1 Samuel 29

1 And the Philistines gather all their camps to Aphek, and Israel is encamping at a fountain which [is] in Jezreel,

١ ثُمَّ حَشَدَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ جُيُوشَهُمْ فِي أَفِيقَ بَيْنَمَا تَجَمَّعَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ عِنْدَ الْعَيْنِ الَّتِي فِي يَزْرَعِيلَ.

2 and the princes of the Philistines are passing on by hundreds, and by thousands, and David and his men are passing on in the rear with Achish.

٢ وَتَقَدَّمَ قَادَةُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ بِكَتَائِبِهِمْ وَسَرَايَاهُمْ، أَمَّا دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ فَكَانُوا يَسِيرُونَ فِي الْمُؤَخَّرَةِ مَعَ الْمَلِكِ أَخِيشَ.

3 And the heads of the Philistines say, “What [are] these Hebrews?” And Achish says to the heads of the Philistines, “Is this not David, servant of Saul king of Israel, who has been with me these days or these years, and I have not found anything in him [wrong] from the day of his falling away until this day?”

٣ فَسَأَلَهُ قَادَةُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ: «مَاذَا يَفْعَلُ هَؤُلاءِ الْعِبْرَانِيُّونَ هُنَا؟» فَأَجَابَهُمْ أَخِيشُ: «أَلَيْسَ هَذَا دَاوُدَ الَّذِي كَانَ ضَابِطاً عِنْدَ شَاوُلَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَقَدْ مَكَثَ مَعِي طَوَالَ هَذِهِ الْمُدَّةِ، فَلَمْ أَجِدْ فِيهِ عِلَّةً مُنْذُ أَنْ قَدِمَ إِلَيَّ وَحَتَّى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ».

4 And the heads of the Philistines are angry against him, and the heads of the Philistines say to him, “Send back the man, and he turns back to his place to where you have appointed him, and does not go down with us into battle, and is not for an adversary to us in battle; and with what does this one reconcile himself to his lord—is it not with the heads of those men?

٤ غَيْرَ أَنَّ قَادَةَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ أَبْدَوْا سُخْطَهُمْ عَلَيْهِ قَائِلِينَ: «أَرْجِعِ الرَّجُلَ إِلَى مَوْضِعِهِ الَّذِي حَدَّدْتَهُ لَهُ، وَلا تَدَعْهُ يَشْتَرِكُ مَعَنَا فِي الْحَرْبِ لِئَلّا يَنْقَلِبَ عَلَيْنَا. إِذْ كَيْفَ يَسْتَرِدُّ هَذَا رِضَى سَيِّدِهِ؟ أَلَيْسَ بِقَطْعِ رُؤُوسِ رِجَالِنَا؟

5 Is this not David, of whom they answer in choruses, saying, Saul has struck among his thousands, and David among his myriads?”

٥ أَلَيْسَ هَذَا هُوَ دَاوُدُ الَّذِي غَنَّتْ لَهُ النِّسَاءُ رَاقِصَاتٍ قَائِلاتٍ: قَتَلَ شَاوُلُ أُلُوفاً، وَقَتَلَ دَاوُدُ عَشَرَاتِ الأُلُوفِ؟»

6 And Achish calls to David and says to him, “YHWH lives, surely you [are] upright, and good in my eyes is your going out, and your coming in with me in the camp, for I have not found evil in you from the day of your coming to me until this day; but you are not good in the eyes of the princes;

٦ فَاسْتَدْعَى أَخِيشُ دَاوُدَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «أُقْسِمُ لَكَ بِالرَّبِّ الْحَيِّ إِنَّكَ مُسْتَقِيمٌ، وَيَسُرُّنِي انْضِمَامُكَ إِلَى جَيْشِي لأَنَّنِي لَمْ أَجِدْ فِيكَ عِلَّةً مُنْذُ أَنْ جِئْتَ إِلَيَّ حَتَّى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ قَادَةَ جَيْشِي سَاخِطُونَ عَلَيْكَ.

7 and now, return, and go in peace, and you do no evil in the eyes of the princes of the Philistines.”

٧ فَامْضِ الآنَ بِسَلامٍ وَعُدْ إِلَى مَوْضِعِكَ وَلا تَقْتَرِفْ مَا يُسِيءُ إِلَى أَقْطَابِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ».

8 And David says to Achish, “But what have I done? And what have you found in your servant from the day that I have been before you until this day—that I do not go in and have fought against the enemies of my lord the king?”

٨ فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ: «مَاذَا جَنَيْتُ، وَأَيُّ عِلَّةٍ وَجَدْتَ فِي عَبْدِكَ مُنْذُ أَنْ مَثُلْتُ أَمَامَكَ إِلَى الْيَوْمِ حَتَّى لَا أَشْتَرِكَ فِي مُحَارَبَةِ أَعْدَاءِ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكِ؟»

9 And Achish answers and says to David, “I have known that you [are] good in my eyes as a messenger of God; only, the princes of the Philistines have said, He does not go up with us into battle;

٩ فَقَالَ أَخِيشُ: «إِنَّنِي وَاثِقٌ أَنَّكَ صَالِحٌ فِي عَيْنَيَّ، كَمَلاكِ اللهِ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ رُؤَسَاءَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ أَصَرُّوا قَائِلِينَ: لَا يَصْعَدُ دَاوُدُ مَعَنَا لِخَوْضِ الْحَرْبِ.

10 and now, rise early in the morning—and the servants of your lord who have come with you. When you have risen early in the morning, and have light, then go.”

١٠ لِذَلِكَ بَكِّرْ صَبَاحاً مَعَ عَبِيدِ سَيِّدِكَ الَّذِينَ وَفَدُوا مَعَكَ وَارْجِعُوا عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ الصَّبَاحِ».

11 And David rises early, he and his men, to go in the morning, to return to the land of the Philistines, and the Philistines have gone up to Jezreel.

١١ فَاسْتَيْقَظَ دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ مُبَكِّرِينَ لِيَرْجِعُوا إِلَى بِلادِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَأَمَّا الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ فَتَقَدَّمُوا نَحْوَ يَزْرَعِيلَ.