صَمُوئِيلَ ٱلْأَوَّلُ 21

١ 1 فَجَاءَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى نُوبٍ إِلَى أَخِيمَالِكَ ٱلْكَاهِنِ، فَٱضْطَرَبَ أَخِيمَالِكُ عِنْدَ لِقَاءِ دَاوُدَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «لِمَاذَا أَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ وَلَيْسَ مَعَكَ أَحَدٌ؟».

Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”

٢ 2 فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِأَخِيمَالِكَ ٱلْكَاهِنِ: «إِنَّ ٱلْمَلِكَ أَمَرَنِي بِشَيْءٍ وَقَالَ لِي: لَا يَعْلَمْ أَحَدٌ شَيْئًا مِنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ ٱلَّذِي أَرْسَلْتُكَ فِيهِ وَأَمَرْتُكَ بِهِ، وَأَمَّا ٱلْغِلْمَانُ فَقَدْ عَيَّنْتُ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْضِعَ ٱلْفُلَانِيَّ وَٱلْفُلَانِيَّ.

“The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission or charge. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a certain place.

٣ 3 وَٱلْآنَ فَمَاذَا يُوجَدُ تَحْتَ يَدِكَ؟ أَعْطِ خَمْسَ خُبْزَاتٍ فِي يَدِي أَوِ ٱلْمَوْجُودَ».

Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.”

٤ 4 فَأَجَابَ ٱلْكَاهِنُ دَاوُدَ وَقَالَ: «لَا يُوجَدُ خُبْزٌ مُحَلَّلٌ تَحْتَ يَدِي، وَلَكِنْ يُوجَدُ خُبْزٌ مُقَدَّسٌ إِذَا كَانَ ٱلْغِلْمَانُ قَدْ حَفِظُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ لَا سِيَّمَا مِنَ ٱلنِّسَاءِ».

“There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”

٥ 5 فَأَجَابَ دَاوُدُ ٱلْكَاهِنَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «إِنَّ ٱلنِّسَاءَ قَدْ مُنِعَتْ عَنَّا مُنْذُ أَمْسِ وَمَا قَبْلَهُ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِي، وَأَمْتِعَةُ ٱلْغِلْمَانِ مُقَدَّسَةٌ. وَهُوَ عَلَى نَوْعٍ مُحَلَّلٌ، وَٱلْيَوْمَ أَيْضًا يَتَقَدَّسُ بِٱلْآنِيَةِ».

David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the equipment of the young men is holy, as it is even on common missions, and all the more at this time.”

٦ 6 فَأَعْطَاهُ ٱلْكَاهِنُ ٱلْمُقَدَّسَ، لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ هُنَاكَ خُبْزٌ إِلَّا خُبْزَ ٱلْوُجُوهِ ٱلْمَرْفُوعَ مِنْ أَمَامِ ٱلرَّبِّ لِكَيْ يُوضَعَ خُبْزٌ سُخْنٌ فِي يَوْمِ أَخْذِهِ.

So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there but the Bread of the Presence, which had been removed from before the LORD and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.

٧ 7 وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ عَبِيدِ شَاوُلَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ مَحْصُورًا أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ، ٱسْمُهُ دُوَاغُ ٱلْأَدُومِيُّ رَئِيسُ رُعَاةِ شَاوُلَ.

Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief shepherd for Saul.

٨ 8 وَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِأَخِيمَالِكَ: «أَفَمَا يُوجَدُ هُنَا تَحْتَ يَدِكَ رُمْحٌ أَوْ سَيْفٌ، لِأَنِّي لَمْ آخُذْ بِيَدِي سَيْفِي وَلَا سِلَاحِي لِأَنَّ أَمْرَ ٱلْمَلِكِ كَانَ مُعَجِّلًا؟».

Then David asked Ahimelech, “Is there not a spear or sword on hand here? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business was urgent.”

٩ 9 فَقَالَ ٱلْكَاهِنُ: «إِنَّ سَيْفَ جُلْيَاتَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّ ٱلَّذِي قَتَلْتَهُ فِي وَادِي ٱلْبُطْمِ، هَا هُوَ مَلْفُوفٌ فِي ثَوْبٍ خَلْفَ ٱلْأَفُودِ، فَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ تَأْخُذَهُ فَخُذْهُ، لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ آخَرُ سِوَاهُ هُنَا». فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ: «لَا يُوجَدُ مِثْلُهُ، أَعْطِنِي إِيَّاهُ».

The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take it. For there is no other but this one.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”

١٠ 10 وَقَامَ دَاوُدُ وَهَرَبَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ مِنْ أَمَامِ شَاوُلَ وَجَاءَ إِلَى أَخِيشَ مَلِكِ جَتَّ.

That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.

١١ 11 فَقَالَ عَبِيدُ أَخِيشَ لَهُ: «أَلَيْسَ هَذَا دَاوُدَ مَلِكَ ٱلْأَرْضِ؟ أَلَيْسَ لِهَذَا كُنَّ يُغَنِّينَ فِي ٱلرَّقْصِ قَائِلَاتٍ: ضَرَبَ شَاوُلُ أُلُوفَهُ وَدَاوُدُ رِبْوَاتِهِ؟».

But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”

١٢ 12 فَوَضَعَ دَاوُدُ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامَ فِي قَلْبِهِ وَخَافَ جِدًّا مِنْ أَخِيشَ مَلِكِ جَتَّ.

Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

١٣ 13 فَغَيَّرَ عَقْلَهُ فِي أَعْيُنِهِمْ، وَتَظَاهَرَ بِٱلْجُنُونِ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ، وَأَخَذَ يُخَرْبِشُ عَلَى مَصَارِيعِ ٱلْبَابِ وَيُسِيلُ رِيقَهُ عَلَى لِحْيَتِهِ.

So he changed his behavior before them and feigned madness in their hands; he scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.

١٤ 14 فَقَالَ أَخِيشُ لِعَبِيدِهِ: «هُوَذَا تَرَوْنَ ٱلرَّجُلَ مَجْنُونًا، فَلِمَاذَا تَأْتُونَ بِهِ إِلَيَّ؟

Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you can see that the man is insane! Why have you brought him to me?

١٥ 15 أَلَعَلِّي مُحْتَاجٌ إِلَى مَجَانِينَ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُمْ بِهَذَا لِيَتَجَنَّنَ عَلَيَّ؟ أَهَذَا يَدْخُلُ بَيْتِي؟».

Am I in need of madmen, that you have brought this man to rave in my presence? Must this man come into my house?”