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.
| وَمَاتَ صَمُوئِيلُ، فَاجْتَمَعَ جَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَنَاحُوا عَلَيْهِ وَدَفَنُوهُ فِي بَيْتِهِ فِي الرَّامَةِ. فَانْتَقَلَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى صَحْرَاءِ فَارَانَ. | ١ |
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.
| وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ رَجُلٌ ثَرِيٌّ مُقِيمٌ فِي مَدِينَةِ مَعُونَ ذُو أَمْلاكٍ فِي الْكَرْمَلِ حَيْثُ كَانَ يَجُزُّ غَنَمَهُ، وَكَانَتْ ثَرْوَتُهُ طَائِلَةً جِدّاً، إِذْ كَانَ يَمْتَلِكُ ثَلاثَةَ آلافِ رَأْسٍ مِنَ الْغَنَمِ وَأَلْفاً مِنَ الْمَعْزِ. | ٢ |
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.
| وَكَانَ اسْمُ الرَّجُلِ نَابَالَ، وَاسْمُ امْرَأَتِهِ أَبِيجَايِلَ. وَكَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فَاتِنَةَ الْجَمَالِ رَاجِحَةَ الْعَقْلِ، أَمَّا الرَّجُلُ فَكَانَ قَاسِياً سَيِّئَ الأَعْمَالِ، وَهُوَ يَنْتَمِي إِلَى عَشِيرَةِ كَالَبَ. | ٣ |
4 So then David heard in the wilderness, —that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
| فَبَلَغَ دَاوُدَ، وَهُوَ لَا يَزَالُ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ، أَنَّ نَابَالَ يَجُزُّ غَنَمَهُ. | ٤ |
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;
| فَبَعَثَ دَاوُدُ بِعَشَرَةِ غِلْمَانٍ أَوْصَاهُمْ أَنْ يَنْطَلِقُوا إِلَى الْكَرْمَلِ وَيَدْخُلُوا بَيْتَ نَابَالَ وَيُبْلِغُوهُ تَمَنِّيَاتِ دَاوُدَ، وَيَقُولُوا لَهُ: | ٥ |
6 and say thus—Long life to thee! Mayest, thou, prosper, And, thy household, prosper, And, all that thou hast, prosper!
| «أَطَالَ اللهُ بَقَاءَكَ، وَجَعَلَكَ أَنْتَ وَبَيْتَكَ وَكُلَّ مَالَكَ سَالِماً. | ٦ |
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.
| لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ أَنَّ عِنْدَكَ جَزَّازِينَ. حِينَ كَانَ رُعَاتُكَ بَيْنَنَا لَمْ نُؤْذِهِمْ وَلَمْ يُفْقَدْ لَهُمْ شَيْءٌ طَوَالَ الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي كَانُوا فِيهَا فِي الْكَرْمَلِ. | ٧ |
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!
| تَحَرَّ الأَمْرَ مِنْ غِلْمَانِكَ فَيُخْبِرُوكَ. لِذَلِكَ لِيَحْظَ غِلْمَانِي بِرِضَاكَ، فَقَدْ جِئْنَا إِلَيْكَ فِي يَوْمِ عِيدٍ، فَهَبْ عَبِيدَكَ وَابْنَكَ دَاوُدَ مَا تَجُودُ بِهِ نَفْسُكَ». | ٨ |
9 So David’s young men came, and spake unto Nabal, according to all these words, in the name of David, —and waited.
| فَقَدِمَ الْغِلْمَانُ إِلَى نَابَالَ وَأَبْلَغُوهُ هَذَا الْكَلامَ بِاسْمِ دَاوُدَ وَصَمَتُوا. | ٩ |
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:
| فَأَجَابَهُمْ نَابَالُ: «مَنْ هُوَ دَاوُدُ؟ وَمَنْ هُوَ ابْنُ يَسَّى؟ قَدْ كَثُرَ الْيَوْمَ الْعَبِيدُ الْهَارِبُونَ مِنْ أَسْيَادِهِمْ. | ١٠ |
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?
| هَلْ آخُذُ خُبْزِي وَمَائِي وَذَبِيحَتِي الَّتِي جَهَّزْتُهَا لِجَازِّيَّ وَأُعْطِيهَا لِقَوْمٍ لَا أَعْلَمُ مِنْ أَيْنَ هُمْ؟» | ١١ |
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.
| فَانْصَرَفَ غِلْمَانُ دَاوُدَ وَرَجَعُوا إِلَى دَاوُدَ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ بِكَلامِ نَابَالَ. | ١٢ |
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.
| فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِرِجَالِهِ: «لِيَتَقَلَّدْ كُلٌّ مِنْكُمْ سَيْفَهُ». فَتَقَلَّدُوا سُيُوفَهُمْ، وَكَذَلِكَ فَعَلَ دَاوُدُ، وَسَارَ عَلَى رَأْسِ أَرْبَعِ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ بَعْدَ أَنْ مَكَثَ مِئَتَانِ لِحِرَاسَةِ الأَمْتِعَةِ. | ١٣ |
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.
| فَقَالَ أَحَدُ الْغِلْمَانِ لأَبِيجَايِلَ امْرَأَةِ نَابَالَ: «بَعَثَ دَاوُدُ مِنَ الصَّحْرَاءِ رُسُلاً بِتَحِيَّاتٍ إِلَى سَيِّدِنَا فَأَهَانَهُمْ، | ١٤ |
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:
| مَعَ أَنَّ الرِّجَالَ أَحْسَنُوا إِلَيْنَا جِدّاً فَلَمْ نُصَبْ بِأَذىً أَوْ يُفْقَدْ لَنَا شَيْءٌ طَوَالَ الْمُدَّةِ الَّتِي تَجَاوَرْنَا فِيهَا مَعَهُمْ وَنَحْنُ فِي الْمَرْعَى. | ١٥ |
16 A wall, became they unto us, both by night and by day, all the days we were with them, tending the flock.
| كَانُوا سِيَاجَ أَمَانٍ لَنَا نَهَاراً وَلَيْلاً فِي كُلِّ الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي كُنَّا نَرْعَى فِيهَا الْغَنَمَ فِي جِوَارِهِمْ. | ١٦ |
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.
| فَفَكِّرِي بِالأَمْرِ وَانْظُرِي مَاذَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ تَصْنَعِي، لأَنَّ كَارِثَةً سَتَحُلُّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا وَعَلَى بَيْتِهِ، فَهُوَ رَجُلٌ شِرِّيرٌ لَا يُمْكِنُ التَّفَاهُمُ مَعَهُ». | ١٧ |
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.
| فَأَسْرَعَتْ أَبِيجَايِلُ وَأَخَذَتْ مِئَتَيْ رَغِيفِ خُبْزٍ وَزِقَّيْ خَمْرٍ وَخَمْسَةَ خِرْفَانٍ مُجَهَّزَةٍ مُطَيَّبَةٍ وَخَمْسَ كَيْلاتٍ مِنَ الْفَرِيكِ وَمِئَتَيْ عُنْقُودِ زَبِيبٍ وَمِئَتَيْ قُرْصِ تِينٍ، وَحَمَّلَتْهَا عَلَى الْحَمِيرِ. | ١٨ |
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.
| وَقَالَتْ لِخُدَّامِهَا: «اسْبِقُونِي، هَا أَنَا قَادِمَةٌ وَرَاءَكُمْ». وَلَمْ تُخْبِرْ رَجُلَهَا نَابَالَ بِمَا فَعَلَتْ. | ١٩ |
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.
| وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَتْ رَاكِبَةً عَلَى حِمَارِهَا عِنْدَ مُنْعَطَفِ الْجَبَلِ صَادَفَتْ دَاوُدَ وَرِجَالَهُ قَادِمِينَ لِلِقَائِهَا. | ٢٠ |
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.
| وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ آنَئِذٍ يُحَدِّثُ نَفْسَهُ: «لَقَدْ حَافَظْتُ عَلَى كُلِّ قُطْعَانِ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ، فَكَافَأَنِي شَرّاً بَدَلَ الْخَيْرِ. | ٢١ |
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.
| فَلْيُضَاعِفِ الرَّبُّ مِنْ عِقَابِ دَاوُدَ، إِنْ لَمْ أَقْضِ عَلَى كُلِّ رِجَالِهِ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ضَوْءِ الصَّبَاحِ». | ٢٢ |
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;
| وَعِنْدَمَا شَاهَدَتْ أَبِيجَايِلُ دَاوُدَ أَسْرَعَتْ وَتَرَجَّلَتْ عَنِ الْحِمَارِ وَخَرَّتْ أَمَامَهُ سَاجِدَةً، | ٢٣ |
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.
| وَانْطَرَحَتْ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ قَائِلَةً: «ضَعِ اللَّوْمَ عَلَيَّ وَحْدِي يَا سَيِّدِي، وَدَعْ أَمَتَكَ تَتَكَلَّمُ فِي مَسَامِعِكَ وَأَصْغِ إِلَى حَدِيثِهَا. | ٢٤ |
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.
| لَا يَضْغَنْ قَلْبُ سَيِّدِي عَلَى هَذَا الرَّجُلِ اللَّئِيمِ نَابَالَ، فَهُوَ فَظٌّ كَاسْمِهِ وَالْحَمَاقَةُ مَقْرُونَةٌ بِهِ، أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَمْ أَرَ رِجَالَ سَيِّدِي حِينَ أَرْسَلْتَهُمْ. | ٢٥ |
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.
| وَالآنَ أُقْسِمُ لَكَ بِالرَّبِّ الْحَيِّ وَبِحَيَاتِكَ، إِنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ جَنَّبَكَ سَفْكَ الدِّمَاءِ وَالثَّأْرَ لِنَفْسِكَ، وَلْيَكُنْ أَعْدَاؤُكَ وَمَنْ يَسْعَوْنَ فِي هَلاكِكَ، كَنَابَالَ. | ٢٦ |
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.
| فَتَقَبَّلِ الآنَ هَذِهِ الْبَرَكَةَ الَّتِي أَحْضَرَتْهَا جَارِيَتُكَ يَا سَيِّدِي وَأَعْطِهَا لِرِجَالِكَ الْمُلْتَفِّينَ حَوْلَكَ. | ٢٧ |
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;
| وَاعْفُ عَنْ ذَنْبِ أَمَتِكَ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ لابُدَّ أَنْ يُثَبِّتَ كُرْسِيَّ مُلْكِ سَيِّدِي إِلَى الأَبَدِ، لأَنَّ سَيِّدِي يُحَارِبُ حُرُوبَ الرَّبِّ، فَلا يُوْجَدُ فِيكَ شَرٌّ كُلَّ أَيَّامِكَ. | ٢٨ |
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.
| وَإِنْ قَامَ مَنْ يَتَعَقَّبُكَ لِيَقْتُلَكَ، فَلْتَكُنْ نَفْسُ سَيِّدِي مَحْزُومَةً فِي حُزْمَةِ الأَحْيَاءِ مَعَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ. وَأَمَّا نَفْسُ أَعْدَائِكَ فَلْيُقْذَفْ بِها كَمَا يُقْذَفُ حَجَرٌ مِنْ وَسَطِ كَفَّةِ مِقْلاعٍ. | ٢٩ |
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,
| وَعِنْدَمَا يُحَقِّقُ الرَّبُّ لِسَيِّدِي كُلَّ هَذَا الْخَيْرِ الَّذِي وَعَدَ بِهِ وَيُنَصِّبُكَ رَئِيساً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، | ٣٠ |
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.
| فَلَنْ تُقَاسِيَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الضَّمِيرِ لأَنَّكَ سَفَكْتَ دِمَاءً اعْتِبَاطاً أَوِ انْتَقَمْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ. وَمَتَى حَقَّقَ لَكَ الرَّبُّ وَعْدَهُ فَاذْكُرْ أَمَتَكَ». | ٣١ |
32 Then said David unto Abigail, —Blessed, be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who hath sent thee this day, to meet me;
| فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لأَبِيجَايِلَ: «مُبَارَكٌ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَكِ الْيَوْمَ لِلِقَائِي، | ٣٢ |
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.
| وَمُبَارَكَةٌ فِطْنَتُكِ، وَمُبَارَكَةٌ أَنْتِ لأَنَّكِ جَنَّبْتِنِي الْيَوْمَ سَفْكَ الدِّمَاءِ وَالانْتِقَامَ لِنَفْسِي. | ٣٣ |
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.
| وَلَكِنْ حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي مَنَعَنِي مِنَ الإِسَاءَةِ إِلَيْكِ، فَلَوْ لَمْ تُبَادِرِي وَتَأْتِي لاِسْتِقْبَالِي لَمَا بَقِيَ لِنَابَالَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى قَيْدِ الْحَيَاةِ عِنْدَ مَطْلَعِ ضَوْءِ الصَّبَاحِ». | ٣٤ |
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.
| وَقَبِلَ دَاوُدُ مِنْهَا مَا حَمَلَتْهُ إِلَيْهِ قَائِلاً لَهَا: «امْضِي إِلَى بَيْتِكِ بِسَلامٍ، فَهَا أَنَا قَدِ اسْتَمَعْتُ لِتَوَسُّلِكِ وَاسْتَجَبْتُ طِلْبَتَكِ». | ٣٥ |
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.
| فَأَقْبَلَتْ أَبِيجَايِلُ إِلَى نَابَالَ، فَوَجَدَتْ أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَقَامَ مَأْدُبَةً فِي بَيْتِهِ كَمَأْدُبَةِ مَلِكٍ، وَقَدْ أَخَذَتْهُ النَّشْوَةُ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَكْثَرَ مِنِ احْتِسَاءِ الْخَمْرِ حَتَّى سَكِرَ، فَلَمْ تُخْبِرْهُ بِشَيْءٍ إِطْلاقاً حَتَّى صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي. | ٣٦ |
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.
| وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ، بَعْدَ أَنْ صَحَا نَابَالُ مِنْ سَكْرَتِهِ، أَخْبَرَتْهُ بِمَا جَرَى، فَأَصَابَهُ الشَّلَلُ وَتَجَمَّدَ كَحَجَرٍ. | ٣٧ |
38 And it came to pass, in about ten days, that Yahweh smote Nabal, that he died.
| وَبَعْدَ عَشَرَةِ أَيَّامٍ ضَرَبَهُ اللهُ فَمَاتَ. | ٣٨ |
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.
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ دَاوُدُ بِمَوْتِ نَابَالَ قَالَ: «مُبَارَكٌ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي انْتَقَمَ لِي بِذَاتِهِ مِنْ إِهَانَةِ نَابَالَ، وَجَنَّبَنِي ارْتِكَابَ الشَّرِّ وَعَاقَبَ نَابَالَ عَلَى إِثْمِهِ». وَأَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى أَبِيجَايِلَ يَسْأَلُهَا الزَّوَاجَ مِنْهُ. | ٣٩ |
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.
| فَوَفَدَ رُسُلُ دَاوُدَ إِلَى أَبِيجَايِلَ إِلَى الْكَرْمَلِ وَقَالُوا لَهَا: «أَرْسَلَنَا دَاوُدُ إِلَيْكِ لِنَسْأَلَكِ الزَّوَاجَ مِنْهُ». | ٤٠ |
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.
| فَقَامَتْ وَسَجَدَتْ بِوَجْهِهَا إِلَى الأَرْضِ وَقَالَتْ: «أَنَا أَمَتُهُ الْمُسْتَعِدَّةُ لِخِدْمَتِهِ وَلِغَسْلِ أَرْجُلِ عَبِيدِ سَيِّدِي». | ٤١ |
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.
| ثُمَّ أَسْرَعَتْ أَبِيجَايِلُ وَرَكِبَتْ حِمَارَهَا بَعْدَ أَنْ صَحَبَتْ مَعَهَا خَمْسَ فَتَيَاتٍ مِنْ جَوَارِيهَا سِرْنَ وَرَاءَهَا، وَتَبِعَتْ رُسُلَ دَاوُدَ، وَصَارَتْ لَهُ زَوْجَةً. | ٤٢ |
43 David took, Ahinoam also, out of Jezreel, —and, they two, became his wives.
| ثُمَّ تَزَوَّجَ دَاوُدُ أَخِينُوعَمَ مِنْ يَزْرَعِيلَ فَكَانَتَا لَهُ زَوْجَتَيْنِ. | ٤٣ |
44 Saul, indeed, had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, —to Palti, sun of Laish, who was of Gallim.
| عِنْدَئِذٍ زَوَّجَ شَاوُلُ مِيكَالَ ابْنَتَهُ امْرَأَةَ دَاوُدَ مِنْ فَلْطِي بْنِ لايِشَ الَّذِي مِنْ جَلِّيمَ. | ٤٤ |
