1 صَمُوئيل 23

١ 1 وَقِيلَ لِدَاوُدَ: «هَا الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ يُهَاجِمُونَ قَعِيلَةَ وَيَنْهَبُونَ بَيَادِرَ قَمْحِهَا»

And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing-floors.

٢ 2 فَسَأَلَ الرَّبَّ: «هَلْ أَمْضِي لِمُحَارَبَةِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ الرَّبُّ: «اذْهَبْ وَحَارِبْهُمْ وَأَنْقِذْ قَعِيلَةَ».

Therefore David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And Jehovah said to David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.

٣ 3 وَلَكِنَّ رِجَالَ دَاوُدَ قَالُوا: «إِنْ كَانَ الْخَوْفُ يَسْتَبِدُّ بِنَا وَنَحْنُ هُنَا فِي يَهُوذَا، فَكَمْ بِالْحَرِيِّ إِذَا انْطَلَقْنَا إِلَى قَعِيلَةَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ جُيُوشِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ؟»

And David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

٤ 4 فَعَادَ دَاوُدُ يَسْتَشِيرُ الرَّبَّ، فَأَجَابَهُ: «قُمِ انْزِلْ إِلَى قَعِيلَةَ، فَإِنَّنِي أُسَلِّمُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ إِلَى يَدِكَ».

Then David inquired of Jehovah yet again. And Jehovah answered him, and said, Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hand.

٥ 5 فَمَضَى دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ إِلَى قَعِيلَةَ حَيْثُ حَارَبَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَى مَوَاشِيهِمْ وَهَزَمَهُمْ هَزِيمَةً مُنْكَرَةً وَأَنْقَذَ أَهْلَ قَعِيلَةَ.

And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

٦ 6 وَكَانَ أَبِيَاثَارُ بْنُ أَخِيمَالِكَ قَدْ حَمَلَ مَعَهُ أَفُوداً عِنْدَ هُرُوبِهِ إِلَى دَاوُدَ.

And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

٧ 7 فَقِيلَ لِشَاوُلَ إِنَّ دَاوُدَ قَدْ قَدِمَ إِلَى قَعِيلَةَ، فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ: «قَدْ أَسْلَمَهُ اللهُ إِلَى يَدِي، لأَنَّهُ لَجَأَ إِلَى مَدِينَةٍ ذَاتِ بَوَّابَاتٍ وَأَرْتَاجٍ».

And it was told Saul that David came to Keilah. And Saul said, God has delivered him into my hand, for he is shut in by entering into a town that has gates and bars.

٨ 8 وَاسْتَدْعَى شَاوُلُ قُوَّاتِهِ لِلإحَاطَةِ بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَمُحَاصَرَةِ دَاوُدَ وَرِجَالِهِ.

And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

٩ 9 وَلَمَّا أَدْرَكَ دَاوُدُ أَنَّ شَاوُلَ يَتَآمَرُ عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ لأَبِيَاثَارَ الْكَاهِنِ: «أَحْضِرِ الأَفُودَ».

And David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod.

١٠ 10 ثُمَّ صَلَّى دَاوُدُ: «يَا رَبُّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، إِنَّ عَبْدَكَ قَدْ سَمِعَ أَنَّ شَاوُلَ يُحَاوِلُ أَنْ يُحَاصِرَ قَعِيلَةَ لِيُدَمِّرَهَا

Then said David, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thy servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah to destroy the city for my sake.

١١ 11 فَأَعْلِمْنِي هَلْ يُسَلِّمُنِي أَهْلُ قَعِيلَةَ لِشَاوُلَ؟ وَهَلْ شَاوُلُ حَقّاً قَادِمٌ إِلَى قَعِيلَةَ كَمَا قِيلَ لِعَبْدِكَ؟ يَا رَبُّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَخْبِرْ عَبْدَكَ». فَأَجَابَ الرَّبُّ: «إِنَّهُ قَادِمٌ».

Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? Will Saul come down as thy servant has heard? O Jehovah, the God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And Jehovah said, He will come down.

١٢ 12 وَعَادَ دَاوُدُ يَسْأَلُ: «هَلْ يُسَلِّمُنِي أَهْلُ قَعِيلَةَ مَعَ رِجَالِي لِشَاوُلَ؟» فَأَجَابَ الرَّبُّ: «يُسَلِّمُونَ».

Then David said, Will the men of Keilah deliver up me and my men into the hand of Saul? And Jehovah said, They will deliver thee up.

١٣ 13 فَغَادَرَ دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ السِّتُّ مِئَةٍ قَعِيلَةَ وَهَامُوا عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ. فَأُخْبِرَ شَاوُلُ بِانْسِحَابِ دَاوُدَ مِنْ قَعِيلَةَ، فَعَدَلَ عَنِ التَّوَجُّهِ إِلَيْهَا بِقُوَّاتِهِ.

Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah, and he ceased to go forth.

١٤ 14 وَلَجَأَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى حُصُونِ بَرِّيَّةِ زِيفٍ وَمَكَثَ فِي جَبَلِهَا. وَظَلَّ شَاوُلُ يَتَعَقَّبُهُ طَوَالَ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ، وَلَكِنَّ الرَّبَّ لَمْ يُسَلِّمْهُ لِيَدِهِ.

And David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand.

١٥ 15 وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ دَاوُدُ مُخْتَبِئاً فِي غَابَةٍ فِي بَرِّيَّةِ زِيفٍ عَلِمَ أَنَّ شَاوُلَ قَدْ خَرَجَ يَبْحَثُ عَنْهُ،

And David saw that Saul came out to seek his life, and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the forest.

١٦ 16 فَأَقْبَلَ يُونَاثَانُ بْنُ شَاوُلَ إِلَى دَاوُدَ فِي الْغَابَةِ لِيُقَوِّيَ مِنْ ثِقَتِهِ بِاللهِ،

And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the forest, and strengthened his hand in God.

١٧ 17 وَقَالَ لَهُ: «لا تَخَفْ، لأَنَّ يَدَ شَاوُلَ أَبِي لَنْ تَطُولَكَ. وَأَنْتَ سَتَكُونُ مَلِكاً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَنَا أَكُونُ الرَّجُلَ الثَّانِي فِي الْمَمْلَكَةِ. وَأَبِي أَيْضاً يَعْلَمُ هَذَا الأَمْرَ».

And he said to him, Fear not, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee. And thou shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to thee. And that, Saul my father also knows.

١٨ 18 وَجَدَّدَا عَهْدَهُمَا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ. وَمَضَى يُونَاثَانُ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، أَمَّا دَاوُدُ فَمَكَثَ فِي الْغَابَةِ.

And those two made a covenant before Jehovah. And David abode in the forest, and Jonathan went to his house.

١٩ 19 وَجَاءَ الزِّيفِيُّونَ إِلَى شَاوُلَ فِي جِبْعَةَ وَقَالُوا: «أَلَيْسَ دَاوُدُ مُخْتَبِئاً عِنْدَنَا فِي حُصُونِ الْغَابَةِ فِي حَخِيلَةَ جَنُوبِيَّ الصَّحْرَاءِ،

Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?

٢٠ 20 فَتَعَالَ إِلَيْنَا أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ، فِي أَيِّ وَقْتٍ تَشَاءُ، وَنَحْنُ نَضْمَنُ أَنْ نُسَلِّمَهُ إِلَيْكَ».

Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of thy soul to come down, and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand.

٢١ 21 فَأَجَابَهُمْ شَاوُلُ: «لِيُبَارِكْكُمُ الرَّبُّ لِرَأْفَتِكُمْ بِي؛

And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah, for ye have had compassion on me.

٢٢ 22 فَاذْهَبُوا وَتَحَرَّوْا وَتَيَقَّنُوا مِنْ مَكَانِ وجُوُدِهِ وَإِقَامَتِهِ وَمَنْ رَآهُ هُنَاكَ، لأَنَّهُ قِيلَ لِي إِنَّ دَاوُدَ شَدِيدُ الْمَكْرِ.

Go, I pray you, make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there, for it is told me that he deals very shrewdly.

٢٣ 23 وَتَأَكَّدُوا لِي مِن جَمِيعِ الْمَوَاضِعِ الَّتِي يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَخْتَبِئَ فِيهَا ثُمَّ ارْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ بِالْخَبَرِ الْيَقِينِ فَأَمْضِيَ مَعَكُمْ، إِنْ كَانَ حَقّاً مَوْجُوداً، فَأَبْحَثُ عَنْهُ بَيْنَ عَشَائِرِ يَهُوذَا».

See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hides himself, and come ye again to me of a certainty. And I will go with you, and it shall come to pass, if he is in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.

٢٤ 24 فَانْطَلَقُوا إِلَى زِيفٍ مُتَقَدِّمِينَ أَمَامَ شَاوُلَ. وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ آنَئِذٍ فِي سَهْلِ بَرِّيَّةِ مَعُونٍ جَنُوبِيَّ الصَّحْرَاءِ.

And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul, but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.

٢٥ 25 فَشَرَعَ رِجَالُ شَاوُلَ يَبْحَثُونَ عَنْهُ. فَبَلَغَ الْخَبَرُ دَاوُدَ فَتَوَغَّلَ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ الصُّخُورِ فِي بَرِّيَّةِ مَعُونٍ. وَعِنْدَمَا عَلِمَ شَاوُلُ بِذَلِكَ تَعَقَّبَهُ إِلَى هُنَاكَ.

And Saul and his men went to seek him. And they told David. Therefore he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

٢٦ 26 فَكَانَ شَاوُلُ يَسِيرُ بِمُحَاذَاةِ أَحَدِ جَانِبَيِ الْجَبَلِ، وَدَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ يَسِيرُونَ بِمُحَاذَاةِ الْجَانِبِ الآخَرِ هَرَباً مِنْ شَاوُلَ، الَّذِي سَعَى مَعَ قُوَّاتِهِ لِمُحَاصَرَةِ دَاوُدَ وَرِجَالِهِ لِيَأْسِرَهُمْ.

And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain. And David made haste to get away for fear of Saul. For Saul and his men encompassed David and his men round about to take them.

٢٧ 27 وَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ وَفَدَ رَسُولٌ إِلَى شَاوُلَ قَائِلاً: «أَسْرِعْ! تَعَالَ، فَقَدِ اقْتَحَمَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ الْبِلادَ».

But there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Hasten thee, and come, for the Philistines have made a raid upon the land.

٢٨ 28 فَرَجَعَ شَاوُلُ عَنْ مُطَارَدَةِ دَاوُدَ وَذَهَبَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، لِذَلِكَ دُعِيَ ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعُ «تَلَّ الْمُفَارَقَةِ».

So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines. Therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.

٢٩ 29 وَتَوَجَّهَ دَاوُدُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ وَتَمَنَّعَ فِي حُصُونِ عَيْنِ جَدْيٍ.

And David went up from there, and dwelt in the strongholds of En-gedi.