1 Samuel 24
1 After Saul [and his soldiers] returned [home] after fighting against the Philistia army, someone reported to Saul that David [and his men] had gone into the desert near En-Gedi.
| وَبَعْدَ أَنْ رَجَعَ شَاوُلُ مِنْ مُطَارَدَةِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ قِيلَ لَهُ: «إِنَّ دَاوُدَ مُتَحَصِّنٌ فِي بَرِّيَّةِ عَيْنِ جَدْيٍ» | ١ |
2 [When] Saul [heard that, he] chose 3,000 men from various areas in Israel, and they went to search for David and his men at a place named Rocks of Wild Goats.
| فَحَشَدَ ثَلاثَةَ آلافِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ خِيرَةِ قُوَّاتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَسَعَى وَرَاءَ دَاوُدَ وَرِجَالِهِ فِي صُخُورِ الْوُعُولِ. | ٢ |
3 At a place where the road was alongside some sheep pens, Saul [left the road and] entered a cave to defecate [EUP]. [He did not know that] David and his men were hiding further inside that same cave!
| وَدَخَلَ شَاوُلُ كَهْفاً عِنْدَ حَظِيرَةِ غَنَمٍ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ لِيَقْضِيَ حَاجَتَهُ، وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ مُخْتَبِئِينَ فِي أَغْوَارِ الْكَهْفِ. | ٣ |
4 David’s men [saw Saul and] whispered to David, “Today is the day that Yahweh spoke about when he said, ‘I will enable you to defeat your enemy.’ You can do to him whatever you want to!” So David crept toward the entrance of the cave and [with his knife] he cut off a piece of Saul’s robe.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ رِجَالُهُ: «هَذَا هُوَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي وَعَدَكَ الرَّبُّ أَنْ يُسَلِّمَ فِيهِ عَدُوَّكَ إِلَيْكَ فَتَصْنَعُ بِهِ مَا تَشَاءُ». فَانْسَلَّ دَاوُدُ إِلَيْهِ وَقَطَعَ طَرَفَ جُبَّتِهِ سِرّاً. | ٤ |
5 [And then he returned to his men]. But then David felt guilty for having cut off a piece of Saul’s robe.
| وَلَكِنْ مَا لَبِثَ قَلْبُهُ أَنْ وَبَّخَهُ عَلَى قَطْعِهِ طَرَفَ جُبَّةِ شَاوُلَ. | ٥ |
6 He said to his men, “I should not have done that to the king! I hope/desire that Yahweh will never allow me to attack the one whom God has appointed, because Yahweh is the one who chose him [to be the king].”
| فَقَالَ لِرِجَالِهِ: «مَعَاذَ اللهِ أَنْ أَقْتَرِفَ هَذَا الإِثْمَ بِحَقِّ سَيِّدِي الْمُخْتَارِ مِنَ الرَّبِّ فَأَمُدَّ يَدِي وَأُسِيءَ إِلَيْهِ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ مَسَحَهُ مَلِكاً». | ٦ |
7 By saying that, David restrained his men, and did not allow them to kill Saul.
| وَهَكَذَا زَجَرَ دَاوُدُ رِجَالَهُ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْكَلامِ، وَلَمْ يَدَعْهُمْ يُهَاجِمُونَ شَاوُلَ. وَمَا لَبِثَ شَاوُلُ أَنْ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْكَهْفِ وَمَضَى فِي سَبِيلِهِ، | ٧ |
8 After Saul left the cave and started to walk on the road again, David came out of the cave and shouted to Saul, “King Saul!” Saul turned around and looked, and David bowed down with his face touching the ground.
| فَتَبِعَهُ دَاوُدُ إِلَى خَارِجِ الْكَهْفِ وَنَادَى: «يَا سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكُ». فَالْتَفَتَ شَاوُلُ خَلْفَهُ، فَانْحَنَى دَاوُدُ إِلَى الأَرْضِ سَاجِداً | ٨ |
9 Then he said to Saul, “(Why do you pay attention to people when they say ‘David wants to harm you’?/You should not pay attention to people when they say ‘David wants to harm you’.) [RHQ]
| وَقَالَ: «لِمَاذَا تَسْتَمِعُ إِلَى أَقَاوِيلِ النَّاسِ: إِنَّ دَاوُدَ قَدْ وَطَّدَ الْعَزْمَ عَلَى إِيْذَائِكَ. | ٩ |
10 Today you can see with your own eyes that [what they say is not true]. Yahweh put you in a place where my men and I could have killed you when you were in this cave. Some of my men told me that I should do that, but I did not do that. I said to them, ‘I will not harm my master, because he is the king whom Yahweh appointed.’
| هَا أَنْتَ قَدْ رَأَيْتَ الْيَوْمَ بِعَيْنَيْكَ كَيْفَ أَوْقَعَكَ الرَّبُّ فِي قَبْضَتِي عِنْدَمَا كُنْتَ فِي الْكَهْفِ، وَجَاءَ مَنْ يُحَرِّضُنِي عَلَى قَتْلِكَ، وَلَكِنِّي أَشْفَقْتُ عَلَيْكَ وَقُلْتُ: لا! لَنْ أَمُدَّ يَدِي بِالإِسَاءَةِ إِلَى سَيِّدِي، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ الَّذِي اخْتَارَهُ. | ١٠ |
11 Your majesty, look at this piece of your robe that is in my hand! I cut it from your robe, but I did not kill you. So now you should be able to understand that I am not planning to do anything evil to you. I have not done anything wrong to you, but you are searching for me to kill me.
| فَانْظُرْ يَا أَبِي مَا بِيَدِي، إِنَّهُ طَرَفُ جُبَّتِكَ. إِنَّ قَطْعِي طَرَفَ جُبَّتِكَ وَعَدَمَ قَتْلِي إِيَّاكَ خَيْرُ دَلِيلٍ عَلَى أَنَّنِي لَمْ أَرْتَكِبْ شَرّاً أَوْ ذَنْباً، وَلَمْ أُخْطِئْ إِلَيْكَ، بَيْنَمَا أَنْتَ تَتَرَبَّصُ بِي لِتَقْتُلَنِي. | ١١ |
12 I hope/desire that Yahweh will judge and decide which of us ([is doing what is right/pleases him]). And I hope/desire that he will punish you for the wrong things that you have done to me. But I will not try to harm you.
| فَلْيَقْضِ الرَّبُّ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ وَيَنْتَقِمْ لِيَ الرَّبُّ مِنْكَ، أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَنْ أَمَسَّكَ بِسُوءٍ. | ١٢ |
13 There is a proverb that has the words, ‘Evil things are done by evil people.’ But [I am not evil, so] I will not do evil things to you.
| وَكَمَا قِيلَ فِي مَثَلِ الْقُدَمَاءِ: عَنِ الأَشْرَارِ يَصْدُرُ شَرٌّ، لِذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ يَدِي لَنْ تَنَالَكَ بأَذىً. | ١٣ |
14 “You are the king of Israel. So (why are you pursuing me?/you should not be pursuing me.) [RHQ] I am [as harmless as] [MET] a dead dog or a flea.
| ثُمَّ وَرَاءَ مَنْ يَسْعَى مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟ مَنْ هُوَ الَّذِي تُطَارِدُهُ؟ أَتَسْعَى وَرَاءَ كَلْبٍ مَيْتٍ؟ وَرَاءَ بُرْغُوثٍ وَاحِدٍ؟ | ١٤ |
15 I hope/desire that Yahweh will judge which of us [is doing what (he wants/is right)]. I trust that he will [act like a lawyer and] judge (my case/what I have done), and that he will rescue me from your power [MTY].”
| لِيَكُنِ الرَّبُّ هُوَ الدَّيَّانُ فَيَقْضِيَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ وَيَتَوَلَّى قَضِيَّتِي وَيُبْرِئَنِي وَيُنْقِذَنِي مِنْ قَبْضَتِكَ». | ١٥ |
16 When David finished speaking, Saul [called out to him and] asked, “My son David, is that your voice [that I am hearing]?” Then he began to cry loudly.
| فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ دَاوُدُ مِنَ الْكَلامِ تَسَاءَلَ شَاوُلُ: «أَهَذَا صَوْتُكَ يَا ابْنِي دَاوُدُ؟» وَارْتَفَعَ صَوْتُ شَاوُلَ بِالْبُكَاءِ. | ١٦ |
17 He said, “You are a better man than I am. You have done something very good to me when I tried to do something very bad to you.
| ثُمَّ قَالَ لِدَاوُدَ: «إِنَّكَ حَقّاً أَبَرُّ مِنِّي لأَنَّكَ كَافَأْتَنِي خَيْراً وَأَنَا جَازَيْتُكَ شَرّاً. | ١٧ |
18 When Yahweh put me in a place [in that cave] where you could have easily killed me, you did not do that.
| وَأَبْدَيْتَ نَحْوِي خَيْراً إِذْ إِنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ أَوْقَعَنِي فِي قَبْضَتِكَ وَلَكِنَّكَ عَفَوْتَ عَنِّي. | ١٨ |
19 (Who else would/No one else would) find his enemy and allow his enemy to escape [when he could kill him instead] [RHQ]. I hope/desire that Yahweh will reward you for being kindly to me today.
| أَيَعْفُو رَجُلٌ عَنْ عَدُوِّهِ وَيُطْلِقُهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَنْتَقِمَ مِنْهُ بَعْدَ أَنْ يَقَعَ فِي قَبْضَتِهِ؟ فَلْيُكَافِئْكَ الرَّبُّ جَزَاءَ مَا صَنَعْتَ الْيَوْمَ مَعِي مِنْ خَيْرٍ. | ١٩ |
20 I know that [some day] you will surely become the king, and that your kingdom will prosper as you rule the Israeli people.
| لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ الآنَ أَنَّكَ تُصْبِحُ مَلِكاً وَبِيَدِكَ تَثْبُتُ مَمْلَكَةُ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٢٠ |
21 Now while Yahweh is listening, solemnly promise to me that you will not kill my family and get rid of all my descendants.”
| فَاحْلِفْ لِيَ الآنَ بِالرَّبِّ أَنَّكَ لَا تُبِيدُ نَسْلِي مِنْ بَعْدِي وَلا تَقْضِي عَلَى اسْمِي مِنْ بَيْتِ أَبِي». | ٢١ |
22 David solemnly promised Saul that he would not [harm Saul’s family]. Then Saul went back home, and David and his men went back up into the place where they had been hiding.
| فَحَلَفَ دَاوُدُ لِشَاوُلَ ثُمَّ مَضَى شَاوُلُ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، أَمَّا دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ فَالْتَجَأُوا إِلَى الْحِصْنِ. | ٢٢ |
