1 Samuel 25

1 And Samuel died, and all Israel were gathered together, and made lamentation for him, and buried him within his own house, in Ramah, —and David arose and went down into the wilderness of Maon.

١ وَمَاتَ صَمُوئِيلُ، فَٱجْتَمَعَ جَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَنَدَبُوهُ وَدَفَنُوهُ فِي بَيْتِهِ فِي ٱلرَّامَةِ. وَقَامَ دَاوُدُ وَنَزَلَ إِلَى بَرِّيَّةِ فَارَانَ.

2 Now there was, a man, in Maon, whose cattle were in Carmel, and, the man, was exceeding great, and, he, had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats, —and so it was, that he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

٢ وَكَانَ رَجُلٌ فِي مَعُونٍ، وَأَمْلَاكُهُ فِي ٱلْكَرْمَلِ، وَكَانَ ٱلرَّجُلُ عَظِيمًا جِدًّا وَلَهُ ثَلَاثَةُ آلَافٍ مِنَ ٱلْغَنَمِ وَأَلْفٌ مِنَ ٱلْمَعْزِ، وَكَانَ يَجُزُّ غَنَمَهُ فِي ٱلْكَرْمَلِ.

3 Now, the name of the man, was Nabal, and, the name of his wife, Abigail, —and, the woman, was of good understanding, and of beautiful figure, —but, the man, was unfeeling and of evil practices, and he was a Calebite.

٣ وَٱسْمُ ٱلرَّجُلِ نَابَالُ وَٱسْمُ ٱمْرَأَتِهِ أَبِيجَايِلُ. وَكَانَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ جَيِّدَةَ ٱلْفَهْمِ وَجَمِيلَةَ ٱلصُّورَةِ، وَأَمَّا ٱلرَّجُلُ فَكَانَ قَاسِيًا وَرَدِيءَ ٱلْأَعْمَالِ، وَهُوَ كَالِبِيٌّ.

4 So then David heard in the wilderness, —that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

٤ فَسَمِعَ دَاوُدُ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ أَنَّ نَابَالَ يَجُزُّ غَنَمَهُ.

5 David, therefore, sent ten young men, —and David said unto the young men, —Go up to Carmel, and enter in unto Nabal, and ye shall ask him, in my name, of his welfare;

٥ فَأَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ عَشْرَةَ غِلْمَانٍ، وَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِلْغِلْمَانِ: «ٱصْعَدُوا إِلَى ٱلْكَرْمَلِ وَٱدْخُلُوا إِلَى نَابَالَ وَٱسْأَلُوا بِٱسْمِي عَنْ سَلَامَتِهِ،

6 and say thus—Long life to thee! Mayest, thou, prosper, And, thy household, prosper, And, all that thou hast, prosper!

٦ وَقُولُوا هَكَذَا: حَيِيتَ وَأَنْتَ سَالِمٌ، وَبَيْتُكَ سَالِمٌ، وَكُلُّ مَالِكَ سَالِمٌ.

7 Now, therefore, have I heard that thou hast shearers, —Well, the shepherds that thou hast, have been with us, we reproached them not, neither missed they, anything, all the days they were in Carmel.

٧ وَٱلْآنَ قَدْ سَمِعْتُ أَنَّ عِنْدَكَ جَزَّازِينَ. حِينَ كَانَ رُعَاتُكَ مَعَنَا، لَمْ نُؤْذِهِمْ وَلَمْ يُفْقَدْ لَهُمْ شَيْءٌ كُلَّ ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلَّتِي كَانُوا فِيهَا فِي ٱلْكَرْمَلِ.

8 Ask thy young men, that they may tell thee, that so my young men may find favour in thine eyes, for, on a good day, have we come! Give, I pray thee, what thy hand findeth, to thy servants, and to thy son, to David!

٨ اِسْأَلْ غِلْمَانَكَ فَيُخْبِرُوكَ. فَلْيَجِدِ ٱلْغِلْمَانُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ لِأَنَّنَا قَدْ جِئْنَا فِي يَوْمٍ طَيِّبٍ، فَأَعْطِ مَا وَجَدَتْهُ يَدُكَ لِعَبِيدِكَ وَلِٱبْنِكَ دَاوُدَ».

9 So David’s young men came, and spake unto Nabal, according to all these words, in the name of David, —and waited.

٩ فَجَاءَ ٱلْغِلْمَانُ وَكَلَّمُوا نَابَالَ حَسَبَ كُلِّ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ بِٱسْمِ دَاوُدَ وَكَفُّوا.

10 Then Nabal answered the servants of David, and said, Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? Nowadays, many are the servants that have broken away, every one from the presence of his lord:

١٠ فَأَجَابَ نَابَالُ عَبِيدَ دَاوُدَ وَقَالَ: «مَنْ هُوَ دَاوُدُ؟ وَمَنْ هُوَ ٱبْنُ يَسَّى؟ قَدْ كَثُرَ ٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلْعَبِيدُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقْحَصُونَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَمَامِ سَيِّدِهِ.

11 Shall I, then, take my bread, and my wine, and my slain beasts, that I have slaughtered for my shearers, —and give unto men of whom I know not whence they are?

١١ أَآخُذُ خُبْزِي وَمَائِي وَذَبِيحِيَ ٱلَّذِي ذَبَحْتُ لِجَازِّيَّ وَأُعْطِيهِ لِقَوْمٍ لَا أَعْلَمُ مِنْ أَيْنَ هُمْ؟».

12 So the young men of David turned away for their journey, —and came back, and drew near, and told him, according to all these words.

١٢ فَتَحَوَّلَ غِلْمَانُ دَاوُدَ إِلَى طَرِيقِهِمْ وَرَجَعُوا وَجَاءُوا وَأَخْبَرُوهُ حَسَبَ كُلِّ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ.

13 Then said David unto his men—Gird on you every man his sword. And they girded on them, every man his sword, and, David also, girded on his sword, —and there went up after David—about four hundred men, and, two hundred, abode by the stores.

١٣ فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِرِجَالِهِ: «لِيَتَقَلَّدْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ سَيْفَهُ». فَتَقَلَّدَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ سَيْفَهُ، وَتَقَلَّدَ دَاوُدُ أَيْضًا سَيْفَهُ. وَصَعِدَ وَرَاءَ دَاوُدَ نَحْوُ أَرْبَعِ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ، وَمَكَثَ مِئَتَانِ مَعَ ٱلْأَمْتِعَةِ.

14 But a certain one of her young men told, Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, —Lo! David sent messengers out of the wilderness to bless our lord, and he treated them with contempt.

١٤ فَأَخْبَرَ أَبِيجَايِلَ ٱمْرَأَةَ نَابَالَ غُلَامٌ مِنَ ٱلْغِلْمَانِ قَائِلًا: «هُوَذَا دَاوُدُ أَرْسَلَ رُسُلًا مِنَ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ لِيُبَارِكُوا سَيِّدَنَا فَثَارَ عَلَيْهِمْ.

15 But, the men, were exceeding good to us, —and we were not harmed, neither missed we, anything, all the days we went to and fro with them, while we were in the fields:

١٥ وَٱلرِّجَالُ مُحْسِنُونَ إِلَيْنَا جِدًّا، فَلَمْ نُؤْذَ وَلَا فُقِدَ مِنَّا شَيْءٌ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ تَرَدُّدِنَا مَعَهُمْ وَنَحْنُ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ.

16 A wall, became they unto us, both by night and by day, all the days we were with them, tending the flock.

١٦ كَانُوا سُورًا لَنَا لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا كُلَّ ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلَّتِي كُنَّا فِيهَا مَعَهُمْ نَرْعَى ٱلْغَنَمَ.

17 Now, therefore, know thou, and see, what thou canst do, for mischief is determined against our lord, and against all his household, —but, he, is such an abandoned man, that one cannot speak unto him.

١٧ وَٱلْآنَ ٱعْلَمِي وَٱنْظُرِي مَاذَا تَعْمَلِينَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلشَّرَّ قَدْ أُعِدَّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا وَعَلَى بَيْتِهِ، وَهُوَ ٱبْنُ لَئِيمٍ لَا يُمْكِنُ ٱلْكَلَامُ مَعَهُ».

18 Then Abigail hastened—and took two hundred loaves, and two skins of wine, and five sheep made ready, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred cakes of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, —and put them on the asses.

١٨ فَبَادَرَتْ أَبِيجَايِلُ وَأَخَذَتْ مِئَتَيْ رَغِيفِ خُبْزٍ، وَزِقَّيْ خَمْرٍ، وَخَمْسَةَ خِرْفَانٍ مُهَيَّأَةً، وَخَمْسَ كَيْلَاتٍ مِنَ ٱلْفَرِيكِ، وَمِئَتَيْ عُنْقُودٍ مِنَ ٱلزَّبِيبِ، وَمِئَتَيْ قُرْصٍ مِنَ ٱلتِّينِ، وَوَضَعَتْهَا عَلَى ٱلْحَمِيرِ.

19 And she said to her young men—Pass on before me, behold me coming after you; but, to her husband, Nabal, told she nothing.

١٩ وَقَالَتْ لِغِلْمَانِهَا: «ٱعْبُرُوا قُدَّامِي. هَأَنَذَا جَائِيَةٌ وَرَاءَكُمْ». وَلَمْ تُخْبِرْ رَجُلَهَا نَابَالَ.

20 And so it was, as she was riding on her ass, and descending within the covert of the hill, lo! David and his men, descending over against her, —so she met them.

٢٠ وَفِيمَا هِيَ رَاكِبَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْحِمَارِ وَنَازِلَةٌ فِي سُتْرَةِ ٱلْجَبَلِ، إِذَا بِدَاوُدَ وَرِجَالِهِ مُنْحَدِرُونَ لِٱسْتِقْبَالِهَا، فَصَادَفَتْهُمْ.

21 Now, David, had said—Surely, in vain, did I guard all that pertained to this man in the wilderness, so that there was, nothing, missed of all that he had, —seeing he hath returned to me evil for good.

٢١ وَقَالَ دَاوُدُ: «إِنَّمَا بَاطِلًا حَفِظْتُ كُلَّ مَا لِهَذَا فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ، فَلَمْ يُفْقَدْ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا لَهُ شَيْءٌ، فَكَافَأَنِي شَرًّا بَدَلَ خَيْرٍ.

22 So may God do to David and so may he add, if I leave remaining, of all that he hath, until the morning, —so much as a little boy.

٢٢ هَكَذَا يَصْنَعُ ٱللهُ لِأَعْدَاءِ دَاوُدَ وَهَكَذَا يَزِيدُ، إِنْ أَبْقَيْتُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا لَهُ إِلَى ضَوْءِ ٱلصَّبَاحِ بَائِلًا بِحَائِطٍ».

23 And, when Abigail saw David, she hastened, and alighted from off her ass, —and fell down before David upon her face, and prostrated herself on the ground;

٢٣ وَلَمَّا رَأَتْ أَبِيجَايِلُ دَاوُدَ أَسْرَعَتْ وَنَزَلَتْ عَنِ ٱلْحِمَارِ، وَسَقَطَتْ أَمَامَ دَاوُدَ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا وَسَجَدَتْ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ،

24 yea she fell at his feet, and said—On me, even me, my lord, be the transgression, —But, I pray thee, let thy handmaid speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy handmaid.

٢٤ وَسَقَطَتْ عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ وَقَالَتْ: «عَلَيَّ أَنَا يَا سَيِّدِي هَذَا ٱلذَّنْبُ، وَدَعْ أَمَتَكَ تَتَكَلَّمُ فِي أُذُنَيْكَ وَٱسْمَعْ كَلَامَ أَمَتِكَ.

25 Let it not be, I pray thee, that my lord regard this abandoned man—Nabal ["Base"]; For, as his name is, so, is he. Nabal, is his name, and, baseness, is with him, —But, I, thy handmaid, saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.

٢٥ لَا يَضَعَنَّ سَيِّدِي قَلْبَهُ عَلَى ٱلرَّجُلِ ٱللَّئِيمِ هَذَا، عَلَى نَابَالَ، لِأَنَّ كَٱسْمِهِ هَكَذَا هُوَ. نَابَالُ ٱسْمُهُ وَٱلْحَمَاقَةُ عِنْدَهُ. وَأَنَا أَمَتَكَ لَمْ أَرَ غِلْمَانَ سَيِّدِي ٱلَّذِينَ أَرْسَلْتَهُمْ.

26 Now, therefore, my lord—By the life of Yahweh, and by the life of thine own soul, —seeing Yahweh hath withholden thee from coming in with bloodshed, and from saving thyself, with thine own hand, now, therefore, like Nabal, be thine enemies, and they who are making search for my lord, wrongfully.

٢٦ وَٱلْآنَ يَا سَيِّدِي، حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ، وَحَيَّةٌ هِيَ نَفْسُكَ، إِنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَدْ مَنَعَكَ عَنْ إِتْيَانِ ٱلدِّمَاءِ وَٱنْتِقَامِ يَدِكَ لِنَفْسِكَ. وَٱلْآنَ فَلْيَكُنْ كَنَابَالَ أَعْدَاؤُكَ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَطْلُبُونَ ٱلشَّرَّ لِسَيِّدِي.

27 Now, therefore, this blessing which thy maid-servant hath brought to my lord, let it even be given unto the young men who are going to and fro at the feet of my lord.

٢٧ وَٱلْآنَ هَذِهِ ٱلْبَرَكَةُ ٱلَّتِي أَتَتْ بِهَا جَارِيَتُكَ إِلَى سَيِّدِي فَلْتُعْطَ لِلْغِلْمَانِ ٱلسَّائِرِينَ وَرَاءَ سَيِّدِي.

28 Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid, —for Yahweh, will certainly make, for my lord an assured house, for, the battles of Yahweh, is my lord fighting, and, wrong, shall not be found in thee, all thy days;

٢٨ وَٱصْفَحْ عَنْ ذَنْبِ أَمَتِكَ لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ يَصْنَعُ لِسَيِّدِي بَيْتًا أَمِينًا، لِأَنَّ سَيِّدِي يُحَارِبُ حُرُوبَ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَلَمْ يُوجَدْ فِيكَ شَرٌّ كُلَّ أَيَّامِكَ.

29 yea, though there hath arisen a sun of earth to pursue thee, and to seek thy life, yet shall the life of my lord be bound up in the bundle of the living, with Yahweh thy God, but, as for the life of thine enemies, he shall sling it out with the middle of the hollow of the sling.

٢٩ وَقَدْ قَامَ رَجُلٌ لِيُطَارِدَكَ وَيَطْلُبَ نَفْسَكَ، وَلَكِنْ نَفْسُ سَيِّدِي لِتَكُنْ مَحْزُومَةً فِي حُزْمَةِ ٱلْحَيَاةِ مَعَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ. وَأَمَّا نَفْسُ أَعْدَائِكَ فَلْيَرْمِ بِهَا كَمَا مِنْ وَسَطِ كَفَّةِ ٱلْمِقْلَاعِ.

30 And it shall be, when Yahweh shall do for my lord, according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, —and shall put thee in charge as leader over Israel,

٣٠ وَيَكُونُ عِنْدَمَا يَصْنَعُ ٱلرَّبُّ لِسَيِّدِي حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ مِنَ ٱلْخَيْرِ مِنْ أَجْلِكَ، وَيُقِيمُكَ رَئِيسًا عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ،

31 then shall this not become to thee a staggering and stumbling of heart, unto my lord—that thou didst either shed blood without need, or that the hand of my lord saved himself. And, when Yahweh hath dealt well with my lord, then remember thou thy handmaid.

٣١ أَنَّهُ لَا تَكُونُ لَكَ هَذِهِ مَصْدَمَةً وَمَعْثَرَةَ قَلْبٍ لِسَيِّدِي، أَنَّكَ قَدْ سَفَكْتَ دَمًا عَفْوًا، أَوْ أَنَّ سَيِّدِي قَدِ ٱنْتَقَمَ لِنَفْسِهِ. وَإِذَا أَحْسَنَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَى سَيِّدِي فَٱذْكُرْ أَمَتَكَ».

32 Then said David unto Abigail, —Blessed, be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who hath sent thee this day, to meet me;

٣٢ فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِأَبِيجَايِلَ: «مُبَارَكٌ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّذِي أَرْسَلَكِ هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمَ لِٱسْتِقْبَالِي،

33 and, blessed, be thy discreet judgment, and, blessed, be thou thyself, —who hast kept me, this day, from coming in with bloodshed, and from saving myself, with mine own hand.

٣٣ وَمُبَارَكٌ عَقْلُكِ، وَمُبَارَكَةٌ أَنْتِ، لِأَنَّكِ مَنَعْتِنِي ٱلْيَوْمَ مِنْ إِتْيَانِ ٱلدِّمَاءِ وَٱنْتِقَامِ يَدِي لِنَفْسِي.

34 Nevertheless, by the life of Yahweh, God of Israel, who hath restrained me from harming, thee, surely, except thou hadst hastened and come to meet me, there had not been left unto Nabal, by the light of the morning, so much as a little boy.

٣٤ وَلَكِنْ حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّذِي مَنَعَنِي عَنْ أَذِيَّتِكِ، إِنَّكِ لَوْ لَمْ تُبَادِرِي وَتَأْتِي لِٱسْتِقْبَالِي، لَمَا أُبْقِيَ لِنَابَالَ إِلَى ضَوْءِ ٱلصَّبَاحِ بَائِلٌ بِحَائِطٍ».

35 So David received at her hand, that which she had brought him, —and, unto herself, he said—Go up, in peace, unto thy house, see! I have hearkened unto thy voice, and accepted thy person.

٣٥ فَأَخَذَ دَاوُدُ مِنْ يَدِهَا مَا أَتَتْ بِهِ إِلَيْهِ وَقَالَ لَهَا: «ٱصْعَدِي بِسَلَامٍ إِلَى بَيْتِكِ. اُنْظُرِي. قَدْ سَمِعْتُ لِصَوْتِكِ وَرَفَعْتُ وَجْهَكِ».

36 And, when Abigail came unto Nabal, lo! he, had a banquet in his house, like the banquet of a king, and, the heart of Nabal, was glad accordingly, he having drunk deeply, —so she told him nothing—less or more, until the light of the morning.

٣٦ فَجَاءَتْ أَبِيجَايِلُ إِلَى نَابَالَ وَإِذَا وَلِيمَةٌ عِنْدَهُ فِي بَيْتِهِ كَوَلِيمَةِ مَلِكٍ. وَكَانَ نَابَالُ قَدْ طَابَ قَلْبُهُ وَكَانَ سَكْرَانَ جِدًّا، فَلَمْ تُخْبِرْهُ بِشَيْءٍ صَغِيرٍ أَوْ كَبِيرٍ إِلَى ضَوْءِ ٱلصَّبَاحِ.

37 And it came to pass, in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, and his wife told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became like a stone.

٣٧ وَفِي ٱلصَّبَاحِ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِ ٱلْخَمْرِ مِنْ نَابَالَ أَخْبَرَتْهُ ٱمْرَأَتُهُ بِهَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ، فَمَاتَ قَلْبُهُ دَاخِلَهُ وَصَارَ كَحَجَرٍ.

38 And it came to pass, in about ten days, that Yahweh smote Nabal, that he died.

٣٨ وَبَعْدَ نَحْوِ عَشْرَةَ أَيَّامٍ ضَرَبَ ٱلرَّبُّ نَابَالَ فَمَاتَ.

39 And, when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said—Blessed, be Yahweh, who hath maintained the plea of my reproach, at the hand of Nabal, and hath restrained, his servant, from wrong, yea, the wrong of Nabal, hath Yahweh turned back on his own head. Then sent David, and spake with Abigail, to take her to himself wife.

٣٩ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ دَاوُدُ أَنَّ نَابَالَ قَدْ مَاتَ قَالَ: «مُبَارَكٌ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلَّذِي ٱنْتَقَمَ نَقْمَةَ تَعْيِيرِي مِنْ يَدِ نَابَالَ، وَأَمْسَكَ عَبْدَهُ عَنِ ٱلشَّرِّ، وَرَدَّ ٱلرَّبُّ شَرَّ نَابَالَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ». وَأَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ وَتَكَلَّمَ مَعَ أَبِيجَايِلَ لِيَتَّخِذَهَا لَهُ ٱمْرَأَةً.

40 And the servants of David came unto Abigail the Carmelitess, —and spake unto her, saying, David, hath sent us unto thee, to take thee to himself to wife.

٤٠ فَجَاءَ عَبِيدُ دَاوُدَ إِلَى أَبِيجَايِلَ إِلَى ٱلْكَرْمَلِ وَكَلَّمُوهَا قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّ دَاوُدَ قَدْ أَرْسَلَنَا إِلَيْكِ لِكَيْ نَتَّخِذَكِ لَهُ ٱمْرَأَةً».

41 And she arose, and bowed herself down with her face to the earth, —and said—Lo! thy handmaid, as serving-woman to bathe the feet of the servants of my lord.

٤١ فَقَامَتْ وَسَجَدَتْ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَقَالَتْ: «هُوَذَا أَمَتُكَ جَارِيَةٌ لِغَسْلِ أَرْجُلِ عَبِيدِ سَيِّدِي».

42 And Abigail hastened, and mounted, and rode upon her ass, with her five damsels that used to journey at her feet, —and she went her way after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

٤٢ ثُمَّ بَادَرَتْ وَقَامَتْ أَبِيجَايِلُ وَرَكِبَتِ ٱلْحِمَارَ مَعَ خَمْسِ فَتَيَاتٍ لَهَا ذَاهِبَاتٍ وَرَاءَهَا، وَسَارَتْ وَرَاءَ رُسُلِ دَاوُدَ وَصَارَتْ لَهُ ٱمْرَأَةً.

43 David took, Ahinoam also, out of Jezreel, —and, they two, became his wives.

٤٣ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ دَاوُدُ أَخِينُوعَمَ مِنْ يَزْرَعِيلَ فَكَانَتَا لَهُ كِلْتَاهُمَا ٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ.

44 Saul, indeed, had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, —to Palti, sun of Laish, who was of Gallim.

٤٤ فَأَعْطَى شَاوُلُ مِيكَالَ ٱبْنَتَهُ ٱمْرَأَةَ دَاوُدَ لِفَلْطِي بْنِ لَايِشَ ٱلَّذِي مِنْ جَلِّيمَ.