መጽሐፈ ነገሥት ቀዳማዊ 20
1Kgs 20
1 ለኢይዝራኤላዊውም ለናቡቴ በሰማርያ ንጉሥ በአክዓብ ቤት አጠገብ የወይን ቦታ ነበረው።
1 And Ben–hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
2 አክዓብም ናቡቴን፦ በቤቴ አቅራቢያ ነውና የአትክልት ቦታ አደርገው ዘንድ የወይን ቦታህን ስጠኝ ስለ እርሱም ከእርሱ የተሻለ የወይን ቦታ እሰጥሃለሁ ወይም ብትወድድ ግምቱን ገንዘብ እሰጥሃለሁ ብሎ ተናገረው።
2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben–hadad,
3 ናቡቴም አክዓብን፦ የአባቶቼን ርስት እሰጥህ ዘንድ እግዚአብሔር ያርቅልኝ አለው።
3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.
4 ኢይዝራኤላዊውም ናቡቴ። የአባቶቼን ርስት አልሰጥህም ብሎ ስለ ተናገረው አክዓብ ተቈጥቶና ተናድዶ ወደ ቤቱ ገባ። በአልጋውም ላይ ተጋድሞ ፊቱን ተሸፋፈነ፥ እንጀራም አልበላም።
4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
5 ሚስቱም ኤልዛቤል ወደ እርሱ መጥታ። ልብህ የሚያዝን እንጀራስ የማትበላ ስለምንድር ነው? አለችው።
5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben–hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;
6 እርሱም፦ ኢይዝራኤላዊውን ናቡቴን፦ የወይንህን ቦታ በገንዘብ ስጠኝ ወይም ብትወድድ በፋንታው ሌላ የወይን ቦታ እሰጥሃለሁ ብዬ ተናገርሁት እርሱ ግን፦ የወይን ቦታዬን አልሰጥህም ብሎ ስለ መለሰልኝ ነው አላት።
6 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.
7 ሚስቱም ኤልዛቤል። አንተ አሁን የእስራኤልን መንግሥት ትገዛለህን? ተነሣ እንጀራም ብላ፥ ልብህም ደስ ይበላት የኢይዝራኤላዊውን የናቡቴን የወይን ቦታ እሰጥሃለሁ አለችው።
7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.
8 በአክዓብም ስም ደብዳቤ ጻፈች፥ በማኅተሙም አተመችው በከተማው ወደ ነበሩትና ከናቡቴም ጋር ወደ ተቀመጡት ሽማግሌዎችና ከበርቴዎች ደብዳቤውን ላከች።
8 And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.
9 በደብዳቤውም። ስለ ጾም አዋጅ ንገሩ፥ ናቡቴንም በሕዝቡ ፊት አስቀምጡት
9 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben–hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.
10 ሁለትም ምናምንቴ ሰዎች በፊቱ አስቀምጡና። እግዚአብሔርንና ንጉሡን ሰድቦአል ብለው ይመስክሩበት አውጥታችሁም እስኪሞት ድረስ ውገሩት ብላ ጻፈች።
10 And Ben–hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
11 በከተማውም የተቀመጡት የከተማው ሰዎችና ሽማግሌዎች ከበርቴዎችም ኤልዛቤል እንዳዘዘቻቸውና ወደ እነርሱ በተላከው ደብዳቤ እንደ ተጻፈ እንዲሁ አደረጉ።
11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
12 የጾም አዋጅ ነገሩ፥ ናቡቴንም በሕዝቡ ፊት አስቀመጡት።
12 And it came to pass, when Ben–hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city.
13 ሁለቱም ምናምንቴ ሰዎች ገብተው በፊቱ ተቀመጡ ምናምንቴዎቹ ሰዎችም በሕዝቡ ፊት። ናቡቴ እግዚአብሔርንና ንጉሡን ሰድቦአል ብለው በናቡቴ ላይ መሰከሩ። የዚያን ጊዜም ከከተማ አውጥተው እስኪሞት ድረስ ወገሩት።
13 And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
14 ወደ ኤልዛቤልም። ናቡቴ ተወግሮ ሞተ ብለው ላኩ።
14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.
15 ኤልዛቤልም ናቡቴ ተወግሮ እንደ ሞተ በሰማች ጊዜ ኤልዛቤል አክዓብን፦ ናቡቴ ሞቶአል እንጂ በሕይወት አይደለምና በገንዘብ ይሰጥህ ዘንድ እንቢ ያለውን የኢይዝራኤላዊውን የናቡቴን የወይን ቦታ ተነሥተህ ውረስ አለችው።
15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
16 አክዓብም ናቡቴ እንደ ሞተ በሰማ ጊዜ ይወርሰው ዘንድ ወደ ኢይዝራኤላዊው ወደ ናቡቴ ወይን ቦታ ሊወርድ ተነሣ።
16 And they went out at noon. But Ben–hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
17 የእግዚአብሔርም ቃል ወደ ቴስብያዊው ወደ ኤልያስ እንዲህ ሲል መጣ።
17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben–hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.
18 ተነሥተህ በሰማርያ የሚኖረውን የእስራኤልን ንጉሥ አክዓብን ትገናኝ ዘንድ ውረድ እነሆ፥ ይወርሰው ዘንድ በወረደበት በናቡቴ የወይን ቦታ ውስጥ አለ።
18 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
19 አንተም። እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል ገድለህ ወረስኸውን? ብለህ ንገረው። ደግሞም፦ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፦ ውሾች የናቡቴን ደም በላሱበት ስፍራ የአንተን ደም ደግሞ ውሾች ይልሱታል ብለህ ንገረው።
19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.
20 አክዓብም ኤልያስን፦ ጠላቴ ሆይ፥ አገኘኸኝን? አለው። እርሱም እንዲህ ብሎ መለሰለት። አግኝቼሃለሁ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ክፉ ለማድረግ ራስህን ሽጠሃልና።
20 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben–hadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.
21 እነሆ፥ ክፉ ነገር አመጣብሃለሁ፥ ፈጽሞም እጠርግሃለሁ፥ ከአክዓብም በእስራኤል ዘንድ የታሰረውንና የተለቀቀውን ወንድ ሁሉ አጠፋለሁ
21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
22 በሥራህም አስቈጥተኸኛልና፥ እስራኤልንም አስተሃልና ቤትህን እንደ ናባጥ ልጅ እንደ ኢዮርብዓም ቤት እንደ አኪያም ልጅ እንደ ባኦስ ቤት አደርገዋለሁ።
22 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.
23 ደግሞ እግዚአብሔር ስለ ኤልዛቤል። በኢይዝራኤል ቅጥር አጠገብ ኤልዛቤልን ውሾች ይበሉአታል ብሎ ተናገረ።
23 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
24 ከአክዓብም ወገን በከተማይቱ ውስጥ የሞተውን ውሾች ይበሉታል በሜዳውም የሞተውን የሰማይ ወፎች ይበሉታል።
24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
25 በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ክፋት ለመሥራት ራሱን እንደ ሸጠ፥ ሚስቱም ኤልዛቤል እንደ ነዳችው፥ እንደ አክዓብ ያለ ሰው አልነበረም።
25 And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.
26 እግዚአብሔር ከእስራኤል ልጆች ፊት ያጠፋቸው አሞራውያን እንደ ሠሩት ሁሉ፥ ጣዖታትን በመከተል እጅግ ርኩስ ነገር ሠራ።
26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben–hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
27 አክዓብም ይህን ቃል በሰማ ጊዜ ልብሱን ቀድዶ ገላውን ማቅ አለበሰ፥ ጾመም፥ በማቅ ላይም ተኛ፥ ቅስስ ብሎም ሄደ።
27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
28-29 ደግሞም፦ አክዓብ በፊቴ እንደ ተዋረደ አየህን? በፊቴ የተዋረደ ስለ ሆነ በልጁ ዘመን በቤቱ ላይ ክፉ ነገር አመጣለሁ እንጂ በእርሱ ዘመን ክፉ ነገር አላመጣም የሚል የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ወደ ቴስብያዊው ወደ ኤልያስ መጣ።
28 And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Because the Syrians have said, The Lord is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
29 And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben–hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
31 And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben–hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
33 Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben–hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben–hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
34 And Ben–hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the Lord, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.
36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.
38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.
39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.
41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.
43 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
ምንም አስተያየቶች የሉም:
አስተያየት ይለጥፉ