2 KINGS 17	ملوك ثاني 17
1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned nine years.	1 فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّانِيَةَ عَشَرَةَ لآحَازَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، مَلَكَ هُوشَعُ بْنُ أَيْلَةَ فِي السَّامِرَةِ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ تِسْعَ سِنِينَ.
2 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as the kings of Israel who were before him.	2 وَعَمِلَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، وَلَكِنْ لَيْسَ كَمُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا قَبْلَهُ.
3 Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him; and Hoshea became his vassal, and paid him tribute money.	3 وَصَعِدَ عَلَيْهِ شَلْمَنْأَسَرُ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ فَصَارَ لَهُ هُوشَعُ عَبْداً وَدَفَعَ لَهُ جِزْيَةً.
4 And the king of Assyria uncovered a conspiracy by Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and brought no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.	4 وَوَجَدَ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ فِي هُوشَعَ خِيَانَةً، لأَنَّهُ أَرْسَلَ رُسُلاً إِلَى سَوَا مَلِكِ مِصْرَ وَلَمْ يُؤَدِّ جِزْيَةً إِلَى مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ حَسَبَ كُلِّ سَنَةٍ، فَقَبَضَ عَلَيْهِ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ وَأَوْثَقَهُ فِي السِّجْنِ.
5 Now the king of Assyria went throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years.	5 وَصَعِدَ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ عَلَى كُلِّ الأَرْضِ، وَصَعِدَ إِلَى السَّامِرَةِ وَحَاصَرَهَا ثَلاَثَ سِنِينَ.
6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.	6 فِي السَّنَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ لِهُوشَعَ أَخَذَ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ السَّامِرَةَ، وَسَبَى إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى أَشُّورَ وَأَسْكَنَهُمْ فِي حَلَحَ وَخَابُورَ نَهْرِ جُوزَانَ وَفِي مُدُنِ مَادِي.
7 For so it was that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and they had feared other gods,	7 وَكَانَ أَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَخْطَأُوا إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمِ الَّذِي أَصْعَدَهُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ مِنْ تَحْتِ يَدِ فِرْعَوْنَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ وَاتَّقُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى،
8 and had walked in the statutes of the nations whom the Lord had cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.	8 وَسَلَكُوا حَسَبَ فَرَائِضِ الأُمَمِ الَّذِينَ طَرَدَهُمُ الرَّبُّ مِنْ أَمَامِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَمُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِينَ أَقَامُوهُمْ.
9 Also the children of Israel secretly did against the Lord their God things that were not right, and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from watchtower to fortified city.	9 وَعَمِلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ سِرّاً ضِدَّ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمْ أُمُوراً لَيْسَتْ بِمُسْتَقِيمَةٍ، وَبَنُوا لأَنْفُسِهِمْ مُرْتَفَعَاتٍ فِي جَمِيعِ مُدُنِهِمْ مِنْ بُرْجِ النَّوَاطِيرِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ الْمُحَصَّنَةِ.
10 They set up for themselves sacred pillars and wooden images on every high hill and under every green tree.	10 وَأَقَامُوا لأَنْفُسِهِمْ أَنْصَاباً وَسَوَارِيَ عَلَى كُلِّ تَلٍّ عَالٍ وَتَحْتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ.
11 There they burned incense on all the high places, like the nations whom the Lord had carried away before them; and they did wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger,	11 وَأَوْقَدُوا هُنَاكَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ مِثْلَ الأُمَمِ الَّذِينَ سَاقَهُمُ الرَّبُّ مِنْ أَمَامِهِمْ، وَعَمِلُوا أُمُوراً قَبِيحَةً لإِغَاظَةِ الرَّبِّ.
12 for they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, "You shall not do this thing."	12 وَعَبَدُوا الأَصْنَامَ الَّتِي قَالَ الرَّبُّ لَهُمْ عَنْهَا: [لاَ تَعْمَلُوا هَذَا الأَمْرَ].
13 Yet the Lord testified against Israel and against Judah, by all of His prophets, every seer, saying, "Turn from your evil ways, and keep My commandments and My statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by My servants the prophets."	13 وَأَشْهَدَ الرَّبُّ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ وَعَلَى يَهُوذَا عَنْ يَدِ جَمِيعِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ وَكُلِّ رَاءٍ قَائِلاً: [ارْجِعُوا عَنْ طُرُقِكُمُ الرَّدِيئَةِ وَاحْفَظُوا وَصَايَايَ فَرَائِضِي حَسَبَ كُلِّ الشَّرِيعَةِ الَّتِي أَوْصَيْتُ بِهَا آبَاءَكُمْ، وَالَّتِي أَرْسَلْتُهَا إِلَيْكُمْ عَنْ يَدِ عَبِيدِي الأَنْبِيَاءِ].
14 Nevertheless they would not hear, but stiffened their necks, like the necks of their fathers, who did not believe in the Lord their God.	14 فَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا بَلْ صَلَّبُوا أَقْفِيَتَهُمْ كَأَقْفِيَةِ آبَائِهِمِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِالرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمْ.
15 And they rejected His statutes and His covenant that He had made with their fathers, and His testimonies which He had testified against them; they followed idols, became idolaters, and went after the nations who were all around them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them that they should not do like them.	15 وَرَفَضُوا فَرَائِضَهُ وَعَهْدَهُ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ مَعَ آبَائِهِمْ وَشَهَادَاتِهِ الَّتِي شَهِدَ بِهَا عَلَيْهِمْ، وَسَارُوا وَرَاءَ الْبَاطِلِ، وَصَارُوا بَاطِلاً وَرَاءَ الأُمَمِ الَّذِينَ حَوْلَهُمُ، الَّذِينَ أَمَرَهُمُ الرَّبُّ أَنْ لاَ يَعْمَلُوا مِثْلَهُمْ.
16 So they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, made for themselves a molded image and two calves, made a wooden image and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.	16 وَتَرَكُوا جَمِيعَ وَصَايَا الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمْ وَعَمِلُوا لأَنْفُسِهِمْ مَسْبُوكَاتٍ عِجْلَيْنِ، وَعَمِلُوا سَوَارِيَ وَسَجَدُوا لِجَمِيعِ جُنْدِ السَّمَاءِ، وَعَبَدُوا الْبَعْلَ.
17 And they caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and soothsaying, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.	17 وَعَبَّرُوا بَنِيهِمْ وَبَنَاتِهِمْ فِي النَّارِ، وَعَرَفُوا عِرَافَةً وَتَفَاءَلُوا، وَبَاعُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ لِعَمَلِ الشَّرِّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ لإِغَاظَتِهِ.
18 Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them from His sight; there was none left but the tribe of Judah alone.	18 فَغَضِبَ الرَّبُّ جِدّاً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ وَنَحَّاهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِهِ، وَلَمْ يَبْقَ إِلاَّ سِبْطُ يَهُوذَا وَحْدَهُ.
19 Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.	19 وَيَهُوذَا أَيْضاً لَمْ يَحْفَظُوا وَصَايَا الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمْ بَلْ سَلَكُوا فِي فَرَائِضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّتِي عَمِلُوهَا.
20 And the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel, afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them from His sight.	20 فَرَذَلَ الرَّبُّ كُلَّ نَسْلِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَذَلَّهُمْ وَدَفَعَهُمْ لِيَدِ نَاهِبِينَ حَتَّى طَرَحَهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِهِ،
21 For He tore Israel from the house of David, and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. Then Jeroboam drove Israel from following the Lord, and made them commit a great sin.	21 لأَنَّهُ شَقَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ بَيْتِ دَاوُدَ، فَمَلَّكُوا يَرُبْعَامَ بْنَ نَبَاطَ، فَأَبْعَدَ يَرُبْعَامُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الرَّبِّ وَجَعَلَهُمْ يُخْطِئُونَ خَطِيَّةً عَظِيمَةً.
22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them,	22 وَسَلَكَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي جَمِيعِ خَطَايَا يَرُبْعَامَ الَّتِي عَمِلَ. لَمْ يَحِيدُوا عَنْهَا
23 until the Lord removed Israel out of His sight, as He had said by all His servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away from their own land to Assyria, as it is to this day.	23 حَتَّى نَحَّى الرَّبُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَمَامِهِ كَمَا تَكَلَّمَ عَنْ يَدِ جَمِيعِ عَبِيدِهِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ، فَسُبِيَ إِسْرَائِيلُ مِنْ أَرْضِهِ إِلَى أَشُّورَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.
24 Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they took possession of Samaria and dwelt in its cities.	24 وَأَتَى مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ بِقَوْمٍ مِنْ بَابِلَ وَكُوثَ وَعَوَّا وَحَمَاةَ وَسَفَرْوَايِمَ وَأَسْكَنَهُمْ فِي مُدُنِ السَّامِرَةِ عِوَضاً عَنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَامْتَلَكُوا السَّامِرَةَ وَسَكَنُوا فِي مُدُنِهَا.
25 And it was so, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they did not fear the Lord; therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which killed some of them.	25 وَكَانَ فِي ابْتِدَاءِ سَكَنِهِمْ هُنَاكَ أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَتَّقُوا الرَّبَّ، فَأَرْسَلَ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْهِمِ السِّبَاعَ فَكَانَتْ تَقْتُلُ مِنْهُمْ.
26 So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, "The nations whom you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the rituals of the God of the land; therefore He has sent lions among them, and indeed, they are killing them because they do not know the rituals of the God of the land."	26 فَقَالُوا لِمَلِكِ أَشُّورَ: [إِنَّ الأُمَمَ الَّذِينَ سَبَيْتَهُمْ وَأَسْكَنْتَهُمْ فِي مُدُنِ السَّامِرَةِ لاَ يَعْرِفُونَ قَضَاءَ إِلَهِ الأَرْضِ، فَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمِ السِّبَاعَ فَهِيَ تَقْتُلُهُمْ لأَنَّهُمْ لاَ يَعْرِفُونَ قَضَاءَ إِلَهِ الأَرْضِ].
27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, "Send there one of the priests whom you brought from there; let him go and dwell there, and let him teach them the rituals of the God of the land."	27 فَأَمَرَ مَلِكُ أَشُّورَ: [ابْعَثُوا إِلَى هُنَاكَ وَاحِداً مِنَ الْكَهَنَةِ الَّذِينَ سَبَيْتُمُوهُمْ مِنْ هُنَاكَ فَيَذْهَبَ وَيَسْكُنَ هُنَاكَ وَيُعَلِّمَهُمْ قَضَاءَ إِلَهِ الأَرْضِ].
28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the Lord.	28 فَأَتَى وَاحِدٌ مِنَ الْكَهَنَةِ الَّذِينَ سَبُوهُمْ مِنَ السَّامِرَةِ وَسَكَنَ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَعَلَّمَهُمْ كَيْفَ يَتَّقُونَ الرَّبَّ.
29 However every nation continued to make gods of its own, and put them in the shrines on the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in the cities where they dwelt.	29 فَكَانَتْ كُلُّ أُمَّةٍ تَعْمَلُ آلِهَتَهَا وَوَضَعُوهَا فِي بُيُوتِ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ الَّتِي عَمِلَهَا السَّامِرِيُّونَ، كُلُّ أُمَّةٍ فِي مُدُنِهَا الَّتِي سَكَنَتْ فِيهَا.
30 The men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,	30 فَعَمِلَ أَهْلُ بَابِلَ سُكُّوتَ بَنُوثَ، وَأَهْلُ كُوثَ عَمِلُوا نَرْجَلَ، وَأَهْلُ حَمَاةَ عَمِلُوا أَشِيمَا،
31 and the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burned their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.	31 وَالْعُوِّيُّونَ عَمِلُوا نِبْحَزَ وَتَرْتَاقَ، وَالسَّفَرْوَايِمِيُّونَ كَانُوا يُحْرِقُونَ بَنِيهِمْ بِالنَّارِ لأَدْرَمَّلَكَ وَعَنَمَّلَكَ إِلَهَيْ سَفَرْوَايِمَ.
32 So they feared the Lord, and from every class they appointed for themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places.	32 فَكَانُوا يَتَّقُونَ الرَّبَّ وَيَعْمَلُونَ لأَنْفُسِهِمْ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ كَهَنَةَ مُرْتَفَعَاتٍ يُقَرِّبُونَ لأَجْلِهِمْ فِي بُيُوتِ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ.
33 They feared the Lord, yet served their own gods--according to the rituals of the nations from among whom they were carried away.	33 كَانُوا يَتَّقُونَ الرَّبَّ وَيَعْبُدُونَ آلِهتَهُمْ كَعَادَةِ الأُمَمِ الَّذِينَ سَبُوهُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ
34 To this day they continue practicing the former rituals; they do not fear the Lord, nor do they follow their statutes or their ordinances, or the law and commandment which the Lord had commanded the children of Jacob, whom He named Israel,	34 إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ يَعْمَلُونَ كَعَادَاتِهِمِ الأُوَلِ. لاَ يَتَّقُونَ الرَّبَّ وَلاَ يَعْمَلُونَ حَسَبَ فَرَائِضِهِمْ وَعَوَائِدِهِمْ وَلاَ حَسَبَ الشَّرِيعَةِ وَالْوَصِيَّةِ الَّتِي أَمَرَ بِهَا الرَّبُّ بَنِي يَعْقُوبَ (الَّذِي جَعَلَ اسْمَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ).
35 with whom the Lord had made a covenant and charged them, saying: "You shall not fear other gods, nor bow down to them nor serve them nor sacrifice to them;	35 وَقَطَعَ الرَّبُّ مَعَهُمْ عَهْداً وَأَمَرَهُمْ: [لاَ تَتَّقُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى وَلاَ تَسْجُدُوا لَهَا وَلاَ تَعْبُدُوهَا وَلاَ تَذْبَحُوا لَهَا.
36 but the Lord, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm, Him you shall fear, Him you shall worship, and to Him you shall offer sacrifice.	36 بَلْ إِنَّمَا اتَّقُوا الرَّبَّ الَّذِي أَصْعَدَكُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ بِقُوَّةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ وَذِرَاعٍ مَمْدُودَةٍ، وَلَهُ اسْجُدُوا وَلَهُ اذْبَحُوا.
37 And the statutes, the ordinances, the law, and the commandment which He wrote for you, you shall be careful to observe forever; you shall not fear other gods.	37 وَاحْفَظُوا الْفَرَائِضَ وَالأَحْكَامَ وَالشَّرِيعَةَ وَالْوَصِيَّةَ الَّتِي كَتَبَهَا لَكُمْ لِتَعْمَلُوا بِهَا كُلَّ الأَيَّامِ، وَلاَ تَتَّقُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى.
38 And the covenant that I have made with you, you shall not forget, nor shall you fear other gods.	38 وَلاَ تَنْسُوا الْعَهْدَ الَّذِي قَطَعْتُهُ مَعَكُمْ وَلاَ تَتَّقُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى.
39 But the Lord your God you shall fear; and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies."	39 بَلْ إِنَّمَا اتَّقُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ وَهُوَ يُنْقِذُكُمْ مِنْ أَيْدِي جَمِيعِ أَعْدَائِكُمْ].
40 However they did not obey, but they followed their former rituals.	40 فَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا بَلْ عَمِلُوا حَسَبَ عَادَتِهِمِ الأُولَى.
41 So these nations feared the Lord, yet served their carved images; also their children and their children's children have continued doing as their fathers did, even to this day.	41 فَكَانَ هَؤُلاَءِ الأُمَمُ يَتَّقُونَ الرَّبَّ وَيَعْبُدُونَ تَمَاثِيلَهُمْ، وَأَيْضاً بَنُوهُمْ وَبَنُو بَنِيهِمْ. فَكَمَا عَمِلَ آبَاؤُهُمْ هَكَذَا هُمْ عَامِلُونَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.