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وَكَانَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ أَبْشَالُومَ ٱتَّخَذَ مَرْكَبَةً وَخَيْلًا وَخَمْسِينَ رَجُلًا يَجْرُونَ قُدَّامَهُ. ١ 1
Sometime later, Absalom got himself a chariot with horses, and fifty men as bodyguards to run ahead of him.
وَكَانَ أَبْشَالُومُ يُبَكِّرُ وَيَقِفُ بِجَانِبِ طَرِيقِ ٱلْبَابِ، وَكُلُّ صَاحِبِ دَعْوَى آتٍ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ لِأَجْلِ ٱلْحُكْمِ، كَانَ أَبْشَالُومُ يَدْعُوهُ إِلَيْهِ وَيَقُولُ: «مِنْ أَيَّةِ مَدِينَةٍ أَنْتَ؟». فَيَقُولُ: «مِنْ أَحَدِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَبْدُكَ». ٢ 2
He used to get up early and stand by the main road that led to the city gate. When people brought a case to the king for his decision, Absalom would call out and ask them, “What town are you from?” If they replied, “Your servant is from this particular tribe of Israel,”
فَيَقُولُ أَبْشَالُومُ لَهُ: «ٱنْظُرْ. أُمُورُكَ صَالِحَةٌ وَمُسْتَقِيمَةٌ، وَلَكِنْ لَيْسَ مَنْ يَسْمَعُ لَكَ مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلْمَلِكِ». ٣ 3
Absalom would tell them, “Look, you're in the right and you've got a good case. It's such a shame there's no one from the king to hear you.”
ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَبْشَالُومُ: «مَنْ يَجْعَلُنِي قَاضِيًا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَأْتِيَ إِلَيَّ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ لَهُ خُصُومَةٌ وَدَعْوَى فَأُنْصِفَهُ؟». ٤ 4
Then he would say, “If only there was someone to appoint me as judge for the country. Then everyone could come to me with their case or complaint, and I would give them justice.”
وَكَانَ إِذَا تَقَدَّمَ أَحَدٌ لِيَسْجُدَ لَهُ، يَمُدُّ يَدَهُ وَيُمْسِكُهُ وَيُقَبِّلُهُ. ٥ 5
When anyone came to bow down before him, Absalom would stop them by reaching out his hand, taking hold of him, and kissing him.
وَكَانَ أَبْشَالُومُ يَفْعَلُ مِثْلَ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ لِجَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَأْتُونَ لِأَجْلِ ٱلْحُكْمِ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ، فَٱسْتَرَقَّ أَبْشَالُومُ قُلُوبَ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. ٦ 6
This is how Absalom treated all the Israelites who came to the king for his judgment. So he captured the loyalty of the men of Israel.
وَفِي نِهَايَةِ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً قَالَ أَبْشَالُومُ لِلْمَلِكِ: «دَعْنِي فَأَذْهَبَ وَأُوفِيَ نَذْرِي ٱلَّذِي نَذَرْتُهُ لِلرَّبِّ فِي حَبْرُونَ، ٧ 7
Four years later Absalom asked the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a promise I made to the Lord.
لِأَنَّ عَبْدَكَ نَذَرَ نَذْرًا عِنْدَ سُكْنَايَ فِي جَشُورَ فِي أَرَامَ قَائِلًا: إِنْ أَرْجَعَنِي ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ فَإِنِّي أَعْبُدُ ٱلرَّبَّ». ٨ 8
For I, your servant, made this promise while living at Geshur in Aram, saying: ‘If the Lord does bring me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the Lord in Hebron.’”
فَقَالَ لَهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «ٱذْهَبْ بِسَلَامٍ». فَقَامَ وَذَهَبَ إِلَى حَبْرُونَ. ٩ 9
“Go in peace,” said the king. So Absalom went to Hebron.
وَأَرْسَلَ أَبْشَالُومُ جَوَاسِيسَ فِي جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلًا: «إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ صَوْتَ ٱلْبُوقِ، فَقُولُوا: قَدْ مَلَكَ أَبْشَالُومُ فِي حَبْرُونَ». ١٠ 10
Then Absalom sent his accomplices among all the tribes of Israel, saying, “When you hear the sound of the ram's horn, you shout, ‘Absalom is king at Hebron!’”
وَٱنْطَلَقَ مَعَ أَبْشَالُومَ مِئَتَا رَجُلٍ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ قَدْ دُعُوا وَذَهَبُوا بِبَسَاطَةٍ، وَلَمْ يَكُونُوا يَعْلَمُونَ شَيْئًا. ١١ 11
Two hundred men from Jerusalem went with Absalom. They had been invited and went in all innocence, because they didn't know anything about what was planned.
وَأَرْسَلَ أَبْشَالُومُ إِلَى أَخِيتُوفَلَ ٱلْجِيلُونِيِّ مُشِيرِ دَاوُدَ مِنْ مَدِينَتِهِ جِيلُوهَ إِذْ كَانَ يَذْبَحُ ذَبَائِحَ. وَكَانَتِ ٱلْفِتْنَةُ شَدِيدَةً وَكَانَ ٱلشَّعْبُ لَا يَزَالُ يَتَزَايَدُ مَعَ أَبْشَالُومَ. ١٢ 12
While Absalom was offering sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's advisor, asking him to come from Giloh, the town where he lived. The conspiracy grew stronger, and Absalom's followers went on increasing.
فَأَتَى مُخَبِّرٌ إِلَى دَاوُدَ قَائِلًا: «إِنَّ قُلُوبَ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ صَارَتْ وَرَاءَ أَبْشَالُومَ». ١٣ 13
A messenger came to tell David, “Absalom has the loyalty of the men of Israel.”
فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِجَمِيعِ عَبِيدِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ: «قُومُوا بِنَا نَهْرُبُ، لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَنَا نَجَاةٌ مِنْ وَجْهِ أَبْشَالُومَ. أَسْرِعُوا لِلذَّهَابِ لِئَلَّا يُبَادِرَ وَيُدْرِكَنَا وَيُنْزِلَ بِنَا ٱلشَّرَّ وَيَضْرِبَ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ بِحَدِّ ٱلسَّيْفِ». ١٤ 14
David said to all the officials with him in Jerusalem, “Quick! Let's go! Otherwise we won't be able to get away from Absalom! We must leave immediately, or he will soon catch up with us, attack us, and kill the people here in the city.”
فَقَالَ عَبِيدُ ٱلْمَلِكِ لِلْمَلِكِ: «حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا يَخْتَارُهُ سَيِّدُنَا ٱلْمَلِكُ نَحْنُ عَبِيدُهُ». ١٥ 15
“Whatever Your Majesty decides, we'll do what you want,” the king's servants replied.
فَخَرَجَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَجَمِيعُ بَيْتِهِ وَرَاءَهُ. وَتَرَكَ ٱلْمَلِكُ عَشَرَ نِسَاءٍ سَرَارِيَّ لِحِفْظِ ٱلْبَيْتِ. ١٦ 16
The king set off with his whole household following him, but he left behind ten concubines to look after the palace.
وَخَرَجَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَكُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ فِي أَثَرِهِ وَوَقَفُوا عِنْدَ ٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْأَبْعَدِ. ١٧ 17
The king left with all his soldiers following him. He stopped at the last house,
وَجَمِيعُ عَبِيدِهِ كَانُوا يَعْبُرُونَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مَعَ جَمِيعِ ٱلْجَلَّادِينَ وَٱلسُّعَاةِ وَجَمِيعُ ٱلْجَتِّيِّينَ، سِتُّ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ أَتَوْا وَرَاءَهُ مِنْ جَتَّ، وَكَانُوا يَعْبُرُونَ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ ٱلْمَلِكِ. ١٨ 18
and all his men marched past him, including all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had come with him from Gath.
فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِإِتَّايَ ٱلْجَتِّيِّ: «لِمَاذَا تَذْهَبُ أَنْتَ أَيْضًا مَعَنَا؟ اِرْجِعْ وَأَقِمْ مَعَ ٱلْمَلِكِ لِأَنَّكَ غَرِيبٌ وَمَنْفِيٌّ أَيْضًا مِنْ وَطَنِكَ. ١٩ 19
The king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why are you coming with us too? Go back and stay with the new king, because you are a foreigner and an exile a long way from home.
أَمْسًا جِئْتَ وَٱلْيَوْمَ أُتِيهُكَ بِٱلذَّهَابِ مَعَنَا وَأَنَا أَنْطَلِقُ إِلَى حَيْثُ أَنْطَلِقُ؟ اِرْجِعْ وَرَجِّعْ إِخْوَتَكَ. ٱلرَّحْمَةُ وَٱلْحَقُّ مَعَكَ». ٢٠ 20
You only just got here, so why should I make you wander around with us now when I don't even know where I am going? Go back and take your men with you. May the Lord show you kindness and faithfulness.”
فَأَجَابَ إِتَّايُ ٱلْمَلِكَ وَقَالَ: «حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ وَحَيٌّ سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكُ، إِنَّهُ حَيْثُمَا كَانَ سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكُ، إِنْ كَانَ لِلْمَوْتِ أَوْ لِلْحَيَاةِ، فَهُنَاكَ يَكُونُ عَبْدُكَ أَيْضًا». ٢١ 21
But Ittai answered the king, “As the Lord lives, and as Your Majesty lives, wherever Your Majesty may be, whether dead or alive, that's where your servant will be!”
فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِإِتَّايَ: «ٱذْهَبْ وَٱعْبُرْ». فَعَبَرَ إِتَّايُ ٱلْجَتِّيُّ وَجَمِيعُ رِجَالِهِ وَجَمِيعُ ٱلْأَطْفَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ. ٢٢ 22
“Go ahead, march on!” David replied. Ittai the Gittite marched past with all his men and all the families that were with him.
وَكَانَتْ جَمِيعُ ٱلْأَرْضِ تَبْكِي بِصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ، وَجَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ يَعْبُرُونَ. وَعَبَرَ ٱلْمَلِكُ فِي وَادِي قَدْرُونَ، وَعَبَرَ جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ نَحْوَ طَرِيقِ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ. ٢٣ 23
All the people in the countryside were crying aloud as everyone with David passed by. They crossed the Kidron Valley with the king on the way toward the wilderness.
وَإِذَا بِصَادُوقَ أَيْضًا وَجَمِيعُ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ مَعَهُ يَحْمِلُونَ تَابُوتَ عَهْدِ ٱللهِ. فَوَضَعُوا تَابُوتَ ٱللهِ، وَصَعِدَ أَبِيَاثَارُ حَتَّى ٱنْتَهَى جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ مِنَ ٱلْعُبُورِ مِنَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ. ٢٤ 24
Zadok was there too, and all the Levites were with him, carrying the Ark of God's Agreement. They set down the Ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until everyone had left the city.
فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِصَادُوقَ: «أَرْجِعْ تَابُوتَ ٱللهِ إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، فَإِنْ وَجَدْتُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ فَإِنَّهُ يُرْجِعُنِي وَيُرِينِي إِيَّاهُ وَمَسْكَنَهُ. ٢٥ 25
Then the king told Zadok, “Take the Ark of God back to the city. If I find the Lord approves of me, he will bring me back and let me see both the Ark and his Tent again.
وَإِنْ قَالَ هَكَذَا: إِنِّي لَمْ أُسَرَّ بِكَ. فَهَأَنَذَا، فَلْيَفْعَلْ بِي حَسَبَمَا يَحْسُنُ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ». ٢٦ 26
But if he says, ‘I'm not happy with you,’ then here I stand. Let him do to me whatever he thinks best.”
ثُمَّ قَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِصَادُوقَ ٱلْكَاهِنِ: «أَأَنْتَ رَاءٍ؟ فَٱرْجِعْ إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ بِسَلَامٍ أَنْتَ وَأَخِيمَعَصُ ٱبْنُكَ وَيُونَاثَانُ بْنُ أَبِيَاثَارَ. ٱبْنَاكُمَا كِلَاهُمَا مَعَكُمَا. ٢٧ 27
The king also told Zadok the priest, “You understand the situation, don't you? Go back to the city safely with your son Ahimaaz, and also Jonathan, son of Abiathar. You and Abiathar take both of your sons back with you.
ٱنْظُرُوا. أَنِّي أَتَوَانَى فِي سُهُولِ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ حَتَّى تَأْتِيَ كَلِمَةٌ مِنْكُمْ لِتَخْبِيرِي». ٢٨ 28
I'll wait at the fords of the wilderness until I hear from you.”
فَأَرْجَعَ صَادُوقُ وَأَبِيَاثَارُ تَابُوتَ ٱللهِ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَأَقَامَا هُنَاكَ. ٢٩ 29
Zadok and Abiathar took the Ark of God back to Jerusalem and remained there.
وَأَمَّا دَاوُدُ فَصَعِدَ فِي مِصْعَدِ جَبَلِ ٱلزَّيْتُونِ. كَانَ يَصْعَدُ بَاكِيًا وَرَأْسُهُ مُغَطَّى وَيَمْشِي حَافِيًا، وَجَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ غَطَّوْا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ رَأْسَهُ، وَكَانُوا يَصْعَدُونَ وَهُمْ يَبْكُونَ. ٣٠ 30
David went on his way up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he did so. He had his head covered, and walked barefoot. All the people with him covered their heads, weeping as they went along.
وَأُخْبِرَ دَاوُدُ وَقِيلَ لَهُ: «إِنَّ أَخِيتُوفَلَ بَيْنَ ٱلْفَاتِنِينَ مَعَ أَبْشَالُومَ» فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ: «حَمِّقْ يَارَبُّ مَشُورَةَ أَخِيتُوفَلَ». ٣١ 31
David was told, “Ahithophel is one of the people conspiring with Absalom.” So David prayed, “Lord, please make Ahithophel's advice worthless.”
وَلَمَّا وَصَلَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى ٱلْقِمَّةِ حَيْثُ سَجَدَ لِلهِ، إِذَا بِحُوشَايَ ٱلْأَرْكِيِّ قَدْ لَقِيَهُ مُمَزَّقَ ٱلثَّوْبِ وَٱلتُّرَابُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ. ٣٢ 32
When David arrived at the top of the Mount of Olives, where people worshiped God, there to meet him was Hushai the Archite, with his robe torn and with dust on his head.
فَقَالَ لَهُ دَاوُدُ: «إِذَا عَبَرْتَ مَعِي تَكُونُ عَلَيَّ حِمْلًا. ٣٣ 33
David told him, “If you come with me, you'll only be a burden to me,
وَلَكِنْ إِذَا رَجَعْتَ إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَقُلْتَ لِأَبْشَالُومَ: أَنَا أَكُونُ عَبْدَكَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ. أَنَا عَبْدُ أَبِيكَ مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ وَٱلْآنَ أَنَا عَبْدُكَ. فَإِنَّكَ تُبْطِلُ لِي مَشُورَةَ أَخِيتُوفَلَ. ٣٤ 34
but if you go back to the city and tell Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, Your Majesty! Formerly I worked for your father, but now I'll work for you,’ then you can block Ahithophel's advice for me.
أَلَيْسَ مَعَكَ هُنَاكَ صَادُوقُ وَأَبِيَاثَارُ ٱلْكَاهِنَانِ. فَكُلُّ مَا تَسْمَعُهُ مِنْ بَيْتِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، فَأَخْبِرْ بِهِ صَادُوقَ وَأَبِيَاثَارَ ٱلْكَاهِنَيْنِ. ٣٥ 35
Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, will be there too. Tell them everything you hear in the king's palace.
هُوَذَا هُنَاكَ مَعَهُمَا ٱبْنَاهُمَا أَخِيمَعَصُ لِصَادُوقَ وَيُونَاثَانُ لِأَبِيَاثَارَ. فَتُرْسِلُونَ عَلَى أَيْدِيهِمَا إِلَيَّ كُلَّ كَلِمَةٍ تَسْمَعُونَهَا». ٣٦ 36
Their two sons, Ahimaaz and Jonathan, are there with them. Send them to me so they can tell me everything you hear.”
فَأَتَى حُوشَايُ صَاحِبُ دَاوُدَ إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، وَأَبْشَالُومُ يَدْخُلُ أُورُشَلِيمَ. ٣٧ 37
David's friend Hushai arrived back in Jerusalem at the same time Absalom was entering the city.

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