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وَقَدِمَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى أَخِيمَالِكَ الْكَاهِنِ فِي نُوبٍ، فَارْتَعَدَ أَخِيمَالِكُ عِنْدَ لِقَاءِ دَاوُدَ وَسَأَلَهُ: «مَالِي أَرَاكَ وَحْدَكَ وَلَيْسَ مَعَكَ أَحَدٌ؟». ١ 1
Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”
فَأَجَابَهُ دَاوُدُ: «كَلَّفَنِي الْمَلِكُ بِمُهِمَّةٍ وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَكْتُمَ الأَمْرَ فَلا أُخْبِرَ بِهِ أَحَداً، وَأَمَّا رِجَالِي فَقَدِ اتَّفَقْتُ مَعَهُمْ عَلَى مُقَابَلَتِي فِي مَكَانٍ مُعَيَّنٍ. ٢ 2
“The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission or charge. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a certain place.
وَالآنَ مَاذَا عِنْدَكَ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ؟ أَعْطِنِي خَمْسَةَ أَرْغِفَةٍ أَوْ مَا يَتَوَافَرُ لَدَيْكَ». ٣ 3
Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.”
فَأَجَابَ الْكَاهِنُ: «لَيْسَ عِنْدِي خُبْزٌ عَادِيٌّ، وَإِنَّمَا خُبْزٌ مُقَدَّسٌ، يُمْكِنُ لِرِجَالِكَ أَنْ يَأْكُلُوا مِنْهُ شَرِيطَةَ أَنْ يَكُونُوا قَدْ حَفِظُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ طَاهِرِينَ وَلاسِيَّمَا مِنَ النِّسَاءِ». ٤ 4
“There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”
فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِلْكَاهِنِ: «إِنَّ النِّسَاءَ قَدْ مُنِعْنَ عَنَّا مُنْذُ أَمْسِ وَمَا قَبْلُ، كَمَا هِي الْعَادَةُ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِي فِي مُهِمَّةٍ، أَمَّا أَمْتِعَتُهُمْ فَهِيَ دَائِماً طَاهِرَةٌ، حَتَّى فِي أَثْنَاءِ تَنْفِيذِ الْمُهِمَّاتِ الْعَادِيَّةِ. فَكَمْ بِالْحَرِيِّ إِنْ كَانَتِ الْمُهِمَّةُ مُقَدَّسَةً؟» ٥ 5
David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the equipment of the young men is holy, as it is even on common missions, and all the more at this time.”
فَأَعْطَاهُ الْكَاهِنُ الْخُبْزَ الْمُقَدَّسَ إِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَدَيْهِ سِوَى خُبْزِ الْوُجُوهِ الْمَرْفُوعِ مِنْ أَمَامِ الرَّبِّ لِكَي يُسْتَبْدَلَ بِخُبْزٍ سَاخِنٍ فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي يُرْفَعُ فِيهِ. ٦ 6
So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there but the Bread of the Presence, which had been removed from before the LORD and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.
وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ خَدَمِ شَاوُلَ مُعْتَكِفاً فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، يُدْعَى دُوَاغَ الأَدُومِيَّ، رَئِيسَ رُعَاةِ شَاوُلَ. ٧ 7
Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief shepherd for Saul.
وَسَأَلَ دَاوُدُ أَخِيمَالِكَ: «أَلا يُوْجَدُ لَدَيْكَ رُمْحٌ أَوْ سَيْفٌ، لأَنَّنِي لَمْ أَتَقَلَّدْ سَيْفِي أَوْ أَحْمِلْ سِلاحِي، إِذْ إِنَّ أَمْرَ الْمَلِكِ كَانَ مُلِحّاً». ٨ 8
Then David asked Ahimelech, “Is there not a spear or sword on hand here? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business was urgent.”
فَأَجَابَ الْكَاهِنُ: «عِنْدِي سَيْفُ جُلْيَاتَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّ الَّذِي قَتَلْتَهُ فِي وَادِي الْبُطْمِ، وَهَا هُوَ مَلْفُوفٌ فِي ثَوْبٍ خَلْفَ الأَفُودِ. فَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ تَأْخُذَهُ فَافْعَلْ، لأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ عِنْدِي سِوَاهُ هُنَا». فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ: «لَيْسَ لَهُ مَثِيلٌ، أَعْطِنِي إِيَّاهُ». ٩ 9
The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take it. For there is no other but this one.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”
فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ هَرَبَ دَاوُدُ مِنْ أَمَامِ شَاوُلَ وَلَجَأَ إِلَى أَخِيشَ مَلِكِ جَتَّ. ١٠ 10
That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.
فَقَالَ رِجَالُ حَاشِيَةِ أَخِيشَ لَهُ: «أَلَيْسَ هَذَا دَاوُدَ مَلِكَ بِلادِهِ؟ أَلَيْسَ هَذَا الَّذِي أَنْشَدَتْ لَهُ النِّسَاءُ رَاقِصَاتٍ قَائِلاتٍ: قَتَلَ شَاوُلُ أُلُوفاً وَقَتَلَ دَاوُدُ عَشَرَاتِ الأُلُوفِ؟» ١١ 11
But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
فَكَتَمَ دَاوُدُ هَذَا الْكَلامَ فِي نَفْسِهِ وَتَوَلّاهُ خَوْفٌ شَدِيدٌ مِنْ أَخِيشَ مَلِكِ جَتَّ، ١٢ 12
Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
وَتَظَاهَرَ أَمَامَهُمْ أَنَّهُ مُصَابٌ بِعَقْلِهِ، وَرَاحَ يُخَرْبِشُ عَلَى الْبَابِ وَتَرَكَ لُعَابَهُ يَسِيلُ عَلَى لِحْيَتِهِ. ١٣ 13
So he changed his behavior before them and feigned madness in their hands; he scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.
فَقَالَ أَخِيشُ لِقَوْمِهِ: «أَلا تَرَوْنَ أَنَّ الرَّجُلَ مَجْنُونٌ، فَلِمَاذَا جِئْتُمْ بِهِ إِلَيَّ؟ ١٤ 14
Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you can see that the man is insane! Why have you brought him to me?
أَلا يَكْفِينِي مَا عِنْدِي مِنْ مَجَانِينَ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُمْ بِهَذَا لِكَيْ يُظْهِرَ جُنُونَهُ عَلَيَّ؟ أَيَدْخُلُ هَذَا بَيْتِي؟». ١٥ 15
Am I in need of madmen, that you have brought this man to rave in my presence? Must this man come into my house?”

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