفَدَنِي إِلَى أَرِيحَا». فَأَجَابَهُ: «حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ وَحَيَّةٌ هِيَ نَفْسُكَ إِنِّي لاَ أَتْرُكُكَ». فَتَوَجَّهَا نَحْوَ أَرِيحَا.
5- وَعِنْدَمَا بَلَغَاهَا تَقَدَّمَ بَنُو الأَنْبِيَاءِ الْمُقِيمُونَ فِي أَرِيحَا مِنْ أَلِيشَعَ قَائِلِينَ: «أَتَعْلَمُ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ سَيَأْخُذُ الْيَوْمَ مِنْكَ سَيِّدَكَ إِيلِيَّا؟» فَقَالَ: «نَعَمْ، إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ فَاصْمُتُوا».
6- ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ إِيلِيَّا: «امْكُثْ هُنَا لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ أَوْفَدَنِي إِلَى الأُرْدُنِّ». فَأَجَابَ: «حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ وَحَيَّةٌ هِيَ نَفْسُكَ إِنِّي لاَ أَتْرُكُكَ». فَانْطَلَقَا مَعاً.
7- وَرَافَقَهُمَا خَمْسُونَ رَجُلاً مِنْ بَنِي الأَنْبِيَاءِ إِلَى حَيْثُ كَانَا يَقِفَانِ إِلَى جُوَارِ الأُرْدُنِّ. وَتَوَقَّفُوا تُجَاهَهُمَا مِنْ بَعِيدٍ.
8- فَتَنَاوَلَ إِيلِيَّا رِدَاءَهُ وَطَوَاهُ، ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ بِهِ الْمَاءَ، فَانْفَلَقَ النَّهْرُ إِلَى شَطْرَيْنِ، فَاجْتَازَا فَوْقَ الْيَابِسَةِ.
9- وَلَمَّا عَبَرَا قَالَ إِيلِيَّا لأَلِيشَعَ: «اطْلُبْ مَاذَا أَصْنَعُ لَكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ أُوخَذَ مِنْكَ؟» فَأَجَابَ أَلِيشَعُ: «لِيَحِلَّ عَلَيَّ ضِعْفُ مَا لَدَيْكَ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ رُوحِيَّةٍ».
10- فَقَالَ إِيلِيَّا: «لَقَدْ طَلَبْتَ أَمْراً صَعْباً، وَلَكِنْ إِنْ رَأَيْتَنِي وَأَنَا أُوخَذُ مِنْكَ تَنَلْ سُؤْلَكَ، وَإِلاَّ فَلَنْ تَحْصُلَ عَلَى مَا طَلَبْتَ».
11- وَفِيمَا هُمَا يَسِيرَانِ وَيَتَجَاذَبَانِ أَطْرَافَ الْحَدِيثِ، فَصَلَتْ بَيْنَهُمَا مَرْكَبَةٌ مِنْ نَارٍ تَجُرُّهَا خُيُولٌ نَارِيَّةٌ، نَقَلَتْ إِيلِيَّا فِي الْعَاصِفَةِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ.

 

بداية خدمة أليشع

12- وَرَأَى أَلِيشَعُ مَا جَرَى فَأَخَذَ يَهْتِفُ: «يَاأَبِي، يَاأَبِي، يَامَرْكَبَاتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَفُرْسَانَهَا». وَغَابَ إِيلِيَّا عَنْ عَيْنَيْهِ، فَأَمْسَكَ ثِيَابَهُ وَمَزَّقَهَا قِطْعَتَيْنِ،
13- ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رِدَاءَ إِيلِيَّا الَّذِي سَقَطَ مِنْهُ وَتَوَجَّهَ نَحْوَ ضَفَّةِ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ،
14- وَضَرَبَ بِهِ الْمَاءَ هَاتِفاً: «أَيْنَ هُوَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِيلِيَّا؟» ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ الْمَاءَ ثَانِيَةً، فَانْفَلَقَ النَّهْرُ إِلَى شَطْرَيْنِ مُتَقَابِلَيْنِ، فَاجْتَازَ أَلِيشَعُ نَحْوَ الضَّفَّةِ الأُخْرَى.
15- وَلَمَّا شَاهَدَهُ بَنُو الأَنْبِيَاءِ الْمُقِيمُونَ فِي أَرِيحَا قَادِماً نَحْوَهُمْ قَالُوا: «إِنَّ رُوحَ إِيلِيَّا قَدِ اسْتَقَرَّتْ عَلَى أَلِيشَعَ». فَأَقْبَلُوا لِلِقَائِهِ وَانْحَنَوْا أَمَامَهُ.
16- وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «إِنَّ بَيْنَ عَبِيدِكَ خَمْسِينَ رَجُلاً مِنْ ذَوِي الْبَأْسِ، فَدَعْهُمْ يَذْهَبُونَ لِلْبَحْثِ عَنْ سَيِّدِكَ. لَعَلَّ رُوحَ الرَّبِّ حَمَلَهُ وَطَرَحَهُ عَلَى أَحَدِ الْجِبَالِ أَوْ فِي أَحَدِ الأَوْدِيَةِ». فَأَجَابَ: «لاَ تُرْسِلُوا أَحَداً».
17- فَأَلَحُّوا عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى اعْتَرَاهُ الْخَجَلُ فَأَذْعَنَ لَهُمْ، فَأَوْفَدُوا خَمْسِينَ رَجُلاً ظَلُّوا يَبْحَثُونَ عَنْهُ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ عَلَى غَيْرِ طَائِلٍ.
18- وَعِنْدَمَا رَجَعُوا إِلَيْهِ فِي أَرِيحَا قَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَمَا قُلْتُ لَكُمْ لاَ تَبْحَثُوا عَنْهُ؟»

 

تحلية المياه

19- وَقَالَ رِجَالُ مَدِينَةِ أَرِيحَا لأَلِيشَعَ: «هُوَذَا الْمَدِينَةُ كَمَا تَرَى ذَاتُ مَوْقِعٍ جَيِّدٍ، أَمَّا الْمِيَاهُ فَرَدِيئَةٌ وَالأَرْضُ مُجْدِبَةٌ».
20- فَقَالَ: «أَحْضِرُوا لِي صَحْناً، وَضَعُوا فِيهِ مِلْحاً». فَأَتَوْا إِلَيْهِ بِمَا طَلَبَ.
21- فَاتَّجَهَ نَحْوَ نَبْعِ الْمَاءِ وَطَرَحَ فِيهِ الْمِلْحَ، وَقَالَ: «هَذَا مَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ: لَقَدْ أَبْرَأْتُ هَذِهِ الْمِيَاهَ فَلَنْ تُسَبِّبَ الْمَوْتَ أَوِ الْجَدْبَ بَعْدَ الآنَ».
22- فَبَرِئَتِ الْمِيَاهُ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، كَمَا أَنْبَأَ أَلِيشَعُ.

23- ثُمَّ ارْتَحَلَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَفِيمَا هُوَ سَائِرٌ فِي طَرِيقِهِ خَرَجَ بَعْضُ الْفِتْيَانِ الصِّغَارِ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَشَرَعُوا يَسْخَرُونَ مِنْهُ قَائِلِينَ: «اصْعَدْ (فِي الْعَاصِفَةِ) يَاأَقْرَعُ!»
24- فَالْتَفَتَ وَرَاءَهُ وَتَفَرَّسَ فِيهِمْ، ثُمَّ دَعَا عَلَيْهِمْ بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ. فَخَرَجَتْ دُبَّتَانِ مِنَ الْغَابَةِ وَالْتَهَمَتَا مِنْهُمُ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَرْبَعِينَ فَتىً.
25- وَانْطَلَقَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ إِلَى جَبَلِ الْكَرْمَلِ وَمِنْهُ رَجَعَ إِلَى السَّامِرَةِ.

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Chapter: 003

V 001 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
V 002 And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.
V 003 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
V 004 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
V 005 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
V 006 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.
V 007 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.
V 008 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
V 009 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.
V 010 And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!
V 011 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.
V 012 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
V 013 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
V 014 And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
V 015 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
V 016 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
V 017 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
V 018 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
V 019 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.
V 020 And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
V 021 And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood in the border.
V 022 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:
V 023 And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
V 024 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.
V 025 And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
V 026 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
V 027 Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
 

فصل 3

يهورام يرتكب معاصي أخآب

1- وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّامِنَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ يَهُوشَافَاطَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، اعْتَلَى يَهُورَامُ بْنُ أَخْآبَ عَرْشَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَدَامَ مُلْكُهُ فِي السَّامِرَةِ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً.
2- وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، وَلَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يُوْغِلْ فِيهِ مِثْلَمَا أَوْغَلَ أَبُوهُ وَأُمُّهُ، فَإِنَّهُ أَزَالَ تِمْثَالَ الْبَعْلِ الَّذِي نَصَبَهُ أَبُوهُ.
3- غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ تَشَبَّثَ بِخَطَايَا يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ نَبَاطَ الَّذِي اسْتَغْوَى إِسْرَائِيلَ ِلارْتِكَابِ الإِثْمِ، وَلَمْ يَحِدْ عَنْهَا.
4- وَكَانَ مِيشَعُ مَلِكُ مُوآبَ يَقُومُ بِتَرْبِيَةِ الْمَوَاشِي، وَيُؤَدِّي لِمَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِئَةَ أَلْفِ خَرُوفٍ وَمِئَةَ أَلْفِ كَبْشٍ مَعَ أَصْوَافِهَا.
5- وَمَا إِنْ تُوُفِّيَ أَخْآبُ حَتَّى تَمَرَّدَ مَلِكُ مُوآبَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ،
6- فَحَشَدَ الْمَلِكُ يَهُورَامُ جُيُوشَهُ مِنْ كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

 

إنضمام قوات يهوشافاط إلى قوات يهورام

7- وَبَعَثَ يَهُورَامُ إِلَى يَهُوشَافَاطَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا قَائِلاً: «قَدْ تَمَرَّدَ مَلِكُ الْمُوآبِيِّينَ عَلَيَّ، فَهَلْ تَشْتَرِكُ مَعِي فِي مُحَارَبَتِهِ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «أَشْتَرِكُ، فَمَثَلِي مَثَلُكَ وَشَعْبِي كَشَعْبِكَ وَخَيْلِي كَخَيْلِكَ».
8- فَسَأَلَهُ: «أَيَّ طَرِيقٍ نَتَّخِذُ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ يَهُوشَافَاطُ: «طَرِيقَ صَحْرَاءِ أَدُومَ».
9- فَتَوَجَّهَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِرِفْقَةِ حَلِيفَيْهِ: مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا وَمَلِكِ أَدُومَ، وَدَارُوا فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ مَسِيرَةَ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامٍ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ هُنَاكَ مَاءٌ لِيَشْرَبَ الْجَيْشُ وَالدَّوَابُ التَّابِعَةُ لَهُمْ.
10- فَقَالَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «هَلْ دَعَانَا الرَّبُّ، نَحْنُ الْمُلُوكَ الثَّلاَثَةَ، لِيُسَلِّمَنَا لِيَدِ مَلِكِ مُوآبَ؟»
11- فَسَأَلَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ: «أَلَيْسَ هُنَا نَبِيٌّ لِلرَّبِّ، فَنَطْلُبَ مَشُورَةَ الرَّبِّ عَنْ يَدِهِ؟». فَأَجَابَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ رِجَالِ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «هُنَا أَلِيشَعُ بْنُ شَافَاطَ الَّذِي كَانَ خَادِماً لِلنَّبِيِّ إِيلِيَّا».
12- فَقَالَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ: «عِنْدَهُ كَلاَمُ الرَّبِّ». فَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَيْهِ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوشَافَاطُ وَمَلِكُ أَدُومَ.

 

أليشع يضمن النصر ليهورام

13- فَقَالَ أَلِيشَعُ لِمَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «مَا شَأْنِي بِكَ؟ اذْهَبْ وَاسْتَشِرْ أَنْبِيَاءَ أَبِيكَ وَأَنْبِيَاءَ أُمِّكَ». فَأَجَابَهُ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «كَلاَ إِذْ يَبْدُو أَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ دَعَانَا نَحْنُ الْمُلُوكَ الثَّلاَثَةَ لِيُسَلِّمَنا لِيَدِ مَلِكِ مُوآبَ».
14- فَقَالَ أَلِيشَعُ: «حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ الَّذِي أَنَا مَاثِلٌ أَمَامَهُ، إِنَّهُ لَوْلاَ تَوْقِيرِي لِحُضُورِ يَهُوشَافَاطَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا لَمَا كُنْتُ أَعْبَأُ بِالنَّظَرِ إِلَيْكَ.
15- وَالآنَ ادْعُوا عَازِفَ عُودٍ». وَعِنْدَمَا عَزَفَ الْمُوسِيقَى عَلَى عُودِهِ حَلَّ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى أَلِيشَعَ،
16- فَقَالَ: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: احْفُرُوا فِي هَذَا الْوَادِي حُفَراً كَثِيرَةً وَعَمِيقَةً،
17- وَمَعَ أَنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَرَوْا رِيحاً وَلاَ مَطَراً فَإِنَّ هَذَا الْوَادِي سَيَفِيضُ بِالْمَاءِ، فَتَشْرَبُونَ أَنْتُمْ وَمَاشِيَتُكُمْ وَبَهَائِمُكُمْ.
18- وَهَذَا أَمْرٌ يَسِيرٌ لَدَى الرَّبِّ، وَهُوَ أَيْضاً يَنْصُرُكُمْ عَلَى مَلِكِ مُوآبَ.
19- فَتُدَمِّرُونَ كُلَّ مَدِينَةٍ مُحَصَّنَةٍ، وَكُلَّ مَدِينَةٍ رَئِيسِيَّةٍ، وَتَقْطَعُونَ كُلَّ شَجَرَةٍ مُثْمِرَةٍ، وَتَرْدُمُونَ كُلَّ عُيُونِ الْمَاءِ، وَتُخَرِّبُونَ كُلَّ حَقْلٍ خَصِبٍ بِالْحِجَارَةِ».

20- وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ، فِي مِيعَادِ تَقْدِيمِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ دَوَّى هَدِيرُ مِيَاهٍ مُتَدَفِّقَةٍ مِنْ طَرِيقِ أَدُومَ، فَفَاضَتِ الأَرْضُ بِالْمِيَاهِ.

 

حملة يهورام ضد موآب

21- وَعِنْدَمَا عَلِمَ الْمُوآبِيُّونَ أَنَّ الْمُلُوكَ الثَّلاَثَةَ اجْتَمَعُوا لِمُحَارَبَتِهِمْ جَنَّدُوا كُلَّ قَادِرٍ عَلَى حَمْلِ السِّلاحِ مِنَ الصِّغَارِ وَالْكِبَارِ، وَاحْتَشَدُوا عِنْدَ الْحُدُودِ.
22- وَحِينَ بَكَّرُوا فِي صَبِيحَةِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي رَأَوْا أَشِعَةَ الشَّمْسِ مُنْعَكِسَةً عَلَى الْمِيَاهِ أَمَامَهُمْ، فَبَدَتْ لَهُمْ حَمْرَاءَ كَالدَّمِ.
23- فَظَنُّوهَا دَماً وَقَالُوا: «قَدْ تَحَارَبَ الْمُلُوكُ مَعاً، وَقَتَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً. فَهَيَّا إِلَى النَّهْبِ أَيُّهَا الْمُوآبِيُّونَ».
24- فَانْطَلَقُوا إِلَى مُعَسْكَرِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَهَبَّ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ وَهَاجَمُوهُمْ فَفَرُّوا أَمَامَهُمْ، فَتَعَقَّبَهُمُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ إِلَى بِلاَدِهِمْ وَهُمْ يَقْتُلُونَهُمْ.
25- وَهَدَمُوا الْمُدُنَ. وَرَاحَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَفْرَادِ الْجَيْشِ يُلْقِي حَجَراً فِي كُلِّ حَقْلٍ خَصِبٍ حَتَّى مَلأُوهَا، وَرَدَمُوا جَمِيعَ عُيُونِ الْمَاءِ، وَقَطَعُوا كُلَّ شَجَرَةٍ مُثْمِرَةٍ، وَلَمْ تَسْلَمْ إِلاَّ الْعَاصِمَةُ «قِيرُ حَارِسَةَ» الَّتِي حَاصَرَتْهَا وَهَاجَمَتْهَا فِرَقُ الْمَجَانِيقِ.
26- فَلَمَّا رَأَى مَلِكُ مُوآبَ أَنَّ الْمَعْرَكَةَ اشْتَدَّتْ عَلَيْهِ اخْتَارَ سَبْعَ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُحَارِبِينَ بِالسُّيوفِ لِيَقُومَ بِمُحَاوَلَةِ شَقِّ طَرِيقِهِ لِيُهَاجِمَ مَلِكَ أَدُومَ، فَلَمْ يُفْلِحْ.
27- فَأَخَذَ ابْنَهُ الْبِكْرَ الَّذِي كَانَ سَيَخْلُفُهُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ، وَأَحْرَقَهُ عَلَى السُّورِ قُرْبَاناً لإِلَهِ مُوآبَ، مِمَّا أَثَارَ الْغَيْظَ الشَّدِيدَ عَلى إِسْرَائِيلَ فَارْتَدَّ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ إِلَى بِلاَدِهِمْ.

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Chapter: 004

V 001 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
V 002 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
V 003 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
V 004 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.
V 005 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
V 006 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
V 007 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
V 008 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
V 009 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
V 010 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
V 011 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
V 012 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
V 013 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.
V 014 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
V 015 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
V 016 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
V 017 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
V 018 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
V 019 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
V 020 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
V 021 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
V 022 And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
V 023 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
V 024 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.
V 025 So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
V 026 Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well:
V 027 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
V 028 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
V 029 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
V 030 And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
V 031 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
V 032 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
V 033 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.
V 034 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
V 035 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
V 036 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
V 037 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
V 038 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.
V 039 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
V 040 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.
V 041 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
V 042 And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
V 043 And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
V 044 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.
 

فصل 4

جَرة زيت الأرملة

1- وَاسْتَغَاثَتْ إِحْدَى نِسَاءِ بَنِي الأَنْبِيَاءِ بِأَلِيشَعَ قَائِلَةً: «عَبْدُكَ زَوْجِي تُوُفِّيَ، وَأَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَتَّقِي الرَّبَّ، وَقَدْ أَقْبَلَ مُدِينُهُ الْمُرَابِي لِيَسْتَرِقَّ وَلَدَيَّ (لِقَاءَ دُيُونِهِ)». 
2- فَسَأَلَهَا أَلِيشَعُ: مَاذَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ أَصْنَعَ لَكِ؟ أَخْبِرِينِي مَاذَا عِنْدَكِ فِي الْبَيْتِ؟» فَقَالَتْ: «لاَ أَمْلِكُ فِي الْبَيْتِ شَيْئاً سِوَى قَلِيلٍ مِنَ الزَّيْتِ». 
3- فَقَالَ لَهَا أَلِيشَعُ: «اذْهَبِي اسْتَعِيرِي أَوَانِيَ فَاِرغَةً مِنْ عِنْدِ جَمِيعِ جِيرَانِكِ وَأَكْثِرِي مِنْهَا. 
4- ثُمَّ ادْخُلِي بَيْتَكِ وَأَغْلِقِي الْبَابَ عَلَى نَفْسِكِ وَعَلَى بَنِيكِ، وَصُبِّي زَيْتاً فِي جَمِيعِ هَذِهِ الأَوَانِي، وَانْقُلِي مَا يَمْتَلِيءُ مِنْهَا إِلَى جَانِبٍ». 
5- فَمَضَتْ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ وَأَغْلَقَتِ الْبَابَ عَلَى نَفْسِهَا وَعَلَى أَبْنَائِهَا، الَّذِينَ رَاحُوا يُحْضِرُونَ لَهَا الأَوَانِيَ الْفَارِغَةَ فَتَصُبُّ فِيهَا. 
6- وَحِينَ امْتَلأَتْ جَمِيعُ الأَوَانِي قَالَتْ لاِبْنِهَا: «هَاتِ إِنَاءً آخَرَ». فَأَجَابَهَا: «لَمْ يَبْقَ هُنَاكَ إِنَاءٌ». عِنْدَئِذٍ تَوَقَّفَ تَدَفُّقُ الزَّيْتِ. 
7- فَجَاءَتْ إِلَى رَجُلِ اللهِ وَأَخْبَرَتْهُ. فَقَالَ لَهَا: «اذْهَبِي وَبِيعِي الزَّيْتَ وَأَوْفِي دَيْنَكِ، وَعِيشِي أَنْتِ وَأَبْنَاؤُكِ بِمَا يَتَبَقَّى مِنْ مَالٍ».

 

إكرام المرأة الشونمية لأليشع

8- وَذَاتَ يَوْمٍ ذَهَبَ أَلِيشَعُ إِلَى شُونَمَ حَيْثُ تُقِيمِ امْرَأَةٌ بَالِغَةُ الثَّرَاءِ، فَأَلَحَّتْ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَمْكُثَ لِيَأْكُلَ طَعَاماً. وَكَانَ كُلَّمَا زَارَ شُونَمَ تَسْتَضِيفُهُ فِي مَنْزِلِهَا. 
9- فَقَالَتْ لِزَوْجِهَا: «لَقَدْ أَدْرَكْتُ أَنَّ الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي نَسْتَضِيفُهُ دَائِماً هُوَ رَجُلٌ مُقَدَّسٌ لِلهِ، 
10- فَلْنَبْنِ لَهُ عُلِّيَّةً صَغِيرَةً عَلَى سَطْحِ الْبَيْتِ، وَنُعِدَّ لَهُ فِيهَا سَرِيراً وَطَاوِلَةً وَكُرْسِيّاً وَسِرَاجاً، فَيَبِيتَ فِيهَا كُلَّمَا مَرَّ بِنَا». 
11- وَاتَّفَقَ أَنْ جَاءَ أَلِيشَعُ إِلَى الْعُلِّيَّةِ وَارْتَاحَ فِيهَا.

 

وعد المرأة الشونمية أن تنجب ابناً

12- فَقَالَ لِغُلاَمِهِ جِيحَزِي: «ادْعُ هَذِهِ الشُّونَمِيَّةَ» فَاسْتَدْعَاهَا وَجَاءَتْ. 
13- فَقَالَ لِجِيحَزِي: «قُلْ لَها: لَقَدْ تَكَبَّدْتِ كُلَّ هَذِهِ الْمَشَقَّةِ مِنْ أَجْلِنَا، فَمَاذَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ أَصْنَعَ لَكِ؟ هَلْ لَدَيْكِ طَلَبٌ أَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ أَوْ إِلَى رَئِيسِ الْجَيْشِ؟» فَأَجَابَتْ: «لاَ. إِنَّنِي رَاضِيَةٌ بِالإِقَامَةِ بَيْنَ شَعْبِي». 
14- ثُمَّ تَسَاءَلَ: «مَاذَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ نَصْنَعَ لَهَا؟» فَأَجَابَهُ جِيحَزِي: «لَيْسَ لَهَا ابْنٌ، وَزَوْجُهَا طَاعِنٌ فِي السِّنِّ». 
15- فَقَالَ أَلِيشَعُ: «اسْتَدْعِهَا». فَدَعَاهَا، فَوَقَفَتْ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ. 
16- فَقَالَ لَهَا أَلِيشَعُ: «فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الْوَقْتِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ الْقَادِمَةِ سَتَحْضُنِينَ ابْناً بَيْنَ ذِرَاعَيْكِ». فَقَالَتْ: «لاَ يَاسَيِّدِي رَجُلَ اللهِ. لاَ تَخْدَعْ أَمَتَكَ». 
17- وَلَكِنَّهَا حَمَلَتْ وَأَنْجَبَتِ ابْناً فِي الزَّمَنِ الَّذِي أَنْبَأَ بِهِ أَلِيشَعُ.

 

أليشع يُحيِي الولد الميت

18- وَكَبُرَ الصَّبِيُّ. وَذَاتَ يَوْمٍ انْطَلَقَ إِلَى حَيْثُ كَانَ أَبُوهُ يُشْرِفُ عَلَى الْحَصَّادِينَ، 
19- وَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ قَالَ لأَبِيهِ: «رَأْسِي يُؤْلِمُنِي، رَأْسِي». فَقَالَ لأَحَدِ رِجَالِهِ: «احْمِلْهُ إِلَى أُمِّهِ». 
20- فَحَمَلَهُ إِلَى أُمِّهِ فَأَجْلَسَتْهُ فِي حِجْرِهَا، وَلَكِنَّهُ مَاتَ عِنْدَ الظُّهْرِ. 
21- فَصَعِدَتْ إِلَى الْعُلِّيَّةِ وَأَرْقَدَتْهُ عَلَى سَرِيرِ رَجُلِ اللهِ، وَأَغْلَقَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْبَابَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَتْ. 
22- وَقَالَتْ لِزَوْجِهَا: «ابْعَثْ لِي بِأَحَدِ رِجَالِكَ مَعَ أَتَانٍ لأُهْرَعَ إِلَى رَجُلِ اللهِ ثُمَّ أَرْجِعَ». 
23- فَسَأَلَهَا: «لِمَاذَا تَذْهَبِينَ إِلَيْهِ الْيَوْمَ، مَعَ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ رَأْسَ الشَّهْرِ وَلاَ سَبْتاً؟» فَأَجَابَتْ: «لِلْخَيْرِ!» 
24- وَأَسْرَجَتِ الأَتَانَ وَقَالَتْ لِغُلاَمِهَا: «قُدِ الأَتَانَ وَلاَ تُبْطِيءْ فِي السَّيْرِ حِفَاظاً علَىَ رَاحَتِي حَتَّى أَطْلُبَ مِنْكَ ذَلِكَ». 
25- وَانْطَلَقَتْ حَتَّى أَقْبَلَتْ عَلَى رَجُلِ اللهِ فِي جَبَلِ الْكَرْمَلِ. فَلَمَّا شَاهَدَهَا مِنْ بَعِيدٍ، قَالَ لِغُلاَمِهِ جِيحَزِي: «هَا هِيَ الْمَرْأَةُ الشُّونَمِيَّةُ. 
26- فَا رْكُضْ لِلِقَائِهَا الآنَ وَاسْأَلْهَا: أَهِيَ بِخَيْرٍ؟ هَلْ زَوْجُهَا سَالِمٌ؟ هَلِ ابْنُهَا سَالِمٌ؟» فَأَجَابَتْ: «كُلُّ شَيْءٍ بِخَيْرٍ». 
27- فَلَمَّا جَاءَتْ إِلَى رَجُلِ اللهِ فِي الْجَبَلِ تَشَبَّثَتْ بِقَدَمَيْهِ. فَاقْتَرَبَ مِنْهَا جِيحَزِي لِيُبْعِدَهَا عَنْهُ، فَقَالَ رَجُلُ اللهِ: «اتْرُكْهَا، فَإِنَّ نَفْسَهَا مَرِيرَةٌ فِي دَاخِلِهَا وَالرَّبُّ لَمْ يَكْشِفْ لِي مَا بِهَا». 
28- فَقَالَتْ: «هَلْ طَلَبْتُ مِنْ سَيِّدِي أَنْ أُنْجِبَ ابْناً؟ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لاَ تَخْدَعْنِي؟» 
29- فَأَمَرَ أَلِيشَعُ جِيحَزِي: «تَمَنْطَقْ بِحِزَامِكَ، وَخُذْ عُكَّازِي وَانْطَلِقْ. وَإِذَا صَادَفْتَ أَحَداً فَلاَ تُحَيِّهِ، وَإِنْ حَيَّاكَ أَحَدٌ فَلاَ تُجِبْهُ. وَضَعْ عُكَّازِي عَلَى وَجْهِ الصَّبِيِّ». 
30- فَقَالَتْ أُمُّ الصَّبِيِّ: «حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ، وَحَيَّةٌ هِيَ نَفْسُكَ إِنَّنِي لاَ أَتْرُكُكَ». فَقَامَ وَتَبِعَهَا. 
31- وَسَبَقَهُمَا جِيحْزِي وَوَضَعَ الْعُكَّازَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الصَّبِيِّ، وَلَكِنْ مِنْ غَيْرِ جَدْوَى فَرَجَعَ لِلِقَاءِ أَلِيشَعَ وَقَالَ: «لَمْ تَرْتَدَّ الْحَيَاةُ إِلَى الصَّبِيِّ». 
32- وَدَخَلَ أَلِيشَعُ الْبَيْتَ وَإِذَا بِالصَّبِيِّ مَيْتٌ فِي سَرِيرِهِ. 
33- فَدَخَلَ الْعُلِّيَّةَ وَأَغْلَقَ الْبَابَ وَتَضَرَّعَ إِلَى الرَّبِّ، 
34- ثُمَّ اضْطَجَعَ فَوْقَ جُثَّةِ الصَّبِيَّ، وَوَضَعَ فَمَهُ عَلَى فَمِهِ، وَعَيْنَيْهِ عَلَى عَيْنَيْهِ، وَيَدَيْهِ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ، وَتَمَدَّدَ عَلَيْهِ، فَبَدَأَ الدِّفْءُ يَسْرِي فِي جَسَدِ الصَّبِيِّ. 
35- فَأَخَذَ النَّبِيُّ يَذْرَعُ أَرْضَ الْعُلِّيَّةِ ثُمَّ عَادَ وَتَمَدَّدَ عَلَى الْوَلَدِ، فَعَطَس هَذَا سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ وَفَتَحَ عَيْنَيْهِ. 
36- فَاسْتَدْعَى جِيحَزِي وَقَالَ: «ادْعُ هَذِهِ الشُّونَمِيَّةَ». وَعِنْدَمَا مَثَلَتْ أَمَامَهُ قَالَ: «احْمِلِي ابْنَكِ!» 
37- فَسَجَدَتْ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا إِلَى الأَرْضِ عِنْدَ قَدَمَيْهِ ثُمَّ حَمَلَتِ ابْنَهَا وَانْصَرَفَتْ.

 

معجزة إبراء الطعام من السم

38- وَرَجَعَ أَلِيشَعُ إِلَى الْجِلْجَالِ. بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ عَمَّتِ الْمَجَاعَةُ الْبِلاَدَ. وَفِيمَا كَانَ بَنُو الأَنْبِيَاءِ مُجْتَمِعِينَ مَعَ أَلِيشَعَ، قَالَ لِخَادِمِهِ: «اسْلُقْ بَعْضَ السَّلِيقَةِ فِي الْقِدْرِ الْكَبِيرَةِ لِبَنِي الأَنْبِيَاءِ». 
39- وَانْطَلَقَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ لِيَلْتَقِطَ بَعْضَ الْخُضْرَوَاتِ، فَعَثَرَ عَلَى يَقْطِينٍ بَرِّيٍّ سَامٍّ، فَالْتَقَطَ مِنْهُ مِلْءَ ثَوْبِهِ، وَقَطَّعَهُ وَطَرَحَهُ فِي قِدْرِ السَّلِيقَةِ، غَيْرَ عَالِمٍ أَنَّهُ سَامٌّ. 
40- وَصَبُّوا لِلْقَوْمِ لِيَأْكُلُوا، وَلَكِنْ مَا إِنْ تَنَاوَلُوا مِنْهُ حَتَّى صَرَخُوا: «فِي الْقِدْرِ سُمٌّ يَارَجُلَ اللهِ». وَلَمْ يَسْتطِيعُوا الأَكْلَ. 
41- فَقَالَ: «هَاتُوا دَقِيقاً» وَأَلْقَى أَلِيشَعُ الدَّقِيقَ فِي الْقِدْرِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «صُبَّ لِلْقَوْمِ لِيَأْكُلُوا». فَأَقْبَلُوا عَلَى الطَّعَامِ وَكَأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ مُؤْذٍ فِي الْقِدْرِ.

 

إطعام مئة رجل

42- وَحَضَرَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَعْلِ شَلِيشَةَ حَامِلاً مَعَهُ لِرَجُلِ اللهِ عِشْرِينَ رَغِيفاً مِنَ الشَّعِيرِ، مِنْ أَوَائِلِ الْحَصَادِ وَسَوِيقاً فِي جِرَابِهِ. فَقَالَ: «أَعْطِ الرِّجَالَ لِيَأْكُلُوا». 
43- فَقَالَ خَادِمُهُ: «مَاذَا؟ هَلْ أَضَعُ هَذَا أَمَامَ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ؟» فَقَالَ أَلِيشَعُ: «أَعْطِ الرِّجَالَ لِيَأْكُلُوا، لأَنَّهُ هَذَا مَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: إِنَّهُمْ يَأْكُلُونَ مِنْهَا وَيَفْضُلُ عَنْهُمْ». فَوَضَعَهَا أَمَامَهُمْ فَأَكَلُوا، وَفَضَلَ عَنْهُمْ حَسَبَ قَوْلِ الرَّبِّ.

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Chapter: 005

V 001 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valor, but he was a leper.
V 002 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife.
V 003 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
V 004 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
V 005 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
V 006 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
V 007 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
V 008 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
V 009 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
V 010 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
V 011 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
V 012 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
V 013 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
V 014 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
V 015 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.
V 016 But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
V 017 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD.
V 018 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.
V 019 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.
V 020 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
V 021 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?
V 022 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
V 023 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.
V 024 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
V 025 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
V 026 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
V 027 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
 

فصل 5

برص نعمان وشهادة الجارية

1- وَكَانَ نُعْمَانُ قَائِدُ جَيْشِ مَلِكِ أَرَامَ يَتَمَتَّعُ بِمَكَانَةٍ سَامِيَةٍ عِنْدَ سَيِّدِهِ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ حَقَّقَ لأَرَامَ النَّصْرَ عَنْ يَدِهِ. وَكَانَ نُعْمَانُ بَطَلاً صِنْدِيداً، إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ كَانَ مُصَاباً بِالْبَرَصِ. 
2- وَسَبَى الأَرَامِيُّونَ فِي إِحْدَى غَزَوَاتِهِمِ الَّتِي أَغَارُوا فِيهَا عَلَى أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَتَاةً صَغِيرَةً، صَارَتْ خَادِمَةً لِزَوْجَةِ نُعْمَانَ. 
3- فَقَالَتْ لِمَوْلاَتِهَا: «يَالَيْتَ سَيِّدِي يَمْثُلُ أَمَامَ النَّبِيِّ الَّذِي فِي السَّامِرَةِ، فَيَنَالَ الشِّفَاءَ مِنْ بَرَصِهِ». 
4- فَمَثَلَ نُعْمَانُ أَمَامَ الْمَلِكِ وَأَبْلَغَهُ حَدِيثَ الْجَارِيَةِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيَّةِ.

 

رسالة إلى ملك إسرائيل

5- فَقَالَ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ: «انْطَلِقْ، وَسَأَبْعَثُ رِسَالَةً إِلَى مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ». فَتَوَجَّهَ نُعْمَانُ إِلَى أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ حَامِلاً مَعَهُ عَشْرَ وَزَنَاتٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ (نَحْوَ سِتَّةٍ وَثَلاَثِينَ كِيلُوجْرَاماً) وَسِتَّةَ آلافِ شَاقِلٍ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ (نَحْوَ اثْنَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ كِيلوجْرَاماً)، وَعَشْرَ حُلَلٍ مِنَ الثِّيَابِ، 
6- وَسَلَّمَ الرِّسَالَةَ إِلَى مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَقَدْ وَرَدَ فِيهَا: «وَحَالَ تَسَلُّمِكَ لِهَذِهِ الرِّسَالَةِ اشْفِ نُعْمَانَ خَادِمِي الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتُهُ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ بَرَصِهِ». 
7- فَلَمَّا اطَّلَعَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى الرِّسَالَةِ مَزَّقَ ثِيَابَهُ وَقَالَ: «هَلْ أَنَا اللهُ حَتَّى أُمِيتَ وَأُحْيِيَ، فَيُرْسِلَ إِلَيَّ هَذَا لِكَيْ أَشْفِيَ رَجُلاً مِنْ بَرَصِهِ؟ اعْلَمُوا أَنَّهُ يُحَاوِلُ أَنْ يَجِدَ مُبَرِّراً لِمُحَارَبَتِنَا».

 

اغتسال نعمان في نهر الأردن

8- وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ أَلِيشَعُ رَجُلُ اللهِ أَنَّ مَلِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدْ مَزَّقَ ثِيَابَهُ، بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ يَقُولُ: «لِمَاذَا مَزَّقْتَ ثِيَابَكَ؟ دَعْهُ يَأْتِي إِلَيَّ فَيَعْلَمَ أَنَّهُ يُوْجَدُ حَقّاً نَبِيٌّ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ». 
9- فَأَقْبَلَ نُعْمَانُ بِخَيْلِهِ وَمَرْكَبَاتِهِ وَوَقَفَ عِنْدَ بَابِ بَيْتِ أَلِيْشَعَ، 
10- فَوَجَّهَ إِلَيْهِ أَلِيشَعُ رَسُولاً يَقُولُ: «اذْهَبْ وَاغْتَسِلْ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ فِي نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ، فَتَنَالَ الشِّفَاءَ». 
11- فَغَضِبَ نُعْمَانُ وَانْصَرَفَ قَائِلاً: «ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ يَخْرُجُ لِلِقَائِي وَيَقِفُ أَمَامِي، وَيَدْعُو بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ، وَيَمُرُّ بِيَدِهِ فَوْقَ مَوْضِعِ الْبَرَصِ، فَأَبْرَأُ. 
12- أَلَيْسَ أَبَانَةُ وَفَرْفَرُ نَهْرَا دِمَشْقَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ مِيَاهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟ أَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي إِمْكَانِي الاغْتِسَالُ فِيهَا فَأَطْهُرَ؟» فَانْصَرَفَ وَقَدِ اعْتَرَاهُ الْغَيْظُ. 
13- فَتَقَدَّمَ مِنْهُ رِجَالُهُ وَقَالُوا: «يَاأَبَانَا، لَوْ طَلَبَ النَّبِيُّ مِنْكَ الْقِيَامَ بِأَمْرٍ عَظِيمٍ، أَمَا كُنْتَ تَصْنَعُهُ؟ فَكَمْ بِالأَحْرَى إِنْ قَالَ لَكَ اغْتَسِلْ وَاطْهُرْ؟»

 

شفاء نعمان ورفض أليشع المكافأة

14 فَنَزَلَ نُعْمَانُ إِلَى نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ وَغَطَسَ فِيهِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ، كَمَا أَمَرَ رَجُلُ اللهِ، فَرَجَعَ لَحْمُهُ كَلَحْمِ صَبِيٍّ صَغِيرٍ، وَطَهُرَ مِنْ بَرَصِهِ. 
15- فَرَجَعَ إِلَى رَجُلِ اللهِ مَعَ سَائِرِ جَيْشِهِ وَدَخَلَ وَوَقَفَ أَمَامَهُ قَائِلاً: «لَقَدْ أَدْرَكْتُ أَنَّهُ لاَ يُوْجَدُ إِلَهٌ فِي كُلِّ الأَرْضِ إِلاَّ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَأَرْجُوكَ أَنْ تَقْبَلَ الآنَ هَدِيَّةً مِنْ عَبْدِكَ». 
16- فَأَجَابَ أَلِيشَعُ: «حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي أَنَا وَاقِفٌ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ، إِنِّي لاَ أَقْبَلُ مِنْكَ هَدِيَّةً». فَأَلَحَّ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَقْبَلَ مِنْهُ الْهَدِيَّةَ، فَأَبَى أَلِيشَعُ. 
17- عِنْدَئِذٍ قَالَ نُعْمَانُ: «إِذاً، أَرْجُو أَنْ يُعْطَى عَبْدُكَ حِمْلَ بَغْلَيْنِ مِنَ التُّرَابِ، لأَنَّهُ لَنْ يُقَرِّبَ بَعْدَ الْيَوْمِ مُحْرَقَةً وَلاَ ذَبِيحَةً لِآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، بَلْ لِلرَّبِّ وَحْدَهُ. 
18- وَلَكِنْ لِيَصْفَحِ الرَّبُّ عَنْ عَبْدِكَ عِنْدَمَا يَدْخُلُ مَعَ سَيِّدِهِ الْمَلِكِ إِلَى بَيْتِ الإِلَهِ رِمُّونَ، حَيْثُ يَذْهَبُ الْمَلِكُ مُسْتَنِداً عَلَى ذِرَاعِي لِيَسْجُدَ هُنَاكَ. فَعَلَيَّ آنَئِذٍ أَنْ أَسْجُدَ أَيْضاً. لِهَذَا لِيَصْفَحِ الرَّبُّ لِعَبْدِكَ عَنْ هَذَا الأَمْرَ».

 

خيانة جيحزي ومعاقبته

19- فَقَالَ لَهُ أَلِيشَعُ: «امْضِ بِسَلاَمٍ».

وَمَا إِنْ ابْتَعَدَ مَسَافَةً 
20- حَتَّى حَدَّثَ جِيحَزِي خَادِمُ أَلِيشَعَ نَفْسَهُ: «سَيِّدِي امْتَنَعَ عَنْ قُبُولِ مَا أَحْضَرَهُ نُعْمَانُ مِنْ هَدَايَا. حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ لأُسْرِعَنَّ وَرَاءَهُ وَآخُذُ مِنْهُ شَيْئاً». 
21- فَلَحِقَ جِيحَزِي بِنُعْمَانَ. وَلَمَّا أَبْصَرَهُ نُعْمَانُ رَاكِضاً نَحْوَهُ، تَرَجَّلَ عَنِ الْمَرْكَبَةِ لِلِقَائِهِ سَائِلاً: «أَلِلْخَيْرِ جِئْتَ؟» 
22- فَأَجَابَ: «لِلْخَيْرِ. إِنَّ سَيِّدِي قَدْ أَرْسَلَنِي قَائِلاً: إِنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ مِنْ بَنِي الأَنْبِيَاءِ جَاءَاهُ، فَأَرْجُوكَ أَنْ تُعْطِيَهُمَا وَزْنَةً مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ وَحُلَّتَيْ ثِيَابٍ». 
23- فَقَالَ نُعْمَانُ: «أَرْجُوكَ أَنْ تَأْخُذَ وَزْنَتَيْنِ» وَأَلَحَّ عَلَيْهِ، وَصَرَّهُمَا فِي كِيسَيْنِ وَحُلَّتَيْ ثِيَابٍ، وَأَعْطَاهُمَا لِرَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ رِجَالِهِ، فَحَمَلاَهُمَا وَانْطَلَقَا أَمَامَ جِيحَزِي. 
24- وَعِنْدَمَا وَصَلَ إِلَى الأَكَمَةِ حَيْثُ يُقِيمُ أَلِيشَعُ أَخَذَهَا مِنْهُمَا وَأَخْفَاهَا فِي الْبَيْتِ، وَصَرَفَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ. 
25- ثُمَّ دَخَلَ إِلَى أَلِيشَعَ، فَسَأَلَهُ: «مِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتَ يَاجِيحَزِي؟» فَأَجَابَ: «لَمْ يَذْهَبْ عَبْدُكَ إِلَى أَيِّ مَكَانٍ». 
26- فَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَلاَ تَعْرِفُ أَنَّ قَلْبِي كَانَ حَاضِراً هُنَاكَ حِينَ تَرَجَّلَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ مَرْكَبَتِهِ لِلِقَائِكَ؟ أَهَذَا وَقْتُ الْحُصُولِ عَلَى فِضَّةٍ أَوْ أَخْذِ ثِيَابٍ وَزَيْتُونٍ وَكُرُومٍ وَغَنَمٍ وَبَقَرٍ وَعَبِيدٍ وَجَوَارٍ؟ 
27- فَلْيَحُلَّ بَرَصُ نُعْمَانَ بِكَ وَبِنَسْلِكَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ». فَخَرَجَ مِنْ أَمَامِهِ وَجِلْدُهُ أَبْرَصُ فِي لَوْنِ الثَّلْجِ.

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Chapter: 006

V 001 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
V 002 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.
V 003 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
V 004 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
V 005 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
V 006 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.
V 007 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
V 008 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
V 009 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.
V 010 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
V 011 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?
V 012 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
V 013 And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
V 014 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
V 015 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
V 016 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.
V 017 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
V 018 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
V 019 And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.
V 020 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
V 021 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
V 022 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
V 023 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
V 024 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
V 025 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
V 026 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
V 027 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
V 028 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
V 029 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
V 030 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
V 031 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
V 032 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
V 033 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
 

فصل 6 

معجزة تعويم رأس الفأس الحديدي

1- وَقَالَ بَنُو الأَنْبِيَاءِ لأَلِيشَعَ: «ضَاَقَ بِنَا الْمَكَانُ الَّذِي نَحْنُ مَاكِثُونَ فِيهِ للاجْتِمَاعِ بِكَ. 
2- فَاسْمَحْ لَنَا أَنْ نَذْهَبَ إِلَى الأُرْدُنِّ فَيَقْطَعَ كُلٌّ مِنَّا بَعْضَ الأَخْشَابِ لِنَبْنِيَ مَكَاناً أَرْحَبَ نُقِيمُ فِيهِ». فَقَالَ: «اذْهَبُوا». 
3- وَقَالَ لَهُ أَحَدُهُمْ: «أَلاَ تَتَكَرَّمُ بِالذِّهَابِ مَعَ عَبِيدِكَ؟» فَقَبِلَ. 
4- وَمَضَى مَعَهُمْ. وَعِنْدَمَا وَصَلُوا إِلَى نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ شَرَعُوا فِي قَطْعِ الْخَشَبِ. 
5- وَفِيمَا كَانَ أَحَدُهُمْ يَقْطَعُ خَشَبَةً سَقَطَ رَأْسُ فَأْسِهِ الْحَدِيدِيُّ فِي الْمَاءِ، فَاسْتَغَاثَ بِأَلِيشَعَ قَائِلاً: «آهِ يَاسَيِّدِي، إنِّي اسْتَعَرْتُهُ». 
6- فَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلُ اللهِ: «أَيْنَ سَقَطَ؟» فَأَشَارَ إِلَى الْمَوْضِعِ. فَقَطَعَ أَلِيشَعُ عُودَ حَطَبٍ أَلْقَاهُ فِي الْمَاءِ فَطَفَا رَأْسُ الْفَأْسِ، فَقَالَ: «الْتَقِطْهُ». 
7-  فَمَدَّ الرَّجُلُ يَدَهُ وَالْتَقَطَهُ.

 

تحذيرات أليشع لملك إسرائيل

8- وَحَارَبَ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. وَبَعْدَ التَّدَاوُلِ مَعَ ضُبَّاطِهِ قَالَ: «سَأُعَسْكِرُ فِي مَوْضِعِ كَذَا (لأَتَرَبَّصَ بِمَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ)». 
9- فَبَعَثَ رَجُلُ اللهِ إِلَى مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلاً: «احْذَرْ الاجْتِيَازَ فِي مَوْضِعِ كَذَا، لأَنَّ الأَرَامِيِّينَ مُتَرَبِّصُونَ بِكَ فِيهِ». 
10- فَأَرْسَلَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مُرَاقِبِيهِ إِلَى الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْهُ رَجُلُ اللهِ وَحَذَّرَهُ مِنْهُ، فَتَأَكَّدَ مِنْ صِحَّةِ النَّبَأِ. وَتَكَرَّرَتْ تَحْذِيرَاتُ أَلِيشَعَ لِلْمَلِكِ مَرَّاتٍ عَدِيدَةً، فَكَانَ الْمَلِكُ يَتَحَفَّظُ دَائِماً لِنَفْسِهِ. 
11- فَانْزَعَجَ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ مِنْ هَذَا الأَمْرِ، وَجَمَعَ ضُبَّاطَهُ وَسَأَلَهُمْ: «أَلاَ تُخْبِرُونَنِي مَنْ مِنْكُمْ مُتَآمِرٌ مَعَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟» 
12- فَأَجَابَهُ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ ضُبَّاطِهِ: «لاَ يُوْجَدُ مَنْ يَتَآمَرُ عَلَيْكَ يَاسَيِّدِي الْمَلِكَ، وَلَكِنَّ النَّبِيَّ أَلِيشَعَ الْمُقِيمَ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يُبَلِّغُ مَلِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ حَتَّى بِالأُمُورِ الَّتِي تَهْمِسُ بِهَا فِي مُخْدَعِ نَوْمِكَ».

 

ضرب أليشع جيش أَرام بالعمى

13- فَقَالَ: «اذْهَبُوا وَابْحَثُوا لِي عَنْ مَكَانِ إِقَامَتِهِ، فَأُرْسِلَ مَنْ يَعْتَقِلُهُ». فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّهُ فِي دُوثَانَ. 
14- فَوَجَّهَ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ جَيْشاً كَبِيراً مُجَهَّزاً بِخُيُولٍ وَمَرْكَبَاتٍ، وَحَاصَرَ الْمَدِينَةَ لَيْلاً. 
15- فَنَهَضَ خَادِمُ رَجُلِ اللهِ مُبَكِّراً وَخَرَجَ، وَإِذَا بِهِ يَجِدُ جَيْشاً مُجَهَّزاً بِخُيُولٍ وَمَرْكَبَاتٍ يُحَاصِرُ الْمَدِينَةَ. فَقَالَ الْخَادِمُ: «آهِ يَاسَيِّدِي، مَا الْعَمَلُ؟» 
16- فَأَجَابَهُ أَلِيشَعُ: «لاَ تَخَفْ لأَنَّ الَّذِينَ مَعَنَا أَكْثَرُ مِنَ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُمْ». 
17- وَتَضَرَّعَ أَلِيشَعُ قَائِلاً: «يَارَبُّ، افْتَحْ عَيْنَيْهِ فَيُبْصِرَ». فَفَتَحَ الرَّبُّ عَيْنَيِ الْخَادِمِ، وَإِذَا بِهِ يُشَاهِدُ الْجَبَلَ يَكْتَظُّ بِخَيْلٍ وَمَرْكَبَاتِ نَارٍ تُحِيطُ بِأَلِيشَعَ. 
18- وَعِنْدَمَا تَقَدَّمَ جَيْشُ أَرَامَ نَحْوَ أَلِيشَعَ صَلَّى إِلَى الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً: «أَصِبْ هَذَا الْجَيْشَ بِالْعَمَى». فَضَرَبَهُمُ الرَّبُّ بِالْعَمَى اسْتِجَابَةً لِدُعَاءِ أَلِيشَعَ. 
19- عِنْدَئِذٍ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَلِيشَعُ: «لَقَدْ ضَلَلْتُمْ طَرِيقَكُمْ فَأَخْطَأْتُمْ مُحَاصَرَةَ الْمَدِينَةِ الْمَطْلُوبَةِ. اتْبَعُونِي فَأُرْشِدَكُمْ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي تَبْحَثُونَ عَنْهُ». فَقَادَهُمْ إِلَى السَّامِرَةِ.

 

أليشع يقود الجيش الأرامي إلى السامرة

20- فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحُوا دَاخِلَ السَّامِرَةِ صَلَّى أَلِيشَعُ قَائِلاً: «يَارَبُّ افْتَحْ عُيُونَهُمْ فَيُبْصِرُوا». فَفَتَحَ الرَّبُّ عُيُونَهُمْ، وَإِذَا بِهِمْ يَجِدُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ فِي وَسَطِ السَّامِرَةِ! 
21- وَعِنْدَمَا شَاهَدَهُمْ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ سَأَلَ أَلِيشَعَ: «هَلْ أَقْتُلُهُمْ، هَلْ أَقْتُلُهُمْ يَاأَبِي؟» 
22- فَأَجَابَهُ: «لاَ تَقْتُلْ أَحَداً. إِنَّمَا اقْتُلِ الَّذِينَ تَسْبِيهِمْ بِسَيْفِكَ وَقَوْسِكَ. أَمَّا هَؤُلاءِ فَقَدِّمْ لَهُمْ طَعَاماً وَمَاءً فَيَأْكُلُوا وَيَشْرَبُوا ثُمَّ يَنْطَلِقُوا إِلَى سَيِّدِهِمْ». 
23- فَأَقَامَ لَهُمُ الْمَلِكُ مَأْدُبَةً عَظِيمَةً، فَأَكَلُوا وَشَرِبُوا، ثُمَّ أَطْلَقَهُمْ، فَرَجَعُوا إِلَى سَيِّدِهِمْ. وَتَوَقَّفَتْ جُيُوشُ أَرَامَ عَنْ غَزْوِ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَتْرَةً.

 

محاصرة بنهدد الأَرامي للسامرة

24- وَحَشَدَ بَنْهَدَدُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ، بَعْدَ زَمَنٍ، كُلَّ جَيْشِهِ وَحَاصَرَ السَّامِرَةَ. 
25- وَإِذْ طَالَ الْحِصَارُ، عَمَّتِ الْمَجَاعَةُ السَّامِرَةَ حَتَّى صَارَ رَأْسُ الْحِمَارِ يُبَاعُ بِثَمَانِينَ قِطْعَةً مِنْ الْفِضَّةِ، وَأُوقِيَةُ زِبْلِ الْحَمَامِ بِخَمْسِ قِطَعٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ.

 

مأساة أم

26- وَفِيمَا كَانَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ يَتَفَقَّدُ سُورَ الْمَدِينَةِ اسْتَغَاثَتْ بِهِ امْرَأَةٌ قَائِلَةً: «أَغِثْ يَاسَيِّدِي الْمَلِكَ». 
27- فَقَالَ لَهَا: «إِنْ لَمْ يُغِثْكِ الرَّبُّ، فَمِنْ أَيْنَ يُمْكِنُنِي أَنْ أَحْصُلَ لَكِ عَلَى الْغَوْثِ؟ أَمِنْ قَمْحِ الْبَيْدَرِ أَمْ مِنْ نَبِيذِ الْمِعْصَرَةِ؟» 
28- ثُمَّ سَأَلَهَا الْمَلِكُ: «مَالَكِ؟» فَأَجَابَتْ: «لَقَدْ قَالَتْ لِي هَذِهِ الْمرْأَةُ، هَاتِي ابْنَكِ فَنَأْكُلَهُ الْيَوْمَ، ثُمَّ نَأْكُلَ ابْنِي فِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي. 
29- فَسَلَقْنَا ابْنِي وَأَكَلْنَاهُ. وَعِنْدَمَا قُلْتُ لَهَا فِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي: هَاتِي ابْنَكِ لِنَأْكُلَهُ، خَبَّأَتِ ابْنَهَا». 
30- فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ الْمَلِكُ حَدِيثَ الْمَرْأَةِ مَزَّقَ ثِيَابَهُ وَهُوَ يَتَفَقَّدُ السُّورَ، فَرَأَى الْمُحِيطُونَ بِهِ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَرْتَدِي مُسُوحاً فَوْقَ جَسَدِهِ. 
31- وَقَالَ: «لِيُعَاقِبْنِي الرَّبُّ أَشَدَّ عِقَابٍ وَيَزِدْ، إِنْ لَمْ أَقْطَعْ رَأْسَ أَلِيشَعَ بْنِ شَافَاطَ الْيَوْمَ».

 

نبوءة أليشع

32- وَكَانَ أَلِيشَعُ آنَئِذٍ مُجْتَمِعاً فِي بَيْتِهِ مَعَ شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَوَجَّهَ الْمَلِكُ رَسُولاً إِلَيْهِ يَتَقَدَّمُهُ. وَقَبْلَ أَنْ يَصِلَ الرَّسُولُ قَالَ أَلِيشَعُ لِلشُّيُوخِ: «أَرَأَيْتُمْ كَيْفَ أَنَّ هَذَا الْقَاتِلَ قَدْ أَرْسَلَ رَسُولاً لِيَقْطَعَ رَأْسِي؟ فَحَالَمَا يَأْتِي الرَّسُولُ أَغْلِقُوا الْبَابَ وَاتْرُكُوهُ مُوْصَداً فِي وَجْهِهِ. فَإِنَّ وَقْعَ خَطَوَاتِ سَيِّدِهِ يَتَجَاوَبُ وَرَاءَهُ» 
33- وَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ يُخَاطِبُهُمْ أَقْبَلَ الرَّسُولُ إِلَيْهِ، وَتَبِعَهُ الْمَلِكُ الَّذِي قَالَ: «إِنَّ هَذَا الشَّرَّ قَدْ حَلَّ بِنَا مِنْ عِنْدِ الرَّبِّ، فَأَيَّ شَيْءٍ أَتَوَقَّعُ مِنَ الرَّبِّ بَعْدُ؟»

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Chapter: 007

V 001 Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
V 002 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
V 003 And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
V 004 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
V 005 And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.
V 006 For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
V 007 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
V 008 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.
V 009 Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.
V 010 So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.
V 011 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within.
V 012 And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.
V 013 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.
V 014 They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
V 015 And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
V 016 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
V 017 And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.
V 018 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
V 019 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
V 020 And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.
 

فصل 7

أليشع يتنبأ بخلاص السامرة

1- ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلِيشَعُ: «اسْمَعُوا مَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: غَداً فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الْوَقْتِ تُصْبِحُ كَيْلَةُ الدَّقِيقِ باثْنَيْ عَشَرَ جِرَاماً، وَكَيْلَتَا الشَّعِيرِ بِاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ جْرَاماً عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ السَّامِرَةِ».
2- فَقَالَ الْجُنْدِيُّ الَّذِي كَانَ الْمَلِكُ يَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَى ذِرَاعِهِ لِرَجُلِ اللهِ: «حَتَّى إِنْ فَتَحَ الرَّبُّ كُوًى فِي السَّمَاءِ، فَهَلْ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَحْدُثَ هَذَا الأَمْرُ؟» فَأَجَابَ أَلِيشَعُ: «سَتَرَى ذَلِكَ بِعَيْنَيْكَ، وَلَكِنَّكَ لَنْ تَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ».

 

رفع الحصار وهرب الأَراميين

3- وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ أَرْبَعَةُ رِجَالٍ بُرْصٍ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ لِرِفَاقِهِ: «مَا بَالُنَا نَجْلِسُ حَتَّى نَمُوتَ جُوعاً؟
4- إِنْ قُلْنَا لِنَدْخُلْ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، فَالْجُوعُ فِيهَا، وَسَنَمُوتُ. وَإِنْ مَكَثْنَا هُنَا نَمُوتُ أَيْضاً. فَهَيَّا بِنَا نَلْجَأْ إِلَى مُعَسْكَرِ الأَرَامِيِّينَ، فَإِنِ اسْتَحْيَوْنَا عِشْنَا، وَإِنْ قَتَلُونَا مُتْنَا».
5- فَانْطَلَقُوا فِي الْمَسَاءِ إِلَى مُعَسْكَرِ الأَرَامِيِّينَ. وَعِنْدَمَا بَلَغُوا أَطْرَافَ الْمُعَسْكَرِ لَمْ يَجِدُوا هُنَاكَ أَحَداً.
6- فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ جَعَلَ جَيْشَ أَرَامَ يَسْمَعُ صَلْصَلَةَ مَرْكَبَاتٍ، وَصَوْتَ وَقْعِ حَوَافِرِ خَيْلٍ، وَجَلَبَةَ جَيْشٍ كَثِيفٍ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ للآخَرِ: «لاَبُدَّ أَنَّ مَلِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ اسْتَأْجَرَ ضِدَّنَا جُيُوشَ الْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالْمِصْرِيِّينَ لِيَنْقَضُّوا عَلَيْنَا».
7- فَفَرُّوا هَارِبِينَ عِنْدَ الْمَسَاءِ، مُخَلِّفِينَ وَرَاءَهُمْ خِيَامَهُمْ وَخُيُولَهُمْ وَحَمِيرَهُمْ، تَارِكِينَ الْمُعَسْكَرَ عَلَى حَالِهِ، وَفَرُّوا نَاجِينَ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ.
8- وَدَخَلَ هَؤُلاَءِ الْبُرْصُ إِحْدَى الْخِيَامِ فِي أَطْرَافِ الْمُعَسْكَرِ، فَأَكَلُوا وَشَرِبُوا وَاسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَى مَا فِيهَا مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَذَهَبٍ وَثِيَابٍ، ثُمَّ طَمَرُوهَا. وَرَجَعُوا وَدَخَلُوا إِلَى خَيْمَةٍ أُخْرَى وَاسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَى مَا فِيهَا أَيْضاً وَطَمَرُوهُ.
9- ثُمَّ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: «إِنَّنَا نُخْطِيءُ فِيمَا نَفْعَلُ. فَالْيَوْمُ يَوْمُ بِشَارَةٍ وَنَحْنُ سَاكِتُونَ، فَإِنِ انْتَظَرْنَا طُلُوعَ الْفَجْرِ وَلَمْ نُخْبِرْ يَنَالُنَا الْعِقَابُ. فَلْنَدْخُلِ الْمَدِينَةَ وَنُخْبِرْ رِجَالَ قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ».
10- فَرَجَعُوا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَقَالُوا لِلْبَوَّابِ: «لَقَدْ دَخَلْنَا مُعَسْكَرَ الأَرَامِيِّينَ فَلَمْ نَجِدْ فِيهِ أَحَداً، وَلَمْ نَسْمَعْ فِي أَرْجَائِهِ صَوْتَ إِنْسَانٍ. وَلَكِنَّنَا رَأَيْنَا خَيْلاً وَحَمِيراً مَا بَرِحَتْ مَعْقُولَةً فِي مَرَابِضِهَا، وَخِيَاماً لاَ تَزَالُ مَنْصُوبَةً».
11- فَأَذَاعَ الْبَوَّابُونَ النَّبَأَ حَتَّى بَلَغَ قَصْرَ الْمَلِكِ.

12- فَنَهَضَ الْمَلِكُ لَيْلاً وَقَالَ لِضُبَّاطِهِ: «لأُخْبِرَنَّكُمْ مَا صَنَعَ الأَرَامِيُّونَ! لَقَدْ أَدْرَكُوا أَنَّنَا نَتَضَوَّرُ جُوعاً، فَهَجَرُوا الْمُعَسْكَرَ لِيَخْتَبِئُوا فِي الْحُقُولِ، حَتَّى إِذَا خَرَجْنَا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ يَنْقَضُّونَ عَلَيْنَا وَيَأْسِرُونَنَا أَحْيَاءً وَيَسْتَوْلُونَ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ».
13- فَأَجَابَ وَاحِدٌ مِنَ الضُّبَّاطِ وَقَالَ: «لِيَأْخُذْ بَعْضٌ مِنَّا خَمْسَةً مِنَ الْخَيْلِ الْبَاقِيَةِ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ. فَإِنْ أَصَابَهُمْ شَرٌّ يَكُونُونَ نَظِيرَ بَقِيَّةِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ الْمُعْتَصِمِينَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، أَوْ نَظِيرَ مَنْ هَلَكُوا مِنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ. فَلْنُرْسِلْ وَنَسْتَطْلِعِ الأَمْرَ».
14- فَأَعَدُّوا مَرْكَبَتَيْ خَيْلٍ انْطَلَقَتَا بِمَنْ فِيهِمَا مِنْ رِجَالٍ أَرْسَلَهُمُ الْمَلِكُ خَلْفَ الأَرَامِيِّينَ.
15- فَاقْتَفَوْا أَثَرَهُمْ إِلَى نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ، وَإِذَا كُلُّ الطَّرِيقِ مَمْلُوءَةٌ ثِيَاباً وَأَمْتِعَةً مِمَّا طَرَحَهَا الأَرَامِيُّونَ عِنْدَ فِرَارِهِمِ الْمُفَاجِيءِ السَّرِيعِ. فَرَجَعَ الرُّسُلُ وَأَخْبَرُوا الْمَلِكَ.

 

سلب الغنائم وموت الجندي المشكك

16- فَانْدَفَعَ الشَّعْبُ نَحْوَ مُعَسْكَرِ الأَرَامِيِّينَ وَنَهَبُوهُ، وَصَارَتْ كَيْلَةُ الدَّقِيقِ بِشَاقِلٍ، وَكَيْلَتَا الشَّعِيرِ بِشَاقِلٍ(اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ جْرَاماً)، حَسَبَ كَلاَمِ الرَّبِّ.

17- وَعَيَّنَ الْمَلِكُ عَلَى مَدْخَلِ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ الْجُنْدِيَّ الَّذِي كَانَ يَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَى ذِرَاعِهِ، فَدَاسَهُ الشَّعْبُ فِي الزَّحَامِ وَمَاتَ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ كَمَا تَنَبَّأَ أَلِيشَعُ فِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِقِ عِنْدَمَا جَاءَهُ الْمَلِكُ لِيَقْبِضَ عَلَيْهِ.
18- فَعِنْدَمَا قَالَ رَجُلُ اللهِ لِلْمَلِكِ: «غَداً فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الْوَقْتِ تَكُونُ كَيْلَتَا الْشَعِيرِ بِشَاقِلٍ وَكَيلَةُ الدَقِيقِ بِشَاقِلٍ فِي مَدَخَلِ بَوَّابَةِ السَّامِرَةِ».
19- وَلَكِنَّ الْجُنْدِيَّ قَالَ لِرَجُلِ اللهِ: «حَتَّى إنْ فَتَحَ الرَّبُّ كُوًى فِي السَّمَاءِ فَهَلْ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَحْدُثَ هَذَا الأَمْرُ؟» فَقَالَ لَهُ أَلِيشَعُ: «سَتَرَى ذَلِكَ بِعَيْنَيْكَ وَلَكِنَّكَ لَنْ تَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ».
20- فَتَحَقَّقَتِ النُّبُوءَةُ إِذْ دَاسَهُ الشَّعْبُ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ فَمَاتَ.

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Chapter: 008

V 001 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
V 002 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
V 003 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.
V 004 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.
V 005 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
V 006 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.
V 007 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.
V 008 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
V 009 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
V 010 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath showed me that he shall surely die.
V 011 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
V 012 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
V 013 And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath showed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
V 014 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover.
V 015 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.
V 016 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
V 017 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
V 018 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
V 019 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
V 020 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
V 021 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.
V 022 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
V 023 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
V 024 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
V 025 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
V 026 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
V 027 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.
V 028 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
V 029 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
 

فصل 8

رجوع المرأة الشونمية إلى منزلها

1- وَقَالَ أَلِيشَعُ لِلْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي أَحْيَا ابْنَهَا: «اذْهَبِي أَنْتِ وَعَائِلَتُكِ وَتَغَرَّبِي حَيْثُ تَشَائِينَ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ سَيُصِيبُ الْبِلاَدَ بِمَجَاعَةٍ تَدُومُ سَبْعَ سَنَوَاتٍ».
2- فَعَمِلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ بِأَمْرِ رَجُلِ اللهِ، وَرَحَلَتْ هِيَ وَعَائِلَتُهَا إِلَى بِلاَدِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ حَيْثُ تَغَرَّبَتْ هُنَاكَ سَبْعَ سَنَوَاتٍ.
3- وَفِي خِتَامِ السَّنَوَاتِ السَّبْعِ رَجَعَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ مِنْ دِيَارِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَتَوَجَّهَتْ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ تَسْتَغِيثُ بِهِ لاِسْتِرْدَادِ بَيْتِهَا وَأَرْضِهَا.
4- وَكَانَ الْمَلِكُ آنَئِذٍ يَقُولُ لِجِيحَزِي خَادِمِ رَجُلِ اللهِ: «قُصَّ عَلَيَّ جَمِيعَ مَا أَجْرَاهُ أَلِيشَعُ مِنْ مُعْجِزَاتٍ».
5- وَفِيمَا هُوَ يَسْرُدُ عَلَى الْمَلِكِ كَيْفَ أَحْيَا أَلِيشَعُ الْمَيْتَ أَقْبَلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ الَّتِي أَحْيَا ابْنَهَا تَسْتَغِيثُ بِالْمَلِكِ لاِسْتِرْدَادِ بَيْتِهَا وَأَرْضِهَا. فَقَالَ جِيحَزِي: «هَذِهِ هِيَ الْمَرْأَةُ يَاسَيِّدِي الْمَلِكَ، وَهَذَا هُوَ ابْنُهَا الَّذِي أَحْيَاهُ أَلِيشَعُ».
6- فَاسْتَخْبَرَهَا الْمَلِكُ الأَمْرَ فَحَدَّثَتْهُ بِهِ. فَأَمَرَ الْمَلِكُ أَحَدَ مُوَظَّفِيهِ: «اعْمَلْ عَلَى اسْتِرْدَادِ كُلِّ أَمْلاَكِهَا وَكُلِّ إِيرَادِ غَلاَّتِ أَرْضِهَا مُنْذُ أَنْ رَحَلَتْ عَنِ الْبِلاَدِ إِلَى الآنَ».

 

أليشع يمسح حزائيل ملكاً على دمشق

7- وَذَهَبَ أَلِيشَعُ إِلَى دِمَشْقَ. وَكَانَ بَنْهَدَدُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ أَيْضاً مَرِيضاً، فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّ رَجُلَ اللهِ جَاءَ إِلَى هُنَا.
8- فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ لِحَزَائِيلَ: «احْمِلْ مَعَكَ هَدِيَّةً وَاذْهَبْ لاِسْتِقْبَالِ رَجُلِ اللهِ، وَاسْأَلِ الرَّبَّ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ إِنْ كُنْتُ سَأَبْرَأُ مِنْ مَرَضِي».
9- فَمَضَى حَزَائِيلُ لاِسْتِقْبَالِهِ آخِذاً مَعَهُ هَدِيَّةً، حِمْلَ أَرْبَعِينَ جَمَلاً مِنْ كُلِّ خَيْرَاتِ دِمَشْقَ. وَقَالَ لأَلِيشَعَ: «ابْنُكَ بَنْهَدَدُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكَ يَسْأَلُ إِنْ كَانَ سَيَبْرَأُ مِنْ مَرَضِهِ».
10- فَقَالَ لَهُ أَلِيشَعُ: «اذْهَبْ وَقُلْ لَهُ: إِنَّهُ حَتْماً يُشْفَى. وَلَكِنَّ الرَّبَّ أَرَانِي أَنَّهُ لاَبُدَّ مَائِتٌ».
11- وَتَفَرَّسَ أَلِيشَعُ فِي حَزَائِيلَ طَوِيلاً حَتَّى اعْتَرَى حَزَائِيلَ الْخَجَلُ، وَبَكَى رَجُلُ اللهِ.
12- فَسَأَلَهُ حَزَائِيلُ: «لِمَاذَا يَبْكِي سَيِّدِي؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «لأَنِّي عَرَفْتُ مَا سَتُنْزِلُهُ بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ شَرٍّ، فَإِنَّكَ سَتُحْرِقُ حُصُونَهُمْ وَتَقْتُلُ شُبَّانَهُمْ وَتَذْبَحُ أَطْفَالَهُمْ وَتَشُقُّ بُطُونَ حَوَامِلِهِمْ».
13- فَقَالَ حَزَائِيلُ: «كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ لِمُجَرَّدِ كَلْبٍ نَظِيرِ عَبْدِكَ أَنْ يَرْتَكِبَ هَذِهِ الْفَظَائِعَ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ أَلِيشَعُ: «لَقَدْ كَشَفَ الرَّبُّ لِي أَنَّكَ سَتَمْلِكُ عَلَى أَرَامَ».
14- فَانْصَرَفَ مِنْ عِنْدِ أَلِيشَعَ وَدَخَلَ إِلَى سَيِّدِهِ فَسَأَلَهُ: «مَاذَا قَالَ لَكَ أَلِيشَعُ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «قَالَ لِي إِنَّكَ تَبْرَأُ».
15- وَفِي صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي أَخَذَ حَزَائِيلُ قِطْعَةَ قُمَاشٍ سَمِيكَةً، شَبَّعَهَا بِالْمَاءِ، وَضَغَطَ بِهَا عَلَى وَجْهِ الْمَلِكِ حَتَّى أَخْمَدَ أَنْفَاسَهُ وَخَلَفَهُ حَزَائِيلُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ.

 

يهورام ملكاً على يهوذا

16- وَفِي السَّنَةِ الْخَامِسَةِ لِحُكْمِ يُورَامَ بْنِ أَخْآبَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَيَهُوشَافَاطَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، تَوَلَّى يَهُورَامُ بْنُ يَهُوشَافَاطَ الْمُلْكَ عَلَى يَهُوذَا.
17- وَكَانَ ابْنَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَثَلاَثِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَحَكَمَ ثَمَانِي سَنَوَاتٍ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ،
18- وَسَلَكَ فِي طَرِيقِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَلَى غِرَارِ بَيْتِ أَخْآبَ، لأَنَّهُ كَانَ مُتَزَوِّجاً مِنْ بِنْتِ أَخْآبَ وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ.
19- لَكِنَّ الرَّبَّ لَمْ يَشَأْ أَنْ يُفْنِيَ بَيْتَ يَهُوذَا إِكْرَاماً لِدَاوُدَ عَبْدِهِ، الَّذِي وَعَدَهُ أَنَّهُ يُبْقِي سِرَاجاً لَهُ وَلِبَنِيهِ مَدَى الأَيَّامِ.
20- وَفِي غُضُونِ حُكْمِهِ تَمَرَّدَ الأَدُومِيُّونَ عَلَى يَهُوذَا، وَنَصَّبُوا عَلَيْهِمْ مَلِكاً.
21- فَاجْتَازَ يُورَامُ نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ، بِجَمِيعِ مَرْكَبَاتِهِ إِلَى صَعِيرَ. وَعِنْدَمَا حَاصَرَهُ الأَدُومِيُّونَ مَعَ قَادَةِ مَرْكَبَاتِهِ، اقْتَحَمَ خُطُوطَهُمْ لَيْلاً، غَيْرَ أَنَّ جَيْشَهُ هَرَبُوا لاَجِئِينَ إِلَى بُيُوتِهِمْ.
22- وَظَلَّ الأَدُومِيُّونَ خَارِجِينَ عَنْ طَاعَةِ يَهُوذَا إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. حِينَئِذٍ تَمَرَّدَتْ لِبْنَةُ أَيْضاً.
23- أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ يُورَامَ أَلَيْسَتْ هِي مُدَوَّنَةً فِي تَارِيخِ أَخْبَارِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟
24- وَمَاتَ يُورَامُ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ أَخَزْيَا عَلَى الْحُكْمِ.

 

أخزيا ملكاً على يهوذا

25- وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ لِحُكْمِ يُورَامَ بْنِ أَخْآبَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، تَوَلَّى أَخَزْيَا بْنُ يَهُورَامَ مُلْكَ يَهُوذَا.
26- وَكَانَ أَخَزْيَا فِي الثَّانِيَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ سَنَةً وَاحِدَةً. وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ عَثَلْيَا بِنْتُ عُمْرِي مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.
27- وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، عَلَى غِرَارِ بَيْتِ أَخْآبَ، لأَنَّهُ كَانَ صِهْراً لَهُمْ.
28- وَانْضَمَّ أَخَزْيَا إِلَى يُورَامَ بْنِ أَخْآبَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ حَزَائِيلَ مَلِكِ أَرَامَ فِي رَامُوتِ جِلْعَادَ، فَهَزَمَ الأَرَامِيُّونَ يُورَامَ.
29- فَتَوَجَّهَ يُورَامُ إِلَى يَزْرَعِيلَ رَيْثَمَا يَبْرَأُ مِنْ جِرَاحِهِ الَّتِي أَصَابَهُ بِهَا الأَرَامِيُّونَ فِي رَامُوتَ فِي أَثْنَاءِ الْمَعْرَكَةِ مَعَ حَزَائِيلَ. وَجَاءَ أَخَزْيَا بْنُ يَهُورَامَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا إِلَى يَزْرَعِيلَ لِيَزُورَ يُورَامَ بْنَ أَخَآبَ فِي أَثْنَاءِ مَرَضِهِ.

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Chapter: 009

V 001 And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:
V 002 And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;
V 003 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.
V 004 So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead.
V 005 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.
V 006 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.
V 007 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
V 008 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
V 009 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:
V 010 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
V 011 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
V 012 And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.
V 013 Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.
V 014 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
V 015 But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.
V 016 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
V 017 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
V 018 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
V 019 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.
V 020 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
V 021 And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
V 022 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
V 023 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.
V 024 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
V 025 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;
V 026 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.
V 027 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
V 028 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
V 029 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
V 030 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
V 031 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?
V 032 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
V 033 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.
V 034 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter.
V 035 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
V 036 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
V 037 And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
 

فصل 9

مسح ياهو ملكاً على إسرائيل

1- وَاسْتَدْعَى أَلِيشَعُ النَّبِيُّ أَحَدَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «تَمَنْطَقْ بِحِزَامِكَ وَخُذْ قِنِّينَةَ الزَّيْتِ مَعَكَ، وَانْطَلِقْ إِلَى رَامُوتِ جِلْعَادَ.
2- وَحَالَمَا تَصِلُ إِلَى هُنَاكَ ابْحَثْ عَنْ يَاهُو بْنِ يَهُوشَافَاطَ بْنِ نِمْشِي، وَانْتَحِ بِهِ فِي مُخْدَعٍ دَاخِلِيٍّ،
3- وَصُبَّ مِنْ قِنِّينَةِ الزَّيْتِ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَقُلْ لَهُ: هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: قَدِ اخْتَرْتُكَ لِتَكُونَ مَلِكاً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ. ثُمَّ افْتَحِ الْبَابَ وَأَسْرِعْ بِالْهَرَبِ مِنْ غَيْرِ تَوَانٍ».
4- فَمَضَى النَّبِيُّ الشَّابُّ إِلَى رَامُوتِ جِلْعَادَ،
5- وَدَخَلَ حَيْثُ كَانَ الْقَادَةُ جُلُوساً. فَقَالَ: «لِي حَدِيثٌ خَاصٌّ مَعَكَ أَيُّهَا الْقَائِدُ» فَسَأَلَهُ يَاهُو: «مَعَ أَيِّ قَائِدٍ مِنَّا؟» فَأَجَابَ: «مَعَكَ أَنْتَ أَيُّهَا الْقَائِدُ».
6- فَنَهَضَ وَتَبِعَهُ إِلَى مُخْدَعٍ دَاخِلِيٍّ، حَيْثُ صَبَّ النَّبِيُّ الزَّيْتَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: قَدِ اخْتَرْتُكَ لِتَكُونَ مَلِكاً عَلَى شَعْبِ الرَّبِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ،
7- فَتَقْضِي عَلَى بَيْتِ أَخْآبَ سَيِّدِكَ وَتَنْتَقِمُ لِدِمَاءِ عَبِيدِي الأَنْبِيَاءِ وَدِمَاءِ جَمِيعِ أَتْقِيَاءِ الرَّبِّ مِنْ إِيزَابَلَ،
8- وَبِذَلِكَ تُفْنِي كُلَّ بَيْتِ أَخْآبَ، وَتَسْتَأْصِلُ مِنْ بَيْتِ أَخْآبَ كُلَّ ذَكَرٍ، حُرّاً كَانَ أَمْ عَبْداً.
9- وَتَجْعَلُ مَصِيرَ بَيْتِ أَخْآبَ كَمَصِيرِ بَيْتِ يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ نَبَاطَ، وَكَمَصِيرِ بَيْتِ بَعْشَا بْنِ أَخِيَّا.
10- وَتَلْتَهِمُ الْكِلاَبُ إِيزَابَلَ فِي حَقْلِ يَزْرَعِيلَ، وَلَنْ تَجِدَ مَنْ يَدْفِنُهَا». ثُمَّ فَتَحَ الْبَابَ وَلاَذَ بِالْفِرَارِ.

 

انضمام قادة الجيش إلى ياهو

11- وَعِنْدَمَا رَجَعَ يَاهُو إِلَى حَيْثُ يَجْتَمِعُ رِجَالُ سَيِّدِهِ سُئِلَ: «أَخَيْرٌ؟ لِمَاذَا جَاءَكَ هَذَا الْمَجْنُونُ؟» فَأَجَابَهُمْ: «أَنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ الرَّجُلَ وَمَا يَهْذِي بِهِ».
12- فَقَالُوا: «هَذَا لَيْسَ صَحِيحاً. أَخْبِرْنَا الصِّدْقَ». فَقَالَ: «إِلَيْكُمْ مَا خَاطَبَنِي بِهِ: قَالَ: هَذَا مَا صَدَرَ عَنِ الرَّبِّ: قَدِ اخْتَرْتُكَ لِتَكُونَ مَلِكاً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ».
13- فَبَادَرَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ وَفَرَشَ ثَوْبَهُ فَوْقَ دَرَجَاتِ السُّلَّمِ حَيْثُ كَانَ يَقِفُ، وَنَفَخُوا بِالأَبْوَاقِ قَائِلِينَ: «قَدْ مَلَكَ يَاهُو».

 

مقتل يهورام

14- وَهَكَذَا تَمَرَّدَ يَاهُو بْنُ يَهُوشَافَاطَ بْنِ نِمْشِي عَلَى يُورَامَ. وَكَانَ يُورَامُ مَعَ سَائِرِ جَيْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ يُدَافِعُونَ عَنْ رَامُوتِ جِلْعَادَ ضِدَّ هَجَمَاتِ حَزَائِيلَ مَلِكِ أَرَامَ.
15- وَكَانَ يَهُورَامُ الْمَلِكُ قَدْ لَجَأَ إِلَى يَزْرَعِيلَ رَيْثَمَا يَبْرَأُ مِنَ الْجِرَاحِ الَّتِي أَصَابَهُ بِهَا الأَرَامِيُّونَ فِي حَرْبِهِ مَعَ حَزَائِيلَ مَلِكِ أَرَامَ. فَقَالَ يَاهُو: «إِنْ كَانَتْ هَذِهِ رَغْبَتَكُمْ فَلاَ تَدَعُوا أَحَداً يَنْسَلُّ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ لِيُذِيعَ الْخَبَرَ فِي يَزْرَعِيلَ».
16- ثُمَّ امْتَطَى مَرْكَبَتَهُ وَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى يَزْرَعِيلَ حَيْثُ كَانَ يُورَامُ مُضْطَجِعاً هُنَاكَ، وَقَدْ جَاءَ أَخَزْيَا مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا لِيَزُورَهُ.
17- وَكَانَ الرَّقِيبُ قَائِماً عَلَى بُرْجِ يَزْرَعِيلَ، فَشَاهَدَ جَمَاعَةَ يَاهُو مُقْبِلِينَ، فَقَالَ لِلْمَلِكِ: «إِنِّي أَرَى قَوْماً قَادِمِينَ». فَأَمَرَهُ يَهُورَامُ: «أَرْسِلْ فَارِساً لِلِقَائِهِمْ، فَيَسْأَلَهُمْ: أَلِلْخَيْرِ قُدُومُهُمْ؟»
18- فَا نْدَفَعَ فَارِسٌ لِلِقَائِهِمْ قَائِلاً: «إِنَّ الْمَلِكَ يَسْأَلُ: أَلِلْخَيْرِ قُدُومُكُمْ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ يَاهُو: «مَا شَأْنُكَ بِالْخَيْرِ؟ دُرْ وَانْضَمَّ إِلَيَّ». فَقَالَ الرَّقِيبُ لِلْمَلِكِ: «قَدْ وَصَلَ الرَّسُولُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ».
19- فَأَرْسَلَ فَارِساً آخَرَ. فَلَمَّا الْتَقَاهُمْ قَالَ: «إِنَّ الْمَلِكَ يَسْأَلُ: أَلِلْخَيْرِ قُدُومُكُمْ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ يَاهُو: «مَا شَأْنُكَ بِالْخَيْرِ؟ دُرْ وَانْضَمَّ إِلَيَّ».
20- فَقَالَ الرَّقِيبُ لِلْمَلِكِ: «قَدْ وَصَلَ الرَّسُولُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ. وَقِيَادَةُ الْمَرْكَبَةِ شَبِيهَةٌ بِقِيَادَةِ يَاهُو بْنِ نِمْشِي، لأَنَّهُ يَقُودُهَا كَرَجُلٍ مَجْنُونٍ».
21- فَأَمَرَ يَهُورَامُ بِتَجْهِيزِ مَرْكَبَتِهِ، وَخَرَجَ يُصَاحِبُهُ أَخَزْيَا مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا، كُلٌّ فِي مَرْكَبَتِهِ، لِلِقَاءِ يَاهُو. فَصَادَفَاهُ عِنْدَ حَقْلِ نَابُوتَ الْيَزْزَعِيلِيِّ
22- فَلَمَّا رَأَى يَهُورَامُ يَاهُو سَأَلَهُ: «أَلِلْخَيْرِ قُدُومُكَ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ يَاهُو: «أَيُّ خَيْرٍ مَادَامَ فُجُورُ أُمِّكَ إِيزَابَلَ وَسِحْرُهَا مُتَفَشِّيَيْنِ؟»
23- فَأَمْسَكَ يَهُورَامُ زِمَامَ الْمَرْكَبَةِ وَأَطْلَقَ الْعِنَانَ لَِخُيُولِهِ هَارِباً هَاتِفاً بِأَخَزْيَا: «خِيَانَةً يَاأَخَزْيَا!»
24- فَأَطْلَقَ يَاهُو سَهْماً عَلَى يَهُورَامَ اخْتَرَقَ ظَهْرَهُ وَنَفَذَ مِنْ قَلْبِهِ، فَأَرْدَاهُ قَتِيلاً فِي مَرْكَبَتِهِ،
25- وَقَالَ لِبِدْقَرَ قَائِدِ مَرْكَبَتِهِ: «ارْفَعْهُ وَاطْرَحْهُ فِي حَقْلِ نَابُوتَ الْيَزْرَعِيلِيِّ، وَتَذَكَّرْ كَيْفَ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ، حِينَ كُنْتُ أَنَا وَأَنْتَ رَاكِبَيْنِ خَلْفَ أَبِيهِ أَخْآبَ قَدْ قَضَى عَلَيْهِ بِهَذَا الْعِقَابِ،
26- فَالرَّبُّ يَقُولُ: لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَمْساً دَمَ نَابُوتَ وَدِمَاءَ أَبْنَائِهِ، لِهَذَا لاَبُدَّ أَنْ أُعَاقِبَكَ فِي هَذَا الْحَقْلِ. فَالآنَ ارْفَعْهُ وَاطْرَحْهُ فِي الْحَقْلِ حَسَبَ قَوْلِ الرَّبِّ».

 

مقتل أخزيا

27- وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَى أَخَزْيَا مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا هَذَا، فَرَّ هَارِباً فِي الطَّرِيقِ الْمُفْضِيَةِ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْبُسْتَانِ، فَتَعَقَّبَهُ يَاهُو هَاتِفاً: «اقْتُلُوهُ». فَأَصَابُوهُ بِجِرَاحٍ مُمِيتَةٍ وَهُوَ فِي مَرْكَبَتِهِ عِنْدَ عَقَبَةِ جُورَ الْقَرِيبَةِ مِنْ يِبْلَعَامَ، وَلَكِنَّهُ تَابَعَ هَرَبَهُ إِلَى مَجِدُّو حَيْثُ مَاتَ هُنَاكَ.
28- فَنَقَلَهُ رِجَالُهُ فِي مَرْكَبَتِهِ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ حَيْثُ دَفَنُوهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ.
29- وَكَانَ أَخَزْيَا قَدْ مَلَكَ عَلَى يَهُوذَا فِي السَّنَةِ الْحَادِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ يُورَامَ بْنِ أَخْآبَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ.

 

مصرع إيزابل

30- وَتَوَجَّهَ يَاهُو إِلَى يَزْرَعِيلَ. فَلَمَّا عَلِمَتْ إِيزَابَلُ بِذَلِكَ كَحَّلَتْ عَيْنَيْهَا وَزَيَّنَتْ شَعْرَهَا وَأَطَلَّتْ مِنَ الكُوَّةِ.
31- وَعِنْدَمَا اجْتَازَ يَاهُو عَتَبَةَ بَابِ سَاحَةِ الْقَصْرِ قَالَتْ: «أَجِئْتَ مُسَالِماً يَازِمْرِي يَاقَاتِلَ سَيِّدِهِ؟»
32- فَرَفَعَ وَجْهَهُ إِلَيْهَا وَصَاحَ: «مَنْ هُنَا مَعِي؟» فَأَشْرَفَ عَلَيْهِ اثْنَانِ أَوْ ثَلاَثَةٌ مِنَ الْخِصْيَانِ.
33- فَقَالَ: «اطْرَحُوهَا». فَأَلْقَوْا بِهَا مِنَ الكُوَّةِ فَتَنَاثَرَ بَعْضُ دَمِهَا عَلَى الْجِدَارِ وَعَلَى الْخَيْلِ الَّتِي دَاسَتْهَا بِحَوَافِرِهَا.
34- وَدَخَلَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى الْقَصْرِ حَيْثُ أَكَلَ وَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ قَالَ: «اذْهَبُوا وَافْتَقِدُوا هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةَ الْمَلْعُونَةَ وَادْفِنُوهَا، لأَنَّهَا بِنْتُ مَلِكٍ».
35- وَعِنْدَمَا خَرَجُوا لِيَدْفِنُوهَا لَمْ يَجِدُوا مِنْ أَشْلاَئِهَا سِوَى الْجُمْجُمَةِ وَالرِّجْلَيْنِ وَكَفَّيِ الْيَدَيْنِ،
36- فَرَجَعُوا وَأَخْبَرُوهُ، فَقَالَ: «هَذَا إِتْمَامٌ لِقَضَاءِ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي نَطَقَ بِهِ عَلَى لِسَانِ إِيلِيَّا التِّشْبِيِّ قَائِلاً: إِنَّ الْكِلاَبَ سَتَلْتَهِمُ لَحْمَ إِيزَابَلَ فِي حَقْلِ يَزْرَعِيلَ.
37- وَتُصْبِحُ جُثَّةُ إِيزَابَلَ كَالزِّبْلِ عَلَى وَجْهِ حَقْلِ يَزْرَعِيلَ بِحَيْثُ لاَ يَتَعَرَّفُ عَلَيْهَا أَحَدٌ فَيَقُولُ: هَذِهِ إِيزَابَلُ».

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Chapter: 010

V 001 And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying,
V 002 Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armor;
V 003 Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.
V 004 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?
V 005 And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
V 006 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.
V 007 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.
V 008 And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.
V 009 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?
V 010 Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.
V 011 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolk, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
V 012 And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way,
V 013 Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.
V 014 And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.
V 015 And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
V 016 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.
V 017 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah.
V 018 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.
V 019 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
V 020 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.
V 021 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.
V 022 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.
V 023 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only.
V 024 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.
V 025 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.
V 026 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.
V 027 And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
V 028 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
V 029 Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.
V 030 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
V 031 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.
V 032 In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;
V 033 From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
V 034 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
V 035 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
V 036 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.
 

فصل 10

القضاء على أبناء آخاب السبعين

1- وَكَانَ لأَخْآبَ سَبْعُونَ ابْناً يُقِيمُونَ فِي السَّامِرَةِ، فَكَتَبَ يَاهُو رَسَائِلَ بَعَثَ بِهَا إِلَى شُيُوخِ مَدِينَةِ يَزْرَعِيلَ وَإِلَى اْلأَوْصِيَاءِ عَلَى أَبْنَاءِ أَخْآبَ قَائِلاً:
2- «مِنْ حَيْثُ أَنَّ أَبْنَاءَ سَيِّدِكُمْ لَدَيْكُمْ، وَمِنْ حَيْثُ أَنَّكُمْ تَمْتَلِكُونَ مَرْكَبَاتٍ وَخَيْلاً وَتَعْتَصِمُونَ بِمَدِينَةٍ مُحَصَّنَةٍ، وَعِنْدَكُمْ سِلاَحٌ، فَعِنْدَ تَلَقِّيكُمْ هَذِهِ الرِّسَالَةَ
3- اخْتَارُوا الأَفْضَلَ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ سَيِّدِكُمْ وَنَصِّبُوهُ مَلِكاً عَلَى عَرْشِ أَبِيهِ، وَدَافِعُوا عَنْ بَيْتِ مَوْلاَكُمْ».
4- فَاعْتَرَاهُمْ خَوْفٌ عَظِيمٌ وَقَالُوا: «هَا مَلِكَانِ قَدْ عَجَزَا عَنْ صَدِّهِ، فَكَيْفَ يُمْكِنُنَا نَحْنُ أَنْ نُوَاجِهَهُ؟»
5- فَأَجَابَ مُدَبِّرُ الْقَصْرِ وَمُحَاِفظُ الْمَدِينَةِ والشُّيُوخُ وَالأَوْصِيَاءُ يَاهُو قَائِلِينَ: «نَحْنُ عَبِيدُكَ، وَسَنَفْعَلُ كُلَّ مَا تَأْمُرُ بِهِ. لَنْ يَمْلِكَ عَلَيْنَا سِوَاكَ. وَاصْنَعْ مَا يَرُوقُ لَكَ».
6- فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِمْ بِرِسَالَةٍ ثَانِيَةٍ قَائِلاً: «إِنْ كُنْتُمْ حَقّاً مِنْ أَنْصَارِي، وَتَأْتَمِرُونَ بِأَمْرِي، فَاقْطَعُوا رُؤُوسَ أَبْنَاءِ سَيِّدِكُمْ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَأَحْضِرُوهَا إِلَيَّ فِي يَزْرَعِيلَ، فِي نَحْوِ هَذَا الْوَقْتِ فِي يَوْمِ الْغَدِ». وَكَانَ أَبْنَاءُ الْمَلِكِ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلاً يَعِيشُونَ فِي رِعَايَةِ أَشْرَافِ الْمَدِينَةِ الَّذِينَ تَعَهَّدُوهُمْ بِالتَّرْبِيَةِ.
7- فَلَمَّا بَلَغَتْهُمْ رِسَالَةُ يَاهُو قَبَضُوا عَلَى الأُمَرَاءِ وَقَتَلُوا سَبْعِينَ رَجُلاً وَوَضَعُوا رُؤُوسَهُمْ فِي سِلاَلٍ وَأَرْسَلُوهَا إِلَيْهِ فِي يَزْرَعِيلَ.
8- فَجَاءَ رَسُولٌ وَأَخْبَرَ يَاهُو قَائِلاً: «قَدْ أَحْضَرُوا رُؤُوسَ الأُمَرَاءِ» فَقَالَ: «اجْعَلُوهَا كُومَتَيْنِ فِي مَدْخَلِ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى الصَّبَاحِ».
9- وَفِي صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي خَرَجَ وَقَالَ لِلشَّعْبِ الْمُتَجَمْهِرِ: «أَنْتُمْ أَبْرِيَاءُ،، فَهَا أَنَا قَدْ تَمَرَّدْتُ عَلَى سَيِّدِي وَقَتَلْتُهُ، وَلَكِنْ مَنْ قَتَلَ كُلَّ هَؤُلاَءِ؟
10- فَاعْلَمُوا الآنَ أَنَّهُ لَنْ تَسْقُطَ كَلِمَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ مِمَّا قَضَى بِهِ الرَّبُّ عَلَى بَيْتِ أَخْآبَ، وَقَدْ نَفَّذَ الرَّبُّ مَا نَطَقَ بِهِ عَلَى لِسَانِ عَبْدِهِ إِيلِيَّا».
11- وَقَضَى يَاهُو عَلَى الْبَقِيَّةِ الْبَاقِيَةِ مِنْ نَسْلِ أَخْآبَ فِي يَزْرَعِيلَ، وَعَلَى كُلِّ عُظَمَائِهِ وَأَصْدِقَائِهِ وَكَهَنَتِهِ، فَلَمْ يُفْلِتْ لَهُ حَيٌّ.

 

ياهو يقتل إخوة أخزيا

12- ثُمَّ تَوَجَّهَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ نَحْوَ السَّامِرَةِ. وَلَمَّا وَصَلَ إِلَى جُوَارِ بَيْتِ عَقْدِ الرُّعَاةِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ،
13- صَادَفَ يَاهُو إِخْوَةَ أَخَزْيَا مَلِكِ يَهُوذا، فَسَأَلَهُمْ: «مَنْ أَنْتُمْ؟» فَأَجَابُوا: «نَحْنُ إِخْوَةُ أَخَزْيَا، وَنَحْنُ قَادِمُونَ لِزِيَارَةِ أَبْنَاءِ الْمَلِكِ وَالْمَلِكَةِ إِيزَابَلَ».
14- فَقَالَ: «اقْبِضُوا عَلَيْهِمْ أَحْيَاءً». فَقَبَضُوا عَلَيْهِمْ أَحْيَاءً وَقَتَلُوهُمْ جَمِيعاً عِنْدَ بِئْرِ بَيْتِ عَقْدٍ، وَعَدَدُهُمْ اثْنَانِ وَأَرْبَعُونَ رَجُلاً.

 

لقاء ياهو ويهوناداب

15- ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ فَالْتَقَى يَهُونَادَابَ بْنَ رَكَابَ، الَّذِي كَانَ قَادِماً لِمُقَابَلَتِهِ، فَحَيَّاهُ يَاهُو ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ: «هَلْ قَلْبُكَ مُخْلِصٌ لِقَلْبِي مِثْلَ إِخْلاصِ قَلْبِي لِقَلْبِكَ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ يَهُونَادَابُ: «نَعَمْ». فَقَالَ يَاهُو: «إِذَنْ هَاتِ يَدَكَ». فَمَدَّ إِلَيْهِ يَدَهُ فَأَصْعَدَهُ مَعَهُ إِلَى الْمَرْكَبَةِ،
16- وَقَالَ: «تَعَالَ مَعِي لِتَرَى مَدَى غَيْرَتِي لِلرَّبِّ»، وَهَكَذَا أَرْكَبَهُ مَعَهُ فِي الْمَرْكَبَةِ.
17- وَعِنْدَمَا وَصَلَ يَاهُو إِلَى السَّامِرَةِ أَهْلَكَ جَمِيعَ مَنْ بَقِيَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ أَخْآبَ، فَأَفْنَاهُمْ بِمُوْجِبِ قَضَاءِ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي كَلَّمَ بِهِ إِيلِيَّا.

 

مذبحة عَبَدَة البعل

18- ثُمَّ جَمَعَ يَاهُو كُلَّ الشَّعْبِ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لَقَدْ عَبَدَ أَخْآبُ الْبَعْلَ عِبَادَةً طَفِيفَةً، أَمَّا أَنَا فَأُغَالِي فِي عِبَادَتِهِ.
19- فَادْعُوا إِلَيَّ الآنَ جَمِيعَ أَنْبِيَاءِ الْبَعْلِ وَكُلَّ كَهَنَتِهِ وَالْمُتَعَبِّدِينَ لَهُ. لاَ يَتَخَلَّفْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ، لأَنَّنِي عَازِمٌ أَنْ أُقَرِّبَ ذَبِيحَةً عَظِيمَةً لِلْبَعْلِ. وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَتَخَلَّفُ عَنِ الْحُضُورِ يَمُوتُ». وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ مَكِيدَةً مِنْهُ لِكَيْ يَسْتَأْصِلَ عَبَدَةَ الْبَعْلِ.
20- وَقَالَ يَاهُو: «أَقِيمُوا مَحْفَلاً مُقَدَّساً لِلْبَعْلِ». فَنَادَوْا بِهِ.
21- وَاسْتَدْعَى يَاهُو جَمِيعَ عَبَدَةِ الْبَعْلِ مِنْ كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَلَمْ يَتَخَلَّفْ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ، وَدَخَلُوا مَعْبَدَ الْبَعْلِ فَامْتَلأَ بِهِمِ الْمَكَانُ،
22- فَقَالَ لِلْمُشْرِفِ عَلَى الْمَلاَبِسِ: «وَزِّعْ مَلاَبِسَ عَلَى كُلِّ عَبَدَةِ الْبَعْلِ». فَأَخْرَجَهَا وَوَزَّعَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ.
23- ثُمَّ دَخَلَ يَاهُو وَيَهُونَادَابُ بْنُ رَكَابَ إِلَى مَعْبَدِ الْبَعْلِ، وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «فَتِّشُوا إِنْ كَانَ قَدِ انْدَسَّ بَيْنَكُمْ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ عَبِيدِ الرَّبِّ، إِذْ لاَ يَجِبُ أَنْ يَكُونَ هُنَا سِوَى عَبَدَةِ الْبَعْلِ فَقَطْ».
24- وَهَكَذَا دَخَلُوا لِيُقَرِّبُوا ذَبَائِحَ وَمُحْرَقَاتٍ. وَكَانَ يَاهُو قَدْ رَصَدَ كَمِيناً مِنْ ثَمَانِينَ رَجُلاً خَارِجَ الْمَعْبَدِ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «إِنْ أَفْلَتَ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ مِنْ عَبَدَةِ الْبَعْلِ تَكُونُ أَنْفُسُكُمْ عِوَضاً عَنْهُ».
25- وَعِنْدَمَا فَرَغَ يَاهُو مِنْ تَقْرِيبِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ، قَالَ لِلْحُرَّاسِ وَالضُّبَّاطِ: «ادْخُلُوا وَأَهْلِكُوهُمْ! لاَ يُفْلِتْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ». فَأَبَادُوهُمْ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ، وَطَرَحُوا جُثَثَهُمْ. ثُمَّ تَوَجَّهُوا نَحْوَ الْمِحْرَابِ الدَّاخِلِيِّ لِمَعْبَدِ الْبَعْلِ،
26- فَأَخْرَجُوا التَّمَاثِيلَ وَأَحْرَقُوهَا،
27- وَحَطَّمُوا تِمْثَالَ الْبَعْلِ، وَهَدَمُوا الْمَعْبَدَ وَحَوَّلُوهُ إِلَى مَزْبَلَةٍ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

 

موجز لحكم ياهو

28- وَاسْتَأْصَلَ يَاهُو عِبَادَةَ الْبَعْلِ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ.
29- وَلَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَحِدْ عَنْ خَطَايَا يَرُبْعَامَ الَّتِي اسْتَغْوَى بِهَا الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ وَجَعَلَهُمْ يُخْطِئُونَ، إِذْ أَبْقَى عَلَى عُجُولِ الذَّهَبِ الَّتِي فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَفِي دَانَ.
30- وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِيَاهُو: «مِنْ حَيْثُ أَنَّكَ قَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ بِتَنْفِيذِ مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ فِي عَيْنَيَّ، وَأَجْرَيْتَ عَلَى بَيْتِ أَخْآبَ مَا أَضْمَرْتُهُ فِي قَلْبِي، فَإِنَّ أَبْنَاءَكَ يَتَرَبَّعُونَ عَلَى عَرْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى الْجِيلِ الرَّابِعِ».
31- وَلَكِنَّ يَاهُو لَمْ يَحْرِصْ عَلَى السُّلُوكِ فِي شَرِيعَةِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِهِ، إِذْ وَاظَبَ عَلَى ارْتِكَابِ خَطَايَا يَرُبْعَامَ الَّتِي اسْتَغْوَى بِهَا الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ وَجَعَلَهُمْ يُخْطِئُونَ.

 

موت ياهو

32- وَفِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ بَدَأَ الرَّبُّ يُخَفِّضُ مِنْ مِسَاحَةِ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَاسْتَوْلَى حَزَائِيلُ عَلَى أَجْزَاءٍ كَبِيرَةٍ مِنْ مَنَاطِقِهِمْ.
33- ابْتِدَاءً مِنْ شَرْقِيِّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ، بِمَا فِي ذَلِكَ أَرْضُ جِلْعَادَ، أَرْضُ الْجَادِيِّينَ وَالرَّأُوبَيْنِيِّينَ، وَالْمَنَسِّيِّينَ، مِنْ عَرُوعِيرَ الْقَائِمَةِ عَلَى وَادِي أَرْنُونَ وَجِلْعَادَ وَبَاشَانَ.
34- أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ يَاهُو وَكُلُّ مَا عَمِلَهُ أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟
35- وَمَاتَ يَاهُو وَدُفِنَ فِي السَّامِرَةِ وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ يَهُوأَحَازُ.
36- وَدَامَ مُلْكُ يَاهُو عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي السَّامِرَةِ ثَمَانِياً وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً.

 

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