1 صَمُوئيل 25

١ 1 وَمَاتَ صَمُوئِيلُ، فَاجْتَمَعَ جَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَنَاحُوا عَلَيْهِ وَدَفَنُوهُ فِي بَيْتِهِ فِي الرَّامَةِ. فَانْتَقَلَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى صَحْرَاءِ فَارَانَ.

Samuel died. Everyone in Israel gathered to mourn for him, and they buried him at his home in Ramah. David left and went to the Desert of Paran.

٢ 2 وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ رَجُلٌ ثَرِيٌّ مُقِيمٌ فِي مَدِينَةِ مَعُونَ ذُو أَمْلاكٍ فِي الْكَرْمَلِ حَيْثُ كَانَ يَجُزُّ غَنَمَهُ، وَكَانَتْ ثَرْوَتُهُ طَائِلَةً جِدّاً، إِذْ كَانَ يَمْتَلِكُ ثَلاثَةَ آلافِ رَأْسٍ مِنَ الْغَنَمِ وَأَلْفاً مِنَ الْمَعْزِ.

A man from Maon was very wealthy. He had property in Carmel and owned one thousand goats and three thousand sheep. He was in Carmel shearing them.

٣ 3 وَكَانَ اسْمُ الرَّجُلِ نَابَالَ، وَاسْمُ امْرَأَتِهِ أَبِيجَايِلَ. وَكَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فَاتِنَةَ الْجَمَالِ رَاجِحَةَ الْعَقْلِ، أَمَّا الرَّجُلُ فَكَانَ قَاسِياً سَيِّئَ الأَعْمَالِ، وَهُوَ يَنْتَمِي إِلَى عَشِيرَةِ كَالَبَ.

The man's name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail. She was a wise and beautiful woman, but her husband was cruel and treated people badly. He was a descendant of Caleb.

٤ 4 فَبَلَغَ دَاوُدَ، وَهُوَ لَا يَزَالُ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ، أَنَّ نَابَالَ يَجُزُّ غَنَمَهُ.

David was in the wilderness, and he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.

٥ 5 فَبَعَثَ دَاوُدُ بِعَشَرَةِ غِلْمَانٍ أَوْصَاهُمْ أَنْ يَنْطَلِقُوا إِلَى الْكَرْمَلِ وَيَدْخُلُوا بَيْتَ نَابَالَ وَيُبْلِغُوهُ تَمَنِّيَاتِ دَاوُدَ، وَيَقُولُوا لَهُ:

So David sent ten of his young men and told them, “Go and see Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name, and say hello from me.

٦ 6 «أَطَالَ اللهُ بَقَاءَكَ، وَجَعَلَكَ أَنْتَ وَبَيْتَكَ وَكُلَّ مَالَكَ سَالِماً.

Tell him, ‘I wish you a long life! Peace to you and your family, and may everything you do prosper.

٧ 7 لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ أَنَّ عِنْدَكَ جَزَّازِينَ. حِينَ كَانَ رُعَاتُكَ بَيْنَنَا لَمْ نُؤْذِهِمْ وَلَمْ يُفْقَدْ لَهُمْ شَيْءٌ طَوَالَ الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي كَانُوا فِيهَا فِي الْكَرْمَلِ.

Now I've heard that you are busy shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we didn't mistreat them, and nothing belonging to them was stolen all the time they were in Carmel.

٨ 8 تَحَرَّ الأَمْرَ مِنْ غِلْمَانِكَ فَيُخْبِرُوكَ. لِذَلِكَ لِيَحْظَ غِلْمَانِي بِرِضَاكَ، فَقَدْ جِئْنَا إِلَيْكَ فِي يَوْمِ عِيدٍ، فَهَبْ عَبِيدَكَ وَابْنَكَ دَاوُدَ مَا تَجُودُ بِهِ نَفْسُكَ».

Check with your men and they'll confirm it. Please be kind to my men, especially since we've come on this day of celebration. Please give whatever food you can to us and to your good friend David.’”

٩ 9 فَقَدِمَ الْغِلْمَانُ إِلَى نَابَالَ وَأَبْلَغُوهُ هَذَا الْكَلامَ بِاسْمِ دَاوُدَ وَصَمَتُوا.

David's young men arrived, gave Nabal this message from David, and waited for his reply.

١٠ 10 فَأَجَابَهُمْ نَابَالُ: «مَنْ هُوَ دَاوُدُ؟ وَمَنْ هُوَ ابْنُ يَسَّى؟ قَدْ كَثُرَ الْيَوْمَ الْعَبِيدُ الْهَارِبُونَ مِنْ أَسْيَادِهِمْ.

“Who does this ‘David, son of Jesse’ think he is?” Nabal replied. “Nowadays there are many servants on the run from their masters!

١١ 11 هَلْ آخُذُ خُبْزِي وَمَائِي وَذَبِيحَتِي الَّتِي جَهَّزْتُهَا لِجَازِّيَّ وَأُعْطِيهَا لِقَوْمٍ لَا أَعْلَمُ مِنْ أَيْنَ هُمْ؟»

Why should I take the bread and water I've supplied, and the meat I've slaughtered for my shearers, and hand it over to these strangers? I don't even know where they're from!”

١٢ 12 فَانْصَرَفَ غِلْمَانُ دَاوُدَ وَرَجَعُوا إِلَى دَاوُدَ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ بِكَلامِ نَابَالَ.

So David's men turned around and went back the way they came. When they got back they told David everything Nabal had said.

١٣ 13 فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِرِجَالِهِ: «لِيَتَقَلَّدْ كُلٌّ مِنْكُمْ سَيْفَهُ». فَتَقَلَّدُوا سُيُوفَهُمْ، وَكَذَلِكَ فَعَلَ دَاوُدُ، وَسَارَ عَلَى رَأْسِ أَرْبَعِ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ بَعْدَ أَنْ مَكَثَ مِئَتَانِ لِحِرَاسَةِ الأَمْتِعَةِ.

“Everyone, put on your swords!” David ordered. They all put on their swords, and David did too. About four hundred followed David, while two hundred remained behind to guard their gear.

١٤ 14 فَقَالَ أَحَدُ الْغِلْمَانِ لأَبِيجَايِلَ امْرَأَةِ نَابَالَ: «بَعَثَ دَاوُدُ مِنَ الصَّحْرَاءِ رُسُلاً بِتَحِيَّاتٍ إِلَى سَيِّدِنَا فَأَهَانَهُمْ،

In the meantime one of Nabal's men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, “David sent some messengers from the wilderness to bring greetings to our master, but he only insulted them.

١٥ 15 مَعَ أَنَّ الرِّجَالَ أَحْسَنُوا إِلَيْنَا جِدّاً فَلَمْ نُصَبْ بِأَذىً أَوْ يُفْقَدْ لَنَا شَيْءٌ طَوَالَ الْمُدَّةِ الَّتِي تَجَاوَرْنَا فِيهَا مَعَهُمْ وَنَحْنُ فِي الْمَرْعَى.

David's men were always very good to us and they never mistreated us. All the time we were out in the fields with them nothing was stolen from us.

١٦ 16 كَانُوا سِيَاجَ أَمَانٍ لَنَا نَهَاراً وَلَيْلاً فِي كُلِّ الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي كُنَّا نَرْعَى فِيهَا الْغَنَمَ فِي جِوَارِهِمْ.

They were like a protective wall to us, both day and night, during the whole time we were with them looking after the sheep.

١٧ 17 فَفَكِّرِي بِالأَمْرِ وَانْظُرِي مَاذَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ تَصْنَعِي، لأَنَّ كَارِثَةً سَتَحُلُّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا وَعَلَى بَيْتِهِ، فَهُوَ رَجُلٌ شِرِّيرٌ لَا يُمْكِنُ التَّفَاهُمُ مَعَهُ».

You should know what happened and consider what you should do about it. Disaster is about to strike our master and his whole family, but he's so obnoxious no one can talk sense into him!”

١٨ 18 فَأَسْرَعَتْ أَبِيجَايِلُ وَأَخَذَتْ مِئَتَيْ رَغِيفِ خُبْزٍ وَزِقَّيْ خَمْرٍ وَخَمْسَةَ خِرْفَانٍ مُجَهَّزَةٍ مُطَيَّبَةٍ وَخَمْسَ كَيْلاتٍ مِنَ الْفَرِيكِ وَمِئَتَيْ عُنْقُودِ زَبِيبٍ وَمِئَتَيْ قُرْصِ تِينٍ، وَحَمَّلَتْهَا عَلَى الْحَمِيرِ.

Abigail quickly gathered together two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five sheep already slaughtered, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred raisin cakes, and two hundred fig cakes, and then loaded everything on donkeys.

١٩ 19 وَقَالَتْ لِخُدَّامِهَا: «اسْبِقُونِي، هَا أَنَا قَادِمَةٌ وَرَاءَكُمْ». وَلَمْ تُخْبِرْ رَجُلَهَا نَابَالَ بِمَا فَعَلَتْ.

She told her men, “Go on ahead. I'll follow you.” But she didn't say anything to her husband Nabal.

٢٠ 20 وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَتْ رَاكِبَةً عَلَى حِمَارِهَا عِنْدَ مُنْعَطَفِ الْجَبَلِ صَادَفَتْ دَاوُدَ وَرِجَالَهُ قَادِمِينَ لِلِقَائِهَا.

As Abigail was riding her donkey through a mountain valley, she saw David and his men descending towards her, and she met them.

٢١ 21 وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ آنَئِذٍ يُحَدِّثُ نَفْسَهُ: «لَقَدْ حَافَظْتُ عَلَى كُلِّ قُطْعَانِ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ، فَكَافَأَنِي شَرّاً بَدَلَ الْخَيْرِ.

David had just been complaining, “So much for my protecting everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness! Nothing at all was stolen from him, and yet what does he do? Pay me back evil for good!

٢٢ 22 فَلْيُضَاعِفِ الرَّبُّ مِنْ عِقَابِ دَاوُدَ، إِنْ لَمْ أَقْضِ عَلَى كُلِّ رِجَالِهِ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ضَوْءِ الصَّبَاحِ».

May God punish me very severely if I leave even a single one of his men alive by morning!”

٢٣ 23 وَعِنْدَمَا شَاهَدَتْ أَبِيجَايِلُ دَاوُدَ أَسْرَعَتْ وَتَرَجَّلَتْ عَنِ الْحِمَارِ وَخَرَّتْ أَمَامَهُ سَاجِدَةً،

When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, and bowed before him, her face to the ground.

٢٤ 24 وَانْطَرَحَتْ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ قَائِلَةً: «ضَعِ اللَّوْمَ عَلَيَّ وَحْدِي يَا سَيِّدِي، وَدَعْ أَمَتَكَ تَتَكَلَّمُ فِي مَسَامِعِكَ وَأَصْغِ إِلَى حَدِيثِهَا.

Falling at his feet in respect, she said, “Sir, I accept full responsibility for what's happened. Please listen to what I, your servant, have to say.

٢٥ 25 لَا يَضْغَنْ قَلْبُ سَيِّدِي عَلَى هَذَا الرَّجُلِ اللَّئِيمِ نَابَالَ، فَهُوَ فَظٌّ كَاسْمِهِ وَالْحَمَاقَةُ مَقْرُونَةٌ بِهِ، أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَمْ أَرَ رِجَالَ سَيِّدِي حِينَ أَرْسَلْتَهُمْ.

Please don't concern yourself with this worthless man Nabal. His name means ‘fool,’ and he is really foolish! As for me, your servant, I didn't even see the men you sent.

٢٦ 26 وَالآنَ أُقْسِمُ لَكَ بِالرَّبِّ الْحَيِّ وَبِحَيَاتِكَ، إِنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ جَنَّبَكَ سَفْكَ الدِّمَاءِ وَالثَّأْرَ لِنَفْسِكَ، وَلْيَكُنْ أَعْدَاؤُكَ وَمَنْ يَسْعَوْنَ فِي هَلاكِكَ، كَنَابَالَ.

Now, sir, as the Lord lives and as you live, the Lord has kept you from shedding blood and from taking your own revenge. Sir, may your enemies and those who want to do you harm be like Nabal.

٢٧ 27 فَتَقَبَّلِ الآنَ هَذِهِ الْبَرَكَةَ الَّتِي أَحْضَرَتْهَا جَارِيَتُكَ يَا سَيِّدِي وَأَعْطِهَا لِرِجَالِكَ الْمُلْتَفِّينَ حَوْلَكَ.

Please accept this present that I, your servant, have brought to you, sir, and give it to your men.

٢٨ 28 وَاعْفُ عَنْ ذَنْبِ أَمَتِكَ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ لابُدَّ أَنْ يُثَبِّتَ كُرْسِيَّ مُلْكِ سَيِّدِي إِلَى الأَبَدِ، لأَنَّ سَيِّدِي يُحَارِبُ حُرُوبَ الرَّبِّ، فَلا يُوْجَدُ فِيكَ شَرٌّ كُلَّ أَيَّامِكَ.

Please forgive any offense that I, your servant, have committed, for the Lord is sure to set up a dynasty for you that will last for a long time, because you, sir, fight the battles of the Lord. Wickedness should not be found in you as long as you live.

٢٩ 29 وَإِنْ قَامَ مَنْ يَتَعَقَّبُكَ لِيَقْتُلَكَ، فَلْتَكُنْ نَفْسُ سَيِّدِي مَحْزُومَةً فِي حُزْمَةِ الأَحْيَاءِ مَعَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ. وَأَمَّا نَفْسُ أَعْدَائِكَ فَلْيُقْذَفْ بِها كَمَا يُقْذَفُ حَجَرٌ مِنْ وَسَطِ كَفَّةِ مِقْلاعٍ.

If anyone pursues you and tries to kill you, then your life will remain bound up with those the Lord your God looks after, safe in his care. But he will throw away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.

٣٠ 30 وَعِنْدَمَا يُحَقِّقُ الرَّبُّ لِسَيِّدِي كُلَّ هَذَا الْخَيْرِ الَّذِي وَعَدَ بِهِ وَيُنَصِّبُكَ رَئِيساً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ،

So when the Lord has done for you, sir, everything good he promised, and has made you ruler over Israel,

٣١ 31 فَلَنْ تُقَاسِيَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الضَّمِيرِ لأَنَّكَ سَفَكْتَ دِمَاءً اعْتِبَاطاً أَوِ انْتَقَمْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ. وَمَتَى حَقَّقَ لَكَ الرَّبُّ وَعْدَهُ فَاذْكُرْ أَمَتَكَ».

you won't have feelings of remorse or a guilty conscience over unnecessary bloodshed or of taking your own revenge. And when the Lord has done these good things for you, sir, please remember me, your maidservant.”

٣٢ 32 فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لأَبِيجَايِلَ: «مُبَارَكٌ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَكِ الْيَوْمَ لِلِقَائِي،

Then David said to Abigail, “Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me today!

٣٣ 33 وَمُبَارَكَةٌ فِطْنَتُكِ، وَمُبَارَكَةٌ أَنْتِ لأَنَّكِ جَنَّبْتِنِي الْيَوْمَ سَفْكَ الدِّمَاءِ وَالانْتِقَامَ لِنَفْسِي.

May you be rewarded for your wise decisions, for preventing me from shedding blood today and taking my own revenge.

٣٤ 34 وَلَكِنْ حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي مَنَعَنِي مِنَ الإِسَاءَةِ إِلَيْكِ، فَلَوْ لَمْ تُبَادِرِي وَتَأْتِي لاِسْتِقْبَالِي لَمَا بَقِيَ لِنَابَالَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى قَيْدِ الْحَيَاةِ عِنْدَ مَطْلَعِ ضَوْءِ الصَّبَاحِ».

On the contrary, as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you hadn't rushed to meet me, then definitely not a single one of Nabal's men would have been left alive by dawn.”

٣٥ 35 وَقَبِلَ دَاوُدُ مِنْهَا مَا حَمَلَتْهُ إِلَيْهِ قَائِلاً لَهَا: «امْضِي إِلَى بَيْتِكِ بِسَلامٍ، فَهَا أَنَا قَدِ اسْتَمَعْتُ لِتَوَسُّلِكِ وَاسْتَجَبْتُ طِلْبَتَكِ».

David accepted from Abigail what she had brought him, and told her, “You may go home in peace, because I agree with your advice and grant your request.”

٣٦ 36 فَأَقْبَلَتْ أَبِيجَايِلُ إِلَى نَابَالَ، فَوَجَدَتْ أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَقَامَ مَأْدُبَةً فِي بَيْتِهِ كَمَأْدُبَةِ مَلِكٍ، وَقَدْ أَخَذَتْهُ النَّشْوَةُ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَكْثَرَ مِنِ احْتِسَاءِ الْخَمْرِ حَتَّى سَكِرَ، فَلَمْ تُخْبِرْهُ بِشَيْءٍ إِطْلاقاً حَتَّى صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي.

When Abigail got back home to Nabal, he was in the house, partying like a king. He was feeling very merry, and he was very drunk. So she didn't tell him anything until the morning.

٣٧ 37 وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ، بَعْدَ أَنْ صَحَا نَابَالُ مِنْ سَكْرَتِهِ، أَخْبَرَتْهُ بِمَا جَرَى، فَأَصَابَهُ الشَّلَلُ وَتَجَمَّدَ كَحَجَرٍ.

When Nabal had sobered up the next morning, his wife told him what had happened. When he heard what she had to say he had a heart attack and was paralyzed.

٣٨ 38 وَبَعْدَ عَشَرَةِ أَيَّامٍ ضَرَبَهُ اللهُ فَمَاتَ.

About ten days later the Lord struck Nabal down and he died.

٣٩ 39 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ دَاوُدُ بِمَوْتِ نَابَالَ قَالَ: «مُبَارَكٌ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي انْتَقَمَ لِي بِذَاتِهِ مِنْ إِهَانَةِ نَابَالَ، وَجَنَّبَنِي ارْتِكَابَ الشَّرِّ وَعَاقَبَ نَابَالَ عَلَى إِثْمِهِ». وَأَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى أَبِيجَايِلَ يَسْأَلُهَا الزَّوَاجَ مِنْهُ.

When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise the Lord who has supported me against Nabal's insult and has kept me from doing evil. For the Lord made Nabal's wickedness fall back on himself.” Then David sent a message to Abigail, asking for her to marry him.

٤٠ 40 فَوَفَدَ رُسُلُ دَاوُدَ إِلَى أَبِيجَايِلَ إِلَى الْكَرْمَلِ وَقَالُوا لَهَا: «أَرْسَلَنَا دَاوُدُ إِلَيْكِ لِنَسْأَلَكِ الزَّوَاجَ مِنْهُ».

When David's men arrived at Carmel, they said to Abigail, “David has sent us to you to bring you back to become his wife.”

٤١ 41 فَقَامَتْ وَسَجَدَتْ بِوَجْهِهَا إِلَى الأَرْضِ وَقَالَتْ: «أَنَا أَمَتُهُ الْمُسْتَعِدَّةُ لِخِدْمَتِهِ وَلِغَسْلِ أَرْجُلِ عَبِيدِ سَيِّدِي».

She stood up, then bowed down low, and said, “I am David's maidservant. I am prepared to serve and to wash the feet of my master's servants.”

٤٢ 42 ثُمَّ أَسْرَعَتْ أَبِيجَايِلُ وَرَكِبَتْ حِمَارَهَا بَعْدَ أَنْ صَحَبَتْ مَعَهَا خَمْسَ فَتَيَاتٍ مِنْ جَوَارِيهَا سِرْنَ وَرَاءَهَا، وَتَبِعَتْ رُسُلَ دَاوُدَ، وَصَارَتْ لَهُ زَوْجَةً.

Abigail quickly got on a donkey and, with her five female servants, went back with David's men and became his wife.

٤٣ 43 ثُمَّ تَزَوَّجَ دَاوُدُ أَخِينُوعَمَ مِنْ يَزْرَعِيلَ فَكَانَتَا لَهُ زَوْجَتَيْنِ.

David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So they both were his wives.

٤٤ 44 عِنْدَئِذٍ زَوَّجَ شَاوُلُ مِيكَالَ ابْنَتَهُ امْرَأَةَ دَاوُدَ مِنْ فَلْطِي بْنِ لايِشَ الَّذِي مِنْ جَلِّيمَ.

However, Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Paltiel, son of Laish. He was from Gallim.