2 Kings 1

After Ahab’s death, Moab rebelled against Israel.

وَتَمَرَّدَ الْمُوآبِيُّونَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ آخْابَ،

Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers, saying to them, “Go and consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, to see if I will recover from this injury.”

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؟»

But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going off to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?’

فَقَالَ مَلاكُ الرَّب لإِيلِيَّا التَّشْبِيِّ: «قُمْ وَاذْهَبْ لِلِقَاءِ رُسُلِ مَلِكِ السَّامِرَةِ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: هَلْ لأَنَّهُ لَا يُوْجَدُ إِلَهٌ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ تَذْهَبُونَ لِسُؤَالِ بَعْلَ زَبُوبَ إِلَهِ عَقْرُونَ؟

Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘You will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!’” So Elijah went.

لِذَلِكَ هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: إِنَّ السَّرِيرَ الَّذِي رَقَدْتَ عَلَيْهِ لَنْ تَنْهَضَ عَنْهُ، بَلْ حَتْماً تَمُوتَ». وَانْصَرَفَ إِيلِيَّا.

When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you come back?”

وَرَجَعَ الرُّسُلُ إِلَى أَخَزْيَا فَسَأَلَهُمْ: «لِمَاذَا رَجَعْتُمْ؟»

“A man came to meet us,” they replied. “And he said to us, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him, “This is what the Lord says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending messengers to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!”’”

فَأَجَابُوهُ: «اعْتَرَضَنَا رَجُلٌ وَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكَ لِنُخْبِرَكَ أَنَّ اللهَ يَقُولُ: هَلْ لأَنَّهُ لَا يُوْجَدُ إِلَهٌ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ تُرْسِلُ لِتَسْأَلَ بَعْلَ زَبُوبَ إِلَهَ عَقْرُونَ؟ لِذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ السَّرِيرَ الَّذِي رَقَدْتَ عَلَيْهِ لَنْ تَنْهَضَ عَنْهُ بَلْ حَتْماً تَمُوتَ».

The king asked them, “What kind of man was it who came to meet you and told you this?”

فَسَأَلَهُمْ: «مَا أَوْصَافُ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي اعْتَرَضَكُمْ وَبَلَّغَكُمْ هَذَا الْكَلامَ؟»

They replied, “He had a garment of hair^[a] and had a leather belt around his waist.”

The king said, “That was Elijah the Tishbite.”

فَأَجَابُوهُ: «إِنَّهُ رَجُلٌ كَثِيفُ الشَّعْرِ مُتَنَطِّقٌ بِحِزامٍ مِنْ جِلْدٍ حَوْلَ حَقْوَيْهِ». فَقَالَ: «إِنَّهُ حَتْماً إِيلِيَّا التَّشْبِيُّ».

Then he sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. The captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king says, ‘Come down!’”

فَأَرْسَلَ أَحَدَ قَادَتِهِ عَلَى رَأْسِ خَمْسِينَ جُنْدِيًّا إِلَى إِيلِيَّا، الَّذِي كَانَ جَالِساً آنَئِذٍ عَلَى قِمَّةِ جَبَلٍ. فَقَالَ لَهُ: «يَا رَجُلَ اللهِ، إِنَّ الْمَلِكَ يَأْمُرُكَ بِمُرَافَقَتِنَا».

Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!” Then fire fell from heaven and consumed the captain and his men.

فَأَجَابَ إِيلِيَّا: «إِنْ كُنْتُ أَنَا رَجُلَ اللهِ، فَلْتَنْزِلْ نَارٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَتَلْتَهِمْكَ أَنْتَ وَرِجَالَكَ الْخَمْسِينَ». فَنَزَلَتْ نَارٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْتَهَمَتْهُ مَعَ رِجَالِهِ الْخَمْسِينَ.

At this the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. The captain said to him, “Man of God, this is what the king says, ‘Come down at once!’”

فَعَادَ أَخَزْيَا وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ قَائِداً آخَرَ عَلَى رَأْسِ خَمْسِينَ جُنْدِيًّا، فَقَالَ لإِيلِيَّا: «يَا رَجُلَ اللهِ، الْمَلِكُ يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تُسْرِعَ وَتَنْزِلَ».

“If I am a man of God,” Elijah replied, “may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!” Then the fire of God fell from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men.

فَأَجَابَهُ إِيلِيَّا: «إِنْ كُنْتُ أَنَا رَجُلَ اللهِ، فَلْتَنْزِلْ نَارٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَتَلْتَهِمْكَ أَنْتَ وَرِجَالَكَ الْخَمْسِينَ». فَنَزَلَتْ نَارٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْتَهَمَتْهُ مَعَ رِجَالِهِ الْخَمْسِينَ.

So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. This third captain went up and fell on his knees before Elijah. “Man of God,” he begged, “please have respect for my life and the lives of these fifty men, your servants!

ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ أَخَزْيَا لِلْمَرَّةِ الثَّالِثَةِ قَائِداً آخَرَ عَلَى رَأْسِ خَمْسِينَ جُنْدِيًّا. فَأَقْبَلَ هَذَا إِلَى إِيلِيَّا وَجَثَا أَمَامَهُ وَتَوَسَّلَ إِلَيْهِ قَائِلاً: «يَا رَجُلَ اللهِ، لِتَكُنْ نَفْسِي وَنُفُوسُ عَبِيدِكَ هَؤُلاءِ عَزِيزَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ.

See, fire has fallen from heaven and consumed the first two captains and all their men. But now have respect for my life!”

لَقَدْ نَزَلَتْ نَارٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ الْتَهَمَتِ الْقَائِدَيْنِ السَّابِقَيْنِ مَعَ رِجَالِهِمَا الْمِئَةِ، فَأَرْجُوكَ لِتَكُنْ نَفْسِي عَزِيزَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ (وَلا تَقْضِ عَلَيْنَا)».

The angel of the Lord said to Elijah, “Go down with him; do not be afraid of him.” So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.

فَقَالَ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ لإِيلِيَّا: «امْضِ مَعَهُ وَلا تَخَفْ مِنْهُ». فَقَامَ وَانْطَلَقَ مَعَهُ لِمُقَابَلَةِ الْمَلِكِ.

He told the king, “This is what the Lord says: Is it because there is no God in Israel for you to consult that you have sent messengers to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!”

وَقَالَ إِيلِيَّا لِلْمَلِكِ: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: مِنْ حَيْثُ إِنَّكَ أَرْسَلْتَ مَبْعُوثِينَ لِتَسْتَشِيرَ بَعْلَ زَبُوبَ إِلَهَ عَقْرُونَ وَكَأَنَّهُ لَا يُوْجَدُ إِلَهٌ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لِتَسْأَلَهُ، فَإِنَّ السَّرِيرَ الَّذِي رَقَدْتَ عَلَيْهِ لَنْ تَنْهَضَ عَنْهُ، بَلْ حَتْماً تَمُوتَ».

So he died, according to the word of the Lord that Elijah had spoken.

Because Ahaziah had no son, Joram^[b] succeeded him as king in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah.

فَمَاتَ أَخَزْيَا بِمُوْجِبِ كَلامِ 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.

As for all the other events of Ahaziah’s reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ أَخَزْيَا وَأَعْمَالُهُ أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟