1 Samuel 25
1 [Soon after that], Samuel died, and all the Israeli people gathered and mourned for him. They buried his body outside his home in Ramah. Then David and his men moved to the Maon Desert.
| وَمَاتَ صَمُوئِيلُ، فَاجْتَمَعَ جَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَنَاحُوا عَلَيْهِ وَدَفَنُوهُ فِي بَيْتِهِ فِي الرَّامَةِ. فَانْتَقَلَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى صَحْرَاءِ فَارَانَ. | ١ |
2 In Maon [town] there was a man who owned land in Carmel, [a nearby village]. He was very rich; he owned 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats.
| 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 His name was Nabal; he was a descendant of Caleb. His wife Abigail was a wise and beautiful woman, but Nabal was very cruel and treated people very unkindly [IDM].
| 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 One day while David [and his men] were in the desert, someone told him that Nabal was cutting the wool from his sheep.
| فَبَلَغَ دَاوُدَ، وَهُوَ لَا يَزَالُ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ، أَنَّ نَابَالَ يَجُزُّ غَنَمَهُ. | ٤ |
5 So David told ten of his men, “Go to Nabal at Carmel and greet him for me.
| فَبَعَثَ دَاوُدُ بِعَشَرَةِ غِلْمَانٍ أَوْصَاهُمْ أَنْ يَنْطَلِقُوا إِلَى الْكَرْمَلِ وَيَدْخُلُوا بَيْتَ نَابَالَ وَيُبْلِغُوهُ تَمَنِّيَاتِ دَاوُدَ، وَيَقُولُوا لَهُ: | ٥ |
6 Then tell to him this message from me, ‘I wish/desire that things will go well for you and your family and for everything that you possess.
| «أَطَالَ اللهُ بَقَاءَكَ، وَجَعَلَكَ أَنْتَ وَبَيْتَكَ وَكُلَّ مَالَكَ سَالِماً. | ٦ |
7 ‘heard people say that you are cutting the wool from your sheep. Previously, when your shepherds were among us, we did not harm them. All the time that your shepherds were among us at Camel, we did not steal any sheep from them.
| لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ أَنَّ عِنْدَكَ جَزَّازِينَ. حِينَ كَانَ رُعَاتُكَ بَيْنَنَا لَمْ نُؤْذِهِمْ وَلَمْ يُفْقَدْ لَهُمْ شَيْءٌ طَوَالَ الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي كَانُوا فِيهَا فِي الْكَرْمَلِ. | ٧ |
8 You can ask your servants if this is true, and they will tell you [that it is true]. We have come here at a time when you are celebrating, so I ask you to please be kind to us and give these men whatever extra food you have, for me, David, and my men to eat.’”
| 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 When David’s men arrived where Nabal was, they gave David’s message to him, and they waited [for him to reply]. But Nabal spoke harshly to them.
| فَقَدِمَ الْغِلْمَانُ إِلَى نَابَالَ وَأَبْلَغُوهُ هَذَا الْكَلامَ بِاسْمِ دَاوُدَ وَصَمَتُوا. | ٩ |
10 He said to them, “Who [does] this man, this son of Jesse, [think that he] is? [DOU, RHQ] There are many slaves who are running away from their masters at the present time, [and it seems to me that he is just one of them].
| فَأَجَابَهُمْ نَابَالُ: «مَنْ هُوَ دَاوُدُ؟ وَمَنْ هُوَ ابْنُ يَسَّى؟ قَدْ كَثُرَ الْيَوْمَ الْعَبِيدُ الْهَارِبُونَ مِنْ أَسْيَادِهِمْ. | ١٠ |
11 I give bread and water to the men who are cutting the wool from my sheep, and I give them meat from animals that I have slaughtered. Why should I take some of those things and give them to a group of outlaws [RHQ]? (Who knows where they have come from?/I do not even know where they have come from.)” [RHQ]
| هَلْ آخُذُ خُبْزِي وَمَائِي وَذَبِيحَتِي الَّتِي جَهَّزْتُهَا لِجَازِّيَّ وَأُعْطِيهَا لِقَوْمٍ لَا أَعْلَمُ مِنْ أَيْنَ هُمْ؟» | ١١ |
12 Then David’s men returned and told him what Nabal had said.
| فَانْصَرَفَ غِلْمَانُ دَاوُدَ وَرَجَعُوا إِلَى دَاوُدَ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ بِكَلامِ نَابَالَ. | ١٢ |
13 When David heard that, he told his men, “[We are going to kill Nabal; ] fasten your swords!” So he fastened on his sword and about 400 men fastened on their swords and went with David. There were 200 of his men who stayed with their supplies.
| 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 One of Nabal’s servants [found out what David and his men were planning to do, so he] went to Nabal’s wife Abigail and said to her, “David sent some messengers from the desert to greet our master Nabal, but Nabal only yelled at them.
| فَقَالَ أَحَدُ الْغِلْمَانِ لأَبِيجَايِلَ امْرَأَةِ نَابَالَ: «بَعَثَ دَاوُدُ مِنَ الصَّحْرَاءِ رُسُلاً بِتَحِيَّاتٍ إِلَى سَيِّدِنَا فَأَهَانَهُمْ، | ١٤ |
15 All the time that we were in the fields close to them, those men of David were very kind to us. They did not harm us. They did not steal anything from us.
| مَعَ أَنَّ الرِّجَالَ أَحْسَنُوا إِلَيْنَا جِدّاً فَلَمْ نُصَبْ بِأَذىً أَوْ يُفْقَدْ لَنَا شَيْءٌ طَوَالَ الْمُدَّةِ الَّتِي تَجَاوَرْنَا فِيهَا مَعَهُمْ وَنَحْنُ فِي الْمَرْعَى. | ١٥ |
16 They protected us during the daytime and during the night. They were like a wall [MET] around us to protect us while we were taking care of our sheep.
| كَانُوا سِيَاجَ أَمَانٍ لَنَا نَهَاراً وَلَيْلاً فِي كُلِّ الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي كُنَّا نَرْعَى فِيهَا الْغَنَمَ فِي جِوَارِهِمْ. | ١٦ |
17 So now you should think about it and decide what you can do. [If you do not do something, ] terrible things will happen to our master and to all his family. Nabal is an extremely wicked man, with the result that [he will not heed anyone when] that person tries to tell him anything [that he should do].”
| فَفَكِّرِي بِالأَمْرِ وَانْظُرِي مَاذَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ تَصْنَعِي، لأَنَّ كَارِثَةً سَتَحُلُّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا وَعَلَى بَيْتِهِ، فَهُوَ رَجُلٌ شِرِّيرٌ لَا يُمْكِنُ التَّفَاهُمُ مَعَهُ». | ١٧ |
18 [When] Abigail [heard that, she] very quickly gathered 200 loaves [of bread], and also got two leather bags full of wine, the meat from five sheep, a bushel of roasted grain, 100 packs of raisins, and 200 packs of dried figs. She put all those things on donkeys.
| 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 Then she told her servants, “Go ahead of me. I will follow you.” But she did not tell her husband [what she was going to do].
| وَقَالَتْ لِخُدَّامِهَا: «اسْبِقُونِي، هَا أَنَا قَادِمَةٌ وَرَاءَكُمْ». وَلَمْ تُخْبِرْ رَجُلَهَا نَابَالَ بِمَا فَعَلَتْ. | ١٩ |
20 David and his men [had left the place where they were staying and were on the road to Nabal’s property. They] were coming down a hill when they met Abigail.
| وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَتْ رَاكِبَةً عَلَى حِمَارِهَا عِنْدَ مُنْعَطَفِ الْجَبَلِ صَادَفَتْ دَاوُدَ وَرِجَالَهُ قَادِمِينَ لِلِقَائِهَا. | ٢٠ |
21 David had been saying to his men, “It was useless for us to protect that man and all his possessions here in this desert. We did not steal anything that belonged to him, but he has done evil to me in return for our good [things we did for him].
| وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ آنَئِذٍ يُحَدِّثُ نَفْسَهُ: «لَقَدْ حَافَظْتُ عَلَى كُلِّ قُطْعَانِ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ، فَكَافَأَنِي شَرّاً بَدَلَ الْخَيْرِ. | ٢١ |
22 I hope/desire that God will strike me and kill me [IDM] if he or even one of his men [IDM] is still alive tomorrow morning!”
| فَلْيُضَاعِفِ الرَّبُّ مِنْ عِقَابِ دَاوُدَ، إِنْ لَمْ أَقْضِ عَلَى كُلِّ رِجَالِهِ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ضَوْءِ الصَّبَاحِ». | ٢٢ |
23 When Abigail saw David, she quickly got down from her donkey and bowed before him, with her face touching the ground.
| وَعِنْدَمَا شَاهَدَتْ أَبِيجَايِلُ دَاوُدَ أَسْرَعَتْ وَتَرَجَّلَتْ عَنِ الْحِمَارِ وَخَرَّتْ أَمَامَهُ سَاجِدَةً، | ٢٣ |
24 Then she prostrated herself at David’s feet and said to him, “Sir, I deserve to be punished [for what my husband has done]. Please listen to what I say to you.
| وَانْطَرَحَتْ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ قَائِلَةً: «ضَعِ اللَّوْمَ عَلَيَّ وَحْدِي يَا سَيِّدِي، وَدَعْ أَمَتَكَ تَتَكَلَّمُ فِي مَسَامِعِكَ وَأَصْغِ إِلَى حَدِيثِهَا. | ٢٤ |
25 Please do not pay attention to [IDM] what this worthless man Nabal has said. His name means ‘fool’, and he surely is a foolish man. But I, who am [willing to be] your servant, did not see the messengers whom you sent to him.
| 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 Yahweh has prevented you from getting revenge on anyone and killing anyone. I hope/desire that as surely as Yahweh lives and as surely as you live, your enemies will be [cursed] like Nabal will be.
| وَالآنَ أُقْسِمُ لَكَ بِالرَّبِّ الْحَيِّ وَبِحَيَاتِكَ، إِنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ جَنَّبَكَ سَفْكَ الدِّمَاءِ وَالثَّأْرَ لِنَفْسِكَ، وَلْيَكُنْ أَعْدَاؤُكَ وَمَنْ يَسْعَوْنَ فِي هَلاكِكَ، كَنَابَالَ. | ٢٦ |
27 I have brought a gift for you and for the men who are with you.
| فَتَقَبَّلِ الآنَ هَذِهِ الْبَرَكَةَ الَّتِي أَحْضَرَتْهَا جَارِيَتُكَ يَا سَيِّدِي وَأَعْطِهَا لِرِجَالِكَ الْمُلْتَفِّينَ حَوْلَكَ. | ٢٧ |
28 Please forgive me if I have done anything wrong to you. Yahweh will surely [reward you by] allowing many of your descendants to become kings of Israel, because you are fighting the battles that Yahweh [wants you to fight]. And [I know that] throughout all your life you have not done anything wrong.
| 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 Even when those who are trying to kill you pursue you, you are safe, because Yahweh your God takes care of you. You will be [protected as though you were] [MET] a bundle that he has safely tied up. But your enemies will [disappear as fast as stones] that are hurled from a 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 Yahweh has promised to do good things for you, and he will do what he has promised. And he will cause you to become the ruler of the Israeli people.
| وَعِنْدَمَا يُحَقِّقُ الرَّبُّ لِسَيِّدِي كُلَّ هَذَا الْخَيْرِ الَّذِي وَعَدَ بِهِ وَيُنَصِّبُكَ رَئِيساً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، | ٣٠ |
31 When that happens, [you will be glad that you did not kill any] people in Nabal’s household. You will not think that you deserve to be punished for having taken revenge yourself and killed innocent people. And when Yahweh enables you to successfully [become the king], please do not forget [to be kind to] me.”
| فَلَنْ تُقَاسِيَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الضَّمِيرِ لأَنَّكَ سَفَكْتَ دِمَاءً اعْتِبَاطاً أَوِ انْتَقَمْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ. وَمَتَى حَقَّقَ لَكَ الرَّبُّ وَعْدَهُ فَاذْكُرْ أَمَتَكَ». | ٣١ |
32 David replied to Abigail, “I praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], because he sent you to [talk with] me.
| فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لأَبِيجَايِلَ: «مُبَارَكٌ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَكِ الْيَوْمَ لِلِقَائِي، | ٣٢ |
33 I hope/desire that Yahweh will bless you for being very wise. You have prevented me from taking revenge myself and killing many people [MTY] today.
| وَمُبَارَكَةٌ فِطْنَتُكِ، وَمُبَارَكَةٌ أَنْتِ لأَنَّكِ جَنَّبْتِنِي الْيَوْمَ سَفْكَ الدِّمَاءِ وَالانْتِقَامَ لِنَفْسِي. | ٣٣ |
34 Just as surely as Yahweh the God whom we Israelis [worship] is alive, he has prevented me from harming you. If you had not come quickly to talk to me, neither Nabal nor even one of Nabal’s men [IDM] would be still alive tomorrow morning.”
| 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 Then David accepted the gifts that Abigail had brought to him. He said to her, “I hope/desire that things will go well for you. I have heard what you said, and I will do what you have requested.”
| وَقَبِلَ دَاوُدُ مِنْهَا مَا حَمَلَتْهُ إِلَيْهِ قَائِلاً لَهَا: «امْضِي إِلَى بَيْتِكِ بِسَلامٍ، فَهَا أَنَا قَدِ اسْتَمَعْتُ لِتَوَسُّلِكِ وَاسْتَجَبْتُ طِلْبَتَكِ». | ٣٥ |
36 When Abigail returned to Nabal, he was in his house, having a big celebration like kings have. He was very drunk and feeling very happy. So Abigail did not say anything to him that night [about her meeting with David].
| 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 The next morning, when he was no longer drunk, she told him everything [that had happened when she talked with David]. [Immediately] (he had a stroke/a blood vessel burst in his brain) and he became paralyzed [MET].
| وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ، بَعْدَ أَنْ صَحَا نَابَالُ مِنْ سَكْرَتِهِ، أَخْبَرَتْهُ بِمَا جَرَى، فَأَصَابَهُ الشَّلَلُ وَتَجَمَّدَ كَحَجَرٍ. | ٣٧ |
38 About ten days later Yahweh struck him [again] and he died.
| وَبَعْدَ عَشَرَةِ أَيَّامٍ ضَرَبَهُ اللهُ فَمَاتَ. | ٣٨ |
39 After David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise Yahweh! Nabal insulted me, but Yahweh (vindicated me/got revenge for me). He has prevented me from [doing anything] wrong. And he has punished Nabal for the wrong that he did.” Then David sent [messengers] to Abigail, to ask her if she would become his 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 His servants went to Carmel and said to Abigail, “David sent us to take you to become his wife.”
| فَوَفَدَ رُسُلُ دَاوُدَ إِلَى أَبِيجَايِلَ إِلَى الْكَرْمَلِ وَقَالُوا لَهَا: «أَرْسَلَنَا دَاوُدُ إِلَيْكِ لِنَسْأَلَكِ الزَّوَاجَ مِنْهُ». | ٤٠ |
41 Abigail bowed down with her face touching the ground. Then she told [the messengers to tell David], “[I am happy to become your wife]. I will be your servant. And I am willing to wash the feet of your slaves.”
| فَقَامَتْ وَسَجَدَتْ بِوَجْهِهَا إِلَى الأَرْضِ وَقَالَتْ: «أَنَا أَمَتُهُ الْمُسْتَعِدَّةُ لِخِدْمَتِهِ وَلِغَسْلِ أَرْجُلِ عَبِيدِ سَيِّدِي». | ٤١ |
42 Abigail quickly got on her donkey and went with David’s messengers. Five of her maids went with her. [When she arrived where David was, ] she 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 had previously married Ahinoam, a woman from Jezreel [town near Carmel]. So both Abigail and Ahinoam were now David’s wives.
| ثُمَّ تَزَوَّجَ دَاوُدُ أَخِينُوعَمَ مِنْ يَزْرَعِيلَ فَكَانَتَا لَهُ زَوْجَتَيْنِ. | ٤٣ |
44 King Saul’s daughter Michal was also David’s wife, but Saul had given her to Laish’s son Paltiel, who was from Gallim [town].
| عِنْدَئِذٍ زَوَّجَ شَاوُلُ مِيكَالَ ابْنَتَهُ امْرَأَةَ دَاوُدَ مِنْ فَلْطِي بْنِ لايِشَ الَّذِي مِنْ جَلِّيمَ. | ٤٤ |
