2 صَمُوئيل 18
| وَأَحْصَى دَاوُدُ جَيْشَهُ وَعَيَّنَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَادَةَ أُلُوفٍ وَمِئَاتٍ، | ١ 1 |
And David numbered the people that were with him, and he set over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.
| ثُمَّ قَسَمَهُمْ إِلَى ثَلاثِ فِرَقٍ، جَعَلَ يُوآبَ عَلَى وَاِحدَةٍ مِنْهَا، وَأَبِيشَايَ ابْنَ صُرُوِيَّةَ أَخَا يُوآبَ عَلَى الثَّانِيَةِ، وَإِتَّايَ الْجَتِّيَّ عَلَى الْفِرْقَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ. وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ لِرِجَالِهِ: «إِنِّي أَيْضاً أَخْرُجُ مَعَكُمْ». | ٢ 2 |
And David sent forth the people a third part under the command of Joab, and a third part under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruyah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the command of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I myself also will without fail go forth with you.
| لَكِنَّ الشَّعْبَ قَالَ: «لا تَخْرُجْ مَعَنَا، لأَنَّنَا إِذَا انْهَزَمْنَا فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يُبَالُونَ بِنَا. وَإذَا مَاتَ نِصْفُنَا فَلا يَكْتَرِثُونَ بِنَا أَيْضاً. أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَإِنَّكَ تُعَادِلُ عَشَرَةَ آلافٍ مِنَّا، وَمِنَ الأَفْضَلِ أَنْ تَمْكُثَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ وَتُسْعِفَنَا بِنَجْدَةٍ إِنْ دَعَا الأَمْرُ». | ٣ 3 |
But the people said, Thou shalt not go forth; for if we should have to flee away, they will not care for us; and if half of us die, they will not care for us; for now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou shouldst be a succor to us out of the city.
| فَأَجَابَهُمُ الْمَلِكُ: «سَأَفْعَلُ مَا يَرُوقُ لَكُمْ». وَوَقَفَ الْمَلِكُ إِلَى جِوَارِ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ يُشَيِّعُ مِئَاتِ وَأُلُوفَ الْجُنُودِ الْخَارِجِينَ لِلْقِتَالِ. | ٤ 4 |
And the king said unto them, What seemeth good in your eyes will I do. And the king placed himself by the side of the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.
| وَأَوْصَى الْمَلِكُ يُوآبَ وَأَبِيشَايَ وَإِتَّايَ قَائِلاً: «تَرَفَّقُوا مِنْ أَجْلِي بِالْفَتَى أَبْشَالُومَ»، وَسَمِعَ الْجُنُودُ حِينَ أَوْصَى الْمَلِكُ كُلَّ قَادَتِهِ بِأَبْشَالُومَ. | ٥ 5 |
And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, with Abshalom. And all the people heard when the king charged all the captains with respect to Abshalom.
| وَانْطَلَقَ الْجَيْشُ إِلَى السَّهْلِ لِمُحَارَبَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَدَارَتْ مَعْرَكَةٌ فِي غَابَةِ أَفْرَايِمَ، | ٦ 6 |
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
| انْتَهَتْ بِهَزِيمَةِ جَيْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَمَامَ قُوَّاتِ دَاوُدَ، وَقُتِلَ مِنْهُمْ عِشْرُونَ أَلْفاً فِي مَجْزَرَةِ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ. | ٧ 7 |
And the people of Israel were smitten there before David's servants, and the slaughter was great there on that day—twenty thousand men.
| وَاتَّسَعَتْ رُقْعَةُ الْقِتَالِ، وَافْتَرَسَتِ الْغَابَةُ مِنَ الْجَيْشِ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ افْتَرَسَهُمُ السَّيْفُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ. | ٨ 8 |
And the battle became extended there over the face of all the country: and the forest devoured yet more of the people than the sword had devoured on that day.
| وَفِي أَثْنَاءِ الْمَعْرَكَةِ الْتَقَى أَبْشَالُومُ بِبَعْضِ رِجَالِ دَاوُدَ، وَكَانَ يَرْكَبُ آنَئِذٍ عَلَى بَغْلٍ مَرَّ بِهِ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةِ بَلُّوطٍ ضَخْمَةٍ ذَاتِ أَغْصَانٍ كَثِيفَةٍ مُتَشَابِكَةٍ، فَعَلِقَ شَعْرُهُ بِأَحَدِ فُرُوعِهَا، وَمَرَّ الْبَغْلُ مِنْ تَحْتِهِ وَتَرَكَهُ مُتَدَلِّياً بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ. | ٩ 9 |
And Abshalom happened to come before the servants of David. And Abshalom was riding upon a mule, and the mule came under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was left hanging between the heaven and the earth: and the mule that was under him passed on.
| فَرَآهُ رَجُلٌ وَأَخْبَرَ يُوآبَ: «رَأَيْتُ أَبْشَالُومَ مُعَلَّقاً بِشَجَرَةِ الْبَلُّوطِ». | ١٠ 10 |
And a certain man saw, and told it to Joab, and said, Behold, I have seen Abshalom hanging on an oak.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ يُوآبُ: «رَأَيْتَهُ مُعَلَّقاً وَلَمْ تَقْتُلْهُ؟ لَوْ فَعَلْتَ، لأَعْطَيْتُكَ عَشَرَةَ قِطَعٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ، وَحِزَامَ الْمُحَارِبِ». | ١١ 11 |
And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him: why then didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and it would have been obligatory on me to give thee ten shekels of silver and a girdle.
| فَأَجَابَ الرَّجُلُ: «وَلَوْ أَعْطَيْتَنِي أَلْفاً مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ لَمَا كُنْتُ أَمُدُّ يَدِي إِلَى ابْنِ الْمَلِكِ، لأَنَّ الْمَلِكَ أَوْصَاكَ عَلَى مَسْمَعٍ مِنَّا أَنْتَ وَأَبِيشَايَ وَإِتَّايَ قَائِلاً: لِيَحْرِصْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ عَلَى حَيَاةِ أَبْشَالُومَ، | ١٢ 12 |
And the man said unto Joab, And though I should weigh on my hands a thousand shekels of silver, I would not stretch forth my hand against the king's son; for before our ears did the king charge thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Take heed, whoever it be, of the young man, of Abshalom.
| وَلَوْ قَتَلْتُ ابْنَهُ لَكُنْتُ قَدِ ارْتَكَبْتُ جِنَايَةً فِي حَقِّ الْمَلِكِ الَّذِي لَا تَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ خَافِيَةٌ، وَلَكُنْتَ أَنْتَ نَفْسُكَ وَقَفْتَ ضِدِّي». | ١٣ 13 |
Or should I even have acted with falsehood against my own life, since there is no matter which can be hidden from the king; thou wouldst surely have placed thyself aloof.
| فَقَال يُوآبُ: «لا يُمْكِنُنِي أَنْ أَصْبِرَ هَكَذَا أَمَامَكَ» وَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ ثَلاثَةَ سِهَامٍ أَنْشَبَهَا فِي قَلْبِ أَبْشَالُومَ، وَهُوَ مَا بَرِحَ حَيًّا مُعَلَّقاً بِشَجَرَةِ الْبَلُّوطِ. | ١٤ 14 |
Then said Joab, I will not wait thus before thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Abshalom, who was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
| ثُمَّ أَحَاطَ بِالشَّجَرَةِ عَشَرَةُ غِلْمَانٍ، حَامِلِي سِلاحِ يُوآبَ، وَأَجْهَزُوا عَلَى أَبْشَالُومَ فَمَاتَ. | ١٥ 15 |
And ten young men, Joab's armor-bearers, encompassed and smote Abshalom, and slew him.
| وَنَفَخَ يُوآبُ بِالْبُوقِ فَارْتَدَّ جَيْشُ دَاوُدَ عَنْ تَعَقُّبِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ لأَنَّ يُوآبَ حَالَ دُونَ ذَلِكَ. | ١٦ 16 |
And Joab blew the cornet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab restrained the people.
| وَأَنْزَلُوا أَبْشَالُومَ وَطَرَحُوهُ فِي الْغَابَةِ فِي حُفْرَةٍ عَمِيقَةٍ، وَأَهَالُوا عَلَيْهِ رُجْمَةً كَبِيرَةً جِدّاً مِنَ الْحِجَارَةِ. وَهَرَبَ كُلُّ جُنْدِيٍّ مِنْ جَيْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ. | ١٧ 17 |
And they took Abshalom, and cast him down in the forest, into the large pit, and erected upon him a very great heap of stones: and all Israel fled, every one, to his tents.
| وَكَانَ أَبْشَالُومُ قَدْ أَقَامَ لِنَفْسِهِ فِي أَثْنَاءِ حَيَاتِهِ نَصَباً تَذْكَارِيًّا فِي وَادِي الْمَلِكِ، لأَنَّهُ قَالَ: «لَيْسَ لِيَ ابْنٌ يَحْمِلُ اسْمِي مِنْ بَعْدِي». وَمَازَالَ هَذَا النَّصَبُ مَعْرُوفاً بِنَصَبِ أَبْشَالُومَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. | ١٨ 18 |
Now Abshalom had taken and reared up for himself in his lifetime, the pillar, which is in the king's dale; for he said, I have no son, so as to keep my name in remembrance; and he called the pillar after his own name: and it was called Abshalom's monument, even until this day.
| وَقَالَ أَخِيمَعَصُ بْنُ صَادُوقَ لِيُوآبَ: «دَعْنِي أُهْرَعُ لأُبَشِّرَ الْمَلِكَ أَنَّ اللهَ قَدِ انْتَقَمَ لَهُ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِ». | ١٩ 19 |
And Achima'az the son of Zadok said, Do let me run, I pray thee, and bear the king tidings, that the Lord hath done him justice from the power of his enemies.
| فَأَجَابَهُ يُوآبُ: «لا، لَسْتَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَحْمِلُ بِشَارَةً فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، دَعْهَا لِفُرْصَةٍ أُخْرَى إذْ لَا بِشَارَةَ فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ لأَنَّ الْمَيْتَ هُوَ ابْنُ الْمَلِكِ». | ٢٠ 20 |
And Joab said unto him, Thou art not the man to bear [good] tidings this day, and thou shalt bear tidings another day; but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.
| وَقَالَ يُوآبُ لِرَجُلٍ كُوشِيٍّ: «اذْهَبْ وَأَبْلِغِ الْمَلِكَ بِمَا شَاهَدْتَ». فَسَجَدَ الكُوشِيُّ لِيُوآبَ وَمَضَى مُسْرِعاً. | ٢١ 21 |
Then said Joab to the Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen, And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.
| وَأَلَحَّ أَخِيمَعَصُ بْنُ صَادُوقَ عَلَى يُوآبَ قَائِلاً: «مَهْمَا حَدَثَ، دَعْنِي أَجْرِي وَرَاءَ الْكُوشِيِّ أَيْضاً». فَقَال يُوآبُ: «لِمَاذَا تَجْرِي أَنْتَ يَا ابْني، وَلَسْتَ تَحْمِلُ بِشَارَةً تُكَافَأُ عَلَيْهَا؟» | ٢٢ 22 |
Then said Achima'az the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, Be it as it may, let me, I pray thee, run also after the Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore is it that thou wilt run, my son, seeing that thou hast no profitable tidings?
| فَقَالَ لَهُ: «مَهْمَا كَانَ الأَمْرُ دَعْنِي أَجْرِي». فَأَذِنَ لَهُ، فَجَرَى أَخِيمَعَصُ فِي طَرِيقِ الْغَوْرِ وَسَبَقَ الْكُوشِيَّ. | ٢٣ 23 |
But be it as it may, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. And Achima'az ran by the way of the plain, and passed the Cushi.
| وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ دَاوُدُ جَالِساً فِي السَّاحَةِ الْفَاصِلَةِ بَيْنَ الْبَوَّابَةِ الْخَارِجِيَّةِ وَالْبَوَّابَةِ الدَّاخِلِيَّةِ طَلَعَ الرَّقِيبُ إِلَى السُّورِ فَوْقَ سَطْحِ الْبَابِ، وَتَلَفَّتَ حَوْلَهُ وَإذَا بِهِ يَرَى رَجُلاً يَرْكُضُ وَحْدَهُ، | ٢٤ 24 |
And David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate, upon the wall, and as he lifted up his eyes, he saw, and behold, a man was running alone.
| فَأَبْلَغَ الرَّقِيبُ الْمَلِكَ، فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «إِنْ كَانَ وَحْدَهُ فَهُوَ حَامِلُ بُشْرَى». وَفِي أَثْنَاءِ اقْتِرَابِ الرَّسُولِ | ٢٥ 25 |
And the watchman cried, and told it to the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there are tidings in his mouth. And he came nearer and nearer continually.
| رَأَى الرَّقِيبُ رَجُلاً آخَرَ يَرْكُضُ، فَقَالَ لِلْبَوَّابِ: «هُوَذَا رَجُلٌ آخَرُ يَجْرِي وَحْدَهُ». فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «وَهَذَا أَيْضاً مُبَشِّرٌ». | ٢٦ 26 |
And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the gate-keeper, and said, Behold, here is a man running alone. And the king said, Also this one bringeth tidings.
| وَعَادَ الرَّقِيبُ يَقُولُ: «إِنِّي أَرَى عَدْوَ الأَوَّلِ كَعَدْوِ أَخِيمَعَصَ بْنِ صَادُوقَ». فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «هَذَا رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ يَحْمِلُ بُشْرَى سَارَّةً». | ٢٧ 27 |
And the watchman said, I regard the running of the foremost as the running of Achima'az the son of Zadok. And the king said, That is a good man, and with good tidings must he come.
| وَعِنْدَمَا وَصَلَ أَخِيمَعَصُ هَتَفَ: «سَلامٌ لِلْمَلِكِ» وَسَجَدَ أَمَامَهُ إِلَى الأَرْضِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: «تَبَارَكَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ الَّذِي أَظْفَرَكَ بِالْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ تَمَرَّدُوا عَلَى سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكِ». | ٢٨ 28 |
And Achima'az called, and said unto the king, Peace. And he prostrated himself to the king with his face to the earth, and said, Blessed be the Lord thy God, who hath surrendered the men that had lifted up their hand against my Lord the king.
| فَسَأَلَ الْمَلِكُ: «أَسَالِمٌ الْفَتَى أَبْشَالُومُ؟» فَأَجَابَ أَخِيمَعَصُ: «حِينَ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكَ عَبْدُكَ يُوآبُ رَأَيْتُ هُنَاكَ جَلَبَةً لَمْ أُدْرِكْ دَوَاعِيهَا». | ٢٩ 29 |
And the king said, Is the young man Abshalom safe? And Achima'az answered, I saw the greatest crowd when Joab sent off the king's servant, and thy servant; but I know not what hath happened.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمَلِكُ: «تَنَحَّ جَانِباً وَانْتَظِرْ هُنَا». فَتَنَحَّى وَوَقَفَ يَنْتَظِرُ. | ٣٠ 30 |
And the king said, Turn aside, place thyself here. And he turned aside, and remained standing.
| وَإذَا بِالْكُوشِيِّ مُقْبِلٌ قَائِلاً: «بُشْرَى لِسَيِّدِي الْمَلِكِ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدِ انْتَقَمَ لَكَ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الثَّائِرِينَ عَلَيْكَ». | ٣١ 31 |
And, behold, the Cushi came [next]; and the Cushi said, Let my lord the king receive the tidings, that the Lord hath done thee justice this day from the power of all those that had risen up against thee.
| فَسَأَلَ الْمَلِكُ الْكُوشِيَّ: «أَسَاِلمٌ الْفَتى أَبْشَالُومُ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «لِيَكُنْ أَعْدَاءُ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكِ وَجَمِيعُ مَنْ ثَارَ عَلَيْكَ عُدْوَاناً كَالْفَتَى أَبْشَالُومَ». | ٣٢ 32 |
And the king said unto the Cushi, Is the young man Abshalom safe? And the Cushi answered, May like the young man be the enemies of my Lord the king, and all that have risen up against thee for evil.
| فَارْتَعَشَ الْمَلِكُ وَصَعِدَ إِلَى عِلِّيَّةِ الْبَوَّابَةِ بَاكِياً يَذْرَعُ أَرْضَ الْحُجْرَةِ قَائِلاً: «يَا ابْنِي، يَا ابْنِي أَبْشَالُومُ. يَا لَيْتَنِي مُتُّ عِوَضاً عَنْكَ يَا أَبْشَالُومُ يَا ابْنِي. آهِ يَا ابْنِي». | ٣٣ 33 |
And the king was much moved, and he went up to the upper chamber of the gate, and wept: and thus he said as he went, O my son Abshalom, my son, my son Abshalom! who would grant that I had died in thy stead, O Abshalom, my son, my son!
