صَمُوئِيلَ ٱلْأَوَّلُ 29

١ 1 وَجَمَعَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ جَمِيعَ جُيُوشِهِمْ إِلَى أَفِيقَ. وَكَانَ ٱلْإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ نَازِلِينَ عَلَى ٱلْعَيْنِ ٱلَّتِي فِي يَزْرَعِيلَ.

Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek, and the Israelites encamped by the fountain which is in Jezreel.

٢ 2 وَعَبَرَ أَقْطَابُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ مِئَاتٍ وَأُلُوفًا، وَعَبَرَ دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ فِي ٱلْسَّاقَةِ مَعَ أَخِيشَ.

And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands, and David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish.

٣ 3 فَقَالَ رُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ: «مَا هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْعِبْرَانِيُّونَ؟» فَقَالَ أَخِيشُ لِرُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ: «أَلَيْسَ هَذَا دَاوُدَ عَبْدَ شَاوُلَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ مَعِي هَذِهِ ٱلْأَيَّامَ أَوْ هَذِهِ ٱلسِّنِينَ، وَلَمْ أَجِدْ فِيهِ شَيْئًا مِنْ يَوْمِ نُزُولِهِ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ؟».

Then the rulers of the Philistines said, What are these Hebrews? And Achish said to the rulers of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away to me to this day?

٤ 4 وَسَخِطَ عَلَيْهِ رُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَقَالَ لَهُ رُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ: «أَرْجعِ ٱلرَّجُلَ فَيَرْجِعَ إِلَى مَوْضِعِهِ ٱلَّذِي عَيَّنْتَ لَهُ، وَلَا يَنْزِلَ مَعَنَا إِلَى ٱلْحَرْبِ، وَلَا يَكُونَ لَنَا عَدُوًّا فِي ٱلْحَرْبِ. فَبِمَاذَا يُرْضِي هَذَا سَيِّدَهُ؟ أَلَيْسَ بِرُؤُوسِ أُولَئِكَ ٱلرِّجَالِ؟

But the rulers of the Philistines were angry with him. And the rulers of the Philistines said to him, Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where thou have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For with what does this man reconcile himself to his lord? Would it not be with the heads of these men?

٥ 5 أَلَيْسَ هَذَا هُوَ دَاوُدُ ٱلَّذِي غَنَّيْنَ لَهُ بِٱلرَّقْصِ قَائِلَاتٍ: ضَرَبَ شَاوُلُ أُلُوفَهُ وَدَاوُدُ رِبْوَاتِهِ؟».

Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands?

٦ 6 فَدَعَا أَخِيشُ دَاوُدَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ مُسْتَقِيمٌ، وَخُرُوجُكَ وَدُخُولُكَ مَعِي فِي ٱلْجَيْشِ صَالِحٌ فِي عَيْنَيَّ لِأَنِّي لَمْ أَجِدْ فِيكَ شَرًّا مِنْ يَوْمِ جِئْتَ إِلَيَّ إِلَى ٱلْيَوْمِ. وَأَمَّا فِي أَعْيُنِ ٱلْأَقْطَابِ فَلَسْتَ بِصَالِحٍ.

Then Achish called David, and said to him, As Jehovah lives, thou have been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the army is good in my sight, for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming to me to this day. Nevertheless the lords do not favor thee.

٧ 7 فَٱلْآنَ ٱرْجِعْ وَٱذْهَبْ بِسَلَامٍ، وَلَا تَفْعَلْ سُوءًا فِي أَعْيُنِ أَقْطَابِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ».

Therefore now return, and go in peace, that thou not displease the lords of the Philistines.

٨ 8 فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِأَخِيشَ: «فَمَاذَا عَمِلْتُ؟ وَمَاذَا وَجَدْتَ فِي عَبْدِكَ مِنْ يَوْمِ صِرْتُ أَمَامَكَ إِلَى ٱلْيَوْمِ حَتَّى لَا آتِيَ وَأُحَارِبَ أَعْدَاءَ سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكِ؟»

And David said to Achish, But what have I done? And what have thou found in thy servant so long as I have been before thee to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

٩ 9 فَأَجَابَ أَخِيشُ وَقَالَ لِدَاوُدَ: «عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ صَالِحٌ فِي عَيْنَيَّ كَمَلَاكِ ٱللهِ. إِلَّا إِنَّ رُؤَسَاءَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ قَالُوا: لَا يَصْعَدْ مَعَنَا إِلَى ٱلْحَرْبِ.

And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou are good in my sight, as an agent of God, notwithstanding the rulers of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

١٠ 10 وَٱلْآنَ فَبَكِّرْ صَبَاحًا مَعَ عَبِيدِ سَيِّدِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَاءُوا مَعَكَ. وَإِذَا بَكَّرْتُمْ صَبَاحًا وَأَضَاءَ لَكُمْ فَٱذْهَبُوا».

Therefore now rise up early in the morning with the servants of thy lord who have come with thee, and as soon as ye are up early in the morning, and have light, depart.

١١ 11 فَبَكَّرَ دَاوُدُ هُوَ وَرِجَالُهُ لِكَيْ يَذْهَبُوا صَبَاحًا وَيَرْجِعُوا إِلَى أَرْضِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ. وَأَمَّا ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ فَصَعِدُوا إِلَى يَزْرَعِيلَ.

So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.