1 Samuel 22

1 David therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.

١ وَهَرَبَ دَاوُدُ مِنْ جَتَّ وَلَجَأَ إِلَى مَغَارَةِ عَدُلَّامَ، فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ إِخْوَتُهُ وَسَائِرُ بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ بِوُجُودِهِ هُنَاكَ جَاءُوا إِلَيْهِ.

2 Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented, gathered themselves to him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

٢ وَانْضَمَّ إِلَيْهِ نَحْوَ أَرْبَعِ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُتَضَايِقِينَ وَالْمَدْيُونِينَ وَالثَّائِرِينَ، فَتَرَأَّسَ عَلَيْهِمْ.

3 David went there to Mizpeh of Moab, and he said to the king of Moab, "Please let my father and my mother stay with you, until I know what God will do for me."

٣ ثُمَّ انْتَقَلَ دَاوُدُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ إِلَى مِصْفَاةِ مُوآبَ، وَقَالَ لِمَلِكِ مُوآبَ: «دَعْ أَبِي وَأُمِّي فِي عُهْدَتِكُمْ رَيْثَمَا أَعْلَمُ مَا يَصْنَعُ بِيَ اللهُ».

4 He brought them before the king of Moab; and they lived with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.

٤ فَأَوْدَعَهُمَا عِنْدَ مَلِكِ مُوآبَ، فَأَقَامَا عِنْدَهُ طَوَالَ مُدَّةِ إِقَامَةِ دَاوُدَ فِي الْحِصْنِ.

5 The prophet Gad said to David, "Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart, and go into the land of Judah." Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.

٥ فَقَالَ جَادٌ النَّبِيُّ لِدَاوُدَ «لا تُقِمْ فِي الْحِصْنِ، بَلِ امْضِ وَادْخُلْ أَرْضَ يَهُوذَا». فَانْتَقَلَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى غَابَةِ حَارِثٍ.

6 Saul heard that David had been discovered, and the men who were with him. Now Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under the tamarisk tree at the high place, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him.

٦ وَبَلَغَ شَاوُلَ مَا أَصَابَ دَاوُدَ وَرِجَالَهُ مِنْ شُهْرَةٍ. وَكَانَ شَاوُلُ آنَئِذٍ مُقِيماً فِي جِبْعَةَ، يَجْلِسُ تَحْتَ الأَثْلَةِ فِي الرَّامَةِ مُحَاطاً بِأَفْرَادِ حَاشِيَتِهِ، وَرُمْحُهُ بِيَدِهِ.

7 And he said to them, "Hear now, you Benjamites. Will the son of Jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,

٧ فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ لِرِجَالِهِ: «اسْتَمِعُوا يَا بِنْيَامِينِيُّونَ: أَلَعَلَّ ابْنَ يَسَّى يُعْطِيكُمْ جَمِيعاً حُقُولاً وَكُرُوماً أَوْ يَجْعَلُكُمْ جَمِيعاً رُؤَسَاءَ عَلَى أُلُوفِ الْجُنُودِ أَوْ عَلَى مِئَاتٍ مِنْهُمْ،

8 that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none who discloses to me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you who is sorry for me, or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?"

٨ حَتَّى تَحَالَفْتُمْ كُلُّكُمْ عَلَيَّ، فَلَمْ يُخْبِرْنِي أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ بِالْعَهْدِ الَّذِي أَبْرَمَهُ ابْنِي مَعَ ابْنِ يَسَّى، وَلَيْسَ بَيْنَكُمْ مَنْ يَأْسَى لِي أَوْ يُنْبِئُنِي بِأَنَّ ابْنِي قَدْ أَثَارَ خَادِمِي لِيَكْمُنَ لِي كَمَا يَفْعَلُ الْيَوْمَ؟»

9 Then Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, answered and said, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

٩ فَأَجَابَ دُوَاغُ الأَدُومِيُّ الَّذِي كَانَ وَاقِفاً بَيْنَ حَاشِيَةِ شَاوُلَ: «لَقَدْ شَاهَدْتُ ابْنَ يَسَّى قَادِماً إِلَى نُوبٍ إِلَى أَخِيمَالِكَ بْنِ أَخِيطُوبَ

10 He inquired of God for him, gave him food, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine."

١٠ فَاسْتَشَارَ لَهُ الرَّبَّ وَزَوَّدَهُ بِطَعَامٍ وَأَعْطَاهُ سَيْفَ جُلْيَاتَ».

11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests who were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.

١١ فَاسْتَدْعَى الْمَلِكُ أَخِيمَالِكَ وَبَقِيَّةَ بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ مِنْ كَهَنَةِ نُوبٍ، فَأَقْبَلُوا جَمِيعاً إِلَى الْمَلِكِ.

12 Saul said, "Hear now, you son of Ahitub." He answered, "Here I am, my lord."

١٢ فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ: «اسْمَعْ يَا ابْنَ أَخِيطُوبَ». فَأَجَابَ: «نَعَمْ يَا سَيِّدِي».

13 Saul said to him, "Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?"

١٣ فَقَالَ لَهُ شَاوُلُ: «لِمَاذَا اتَّفَقْتُمْ عَلَيَّ أَنْتَ وَابْنُ يَسَّى بِتَزْوِيدِكَ إِيَّاهُ بِالْخُبْزِ وَبِإِعْطَائِهِ سَيْفاً، وَاسْتَشَرْتَ لَهُ اللهَ لِيَثُورَ عَلَيَّ وَيَكْمُنَ لِي كَمَا يَفْعَلُ هَذَا الْيَوْمَ؟»

14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, "Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and a commander over your bodyguard, and honored in your house?

١٤ فَأَجَابَ أَخِيمَالِكُ: «أَيُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ بَيْنِ جَمِيعِ رِجَالِكَ مِثْلُ دَاوُدَ أَمِينٌ وَصِهْرُ الْمَلِكِ وَقَائِدُ حَرَسِهِ وَذُو مَكَانَةٍ رَفِيعَةٍ فِي بَيْتِكَ؟

15 Have I today begun to inquire of God for him? Be it far from me. Do not let the king impute anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for your servant knows nothing of all this, less or more."

١٥ فَهَلْ هَذِهِ هِيَ أَوَّلُ مَرَّةٍ أَسْتَشِيرُ لَهُ فِيهَا اللهَ؟ مَعَاذَ اللهِ أَنْ يَتَّهِمَنِي الْمَلِكُ أَوْ يَتَّهِمَ جَمِيعَ بَيْتِ أَبِي بِارْتِكَابِ شَيْءٍ».

16 The king said, "You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father's house."

١٦ فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «إِنَّكَ لَا مَحَالَةَ مَائِتٌ يَا أَخِيمَالِكُ، أَنْتَ وَجَمِيعُ بَيْتِ أَبِيكَ».

17 The king said to the guard who stood about him, "Turn, and kill the priests of YHWH; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and did not disclose it to me." But the servants of the king wouldn't put forth their hand to fall on the priests of YHWH.

١٧ وَأَمَرَ الْمَلِكُ حُرَّاسَهُ الْمَاثِلِينَ لَدَيْهِ: «هَيَّا أَحِيطُوا بِكَهَنَةِ الرَّبِّ وَاقْتُلُوهُمْ، لأَنَّهُمْ أَيْضاً قَدْ تَحَالَفُوا مَعَ دَاوُدَ، وَلأَنَّهُمْ عَرَفُوا أَنَّهُ كَانَ هَارِباً فَلَمْ يُخْبِرُونِي». فَلَمْ يَرْضَ حُرَّاسُ الْمَلِكِ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوا كَهَنَةَ الرَّبِّ.

18 The king said to Doeg, "Turn and attack the priests." Doeg the Edomite turned, and he attacked the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five people who wore a linen ephod.

١٨ فَأَمَرَ الْمَلِكُ دُوَاغَ قَائِلاً: «دُرْ أَنْتَ وَاقْتُلِ الْكَهَنَةَ». فَهَجَمَ دُوَاغُ الأَدُومِيُّ عَلَى الْكَهَنَةِ وَقَتَلَ مِنْهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ خَمْسَةً وَثَمَانِينَ رَجُلاً لابِسِي أَفُودِ كَتَّانٍ.

19 He struck Nob, the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing babies, and cattle and donkeys and sheep.

١٩ ثُمَّ اقْتَحَمَ نُوبَ مَدِينَةَ الْكَهَنَةِ وَقَتَلَ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ الرِّجَالَ وَالنِّسَاءَ وَالأَطْفَالَ وَالرُّضَّعَ وَالثِّيرَانَ وَالْحَمِيرَ وَالْغَنَمَ.

20 One of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.

٢٠ وَلَمْ يَنْجُ سِوَى ابْنٍ وَاحِدٍ لأَخِيمَالِكَ بْنِ أَخِيطُوبَ يُدْعَى أَبِيَاثَارَ الَّذِي لَجَأَ إِلَى دَاوُدَ،

21 Abiathar told David that Saul had slain YHWH's priests.

٢١ وَأَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ شَاوُلَ قَدْ قَتَلَ كَهَنَةَ الرَّبِّ.

22 Then David said to Abiathar, "I knew on that day that Doeg the Edomite would surely tell Saul. I am responsible for all the lives of your father's house.

٢٢ فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لأَبِيَاثَارَ: «عِنْدَمَا رَأَيْتُ دُوَاغَ هُنَاكَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أَدْرَكْتُ أَنَّهُ لابُدَّ أَنْ يُخْبِرَ شَاوُلَ. أَنَا هُوَ السَّبَبُ فِي مَوْتِ أَفْرَادِ بَيْتِ أَبِيكَ.

23 Stay with me, do not be afraid; for he who seeks my life seeks your life. For with me you shall be in safeguard."

٢٣ امْكُثْ مَعِي، لَا تَخَفْ، فَالرَّجُلُ الَّذِي يَسْعَى لِقَتْلِكَ يَسْعَى لِقَتْلِي أَيْضاً، فَأَقِمْ عِنْدِي بِأَمَانٍ».