2 Samuel 18
1 David counted the people who were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
| وَأَحْصَى دَاوُدُ جَيْشَهُ وَعَيَّنَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَادَةَ أُلُوفٍ وَمِئَاتٍ، | ١ |
2 David sent the people out, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the people, “I will also surely go out with you myself.”
| ثُمَّ قَسَمَهُمْ إِلَى ثَلاثِ فِرَقٍ، جَعَلَ يُوآبَ عَلَى وَاِحدَةٍ مِنْهَا، وَأَبِيشَايَ ابْنَ صُرُوِيَّةَ أَخَا يُوآبَ عَلَى الثَّانِيَةِ، وَإِتَّايَ الْجَتِّيَّ عَلَى الْفِرْقَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ. وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ لِرِجَالِهِ: «إِنِّي أَيْضاً أَخْرُجُ مَعَكُمْ». | ٢ |
3 But the people said, “You shall not go out, for if we flee away, they will not care for us, neither if half of us die, will they care for us. But you are worth ten thousand of us. Therefore now it is better that you are ready to help us out of the city.”
| لَكِنَّ الشَّعْبَ قَالَ: «لا تَخْرُجْ مَعَنَا، لأَنَّنَا إِذَا انْهَزَمْنَا فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يُبَالُونَ بِنَا. وَإذَا مَاتَ نِصْفُنَا فَلا يَكْتَرِثُونَ بِنَا أَيْضاً. أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَإِنَّكَ تُعَادِلُ عَشَرَةَ آلافٍ مِنَّا، وَمِنَ الأَفْضَلِ أَنْ تَمْكُثَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ وَتُسْعِفَنَا بِنَجْدَةٍ إِنْ دَعَا الأَمْرُ». | ٣ |
4 The king said to them, “I will do what seems best to you.” The king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.
| فَأَجَابَهُمُ الْمَلِكُ: «سَأَفْعَلُ مَا يَرُوقُ لَكُمْ». وَوَقَفَ الْمَلِكُ إِلَى جِوَارِ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ يُشَيِّعُ مِئَاتِ وَأُلُوفَ الْجُنُودِ الْخَارِجِينَ لِلْقِتَالِ. | ٤ |
5 The king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, “Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom.” All the people heard when the king commanded all the captains concerning Absalom.
| وَأَوْصَى الْمَلِكُ يُوآبَ وَأَبِيشَايَ وَإِتَّايَ قَائِلاً: «تَرَفَّقُوا مِنْ أَجْلِي بِالْفَتَى أَبْشَالُومَ»، وَسَمِعَ الْجُنُودُ حِينَ أَوْصَى الْمَلِكُ كُلَّ قَادَتِهِ بِأَبْشَالُومَ. | ٥ |
6 So the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
| وَانْطَلَقَ الْجَيْشُ إِلَى السَّهْلِ لِمُحَارَبَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَدَارَتْ مَعْرَكَةٌ فِي غَابَةِ أَفْرَايِمَ، | ٦ |
7 The people of Israel were struck there before David’s servants, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.
| انْتَهَتْ بِهَزِيمَةِ جَيْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَمَامَ قُوَّاتِ دَاوُدَ، وَقُتِلَ مِنْهُمْ عِشْرُونَ أَلْفاً فِي مَجْزَرَةِ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ. | ٧ |
8 For the battle was there spread over the surface of all the country, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
| وَاتَّسَعَتْ رُقْعَةُ الْقِتَالِ، وَافْتَرَسَتِ الْغَابَةُ مِنَ الْجَيْشِ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ افْتَرَسَهُمُ السَّيْفُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ. | ٨ |
9 Absalom happened to meet David’s servants. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak; and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was hanging between the sky and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.
| وَفِي أَثْنَاءِ الْمَعْرَكَةِ الْتَقَى أَبْشَالُومُ بِبَعْضِ رِجَالِ دَاوُدَ، وَكَانَ يَرْكَبُ آنَئِذٍ عَلَى بَغْلٍ مَرَّ بِهِ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةِ بَلُّوطٍ ضَخْمَةٍ ذَاتِ أَغْصَانٍ كَثِيفَةٍ مُتَشَابِكَةٍ، فَعَلِقَ شَعْرُهُ بِأَحَدِ فُرُوعِهَا، وَمَرَّ الْبَغْلُ مِنْ تَحْتِهِ وَتَرَكَهُ مُتَدَلِّياً بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ. | ٩ |
10 A certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”
| فَرَآهُ رَجُلٌ وَأَخْبَرَ يُوآبَ: «رَأَيْتُ أَبْشَالُومَ مُعَلَّقاً بِشَجَرَةِ الْبَلُّوطِ». | ١٠ |
11 Joab said to the man who told him, “Behold, you saw it, and why didn’t you strike him there to the ground? I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a sash.”
| فَقَالَ لَهُ يُوآبُ: «رَأَيْتَهُ مُعَلَّقاً وَلَمْ تَقْتُلْهُ؟ لَوْ فَعَلْتَ، لأَعْطَيْتُكَ عَشَرَةَ قِطَعٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ، وَحِزَامَ الْمُحَارِبِ». | ١١ |
12 The man said to Joab, “Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I still wouldn’t stretch out my hand against the king’s son; for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, ‘Beware that no one touch the young man Absalom.’
| فَأَجَابَ الرَّجُلُ: «وَلَوْ أَعْطَيْتَنِي أَلْفاً مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ لَمَا كُنْتُ أَمُدُّ يَدِي إِلَى ابْنِ الْمَلِكِ، لأَنَّ الْمَلِكَ أَوْصَاكَ عَلَى مَسْمَعٍ مِنَّا أَنْتَ وَأَبِيشَايَ وَإِتَّايَ قَائِلاً: لِيَحْرِصْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ عَلَى حَيَاةِ أَبْشَالُومَ، | ١٢ |
13 Otherwise, if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hidden from the king), then you yourself would have set yourself against me.”
| وَلَوْ قَتَلْتُ ابْنَهُ لَكُنْتُ قَدِ ارْتَكَبْتُ جِنَايَةً فِي حَقِّ الْمَلِكِ الَّذِي لَا تَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ خَافِيَةٌ، وَلَكُنْتَ أَنْتَ نَفْسُكَ وَقَفْتَ ضِدِّي». | ١٣ |
14 Then Joab said, “I’m not going to wait like this with you.” He took three darts in his hand and thrust them through Absalom’s heart while he was still alive in the middle of the oak.
| فَقَال يُوآبُ: «لا يُمْكِنُنِي أَنْ أَصْبِرَ هَكَذَا أَمَامَكَ» وَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ ثَلاثَةَ سِهَامٍ أَنْشَبَهَا فِي قَلْبِ أَبْشَالُومَ، وَهُوَ مَا بَرِحَ حَيًّا مُعَلَّقاً بِشَجَرَةِ الْبَلُّوطِ. | ١٤ |
15 Ten young men who bore Joab’s armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.
| ثُمَّ أَحَاطَ بِالشَّجَرَةِ عَشَرَةُ غِلْمَانٍ، حَامِلِي سِلاحِ يُوآبَ، وَأَجْهَزُوا عَلَى أَبْشَالُومَ فَمَاتَ. | ١٥ |
16 Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held the people back.
| وَنَفَخَ يُوآبُ بِالْبُوقِ فَارْتَدَّ جَيْشُ دَاوُدَ عَنْ تَعَقُّبِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ لأَنَّ يُوآبَ حَالَ دُونَ ذَلِكَ. | ١٦ |
17 They took Absalom and cast him into a great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones. Then all Israel fled, each to his own tent.
| وَأَنْزَلُوا أَبْشَالُومَ وَطَرَحُوهُ فِي الْغَابَةِ فِي حُفْرَةٍ عَمِيقَةٍ، وَأَهَالُوا عَلَيْهِ رُجْمَةً كَبِيرَةً جِدّاً مِنَ الْحِجَارَةِ. وَهَرَبَ كُلُّ جُنْدِيٍّ مِنْ جَيْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ. | ١٧ |
18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar which is in the king’s valley, for he said, “I have no son to keep my name in memory.” He called the pillar after his own name. It is called Absalom’s monument, to this day.
| وَكَانَ أَبْشَالُومُ قَدْ أَقَامَ لِنَفْسِهِ فِي أَثْنَاءِ حَيَاتِهِ نَصَباً تَذْكَارِيًّا فِي وَادِي الْمَلِكِ، لأَنَّهُ قَالَ: «لَيْسَ لِيَ ابْنٌ يَحْمِلُ اسْمِي مِنْ بَعْدِي». وَمَازَالَ هَذَا النَّصَبُ مَعْرُوفاً بِنَصَبِ أَبْشَالُومَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. | ١٨ |
19 Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, “Let me now run and carry the king news, how the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”
| وَقَالَ أَخِيمَعَصُ بْنُ صَادُوقَ لِيُوآبَ: «دَعْنِي أُهْرَعُ لأُبَشِّرَ الْمَلِكَ أَنَّ اللهَ قَدِ انْتَقَمَ لَهُ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِ». | ١٩ |
20 Joab said to him, “You must not be the bearer of news today, but you must carry news another day. But today you must carry no news, because the king’s son is dead.”
| فَأَجَابَهُ يُوآبُ: «لا، لَسْتَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَحْمِلُ بِشَارَةً فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، دَعْهَا لِفُرْصَةٍ أُخْرَى إذْ لَا بِشَارَةَ فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ لأَنَّ الْمَيْتَ هُوَ ابْنُ الْمَلِكِ». | ٢٠ |
21 Then Joab said to the Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen!” The Cushite bowed himself to Joab, and ran.
| وَقَالَ يُوآبُ لِرَجُلٍ كُوشِيٍّ: «اذْهَبْ وَأَبْلِغِ الْمَلِكَ بِمَا شَاهَدْتَ». فَسَجَدَ الكُوشِيُّ لِيُوآبَ وَمَضَى مُسْرِعاً. | ٢١ |
22 Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said yet again to Joab, “But come what may, please let me also run after the Cushite.” Joab said, “Why do you want to run, my son, since you will have no reward for the news?”
| وَأَلَحَّ أَخِيمَعَصُ بْنُ صَادُوقَ عَلَى يُوآبَ قَائِلاً: «مَهْمَا حَدَثَ، دَعْنِي أَجْرِي وَرَاءَ الْكُوشِيِّ أَيْضاً». فَقَال يُوآبُ: «لِمَاذَا تَجْرِي أَنْتَ يَا ابْني، وَلَسْتَ تَحْمِلُ بِشَارَةً تُكَافَأُ عَلَيْهَا؟» | ٢٢ |
23 “But come what may,” he said, “I will run.” He said to him, “Run!” Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ: «مَهْمَا كَانَ الأَمْرُ دَعْنِي أَجْرِي». فَأَذِنَ لَهُ، فَجَرَى أَخِيمَعَصُ فِي طَرِيقِ الْغَوْرِ وَسَبَقَ الْكُوشِيَّ. | ٢٣ |
24 Now David was sitting between the two gates; and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate to the wall, and lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, a man running alone.
| وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ دَاوُدُ جَالِساً فِي السَّاحَةِ الْفَاصِلَةِ بَيْنَ الْبَوَّابَةِ الْخَارِجِيَّةِ وَالْبَوَّابَةِ الدَّاخِلِيَّةِ طَلَعَ الرَّقِيبُ إِلَى السُّورِ فَوْقَ سَطْحِ الْبَابِ، وَتَلَفَّتَ حَوْلَهُ وَإذَا بِهِ يَرَى رَجُلاً يَرْكُضُ وَحْدَهُ، | ٢٤ |
25 The watchman shouted and told the king. The king said, “If he is alone, there is news in his mouth.” He came closer and closer.
| فَأَبْلَغَ الرَّقِيبُ الْمَلِكَ، فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «إِنْ كَانَ وَحْدَهُ فَهُوَ حَامِلُ بُشْرَى». وَفِي أَثْنَاءِ اقْتِرَابِ الرَّسُولِ | ٢٥ |
26 The watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called to the gatekeeper and said, “Behold, a man running alone!” The king said, “He also brings news.”
| رَأَى الرَّقِيبُ رَجُلاً آخَرَ يَرْكُضُ، فَقَالَ لِلْبَوَّابِ: «هُوَذَا رَجُلٌ آخَرُ يَجْرِي وَحْدَهُ». فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «وَهَذَا أَيْضاً مُبَشِّرٌ». | ٢٦ |
27 The watchman said, “I think the running of the first one is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.” The king said, “He is a good man, and comes with good news.”
| وَعَادَ الرَّقِيبُ يَقُولُ: «إِنِّي أَرَى عَدْوَ الأَوَّلِ كَعَدْوِ أَخِيمَعَصَ بْنِ صَادُوقَ». فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «هَذَا رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ يَحْمِلُ بُشْرَى سَارَّةً». | ٢٧ |
28 Ahimaaz called, and said to the king, “All is well.” He bowed himself before the king with his face to the earth, and said, “Blessed is the LORD your God, who has delivered up the men who lifted up their hand against my lord the king!”
| وَعِنْدَمَا وَصَلَ أَخِيمَعَصُ هَتَفَ: «سَلامٌ لِلْمَلِكِ» وَسَجَدَ أَمَامَهُ إِلَى الأَرْضِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: «تَبَارَكَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ الَّذِي أَظْفَرَكَ بِالْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ تَمَرَّدُوا عَلَى سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكِ». | ٢٨ |
29 The king said, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” Ahimaaz answered, “When Joab sent the king’s servant, even me your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I don’t know what it was.”
| فَسَأَلَ الْمَلِكُ: «أَسَالِمٌ الْفَتَى أَبْشَالُومُ؟» فَأَجَابَ أَخِيمَعَصُ: «حِينَ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكَ عَبْدُكَ يُوآبُ رَأَيْتُ هُنَاكَ جَلَبَةً لَمْ أُدْرِكْ دَوَاعِيهَا». | ٢٩ |
30 The king said, “Come and stand here.” He came and stood still.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمَلِكُ: «تَنَحَّ جَانِباً وَانْتَظِرْ هُنَا». فَتَنَحَّى وَوَقَفَ يَنْتَظِرُ. | ٣٠ |
31 Behold, the Cushite came. The Cushite said, “Good news for my lord the king, for the LORD has avenged you today of all those who rose up against you.”
| وَإذَا بِالْكُوشِيِّ مُقْبِلٌ قَائِلاً: «بُشْرَى لِسَيِّدِي الْمَلِكِ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدِ انْتَقَمَ لَكَ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الثَّائِرِينَ عَلَيْكَ». | ٣١ |
32 The king said to the Cushite, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” The Cushite answered, “May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise up against you to do you harm, be as that young man is.”
| فَسَأَلَ الْمَلِكُ الْكُوشِيَّ: «أَسَاِلمٌ الْفَتى أَبْشَالُومُ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «لِيَكُنْ أَعْدَاءُ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكِ وَجَمِيعُ مَنْ ثَارَ عَلَيْكَ عُدْوَاناً كَالْفَتَى أَبْشَالُومَ». | ٣٢ |
33 The king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate and wept. As he went, he said, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”
| فَارْتَعَشَ الْمَلِكُ وَصَعِدَ إِلَى عِلِّيَّةِ الْبَوَّابَةِ بَاكِياً يَذْرَعُ أَرْضَ الْحُجْرَةِ قَائِلاً: «يَا ابْنِي، يَا ابْنِي أَبْشَالُومُ. يَا لَيْتَنِي مُتُّ عِوَضاً عَنْكَ يَا أَبْشَالُومُ يَا ابْنِي. آهِ يَا ابْنِي». | ٣٣ |
