صَمُوئِيلَ ٱلْأَوَّلُ 29

١ 1 وَجَمَعَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ جَمِيعَ جُيُوشِهِمْ إِلَى أَفِيقَ. وَكَانَ ٱلْإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ نَازِلِينَ عَلَى ٱلْعَيْنِ ٱلَّتِي فِي يَزْرَعِيلَ.

And the Philistines gather all their armies to Aphec, and Israel encamped in Aendor, which is in Jezrael.

٢ 2 وَعَبَرَ أَقْطَابُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ مِئَاتٍ وَأُلُوفًا، وَعَبَرَ دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ فِي ٱلْسَّاقَةِ مَعَ أَخِيشَ.

And the lords of the Philistines went on by hundreds and thousands, and David and his men went on in the rear with Anchus.

٣ 3 فَقَالَ رُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ: «مَا هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْعِبْرَانِيُّونَ؟» فَقَالَ أَخِيشُ لِرُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ: «أَلَيْسَ هَذَا دَاوُدَ عَبْدَ شَاوُلَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ مَعِي هَذِهِ ٱلْأَيَّامَ أَوْ هَذِهِ ٱلسِّنِينَ، وَلَمْ أَجِدْ فِيهِ شَيْئًا مِنْ يَوْمِ نُزُولِهِ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ؟».

And the lords of the Philistines said, Who [are] these that pass by? And Anchus said to the captains of the Philistines, [Is] not this David the servant of Saul king of Israel? He has been with us some time, even this second year, and I have not found any fault in him from the day that he attached himself to me even until this day.

٤ 4 وَسَخِطَ عَلَيْهِ رُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَقَالَ لَهُ رُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ: «أَرْجعِ ٱلرَّجُلَ فَيَرْجِعَ إِلَى مَوْضِعِهِ ٱلَّذِي عَيَّنْتَ لَهُ، وَلَا يَنْزِلَ مَعَنَا إِلَى ٱلْحَرْبِ، وَلَا يَكُونَ لَنَا عَدُوًّا فِي ٱلْحَرْبِ. فَبِمَاذَا يُرْضِي هَذَا سَيِّدَهُ؟ أَلَيْسَ بِرُؤُوسِ أُولَئِكَ ٱلرِّجَالِ؟

And the captains of the Philistines were displeased at him, and they say to him, Send the man away, and let him return to his place, where thou didst set him; and let him not come with us to the war, and let him not be a traitor in the camp: and wherewith will he be reconciled to his master? Will it not be with the heads of those men?

٥ 5 أَلَيْسَ هَذَا هُوَ دَاوُدُ ٱلَّذِي غَنَّيْنَ لَهُ بِٱلرَّقْصِ قَائِلَاتٍ: ضَرَبَ شَاوُلُ أُلُوفَهُ وَدَاوُدُ رِبْوَاتِهِ؟».

[Is] not this David whom they celebrated in dances, saying, Saul has smitten his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

٦ 6 فَدَعَا أَخِيشُ دَاوُدَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ مُسْتَقِيمٌ، وَخُرُوجُكَ وَدُخُولُكَ مَعِي فِي ٱلْجَيْشِ صَالِحٌ فِي عَيْنَيَّ لِأَنِّي لَمْ أَجِدْ فِيكَ شَرًّا مِنْ يَوْمِ جِئْتَ إِلَيَّ إِلَى ٱلْيَوْمِ. وَأَمَّا فِي أَعْيُنِ ٱلْأَقْطَابِ فَلَسْتَ بِصَالِحٍ.

And Anchus called David, and said to him, [As] the Lord lives, thou [art] right and approved in my eyes, and [so is] thy going out and thy coming in with me in the army, and I have not found [any] evil to charge against thee from the day that thou camest to me until this day: but thou art not approved in the eyes of the lords.

٧ 7 فَٱلْآنَ ٱرْجِعْ وَٱذْهَبْ بِسَلَامٍ، وَلَا تَفْعَلْ سُوءًا فِي أَعْيُنِ أَقْطَابِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ».

Now then return and go in peace, thus thou shalt not do evil in the sight of the lords of the Philistines.

٨ 8 فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِأَخِيشَ: «فَمَاذَا عَمِلْتُ؟ وَمَاذَا وَجَدْتَ فِي عَبْدِكَ مِنْ يَوْمِ صِرْتُ أَمَامَكَ إِلَى ٱلْيَوْمِ حَتَّى لَا آتِيَ وَأُحَارِبَ أَعْدَاءَ سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكِ؟»

And David said to Anchus, What have I done to thee? and what hast thou found in thy servant from the [first] day that I was before thee even until this day, that I should not come and war against the enemies of the lord my king?

٩ 9 فَأَجَابَ أَخِيشُ وَقَالَ لِدَاوُدَ: «عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ صَالِحٌ فِي عَيْنَيَّ كَمَلَاكِ ٱللهِ. إِلَّا إِنَّ رُؤَسَاءَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ قَالُوا: لَا يَصْعَدْ مَعَنَا إِلَى ٱلْحَرْبِ.

And Anchus answered David, I know that thou [art] good in my eyes, but the lords of the Philistines say, He shall not come with us to the war.

١٠ 10 وَٱلْآنَ فَبَكِّرْ صَبَاحًا مَعَ عَبِيدِ سَيِّدِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَاءُوا مَعَكَ. وَإِذَا بَكَّرْتُمْ صَبَاحًا وَأَضَاءَ لَكُمْ فَٱذْهَبُوا».

Now then rise up early in the morning, thou and the servants of thy lord that are come with thee, and go to the place where I appointed you, and entertain no evil thought in thy heart, for thou [art] good in my sight: and rise early for your journey when it is light, and depart.

١١ 11 فَبَكَّرَ دَاوُدُ هُوَ وَرِجَالُهُ لِكَيْ يَذْهَبُوا صَبَاحًا وَيَرْجِعُوا إِلَى أَرْضِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ. وَأَمَّا ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ فَصَعِدُوا إِلَى يَزْرَعِيلَ.

So David arose early, he and his men, to depart and guard the land of the Philistines: and the Philistines went up to Jezrael to battle.