1 Samuel 11

1 After about a month, Nahash the Ammonite came up and camped against Jabesh Gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you."

١ وَزَحَفَ نَاحَاشُ الْعَمُّونِيُّ عَلَى يَابِيشَ جِلْعَادَ وَحَاصَرَهَا، فَقَالَ أَهْلُ يَابِيشَ لِنَاحَاشَ: «وَقِّعْ مَعْنَا مُعَاهَدَةً فَنُصْبِحَ عَبِيداً لَكَ»

2 And Nahash the Ammonite said to them, "On this condition I will make a covenant with you, that all your right eyes are put out; and I will make it a disgrace on all Israel."

٢ فَأَجَابَهُمْ: «حَسَناً، وَلَكِنْ بِشَرْطِ أَنْ أَقْلَعَ الْعَيْنَ الْيُمْنَى لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ، فَيُصْبِحَ ذَلِكَ عَاراً عَلَى كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ».

3 The elders of Jabesh said to him, "Give us seven days, that we may send messengers to all the borders of Israel; and then, if there is no one to save us, we will come out to you."

٣ فَقَالَ لَهُ زُعَمَاءُ يَابِيشَ: «أَمْهِلْنَا سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ، نَبْعَثُ فِيهَا رُسُلاً إِلَى جَمِيعِ أَرَاضِي إِسْرَائِيلَ طَالِبِينَ النَّجْدَةَ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يُغِثْنَا أَحَدٌ، نُذْعِنْ لِشَرْطِكَ».

4 Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

٤ وَعِنْدَمَا وَصَلَ رُسُلُ يَابِيشَ إِلَى جِبْعَةِ شَاوُلَ، وَأَطْلَعُوا الشَّعْبَ عَلَى الأَمْرِ، عَلا بُكَاءُ الشَّعْبِ.

5 Look, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, "What ails the people that they weep?" They told him the words of the men of Jabesh.

٥ وَفِيمَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ، أَقْبَلَ شَاوُلُ مِنَ الْحَقْلِ يَقُودُ أَمَامَهُ الْبَقَرَ، فَتَسَاءَلَ: «مَا بَالُ الشَّعْبِ يَبْكِي؟» فَرَوَوْا لَهُ خَبَرَ أَهْلِ يَابِيشَ،

6 The Spirit of God came mightily on Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly.

٦ فَحَلَّ عَلَيْهِ رُوحُ اللهِ عِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ الْخَبَرَ وَثَارَ غَضَبُهُ.

7 He took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, "Whoever doesn't come forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen." The dread of YHWH fell on the people, and they came out as one man.

٧ وَأَخَذَ ثَوْرَيْنِ قَطَّعَهُمَا إِلَى أَجْزَاءَ وَزَّعَهَا عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْجَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِيَدِ رُسُلٍ قَائِلاً: «هَكَذَا يَحْدُثُ لِبَقَرِ كُلِّ مَنْ يَتَخَلَّفُ عَنِ الْخُرُوجِ وَرَاءَ شَاوُلَ وَوَرَاءَ صَمُوئِيلَ». فَطَغَى رُعْبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ، وَالْتَفُّوا حَوْلَ شَاوُلَ كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ.

8 He numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

٨ وَأَحْصَاهُمْ شَاوُلُ فِي بَازَقَ فَبَلَغَ عَدَدُهُمْ ثَلاثَ مِئَةِ أَلْفٍ، فَضْلاً عَنْ ثَلاثِينَ أَلْفاً مِنْ رِجَالِ يَهُوذَا.

9 And he said to the messengers who came, "Thus you shall tell the men of Jabesh, 'Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have deliverance.'" The messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

٩ وَقَالُوا لِلرُّسُلِ الْوَافِدِينَ: «أَخْبِرُوا أَهْلَ يَابِيشَ أَنَّ غَداً، عِنْدَ اشْتِدَادِ حَرِّ الشَّمْسِ، يَتِمُّ خَلاصُكُمْ». وَعِنْدَمَا عَادَ الرُّسُلُ وَأَخْبَرُوا أَهْلَ يَابِيشَ عَمَّهُمُ الْفَرَحُ.

10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, "Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you shall do with us all that seems good to you."

١٠ فَقَالَ أَهْلُ يَابِيشَ لِلْعَمُّونِيِّينَ: «غَداً نَخْرُجُ إِلَيْكُمْ مُسْتَسْلِمِينَ لِتَصْنَعُوا بِنَا مَا يَطِيبُ لَكُمْ».

11 It was so on the next day, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and struck the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it happened, that those who remained were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.

١١ وَفِي صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي قَسَمَ شَاوُلُ جَيْشَهُ إِلَى ثَلاثِ فِرَقٍ، وَهَجَمُوا عَلَى مُعَسْكَرِ الْعَمُّونِيِّينَ عِنْدَ الْفَجْرِ وَأَعْمَلُوا فِيهِمْ تَقْتِيلاً حَتَّى اشْتَدَّ حَرُّ النَّهَارِ. وَالَّذِينَ نَجَوْا مِنْهُمْ تَشَتَّتُوا حَتَّى لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمُ اثْنَانِ مَعاً.

12 The people said to Samuel, "Who is he who said, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' Bring those men, that we may put them to death."

١٢ وَقَالَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ: «أَيْنَ هَؤُلاءِ الَّذِينَ تَسَاءَلُوا: أَيَمْلِكُ شَاوُلُ عَلَيْنَا؟ سَلِّمُوهُمْ لَنَا فَنَقْتُلَهُمْ».

13 Saul said, "There shall not a man be put to death this day; for today YHWH has worked deliverance in Israel."

١٣ فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ: «لا يُقْتَلُ أَحَدٌ فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ صَنَعَ الْيَوْمَ خَلاصاً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ».

14 Then Samuel said to the people, "Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there."

١٤ وَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ لِلشَّعْبِ: «هَيَّا نَذْهَبْ إِلَى الْجِلْجَالِ لِنُجَدِّدَ هُنَاكَ عَهْدَ الْمَلِكِ».

15 All the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before YHWH in Gilgal; and there they offered sacrifices of peace offerings before YHWH; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

١٥ فَتَوَجَّهَ الشَّعْبُ إِلَى الْجِلْجَالِ، وَمَلَّكُوا هُنَاكَ شَاوُلَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، وَقَرَّبُوا ذَبَائِحَ سَلامٍ فِي حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ. وَغَمَرَتِ الْفَرْحَةُ شَاوُلَ وَسَائِرَ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.