قُضاة 9
| وَمَضَى أَبِيمَالِكُ بْنُ يَرُبَّعَلَ إِلَى شَكِيمَ لِزِيَارَةِ أَخْوَالِهِ وَقَالَ لِعَشِيرَةِ أُمِّهِ: | ١ 1 |
Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's brothers, and spoke with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,
| «اسْأَلُوا جَمِيعَ أَهْلِ شَكِيمَ: أَيُّهُمَا أَفْضَلُ لَهُمْ: أَنْ يَحْكُمَهُمْ سَبْعُونَ رَجُلاً هُمْ أَبْنَاءُ يَرُبَّعَلَ، أَمْ أَنْ يَتَسَلَّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ؟ وَتَذَكَّرُوا أَنَّنِي مِنْ لَحْمِكُمْ وَعَظْمِكُمْ». | ٢ 2 |
"Please speak in the ears of all the lords of Shechem, 'Is it better for you that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you?' Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.'"
| فَشَرَعَ أَخْوَالُهُ يَدْعُونَ لَهُ بَيْنَ أَهْلِ شَكِيمَ حَتَّى اسْتَمَالُوا قُلُوبَهُمْ وَرَاءَ أَبِيمَالِكَ قَائِلِينَ: «هُوَ أَخُونَا». | ٣ 3 |
And his mother's brothers spoke of him in the ears of all the lords of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, "He is our brother."
| وَأَعْطَوْهُ سَبْعِينَ شَاقِلَ فِضَّةٍ (نَحْوَ ثَمَانِيَةِ كِيلُو جِرَامَاتٍ وَنِصْفٍ) مِنْ مَعْبَدِ بَعْلِ بَرِيثَ اسْتَأْجَرَ بِها أَتْبَاعاً مِنَ الأَوْغَادِ الطَّائِشِينَ، | ٤ 4 |
They gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal Berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him.
| وَاقْتَحَمَ بِهِمْ بَيْتَ أَبِيهِ فِي عَفْرَةَ، حَيْثُ ذَبَحَ إِخْوَتَهُ السَّبْعِينَ عَلَى حَجَرٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَلَمْ يَنْجُ إِلّا يُوثَامُ بْنُ يَرُبَّعَلَ الأَصْغَرُ الَّذِي تَمَكَّنَ مِنَ الاخْتِبَاءِ. | ٥ 5 |
He went to his father's house at Ophrah, and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, being seventy persons, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
| فَاجْتَمَعَ أَهْلُ شَكِيمَ وَجَمِيعُ سُكَّانِ الْقَلْعَةِ وَنَصَبُوا أَبِيمَالِكَ مَلِكاً عِنْدَ بَلُّوطَةِ النَّصَبِ الَّذِي فِي شَكِيمَ. | ٦ 6 |
And all the lords of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all Beth Millo, and went and made Abimelech king by the oak which is found at the pillar in Shechem.
| وَبَلَغَ الْخَبَرُ يُوثَامَ فَذَهَبَ وَوَقَفَ عَلَى قِمَّةِ جَبَلِ جِرِزِّيمَ وَنَادَى بِصَوْتٍ مُرْتَفِعٍ قَائِلاً لَهُمْ: «أَنْصِتُوا لِي يَا أَهْلَ شَكِيمَ حَتَّى يَسْتَمِعَ لَكُمُ اللهُ. | ٧ 7 |
And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said to them, "Listen to me, you lords of Shechem, that God may listen to you.
| ذَاتَ مَرَّةٍ ذَهَبَتِ الأَشْجَارُ لِتَنْصِبَ عَلَيْهَا مَلِكاً، فَقَالَتْ لِلزَّيْتُونَةِ:’امْلِكِي عَلَيْنَا‘. | ٨ 8 |
The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign you over us.'
| فَأَجَابَتِ الزَّيْتُونَةُ:’أَأَتَخَلَّى عَنْ زَيْتِي الَّذِي يُكَرِّمُونَ بِهِ اللهَ وَالنَّاسَ لِكَيْ أَمْلِكَ عَلَى الأَشْجَارِ؟‘. | ٩ 9 |
"But the olive tree said to them, 'Should I leave my fatness, with which by me they honor God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?'
| فَقَالَتِ الأَشْجَارُ لِلتِّينَةِ:’تَعَالَيْ أَنْتِ وَامْلِكِي عَلَيْنَا‘. | ١٠ 10 |
"The trees said to the fig tree, 'Come, and reign over us.'
| فَأَجَابَتِ التِّينَةُ:’أَأَهْجُرُ حَلاوَتِي وَثَمَرِي الطَّيِّبَ لأَصِيرَ مَلِكَةً عَلَى الأَشْجَارِ؟‘. | ١١ 11 |
"But the fig tree said to them, 'Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?'
| فَقَالَتِ الأَشْجَارُ لِلْكَرْمَةِ:’تَعَالَيْ أَنْتِ وَامْلِكِي عَلَيْنَا‘. | ١٢ 12 |
"The trees said to the vine, 'Come, and reign over us.'
| فَأَجَابَتْهُنَّ الْكَرْمَةُ:’أَأَنْبِذُ خَمْرِي الَّذِي يُفَرِّحُ اللهَ وَالنَّاسَ لِكَيْ أَمْلِكَ عَلَى الأَشْجَارِ؟‘ | ١٣ 13 |
"The vine said to them, 'Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?'
| ثُمَّ قَالَتْ جَمِيعُ الأَشْجَارِ لِلْعَوْسَجِ:’تَعَالَ أَنْتَ وَصِرْ عَلَيْنَا مَلِكاً‘. | ١٤ 14 |
"Then all the trees said to the bramble, 'Come, and reign over us.'
| فَقَالَ الْعَوْسَجُ:’إِنْ كُنْتُمْ حَقّاً تَنْصِبُونَنَي عَلَيْكُمْ مَلِكاً، فَتَعَالَوْا وَاحْتَمُوا تَحْتَ ظِلِّي، وَإلَّا فَإِنَّ نَاراً تَنْدَلِعُ مِنَ الْعَوْسَجِ وَتَلْتَهِمُ أَرْزَ لُبْنَانَ‘. | ١٥ 15 |
"The bramble said to the trees, 'If in truth you anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.'
| وَالآنَ، إِنْ كُنْتُمْ قَدْ تَصَرَّفْتُمْ بِحَقٍّ وَصَوَابٍ عِنْدَمَا مَلَّكْتُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ أَبْيمَالِكَ، وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ قَدْ أَحْسَنْتُمْ إِلَى يَرُبَّعَلَ وَإِلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ فَكَافَأْتُمُوهُ خَيْراً عَلَى عَمَلِ يَدَيْهِ. | ١٦ 16 |
"Now therefore, if you have dealt truly and righteously, in that you have made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him according to the deserving of his hands
| فَقَدْ حَارَبَ أَبِي عَنْكُمْ وَجَازَفَ بِحَيَاتِهِ وَأَنْقَذَكُمْ مِنْ قَبْضَةِ الْمِدْيَانِيِّينَ. | ١٧ 17 |
(for my father fought for you, and risked his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
| أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَقَدْ ثُرْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ عَلَى بَيْتِ أَبِي وَذَبَحْتُمْ أَبْنَاءَهُ السَّبْعِينَ عَلَى حَجَرٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَمَلَّكْتُمْ أَبِيمَالِكَ ابْنَ جَارِيَتِهِ عَلَى أَهْلِ شَكِيمَ لأَنَّهُ أَخُوكُمْ. | ١٨ 18 |
and you are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy persons, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the lords of Shechem, because he is your brother).
| فَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ قَدْ تَصَرَّفْتُمْ بِحَقٍّ وَصَوَابٍ مَعَ يَرُبَّعَلَ وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، فَهَنِيئاً لَكُمْ بِأَبِيمَالِكَ وَهَنِيئاً لَهُ بِكُمْ. | ١٩ 19 |
If you then have dealt truly and righteously with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:
| وَإلَّا فَلْتَنْدَلِعْ نَارٌ مِنْ أَبِيمَالِكَ وَتَلْتَهِمْ أَهْلَ شَكِيمَ وَسُكَّانَ الْقَلْعَةِ، وَلْتَنْدَلِعْ نَارٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ شَكِيمَ وَمِنْ سُكَّانِ الْقَلْعَةِ وَتَلْتَهِمْ أَبِيمَالِكَ». | ٢٠ 20 |
but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the lords of Shechem, and Beth Millo; and let fire come out from the lords of Shechem, and from Beth Millo, and devour Abimelech."
| ثُمَّ هَرَبَ يُوثَامُ إِلَى مَدِينَةِ بِئْرَ خَوْفاً مِنْ أَخِيهِ، وَأَقَامَ هُنَاكَ. | ٢١ 21 |
And Jotham escaped and fled and went to Beer and lived there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
| وَتَسَلَّطَ أَبِيمَالِكُ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ فَتْرَةَ ثَلاثِ سَنَوَاتٍ. | ٢٢ 22 |
Abimelech was prince over Israel three years.
| وَمَا لَبِثَ الرَّبُّ أَنْ جَعَلَ الْعَلاقَةَ تَسُوءُ بَيْنَ أَبِيمَالِكَ وَأَهْلِ شَكِيمَ، فَخَانَ أَهْلُ شَكِيمَ أَبِيمَالِكَ، | ٢٣ 23 |
And God sent a spirit of hostility between Abimelech and the lords of Shechem; and the lords of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
| عِقَاباً لَهُ لِمَا جَنَاهُ مِنْ ظُلْمٍ بِحَقِّ أَبْنَاءِ يَرُبَّعَلَ السَّبْعِينَ الَّذِينَ سَفَكَ دِمَاءَهُمْ، وَانْتِقَاماً مِنْ أَهْلِ شَكِيمَ الَّذِينَ آزَرُوهُ عَلَى ذَبْحِ إِخْوَتِهِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers.
| فَنَصَبَ أَهْلُ شَكِيمَ لأَبِيمَالِكَ كَمِيناً عَلَى قِمَمِ الْجِبَالِ وَرَاحُوا يَنْهَبُونَ كُلَّ عَابِرِي الطَّرِيقِ. فَأُبْلِغَ أَبِيمَالِكُ بِالأَمْرِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
And the lords of Shechem set an ambush for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who came along that way by them. And it was told to Abimelech.
| وَجَاءَ جَعَلُ بْنُ عَابِدٍ مَعَ إِخْوَتِهِ إِلَى شَكِيمَ فَوَثِقَ بِهِ أَهْلُهَا. | ٢٦ 26 |
And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brothers, and went over to Shechem; and the lords of Shechem put their trust in him.
| ثُمَّ خَرَجُوا إِلَى الْحُقُولِ وَجَنَوْا غَلّاتِ كُرُومِهِمْ وَصَنَعُوا مِنْهَا خَمْراً، وَاحْتَفَلُوا وَدَخَلُوا إِلَى مَعْبَدِ إِلَهِهِمْ وَأَكَلُوا وَشَرِبُوا وَلَعَنُوا أَبِيمَالِكَ. | ٢٧ 27 |
They went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
| فَقَالَ جَعَلُ بْنُ عَابِدٍ: «مَنْ هُوَ أَبِيمَالِكُ وَمَنْ هُوَ شَكِيمُ حَتَّى نَخْدُمَهُ؟ أَمَا هُوَ ابْنُ يَرُبَّعَلَ وَزَبُولُ هُوَ وَكِيلُهُ؟ اخْدِمُوا رِجَالَ حَمُورَ أَبِي شَكِيمَ. لِمَاذَا عَلَيْنَا أَنْ نَخْدُمَ أَبِيمَالِكَ؟ | ٢٨ 28 |
Gaal the son of Ebed said, "Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Isn't he the son of Jerubbaal, and Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem. But why should we serve him?
| لَوْ صَارَ هَذَا الشَّعْبُ تَحْتَ إِمْرَتِي لَعَزَلْتُ أَبِيمَالِكَ، وَلَقُلْتُ لَهُ: جَهِّزْ جَيْشَكَ وَاخْرُجْ». | ٢٩ 29 |
Would that this people were under my hand. Then I would remove Abimelech. I would say to Abimelech, "Increase your army, and come out."
| وَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ زَبُولُ رَئِيسُ الْمَدِينَةِ كَلامَ جَعَلَ بْنِ عَابِدٍ، احْتَدَمَ غَضَبُهُ. | ٣٠ 30 |
When Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
| وَبَعَثَ بِرُسُلٍ إِلَى أَبِيمَالِكَ فِي تُرْمَةَ قَائِلاً: «قَدْ وَفَدَ جَعَلُ بْنُ عَابِدٍ وَإخْوَتُهُ إِلَى مَدِينَةِ شَكِيمَ، وَأَثَارُوا الْمَدِينَةَ ضِدَّكَ. | ٣١ 31 |
He sent messengers to Abimelech in Arumah, saying, "Look, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem; and look, they constrain the city to take part against you.
| فَالآنَ قُمْ لَيْلاً أَنْتَ وَمَنْ مَعَكَ مِنَ الْجَيْشِ وَاكْمُنْ فِي الْحَقْلِ، | ٣٢ 32 |
Now therefore, rise up by night, you and the people who are with you, and lie in wait in the field.
| وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ عِنْدَ شُرُوقِ الشَّمْسِ تُبَكِّرُ بِاقْتِحَامِ الْمَدِينَةِ. وَعِنْدَمَا يَخْرُجُ جَعَلُ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ مِنَ الْمُحَارِبِينَ لِقِتَالِكَ تَفْعَلُ بِهِ كَمَا تَشَاءُ». | ٣٣ 33 |
And it shall be that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early, and rush on the city. And look, when he and the people who are with him come out against you, then do whatever you can to them."
| فَجَدَّ أَبِيمَالِكُ وَجَيْشُهُ فِي السَّيْرِ لَيْلاً وَانْقَسَمُوا فِي فِرَقٍ أَرْبَعَ، وَكَمَنُوا لأَهْلِ شَكِيمَ. | ٣٤ 34 |
Abimelech rose up, and all the people who were with him, by night, and they lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.
| وَعِنْدَمَا خَرَجَ جَعَلُ بْنُ عَابِدٍ وَوَقَفَ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ تَحَرَّكَ أَبِيمَالِكُ وَرِجَالُهُ مِنْ مَكَامِنِهِمْ. | ٣٥ 35 |
And it happened early in the morning that Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city. And Abimelech rose up, and the people who were with him, from the ambush.
| فَرَآهُمْ جَعَلُ، فَقَالَ لِزَبُولَ: «هُوَذَا رِجَالٌ مُنْحَدِرُونَ مِنْ قِمَمِ الْجِبَالِ». فَأَجَابَهُ زَبُولُ: «إِنَّكَ تَرَى ظِلالَ الْجِبَالِ وَكَأَنَّهَا رِجَالٌ». | ٣٦ 36 |
When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, "Look, there are people coming down from the tops of the mountains." Zebul said to him, "You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men."
| فَعَادَ جَعَلُ يَقُولُ أَيْضاً: «هُوَذَا رِجَالٌ مُنْحَدِرُونَ مِنَ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ، وَهَا هِيَ فِرْقَةٌ قَادِمَةٌ عَنْ طَرِيقِ بَلُّوطَةِ الْعَائِفِينَ». | ٣٧ 37 |
Gaal spoke again and said, "Look, there are people coming down by the central part of the land, and one company comes by the way of the Diviners' Oak."
| فَأَجَابَهُ زَبُولُ: «أَيْنَ هُوَ تَبَجُّحُكَ الآنَ حِينَ قُلْتَ: مَنْ هُوَ أَبِيمَالِكُ حَتَّى نَخْدُمَهُ؟ أَلَيْسَ هَؤُلاءِ هُمُ الرِّجَالُ الَّذِينَ سَخِرْتَ مِنْهُمْ؟ فَاخْرُجِ الآنَ وَحَارِبْهُ!». | ٣٨ 38 |
Then Zebul said to him, "Where is now your mouth, that you said, 'Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?' Is not this the people that you have despised? Please go out now and fight with them."
| فَخَرَجَ جَعَلُ فِي طَلِيعَةِ أَهْلِ شَكِيمَ وَحَارَبَ أَبِيمَالِكَ. | ٣٩ 39 |
And Gaal went out before the lords of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
| غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ انْهَزَمَ أَمَامَهُ وَسَقَطَ عَدَدٌ غَفِيرٌ مِنَ الْقَتْلَى عَلَى طُولِ الطَّرِيقِ إِلَى بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ. | ٤٠ 40 |
Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and there fell many wounded, even to the entrance of the gate of the city.
| وَاسْتَقَرَّ أَبِيمَالِكُ فِي أَرُومَةَ، وَطَرَدَ زَبُولُ جَعَلا وَإِخْوَتَهُ مِنْ شَكِيمَ. | ٤١ 41 |
And Abimelech returned to Arumah; and Zebul drove out Gaal and his brothers, so that they could not dwell in Shechem.
| وَفِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي خَرَجَ أَهْلُ شَكِيمَ إِلَى الْحَقْلِ لِلْحَرْبِ، فَأُبْلِغَ أَبِيمَالِكُ بِالأَمْرِ، | ٤٢ 42 |
It happened on the next day, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.
| فَقَسَمَ جَيْشَهُ إِلَى ثَلاثِ فِرَقٍ وَكَمَنَ فِي الْحَقْلِ، وَإذَا بِأَهْلِ شَكِيمَ قَدْ بَرَزُوا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ فَانْقَضَّ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكَسَرَهُمْ. | ٤٣ 43 |
He took the people, and divided them into three companies, and waited in ambush in the field; and he looked, and look, the people came forth out of the city. He rose up against them, and struck them.
| وَاقْتَحَمَ أَبِيمَالِكُ وَفِرْقَتُهُ طَرِيقَهُ إِلَى مَدْخَلِ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَتَمَرْكَزَ هُنَاكَ. وَهَاجَمَتِ الفِرْقَتَانِ الأُخْرَيَانِ كُلُّ مَنْ كَانُوا فِي الْحَقْلِ وَأَبَادَتَاهُمْ. | ٤٤ 44 |
Abimelech, and the companies that were with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and the two companies rushed against all who were in the field, and struck them.
| وَظَلَّتْ رَحَى الْحَرْبِ دَائِرَةً طَوَالَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ حَتَّى اسْتَوْلَى أَبِيمَالِكُ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَقَضَى عَلَى أَهْلِهَا وَهَدَمَهَا وَزَرَعَهَا مِلْحاً. | ٤٥ 45 |
Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and killed the people who were in it. And he destroyed the city, and sowed it with salt.
| وَحِينَ بَلَغَ الْخَبَرُ أَهْلَ بُرْجِ شَكِيمَ تَحَصَّنُوا فِي قَلْعَةِ مَعْبَدِ إِيلِ بَرِيثَ. | ٤٦ 46 |
And when all the lords of the Tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered into the stronghold of the house of El Berith.
| فَعَلِمَ أَبِيمَالِكُ أَنَّ جَمِيعَ أَهْلِ بُرْجِ شَكِيمَ قَدْ تَحَصَّنُوا فِي الْقَلْعَةِ، | ٤٧ 47 |
And it was told Abimelech that all the lords of the Tower of Shechem were gathered together.
| فَارْتَقَى هُوَ وَجَيْشُهُ جَبَلَ صَلْمُونَ، وَأَخَذَ فَأْساً بِيَدِهِ وَقَطَعَ غُصْنَ شَجَرَةٍ وَرَفَعَهُ وَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى كَتِفِهِ، وَقَالَ لِرِجَالِهِ: «كُلَّ مَا تَرَوْنَنِي أَفْعَلُهُ فَأَسْرِعُوا وَافْعَلُوا مِثْلِي». | ٤٨ 48 |
So Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a branch from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder. And he said to the people who were with him, "What you have seen me do, do quickly, and do as I have done."
| فَقَطَعَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ الْجَيْشِ غُصْناً وَسَارُوا خَلْفَ أَبِيمَالِكَ إِلَى الْقَلْعَةِ حَيْثُ كَوَّمُوا الأَغْصَانَ وَأَحْرَقُوا الْقَلْعَةَ بِمَنْ فِيهَا. فَمَاتَ جَمِيعُ أَهْلِ بُرْجِ شَكِيمَ وَكَانُوا نَحْوَ أَلْفِ رَجُلٍ وَامْرَأَةٍ. | ٤٩ 49 |
All the people likewise cut down his branch and followed Abimelech, and put them on the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire on them; so that all the men of the Tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
| ثُمَّ تَوَجَّهَ أَبِيمَالِكُ إِلَى تَابَاصَ وَهَاجَمَهَا وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهَا. | ٥٠ 50 |
Then Abimelech went to Thebez, and camped against Thebez, and took it.
| فَلَجَأَ جَمِيعُ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ وَسَائِرُ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى بُرْجٍ حَصِينٍ قَائِمٍ فِي وَسَطِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَأَغْلَقُوا أَبْوَابَهُ خَلْفَهُمْ، وَصَعِدُوا إِلَى سَطْحِ الْبُرْجِ. | ٥١ 51 |
But there was a strong tower within the city, and all the men and women fled, and all the lords of the city, and shut themselves in, and got them up to the roof of the tower.
| فَحَاصَرَ أَبِيمَالِكُ الْبُرْجَ وَحَارَبَهُ، وَاقْتَرَبَ مِنْ بَابِ الْبُرْجِ لِيُحْرِقَهُ بِالنَّارِ، | ٥٢ 52 |
Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and drew near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
| فَأَلْقَتِ امْرَأَةٌ حَجَرَ رَحَى عَلَى رَأْسِهِ فَشَجَّتْ جُمْجُمَتَهُ. | ٥٣ 53 |
A certain woman threw down an upper millstone on Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.
| فَاسْتَدْعَى عَلَى التَّوِّ حَامِلَ سِلاحِهِ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «اخْتَرِطْ سَيْفَكَ وَاقْتُلْنِي لِئَلّا يَقُولُوا عَنِّي: قَتَلَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ». فَطَعَنَهُ بِالسَّيْفِ فَمَاتَ. | ٥٤ 54 |
Then he called quickly to the young man his armor bearer, and said to him, "Draw your sword, and kill me, that men not say of me, 'A woman killed him.'" So the young man thrust him through, and he died.
| فَلَمَّا رَأَى رِجَالُ أَبِيمَالِكَ أَنَّ قَائِدَهُمْ قَدْ مَاتَ انْصَرَفَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ. | ٥٥ 55 |
When the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man to his place.
| وَهَكَذَا عَاقَبَ اللهُ أَبِيمَالِكَ عَلَى جَرِيمَتِهِ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبَهَا بِحَقِّ أَبِيهِ حِينَ قَتَلَ إِخْوَتَهُ السَّبْعِينَ. | ٥٦ 56 |
Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in killing his seventy brothers;
| وَكَذِلكَ رَدَّ اللهُ شَرَّ أَهْلِ شَكِيمَ عَلَى رُؤُوسِهِمْ، وَبِذَلِكَ تَحَقَّقَتْ لَعْنَةُ يُوثَامَ بْنِ يَرُبَّعَلَ. | ٥٧ 57 |
and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God return on their heads, and on them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
