2 Chronicles 18

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1 Jehoshaphat therefore had wealth and glory in abundance; but he became related to Ahab by marriage.	1 وكان ليهوشافاط غنى وكرامة بكثرة. وصاهر اخآب.
2 After some years he went down to Ahab at Samaria; Ahab offered numerous sheep and oxen for him and the people with him, and persuaded him to go up against Ramoth-gilead.	2 ونزل بعد سنين الى اخآب الى السامرة. فذبح اخآب غنما وبقرا بكثرة له وللشعب الذي معه واغواه ان يصعد الى راموت جلعاد.
3 Ahab, king of Israel, asked Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, "Will you come with me to Ramoth-gilead?" "You and I are as one," was his answer; "your people and my people as well. We will be with you in the battle."	3 وقال اخآب ملك اسرائيل ليهوشافاط ملك يهوذا أتذهب معي الى راموت جلعاد. وقال له مثلي مثلك وشعبي كشعبك ومعك في القتال.
4 But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, "Seek the word of the LORD at once."	4 ثم قال يهوشافاط لملك اسرائيل اسأل اليوم عن كلام الرب.
5 The king of Israel gathered his prophets, four hundred in number, and asked them, "Shall we go to attack Ramoth-gilead, or shall I refrain?" "Go up," they answered. "God will deliver it over to the king."	5 فجمع ملك اسرائيل الانبياء اربع مئة رجل وقال لهم أنذهب الى راموت جلعاد للقتال ام امتنع. فقالوا اصعد فيدفعها الله ليد الملك.
6 But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there no other prophet of the LORD here whom we may consult?"	6 فقال يهوشافاط أليس هنا ايضا نبي للرب فنسأل منه.
7 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, "There is still another through whom we may consult the LORD, but I hate him, for he prophesies not good but always evil about me. That is Micaiah, son of Imlah." Jeshoshaphat said, "Let not your Majesty speak of evil against you."	7 فقال ملك اسرائيل ليهوشافاط بعد رجل واحد لسؤال الرب به ولكنني ابغضه لانه لا يتنبأ علي خيرا بل شرا كل ايامه. وهو ميخا بن يملة. فقال يهوشافاط لا يقل الملك هكذا.
8 So the king of Israel called an official, to whom he said, "Get Micaiah, son of Imlah, at once."	8 فدعا ملك اسرائيل خصيا وقال اسرع بميخا بن يملة.
9 The king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were seated each on his throne, clothed in their robes of state on a threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were prophesying before them.	9 وكان ملك اسرائيل ويهوشافاط ملك يهوذا جالسين كل واحد على كرسيه لابسين ثيابهما وجالسين في ساحة عند مدخل باب السامرة وجميع الانبياء يتنبأون امامهما.
10 Zedekiah, son of Chenaanah, made iron horns for himself and said: "The LORD says, 'With these you shall gore Aram until you have destroyed them.'"	10 وعمل صدقيا بن كنعنة لنفسه قرون حديد وقال هكذا قال الرب بهذه تنطح الاراميين حتى يفنوا.
11 The other prophets prophesied in the same vein, saying: "Go up to Ramoth-gilead. You shall succeed; the LORD will deliver it over to the king."	11 وتنبأ جميع الانبياء هكذا قائلين اصعد الى راموت جلعاد وافلح فيدفعها الرب ليد الملك
12 The messenger who had gone to call Micaiah said to him: "Look now, the prophets unanimously predict good for the king. Let your word, like each of theirs, predict good."	12 واما الرسول الذي ذهب ليدعو ميخا فكلّمه قائلا. هوذا كلام جميع الانبياء بفم واحد خير للملك. فليكن كلامك كواحد منهم وتكلم بخير.
13 "As the LORD lives," Micaiah answered, "I will say what my God tells me."	13 فقال ميخا حيّ هو الرب ان ما يقوله الهي فبه اتكلم.
14 When he came to the king, the king said to him, "Micaiah, shall we go to fight against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I refrain?" "Go up," he answered, "and succeed; they will be delivered into your power."	14 ولما جاء الى الملك قال له الملك يا ميخا أنذهب الى راموت جلعاد للقتال ام امتنع. فقال اصعدوا وافلحوا فيدفعوا ليدكم.
15 But the king said to him, "How many times must I adjure you to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?"	15 فقال له الملك كم مرة استحلفك ان لا تقول لي الا الحق باسم الرب.
16 Then Micaiah answered: "I see all Israel scattered on the mountains, like sheep without a shepherd, and the LORD saying, 'These have no master!' Let each of them go back home in peace.'"	16 فقال رأيت كل اسرائيل مشتّتين على الجبال كخراف لا راعي لها. فقال الرب ليس لهؤلاء اصحاب فليرجعوا كل واحد الى بيته بسلام.
17 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you that he prophesies no good about me, but only evil?"	17 فقال ملك اسرائيل ليهوشافاط أما قلت لك انه لا يتنبأ عليّ خيرا بل شرا.
18 But Micaiah continued: "Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD seated on his throne, with the whole host of heaven standing by to his right and to his left.	18 وقال فاسمع اذا كلام الرب. قد رأيت الرب جالسا على كرسيه وكل جند السماء وقوف عن يمينه وعن يساره.
19 The LORD asked, 'Who will deceive Ahab, king of Israel, so that he will go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?' And one said this, another that,	19 فقال الرب من يغوي اخآب ملك اسرائيل فيصعد ويسقط في راموت جلعاد. فقال هذا هكذا وقال ذاك هكذا.
20 until a spirit came forward and presented himself to the LORD, saying, 'I will deceive him.' The LORD asked, 'How?'	20 ثم خرج الروح ووقف امام الرب وقال انا اغويه. فقال له الرب بماذا.
21 He answered, 'I will go forth and become a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.' The LORD agreed: 'You shall succeed in deceiving him. Go forth and do this.'	21 فقال اخرج واكون لروح كذب في افواه جميع انبيائه. فقال انك تغويه وتقتدر. فاخرج وافعل هكذا.
22 So now the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of these your prophets, but the LORD himself has decreed evil against you."	22 والآن هوذا قد جعل الرب روح كذب في افواه انبيائك هؤلاء والرب تكلم عليك بشر.
23 Thereupon Zedekiah, son of Chenaanah, came up and slapped Micaiah on the cheek, saying, "Which way did the spirit of the LORD go when he left me to speak to you?"	23 فتقدم صدقيا بن كنعنة وضرب ميخا على الفك وقال من اي طريق عبر روح الرب مني ليكلمك.
24 "You shall find out," Micaiah replied, "on that day when you enter an innermost chamber to hide."	24 فقال ميخا انك سترى في ذلك اليوم الذي تدخل فيه من مخدع الى مخدع لتختبئ.
25 The king of Israel then said: "Seize Micaiah and take him back to Amon, prefect of the city, and to Joash the king's son,	25 فقال ملك اسرائيل خذوا ميخا وردّوه الى امون رئيس المدينة والى يوآش ابن الملك
26 and say, 'This is the king's order: Put this man in prison and feed him scanty rations of bread and water until I return in safety!'"	26 وقولوا هكذا يقول الملك ضعوا هذا في السجن واطعموه خبز الضيق وماء الضيق حتى ارجع بسلام.
27 But Micaiah said, "If ever you return in safety, the LORD has not spoken through me." And he said, "Hear, O peoples, all of you!"	27 فقال ميخا ان رجعت رجوعا بسلام فلم يتكلم الرب بي. وقال اسمعوا ايها الشعوب اجمعون
28 The king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead	28 فصعد ملك اسرائيل ويهوشافاط ملك يهوذا الى راموت جلعاد.
29 and the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will go into battle disguised, but you put on your own clothes." So the king of Israel disguised himself and they entered the fray.	29 وقال ملك اسرائيل ليهوشافاط اني اتنكر وادخل الحرب. واما انت فالبس ثيابك. فتنكّر ملك اسرائيل ودخلا الحرب.
30 Meanwhile, the king of Aram had given his chariot commanders the order, "Fight with no one, small or great, except the king of Israel."	30 وأمر ملك ارام رؤساء المركبات التي له قائلا لا تحاربوا صغيرا ولا كبيرا الا ملك اسرائيل وحده.
31 When the commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they exclaimed, "That must be the king of Israel!" and shifted to fight him. But Jehoshaphat cried out and the LORD helped him; God induced them to leave him.	31 فلما رأى رؤساء المركبات يهوشافاط قالوا انه ملك اسرائيل فحاوطوه للقتال فصرخ يهوشافاط وساعده الرب وحوّلهم الله عنه.
32 The chariot commanders became aware that he was not the king of Israel and gave up their pursuit of him.	32 فلما رأى رؤساء المركبات انه ليس ملك اسرائيل رجعوا عنه.
33 Someone, however, drew his bow at random and hit the king of Israel between the joints of his breastplate. He ordered his charioteer, "Rein about and take me out of the ranks, for I am disabled."	33 وان رجلا نزع في قوسه غير متعمد وضرب ملك اسرائيل بين اوصال الدرع فقال لمدير المركبة رد يدك واخرجني من الجيش لاني قد جرحت.
34 The battle grew fierce during the day, and the king of Israel braced himself up on his chariot facing the Arameans until evening. He died as the sun was setting.	34 واشتدّ القتال في ذلك اليوم وأوقف ملك اسرائيل في المركبة مقابل ارام الى المساء ومات عند غروب الشمس