< 2 Samuel 2 >

1 And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said to him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, To Hebron.
وَكَانَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ دَاوُدَ سَأَلَ ٱلرَّبَّ قَائِلًا: «أَأَصْعَدُ إِلَى إِحْدَى مَدَائِنِ يَهُوذَا؟» فَقَالَ لَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ: «ٱصْعَدْ». فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ: «إِلَى أَيْنَ أَصْعَدُ؟» فَقَالَ: «إِلَى حَبْرُونَ».١
2 So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail, Nabal's wife the Carmelite.
فَصَعِدَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى هُنَاكَ هُوَ وَٱمْرَأَتَاهُ أَخِينُوعَمُ ٱلْيَزْرَعِيلِيَّةُ وَأَبِيجَايِلُ ٱمْرَأَةُ نَابَالَ ٱلْكَرْمَلِيِّ.٢
3 And his men that [were] with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
وَأَصْعَدَ دَاوُدُ رِجَالَهُ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ، كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ وَبَيْتَهُ، وَسَكَنُوا فِي مُدُنِ حَبْرُونَ.٣
4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, [That] the men of Jabesh-gilead [were they] that buried Saul.
وَأَتَى رِجَالُ يَهُوذَا وَمَسَحُوا هُنَاكَ دَاوُدَ مَلِكًا عَلَى بَيْتِ يَهُوذَا. وَأَخْبَرُوا دَاوُدَ قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّ رِجَالَ يَابِيشِ جِلْعَادَ هُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ دَفَنُوا شَاوُلَ».٤
5 And David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said to them, Blessed [be] ye of the LORD, that ye have shown this kindness to your lord, [even] to Saul, and have buried him.
فَأَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ رُسُلًا إِلَى أَهْلِ يَابِيشِ جِلْعَادَ يَقُولُ لَهُمْ: «مُبَارَكُونَ أَنْتُمْ مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ، إِذْ قَدْ فَعَلْتُمْ هَذَا ٱلْمَعْرُوفَ بِسَيِّدِكُمْ شَاوُلَ فَدَفَنْتُمُوهُ.٥
6 And now the LORD show kindness and truth to you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
وَٱلْآنَ لِيَصْنَعِ ٱلرَّبُّ مَعَكُمْ إِحْسَانًا وَحَقًّا، وَأَنَا أَيْضًا أَفْعَلُ مَعَكُمْ هَذَا ٱلْخَيْرَ لِأَنَّكُمْ فَعَلْتُمْ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ.٦
7 Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.
وَٱلْآنَ فَلْتَتَشَدَّدْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَكُونُوا ذَوِي بَأْسٍ، لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ مَاتَ سَيِّدُكُمْ شَاوُلُ، وَإِيَّايَ مَسَحَ بَيْتُ يَهُوذَا مَلِكًا عَلَيْهِمْ».٧
8 But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
وَأَمَّا أَبْنَيْرُ بْنُ نَيْرٍ، رَئِيسُ جَيْشِ شَاوُلَ، فَأَخَذَ إِيشْبُوشَثَ بْنَ شَاوُلَ وَعَبَرَ بِهِ إِلَى مَحَنَايِمَ،٨
9 And he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
وَجَعَلَهُ مَلِكًا عَلَى جِلْعَادَ وَعَلَى ٱلْأَشُّورِيِّينَ وَعَلَى يَزْرَعِيلَ وَعَلَى أَفْرَايِمَ وَعَلَى بَنْيَامِينَ وَعَلَى كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ.٩
10 Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, [was] forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years: but the house of Judah followed David.
وَكَانَ إِيشْبُوشَثُ بْنُ شَاوُلَ ٱبْنَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَمَلَكَ سَنَتَيْنِ. وَأَمَّا بَيْتُ يَهُوذَا فَإِنَّمَا ٱتَّبَعُوا دَاوُدَ.١٠
11 And the time that David was king in Hebron, over the house of Judah, was seven years and six months.
وَكَانَتِ ٱلْمُدَّةُ ٱلَّتِي مَلَكَ فِيهَا دَاوُدُ فِي حَبْرُونَ عَلَى بَيْتِ يَهُوذَا سَبْعَ سِنِينَ وَسِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ.١١
12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
وَخَرَجَ أَبْنَيْرُ بْنُ نَيْرٍ وَعَبِيدُ إِيشْبُوشَثَ بْنِ شَاوُلَ مِنْ مَحَنَايِمَ إِلَى جِبْعُونَ.١٢
13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
وَخَرَجَ يُوآبُ ٱبْنُ صَرُويَةَ وَعَبِيدُ دَاوُدَ، فَٱلْتَقَوْا جَمِيعًا عَلَى بِرْكَةِ جِبْعُونَ، وَجَلَسُوا هَؤُلَاءِ عَلَى ٱلْبِرْكَةِ مِنْ هُنَا وَهَؤُلَاءِ عَلَى ٱلْبِرْكَةِ مِنْ هُنَاكَ.١٣
14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
فَقَالَ أَبْنَيْرُ لِيُوآبَ: «لِيَقُمِ ٱلْغِلْمَانُ وَيَتَكَافَحُوا أَمَامَنَا». فَقَالَ يُوآبُ: «لِيَقُومُوا».١٤
15 Then there arose, and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, who [pertained] to Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
فَقَامُوا وَعَبَرُوا بِٱلْعَدَدِ، ٱثْنَا عَشَرَ لِأَجْلِ بَنْيَامِينَ وَإِيشْبُوشَثَ بْنِ شَاوُلَ، وَٱثْنَا عَشَرَ مِنْ عَبِيدِ دَاوُدَ.١٥
16 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and [thrust] his sword in his fellow's side: so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which [is] in Gibeon.
وَأَمْسَكَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ بِرَأْسِ صَاحِبِهِ وَضَرَبَ سَيْفَهُ فِي جَنْبِ صَاحِبِهِ وَسَقَطُوا جَمِيعًا. فَدُعِيَ ذَلِكَ ٱلْمَوْضِعُ «حِلْقَثَ هَصُّورِيمَ»، ٱلَّتِي هِيَ فِي جِبْعُونَ.١٦
17 And there was a very severe battle that day; and Abner was defeated, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
وَكَانَ ٱلْقِتَالُ شَدِيدًا جِدًّا فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ، وَٱنْكَسَرَ أَبْنَيْرُ وَرِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَمَامَ عَبِيدِ دَاوُدَ.١٧
18 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel [was as] light of foot as a wild roe.
وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ بَنُو صَرُويَةَ ٱلثَّلَاثَةُ: يُوآبُ وَأَبِيشَايُ وَعَسَائِيلُ. وَكَانَ عَسَائِيلُ خَفِيفَ ٱلرِّجْلَيْنِ كَظَبْيِ ٱلْبَرِّ.١٨
19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
فَسَعَى عَسَائِيلُ وَرَاءَ أَبْنَيْرَ، وَلَمْ يَمِلْ فِي ٱلسَّيْرِ يَمْنَةً وَلَا يَسْرَةً مِنْ وَرَاءِ أَبْنَيْرَ.١٩
20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, [Art] thou Asahel? And he answered, I [am].
فَٱلْتَفَتَ أَبْنَيْرُ إِلَى وَرَائِهِ وَقَالَ: «أَأَنْتَ عَسَائِيلُ؟» فَقَالَ: «أَنَا هُوَ».٢٠
21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay hold on one of the young men, and take to thee his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.
فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبْنَيْرُ: «مِلْ إِلَى يَمِينِكَ أَوْ إِلَى يَسَارِكَ وَٱقْبِضْ عَلَى أَحَدِ ٱلْغِلْمَانِ وَخُذْ لِنَفْسِكَ سَلَبَهُ». فَلَمْ يَشَأْ عَسَائِيلُ أَنْ يَمِيلَ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ.٢١
22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: Why should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?
ثُمَّ عَادَ أَبْنَيْرُ وَقَالَ لِعَسَائِيلَ: «مِلْ مِنْ وَرَائِي. لِمَاذَا أَضْرِبُكَ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ؟ فَكَيْفَ أَرْفَعُ وَجْهِي لَدَى يُوآبَ أَخِيكَ؟»٢٢
23 But he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth [rib], that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, [that] as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died, stood still.
فَأَبَى أَنْ يَمِيلَ، فَضَرَبَهُ أَبْنَيْرُ بِزُجِّ ٱلرُّمْحِ فِي بَطْنِهِ، فَخَرَجَ ٱلرُّمْحُ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ، فَسَقَطَ هُنَاكَ وَمَاتَ فِي مَكَانِهِ. وَكَانَ كُلُّ مَنْ يَأْتِي إِلَى ٱلْمَوْضِعِ ٱلَّذِي سَقَطَ فِيهِ عَسَائِيلُ وَمَاتَ يَقِفُ.٢٣
24 Joab also, and Abishai pursued Abner: and the sun went down when they had come to the hill of Ammah, that [lieth] before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
وَسَعَى يُوآبُ وَأَبِيشَايُ وَرَاءَ أَبْنَيْرَ، وَغَابَتِ ٱلشَّمْسُ عِنْدَمَا أَتَيَا إِلَى تَلِّ أَمَّةَ ٱلَّذِي تُجَاهَ جِيحَ فِي طَرِيقِ بَرِّيَّةِ جِبْعُونَ.٢٤
25 And the children of Benjamin assembled themselves after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of a hill.
فَٱجْتَمَعَ بَنُو بَنْيَامِينَ وَرَاءَ أَبْنَيْرَ وَصَارُوا جَمَاعَةً وَاحِدَةً، وَوَقَفُوا عَلَى رَأْسِ تَلٍّ وَاحِدٍ.٢٥
26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou wilt bid the people return from following their brethren?
فَنَادَى أَبْنَيْرُ يُوآبَ وَقَالَ: «هَلْ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ يَأْكُلُ ٱلسَّيْفُ؟ أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّهَا تَكُونُ مَرَارَةً فِي ٱلْأَخِيرِ؟ فَحَتَّى مَتَى لَا تَقُولُ لِلشَّعْبِ أَنْ يَرْجِعُوا مِنْ وَرَاءِ إِخْوَتِهِمْ؟»٢٦
27 And Joab said, [As] God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
فَقَالَ يُوآبُ: «حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱللهُ، إِنَّهُ لَوْ لَمْ تَتَكَلَّمْ لَكَانَ ٱلشَّعْبُ فِي ٱلصَّبَاحِ قَدْ صَعِدَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ وَرَاءِ أَخِيهِ».٢٧
28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
وَضَرَبَ يُوآبُ بِٱلْبُوقِ فَوَقَفَ جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ وَلَمْ يَسْعَوْا بَعْدُ وَرَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلَا عَادُوا إِلَى ٱلْمُحَارَبَةِ.٢٨
29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.
فَسَارَ أَبْنَيْرُ وَرِجَالُهُ فِي ٱلْعَرَبَةِ ذَلِكَ ٱللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ وَعَبَرُوا ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ، وَسَارُوا فِي كُلِّ ٱلشُّعَبِ وَجَاءُوا إِلَى مَحَنَايِمَ.٢٩
30 And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had assembled all the people, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men, and Asahel.
وَرَجَعَ يُوآبُ مِنْ وَرَاءِ أَبْنَيْرَ وَجَمَعَ كُلَّ ٱلشَّعْبِ. وَفُقِدَ مِنْ عَبِيدِ دَاوُدَ تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا وَعَسَائِيلُ.٣٠
31 But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, [so that] three hundred and sixty men died.
وَضَرَبَ عَبِيدُ دَاوُدَ مِنْ بَنْيَامِينَ وَمِنْ رِجَالِ أَبْنَيْرَ، فَمَاتَ ثَلَاثُ مِئْةَ وَسِتُّونَ رَجُلًا.٣١
32 And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulcher of his father, which [was in] Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
وَرَفَعُوا عَسَائِيلَ وَدَفَنُوهُ فِي قَبْرِ أَبِيهِ ٱلَّذِي فِي بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ. وَسَارَ يُوآبُ وَرِجَالُهُ ٱللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ وَأَصْبَحُوا فِي حَبْرُونَ.٣٢

< 2 Samuel 2 >