صَمُوئِيلَ ٱلْأَوَّلُ 23

١ 1 فَأَخْبَرُوا دَاوُدَ قَائِلِينَ: «هُوَذَا ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ يُحَارِبُونَ قَعِيلَةَ وَيَنْهَبُونَ ٱلْبَيَادِرَ».

And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshing-floors.

٢ 2 فَسَأَلَ دَاوُدُ مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلًا: «أَأَذْهَبُ وَأَضْرِبُ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ؟» فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِدَاوُدَ: «ٱذْهَبْ وَٱضْرِبِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَخَلِّصْ قَعِيلَةَ».

And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And Jehovah said to David, Go and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.

٣ 3 فَقَالَ رِجَالُ دَاوُدَ لَهُ: «هَا نَحْنُ هَهُنَا فِي يَهُوذَا خَائِفُونَ، فَكَمْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ إِذَا ذَهَبْنَا إِلَى قَعِيلَةَ ضِدَّ صُفُوفِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ؟»

But David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

٤ 4 فَعَادَ أَيْضًا دَاوُدُ وَسَأَلَ مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَأَجَابَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ وَقَالَ: «قُمِ ٱنْزِلْ إِلَى قَعِيلَةَ، فَإِنِّي أَدْفَعُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ لِيَدِكَ».

And David inquired of Jehovah yet again. And Jehovah answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will give the Philistines into thy hand.

٥ 5 فَذَهَبَ دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ إِلَى قَعِيلَةَ، وَحَارَبَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَسَاقَ مَوَاشِيَهُمْ، وَضَرَبَهُمْ ضَرْبَةً عَظِيمَةً، وَخَلَّصَ دَاوُدُ سُكَّانَ قَعِيلَةَ.

And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought against the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

٦ 6 وَكَانَ لَمَّا هَرَبَ أَبِيَاثَارُ بْنُ أَخِيمَالِكَ إِلَى دَاوُدَ إِلَى قَعِيلَةَ نَزَلَ وَبِيَدِهِ أَفُودٌ.

And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.

٧ 7 فَأُخْبِرَ شَاوُلُ بِأَنَّ دَاوُدَ قَدْ جَاءَ إِلَى قَعِيلَةَ، فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ: «قَدْ نَبَذَهُ ٱللهُ إِلَى يَدِي، لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ أُغْلِقَ عَلَيْهِ بِٱلدُّخُولِ إِلَى مَدِينَةٍ لَهَا أَبْوَابٌ وَعَوَارِضُ».

And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. Then Saul said, God has cast him off into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a city that has gates and bars.

٨ 8 وَدَعَا شَاوُلُ جَمِيعَ ٱلشَّعْبِ لِلْحَرْبِ لِلنُّزُولِ إِلَى قَعِيلَةَ لِمُحَاصَرَةِ دَاوُدَ وَرِجَالِهِ.

And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

٩ 9 فَلَمَّا عَرَفَ دَاوُدُ أَنَّ شَاوُلَ مُنْشِئٌ عَلَيْهِ ٱلشَّرَّ، قَالَ لِأَبِيَاثَارَ ٱلْكَاهِنِ قَدِّمِ ٱلْأَفُودَ.

And when David knew that Saul devised mischief against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod.

١٠ 10 ثُمَّ قَالَ دَاوُدُ: «يَارَبُّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، إِنَّ عَبْدَكَ قَدْ سَمِعَ بِأَنَّ شَاوُلَ يُحَاوِلُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ إِلَى قَعِيلَةَ لِكَيْ يُخْرِبَ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ بِسَبَبِي.

Then said David, Jehovah, God of Israel, thy servant hath heard for certain that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

١١ 11 فَهَلْ يُسَلِّمُنِي أَهْلُ قَعِيلَةَ لِيَدِهِ؟ هَلْ يَنْزِلُ شَاوُلُ كَمَا سَمِعَ عَبْدُكَ؟ يَارَبُّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، أَخْبِرْ عَبْدَكَ». فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «يَنْزِلُ».

Will the citizens of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? Jehovah, God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And Jehovah said, He will come down.

١٢ 12 فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ: «هَلْ يُسَلِّمُنِي أَهْلُ قَعِيلَةَ مَعَ رِجَالِي لِيَدِ شَاوُلَ؟» فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «يُسَلِّمُونَ».

And David said, Will the citizens of Keilah deliver up me and my men into the hand of Saul? And Jehovah said, They will deliver [thee] up.

١٣ 13 فَقَامَ دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ، نَحْوُ سِتِّ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ، وَخَرَجُوا مِنْ قَعِيلَةَ وَذَهَبُوا حَيْثُمَا ذَهَبُوا. فَأُخْبِرَ شَاوُلُ بِأَنَّ دَاوُدَ قَدْ أَفْلَتَ مِنْ قَعِيلَةَ، فَعَدَلَ عَنِ ٱلْخُرُوجِ.

Then David and his men, about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, and he forbore to go forth.

١٤ 14 وَأَقَامَ دَاوُدُ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ فِي ٱلْحُصُونِ وَمَكَثَ فِي ٱلْجَبَلِ فِي بَرِّيَّةِ زِيفٍ. وَكَانَ شَاوُلُ يَطْلُبُهُ كُلَّ ٱلْأَيَّامِ، وَلَكِنْ لَمْ يَدْفَعْهُ ٱللهُ لِيَدِهِ.

And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, and abode in the mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.

١٥ 15 فَرَأَى دَاوُدُ أَنَّ شَاوُلَ قَدْ خَرَجَ يَطْلُبُ نَفْسَهُ. وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ فِي بَرِّيَّةِ زِيفٍ فِي ٱلْغَابِ.

And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

١٦ 16 فَقَامَ يُونَاثَانُ بْنُ شَاوُلَ وَذَهَبَ إِلَى دَاوُدَ إِلَى ٱلْغَابِ وَشَدَّدَ يَدَهُ بِٱللهِ،

And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

١٧ 17 وَقَالَ لَهُ: «لَا تَخَفْ لِأَنَّ يَدَ شَاوُلَ أَبِي لَا تَجِدُكَ، وَأَنْتَ تَمْلِكُ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَنَا أَكُونُ لَكَ ثَانِيًا. وَشَاوُلُ أَبِي أَيْضًا يَعْلَمُ ذَلِكَ».

And he said to him, Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father will not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next to thee; and that also Saul my father knows.

١٨ 18 فَقَطَعَا كِلَاهُمَا عَهْدًا أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ. وَأَقَامَ دَاوُدُ فِي ٱلْغَابِ، وَأَمَّا يُونَاثَانُ فَمَضَى إِلَى بَيْتِهِ.

And they two made a covenant before Jehovah; and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

١٩ 19 فَصَعِدَ ٱلزِّيفِيُّونَ إِلَى شَاوُلَ إِلَى جِبْعَةَ قَائِلِينَ: «أَلَيْسَ دَاوُدُ مُخْتَبِئًا عِنْدَنَا فِي حُصُونٍ فِي ٱلْغَابِ، فِي تَلِّ حَخِيلَةَ ٱلَّتِي إِلَى يَمِينِ ٱلْقَفْرِ؟

And the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the wood, on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the waste?

٢٠ 20 فَٱلْآنَ حَسَبَ كُلِّ شَهْوَةِ نَفْسِكَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ فِي ٱلنُّزُولِ ٱنْزِلْ، وَعَلَيْنَا أَنْ نُسَلِّمَهُ لِيَدِ ٱلْمَلِكِ».

And now, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and it will be for us to deliver him up into the king's hand.

٢١ 21 فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ: «مُبَارَكُونَ أَنْتُمْ مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ لِأَنَّكُمْ قَدْ أَشْفَقْتُمْ عَلَيَّ.

And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah; for ye have compassion upon me.

٢٢ 22 فَٱذْهَبُوا أَكِّدُوا أَيْضًا، وَٱعْلَمُوا وَٱنْظُرُوا مَكَانَهُ حَيْثُ تَكُونُ رِجْلُهُ وَمَنْ رَآهُ هُنَاكَ، لِأَنَّهُ قِيلَ لِي إِنَّهُ مَكْرًا يَمْكُرُ.

Go, I pray you, make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his track is, who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtilly.

٢٣ 23 فَٱنْظُرُوا وَٱعْلَمُوا جَمِيعَ ٱلْمُخْتَبَآتِ ٱلَّتِي يَخْتَبِئُ فِيهَا، ثُمَّ ٱرْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ عَلَى تَأْكِيدٍ، فَأَسِيرَ مَعَكُمْ. وَيَكُونُ إِذَا وُجِدَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ، أَنِّي أُفَتِّشُ عَلَيْهِ بِجَمِيعِ أُلُوفِ يَهُوذَا».

And see, and ascertain all the lurking-places where he hides himself, and come ye again to me with sure information, that I may go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout the thousands of Judah.

٢٤ 24 فَقَامُوا وَذَهَبُوا إِلَى زِيفٍ قُدَّامَ شَاوُلَ. وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ فِي بَرِّيَّةِ مَعُونٍ، فِي ٱلسَّهْلِ عَنْ يَمِينِ ٱلْقَفْرِ.

And they arose and went to Ziph before Saul; but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of the waste.

٢٥ 25 وَذَهَبَ شَاوُلُ وَرِجَالُهُ لِلتَّفْتِيشِ. فَأَخْبَرُوا دَاوُدَ، فَنَزَلَ إِلَى ٱلصَّخْرِ وَأَقَامَ فِي بَرِّيَّةِ مَعُونٍ. فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ شَاوُلُ تَبِعَ دَاوُدَ إِلَى بَرِّيَّةِ مَعُونٍ.

And Saul and his men went to seek [him]. And they told David; and he came down from the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And Saul heard [that], and he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

٢٦ 26 فَذَهَبَ شَاوُلُ عَنْ جَانِبِ ٱلْجَبَلِ مِنْ هُنَا، وَدَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ عَنْ جَانِبِ ٱلْجَبَلِ مِنْ هُنَاكَ. وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ يَفِرُّ فِي ٱلذَّهَابِ مِنْ أَمَامِ شَاوُلَ، وَكَانَ شَاوُلُ وَرِجَالُهُ يُحَاوِطُونَ دَاوُدَ وَرِجَالَهُ لِكَيْ يَأْخُذُوهُمْ.

And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David made haste to get away from Saul; and Saul and his men sought to surround David and his men to take them.

٢٧ 27 فَجَاءَ رَسُولٌ إِلَى شَاوُلَ يَقُولُ: «أَسْرِعْ وَٱذْهَبْ لِأَنَّ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ قَدِ ٱقْتَحَمُوا ٱلْأَرْضَ».

But there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste thee and come; for the Philistines have made a raid against the land.

٢٨ 28 فَرَجَعَ شَاوُلُ عَنِ ٱتِّبَاعِ دَاوُدَ، وَذَهَبَ لِلِقَاءِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ. لِذَلِكَ دُعِيَ ذَلِكَ ٱلْمَوْضِعُ «صَخْرَةَ ٱلزَّلَقَاتِ».

And Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines; therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.

٢٩ 29 وَصَعِدَ دَاوُدُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ وَأَقَامَ فِي حُصُونِ عَيْنِ جَدْيٍ.

And David went up from thence, and abode in the strongholds of Engedi.