صَمُوئِيلَ ٱلثَّانِي 17
| وَقَالَ أَخِيتُوفَلُ لِأَبْشَالُومَ: «دَعْنِي أَنْتَخِبُ ٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ وَأَقُومُ وَأَسْعَى وَرَاءَ دَاوُدَ هَذِهِ ٱللَّيْلَةَ، | ١ 1 |
Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
| فَآتِيَ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ مُتْعَبٌ وَمُرْتَخِي ٱلْيَدَيْنِ فَأُزْعِجُهُ، فَيَهْرُبَ كُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي مَعَهُ، وَأَضْرِبُ ٱلْمَلِكَ وَحْدَهُ. | ٢ 2 |
I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him will flee. I will strike 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 to you. The man whom you seek is as if all returned. All the people shall be in peace.”
| فَحَسُنَ ٱلْأَمْرُ فِي عَيْنَيْ أَبْشَالُومَ وَأَعْيُنِ جَمِيعِ شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٤ 4 |
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 Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let’s hear likewise what he says.”
| فَلَمَّا جَاءَ حُوشَايُ إِلَى أَبْشَالُومَ، كَلَّمَهُ أَبْشَالُومُ قَائِلًا: «بِمِثْلِ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ تَكَلَّمَ أَخِيتُوفَلُ. أَنَعْمَلُ حَسَبَ كَلَامِهِ أَمْ لَا؟ تَكَلَّمْ أَنْتَ». | ٦ 6 |
When Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, “Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he says? If not, speak up.”
| فَقَالَ حُوشَايُ لِأَبْشَالُومَ: «لَيْسَتْ حَسَنَةً ٱلْمَشُورَةُ ٱلَّتِي أَشَارَ بِهَا أَخِيتُوفَلُ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَرَّةَ». | ٧ 7 |
Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has 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, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your 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 now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. It will happen, when some of them have fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, ‘There is a slaughter amongst the people who follow Absalom!’
| أَيْضًا ذُو ٱلْبَأْسِ ٱلَّذِي قَلْبُهُ كَقَلْبِ ٱلْأَسَدِ يَذُوبُ ذَوَبَانًا، لِأَنَّ جَمِيعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ أَبَاكَ جَبَّارٌ، وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ ذَوُو بَأْسٍ. | ١٠ 10 |
Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who 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 to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your 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 we will come on him in some place where he will be found, and we will light on him as the dew falls on the ground, then we will not leave so much as one of him and of all the men who are with him.
| 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 has gone into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there isn’t 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 |
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 on Absalom.
| وَقَالَ حُوشَايُ لِصَادُوقَ وَأَبِيَاثَارَ ٱلْكَاهِنَيْنِ: «كَذَا وَكَذَا أَشَارَ أَخِيتُوفَلُ عَلَى أَبْشَالُومَ وَعَلَى شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَكَذَا وَكَذَا أَشَرْتُ أَنَا. | ١٥ 15 |
Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Ahithophel counselled Absalom and the elders of Israel that way; and I have counselled this way.
| 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, ‘Don’t lodge tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who 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 were staying by En Rogel; and a female servant used to go and report to them, and they went and told King David; for they couldn’t risk being seen coming 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 boy saw them, and told Absalom. Then they both went away quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
| فَأَخَذَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ وَفَرَشَتْ سَجْفًا عَلَى فَمِ ٱلْبِئْرِ وَسَطَحَتْ عَلَيْهِ سَمِيذًا فَلَمْ يُعْلَمِ ٱلْأَمْرُ. | ١٩ 19 |
The woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and spread out crushed grain on it; 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 |
Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman said to them, “They have gone over the brook of water.” 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 |
After they had departed, they came up out of the well and went and told King David; and they said to David, “Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has 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 who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan. By the morning light there lacked not one of them who had 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 |
When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, arose, and went home to his city, set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.
| وَجَاءَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى مَحَنَايِمَ. وَعَبَرَ أَبْشَالُومُ ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ هُوَ وَجَمِيعُ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَعَهُ. | ٢٤ 24 |
Then David came 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 |
Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.
| وَنَزَلَ إِسْرَائِيلُ وَأَبْشَالُومُ فِي أَرْضِ جِلْعَادَ. | ٢٦ 26 |
Israel and Absalom encamped 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 |
When David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
| قَدَّمُوا فَرْشًا وَطُسُوسًا وَآنِيَةَ خَزَفٍ وَحِنْطَةً وَشَعِيرًا وَدَقِيقًا وَفَرِيكًا وَفُولًا وَعَدَسًا وَحِمِّصًا مَشْوِيًّا | ٢٨ 28 |
brought beds, basins, earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal, parched grain, beans, lentils, roasted grain,
| وَعَسَلًا وَزُبْدَةً وَضَأْنًا وَجُبْنَ بَقَرٍ، لِدَاوُدَ وَلِلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي مَعَهُ لِيَأْكُلُوا، لِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا: «ٱلشَّعْبُ جَوْعَانُ وَمُتْعَبٌ وَعَطْشَانُ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ». | ٢٩ 29 |
honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and for the people who were with him to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry, weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
