صَمُوئِيلَ ٱلثَّانِي 17
| وَقَالَ أَخِيتُوفَلُ لِأَبْشَالُومَ: «دَعْنِي أَنْتَخِبُ ٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ وَأَقُومُ وَأَسْعَى وَرَاءَ دَاوُدَ هَذِهِ ٱللَّيْلَةَ، | ١ 1 |
Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom: 'Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night;
| فَآتِيَ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ مُتْعَبٌ وَمُرْتَخِي ٱلْيَدَيْنِ فَأُزْعِجُهُ، فَيَهْرُبَ كُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي مَعَهُ، وَأَضْرِبُ ٱلْمَلِكَ وَحْدَهُ. | ٢ 2 |
and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;
| وَأَرُدَّ جَمِيعَ ٱلشَّعْبِ إِلَيْكَ. كَرُجُوعِ ٱلْجَمِيعِ هُوَ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلَّذِي تَطْلُبُهُ، فَيَكُونُ كُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ فِي سَلَامٍ». | ٣ 3 |
and I will bring back all the people unto thee; when all shall have returned, save the man whom thou seekest, all the people will be in peace.'
| فَحَسُنَ ٱلْأَمْرُ فِي عَيْنَيْ أَبْشَالُومَ وَأَعْيُنِ جَمِيعِ شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٤ 4 |
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
| فَقَالَ أَبْشَالُومُ: «ٱدْعُ أَيْضًا حُوشَايَ ٱلْأَرْكِيَّ فَنَسْمَعَ مَا يَقُولُ هُوَ أَيْضًا». | ٥ 5 |
Then said Absalom: 'Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.'
| فَلَمَّا جَاءَ حُوشَايُ إِلَى أَبْشَالُومَ، كَلَّمَهُ أَبْشَالُومُ قَائِلًا: «بِمِثْلِ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ تَكَلَّمَ أَخِيتُوفَلُ. أَنَعْمَلُ حَسَبَ كَلَامِهِ أَمْ لَا؟ تَكَلَّمْ أَنْتَ». | ٦ 6 |
And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke unto him, saying: 'Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner; shall we do after his saying? if not, speak thou.'
| فَقَالَ حُوشَايُ لِأَبْشَالُومَ: «لَيْسَتْ حَسَنَةً ٱلْمَشُورَةُ ٱلَّتِي أَشَارَ بِهَا أَخِيتُوفَلُ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَرَّةَ». | ٧ 7 |
And Hushai said unto Absalom: 'The counsel that Ahithophel hath given this time is not good.'
| ثُمَ قَالَ حُوشَايُ: «أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَبَاكَ وَرِجَالَهُ أَنَّهُمْ جَبَابِرَةٌ، وَأَنَّ أَنْفُسَهُمْ مُرَّةٌ كَدُبَّةٍ مُثْكِلٍ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ. وَأَبُوكَ رَجُلُ قِتَالٍ وَلَا يَبِيتُ مَعَ ٱلشَّعْبِ. | ٨ 8 |
Hushai said moreover: 'Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are embittered in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field; and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
| هَا هُوَ ٱلْآنَ مُخْتَبِئٌ فِي إِحْدَى ٱلْحُفَرِ أَوْ أَحَدِ ٱلْأَمَاكِنِ. وَيَكُونُ إِذَا سَقَطَ بَعْضُهُمْ فِي ٱلِٱبْتِدَاءِ أَنَّ ٱلسَّامِعَ يَسْمَعُ فَيَقُولُ: قَدْ صَارَتْ كَسْرَةٌ فِي ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي وَرَاءَ أَبْشَالُومَ. | ٩ 9 |
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some place; and it will come to pass, when they fall upon them at the first, and whosoever heareth it shall say: There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom;
| أَيْضًا ذُو ٱلْبَأْسِ ٱلَّذِي قَلْبُهُ كَقَلْبِ ٱلْأَسَدِ يَذُوبُ ذَوَبَانًا، لِأَنَّ جَمِيعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ أَبَاكَ جَبَّارٌ، وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ ذَوُو بَأْسٍ. | ١٠ 10 |
then even he that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they that are with him are valiant men.
| لِذَلِكَ أُشِيرُ بِأَنْ يَجْتَمِعَ إِلَيْكَ كُلُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ دَانَ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ، كَٱلرَّمْلِ ٱلَّذِي عَلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ فِي ٱلْكَثْرَةِ، وَحَضْرَتُكَ سَائِرٌ فِي ٱلْوَسَطِ. | ١١ 11 |
But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
| وَنَأْتِيَ إِلَيْهِ إِلَى أَحَدِ ٱلْأَمَاكِنِ حَيْثُ هُوَ، وَنَنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ نُزُولَ ٱلطَّلِّ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَلَا يَبْقَى مِنْهُ وَلَا مِنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلرِّجَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ وَاحِدٌ. | ١٢ 12 |
So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground; and of him and of all the men that are with him we will not leave so much as one.
| وَإِذَا ٱنْحَازَ إِلَى مَدِينَةٍ، يَحْمِلُ جَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى تِلْكَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ حِبَالًا، فَنَجُرُّهَا إِلَى ٱلْوَادِي حَتَّى لَا تَبْقَى هُنَاكَ وَلَا حَصَاةٌ». | ١٣ 13 |
Moreover, if he withdraw himself into a city, then shall all Israel bring up ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the valley until there be not one small stone found there.'
| فَقَالَ أَبْشَالُومُ وَكُلُّ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «إِنَّ مَشُورَةَ حُوشَايَ ٱلْأَرْكِيِّ أَحْسَنُ مِنْ مَشُورَةِ أَخِيتُوفَلَ». فَإِنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ أَمَرَ بِإِبْطَالِ مَشُورَةِ أَخِيتُوفَلَ ٱلصَّالِحَةِ، لِكَيْ يُنْزِلَ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلشَّرَّ بِأَبْشَالُومَ. | ١٤ 14 |
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said: 'The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.' — For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
| وَقَالَ حُوشَايُ لِصَادُوقَ وَأَبِيَاثَارَ ٱلْكَاهِنَيْنِ: «كَذَا وَكَذَا أَشَارَ أَخِيتُوفَلُ عَلَى أَبْشَالُومَ وَعَلَى شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَكَذَا وَكَذَا أَشَرْتُ أَنَا. | ١٥ 15 |
Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests: 'Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.
| فَٱلْآنَ أَرْسِلُوا عَاجِلًا وَأَخْبِرُوا دَاوُدَ قَائِلِينَ: لَا تَبِتْ هَذِهِ ٱللَّيْلَةَ فِي سُهُولِ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ، بَلِ ٱعْبُرْ لِئَلَّا يُبْتَلَعَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَجَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي مَعَهُ». | ١٦ 16 |
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying: Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but in any wise pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.'
| وَكَانَ يُونَاثَانُ وَأَخِيمَعَصُ وَاقِفَيْنِ عِنْدَ عَيْنِ رُوجَلَ، فَٱنْطَلَقَتِ ٱلْجَارِيَةُ وَأَخْبَرَتْهُمَا، وَهُمَا ذَهَبَا وَأَخْبَرَا ٱلْمَلِكَ دَاوُدَ، لِأَنَّهُمَا لَمْ يَقْدِرَا أَنْ يُرَيَا دَاخِلَيْنِ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ. | ١٧ 17 |
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; and a maid-servant used to go and tell them; and they went and told king David; for they might not be seen to come into the city.
| فَرَآهُمَا غُلَامٌ وَأَخْبَرَ أَبْشَالُومَ. فَذَهَبَا كِلَاهُمَا عَاجِلًا وَدَخَلَا بَيْتَ رَجُلٍ فِي بَحُورِيمَ وَلَهُ بِئْرٌ فِي دَارِهِ، فَنَزَلَا إِلَيْهَا. | ١٨ 18 |
But a lad saw them, and told Absalom; and they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down thither.
| فَأَخَذَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ وَفَرَشَتْ سَجْفًا عَلَى فَمِ ٱلْبِئْرِ وَسَطَحَتْ عَلَيْهِ سَمِيذًا فَلَمْ يُعْلَمِ ٱلْأَمْرُ. | ١٩ 19 |
And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and strewed groats thereon; and nothing was known.
| فَجَاءَ عَبِيدُ أَبْشَالُومَ إِلَى ٱلْمَرْأَةِ إِلَى ٱلْبَيْتِ وَقَالُوا: «أَيْنَ أَخِيمَعَصُ وَيُونَاثَانُ؟» فَقَالَتْ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ: «قَدْ عَبَرَا قَنَاةَ ٱلْمَاءِ». وَلَمَّا فَتَّشُوا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوهُمَا رَجَعُوا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٢٠ 20 |
And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said: 'Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?' And the woman said unto them: 'They are gone over the brook of water.' And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
| وَبَعْدَ ذِهَابِهِمْ خَرَجَا مِنَ ٱلْبِئْرِ وَذَهَبَا وَأَخْبَرَا ٱلْمَلِكَ دَاوُدَ، وَقَالَا لِدَاوُدَ: «قُومُوا وَٱعْبُرُوا سَرِيعًا ٱلْمَاءَ، لِأَنَّ هَكَذَا أَشَارَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَخِيتُوفَلُ». | ٢١ 21 |
And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said unto David: 'Arise ye, and pass quickly over the water; for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.'
| فَقَامَ دَاوُدُ وَجَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي مَعَهُ وَعَبَرُوا ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ. وَعِنْدَ ضَوْءِ ٱلصَّبَاحِ لَمْ يَبْقَ أَحَدٌ لَمْ يَعْبُرِ ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ. | ٢٢ 22 |
Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan; by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over the Jordan.
| وَأَمَّا أَخِيتُوفَلُ فَلَمَّا رَأَى أَنَّ مَشُورَتَهُ لَمْ يُعْمَلْ بِهَا، شَدَّ عَلَى ٱلْحِمَارِ وَقَامَ وَٱنْطَلَقَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ إِلَى مَدِينَتِهِ، وَأَوْصَى لِبَيْتِهِ، وَخَنَقَ نَفْسَهُ وَمَاتَ وَدُفِنَ فِي قَبْرِ أَبِيهِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and got him home, unto his city, and set his house in order, and strangled himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
| وَجَاءَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى مَحَنَايِمَ. وَعَبَرَ أَبْشَالُومُ ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ هُوَ وَجَمِيعُ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَعَهُ. | ٢٤ 24 |
When David was come to Mahanaim, Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
| وَأَقَامَ أَبْشَالُومُ عَمَاسَا بَدَلَ يُوآبَ عَلَى ٱلْجَيْشِ. وَكَانَ عَمَاسَا ٱبْنَ رَجُلٍ ٱسْمُهُ يِثْرَا ٱلْإِسْرَائِيلِيُّ ٱلَّذِي دَخَلَ إِلَى أَبِيجَايِلَ بِنْتِ نَاحَاشَ أُخْتِ صَرُويَةَ أُمِّ يُوآبَ. | ٢٥ 25 |
And Absalom had set Amasa over the host instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Jesraelite, that went in to Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.
| وَنَزَلَ إِسْرَائِيلُ وَأَبْشَالُومُ فِي أَرْضِ جِلْعَادَ. | ٢٦ 26 |
And Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
| وَكَانَ لَمَّا جَاءَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى مَحَنَايِمَ أَنَّ شُوبِيَ بْنَ نَاحَاشَ مِنْ رَبَّةِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ، وَمَاكِيرَ بْنَ عَمِّيئِيلَ مِنْ لُودَبَارَ، وَبَرْزَلَّايَ ٱلْجِلْعَادِيَّ مِنْ رُوجَلِيمَ، | ٢٧ 27 |
And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
| قَدَّمُوا فَرْشًا وَطُسُوسًا وَآنِيَةَ خَزَفٍ وَحِنْطَةً وَشَعِيرًا وَدَقِيقًا وَفَرِيكًا وَفُولًا وَعَدَسًا وَحِمِّصًا مَشْوِيًّا | ٢٨ 28 |
brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse,
| وَعَسَلًا وَزُبْدَةً وَضَأْنًا وَجُبْنَ بَقَرٍ، لِدَاوُدَ وَلِلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي مَعَهُ لِيَأْكُلُوا، لِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا: «ٱلشَّعْبُ جَوْعَانُ وَمُتْعَبٌ وَعَطْشَانُ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ». | ٢٩ 29 |
and honey, and curd, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat; for they said: 'The people is hungry, and faint, and thirsty, in the wilderness.'
