1 وملك يهوشافاط ابنه عوضا عنه وتشدد على اسرائيل. | 1 When his son Jehoshaphat succeeded him, he made himself stronger against Israel |
2 وجعل جيشا في جميع مدن يهوذا الحصينة وجعل وكلاء في ارض يهوذا وفي مدن افرايم التي اخذها آسا ابوه. | 2 by stationing troops in al the fortified towns in Judah and by garrisoning Judah and the towns ofEphraim which his father Asa had captured. |
3 وكان الرب مع يهوشافاط لانه سار في طرق داود ابيه الاولى ولم يطلب البعليم | 3 Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat because he fol owed the example of his father's earlier days and didnot have recourse to Baal, |
4 ولكنه طلب اله ابيه وسار في وصاياه لا حسب اعمال اسرائيل. | 4 but sought Yahweh, the God of his father, fol owing his commandments and not behaving as Israeldid. |
5 فثبّت الرب المملكة في يده وقدم كل يهوذا هدايا ليهوشافاط وكان له غنى وكرامة بكثرة. | 5 Because of this, Yahweh put him in secure control of the kingdom, while al Judah gave Jehoshaphatpresents until ample riches and honour were his. |
6 وتقوى قلبه في طرق الرب ونزع ايضا المرتفعات والسواري من يهوذا | 6 He was so enthusiastic about obeying Yahweh that once again he abolished the high places andsacred poles in Judah. |
7 وفي السنة الثالثة لملكه ارسل الى رؤسائه الى بنحائل وعوبديا وزكريا ونثنيئل وميخايا ان يعلّموا في مدن يهوذا | 7 In the third year of his reign he sent his leading men-Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel andMicaiah, to give instruction in the towns of Judah. |
8 ومعهم اللاويون شمعيا ونثنيا وزبديا وعسائيل وشميراموث ويهوناثان وادونيا وطوبيا وطوب ادونيا اللاويون ومعهم اليشمع ويهورام الكاهنان. | 8 With them went the Levites: Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan,Adonijah and Tobijah, the Levites; Elishama and Jehoram the priests went with them. |
9 فعلّموا في يهوذا ومعهم سفر شريعة الرب وجالوا في جميع مدن يهوذا وعلّموا الشعب. | 9 They gave instruction in Judah, having with them the book of the Law of Yahweh, and went round althe towns of Judah instructing the people. |
10 وكانت هيبة الرب على جميع ممالك الاراضي التي حول يهوذا فلم يحاربوا يهوشافاط. | 10 A panic from Yahweh seized all the kings of the countries surrounding Judah, as a result of whichthey did not make war on Jehoshaphat. |
11 وبعض الفلسطينيين اتوا يهوشافاط بهدايا وحمل فضة والعربان ايضا أتوه بغنم من الكباش سبعة آلاف وسبع مئة ومن التيوس سبعة آلاف وسبع مئة | 11 Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents and a load of silver and the Arabs brought himseven thousand seven hundred rams and seven thousand seven hundred he-goats. |
12 وكان يهوشافاط يتعظم جدا وبنى في يهوذا حصونا ومدن مخازن. | 12 Jehoshaphat became more and more powerful. He built fortresses and storage towns in Judah. |
13 وكان له شغل كثير في مدن يهوذا ورجال حرب جبابرة بأس في اورشليم. | 13 He accumulated ample supplies in the towns of Judah. He also had warriors, outstanding men, inJerusalem. |
14 وهذا عددهم حسب بيوت آبائهم من يهوذا رؤساء الوف. عدنة الرئيس ومعه جبابرة بأس ثلاث مئة الف. | 14 According to family, this is how they were classified: Over the commanders of the thousands ofJudah was General Adnah, who had three hundred thousand outstanding men; |
15 وبجانبه يهوناثان الرئيس ومعه مئتان وثمانون الفا. | 15 Under him was General Jehohanan, who had two hundred and eighty thousand; |
16 وبجانبه عمسيا بن زكري المنتدب للرب ومعه مئتا الف جبار باس. | 16 Under him was Amasiah son of Zichri, who had volunteered for Yahweh and who had two hundredthousand outstanding men; |
17 ومن بنيامين الياداع جبار بأس ومعه من المتسلحين بالقسي والاتراس مئتا الف. | 17 That outstanding soldier, Eliada, represented Benjamin, and he had two hundred thousand menarmed with bow and shield; |
18 وبجانبه يهوزاباد ومعه مئة وثمانون الفا متجردون للحرب. | 18 And under him Jehozabad, who had one hundred and eighty thousand equipped for war. |
19 هؤلاء خدام الملك فضلا عن الذين جعلهم الملك في المدن الحصينة في كل يهوذا | 19 These were in attendance on the king, apart from those whom the king had stationed in the fortifiedtowns al over Judah. |