2 صَمُوئيل 17
| وَقَالَ أَخِيتُوفَلُ لأَبْشَالُومَ: «دَعْنِي أَخْتَارُ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ لأَقُومَ وَأَتَعَقَّبَ بِهِمْ دَاوُدَ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ، | ١ 1 |
Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
| فَأُهَاجِمَهُ وَهُوَ مُتْعَبٌ خَائِرُ الْقُوَى، فَأُثِيرُ الذُّعْرَ بَيْنَ رِجَالِهِ، فَيَنْفَضُّونَ مِنْ حَوْلِهِ، وَأَقْتُلُ الْمَلِكَ وَحْدَهُ. | ٢ 2 |
I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him will flee. I will strike the king only,
| وَأَرُدُّ جَمِيعَ الشَّعْبِ إِلَيْكَ، لأَنَّ مَوْتَ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي تَطْلُبُهُ مَعْنَاهُ رُجُوعُ الْجَمِيعِ لِلالْتِفَافِ حَوْلَكَ، ولا يَنَالُ الأَذَى أَيَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ». | ٣ 3 |
and I will bring back all the people to you. The man whom you seek is as if all returned. All the people shall be in peace.”
| فَاسْتَحْسَنَ أَبْشَالُومُ وَقَادَةُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ هَذَا الرَّأْيَ. | ٤ 4 |
The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
| غَيْرَ أَنَّ أَبْشَالُومَ قَالَ: «اسْتَدْعُوا حُوشَايَ الأَرْكِيَّ لِنَسْتَمِعَ إِلَى مَا يَرْتَئِي». | ٥ 5 |
Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let’s hear likewise what he says.”
| فَلَمَّا أَقْبَلَ حُوشَايُ أَطْلَعَهُ أَبْشَالُومُ عَلَى رَأْيِ أَخِيتُوفَلَ ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ: «أَنَعْمَلُ بِرَأْيِهِ أَمْ لا؟ تَكَلَّمْ أَنْتَ». | ٦ 6 |
When Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, “Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he says? If not, speak up.”
| فَأَجَابَ حُوشَايُ: «مَشُورَةُ أَخِيتُوفَلَ لَيْسَتْ صَائِبَةً هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ»، | ٧ 7 |
Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.”
| ثُمَّ أَضَافَ: «أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ أَبَاكَ وَرِجَالَهُ هُمْ أَبْطَالٌ يَعْصِفُ بِهِمْ غَضَبٌ جَامِحٌ كَدُبَّةٍ مُتَوَحِّشَةٍ مُثْكِلٍ، وَأَنَّ أَبَاكَ رَجُلُ قِتَالٍ مُتَمَرِّسٌ لَا يَبِيتُ مَعَ قُوَّاتِهِ. | ٨ 8 |
Hushai said moreover, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
| وَلَعَلَّهُ الآنَ مُخْتَبِئٌ فِي خَنْدَقٍ أَوْ مَكَانٍ آخَرَ. وَمَا إِنْ يُقْتَلُ بَعْضُ رِجَالِكَ فِي بَدْءِ الْحَرْبِ وَيَذِيعُ خَبَرُهُمْ حَتَّى يَشِيعَ أَنَّ جيْشَ أَبْشَالُومَ قَدْ كُسِرَ، | ٩ 9 |
Behold, he is now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. It will happen, when some of them have fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, ‘There is a slaughter amongst the people who follow Absalom!’
| فَيَذُوبُ قَلْبُ مَنْ هُوَ فِي شَجَاعَةِ الأَسَدِ مِنْ رِجَالِكَ، لأَنَّ جَمِيعَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ أَبَاكَ جَبَّارُ حَرْبٍ، وَأَنَّ رِجَالَهُ أَبْطَالٌ أَقْوِيَاءُ. | ١٠ 10 |
Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.
| لِهَذَا أَقْتَرِحُ أَنْ تُجَنِّدَ جَيْشَ إِسْرَائِيلَ كُلَّهُ مِنْ دَانَ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ، فَيَكُونُ عَدَدُهُ كَرَمْلِ الْبَحْرِ فِي الْكَثْرَةِ، وَتَقُودُهُمْ أَنْتَ إِلَى الْمَعْرَكَةِ. | ١١ 11 |
But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.
| ثُمَّ نُهَاجِمُ أَبَاكَ حَيْثُ هُوَ مُعَسْكِرٌ، وَنَسْقُطُ عَلَيْهِ كَتَسَاقُطِ النَّدَى عَلَى الأَرْضِ، فَنَقْضِي عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى جَمِيعِ رِجَالِهِ وَلا يَسْلَمُ أَحَدٌ مِمَّنْ مَعَهُ. | ١٢ 12 |
So we will come on him in some place where he will be found, and we will light on him as the dew falls on the ground, then we will not leave so much as one of him and of all the men who are with him.
| وَإذَا لَجَأَ إِلَى مَدِينَةٍ يُحَاصِرُ جَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ تِلْكَ الْمَدِينَةَ، وَيَجُرُّونَهَا بِحِبَالٍ إِلَى الْوَادِي حَتَّى لَا يَبْقَى لَهَا أَثَرٌ». | ١٣ 13 |
Moreover, if he has gone into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there isn’t one small stone found there.”
| فَقَالَ أَبْشَالُومُ وَسَائِرُ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «إِنَّ رَأْيَ حُوشَايَ الأَرْكِيِّ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ رَأْيِ أَخِيتُوفَلَ». لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُبْطِلَ مَشُورَةَ أَخِيتُوفَلَ الصَّائِبَةَ لِكَيْ يَحُلَّ الشَّرُّ بِأَبْشَالُومَ. | ١٤ 14 |
Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil on Absalom.
| وَأَبْلَغَ حُوشَايُ صَادُوقَ وَأَبِيَاثَارَ الْكَاهِنَيْنِ مَا أَشَارَ بِهِ أَخِيتُوفَلُ عَلَى أَبْشَالُومَ وَعَلى شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، كَمَا أَطْلَعَهُمَا عَلَى مَا أَشَارَ هُوَ بِهِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَقَالَ: | ١٥ 15 |
Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Ahithophel counselled Absalom and the elders of Israel that way; and I have counselled this way.
| «وَالآنَ أَسْرِعَا بِإِبْلاغِ دَاوُدَ وَقُولا لَهُ: لَا تَبِتِ اللَّيْلَةَ فِي سُهُولِ الصَّحْرَاءِ، بَلِ اعْبُرِ النَّهْرَ، لِئَلّا يَتِمَّ ابْتِلاعُ الْمَلِكِ وَجَمِيعِ الشَّعْبِ الَّذِي مَعَهُ». | ١٦ 16 |
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, ‘Don’t lodge tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who are with him.’”
| وَكَانَ يُونَاثَانُ وَأَخِيمَعَصُ مُنْتَظِرَيْنِ عِنْدَ رُوجَلَ مُتَوَارِيَيْنِ عَنْ أَعْيُنِ الرُّقَبَاءِ. فَانْطَلَقَتْ جَارِيَةٌ وَأَخْبَرَتْهُمَا بِمَا يَجْرِي. وَإِذْ كَانَا مَاضِيَيْنِ لإِبْلاغِ دَاوُدَ | ١٧ 17 |
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En Rogel; and a female servant used to go and report to them, and they went and told King David; for they couldn’t risk being seen coming into the city.
| شَاهَدَهُمَا غُلامٌ وَأَخْبَرَ أَبْشَالُومَ، فَأَسْرَعَا يَخْتَبِئَانِ فِي بَيْتِ رَجُلٍ فِي بَحُورِيمَ فِي بِئْرٍ فِي فِنَاءِ دَارِهِ. | ١٨ 18 |
But a boy saw them, and told Absalom. Then they both went away quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
| وَأَخَذَتْ زَوْجَةُ الرَّجُلِ غِطَاءً وَوَضَعَتْهُ عَلَى فَمِ الْبِئْرِ، وَنَثَرَتْ عَلَيْهِ حُبُوباً لِتَجِفَّ، فَلَمْ يَشُكَّ أَحَدٌ أَنَّهُمَا فِي دَاخِلِ الْبِئْرِ. | ١٩ 19 |
The woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and spread out crushed grain on it; and nothing was known.
| فَجَاءَ رِجَالُ أَبْشَالُومَ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ وَسَأَلُوا الْمَرْأَةَ: «أَيْنَ أَخِيمَعَصُ وَيُونَاثَانُ؟» فَأَجَابَتْ: «قَدِ اجْتَازَا الْجَدْوَلَ وَذَهَبَا». وَبَعْدَ أَنْ أَخْفَقُوا فِي الْعُثُورِ عَلَيْهِمَا رَجَعُوا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٢٠ 20 |
Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman said to them, “They have gone over the brook of water.” When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
| وَبَعْدَ ذِهَابِ أَعْوَانِ أَبْشَالُومَ خَرَجَا مِنَ الْبِئْرِ وَمَضَيَا وَقَالا لِلْمَلِكِ دَاوُدَ: «قُومُوا مُسْرِعِينَ وَاجْتَازُوا النَّهْرَ، لأَنَّ هَكَذَا أَشَارَ أَخِيتُوفَلُ ضِدَّكُمْ». | ٢١ 21 |
After they had departed, they came up out of the well and went and told King David; and they said to David, “Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counselled against you.”
| فَهَبَّ دَاوُدُ وَجَمِيعُ مَنْ مَعَهُ مِنَ الشَّعْبِ وَاجْتَازُوا نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ. وَمَا إِنِ انْبَلَجَ الصَّبَاحُ حَتَّى كانَ الْجَمِيعُ قَدْ عَبَرُوا إِلَى ضَفَّةِ النَّهْرِ الأُخْرَى. | ٢٢ 22 |
Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan. By the morning light there lacked not one of them who had not gone over the Jordan.
| وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَى أَخِيتُوفَلُ أَنَّ مَشُورَتَهُ لَمْ يُعْمَلْ بِها، رَكِبَ حِمَارَهُ وَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ فِي مَسْقَطِ رَأْسِهِ، ثُمَّ نَظَّمَ شُؤُونَ عَائِلَتِهِ، وَخَنَقَ نَفْسَهُ فَمَاتَ، وَدُفِنَ فِي قَبْرِ أَبِيهِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, arose, and went home to his city, set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.
| فَوَصَلَ دَاوُدُ مَحَنَايِمَ، كَمَا اجْتَازَ أَبْشَالُومُ الأُرْدُنَّ مَعَ جَمِيعِ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٢٤ 24 |
Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
| وَعَيَّنَ أَبْشَالُومُ عَمَاسَا بَدَلَ يُوآبَ قَائِداً لِلْجَيْشِ. وَكَانَ عَمَاسَا ابْنَ رَجُلٍ يُدْعَى يِثْرَا الإِسْرَائِيلِيَّ الَّذِي تَزوَّجَ مِنْ أَبِيجَايِلَ بِنْتِ نَاحَاشَ، أُخْتِ صُرُوِيَّةَ أُمِّ يُوآبَ. | ٢٥ 25 |
Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.
| وَعَسْكَرَ أَبْشَالُومُ وَالإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ فِي أَرْضِ جِلْعَادَ | ٢٦ 26 |
Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
| وَمَا إِنْ وَصَلَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى مَحَنَايِمَ حَتَّى جَاءَ شُوبِي بْنُ نَاحَاشَ مِنْ رِبَّةِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ، وَمَاكِيرُ بْنُ عَمِّيئِيلَ مِنْ لُودَبَارَ، وَبَرْزَلايُ الْجِلْعَادِيُّ مِنْ رُوجَلِيمَ، | ٢٧ 27 |
When David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
| وَقَدَّمُوا فَرْشاً وَطُسُوساً وَآنِيَةَ خَزَفٍ وَقَمْحاً وَشَعِيراً وَدَقِيقاً وَفَرِيكاً وَفُولاً وَعَدْساً وَحِمَّصاً مَشْوِيًّا، | ٢٨ 28 |
brought beds, basins, earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal, parched grain, beans, lentils, roasted grain,
| وَعَسَلاً وَزُبْدَةً وَغَنَماً وَجُبْنَ بَقَرٍ، لِدَاوُدَ وَلِلشَّعْبِ الَّذِي مَعَهُ لِيَأْكُلُوا قَائِلِينَ: «لابُدَّ أَنَّ الشَّعْبَ جَائِعٌ وَعَطْشَانُ وَخَائِرٌ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ». | ٢٩ 29 |
honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and for the people who were with him to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry, weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
