1 صَمُوئيل 13

١ 1 كَانَ شَاوُلُ ابْنَ (ثَلاثِينَ) سَنَةٍ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ مِنْ مُلْكِهِ،

When Saul had reigned one year, —and two years he reigned over Israel, —

٢ 2 اخْتَارَ ثَلاثَةَ آلافِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، احْتَفَظَ بِأَلْفَيْنِ مِنْهُمْ لِنَفْسِهِ فِي مِخْمَاسَ وَفِي جَبَلِ بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَتَرَكَ أَلْفاً مَعَ يُونَاثَانَ ابْنِهِ فِي جِبْعَةِ بِنْيَامِينَ. وَأَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ الْجَيْشِ فَقَدْ سَرَّحَهُمْ لِيَعُودَ كُلٌّ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ.

Saul chose for himself three thousand men out of Israel; and there were with Saul two thousand in Michmash and on the mountain of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gib'ah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent away every man to his tents.

٣ 3 وَهَاجَمَ يُونَاثَانُ حَامِيَةَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ الْمُعَسْكِرَةَ فِي جِبْعَ، فَبَلَغَ الْخَبَرُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ. وَأَطْلَقَ شَاوُلُ البُوقَ فِي كُلِّ الأَرْضِ قَائِلاً: «لِيَسْمَعْ جَمِيعُ الْعِبْرَانِيِّينَ».

And Jonathan smote the outpost of the Philistines that was at Geba', and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the cornet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear it.

٤ 4 فَذَاعَ نَبَأٌ أَنَّ شَاوُلَ هَاجَمَ حَامِيَةَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَأَنَّ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ عَازِمُونَ عَلَى الانْتِقَامِ مِنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، فَتَحَرَّكَ جَيْشُ إِسْرَائِيلَ كُلُّهُ وَلَحِقَ بِشَاوُلَ فِي الْجِلْجَالِ.

And all Israel heard it, saying, Saul hath smitten the outpost of the Philistines, and the Israelites also have put themselves in ill-favor with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.

٥ 5 وَاحْتَشَدَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِقُوَّةٍ تَتَأَلَّفُ مِنْ ثَلاثِينَ أَلْفَ مَرْكَبَةٍ حَرْبِيَّةٍ، وَسِتَّةِ آلافِ فَارِسٍ وَجَيْشٍ كَرَمْلِ شَاطِىءِ الْبَحْرِ فِي كَثْرَتِهِ، وَتَجَمَّعُوا فِي مِخْمَاسَ شَرْقِيَّ بَيْتِ آوِنَ.

And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude; and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.

٦ 6 وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَى بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ حَرَجَ مَوْقِفِهِمِ اعْتَرَاهُمُ الضِّيقُ، فَاخْتَبَأُوا فِي الْمَغَاوِرِ وَالأَدْغَالِ وَبَيْنَ الصُّخُورِ وَالأَبْرَاجِ وَالآبَارِ.

And when the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, [for the people were oppressed, ] then did the people hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in strongholds, and in pits.

٧ 7 وَاجْتَازَ بَعْضُ الْعِبْرَانِيِّينَ نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ إِلَى أَرْضِ جَادٍ وَجِلْعَادَ. أَمَّا شَاوُلُ فَظَلَّ فِي الْجِلْجَالِ مَعَ بَقِيَّةٍ مِنَ الْجَيْشِ مَلأَ قُلُوبَهَا الذُّعْرُ.

And some of the Hebrews passed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gil'ad. As for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him hastily.

٨ 8 وَمَكَثَ شَاوُلُ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ فِي الْجِلْجَالِ يَنْتَظِرُ مَجِيءَ صَمُوئِيلَ بِمُوْجِبِ اتِّفَاقٍ سَابِقٍ. وَعِنْدَمَا تَأَخَّرَ صَمُوئِيلُ عَنِ الْحُضُورِ وَتَفَرَّقَ الْجَيْشُ عَنْ شَاوُلَ،

And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed; but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattering themselves from him.

٩ 9 قَالَ شَاوُلُ: «قَدِّمُوا إِلَيَّ الْمُحْرَقَةَ وَذَبَائِحَ السَّلامِ». وَقَرَّبَ الْمُحْرَقَةَ.

And Saul said, Bring hither to me the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings. And he offered the burnt-offering.

١٠ 10 وَمَا إِنِ انْتَهَى مِنْ تَقْدِيمِهَا حَتَّى أَقْبَلَ صَمُوئِيلُ، فَخَرَجَ شَاوُلُ لِلِقَائِهِ لِيَتَلَقَّى بَرَكَتَهُ.

And it came to pass, that, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him.

١١ 11 فَسَأَلَ صَمُوئِيلُ: «مَاذَا فَعَلْتَ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ شَاوُلُ: «رَأَيْتُ أَنَّ الشَّعْبَ تَفَرَّقَ عَنِّي، وَأَنْتَ لَمْ تَحْضُرْ فِي مَوْعِدِكَ، وَالْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ مُحْتَشِدُونَ فِي مِخْمَاسَ،

And Samuel said, What hast thou done: And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattering themselves from me, whereas thou camest not at the appointed day, and the Philistines are gathering themselves together at Michmash;

١٢ 12 فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ مُتَأَهِّبُونَ الآنَ لِلْهُجُومِ عَلَيَّ فِي الْجِلْجَالِ وَأَنَا لَمْ أَتَضَرَّعْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ بَعْدُ طَلَباً لِعَوْنِهِ، فَوَجَدْتُ نَفْسِي مُرْغَماً عَلَى تَقْرِيبِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ».

And I said, The Philistines will now come down unto me to Gilgal, and I have not yet made supplication unto the Lord: wherefore I forced myself, and offered the burnt-offering.

١٣ 13 فَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ لِشَاوُلَ: «لَقَدْ تَصَرَّفْتَ بِحَمَاقَةٍ، فَأَنْتَ قَدْ عَصَيتَ وَصِيَّةَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ الَّتِي أَمَرَكَ بِها. وَلَوْ أَطَعْتَهُ لَثَبَّتَ مُلْكَكَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he had commanded thee; for now would the Lord have established thy government over Israel for ever.

١٤ 14 أَمَّا الآنَ، فَلأَنَّكَ لَمْ تُطِعْ مَا أَمَرَكَ الرَّبُّ بِهِ فَإِنَّ مُلْكَكَ لَنْ يَدُومَ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدِ اخْتَارَ لِنَفْسِهِ رجُلاً حَسَبَ قَلْبِهِ وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يُصْبِحَ رَئِيساً عَلَى شَعْبِهِ».

But now thy government shall not endure: the Lord hath sought out for himself a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath ordained him to be chief over his people; because thou hast not kept what the Lord had commanded thee.

١٥ 15 وَانْطَلَقَ صَمُوئِيلُ مِنَ الْجِلْجَالِ إِلَى جِبْعَةِ بِنْيَامِينَ. وَأَحْصَى شَاوُلُ مَنْ بَقِيَ مَعَهُ مِنَ الْجَيْشِ وَإذَا بِهِمْ نَحْوَ سِتِّ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ.

And Samuel arose, and went up from Gilgal unto Gib'ah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were to be found with him, about six hundred men.

١٦ 16 وَكَانَ شَاوُلُ وَابْنُهُ يُونَاثَانُ وَمَنْ مَعَهُمَا مِنَ الْجَيْشِ مُعَسْكِرِينَ فِي جِبْعِ بِنْيَامِينَ، أَمَّا الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ فَكَانُوا مُتَجَمِّعِينَ فِي مِخْمَاسَ.

And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were to be found with them, were lying in Geba' of Benjamin; but the Philistines were encamped in Michmash.

١٧ 17 وَخَرَجَتْ ثَلاثُ فِرَقِ غُزَاةٍ مِنْ مُعَسْكَرِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ تَوَجَّهَتْ إِحْدَاهَا فِي طَرِيقِ عَفْرَةَ إِلَى أَرْضِ شُوعَالَ،

And the troop of freebooters went out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned into the way to 'Ophrah, unto the land of Shu'al;

١٨ 18 وَانْطَلَقَتِ الْفِرْقَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ فِي طَرِيقِ بَيْتِ حُورُونَ. أَمَّا الْفِرْقَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ فَقَدِ اتَّجَهَتْ فِي طَرِيقِ الْحُدُودِ الْمُشْرِفَةِ عَلَى وَادِي صَبُوعِيمَ نَحْوَ الصَّحْرَاءِ.

And another company turned into the way to Beth-choron; and the other company turned into the way to the frontier that looketh over the valley of Zebo'im toward the wilderness.

١٩ 19 وَلَمْ يَسْمَحِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ بِوُجُودِ حَدَّادِينَ فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِئَلّا يَصْنَعَ الْعِبْرَانِيُّونَ سُيُوفاً وَرِمَاحاً.

Now there was no smith to be found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, So that the Hebrews shall not make themselves swords or spears.

٢٠ 20 فَكَانَ عَلَى الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ أَنْ يَلْجَأُوا إِلَى أَرْضِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ لِيَسُنُّوا رُؤُوسَ مَحَارِيثِهِمْ وَمَنَاجِلَهُمْ وَفُؤُوسَهُمْ وَمَعَاوِلَهُمْ.

But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plough-share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

٢١ 21 فَكَانَتْ أُجْرَةُ سَنِّ الْمِحْرَاثِ وَالْمِنْجَلِ ثُلْثَيْ شَاقِلٍ (نَحْوَ ثَمِانِيَةِ جِرَامَاتٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ) وَلِكُلِّ مُثَلَّثَاتِ الأَسْنَانِ وَالْفُؤُوسِ وَالْمَنَاخِسِ ثُلْثَ شَاقِلٍ (أَيْ أَرْبَعَةَ جِرَامَاتٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ).

And they used a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the three-pronged forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.

٢٢ 22 وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَدَى جَمِيعِ الْجَيْشِ الْبَاقِي مَعَ شَاوُلَ وَيُونَاثَانَ فِي يَوْمِ الْحَرْبِ أَيُّ سَيْفٍ أَوْ رُمْحٍ، إلّا مَا كَانَ مَعَ شَاوُلَ وَيُونَاثَانَ ابْنِهِ.

So it came to pass on the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan; but they were found with Saul and with Jonathan his son.

٢٣ 23 وَمَضَتْ قُوَّةٌ مِنَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ لِتُعَسْكِرَ فِي مَمَرِّ مِخْمَاسَ.

And the outpost of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.