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كَانَ شَاوُلُ ٱبْنَ سَنَةٍ فِي مُلْكِهِ، وَمَلَكَ سَنَتَيْنِ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ. ١ 1
Saul was thirty when he became king, and he reigned over Israel for forty-two years.
وَٱخْتَارَ شَاوُلُ لِنَفْسِهِ ثَلَاثَةَ آلَافٍ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَكَانَ أَلْفَانِ مَعَ شَاوُلَ فِي مِخْمَاسَ وَفِي جَبَلِ بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَأَلْفٌ كَانَ مَعَ يُونَاثَانَ فِي جِبْعَةِ بَنْيَامِينَ. وَأَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ ٱلشَّعْبِ فَأَرْسَلَهُمْ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى خَيْمَتِهِ. ٢ 2
Saul had chosen three thousand men of Israel. Two thousand of them were with Saul in Michmash and the hill country of Bethel, and another thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. He sent the rest of the army home.
وَضَرَبَ يُونَاثَانُ نُصْبَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ ٱلَّذِي فِي جِبْعَ، فَسَمِعَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ. وَضَرَبَ شَاوُلُ بِٱلْبُوقِ فِي جَمِيعِ ٱلْأَرْضِ قَائِلًا: «لِيَسْمَعِ ٱلْعِبْرَانِيُّونَ». ٣ 3
Jonathan attacked the Philistine garrison at Geba. The Philistines soon heard about it, so Saul had the trumpet call to arms sounded throughout the land, saying, “Hebrews, pay attention!”
فَسَمِعَ جَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَوْلًا: «قَدْ ضَرَبَ شَاوُلُ نُصْبَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَأَيْضًا قَدْ أَنْتَنَ إِسْرَائِيلُ لَدَى ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ». فَٱجْتَمَعَ ٱلشَّعْبُ وَرَاءَ شَاوُلَ إِلَى ٱلْجِلْجَالِ. ٤ 4
All of Israel heard the news, “Saul has attacked the Philistine garrison, and now Israel is like a bad smell to the Philistines!” So the whole army was called up to join Saul at Gilgal.
وَتَجَمَّعَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، ثَلَاثُونَ أَلْفَ مَرْكَبَةٍ، وَسِتَّةُ آلَافِ فَارِسٍ، وَشَعْبٌ كَٱلرَّمْلِ ٱلَّذِي عَلَى شَاطِئِ ٱلْبَحْرِ فِي ٱلْكَثْرَةِ. وَصَعِدُوا وَنَزَلُوا فِي مِخْمَاسَ شَرْقِيَّ بَيْتِ آوِنَ. ٥ 5
The Philistines gathered to fight against Israel. They had three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and soldiers as numerous as sand on the seashore. They advanced and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
وَلَمَّا رَأَى رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُمْ فِي ضَنْكٍ، لِأَنَّ ٱلشَّعْبَ تَضَايَقَ، ٱخْتَبَأَ ٱلشَّعْبُ فِي ٱلْمَغَايِرِ وَٱلْغِيَاضِ وَٱلصُّخُورِ وَٱلصُّرُوحِ وَٱلْآبَارِ. ٦ 6
When the Israelite men realized the tough situation they were in, and that the army was taking a beating, they hid themselves in caves, holes, rocks, pits, and cisterns.
وَبَعْضُ ٱلْعِبْرَانِيِّينَ عَبَرُوا ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ إِلَى أَرْضِ جَادَ وَجِلْعَادَ. وَكَانَ شَاوُلُ بَعْدُ فِي ٱلْجِلْجَالِ وَكُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱرْتَعَدَ وَرَاءَهُ. ٧ 7
Some of the Hebrews even crossed the Jordan into the territory of Gad and Gilead, but Saul stayed at Gilgal, and all the men with him were trembling with fear.
فَمَكَثَ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ حَسَبَ مِيعَادِ صَمُوئِيلَ، وَلَمْ يَأْتِ صَمُوئِيلُ إِلَى ٱلْجِلْجَالِ، وَٱلشَّعْبُ تَفَرَّقَ عَنْهُ. ٨ 8
Saul waited there seven days for the time that Samuel had said, but Samuel did not arrive at Gilgal, and the army started to desert him.
فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ: «قَدِّمُوا إِلَيَّ ٱلْمُحْرَقَةَ وَذَبَائِحَ ٱلسَّلَامَةِ». فَأَصْعَدَ ٱلْمُحْرَقَةَ. ٩ 9
So Saul ordered, “Bring the burnt offering and the friendship offerings to me,” and he presented the burnt offering.
وَكَانَ لَمَّا ٱنْتَهَى مِنْ إِصْعَادِ ٱلْمُحْرَقَةِ إِذَا صَمُوئِيلُ مُقْبِلٌ، فَخَرَجَ شَاوُلُ لِلِقَائِهِ لِيُبَارِكَهُ. ١٠ 10
Just as he finished presenting the burnt offering, he saw Samuel arrive. Saul went over to meet him and say hello.
فَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ: «مَاذَا فَعَلْتَ؟» فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ: «لِأَنِّي رَأَيْتُ أَنَّ ٱلشَّعْبَ قَدْ تَفَرَّقَ عَنِّي، وَأَنْتَ لَمْ تَأْتِ فِي أَيَّامِ ٱلْمِيعَادِ، وَٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ مُتَجَمِّعُونَ فِي مِخْمَاسَ، ١١ 11
“What have you done?” Samuel asked. Saul replied, “Well I saw my men were deserting me, and you hadn't arrived when you said you would, and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash to attack.
فَقُلْتُ: ٱلْآنَ يَنْزِلُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ إِلَيَّ إِلَى ٱلْجِلْجَالِ وَلَمْ أَتَضَرَّعْ إِلَى وَجْهِ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَتَجَلَّدْتُ وَأَصْعَدْتُ ٱلْمُحْرَقَةَ». ١٢ 12
I said to myself, ‘The Philistines are about to attack me at Gilgal, and I haven't asked the Lord for his help.’ So I felt I had to present the burnt offering myself.”
فَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ لِشَاوُلَ: «قَدِ ٱنْحَمَقْتَ! لَمْ تَحْفَظْ وَصِيَّةَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ ٱلَّتِي أَمَرَكَ بِهَا، لِأَنَّهُ ٱلْآنَ كَانَ ٱلرَّبُّ قَدْ ثَبَّتَ مَمْلَكَتَكَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. ١٣ 13
“You've been really stupid,” Samuel told him. “You haven't kept the commands of the Lord your God. If you had, the Lord would have made your kingdom over Israel secure forever.
وَأَمَّا ٱلْآنَ فَمَمْلَكَتُكَ لَا تَقُومُ. قَدِ ٱنْتَخَبَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ رَجُلًا حَسَبَ قَلْبِهِ، وَأَمَرَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ أَنْ يَتَرَأَّسَ عَلَى شَعْبِهِ. لِأَنَّكَ لَمْ تَحْفَظْ مَا أَمَرَكَ بِهِ ٱلرَّبُّ». ١٤ 14
But now your kingdom won't last. The Lord has found for himself a man who thinks like him, and has chosen him as ruler over his people, because you haven't kept the commands of the Lord.”
وَقَامَ صَمُوئِيلُ وَصَعِدَ مِنَ ٱلْجِلْجَالِ إِلَى جِبْعَةِ بَنْيَامِينَ. وَعَدَّ شَاوُلُ ٱلشَّعْبَ ٱلْمَوْجُودَ مَعَهُ نَحْوَ سِتِّ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ. ١٥ 15
Then Samuel left Gilgal. The rest of the soldiers followed Saul to meet the army, going from Gilgal to Geba in Benjamin. Saul counted the number of soldiers who were with him and there were about six hundred.
وَكَانَ شَاوُلُ وَيُونَاثَانُ ٱبْنُهُ وَٱلشَّعْبُ ٱلْمَوْجُودُ مَعَهُمَا مُقِيمِينَ فِي جِبْعِ بَنْيَامِينَ، وَٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ نَزَلُوا فِي مِخْمَاسَ. ١٦ 16
Saul, his son Jonathan, and the soldiers with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines were camped at Michmash.
فَخَرَجَ ٱلْمُخَرِّبُونَ مِنْ مَحَلَّةِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ فِي ثَلَاثِ فِرَقٍ. ٱلْفِرْقَةُ ٱلْوَاحِدَةُ تَوَجَّهَتْ فِي طَرِيقِ عَفْرَةَ إِلَى أَرْضِ شُوعَالَ، ١٧ 17
Three groups of raiders left the Philistine camp to go and attack. One group went towards Ophrah in the land of Shual,
وَٱلْفِرْقَةُ ٱلْأُخْرَى تَوَجَّهَتْ فِي طَرِيقِ بَيْتِ حُورُونَ، وَٱلْفِرْقَةُ ٱلْأُخْرَى تَوَجَّهَتْ فِي طَرِيقِ ٱلتُّخْمِ ٱلْمُشْرِفِ عَلَى وَادِي صَبُوعِيمَ نَحْوَ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ. ١٨ 18
one towards Beth-horon, and one towards the border that looks down on the Valley of Zeboim by the wilderness.
وَلَمْ يُوجَدْ صَانِعٌ فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ قَالُوا: «لِئَلَّا يَعْمَلَ ٱلْعِبْرَانِيُّونَ سَيْفًا أَوْ رُمْحًا». ١٩ 19
There wasn't a blacksmith to be found anywhere in Israel, because the Philistines had said, “So that the Hebrews don't make swords and spears.”
بَلْ كَانَ يَنْزِلُ كُلُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ لِكَيْ يُحَدِّدَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ سِكَّتَهُ وَمِنْجَلَهُ وَفَأْسَهُ وَمِعْوَلَهُ ٢٠ 20
All the Israelites had to go to the Philistines to sharpen their iron plowshares, pickaxes, axes, and sickles.
عِنْدَمَا كَلَّتْ حُدُودُ ٱلسِّكَكِ وَٱلْمَنَاجِلِ وَٱلْمُثَلَّثَاتِ ٱلْأَسْنَانِ وَٱلْفُؤُوسِ وَلِتَرْوِيسِ ٱلْمَنَاسِيسِ. ٢١ 21
The fee was two-thirds of a shekel for plowshares and pickaxes, and a third of a shekel for sharpening the axes and cattle prods.
وَكَانَ فِي يَوْمِ ٱلْحَرْبِ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُوجَدْ سَيْفٌ وَلَا رُمْحٌ بِيَدِ جَمِيعِ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي مَعَ شَاوُلَ وَمَعَ يُونَاثَانَ. عَلَى أَنَّهُ وُجِدَ مَعَ شَاوُلَ وَيُونَاثَانَ ٱبْنِهِ. ٢٢ 22
So when it came to the day of battle none of the soldiers with Saul and Jonathan had swords or spears—only Saul and his son Jonathan had such weapons.
وَخَرَجَ حَفَظَةُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ إِلَى مَعْبَرِ مِخْمَاسَ. ٢٣ 23
A Philistine garrison had taken control of the pass at Michmash.

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