1 Samuel 26

1 Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Look, David is hiding himself on the hill of Hakilah, which is near Jeshimon."

١ وَتَوجَّهَ الزِّيفِيُّونَ إِلَى شَاوُلَ فِي جِبْعَةَ وَقَالُوا: «أَلَيْسَ دَاوُدُ مُخْتَبِئاً فِي تَلِّ حَخِيلَةَ تُجَاهَ الصَّحْرَاءِ؟»

2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

٢ فَاخْتَارَ شَاوُلُ ثَلاثَةَ آلافِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ خِيرَةِ جُنُودِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَانْطَلَقَ نَحْوَ صَحْرَاءِ زِيفٍ لِيَبْحَثَ فِيهَا عَنْ دَاوُدَ.

3 Saul camped on the hill of Hakilah, which is before Jeshimon, near the road. But David stayed in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

٣ وَعَسْكَرَ شَاوُلُ إِزَاءَ الطَّرِيقِ عِنْدَ سَفْحِ تَلِّ حَخِيلَةَ تُجَاهَ الصَّحْرَاءِ، وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ آنَئِذٍ مُقِيماً فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ. فَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ أَنَّ شَاوُلَ تَعَقَّبَهُ إِلَى الصَّحْرَاءِ

4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly come.

٤ أَرْسَلَ جَوَاسِيسَهُ لِيَتَيَقَّنَ مِنْ أَنَّ شَاوُلَ قَدْ تَعَقَّبَهُ حَقّاً.

5 David arose, and came to the place where Saul had camped; and David saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army: and Saul lay within the place of the wagons, and the people were camped around him.

٥ ثُمَّ قَامَ دَاوُدُ وَتَسَلَّلَ إِلَى الْمَوْضِعِ الْمُضْطَجِعِ فِيهِ شَاوُلُ، وَأَبْنَيْرُ بْنُ نَيْرٍ رَئِيسُ جَيْشِهِ. فَرَأَى شَاوُلَ رَاقِداً عِنْدَ الْمِتْرَاسِ مُحَاطاً بِجُنُودِهِ.

6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hethite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, "Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp?" Abishai said, "I will go down with you."

٦ فَخَاطَبَ دَاوُدُ أَخِيمَالِكَ الْحِثِّيَّ وَأَبِيشَايَ ابْنَ صُرُوِيَّةَ (شَقِيقَ يُوآبَ): «مَنْ مِنْكُمَا يَنْزِلُ مَعِي إِلَى مُعَسْكَرِ شَاوُلَ؟» فَقَالَ أَبِيشَايُ: «أَنَا أَنْزِلُ مَعَكَ».

7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, look, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay around him.

٧ فَتَسَلَّلَ دَاوُدُ وَأَبِيشَايُ لَيْلاً إِلَى مُعَسْكَرِ شَاوُلَ، وَإذَا بِشَاوُلَ رَاقِدٌ عِنْدَ الْمِتْرَاسِ وَرُمْحُهُ مَغْرُوسٌ فِي الأَرْضِ إِلَى جِوَارِ رَأْسِهِ، وَأَبْنَيْرُ وَالْجُنُودُ نَائِمُونَ حَوْلَهُ.

8 Then Abishai said to David, "God has delivered up your enemy into your hand this day. Now therefore please let me strike him with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time."

٨ فَقَالَ أَبِيشَايُ لِدَاوُدَ: «لَقَدْ أَوْقَعَ اللهُ الْيَوْمَ عَدُوَّكَ فِي قَبْضَةِ يَدِكَ، فَدَعْنِي الآنَ أَطْعَنُهُ بِرُمْحِهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ، فَأُجْهِزَ عَلَيْهِ بِضَرْبَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ».

9 David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him; for who can put forth his hand against YHWH's anointed, and be guiltless?"

٩ فَأَجَابَ دَاوُدُ: «لا تَقْضِ عَلَيْهِ، إِذْ مَنْ يَمُدُّ يَدَهُ لِيُسِيءَ لِمَسِيحِ الرَّبِّ وَيَتَبَرَّأُ؟

10 David said, "As YHWH lives, YHWH will strike him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.

١٠ إِنَّ الرَّبَّ نَفْسَهُ لابُدَّ أَنْ يُعَاقِبَ شَاوُلَ فَيُمِيتَهُ مِيتَةً طَبِيعِيَّةً، أَوْ يَقْتُلَهُ فِي مَعْرَكَةٍ حَرْبِيَّةٍ.

11 YHWH forbid that I should put forth my hand against YHWH's anointed; but now please take the spear that is at his head, and the jar of water, and let us go."

١١ وَلَكِنْ مَعَاذَ اللهِ أَنْ أَمُدَّ يَدِي لأُسِيءَ إِلَى مَسِيحِ الرَّبِّ. أَمَّا الآنَ فَخُذِ الرُّمْحَ الْمَغْرُوسَ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ وَكُوزَ الْمَاءِ وَهَلُمَّ بِنَا مِنْ هُنَا».

12 So David took the spear and the jar of water at his head, and they went away. And no one saw it or knew about it, nor did any awake. For they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from YHWH had fallen on them.

١٢ وَهَكَذَا أَخَذَ دَاوُدُ الرُّمْحَ وَكُوزَ الْمَاءِ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَأْسِ شَاوُلَ وَتَسَلَّلا رَاجِعَيْنِ، مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَرَاهُمَا أَوْ يَنْتَبِهَ لِوُجُودِهِمَا أَحَدٌ، لأَنَّهُمْ جَمِيعاً كَانُوا نِيَاماً إِذْ إِنَّ الرَّبَّ أَثْقَلَهُمْ بِالسُّبَاتِ الْعَمِيقِ.

13 Then David crossed over to the other side and stood on the top of the hill some distance away; there was a great distance between them.

١٣ وَاجْتَازَ دَاوُدُ الْوَادِي إِلَى الْجَبَلِ الْمُقَابِلِ وَارْتَقَى إِلَى قِمَّتِهِ حَيْثُ وَقَفَ عَنْ بُعْدٍ، تَفْصِلُهُ عَنْ شَاوُلَ مَسَافَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ.

14 And David called to the people, and to Abner, saying, "Will you not answer, Abner?" Then Abner replied, "Who are you that calls?"

١٤ وَنَادَى دَاوُدُ الْجُنُودَ وَأَبْنَيْرَ بْنَ نَيْرٍ قَائِلاً: «أَلا تُجِيبُنِي يَا أَبْنَيْرُ؟». فَأَجَابَ أَبْنَيْرُ: «مَنْ هَذَا الَّذِي يُنَادِي الْمَلِكَ؟»

15 David said to Abner, "Aren't you a man? Who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not kept watch over your lord, the king? For one of the people came in to destroy the king your lord.

١٥ فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لأَبْنَيْرَ: «أَلَسْتَ أَنْتَ رَجُلاً؟ وَمَنْ مِثْلُكَ فِي كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟ فَلِمَاذَا لَمْ تَحْرُسْ سَيِّدَكَ الْمَلِكَ؟ فَقَدْ جَاءَ مَنْ هَمَّ بِقَتْلِ سَيِّدِكَ الْمَلِكِ.

16 This thing isn't good that you have done. As YHWH lives, you are worthy to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, YHWH's anointed. Now look, where is the king's spear, and where is the jar of water that was by his head?"

١٦ إِنَّ مَا عَمِلْتَهُ لَا يَسْتَحِقُّ الثَّنَاءَ، فَحَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ إِنَّكُمْ أَبْنَاءُ الْمَوْتِ، لأَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَحْرُسُوا سَيِّدَكُمْ مَسِيحَ الرَّبِّ، فَانْظُرْ حَوْلَكَ الآنَ، أَيْنَ هُوَ رُمْحُ الْمَلِكِ وَكُوزُ الْمَاءِ اللَّذَانِ كَانَا عِنْدَ رَأَسِهِ؟».

17 Saul knew David's voice, and said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" David said, "It is my voice, my lord, O king."

١٧ وَتَبَيَّنَ شَاوُلُ صَوْتَ دَاوُدَ، فَقَالَ: «أَهَذَا صَوْتُكَ يَا ابْنِي دَاوُدَ؟» فَأَجَابَ دَاوُدُ: «إِنَّهُ صَوْتِي يَا سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكَ».

18 He said, "Why does my lord pursue after his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?

١٨ ثُمَّ تَابَعَ حَدِيثَهُ: «لِمَاذَا لايَزَالُ سَيِّدِي يَسْعَى وَرَاءَ عَبْدِهِ؟ أَيُّ ذَنْبٍ جَنَيْتُ، وَأَيُّ جُرْمٍ اقْتَرَفْتُ؟

19 Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is so that God has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering. But if it is from human beings, they are cursed before YHWH; for they have driven me out this day that I shouldn't cling to YHWH's inheritance, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.'

١٩ فَلْيَسْمَعْ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكُ كَلامَ عَبْدِهِ الآنَ: إِنْ كَانَ الرَّبُّ قَدْ أَثَارَكَ ضِدِّي فَلأُقَدِّمَنَّ لَهُ قُرْبَانَ رِضىً. وَإِنْ كَانَ النَّاسُ هُمُ الَّذِينَ أَوْغَرُوا صَدْرَكَ عَلَيَّ فَلْيَكُونُوا مَلْعُونِينَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، لأَنَّهُمْ نَفَوْنِي مِنْ أَرْضِ مِيرَاثِ الرَّبِّ قَائِلِينَ: اذْهَبِ اعْبُدْ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى.

20 Now therefore, do not let my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of YHWH; for the king of Israel has come out to seek my life, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains."

٢٠ وَالآنَ لَا تَدَعْ دَمِي يُهْدَرُ عَلَى أَرْضٍ غَرِيبَةً بَعِيداً عَنْ حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ، لأَنَّ مَلِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدْ خَرَجَ لِيَبْحَثَ عَنْ بُرْغُوثٍ وَاحِدٍ وَيَتَعَقَّبَهُ كَمَا يُتَعَقَّبُ الْحَجَلُ فِي الْجِبَالِ؟».

21 Then Saul said, "I have sinned. Come back, my son David, for I will not harm you, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Look, I have behaved foolishly, and have made a great mistake."

٢١ فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ: «لَقَدْ أَخْطَأْتُ. ارْجِعْ يَا ابْنِي دَاوُدَ فَلَنْ أُسِيءَ إِلَيْكَ بَعْدَ الْيَوْمِ، لأَنَّ نَفْسِي كَانَتْ عَزِيزَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ. لَشَدَّ مَا أَخْطَأْتُ وَضَلَلْتُ!».

22 And David answered and said, "Look, the king's spear. Now let one of the young men come over and get it.

٢٢ فَأَجَابَ دَاوُدُ: «هُوَذَا رُمْحُ الْمَلِكِ. فَلْيَأْتِ أَحَدُ الرِّجَالِ وَيَأْخُذْهُ.

23 YHWH will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; because YHWH delivered you into my hand today, and I wouldn't put forth my hand against YHWH's anointed.

٢٣ وَلْيُكَافِئِ الرَّبُّ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ عَلَى اسِتْقَامَتِهِ وَأَمَانَتِهِ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ أَوْقَعَكَ الْيَوْمَ فِى قَبْضَتِي، لَكِنِّي لَمْ أَشَأْ أَنْ أَمُدَّ يَدِي لأُسِيءَ إِلَى مُخْتَارِ الرَّبِّ.

24 Look, as your life was respected this day in my eyes, so let my life be respected in the eyes of YHWH, and let him deliver me out of all oppression."

٢٤ وَكَمَا كَانَتْ نَفْسُكَ عَزِيزَةً فِي عَيْنَيَّ الْيَوْمَ، لِتَكُنْ نَفْسِي أَيْضاً عَزِيزَةً فِي عَيْنَي الرَّبِّ، وَيُنْقِذْنِي مِنْ كُلِّ ضِيقٍ».

25 Then Saul said to David, "You are blessed, my son. You will accomplish much, and will surely be successful." So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

٢٥ فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ لِدَاوُدَ: «لِتَكُنْ مُبَارَكاً يا ابْنِي دَاوُدَ، فَإِنَّكَ قَادِرٌ عَلَى الْقِيَامِ بِأُمُورٍ عَظِيمَةٍ وَتَنْجَحُ فِيهَا». ثُمَّ مَضَى دَاوُدُ فِي حَالِ سَبِيلِهِ وَرَجَعَ شَاوُلُ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ.