2 Samuel 5

1 Then came all the tribes of Israel unto David, in Hebron, —and spake, saying—Behold us! thy bone and thy flesh, we are.

١ وَتَوَافَدَ جَمِيعُ رُؤَسَاءِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى دَاوُدَ فِي حَبْرُونَ قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّنَا لَحْمُكَ وَعَظْمُكَ.

2 Also, in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou, wast he that led out and brought in, Israel, —and Yahweh said to thee—Thou, shalt be shepherd unto my people, Israel, and, thou, shalt become leader over Israel.

٢ وَفِي الأَيَّامِ الْغَابِرَةِ عِنْدَمَا كَانَ شَاوُلُ مَلِكاً عَلَيْنَا كُنْتَ أَنْتَ قَائِدَنَا فِي الْمَعَارِكِ، وَقَدْ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لَكَ:’أَنْتَ تَرْعَى شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَتَتَوَلَّى حُكْمَهُ‘.»

3 So all the elders of Israel came unto the king, in Hebron, and King David solemnised to them a covenant in Hebron, before Yahweh, —and they anointed David to be king over Israel.

٣ وَفِي حُضُورِ شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي حَبْرُونَ قَطَعَ الْمَلِكُ دَاوُدُ مَعَهُمْ عَهْداً أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، فَنَصَّبُوهُ مَلِكاً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ.

4 Thirty years old, was David when he began to reign, —forty years, he reigned:

٤ وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ فِي الثَّلاثِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ تُوِّجَ مَلِكاً.

5 in Hebron, reigned he over Judah, seven years, and six months, —and, in Jerusalem, reigned he thirty and three years, over all Israel and Judah.

٥ وَاسْتَمَرَّ مُلْكُهُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً، مِنْهَا سَبْعُ سَنَوَاتٍ وَسِتَّةُ أَشْهُرٍ مَلَكَ فِيهَا عَلَى يَهُوذَا فِي حَبْرُونَ، وَثَلاثٌ وَثَلاثُونَ سَنَةً مَلَكَ فِيهَا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَسِبْطِ يَهُوذَا.

6 Then went the king and his men, to Jerusalem, against the Jebusites, inhabiting the land, —and they spake to David, saying—Thou canst not come in hither, unless thou take away the blind and lame—Thinking, David will not come in hither.

٦ ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ الْمَلِكُ بِقُوَّاتِهِ نَحْوَ أُورُشَلِيمَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ أَهْلِهَا الْيَبُوسِيِّينَ. فَقَالُوا لِدَاوُدَ: «لَنْ تَسْتَطِيعَ اقْتِحَامَ الْمَدِينَةِ، لأَنَّهُ حَتَّى فِي وُسْعِ الْعُمْيَانِ وَالْعُرْجِ أَنْ يَصُدُّوكَ عَنْهَا».

7 So then David captured the citadel of Zion, —the same, is the city of David.

٧ غَيْرَ أَنَّ دَاوُدَ اسْتَوْلَى عَلَى حِصْنِ صِهْيَوْنَ الْمَعْرُوفِ الآنَ بِمَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ.

8 And David said, on that day—Whosoever is smiting the Jebusites, then let him reach as far as the aqueduct. But, as for the lame and the blind, they were the hated of David’s soul, —for which cause, they kept on saying, Blind and lame! he will not enter the place.

٨ وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ قَدْ قَالَ لِرِجَالِهِ: «عَلَى مَنْ يُهَاجِمُ الْيَبُوسِيِّينَ أَنْ يَسْتَخْدِمَ الْقَنَاةَ لِلْوُصُولِ إِلَى هَؤُلاءِ’الْعُمْيِ وَالْعُرْجِ‘الَّذِينَ تُبْغِضُهُمْ نَفْسِي». لِذَلِكَ يُقَالُ: «لا يَدْخُلُ بَيْتَ الرَّبِّ أَعْمَى وَلا أَعْرَجُ».

9 So then David dwelt in the citadel, and called it, The City of David, —and David built round about, from Millo and inwards.

٩ وَأَقَامَ دَاوُدُ فِي الْحِصْنِ وَدَعَاهُ مَدِينَةَ دَاوُدَ.

10 And David went on and on waxing great, —Yahweh, God of hosts, being with him.

١٠ وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ يَزْدَادُ عَظَمَةً، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ كَانَ مَعَهُ.

11 Then Hiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers unto David, with cedar-wood, and carpenters, and masons, and they built a house for David.

١١ وَأَرْسَلَ حِيرَامُ مَلِكُ صُورَ وَفْداً إِلَى دَاوُدَ مُحَمَّلاً بِخَشَبِ أَرْزٍ وَنَجَّارِينَ وَبَنَّائِينَ، فَشَيَّدُوا لِدَاوُدَ قَصْراً.

12 So David perceived that Yahweh had established him to be king over Israel, —and that he had exalted his kingdom, for the sake of his people Israel.

١٢ وَأَدْرَكَ دَاوُدُ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ ثَبَّتَهُ مَلِكاً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَنَّهُ قَدْ عَظَّمَ مِنْ مُلْكِهِ مِنْ أَجْلِ شَعْبِهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

13 And David took him yet more concubines and wives, out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron, and there were, yet further, born unto David, sons and daughters.

١٣ وَبَعْدَ أَنِ انْتَقَلَ دَاوُدُ مِنْ حَبْرُونَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ اتَّخَذَ لِنَفْسِهِ زَوْجَاتٍ وَمَحْظِيَّاتٍ وَأَنْجَبَ أَبْنَاءً وَبَنَاتٍ.

14 Now, these, are the names of the sons who were born unto him in Jerusalem, —Shammua and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon;

١٤ وَهَذِهِ هِيَ أَسْمَاءُ أَبْنَاءِ دَاوُدَ الَّذِينَ وُلِدُوا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ: شَمُّوعُ وشُوبَابُ وَنَاثَانُ وَسُلَيْمَانُ.

15 and Ibhar and Elishua and Nepheg and Yaphia;

١٥ وَيِبْحَارُ وَأَلِيشُوعُ وَنَافَجُ وَيَافِيعُ.

16 and Elishama and Eliada, and Eliphalet.

١٦ وَأَلِيشَمَعُ وَأَلِيدَاعُ وَأَلِيفَلَطُ.

17 And, when the Philistine heard that they had anointed David to be king over Israel, then came up all the Philistines to seek to secure David, and David heard of it, and went down into the citadel.

١٧ وَعِنْدَمَا عَلِمَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ أَنَّ دَاوُدَ اعْتَلَى عَرْشَ إِسْرَائِيلَ خَرَجُوا بِقُوَّاتِهِمْ لِلْبَحْثِ عَنْهُ. فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ الْخَبَرُ دَاوُدَ لَجَأَ إِلَى الْحِصْنِ.

18 Now, the Philistines, had come, —and had spread themselves out in the vale of Rephaim.

١٨ وَجَاءَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ وَانْتَشَرُوا فِي وَادِي الرَّفَائِيِّينَ.

19 So then David enquired of Yahweh, saying, —Shall I go up against the Philistines? Wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And Yahweh said unto David—Go up; for I, will surely deliver, the Philistines into thy hand.

١٩ وَسَأَلَ دَاوُدُ الرَّبَّ: «هَلْ أَصْعَدُ لِمُحَارَبَةِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ؟ هَلْ تَنْصُرُنِي عَلَيْهِمْ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ الرَّبُّ: «اصْعَدْ لأَنِّي أَنْصُرُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ».

20 And David entered Baal-perazim, and David smote them there, and said—Yahweh hath broken forth upon mine enemies, before me, like a breaking forth of waters. For this cause, called he the name of that place, Baal-perazim.

٢٠ فَتَقَدَّمَ دَاوُدُ نَحْوَ بَعْلِ فَرَاصِيمَ وَهَاجَمَهُمْ قَائِلاً: «قَدِ اقْتَحَمَ الرَّبُّ أَعْدَائِي أَمَامِي كَمَا تَقْتَحِمُ الْمِيَاهُ». لِذَلِكَ دُعِيَ ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعُ بَعْلَ فَرَاصِيمَ.

21 And they left their images there, —and David and his men took them away.

٢١ وَهَرَبَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ مُخَلِّفِينَ وَرَاءَهُمْ أَصْنَامَهُمْ فَحَطَّمَهَا دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ.

22 And, yet again, did the Philistines come up, —and they spread themselves out in the vale of Rephaim.

٢٢ ثُمَّ عَادَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ فَاحْتَلُّوا وَادِي الرَّفَائِيِّينَ وَانْتَشَرُوا فِيهِ.

23 So David enquired of Yahweh, and he said—Thou shalt not go up, —Get round behind them, and come in upon them, over against the mulberry-trees.

٢٣ فَاسْتَشَارَ دَاوُدُ الرَّبَّ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: «لا تَصْعَدْ إِلَيْهِمْ مُوَاجَهَةً، بَلِ الْتَفَّ حَوْلَهُمْ وَاهْجُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ مُقَابِلَ أَشْجَارِ الْبَلْسَمِ.

24 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, then, shalt thou act with decision, —for, then, will Yahweh have gone forth before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.

٢٤ وَعِنْدَمَا تَسْمَعُ صَوْتَ خَطْوَاتٍ تَنْتَقِلُ فَوْقَ قِمَمِ أَشْجَارِ الْبَلْسَمِ فَأَسْرِعْ بِالْهُجُومِ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ آنَئِذٍ يَكُونُ قَدْ تَقَدَّمَكَ لِلْقَضَاءِ عَلَى مُعَسْكَرِهِمْ».

25 And David did so, as Yahweh had commanded him, —and smote the Philistines, from Gibeon until thou enterest Gezer.

٢٥ فَنَفَّذَ دَاوُدُ أَوَامِرَ الرَّبِّ وَقَضَى عَلَى الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ مِنْ جَبْعٍ إِلَى مَدْخَلِ جَازَرَ.