¹في السنة السادسة والثلاثين لملك آسا صعد بعشا ملك اسرائيل على يهوذا وبنى الرامة لكيلا يدع احدا يخرج او يدخل الى آسا ملك يهوذا.

¹In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, in order to let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

²واخرج آسا فضة وذهبا من خزائن بيت الرب وبيت الملك وارسل الى بنهدد ملك ارام الساكن في دمشق قائلا

²And Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of Jehovah and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, who dwelt at Damascus, saying,

³ان بيني وبينك وبين ابي وابيك عهدا. هوذا قد ارسلت لك فضة وذهبا فتعال انقض عهدك مع بعشا ملك اسرائيل فيصعد عني.

³There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I send thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

⁴فسمع بنهدد للملك آسا وارسل رؤساء الجيوش التي له على مدن اسرائيل فضربوا عيون ودان وآبل المياه وجميع مخازن مدن نفتالي.

⁴And Ben-hadad hearkened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his forces against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon and Dan and Abelmaim, and all the store-magazines of the cities of Naphtali.

⁵فلما سمع بعشا كف عن بناء الرامة وترك عمله.

⁵And it came to pass when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and let his work cease.

⁶فاخذ آسا الملك كل يهوذا فحملوا حجارة الرامة واخشابها التي بنى بها بعشا وبنى بها جبع والمصفاة

⁶And king Asa took all Judah; and they carried away the stones and the timber from Ramah, with which Baasha had been building, and he built with them Geba and Mizpah.

⁷وفي ذلك الزمان جاء حناني الرائي الى آسا ملك يهوذا وقال له من اجل انك استندت على ملك ارام ولم تستند على الرب الهك لذلك قد نجا جيش ملك ارام من يدك.

⁷And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and hast not relied on Jehovah thy God, therefore has the army of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hand.

⁸ألم يكن الكوشيون واللوبيون جيشا كثيرا بمركبات وفرسان كثيرة جدا. فمن اجل انك استندت على الرب دفعهم ليدك.

⁸Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans a huge army, with very many chariots and horsemen? but when thou didst rely on Jehovah, he delivered them into thy hand.

⁹لان عيني الرب تجولان في كل الارض ليتشدد مع الذين قلوبهم كاملة نحوه. فقد حمقت في هذا حتى انه من الآن تكون عليك حروب.

⁹For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro through the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

¹⁰فغضب آسا على الرائي ووضعه في السجن لانه اغتاظ منه من اجل هذا. وضايق آسا بعضا من الشعب في ذلك الوقت.

¹⁰And Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison; for he was enraged with him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

¹¹وأمور آسا الاولى والاخيرة ها هي مكتوبة في سفر الملوك ليهوذا واسرائيل.

¹¹And behold the acts of Asa, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

¹²ومرض آسا في السنة التاسعة والثلاثين من ملكه في رجليه حتى اشتد مرضه وفي مرضه ايضا لم يطلب الرب بل الاطباء.

¹²And Asa in the thirty-ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was extremely great; yet in his disease he did not seek Jehovah, but the physicians.

¹³ثم اضطجع آسا مع آبائه ومات في السنة الحادية والاربعين لملكه

¹³And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one-and-fortieth year of his reign.

¹⁴فدفنوه في قبوره التي حفرها لنفسه في مدينة داود واضجعوه في سرير كان مملوّا اطيابا واصنافا عطرة حسب صناعة العطارة واحرقوا له حريقة عظيمة جدا

¹⁴And they buried him in his own sepulchre, which he had excavated for himself in the city of David, and laid him in a bed filled with spices, a mixture of divers kinds prepared by the perfumer's art; and they made a very great burning for him.