1 Re ( ملوك) 2

SMITH VAN DYKE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 ولما قربت ايام وفاة داود اوصى سليمان ابنه قائلا	1 Now the days of David had drawn near, so that he would die, and he instructed his son Solomon, saying:
2 انا ذاهب في طريق الارض كلها. فتشدد وكن رجلا.	2 “I am entering the way of all the earth. Be strengthened and be a good man.
3 احفظ شعائر الرب الهك اذ تسير في طرقه وتحفظ فرائضه وصاياه واحكامه وشهاداته كما هو مكتوب في شريعة موسى لكي تفلح في كل ما تفعل وحيثما توجهت.	3 And observe the care of the Lord your God, so that you walk in his ways, so that you care for his ceremonies, and his precepts, and judgments, and testimonies, just as it is written in the law of Moses. So may you understand everything that you do, in any direction that you may turn yourself.
4 لكي يقيم الرب كلامه الذي تكلم به عني قائلا اذا حفظ بنوك طريقهم وسلكوا امامي بالامانة من كل قلوبهم وكل انفسهم قال لا يعدم لك رجل عن كرسي اسرائيل.	4 So may the Lord confirm his words, which he has spoken about me, saying: ‘If your sons will guard their ways, and if they will walk before me in truth, with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not be taken away from you a man on the throne of Israel.’
5 وانت ايضا تعلم ما فعل بي يوآب ابن صروية ما فعل لرئيسي جيوش اسرائيل ابنير بن نير وعماسا بن يثر اذ قتلهما وسفك دم الحرب في الصلح وجعل دم الحرب في منطقته التي على حقويه وفي نعليه اللتين برجليه.	5 Also, you know what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, has done to me, what he did to the two leaders of the army of Israel, to Abner, the son of Ner, and to Amasa, the son of Jether. He killed them, and so he shed the blood of war in peace time, and he set the bloodshed of battle on his belt, which was around his waist, and in his shoes, which were on his feet.
6 فافعل حسب حكمتك ولا تدع شيبته تنحدر بسلام الى الهاوية.	6 Therefore, act according to your wisdom. And you shall not allow his gray head to be led away to death in peace.
7 وافعل معروفا لبني برزلاي الجلعادي فيكونوا بين الآكلين على مائدتك لانهم هكذا تقدموا اليّ عند هربي من وجه ابشالوم اخيك.	7 Then, too, repay grace to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite. And you shall allow them to eat at your table. For they met me when I fled from the face of Absalom, your brother.
8 وهوذا معك شمعي بن جيرا البنياميني من بحوريم. وهو لعنني لعنة شديدة يوم انطلقت الى محنايم وقد نزل للقائي الى الاردن فحلفت له بالرب قائلا اني لا اميتك بالسيف.	8 Also, you have with you Shimei, the son of Gera, the son of Benjamin, from Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse, when I went away to the camp. And he descended to meet me when I crossed over the Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death by the sword,’
9 والآن فلا تبرره لانك انت رجل حكيم فاعلم ما تفعل به واحدر شيبته بالدم الى الهاوية.	9 yet do not choose to treat him as if he were innocent. Since you are a wise man, you will know what to do with him. And you shall lead away his grey hair to death with blood.”
10 واضطجع داود مع آبائه ودفن في مدينة داود.	10 And so, David slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David.
11 وكان الزمان الذي ملك فيه داود على اسرائيل اربعين سنة. في حبرون ملك سبع سنين وفي اورشليم ملك ثلاثا وثلاثين سنة.	11 Now the days during which David reigned over Israel are forty years: he reigned seven years in Hebron, thirty-three in Jerusalem.
12 وجلس سليمان على كرسي داود ابيه وتثبّت ملكه جدا	12 Then Solomon sat upon the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was strengthened exceedingly.
13 ثم جاء ادونيا بن حجيث الى بثشبع ام سليمان. فقالت أللسلام جئت. فقال للسلام.	13 And Adonijah, the son of Haggith, entered to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon. And she said to him, “Is your entrance peaceful?” He responded, “It is peaceful.”
14 ثم قال. لي معك كلمة. فقالت تكلم.	14 And he added, “My word is for you.” She said to him, “Speak.” And he said:
15 فقال انت تعلمين ان الملك كان لي وقد جعل جميع اسرائيل وجوههم نحوي لاملك فدار الملك وصار لاخي لانه من قبل الرب صار له.	15 “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all of Israel had preferred me for themselves as king. But the kingdom was transferred, and has become my brother’s. For it was appointed to him by the Lord.
16 والآن اسألك سوالا واحدا فلا ترديني فيه. فقالت له تكلم.	16 Now therefore, I beg of you one petition. May you not confound my face.” And she said to him, “Speak.”
17 فقال قولي لسليمان الملك لانه لا يردك ان يعطيني ابيشج الشونمية امرأة.	17 And he said: “I beg that you may speak to king Solomon, for he is not able to refuse anything to you, so that he may give Abishag the Shunammite to me as wife.”
18 فقالت بثشبع حسنا. انا اتكلم عنك الى الملك.	18 And Bathsheba said: “It is well. I will speak to the king on your behalf.”
19 فدخلت بثشبع الى الملك سليمان لتكلمه عن ادونيا. فقام الملك للقائها وسجد لها وجلس على كرسيه ووضع كرسيا لام الملك فجلست عن يمينه.	19 Then Bathsheba went to king Solomon, so that she might speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and he reverenced her, and he sat down upon his throne. And a throne was stationed for the mother of the king, and she sat at his right hand.
20 وقالت انما اسألك سوالا واحدا صغيرا. لا تردني. فقال لها الملك اسألي يا امي لاني لا اردك.	20 And she said to him: “I petition one small request from you. May you not confound my face.” And the king said to her: “Ask, my mother. For it is not right that I turn away your face.”
21 فقالت لتعط ابيشج الشونمية لادونيا اخيك امرأة.	21 And she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah, your brother, as wife.”
22 فاجاب الملك سليمان وقال لامه ولماذا انت تسألين ابيشج الشونمية لادونيا. فاسألي له الملك. لانه اخي الاكبر مني. له ولابياثار الكاهن وليوآب ابن صروية	22 And king Solomon responded, and he said to his mother: “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Why not request the kingdom for him! For he is my older brother, and he has Abiathar, the priest, and Joab, the son of Zeruiah.”
23 وحلف سليمان الملك بالرب قائلا هكذا يفعل لي الله وهكذا يزيد انه قد تكلم ادونيا بهذا الكلام ضد نفسه.	23 And so king Solomon swore by the Lord, saying: “May God do these things to me, and may he add these other things! For Adonijah has spoken this word against his own life.
24 والآن حيّ هو الرب الذي ثبتني واجلسني على كرسي داود ابي والذي صنع لي بيتا كما تكلم انه اليوم يقتل ادونيا.	24 And now, as the Lord lives, who has confirmed me and placed me upon the throne of my father David, and who, just as he said, has made a house for me: Adonijah shall be put to death this day.”
25 فارسل الملك سليمان بيد بناياهو بن يهوياداع فبطش به فمات.	25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who put him to death, and so he died.
26 وقال الملك لابياثار الكاهن اذهب الى عناثوث الى حقولك لانك مستوجب الموت ولست اقتلك في هذا اليوم لانك حملت تابوت سيدي الرب امام داود ابي ولانك تذللت بكل ما تذلل به ابي.	26 Also, the king said to Abiathar, the priest: “Go into Anathoth, to your own land, for you are a man worthy of death. But I will not put you to death this day, since you carried the ark of the Lord God before David, my father, and since you have endured hardship in all the things, for which my father labored.”
27 وطرد سليمان ابياثار عن ان يكون كاهنا للرب لاتمام كلام الرب الذي تكلم به على بيت عالي في شيلوه.	27 Therefore, Solomon cast out Abiathar, so that he would not be the priest of the Lord, so that the word of the Lord might be fulfilled, which he spoke over the house of Eli at Shiloh.
28 فأتى الخبر الى يوآب. لان يوآب مال وراء ادونيا ولم يمل وراء ابشالوم. فهرب يوآب الى خيمة الرب وتمسك بقرون المذبح.	28 And the news came to Joab, for Joab had turned aside after Adonijah, and he had not turned aside after Solomon. And so, Joab fled into the tabernacle of the Lord, and he took hold of the horn of the altar.
29 فأخبر الملك سليمان بان يوآب قد هرب الى خيمة الرب وها هو بجانب المذبح. فارسل سليمان بناياهو بن يهوياداع قائلا اذهب ابطش به.	29 And it was reported to king Solomon that Joab had fled into the tabernacle of the Lord, and that he was beside the altar. And Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, put him to death.”
30 فدخل بناياهو الى خيمة الرب وقال له هكذا يقول الملك اخرج. فقال كلا ولكنني هنا اموت. فرد بناياهو الجواب على الملك قائلا هكذا تكلم يوآب وهكذا جاوبني.	30 And Benaiah went to the tabernacle of the Lord, and he said to him: “The king says this: ‘Come out.’ ” But he said: “I will not come out. Instead, I will die here.” Benaiah sent word back to the king, saying, “Joab said this, and he responded to me in this way.”
31 فقال له الملك افعل كما تكلم وابطش به وادفنه وازل عني وعن بيت ابي الدم الزكي الذي سفكه يوآب.	31 And the king said to him, “Do just as he has said. And put him to death, and bury him. And so shall you take away the innocent blood, which was shed by Joab, from me and from my father’s house.
32 فيرد الرب دمه على راسه لانه بطش برجلين بريئين وخير منه وقتلهما بالسيف وابي داود لا يعلم وهما ابنير بن نير رئيس جيش اسرائيل وعماسا بن يثر رئيس جيش يهوذا.	32 And the Lord shall repay his blood upon his own head. For he killed two men, just and better than himself, and he killed them with the sword, while my father, David, did not know it: Abner, the son of Ner, leader of the military of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, leader of the army of Judah.
33 فيرتدّ دمهما على راس يوآب وراس نسله الى الابد ويكون لداود ونسله وبيته وكرسيه سلام الى الابد من عند الرب.	33 And their blood shall be turned back upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his offspring forever. But as for David, and his offspring and house, and his throne, may there be peace from the Lord, even unto eternity.”
34 فصعد بناياهو بن يهويادع وبطش به وقتله فدفن في بيته في البرية.	34 And so Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, went up and, attacking him, put him to death. And he was buried in his own house in the desert.
35 وجعل الملك بناياهو بن يهوياداع مكانه على الجيش وجعل الملك صادوق الكاهن مكان ابياثار	35 And the king appointed Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, in his place over the army. And he appointed Zadok, the priest, in place of Abiathar.
36 ثم ارسل الملك ودعا شمعي وقال له. ابن لنفسك بيتا في اورشليم واقم هناك ولا تخرج من هناك الى هنا او هنالك.	36 Also, the king sent for and summoned Shimei, and he said to him: “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem, and live there. And do not depart from that place to here or to there.
37 فيوم تخرج وتعبر وادي قدرون اعلمنّ بانك موتا تموت ويكون دمك على راسك.	37 For on whatever day you will have departed and crossed the torrent Kidron, know that you shall be put to death. Your blood will be upon your own head.”
38 فقال شمعي للملك حسن الامر كما تكلم سيدي الملك كذلك يصنع عبدك. فاقام شمعي في اورشليم اياما كثيرة.	38 And Shimei said to the king: “The word is good. Just as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do.” And so Shimei lived in Jerusalem for many days.
39 وفي نهاية ثلاث سنين هرب عبدان لشمعي الى اخيش بن معكة ملك جتّ. فاخبروا شمعي قائلين هوذا عبداك في جتّ.	39 But it happened that, after three years, the servants of Shimei fled to Achish, the son of Maacah, the king of Gath. And it was reported to Shimei that his servants had gone away to Gath.
40 فقام شمعي وشدّ على حماره وذهب الى جتّ الى اخيش ليفتش على عبديه فانطلق شمعي وأتى بعبديه من جتّ.	40 And Shimei rose up, and he saddled his donkey. And went away to Achish in Gath, in order to seek his servants. And he led them away from Gath.
41 فأخبر سليمان بان شمعي قد انطلق من اورشليم الى جتّ ورجع.	41 And it was reported to Solomon that Shimei had gone away from Jerusalem to Gath, and had returned.
42 فارسل الملك ودعا شمعي وقال له أما استحلفتك بالرب واشهدت عليك قائلا انك يوم تخرج وتذهب الى هنا وهنالك اعلمنّ بانك موتا تموت فقلت لي حسن الأمر. قد سمعت.	42 And sending, he summoned him, and he said to him: “Did I not testify to you by the Lord, and warn you in advance, ‘On whatever day, having departed, you go forth to here or to there, know that you shall die?’ And you responded to me, ‘The word that I have heard is good.’
43 فلماذا لم تحفظ يمين الرب والوصية التي اوصيتك بها.	43 Then why have you not kept the oath to the Lord, and the commandment which I instructed to you?”
44 ثم قال الملك لشمعي انت عرفت كل الشر الذي علمه قلبك الذي فعلته لداود ابي فليرد الرب شرك على راسك.	44 And the king said to Shimei: “You know all the evil, of which your heart is conscious, which you did to David, my father. The Lord has repaid your wickedness upon your own head.”
45 والملك سليمان يبارك وكرسي داود يكون ثابتا امام الرب الى الابد.	45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord, even forever.
46 وأمر الملك بناياهو بن يهوياداع فخرج وبطش به فمات. وتثبت الملك بيد سليمان	46 And so the king commanded Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada. And going out, he struck him down, and he died.