1 Samuel 30

1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

١ وَمَا إِنْ وَصَلَ دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ إِلَى صِقْلَغَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ حَتَّى وَجَدُوا أَنَّ الْعَمَالِقَةَ قَدْ أَغَارُوا عَلَى النَّقَبِ وَهَاجَمُوا صِقْلَغَ وَأَحْرَقُوهَا بِالنَّارِ،

2 And had taken the women captives that [were] in it, they slew not any, either great or small, but carried [them] away, and went on their way.

٢ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَخَذُوا كُلَّ مَنْ فِيهَا مِنْ نِسَاءٍ وَأَطْفَالٍ أَسْرَى حَرْبٍ، وَلَمْ يَقْتُلُوا صَغِيراً وَلا كَبِيراً.

3 So David and his men came to the city, and behold, [it was] burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.

٣ وَعِنْدَمَا دَخَلَ دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَجَدُوهَا مَحْرُوقَةً، وَأُسِرَتْ نِسَاؤُهُمْ وَبَنَاتُهُمْ وَأَبْنَاؤُهُمْ.

4 Then David and the people that [were] with him, lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

٤ فَعَلَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمْ بِالْبُكَاءِ حَتَّى أَصَابَهُمُ الإِعْيَاءُ.

5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

٥ وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَتَا دَاوُدَ أَخِينُوعَمُ الْيَزْرَعِيلِيَّةُ وَأَبِيجَايِلُ أَرْمَلَةُ نَابَالَ الْكَرْمَلِيِّ مِنْ جُمْلَةِ الْمَسْبِيَّاتِ.

6 And David was greatly distressed: for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons, and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.

٦ وَتَفَاقَمَ ضِيقُ دَاوُدَ لأَنَّ الرِّجَالَ، مِنْ فَرْطِ مَا حَلَّ بِهِمْ مِنْ مَرَارَةٍ وَأَسىً عَلَى أَبْنَائِهِمْ وَبَنَاتِهِمْ، طَالَبُوا بِرَجْمِهِ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ دَاوُدَ تَشَبَّثَ وَتَقَوَّى بِالرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ.

7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.

٧ ثُمَّ قَالَ دَاوُدُ لأَبِيَاثَارَ الْكَاهِنِ ابْنِ أَخِيمَالِكَ: «أَحْضِرْ إِلَيَّ الأَفُودَ». فَأَحْضَرَهُ.

8 And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue; for thou shalt surely overtake [them], and without fail recover [all].

٨ وَاسْتَشَارَ دَاوُدُ الرَّبَّ قَائِلاً: «إِذَا تَعَقَّبْتُ هَؤُلاءِ الْغُزَاةَ فَهَلْ أُدْرِكُهُمْ؟» فَقَالَ لَهُ: «الْحَقْهُمْ، فَإِنَّكَ تُدْرِكُهُمْ وَتُنْقِذُ الأَسْرَى».

9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that [were] with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind remained.

٩ فَانْطَلَقَ دَاوُدُ وَالسِّتُّ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ حَتَّى بَلَغُوا وَادِي الْبَسُورِ، فَتَخَلَّفَ قَوْمٌ مِنْهُمْ هُنَاكَ.

10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, who were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

١٠ أَمَّا دَاوُدُ فَوَاصَلَ طَرِيقَهُ مَعَ أَرْبَعِ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ، بَعْدَ أَنْ تَخَلَّفَ مِئَتَا رَجُلٍ إعْيَاءً عَنْ عُبُورِ وَادِي الْبَسُورِ.

11 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they made him drink water;

١١ فَصَادَفُوا رَجُلاً مِصْرِيًّا مُلْقىً فِي الْحَقْلِ، فَأَحْضَرُوهُ إِلَى دَاوُدَ، فَقَدَّمُوا إِلَيْهِ طَعَاماً وَمَاءً فَأَكَلَ وَشَرِبَ.

12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drank [any] water, three days and three nights.

١٢ ثُمَّ أَعْطَوْهُ قُرْصاً مِنْ تِينٍ وَعُنْقُودَيْنِ مِنْ زَبِيبٍ. وَبَعْدَ أَنْ أَكَلَهَا انْتَعَشَتْ رُوحُهُ، لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ أَكَلَ طَعَاماً وَلا شَرِبَ مَاءً مُنْذُ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ وَثَلاثِ لَيَالٍ.

13 And David said to him, To whom [belongest] thou? and whence [art] thou? And he said, I [am] a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.

١٣ فَسَأَلَهُ دَاوُدُ: «مَنْ هُوَ سَيِّدُكَ وَمِنْ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ؟» فَأَجَابَ: «أَنَا رَجُلٌ مِصْرِيٌّ، عَبْدٌ لِرَجُلٍ عَمَالِيقِيٍّ، وَقَدْ تَخَلَّى سَيِّدِي عَنِّي مُنْذُ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ لأَنِّي مَرِضْتُ.

14 We made an invasion [upon] the south of the Cherethites, and upon [the coast] which [belongeth] to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.

١٤ فَإِنَّنَا قَدْ أَغَرْنَا عَلَى جَنُوبِيِّ بِلادِ الْكَرِيتِيِّينَ وَعَلَى جَنُوبِيِّ أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا وَجَنَوبِيِّ كَالَبَ وَأَحْرَقْنَا صِقْلَغَ بِالنَّارِ»

15 And David said to him, Canst thou conduct me down to this company? And he said, Swear to me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will lead thee down to this company.

١٥ فَسَأَلَهُ دَاوُدُ: «هَلْ تَدُلُّنِي عَلَى مَكَانِ هَؤُلاءِ الْغُزَاةِ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «احْلِفْ لِي بِاللهِ أَنَّكَ لَا تَقْتُلُنِي وَلا تُسَلِّمُنِي إِلَى سَيِّدِي، فَأَدُلَّكَ عَلَى مَكَانِ هَؤُلاءِ الْغُزَاةِ».

16 And when he had conducted him down, behold, [they were] spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken from the land of the Philistines, and from the land of Judah.

١٦ وَقَادَهُمْ إِلَى مُعَسْكَرِ عَمَالِيقَ فَوَجَدُوهُمْ مُنْتَشِرِينَ فِي الْحُقُولِ يَأْكُلُونَ وَيَشْرَبُونَ وَيَرْقُصُونَ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ مَا أَصَابُوهُ مِنْ غَنِيمَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ نَهَبُوهَا مِنْ أَرْضِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَمِنْ أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا.

17 And David smote them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels, and fled.

١٧ فَهَاجَمَهُمْ دَاوُدُ مِنَ الْغُرُوبِ حَتَّى مَسَاءِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي، وَلَمْ يَنْجُ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ سِوَى أَرْبَعِ مِئَةِ غُلَامٍ رَكِبُوا جِمَالاً وَهَرَبُوا.

18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.

١٨ وَاسْتَرَدَّ دَاوُدُ مَا اسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهِ الْعَمَالِقَةُ وَأَنْقَذَ زَوْجَتَيْهِ.

19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any [thing] that they had taken to them: David recovered all.

١٩ وَلَمْ يُفْقَدْ لَهُمْ شَيْءٌ لَا صَغِيرٌ وَلا كَبِيرٌ، وَلا أَبْنَاءٌ وَلا بَنَاتٌ وَلا غَنِيمَةٌ وَلا أَيُّ شَيْءٍ مِمَّا اسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهِ الْعَمَالِقَةُ، بَلِ اسْتَرَدَّهَا دَاوُدُ جَمِيعَهَا.

20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drove before those [other] cattle, and said, This [is] David's spoil.

٢٠ وَأَخَذَ دَاوُدُ غَنَمَ الْعَمَالِقَةِ وَبَقَرَهُمْ فَسَاقَهَا رِجَالُهُ أَمَامَ الْمَاشِيَةِ الأُخْرَى الَّتِي اغْتَنَمَهَا الْغُزَاةُ قَائِلِينَ: «هَذِهِ غَنِيمَةُ دَاوُدَ».

21 And David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that [were] with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.

٢١ وَعَادَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى الْمِئَتَيْ رَجُلٍ الَّذِينَ أَعْيَوْا عَنِ الْمَسِيرِ وَرَاءَهُ فَخَلَّفُوهُمْ عِنْدَ وَادِي الْبَسُورِ، فَخَرَجُوا لاِسْتِقْبَالِ دَاوُدَ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ مِنَ الشَّعْبِ، فَتَقَدَّمَ دَاوُدُ إِلَيْهِمْ لِيَطْمَئِنَّ عَلَى سَلامَتِهِمْ.

22 Then answered all the wicked men, and [men] of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them [aught] of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead [them] away, and depart.

٢٢ غَيْرَ أَنَّ فِئَةً مِنَ المُشَاغِبِينَ مِنْ رِجَالِ دَاوُدَ مِمَّنِ اشْتَرَكُوا مَعَهُ فِي الْحَرْبِ اعْتَرَضُوا قَائِلِينَ: «لِيَأْخُذْ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمُ امْرَأَتَهُ وَأَبْنَاءَهُ وَيَمْضِ، أَمَّا الْغَنِيمَةُ الَّتِي اسْتَرْدَدْنَاهَا، فَلا نُعْطِيهُمْ مِنْهَا لأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَذْهَبُوا مَعَنَا».

23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.

٢٣ فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ: «لا تَفْعَلُوا هَكَذَا يَا إِخْوَتِي، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ أَنْعَمَ عَلَيْنَا وَحَفِظَنَا وَنَصَرَنَا عَلَى الْغُزَاةِ الَّذِينَ أَغَارُوا عَلَيْنَا.

24 For who will hearken to you in this matter? but as his part [is] that goeth down to the battle, so [shall] his part [be] that tarrieth by the goods: they shall part alike.

٢٤ وَمَنْ يُوَافِقُكُمْ عَلَى هَذَا الأَمْرِ؟ لأَنَّ نَصِيبَ الْمُقِيمِ عِنْدَ الأَمْتِعَةِ لِحِرَاسَتِهَا كَنَصِيبِ مَنْ خَاضَ الْحَرْبَ، إِذْ تُقْسَمُ الْغَنِيمَةُ بَيْنَهُمْ بِالسَّوِيَّةِ».

25 And it was [so] from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

٢٥ وَمُنْذُ ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ جَعَلَ دَاوُدُ هَذِهِ الْفَرِيضَةَ سُنَّةً تَسْرِي عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

26 And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah, [even] to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you, of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;

٢٦ وَعِنْدَمَا رَجَعَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى صِقْلَغَ أَرْسَلَ جُزْءاً مِنَ الْغَنِيمَةِ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ مِنْ شُيُوخِ يَهُوذَا قَائِلاً: «هَذِهِ لَكُمْ هَدِيَّةُ بَرَكَةٍ مِنْ غَنَائِمِ أَعْدَاءِ الرَّبِّ».

27 To [them] who [were] in Beth-el, and to [them] who [were] in south Ramoth, and to [them] who [were] in Jattir,

٢٧ وَقَدْ بَعَثَ بِها إِلَى الَّذِينَ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلٍ، وَفِي رَامُوتَ الْجَنُوبِ، وَفِي يَتِّيرَ.

28 And to [them] who [were] in Aroer, and to [them] who [were] in Siphmoth, and to [them] who [were] in Eshtemoa,

٢٨ وَفِي عَرُوعِيرَ، وَفِي سِفْمُوثَ، وَفِي أَشْتِمُوعَ.

29 And to [them] who [were] in Rachal, and to [them] who [were] in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to [them] who [were] in the cities of the Kenites,

٢٩ وَفِي رَاخَالَ، وَفِي مُدُنِ الْيَرْحَمْئِيلِيِّينَ، وَفِي مُدُنِ الْقَيْنِيِّينَ،

30 And to [them] who [were] in Hormah, and to [them] who [were] in Chor-ashan, and to [them] who [were] in Athach,

٣٠ وَفِي حُرْمَةَ وَفِي كُورِ عَاشَانَ، وَفِي عَتَاكَ،

31 And to [them] who [were] in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to resort.

٣١ وَفِي حَبْرُونَ، وَإِلَى سَائِرِ الأَمَاكِنِ الَّتِي تَرَدَّدَ عَلَيْهَا دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ.