صَمُوئِيلَ ٱلْأَوَّلُ 30

١ 1 وَلَمَّا جَاءَ دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ إِلَى صِقْلَغَ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثِ، كَانَ ٱلْعَمَالِقَةُ قَدْ غَزَوْا ٱلْجَنُوبَ وَصِقْلَغَ، وَضَرَبُوا صِقْلَغَ وَأَحْرَقُوهَا بِٱلنَّارِ،

And it cometh to pass, in the coming in of David and his men to Ziklag, on the third day, that the Amalekites have pushed unto the south, and unto Ziklag, and smite Ziklag, and burn it with fire,

٢ 2 وَسَبَوْا ٱلنِّسَاءَ ٱللَّوَاتِي فِيهَا. لَمْ يَقْتُلُوا أَحَدًا لَا صَغِيرًا وَلَا كَبِيرًا، بَلْ سَاقُوهُمْ وَمَضَوْا فِي طَرِيقِهِمْ.

and they take captive the women who [are] in it; from small unto great they have not put any one to death, and they lead away, and go on their way.

٣ 3 فَدَخَلَ دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ وَإِذَا هِيَ مُحْرَقَةٌ بِٱلنَّارِ، وَنِسَاؤُهُمْ وَبَنُوهُمْ وَبَنَاتُهُمْ قَدْ سُبُوا.

And David cometh in — and his men — unto the city, and lo, burnt with fire, and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters have been taken captive!

٤ 4 فَرَفَعَ دَاوُدُ وَٱلشَّعْبُ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ أَصْوَاتَهُمْ وَبَكَوْا حَتَّى لَمْ تَبْقَ لَهُمْ قُوَّةٌ لِلْبُكَاءِ.

And David lifteth up — and the people who [are] with him — their voice and weep, till that they have no power to weep.

٥ 5 وَسُبِيَتِ ٱمْرَأَتَا دَاوُدَ: أَخِينُوعَمُ ٱلْيَزْرَعِيلِيَّةُ وَأَبِيجَايِلُ ٱمْرَأَةُ نَابَالَ ٱلْكَرْمَلِيِّ.

And the two wives of David have been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelite;

٦ 6 فَتَضَايَقَ دَاوُدُ جِدًّا لِأَنَّ ٱلشَّعْبَ قَالُوا بِرَجْمِهِ، لِأَنَّ أَنْفُسَ جَمِيعِ ٱلشَّعْبِ كَانَتْ مُرَّةً كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عَلَى بَنِيهِ وَبَنَاتِهِ. وَأَمَّا دَاوُدُ فَتَشَدَّدَ بِٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ.

and David hath great distress, for the people have said to stone him, for the soul of all the people hath been bitter, each for his sons and for his daughters; and David doth strengthen himself in Jehovah his God.

٧ 7 ثُمَّ قَالَ دَاوُدُ لِأَبِيَاثَارَ ٱلْكَاهِنِ ٱبْنِ أَخِيمَالِكَ: «قَدِّمْ إِلَيَّ ٱلْأَفُودَ». فَقَدَّمَ أَبِيَاثَارُ ٱلْأَفُودَ إِلَى دَاوُدَ.

And David saith unto Abiathar the priest, son of Ahimelech, 'Bring nigh, I pray thee, to me the ephod;' and Abiathar bringeth nigh the ephod unto David,

٨ 8 فَسَأَلَ دَاوُدُ مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلًا: «إِذَا لَحِقْتُ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْغُزَاةَ فَهَلْ أُدْرِكُهُمْ؟» فَقَالَ لَهُ: «ٱلْحَقْهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ تُدْرِكُ وَتُنْقِذُ».

and David asketh at Jehovah, saying, 'I pursue after this troop — do I overtake it?' And He saith to him, 'Pursue, for thou dost certainly overtake, and dost certainly deliver.'

٩ 9 فَذَهَبَ دَاوُدُ هُوَ وَٱلسِّتُّ مِئَةِ ٱلرَّجُلِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ وَجَاءُوا إِلَى وَادِي ٱلْبَسُورِ، وَٱلْمُتَخَلِّفُونَ وَقَفُوا.

And David goeth on, he and six hundred men who [are] with him, and they come in unto the brook of Besor, and those left have stood still,

١٠ 10 وَأَمَّا دَاوُدُ فَلَحِقَ هُوَ وَأَرْبَعُ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ، وَوَقَفَ مِئَتَا رَجُلٍ لِأَنَّهُمْ أَعْيَوْا عَنْ أَنْ يَعْبُرُوا وَادِيَ ٱلْبَسُورِ.

and David pursueth, he and four hundred men, (and two hundred men stand still who have been too faint to pass over the brook of Besor),

١١ 11 فَصَادَفُوا رَجُلًا مِصْرِيًّا فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ فَأَخَذُوهُ إِلَى دَاوُدَ، وَأَعْطَوْهُ خُبْزًا فَأَكَلَ وَسَقَوْهُ مَاءً،

and they find a man, an Egyptian, in the field, and take him unto David, and give to him bread, and he eateth, and they cause him to drink water,

١٢ 12 وَأَعْطَوْهُ قُرْصًا مِنَ ٱلتِّينِ وَعُنْقُودَيْنِ مِنَ ٱلزَّبِيبِ، فَأَكَلَ وَرَجَعَتْ رُوحُهُ إِلَيْهِ، لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَأْكُلْ خُبْزًا وَلَا شَرِبَ مَاءً فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ وَثَلَاثِ لَيَالٍ.

and give to him a piece of a bunch of dried figs, and two bunches of raisins, and he eateth, and his spirit returneth unto him, for he hath not eaten bread nor drunk water three days and three nights.

١٣ 13 فَقَالَ لَهُ دَاوُدُ: «لِمَنْ أَنْتَ؟ وَمِنْ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ؟» فَقَالَ: «أَنَا غُلَامٌ مِصْرِيٌّ عَبْدٌ لِرَجُلٍ عَمَالِيقِيٍّ، وَقَدْ تَرَكَنِي سَيِّدِي لِأَنِّي مَرِضْتُ مُنْذُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ.

And David saith to him, 'Whose [art] thou? and whence [art] thou?' And he saith, 'An Egyptian youth I [am], servant to a man, an Amalekite, and my lord forsaketh me, for I have been sick three days,

١٤ 14 فَإِنَّنَا قَدْ غَزَوْنَا عَلَى جَنُوبِيِّ ٱلْكَرِيتِيِّينَ، وَعَلَى مَا لِيَهُوذَا وَعَلَى جَنُوبِيِّ كَالِبَ وَأَحْرَقْنَا صِقْلَغَ بِٱلنَّارِ».

we pushed [to] the south of the Cherethite, and against that which [is] to Judah, and against the south of Caleb, and Ziklag we burned with fire.'

١٥ 15 فَقَالَ لَهُ دَاوُدُ: «هَلْ تَنْزِلُ بِي إِلَى هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْغُزَاةِ؟» فَقَالَ: «ٱحْلِفْ لِي بِٱللهِ أَنَّكَ لَا تَقْتُلُنِي وَلَا تُسَلِّمُنِي لِيَدِ سَيِّدِي، فَأَنْزِلَ بِكَ إِلَى هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْغُزَاةِ».

And David saith unto him, 'Dost thou bring me down unto this troop?' and he saith, 'Swear to me by God — thou dost not put me to death, nor dost thou shut me up into the hand of my lord — and I bring thee down unto this troop.'

١٦ 16 فَنَزَلَ بِهِ وَإِذَا بِهِمْ مُنْتَشِرُونَ عَلَى وَجْهِ كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ، يَأْكُلُونَ وَيَشْرَبُونَ وَيَرْقُصُونَ بِسَبَبِ جَمِيعِ ٱلْغَنِيمَةِ ٱلْعَظِيمَةِ ٱلَّتِي أَخَذُوا مِنْ أَرْضِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَمِنْ أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا.

And he bringeth him down, and lo, they are spread out over the face of all the earth, eating, and drinking, and feasting, with all the great spoil which they have taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

١٧ 17 فَضَرَبَهُمْ دَاوُدُ مِنَ ٱلْعَتَمَةِ إِلَى مَسَاءِ غَدِهِمْ، وَلَمْ يَنْجُ مِنْهُمْ رَجُلٌ إِلَّا أَرْبَعَ مِئَةِ غُلَامٍ ٱلَّذِينَ رَكِبُوا جِمَالًا وَهَرَبُوا.

And David smiteth them from the twilight even unto the evening of the morrow, and there hath not escaped of them a man, except four hundred young men who have ridden on the camels, and are fled.

١٨ 18 وَٱسْتَخْلَصَ دَاوُدُ كُلَّ مَا أَخَذَهُ عَمَالِيقُ، وَأَنْقَذَ دَاوُدُ ٱمْرَأَتَيْهِ.

And David delivereth all that the Amalekites have taken; also his two wives hath David delivered.

١٩ 19 وَلَمْ يُفْقَدْ لَهُمْ شَيْءٌ لَا صَغِيرٌ وَلَا كَبِيرٌ، وَلَا بَنُونَ وَلَا بَنَاتٌ وَلَا غَنِيمَةٌ، وَلَا شَيْءٌ مِنْ جَمِيعِ مَا أَخَذُوا لَهُمْ، بَلْ رَدَّ دَاوُدُ ٱلْجَمِيعَ.

And there hath not lacked to them [anything], from small unto great, and unto sons and daughters, and from the spoil, even unto all that they had taken to themselves, the whole hath David brought back,

٢٠ 20 وَأَخَذَ دَاوُدُ ٱلْغَنَمَ وَٱلْبَقَرَ. سَاقُوهَا أَمَامَ تِلْكَ ٱلْمَاشِيَةِ وَقَالُوا: «هَذِهِ غَنِيمَةُ دَاوُدَ».

and David taketh the whole of the flock, and of the herd, they have led on before these cattle, and they say, 'This [is] David's spoil.'

٢١ 21 وَجَاءَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى مِئَتَيِ ٱلرَّجُلِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَعْيَوْا عَنِ ٱلذَّهَابِ وَرَاءَ دَاوُدَ، فَأَرْجَعُوهُمْ فِي وَادِي ٱلْبَسُورِ، فَخَرَجُوا لِلِقَاءِ دَاوُدَ وَلِقَاءِ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ. فَتَقَدَّمَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ وَسَأَلَ عَنْ سَلَامَتِهِمْ.

And David cometh in unto the two hundred men who were too faint to go after David, and whom they cause to abide at the brook of Besor, and they go out to meet David, and to meet the people who [are] with him, and David approacheth the people, and asketh of them of welfare.

٢٢ 22 فَأَجَابَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ شِرِّيرٍ وَلَئِيمٍ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ سَارُوا مَعَ دَاوُدَ وَقَالُوا: «لِأَجْلِ أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَذْهَبُوا مَعَنَا لَا نُعْطِيهِمْ مِنَ ٱلْغَنِيمَةِ ٱلَّتِي ٱسْتَخْلَصْنَاهَا، بَلْ لِكُلِّ رَجُلٍ ٱمْرَأَتَهُ وَبَنِيهِ، فَلْيَقْتَادُوهُمْ وَيَنْطَلِقُوا».

And every bad and worthless man, of the men who have gone with David, answereth, yea, they say, 'Because that they have not gone with us we do not give to them of the spoil which we have delivered, except each his wife and his children, and they lead away and go.

٢٣ 23 فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ: «لَا تَفْعَلُوا هَكَذَا يَا إِخْوَتِي، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَدْ أَعْطَانَا وَحَفِظَنَا وَدَفَعَ لِيَدِنَا ٱلْغُزَاةَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَاءُوا عَلَيْنَا.

And David saith, 'Ye do not do so, my brethren, with that which Jehovah hath given to us, and He doth preserve us, and doth give the troop which cometh against us into our hand;

٢٤ 24 وَمَنْ يَسْمَعُ لَكُمْ فِي هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ؟ لِأَنَّهُ كَنَصِيبِ ٱلنَّازِلِ إِلَى ٱلْحَرْبِ نَصِيبُ ٱلَّذِي يُقِيمُ عِنْدَ ٱلْأَمْتِعَةِ، فَإِنَّهُمْ يَقْتَسِمُونَ بِٱلسَّوِيَّةِ».

and who doth hearken to you in this thing? for as the portion of him who was brought down into battle, so also [is] the portion of him who is abiding by the vessels — alike they share.'

٢٥ 25 وَكَانَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ فَصَاعِدًا أَنَّهُ جَعَلَهَا فَرِيضَةً وَقَضَاءً لِإِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ.

And it cometh to pass from that day and forward, that he appointeth it for a statute and for an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

٢٦ 26 وَلَمَّا جَاءَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى صِقْلَغَ أَرْسَلَ مِنَ ٱلْغَنِيمَةِ إِلَى شُيُوخِ يَهُوذَا، إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ قَائِلًا: «هَذِهِ لَكُمْ بَرَكَةٌ مِنْ غَنِيمَةِ أَعْدَاءِ ٱلرَّبِّ».

And David cometh in unto Ziklag, and sendeth of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, (saying, 'Lo, for you a blessing, of the spoil of the enemies of Jehovah),'

٢٧ 27 إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلٍ وَٱلَّذِينَ فِي رَامُوتِ ٱلْجَنُوبِ وَٱلَّذِينَ فِي يَتِّيرَ،

to those in Beth-El, and to those in South Ramoth, and to those in Jattir,

٢٨ 28 وَإِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ فِي عَرُوعِيرَ وَٱلَّذِينَ فِي سِفْمُوثَ وَٱلَّذِينَ فِي أَشْتِمُوعَ،

and to those in Aroer, and to those in Siphmoth, and to those in Eshtemoa,

٢٩ 29 وَإِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ فِي رَاخَالَ وَٱلَّذِينَ فِي مُدُنِ ٱلْيَرْحَمْئِيلِيِّينَ وَٱلَّذِينَ فِي مُدُنِ ٱلْقِينِيِّينَ،

and to those in Rachal, and to those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those in the cities of the Kenites,

٣٠ 30 وَإِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ فِي حُرْمَةَ وَٱلَّذِينَ فِي كُورِ عَاشَانَ وَٱلَّذِينَ فِي عَتَاكَ،

and to those in Hormah, and to those in Chor-Ashan, and to those in Athach,

٣١ 31 وَإِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ فِي حَبْرُونَ، وَإِلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلْأَمَاكِنِ ٱلَّتِي تَرَدَّدَ فِيهَا دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ.

and to those in Hebron, and to all the places where David had gone up and down, he and his men.