1 Samuel 11
1 Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”
| وَصَعِدَ نَاحَاشُ ٱلْعَمُّونِيُّ وَنَزَلَ عَلَى يَابِيشِ جِلْعَادَ. فَقَالَ جَمِيعُ أَهْلِ يَابِيشَ لِنَاحَاشَ: «ٱقْطَعْ لَنَا عَهْدًا فَنُسْتَعْبَدَ لَكَ». | ١ |
2 But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyone’s right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.”
| فَقَالَ لَهُمْ نَاحَاشُ ٱلْعَمُّونِيُّ: «بِهَذَا أَقْطَعُ لَكُمْ. بِتَقْوِيرِ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ يُمْنَى لَكُمْ وَجَعْلِ ذَلِكَ عَارًا عَلَى جَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ». | ٢ |
3 “Hold off for seven days,” replied the elders of Jabesh, “and let us send messengers throughout Israel. If there is no one to save us, we will surrender to you.”
| فَقَالَ لَهُ شُيُوخُ يَابِيشَ: «ٱتْرُكْنَا سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ فَنُرْسِلَ رُسُلًا إِلَى جَمِيعِ تُخُومِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. فَإِنْ لَمْ يُوجَدْ مَنْ يُخَلِّصُنَا نَخْرُجْ إِلَيْكَ». | ٣ |
4 When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.
| فَجَاءَ ٱلرُّسُلُ إِلَى جِبْعَةِ شَاوُلَ وَتَكَلَّمُوا بِهَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ فِي آذَانِ ٱلشَّعْبِ، فَرَفَعَ كُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ أَصْوَاتَهُمْ وَبَكَوْا. | ٤ |
5 Just then Saul was returning from the field, behind his oxen. “What troubles the people?” asked Saul. “Why are they weeping?” And they relayed to him the words of the men from Jabesh.
| وَإِذَا بِشَاوُلَ آتٍ وَرَاءَ ٱلْبَقَرِ مِنَ ٱلْحَقْلِ، فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ: «مَا بَالُ ٱلشَّعْبِ يَبْكُونَ؟» فَقَصُّوا عَلَيْهِ كَلَامَ أَهْلِ يَابِيشَ. | ٥ |
6 When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he burned with great anger.
| فَحَلَّ رُوحُ ٱللهِ عَلَى شَاوُلَ عِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامَ وَحَمِيَ غَضَبُهُ جِدًّا. | ٦ |
7 He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they turned out as one man.
| فَأَخَذَ فَدَّانَ بَقَرٍ وَقَطَّعَهُ، وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى كُلِّ تُخُومِ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِيَدِ ٱلرُّسُلِ قَائِلًا: «مَنْ لَا يَخْرُجُ وَرَاءَ شَاوُلَ وَوَرَاءَ صَمُوئِيلَ، فَهَكَذَا يُفْعَلُ بِبَقَرِهِ». فَوَقَعَ رُعْبُ ٱلرَّبِّ عَلَى ٱلشَّعْبِ، فَخَرَجُوا كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ. | ٧ |
8 And when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men of Judah.
| وَعَدَّهُمْ فِي بَازَقَ، فَكَانَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ ثَلَاثَ مِئَةِ أَلْفٍ، وَرِجَالُ يَهُوذَا ثَلَاثِينَ أَلْفًا. | ٨ |
9 So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.
| وَقَالُوا لِلرُّسُلِ ٱلَّذِينَ جَاءُوا: «هَكَذَا تَقُولُونَ لِأَهْلِ يَابِيشَ جِلْعَادَ: غَدًا عِنْدَمَا تَحْمَى ٱلشَّمْسُ يَكُونُ لَكُمْ خَلَاصٌ». فَأَتَى ٱلرُّسُلُ وَأَخْبَرُوا أَهْلَ يَابِيشَ فَفَرِحُوا. | ٩ |
10 Then the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Tomorrow we will come out, and you can do with us whatever seems good to you.”
| وَقَالَ أَهْلُ يَابِيشَ: «غَدًا نَخْرُجُ إِلَيْكُمْ فَتَفْعَلُونَ بِنَا حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا يَحْسُنُ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ». | ١٠ |
11 The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.
| وَكَانَ فِي ٱلْغَدِ أَنَّ شَاوُلَ جَعَلَ ٱلشَّعْبَ ثَلَاثَ فِرَقٍ، وَدَخَلُوا فِي وَسَطِ ٱلْمَحَلَّةِ عِنْدَ سَحَرِ ٱلصُّبْحِ وَضَرَبُوا ٱلْعَمُّونِيِّينَ حَتَّى حَمِيَ ٱلنَّهَارُ. وَٱلَّذِينَ بَقُوا تَشَتَّتُوا حَتَّى لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمُ ٱثْنَانِ مَعًا. | ١١ |
12 Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”
| وَقَالَ ٱلشَّعْبُ لِصَمُوئِيلَ: «مَنْ هُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ: هَلْ شَاوُلُ يَمْلِكُ عَلَيْنَا؟ اِيْتُوا بِٱلرِّجَالِ فَنَقْتُلَهُمْ». | ١٢ |
13 But Saul ordered, “No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.”
| فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ: «لَا يُقْتَلْ أَحَدٌ فِي هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ، لِأَنَّهُ فِي هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ صَنَعَ ٱلرَّبُّ خَلَاصًا فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ». | ١٣ |
14 Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”
| وَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ لِلشَّعْبِ: «هَلُمُّوا نَذْهَبْ إِلَى ٱلْجِلْجَالِ وَنُجَدِّدْ هُنَاكَ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةَ». | ١٤ |
15 So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.
| فَذَهَبَ كُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ إِلَى ٱلْجِلْجَالِ وَمَلَّكُوا هُنَاكَ شَاوُلَ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ فِي ٱلْجِلْجَالِ، وَذَبَحُوا هُنَاكَ ذَبَائِحَ سَلَامَةٍ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ. وَفَرِحَ هُنَاكَ شَاوُلُ وَجَمِيعُ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ جِدًّا. | ١٥ |
