1 صَمُوئيل 11

١ 1 وَزَحَفَ نَاحَاشُ الْعَمُّونِيُّ عَلَى يَابِيشَ جِلْعَادَ وَحَاصَرَهَا، فَقَالَ أَهْلُ يَابِيشَ لِنَاحَاشَ: «وَقِّعْ مَعْنَا مُعَاهَدَةً فَنُصْبِحَ عَبِيداً لَكَ»

Nahash the Ammonite came with his army and besieged Jabesh-gilead. All the people of Jabesh said to him, “Make a peace treaty with us, and we will be your subjects.”

٢ 2 فَأَجَابَهُمْ: «حَسَناً، وَلَكِنْ بِشَرْطِ أَنْ أَقْلَعَ الْعَيْنَ الْيُمْنَى لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ، فَيُصْبِحَ ذَلِكَ عَاراً عَلَى كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ».

But Nahash the Ammonite responded, “I'll make a peace treaty with you on one condition: that I gouge out everyone's right eye to bring shame on all Israelites.”

٣ 3 فَقَالَ لَهُ زُعَمَاءُ يَابِيشَ: «أَمْهِلْنَا سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ، نَبْعَثُ فِيهَا رُسُلاً إِلَى جَمِيعِ أَرَاضِي إِسْرَائِيلَ طَالِبِينَ النَّجْدَةَ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يُغِثْنَا أَحَدٌ، نُذْعِنْ لِشَرْطِكَ».

“Let us have seven days so we can send messengers all over Israel,” replied the town elders of Jabesh. “If no one comes to help us, we will surrender to you.”

٤ 4 وَعِنْدَمَا وَصَلَ رُسُلُ يَابِيشَ إِلَى جِبْعَةِ شَاوُلَ، وَأَطْلَعُوا الشَّعْبَ عَلَى الأَمْرِ، عَلا بُكَاءُ الشَّعْبِ.

When the messengers arrived in Gibeah of Saul and gave the message as the people listened, they all wept out loud.

٥ 5 وَفِيمَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ، أَقْبَلَ شَاوُلُ مِنَ الْحَقْلِ يَقُودُ أَمَامَهُ الْبَقَرَ، فَتَسَاءَلَ: «مَا بَالُ الشَّعْبِ يَبْكِي؟» فَرَوَوْا لَهُ خَبَرَ أَهْلِ يَابِيشَ،

Right then Saul was coming back from ploughing a field with his oxen. “Why is everyone so upset?” he asked. They told him what the men from Jabesh had said.

٦ 6 فَحَلَّ عَلَيْهِ رُوحُ اللهِ عِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ الْخَبَرَ وَثَارَ غَضَبُهُ.

The Spirit of God came on Saul in power when he heard about this, and he grew very angry.

٧ 7 وَأَخَذَ ثَوْرَيْنِ قَطَّعَهُمَا إِلَى أَجْزَاءَ وَزَّعَهَا عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْجَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِيَدِ رُسُلٍ قَائِلاً: «هَكَذَا يَحْدُثُ لِبَقَرِ كُلِّ مَنْ يَتَخَلَّفُ عَنِ الْخُرُوجِ وَرَاءَ شَاوُلَ وَوَرَاءَ صَمُوئِيلَ». فَطَغَى رُعْبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ، وَالْتَفُّوا حَوْلَ شَاوُلَ كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ.

He took a pair of oxen and cut them into pieces. Then he sent them by messenger to every part of Israel with the message, “This is what will happen to the oxen of anyone who does not follow Saul and Samuel.” The Lord made the people anxious to do so, and they came out as one.

٨ 8 وَأَحْصَاهُمْ شَاوُلُ فِي بَازَقَ فَبَلَغَ عَدَدُهُمْ ثَلاثَ مِئَةِ أَلْفٍ، فَضْلاً عَنْ ثَلاثِينَ أَلْفاً مِنْ رِجَالِ يَهُوذَا.

When Saul counted them at Bezek, there were 300,000 men from Israel and 30,000 men from Judah.

٩ 9 وَقَالُوا لِلرُّسُلِ الْوَافِدِينَ: «أَخْبِرُوا أَهْلَ يَابِيشَ أَنَّ غَداً، عِنْدَ اشْتِدَادِ حَرِّ الشَّمْسِ، يَتِمُّ خَلاصُكُمْ». وَعِنْدَمَا عَادَ الرُّسُلُ وَأَخْبَرُوا أَهْلَ يَابِيشَ عَمَّهُمُ الْفَرَحُ.

They said to the messengers who came, “Tell the men of Jabesh Gilead, ‘Tomorrow you'll be rescued, by the time the sun is hot.’” The people of Jabesh were so happy when the messengers arrived and told them this.

١٠ 10 فَقَالَ أَهْلُ يَابِيشَ لِلْعَمُّونِيِّينَ: «غَداً نَخْرُجُ إِلَيْكُمْ مُسْتَسْلِمِينَ لِتَصْنَعُوا بِنَا مَا يَطِيبُ لَكُمْ».

They told the Ammonites, “We will surrender to you tomorrow, and then you can do to us whatever you want.”

١١ 11 وَفِي صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي قَسَمَ شَاوُلُ جَيْشَهُ إِلَى ثَلاثِ فِرَقٍ، وَهَجَمُوا عَلَى مُعَسْكَرِ الْعَمُّونِيِّينَ عِنْدَ الْفَجْرِ وَأَعْمَلُوا فِيهِمْ تَقْتِيلاً حَتَّى اشْتَدَّ حَرُّ النَّهَارِ. وَالَّذِينَ نَجَوْا مِنْهُمْ تَشَتَّتُوا حَتَّى لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمُ اثْنَانِ مَعاً.

The next day Saul organized the army into three divisions. They attacked the Ammonite camp before dawn and went on killing them until the day grew hot. The survivors were so scattered that not even two of them were left together.

١٢ 12 وَقَالَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ: «أَيْنَ هَؤُلاءِ الَّذِينَ تَسَاءَلُوا: أَيَمْلِكُ شَاوُلُ عَلَيْنَا؟ سَلِّمُوهُمْ لَنَا فَنَقْتُلَهُمْ».

Then the people asked Samuel, “Who was saying, ‘Why should we have Saul as our king?’ Hand these men over so we can execute them.”

١٣ 13 فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ: «لا يُقْتَلُ أَحَدٌ فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ صَنَعَ الْيَوْمَ خَلاصاً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ».

But Saul replied, “No one's going to be executed today, for this is the day that the Lord saved Israel.”

١٤ 14 وَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ لِلشَّعْبِ: «هَيَّا نَذْهَبْ إِلَى الْجِلْجَالِ لِنُجَدِّدَ هُنَاكَ عَهْدَ الْمَلِكِ».

Then Samuel said to the people, “Come with me—let's go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom.”

١٥ 15 فَتَوَجَّهَ الشَّعْبُ إِلَى الْجِلْجَالِ، وَمَلَّكُوا هُنَاكَ شَاوُلَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، وَقَرَّبُوا ذَبَائِحَ سَلامٍ فِي حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ. وَغَمَرَتِ الْفَرْحَةُ شَاوُلَ وَسَائِرَ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Everyone went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king before the Lord. They sacrificed friendship offerings to the Lord, and Saul together with all the Israelites had a great celebration.