1 Samuel 27

1 David said in his heart, "I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me except that I escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So shall I escape out of his hand."

١ وَحَدَّثَ دَاوُدُ نَفْسَهُ: «إِنْ بَقِيتُ فِي أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَإِنَّ شَاوُلَ لابُدَّ أَنْ يَقْتُلَنِي فِي يَوْمٍ مَا. فَلأَلْجَأَنَّ إِلَى أَرْضِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ فَيَيْأَسَ شَاوُلُ مِنِّي وَيَكُفَّ عَنِ الْبَحْثِ عَنِّي فِي تُخُومِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَأَنْجُوَ مِنْ يَدِهِ».

2 David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

٢ فَارْتَحَلَ دَاوُدُ والسِّتُّ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ إِلَى أَخِيشَ بْنِ مَعُوكَ مَلِكِ جَتَّ.

3 So David lived with Achish, he and his men, along with his men and their families, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, Nabal's widow.

٣ وَاسْتَقَرَّ بِهِمِ الْمَقَامُ هُنَاكَ، كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مَعَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ، وَكَذَلِكَ رَافَقَتْ دَاوُدَ زَوْجَتَاهُ أَخِينُوعَمُ الْيَزْرَعِيلِيَّةُ وَأَبِيجَايِلُ امْرَأَةُ نَابَالَ الْكَرْمَلِيَّةُ.

4 Now it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he no longer searched for him.

٤ وَلَمَّا بَلَغَ شَاوُلَ أَنَّ دَاوُدَ هَرَبَ إِلَى جَتَّ، كَفَّ عَنِ الْبَحْثِ عَنْهُ.

5 David said to Achish, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?"

٥ وَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لأَخِيشَ مَلِكِ جَتَّ: «إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ حَظِيتُ بِرِضَاكَ فَلْيَتِمَّ تَحْدِيدُ قَرْيَةٍ لِي فِي الرِّيفِ أُقِيمُ فِيهَا. لِمَاذَا يُقِيمُ عَبْدُكَ فِي عَاصِمَةِ الْمُلْكِ مَعَكَ؟»

6 So he gave him Ziklag that day. (For that reason Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.)

٦ فَوَهَبَهُ أَخِيشُ صِقْلَغَ. لِذَلِكَ صَارَتْ صِقْلَغُ مِلْكاً لِمُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا مُنْذُ ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ.

7 The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

٧ وَأَقَامَ دَاوُدُ فِي بِلادِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ سَنَةً وَأَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ.

8 Now David and his men went up, and made a raid on the Geshurites, and the Amalekites. And look, the land was inhabited from Telem, until you come to Shur, and on toward Egypt.

٨ وَانْطَلَقَ دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ يَشُنُّونَ الْغَارَاتِ عَلَى الْجَشُورِيِّينَ وَالْجَرِزِّيِّينَ وَالْعَمَالِقَةِ الَّذِينَ اسْتَوْطَنُوا مِنْ قَدِيمٍ الأَرْضَ الْمُمْتَدَّةَ مِنْ حُدُودِ شُورٍ إِلَى تُخُومِ مِصْرَ.

9 David struck the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the cattle, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the clothing; and he returned, and came to Achish.

٩ وَهَاجَمَ دَاوُدُ سُكَّانَ الأَرْضِ، فَلَمْ يَسْتَبْقِ نَفْساً وَاحِدَةً. وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَى الْغَنَمِ وَالْبَقَرِ وَالْحَمِيرِ وَالْجِمَالِ وَالثِّيَابِ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى أَخِيشَ.

10 Achish said, "Against whom have you made a raid today?" David would say, "Against the Negev of Judah," or "Against the Negev of Jerahmeel," or "Against the Negev of the Kenizzites."

١٠ وَعِنْدَمَا كَانَ أَخِيشُ يَسْأَلُ دَاوُدَ: «أَيْنَ أَغَرْتَ هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ؟» كَانَ يُجِيبُ: «عَلَى جَنُوبِيِّ يَهُوذَا وَعَلَى جَنُوبِيِّ أَرْضِ الْيَرْحَمْئِيلِيِّينَ وَجَنُوبِيِّ الْقَيْنِيِّينَ».

11 And neither man nor woman would he leave alive to be brought to Gath, thinking, "Otherwise they will tell about us, saying, 'This is what David did,'" and this has been his practice all the time he lived in the country of the Philistines.

١١ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ دَاوُدُ يَسْتَبْقِي رَجُلاً أَوِ امْرَأَةً عَلَى قَيْدِ الْحَيَاةِ لِئَلّا يَأْتِيَ إِلَى جَتَّ مَنْ يُبَلِّغُ أَخِيشَ عَمّا فَعَلَهُ دَاوُدُ. هَكَذَا كَانَ دَاوُدُ يَفْعَلُ طَوَالَ مُدَّةِ إِقَامَتِهِ فِي بِلادِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ.

12 Achish believed David, saying, "He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he shall be my servant forever."

١٢ فَصَدَّقَ أَخِيشُ أَخْبَارَ دَاوُدَ قَائِلاً فِي نَفْسِهِ: «لَقَدْ أَصْبَحَ دَاوُدُ مَكْرُوهاً لَدَى قَوْمِهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لِذَلِكَ سَيَظَلُّ مَاكِثاً عِنْدِي خَادِماً لِي إِلَى الأَبَدِ».