2 Samuel 15
1 And it comes to pass afterward that Absalom prepares a chariot and horses for himself, and fifty men are running before him;
| بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ اتَّخَذَ أَبْشَالُومُ لِنَفْسِهِ مَرْكَبَةً وَخَيْلاً وَاسْتَأْجَرَ خَمْسِينَ رَجُلاً يَجْرُونَ أَمَامَهُ. | ١ |
2 and Absalom has risen early, and stood by the side of the way of the gate, and it comes to pass, every man who has a pleading to come to the king for judgment, that Absalom calls to him and says, “Of what city [are] you?” And he says, “Your servant [is] of one of the tribes of Israel.”
| وَكَانَ يَسْتَيْقِظُ مُبَكِّراً صَبَاحَ كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَيَقِفُ إِلَى جِوَارِ طَرِيقِ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَيَدْعُو إِلَيْهِ كُلَّ صَاحِبِ دَعْوَى يَقْصِدُ الْمَلِكَ لِيَعْرِضَ عَلَيْهِ قَضِيَّتَهُ، فَيَسْأَلُهُ: «مِنْ أَيَّةِ مَدِينَةٍ أَنْتَ؟» فَيُجِيبُ: «عَبْدُكَ يَنْتَمِي إِلَى أَحَدِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ». | ٢ |
3 And Absalom says to him, “See, your matters [are] good and straightforward—and there is none listening to you from the king.”
| فَيَقُولُ أَبْشَالُومُ لَهُ: «إِنَّ دَعْوَاكَ حَقٌّ وَقَوِيمَةٌ، وَلَكِنْ لَا يُوْجَدُ مَنْدُوبٌ عَنِ الْمَلِكِ لِيَسْتَمِعَ إِلَيْكَ». | ٣ |
4 And Absalom says, “Who makes me judge in the land, that every man who has a plea and judgment comes to me? Then I have declared him righteous.”
| ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَبْشَالُومُ: «لَوْ صِرْتُ قَاضِياً فِي الأَرْضِ لَكُنْتُ أُنْصِفُ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ لَهُ خُصُومَةٌ أَوْ دَعْوَى». | ٤ |
5 And it has come to pass, in the drawing near of anyone to bow himself to him, that he has put forth his hand, and laid hold on him, and given a kiss to him;
| وَكَانَ إِذَا تَقَدَّمَ أَحَدٌ لِيَسْجُدَ لَهُ، يَمُدُّ يَدَهَ وَيُنْهِضُهُ وَيُقَبِّلُهُ. | ٥ |
6 and Absalom does according to this thing to all Israel who come in for judgment to the king, and Absalom steals the heart of the men of Israel.
| وَظَلَّ أَبْشَالُومُ يَفْعَلُ هَذَا الأَمْرَ مَعَ كُلِّ قَادِمٍ بِقَضِيَّةٍ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ، حَتَّى تَمَكَّنَ مِنِ اكْتِسَابِ قُلُوبِ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٦ |
7 And it comes to pass, at the end of forty years, that Absalom says to the king, “Please let me go, and I complete my vow that I vowed to YHWH in Hebron,
| وَبَعْدَ انْقِضَاءِ أَرْبَعِ سَنَوَاتٍ قَالَ أَبْشَالُومُ لِلْمَلِكِ: «دَعْنِي أَنْطَلِقُ إِلَى حَبْرُونَ لأُوفِيَ نَذْرِي الَّذِي نَذَرْتُهُ لِلرَّبِّ. | ٧ |
8 for your servant has vowed a vow in my dwelling in Geshur, in Aram, saying, If YHWH certainly brings me back to Jerusalem, then I have served YHWH.”
| فَقَدْ نَذَرَ عَبْدُكَ، عِنْدَمَا كُنْتُ مُقِيماً فِي جَشُورَ فِي أَرَامَ، أَنَّهُ إِنْ رَدَّنِي الرَّبُّ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ فَإِنِّي أُقَدِّمُ لَهُ ذَبِيحَةً». | ٨ |
9 And the king says to him, “Go in peace”; and he rises and goes to Hebron,
| فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ لَهُ: «اذْهَبْ بِسَلامٍ». فَقَامَ وَمَضَى إِلَى حَبْرُونَ. | ٩ |
10 and Absalom sends spies through all the tribes of Israel, saying, “At your hearing the voice of the horn, then you have said, Absalom has reigned in Hebron.”
| وَبَثَّ أَبْشَالُومُ جَوَاسِيسَ فِي أَوْسَاطِ جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلاً: «إِنْ سَمِعْتُمْ نَفِيرَ الْبُوقِ، فَقُولُوا: قَدْ مَلَكَ أَبْشَالُومُ فِي حَبْرُونَ». | ١٠ |
11 And two hundred men have gone with Absalom out of Jerusalem, invited ones, and they are going in their simplicity, and have not known anything;
| وَرَافَقَ أَبْشَالُومَ مِئَتَا رَجُلٍ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ لَبَّوْا دَعْوَتَهُ عَنْ طِيبِ نِيَّةٍ غَيْرَ عَالِمِينَ بِشَيْءٍ. | ١١ |
12 and Absalom sends Ahithophel the Gilonite, a counselor of David, out of his city, out of Gilo, in his sacrificing sacrifices; and the conspiracy is strong, and the people are going and increasing with Absalom.
| وَفِي أَثْنَاءِ تَقْرِيبِهِ ذَبَائِحَ، اسْتَدْعَى أَبْشَالُومُ أَخِيتُوفَلَ الْجِيلُونِيَّ مُشِيرَ دَاوُدَ، مِنْ بَلْدَتِهِ جِيلُوهَ. وَتَفَاقَمَتِ الْفِتْنَةُ وَازْدَادَ اِلْتِفَافُ الشَّعْبِ حَوْلَ أَبْشَالُومَ. | ١٢ |
13 And he who is declaring tidings comes to David, saying, “The heart of the men of Israel has been after Absalom.”
| فَجَاءَ مُخْبِرٌ قَالَ لِدَاوُدَ: «إِنَّ قُلُوبَ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدْ مَالَتْ نَحْوَ أَبْشَالُومَ». | ١٣ |
14 And David says to all his servants who [are] with him in Jerusalem, “Rise, and we flee, for we have no escape from the face of Absalom; hurry to go, lest he hurries, and has overtaken us, and forced evil on us, and struck the city by the mouth of the sword.”
| فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِرِجَالِهِ الْمُلْتَفِّينَ حَوْلَهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ: «قُوُموا بِنَا نَهْرُبُ، لأَنَّهُ لَا نَجَاةَ لَنَا مِنْ أَبْشَالُومَ. أَسْرِعُوا فِي الْهَرَبِ لِئَلّا يَفُوتَ الْوَقْتُ، وَيُدْرِكَنَا أَبْشَالُومُ وَيدَمِّرَ الْمَدِينَةَ» | ١٤ |
15 And the servants of the king say to the king, “According to all that my lord the king chooses—behold, your servants do.”
| فَأَجَابَهُ رِجَالُهُ: «نَحْنُ طَوْعُ أَمْرِكَ فِي كُلِّ مَا تُشِيرُ بِهِ». | ١٥ |
16 And the king goes out, and all his household at his feet, and the king leaves ten women—concubines—to keep the house.
| فَخَرَجَ الْمَلِكُ وَسَائِرُ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ، وَلَمْ يَتْرُكْ سِوَى عَشْرِ مَحْظِيَّاتٍ لِحِرَاسَةِ الْقَصْرِ. | ١٦ |
17 And the king goes out, and all the people at his feet, and they stand still at the farthest off house.
| وَتَوَقَّفَ الْمَلِكُ وَالشَّعْبُ السَّائِرُ فِي إِثْرِهِ عِنْدَ آخِرِ بَيْتٍ فِي طَرَفِ الْمَدِينَةِ. | ١٧ |
18 And all his servants are passing on at his side, and all the Cherethite, and all the Pelethite, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came at his feet from Gath, are passing on at the front of the king.
| وَأَخَذَ رِجَالُهُ يَمُرُّونَ أَمَامَهُ مِنْ ضُبَّاطٍ وَحَرَسٍ خَاصٍّ، ثُمَّ سِتُّ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْجَتِّيِّينَ الَّذِينَ تَبِعُوهُ مِنْ جَتَّ. | ١٨ |
19 And the king says to Ittai the Gittite, “Why do you go—you also—with us? Return and abide with the king, for you [are] a stranger, and also an exile, you—to your place.
| فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ لِقَائِدِهِمْ إِتَّايَ الْجَتِّيِّ: «لِمَاذَا تَذْهَبُ أَنْتَ أَيْضاً مَعَنَا؟ اِرْجِعْ وَأَقِمْ مَعَ الْمَلِكِ الْجَدِيِدِ لأَنَّكَ غَرِيبٌ وَمَنْفِيٌّ أَيْضاً مِنْ وَطَنِكَ. | ١٩ |
20 Your coming in [was only] yesterday, and should I move you to go with us today, since I am going over [to] where [I do not know where] I am going? Return, and take your brothers back. Kindness and truth [be] with you.”
| لَقَدْ جِئْتَ بِالأَمْسِ الْقَرِيبِ، فَهَلْ أَجْعَلُكَ الْيَوْمَ تَتَشَرَّدُ مَعَنَا، مَعَ أَنَّنِي لَا أَدْرِي إِلَى أَيْنَ أَذْهَبُ؟ اِرْجِعْ وَعُدْ بِقَوْمِكَ، وَلْتُرَافِقْكَ الرَّحْمَةُ وَالْحَقُّ». | ٢٠ |
21 And Ittai answers the king and says, “YHWH lives, and my lord the king lives, surely in the place where my lord the king is—if for death, if for life, surely your servant is there.”
| وَلَكِنَّ إِتَّايَ أَجَابَ الْمَلِكَ: «حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ وَحَيٌّ هُوَ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكُ، أَنَّهُ حَيْثُمَا يَتَوَجَّهُ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكُ، سَوَاءٌ كَانَ لِلْحَيَاةِ أَمْ لِلْمَوْتِ، يَتَوَجَّهُ عَبْدُكَ أَيْضاً». | ٢١ |
22 And David says to Ittai, “Go and pass over”; and Ittai the Gittite passes over, and all his men, and all the infants who [are] with him.
| فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لإِتَّايَ: «تَعَالَ، وَاعْبُرْ مَعَنَا». فَعَبَرَ إِتَّايُ الْجَتِّيُّ وَجَمِيعُ أَصْحَابِهِ وَسَائِرُ الأَطْفَالِ الَّذِيِنَ كَانُوا مَعَهُ. | ٢٢ |
23 And all the land is weeping [with] a great voice, and all the people are passing over; and the king is passing over through the Brook of Kidron, and all the people are passing over on the front of the way of the wilderness;
| وَرَاحَ أَهَالِي الأَرْضِ يَبْكُونَ بِصَوْتٍ مُرْتَفِعٍ فِيمَا كَانَ الْمَلِكُ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ مِنَ الشَّعْبِ يَجْتَازُونَ فِي وَادِي قَدْرُونَ فِي طَرِيقِهِمْ نَحْوَ الصَّحْرَاءِ. | ٢٣ |
24 and behold, also Zadok, and all the Levites with him, are carrying the Ark of the Covenant of God, and they make the Ark of God firm, and Abiathar goes up, until the completion of all the people to pass over out of the city.
| وَجَاءَ صَادُوقُ أَيْضاً وَمَعَهُ جَمِيعُ اللّاوِيِّينَ حَامِلِينَ تَابُوتَ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ، وَوَضَعُوهُ إِلَى جَانِبِ الطَّرِيقِ. وَأَصْعَدَ أَبِيَاثَارُ ذَبَائِحَ حَتَّى انْتَهَى جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ مِنِ اجْتِيَازِ الْمَدِينَةِ. | ٢٤ |
25 And the king says to Zadok, “Take back the Ark of God to the city; if I find grace in the eyes of YHWH, then He has brought me back, and shown me it and His habitation;
| وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ لِصَادُوقَ: «أَرْجِعْ تَابُوتَ اللهِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، فَإِنَّنِي إِنْ حَظِيتُ بِرِضَى الرَّبِّ فَإِنَّهُ يُعِيدُنِي فَأَرَى التَّابُوتَ وَمَسْكَنَهُ. | ٢٥ |
26 and if thus He says, I have not delighted in you; here I [am], He does to me as [is] good in His eyes.”
| وَإِنْ لَمْ أَسْتَحْوِذْ عَلَى رِضَاهُ وَقَالَ:’إِنِّي لَمْ أُسَرَّ بِكَ‘فَلْيَفْعَلْ بِي مَا يَطِيبُ لَهُ». | ٢٦ |
27 And the king says to Zadok the priest, “Are you a seer? Return to the city in peace, and your son Ahimaaz, and Jonathan son of Abiathar, your two sons with you;
| وَاسْتَطْرَدَ الْمَلِكُ قَائِلاً لِصَادُوقَ الْكَاهِنِ: «أَلَسْتَ أَنْتَ رَائِياً؟ هَيَّا ارْجِعْ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ بِسَلامٍ أَنْتَ وَأَخِيمَعَصُ ابْنُكَ وَيُونَاثَانُ بْنُ أَبِيَاثَارَ. خُذَا ابْنَيْكُمَا مَعَكُمَا. | ٢٧ |
28 see, I am lingering in the plains of the wilderness until the coming in of a word from you to declare to me.”
| أَمَّا أَنَا فَسَأَمْكُثُ مُنْتَظِراً عِنْدَ مَخَاوِضِ النَّهْرِ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ رَيْثَمَا يَصِلُنِي مِنْكُمْ خَبَرٌ». | ٢٨ |
29 And Zadok takes back—and Abiathar—the Ark of God to Jerusalem, and they abide there.
| فَأَرْجَعَ صَادُوقُ وَأَبِيَاثَارُ تَابُوتَ اللهِ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَأَقَامَا هُنَاكَ. | ٢٩ |
30 And David is going up in the ascent of the [Mount of] Olives, going up and weeping, and he has the head covered, and he is going barefooted, and all the people who [are] with him have each covered his head, and have gone up, going up and weeping;
| أَمَّا دَاوُدُ فَاسْتَمَرَّ يَرْتَقِي جَبَلَ الزَّيْتُونِ بَاكِياً مُغَطَّى الرَّأْسِ حَافِي الْقَدَمَيْنِ. وَغَطَّى جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ الَّذِي مَعَهُ رُؤُوسَهُمْ وَارْتَقَوْا مَسَالِكَ الْجَبَلِ بَاكِينَ. | ٣٠ |
31 and David declared, saying, “Ahithophel [is] among the conspirators with Absalom”; and David says, “Please make the counsel of Ahithophel foolish, O YHWH.”
| وَقِيلَ لِدَاوُدَ إِنَّ أَخِيتُوفَلَ بَيْنَ الْمُتَمَرِّدِينَ الَّذِينَ انْضَمُّوا إِلَى أَبْشَالُومَ. فَصَلَّى دَاوُدُ: «حَمِّقْ يَا رَبُّ مَشُورَةَ أَخِيتُوفَلَ». | ٣١ |
32 And it comes to pass, David has come to the top, where he bows himself to God, and behold, Hushai the Archite [is there] to meet him, [with] his coat torn, and earth on his head;
| عِنْدَمَا وَصَلَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى قِمَّةِ الْجَبَلِ سَجَدَ لِلرَّبِّ، ثُمَّ شَاهَدَ حُوشَايَ الأَرْكِيَّ فِي انْتِظَارِهِ، مُمَزَّقَ الثِّيَابِ مُعَفَّرَ الرَّأْسِ بِالتُّرَابِ، | ٣٢ |
33 and David says to him, “If you have passed on with me then you have been for a burden on me,
| فَقَالَ لَهُ دَاوُدُ: «إِذَا جِئْتَ مَعِي تُصْبِحُ عِبْئاً عَلَيَّ، | ٣٣ |
34 and if you return to the city and have said to Absalom, I am your servant, O king; I [am] also servant of your father until now, and presently, I [am] also your servant; then you have made void the counsel of Ahithophel for me;
| وَلَكِنْ إِذَا رَجَعْتَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَقُلْتَ لأَبْشَالُومَ: أَنَا أَكُونُ خَادِماً لَكَ أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ، فَقَدْ خَدَمْتُ أَبَاكَ مُنْذُ زَمَنٍ، وَهَا أَنَا الآنَ خَاِدمٌ لَكَ، فَإِنَّكَ بِذَلِكَ تُبْطِلُ لِي مَشُورَةَ أَخِيتُوفَلَ. | ٣٤ |
35 and are Zadok and Abiathar the priests not with you there? And it has been, the whole of the matter that you hear from the house of the king you declare to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests.
| وَسَتَجِدُ مَعَكَ صَادُوقَ وَأَبِيَاثَارَ الْكَاهِنَيْنِ فَأَخْبِرْهُمَا بِكُلِّ مَا تَسْمَعُهُ فِي مَجْلِسِ أَبْشَالُومَ | ٣٥ |
36 Behold, their two sons [are] there with them: Ahimaaz to Zadok, and Jonathan to Abiathar, and you have sent to me by their hand anything that you hear.”
| فَيُرْسِلا ابْنَيْهِمَا أَخِيمَعَصَ وَيُونَاثَانَ لِيُبَلِّغَانِي بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعَاهُ». | ٣٦ |
37 And Hushai, David’s friend, comes to the city, and Absalom comes to Jerusalem.
| فَعَادَ حُوشَايُ مُسْتَشَارُ دَاوُدَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ بَيْنَمَا كَانَ أَبْشَالُومُ يَدْخُلُهَا. | ٣٧ |
