2 Samuel 20
1 There happened to be there a wicked fellow, whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the trumpet, and said, “We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, Israel!”
| وَحَدَثَ أَنْ كَانَ هُنَاكَ رَجُلٌ لَئِيمٌ يُدْعَى شَبَعَ بْنَ بِكْرِي مِنْ سِبْطِ بِنْيَامِينَ، فَنَفَخَ هَذَا بِالْبُوقِ وَقَالَ: «لَيْسَ لَنَا نَصِيبٌ فِي دَاوُدَ وَلا قِسْمٌ فِي ابْنِ يَسَّى، فَلْيَرْجِعْ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ إِلَى خَيْمَتِهِ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ». | ١ |
2 So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah joined with their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.
| فَتَخَلَّى كُلُّ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ وَتَبِعُوا شَبَعَ بْنَ بِكْرِي، وَأَمَّا رِجَالُ يَهُوذَا فَلازَمُوا مَلِكَهُمْ وَوَاكَبُوهُ مِنَ الأُرْدُنِّ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٢ |
3 David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in custody and provided them with sustenance, but didn’t go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.
| وَعِنْدَمَا اسْتَقَرَّ الْمَلِكُ فِي مَقَرِّهِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ حَجَزَ الْمَحْظِيَّاتِ الْعَشْرَ اللَّوَاتِي تَرَكَهُنَّ لِحِفْظِ الْقَصْرِ وَكَانَ يَعُولُهُنَّ، وَلَكِنَّهُ امْتَنَعَ عَنْ مُعَاشَرَتِهِنَّ، وَبَقِينَ كَالأَرَامِلِ مَحْجُوزَاتٍ حَتَّى يَوْمِ وَفَاتِهِنَّ. | ٣ |
4 Then the king said to Amasa, “Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be here present.”
| وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ لِعَمَاسَا: «احْشِدْ لِي رِجَالَ يَهُوذَا فِي ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ وَاحْضُرْ أَنْتَ إِلَى هُنَا». | ٤ |
5 So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together, but he stayed longer than the set time which had been appointed to him.
| فَانْطَلَقَ عَمَاسَا لِيُجَنِّدَ رِجَالَ يَهُوذَا، وَلَكِنَّهُ تَأَخَّرَ عَنِ الْمَوْعِدِ الَّذِي حَدَّدَهُ لَهُ الْمَلِكُ. | ٥ |
6 David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your lord’s servants and pursue after him, lest he get himself fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.”
| فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لأَبِيشَايَ: «قَدْ يُسَبِّبُ شَبَعُ الآنَ لَنَا أَذىً أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا سَبَّبَهُ أَبْشَالُومُ، أَسْرِعْ خُذْ حَرَسِي الْخَاصَّ وَتَعَقَّبْهُ لِئَلّا يَلْجَأَ إِلَى مُدُنٍ حَصِينَةٍ وَيُفْلِتَ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَيْدِينَا». | ٦ |
7 Joab’s men went out after him with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
| فَمَضَى أَبِيشَايُ عَلَى رَأْسِ رِجَالِ يُوآبَ وَالْجَلادِينَ وَالسُّعَاةِ وَالْمُحَارِبِينَ الأَشِدَّاءِ، وَانْدَفَعُوا مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ لِيَتَعَقَّبُوا شَبَعَ بْنَ بِكْرِي. | ٧ |
8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was clothed in his apparel of war that he had put on, and on it was a sash with a sword fastened on his waist in its sheath; and as he went along it fell out.
| وَعِنْدَمَا وَصَلُوا عِنْدَ الصَّخْرَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ فِي جِبْعُونَ، أَقْبَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ عَمَاسَا. وَكَانَ يُوآبُ مُرْتَدِياً ثَوْبَهُ الْعَسْكَرِيَّ مُتَنَطِّقاً عَلَى حَقَوَيْهِ بِحِزَامٍ مُعَلَّقٍ بِهِ سَيْفٌ فِي غِمْدِهِ، فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ لِلِقَائِهِ انْدَلَقَ السَّيْفُ مِنَ الْغِمْدِ. | ٨ |
9 Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
| فَقَالَ يُوآبُ لِعَمَاسَا: «أَتَتَمَتَّعُ بِالْعَافِيَةِ يَا أَخِي؟» وَقَبَضَتْ يَدُ يُوآبَ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى لِحْيَةِ عَمَاسَا وَكَأَنَّهُ يَهُمُّ بِتَقْبِيلِهِ. | ٩ |
10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand. So he struck him with it in the body and shed out his bowels to the ground, and didn’t strike him again; and he died. Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
| وَلَمْ يَحْتَرِزْ عَمَاسَا مِنَ السَّيْفِ الَّذِي كَانَ بِيَدِ يُوآبَ، فَطَعَنَهُ بِهِ، فَانْدَلَقَتْ أَمْعَاؤُهُ إِلَى الأَرْضِ وَلَمْ يَثْنِ عَلَيْهِ لأَنَّهُ مَاتَ عَلَى الْفَوْرِ، وَتَابَعَ يُوآبُ وَأَبِيشَايُ تَعَقُّبَهُمَا لِشَبَعَ بْنِ بِكْرِي. | ١٠ |
11 One of Joab’s young men stood by him, and said, “He who favors Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab!”
| فَوَقَفَ أَحَدُ غِلْمَانِ يُوآبَ عِنْدَ جُثَّةِ عَمَاسَا صَائِحاً: «مَنْ هُوَ مُعْجَبٌ بِيُوآبَ وَوَلاؤُهُ لِدَاوُدَ فَلْيَتْبَعْ يُوآبَ». | ١١ |
12 Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the highway. When the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a garment over him when he saw that everyone who came by him stood still.
| وَكَانَ عَمَاسَا رَاقِداً فِي وَسَطِ الطَّرِيقِ غَارِقاً فِي دِمَائِهِ، وَلَمَّا رَأَى الرَّجُلُ أَنَّ كُلَّ الْجُنُودِ الْمَارِّينَ يَتَوَقَّفُونَ عِنْدَهُ، نَقَلَ جُثَّةَ عَمَاسَا مِنَ الطَّرِيقِ إِلَى الْحَقْلِ وَغَطَّاهَا بِثَوْبٍ. | ١٢ |
13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
| وَمَا لَبِثَ، بَعْدَ نَقْلِ الْجُثَّةِ مِنَ الطَّرِيقِ، أَنْ لَحِقَ كُلُّ جُنْدِيٍّ بِيُوآبَ لِمُطَارَدَةِ شَبَعَ بْنِ بِكْرِي. | ١٣ |
14 He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites. They were gathered together, and went also after him.
| وَدَارَ شَبَعُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ حَتَّى آبَلَ وَبيْتِ مَعْكَةَ وَسَائِرِ مِنْطَقَةِ الْبِيرِيِّينَ فَالْتَفُّوا حَوْلَهُ وَانْضَمُّوا إِلَيْهِ. | ١٤ |
15 They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people who were with Joab battered the wall to throw it down.
| وَجَاءَتْ قُوَّاتُ يُوآبَ وَحَاصَرَتْهُ فِي آبَلِ بَيْتِ مَعْكَةَ، وَأَقَامُوا مِتْرَاساً مُرْتَفِعاً إزَاءَ الْمَدِينَةِ فِي مُوَاجَهَةِ اسْتِحْكَامَاتِ السُّورِ وَشَرَعُوا فِي هَدْمِهِ. | ١٥ |
16 Then a wise woman cried out of the city, “Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, ‘Come near here, that I may speak with you.’”
| فَنَادَتِ امْرَأَةٌ حَكِيمَةٌ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ: «اسْمَعُوا، اسْمَعُوا! قُولُوا لِيُوآبَ، ادْنُ مِنْ هُنَا لأُكَلِّمَكَ». | ١٦ |
17 He came near to her; and the woman said, “Are you Joab?” He answered, “I am.” Then she said to him, “Hear the words of your servant.” He answered, “I’m listening.”
| فَتَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهَا، فَقَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ: «أَأَنْتَ يُوآبُ؟» فَأَجَابَ: «أَنَا هُوَ». فَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «أَصْغِ إِلَى كَلامِ أَمَتِكَ». فَقَالَ: «أَنَا سَامِعٌ» | ١٧ |
18 Then she spoke, saying, “They used to say in old times, ‘They shall surely ask counsel at Abel,’ and so they settled a matter.
| فَتَكَلَّمَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ: «كَانُوا قَدِيماً يَقُولُونَ: إِنْ أَرَدْتَ الْحُصُولَ عَلَى جَوَابٍ (حَكِيمٍ) فَإِنَّكَ تَجِدُهُ فِي آبَلَ، وَكَانَ هَذَا يَحْسِمُ كُلَّ جِدَالٍ. | ١٨ |
19 I am among those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
| أَنَا وَاحِدَةٌ مِنْ بَيْنِ بَقِيَّةِ الْمُسَالِمِينَ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَنْتَ تَبْغِي تَدْمِيرَ مَدِينَةٍ هِيَ أُمٌّ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَلِمَاذَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَبْتَلِعَ مِيرَاثَ الرَّبِّ؟» | ١٩ |
20 Joab answered, “Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
| فَأَجَابَ يُوآبُ: «مَعَاذَ اللهِ، مَعاذَ اللهِ أَنْ أَبْتَلِعَ أَوْ أَنْ أُدَمِّرَ. | ٢٠ |
21 The matter is not so. But a man of the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David. Just deliver him, and I will depart from the city.” The woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
| إِنَّ الأَمْرَ لَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ، إِنَّمَا هُنَاكَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ يُدْعَى شَبَعَ بْنَ بِكْرِي تَطَاوَلَ عَلَى الْمَلِكِ دَاوُدَ. سَلِّمُوهُ وَحْدَهُ فَأَنْصَرِفَ عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ». فَقَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ لِيُوآبَ: «عَمَّا قَلِيلٍ يُطْرَحُ إِلَيْكَ رَأْسُهُ مِنْ عَلَى السُّورِ». | ٢١ |
22 Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Then Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
| وَتَدَاوَلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ مَعَ الشَّعْبِ كُلِّهِ فَأَقْنَعَتْهُمْ بِسَدَادِ رَأْيِهَا، فَقَطَعُوا رَأْسَ شَبَعَ بْنِ بِكْرِي وَأَلْقَوْهُ إِلَى يُوآبَ، فَنَفَخَ بِالبُوقِ، فَفَكُّوا الْحِصَارَ عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَعَادَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، وَأَمَّا يُوآبُ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٢٢ |
23 Now Joab was over all the army of Israel, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites,
| وَكَانَ يُوآبُ الْقَائِدَ الْعَامَّ عَلَى جَمِيعِ جَيْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَبَنَايَاهُو بْنُ يَهُويَادَاعَ قَائِدَ حَرَسِ الْمَلِكِ، | ٢٣ |
24 Adoram was over the men subject to forced labor, Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder,
| وَأَدُورَامُ مَسْؤولاً عَنْ فِرَقِ الأَشْغَالِ الشَّاقَّةِ، وَيَهُوشَافَاطُ بنُ أَخِيلُودَ الْمُسَجِّلَ التَّارِيخِيَّ، | ٢٤ |
25 Sheva was scribe, Zadok and Abiathar were priests,
| وَشِيوَا كَاتِبَ الْمَلِكِ، وَصَادُوقُ وَأَبِيَاثَارُ كَاهِنَيْنِ. | ٢٥ |
26 and Ira the Jairite was chief minister to David.
| أَمَّا عِيرَا الْيَائِيرِيُّ فَكَانَ كَاهِنَ دَاوُدَ الْخَاصَّ. | ٢٦ |
