1 صَمُوئيل 6
| وَبَقِيَ تَابُوتُ اللهِ فِي بِلادِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ سَبْعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ. | ١ 1 |
The LORD’s ark was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
| ثُمَّ سَأَلَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ الْكَهَنَةَ وَالْعَرَّافِينَ: «مَاذَا نَفْعَلُ بِتَابُوتِ الرَّبِّ؟ أَخْبِرُونَا كَيْفَ نُعِيدُهُ إِلَى مَوْطِنِهِ». | ٢ 2 |
The Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the LORD’s ark? Show us how we should send it to its place.”
| فَأَجَابُوهُمْ: «إِذَا أَعَدْتُمْ تَابُوتَ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَلا تُعِيِدُوهُ فَارِغاً بَلْ أَرْسِلُوا مَعَهُ قُرْبَانَ إِثْمٍ، حِينَئِذٍ تَبْرَأُونَ وَتُدْرِكُونَ عِلَّةَ مَا أَصَابَكُمْ مِنْ عِقَابٍ». | ٣ 3 |
They said, “If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, don’t send it empty; but by all means return a trespass offering to him. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.”
| فَسَأَلُوهُمْ: «وَمَا هُوَ قُرْبَانُ الإِثْمِ الَّذِي نُرْسِلُهُ؟» فَأَجَابُوا: «أَرْسِلُوا بِحَسَبِ عَدَدِ أَقْطَابِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ خَمْسَةَ نَمَاذِجَ ذَهَبِيَّةٍ لِلْبَوَاسِيرِ، وَخَمْسَةَ نَمَاذِجَ ذَهَبِيَّةٍ لِلْفِئْرَانِ، لأَنَّ الْكَارِثَةَ الَّتِي ابْتُلِيتُمْ بِها وَاحِدِةٌ عَلَيْكُمْ وَعَلى أَقْطَابِكُمْ. | ٤ 4 |
Then they said, “What should the trespass offering be which we shall return to him?” They said, “Five golden tumours and five golden mice, for the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
| وَاسْبِكُوا نَمَاذِجَ بَوَاسِيرِكُمْ وَنَمَاذِجَ فِيرَانِكُمُ الَّتِي خَرَّبَتِ الأَرْضَ، وَمَجِّدُوا إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لَعَلَّهُ يُخَفِّفُ مِنْ وَطْأَةِ يَدِهِ عَنْكُمْ وَعَنْ آلِهَتِكُمْ وَعَنْ أَرْضِكُمْ. | ٥ 5 |
Therefore you shall make images of your tumours and images of your mice that mar the land; and you shall give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will release his hand from you, from your gods, and from your land.
| فَلِمَاذَا تُصَلِّبُونَ قُلُوبَكُمْ كَمَا صَلَّبَ الْمِصْرِيُّونَ وَفِرْعَوْنُ قُلُوبَهُمْ؟ أَلَمْ يُطْلِقُوهُمْ عَلَى أَثَرِ مَا أَوْقَعَ بِهِمْ مِنْ عِقَابٍ؟ | ٦ 6 |
Why then do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had worked wonderfully amongst them, didn’t they let the people go, and they departed?
| وَالآنَ اصْنَعُوا عَرَبَةً وَاحِدَةً جَدِيدَةً وَارْبِطُوهَا إِلَى بَقَرَتَيْنِ مُرْضِعَتَيْنِ لَمْ يَعْلُهُمَا نِيرٌ، وَرُدُّوا عِجْلَيْهِمَا عَنْهُمَا إِلَى الْحَظِيرَةِ، | ٧ 7 |
“Now therefore take and prepare yourselves a new cart and two milk cows on which there has come no yoke; and tie the cows to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;
| ثُمَّ ضَعُوا تَابُوتَ الرَّبِّ عَلَى الْعَرَبَةِ مَعَ صُنْدُوقٍ فِيهِ أَمْتِعَةُ الذَّهَبِ الَّتِي تَرُدُّونَهَا لَهُ لِتَكُونَ قُرْبَانَ إِثْمٍ، وَأَطْلِقُوا الْعَرَبَةَ بِمَا عَلَيْهَا فَتَذْهَبَ. | ٨ 8 |
and take the LORD’s ark and lay it on the cart. Put the jewels of gold, which you return him for a trespass offering, in a box by its side; and send it away, that it may go.
| وَرَاقِبُوهَا، فَإِنِ اتَّجَهَتْ فِي طَرِيقِ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى بَيْتِ شَمْسٍ تَعْلَمُونَ آنَئِذٍ أَنَّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ هُوَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ بِنَا هَذَا الشَّرَّ الْعَظِيمَ، وَإِنْ مَضَتْ فِي غَيْرِ هَذَا الاتِّجَاهِ، نُدْرِكْ أَنَّ مَا أَصَابَنَا هُوَ صُدْفَةٌ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ عِقَاباً مِنْ يَدِهِ». | ٩ 9 |
Behold, if it goes up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has done us this great evil; but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us. It was a chance that happened to us.”
| فَنَفَّذَ الرِّجَاُل الأَمْرَ، وَأَخَذُوا بَقَرَتَيْنِ مُرْضِعَتَيْنِ رَبَطُوهُمَا إِلَى الْعَرَبَةِ وِحَبَسُوا عِجْلَيْهِمَا فِي الْحَظِيرَةِ، | ١٠ 10 |
The men did so, and took two milk cows and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.
| ثُمَّ وَضَعُوا تَابُوتَ الرَّبِّ عَلَى الْعَرَبَةِ مَعَ الصُّنْدُوقِ وَفِيرَانِ الذَّهَبِ وَنَمَاذِجِ بَوَاسِيرِهِمْ، | ١١ 11 |
They put the LORD’s ark on the cart, and the box with the golden mice and the images of their tumours.
| فَاتَّجَهَتِ الْبَقَرَتَانِ وَهُمَا تَجْأَرَانِ، مُبَاشَرَةً فِي طَرِيقِ بَيْتِ شَمْسَ فِي خَطٍّ مُسْتَقِيمٍ، لَا تَحِيدَانِ يَمِيناً وَلا شِمَالاً. وَسَارَ أَقْطَابُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ خَلْفَهُمَا حَتَّى حُدُودِ بَيْتِ شَمْسَ. | ١٢ 12 |
The cows took the straight way by the way to Beth Shemesh. They went along the highway, lowing as they went, and didn’t turn away to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Beth Shemesh.
| وَكَانَ أَهْلُ بَيْتِ شَمْسَ يَقُومُونَ بِحَصَادِ الْقَمْحِ فِي الْوَادِي، وَمَا إِنْ رَأَوْا التَّابُوتَ حَتَّى غَمَرَتِ الْبَهْجَةُ قُلُوبَهُمْ | ١٣ 13 |
The people of Beth Shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
| وَتَوَجَّهَتِ الْعَرَبَةُ إِلَى حَقْلِ رَجُلٍ اسْمُهُ يَهُوشَعُ الْبَيْتِشَمْسِيُّ، وَوَقَفَتْ بِجِوَارِ حَجَرٍ كَبِيرٍ. فَشَقَّ أَهْلُ بَيْتِ شَمْسَ خَشَبَ الْعَرَبَةِ وَذَبَحُوا الْبَقَرَتَيْنِ وَقَدَّمُوهُمَا مُحْرَقَةً لِلرَّبِّ. | ١٤ 14 |
The cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, and stood there, where there was a great stone. Then they split the wood of the cart and offered up the cows for a burnt offering to the LORD.
| وَأَنْزَلَ بَعْضُ اللّاوِيِّينَ تَابُوتَ الرَّبِّ وَالصُّنْدُوقَ الَّذِي مَعَهُ، بِمَا فِيهِ مِنْ أَمْتِعَةِ الذَّهَبِ، وَأَقَامُوهُمَا عَلَى الْحَجَرِ الْكَبِيرِ. فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أَصْعَدَ أَهْلُ بَيْتِ شَمْسَ مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَقَرَّبُوا ذَبَائِحَ لِلرَّبِّ. | ١٥ 15 |
The Levites took down the LORD’s ark and the box that was with it, in which the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone; and the men of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to the LORD.
| وَبَعْدَ أَنْ شَاهَدَ أَقْطَابُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ الْخَمْسَةُ مَا جَرَى رَجَعُوا إِلَى عَقْرُونَ فِي الْيَوْمِ نَفْسِهِ. | ١٦ 16 |
When the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
| أَمَّا قَرَابِينُ الإِثْمِ لِلرَّبِّ الَّتِي رَدَّهَا الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ مِنْ نَمَاذِجِ بَوَاسِيرِ الذَّهَبِ، فَكَانَتْ وَاحِداً عَنْ أَشْدُودَ، وَوَاحِداً عَنْ غَزَّةَ، وَوَاحِداً عَنْ أَشْقَلُونَ، وَوَاحِداً عَنْ جَتَّ، وَوَاحِداً عَنْ عَقْرُونَ. | ١٧ 17 |
These are the golden tumours which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering to the LORD: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
| وَكَانَتْ نَمَاذِجُ فِيرَانِ الذَّهَبِ عَلَى عَدَدِ مُدُنِ أَقْطَابِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ الْخَمْسَةِ، سَوَاءٌ كَانَتْ مُدُناً مُحَصَّنَةً أَمْ قَرْيَةً فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ. وَلا يَزَالُ الْحَجَرُ الْكَبِيرُ الَّذِي وَضَعُوا تَابُوتَ الرَّبِّ عَلَيْهِ بَاقِياً حَتَّى الآنَ فِي حَقْلِ يَهُوشَعَ فِي بَيْتِ شَمْسَ، شَاهِداً عَلَى هَذَا. | ١٨ 18 |
and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even to the great stone on which they set down the LORD’s ark. That stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.
| وَعَاقَبَ الرَّبُّ أَهْلَ بَيْتِ شَمْسَ فَقَتَلَ مِنْهُمْ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلاً لأَنَّهُمْ نَظَرُوا إِلَى مَا بِدَاخِلِ تَابُوتِ الرَّبِّ، فَنَاحَ الشَّعْبُ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ أَوْقَعَ بِهِمْ كَارِثَةً عَظِيمَةً. | ١٩ 19 |
He struck of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the LORD’s ark, he struck fifty thousand and seventy of the men. Then the people mourned, because the LORD had struck the people with a great slaughter.
| وَقَالَ أَهْلُ بَيْتِ شَمْسَ: «مَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُقَاوِمَ الرَّبَّ الإِلَهَ الْقُدُّوسَ هَذَا؟ وَإِلَى أَيْنَ نُرْسِلُ التَّابُوتَ مِنْ هُنَا؟» | ٢٠ 20 |
The men of Beth Shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holy God? To whom shall he go up from us?”
| وَبَعَثُوا بِرُسُلٍ إِلَى أَهْلِ قَرْيَةِ يَعَارِيمَ قَائِلِينَ: «قَدْ أَعَادَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ تَابُوتَ الرَّبِّ، فَتَعَالَوْا وَخُذُوهُ». | ٢١ 21 |
They sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath Jearim, saying, “The Philistines have brought back the LORD’s ark. Come down and bring it up to yourselves.”
