صَمُوئِيلَ ٱلثَّانِي 17
| وَقَالَ أَخِيتُوفَلُ لِأَبْشَالُومَ: «دَعْنِي أَنْتَخِبُ ٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ وَأَقُومُ وَأَسْعَى وَرَاءَ دَاوُدَ هَذِهِ ٱللَّيْلَةَ، | ١ 1 |
Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
| فَآتِيَ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ مُتْعَبٌ وَمُرْتَخِي ٱلْيَدَيْنِ فَأُزْعِجُهُ، فَيَهْرُبَ كُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي مَعَهُ، وَأَضْرِبُ ٱلْمَلِكَ وَحْدَهُ. | ٢ 2 |
And I will catch up with him while he is weary and discouraged, and will thow him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. And I will strike the king alone.
| وَأَرُدَّ جَمِيعَ ٱلشَّعْبِ إِلَيْكَ. كَرُجُوعِ ٱلْجَمِيعِ هُوَ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلَّذِي تَطْلُبُهُ، فَيَكُونُ كُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ فِي سَلَامٍ». | ٣ 3 |
Then all the people will come back to you, as a bride returns to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be in peace."
| فَحَسُنَ ٱلْأَمْرُ فِي عَيْنَيْ أَبْشَالُومَ وَأَعْيُنِ جَمِيعِ شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٤ 4 |
And the advice seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
| فَقَالَ أَبْشَالُومُ: «ٱدْعُ أَيْضًا حُوشَايَ ٱلْأَرْكِيَّ فَنَسْمَعَ مَا يَقُولُ هُوَ أَيْضًا». | ٥ 5 |
Then Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite, and let's hear what he says."
| فَلَمَّا جَاءَ حُوشَايُ إِلَى أَبْشَالُومَ، كَلَّمَهُ أَبْشَالُومُ قَائِلًا: «بِمِثْلِ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ تَكَلَّمَ أَخِيتُوفَلُ. أَنَعْمَلُ حَسَبَ كَلَامِهِ أَمْ لَا؟ تَكَلَّمْ أَنْتَ». | ٦ 6 |
When Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom said to him, "Ahithophel has spoken thus. Should we follow his advice? And if not, speak up."
| فَقَالَ حُوشَايُ لِأَبْشَالُومَ: «لَيْسَتْ حَسَنَةً ٱلْمَشُورَةُ ٱلَّتِي أَشَارَ بِهَا أَخِيتُوفَلُ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَرَّةَ». | ٧ 7 |
So Hushai said to Absalom, "The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good."
| ثُمَ قَالَ حُوشَايُ: «أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَبَاكَ وَرِجَالَهُ أَنَّهُمْ جَبَابِرَةٌ، وَأَنَّ أَنْفُسَهُمْ مُرَّةٌ كَدُبَّةٍ مُثْكِلٍ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ. وَأَبُوكَ رَجُلُ قِتَالٍ وَلَا يَبِيتُ مَعَ ٱلشَّعْبِ. | ٨ 8 |
Moreover, Hushai said, "You know your father and his men, that they are warriors, and that they are as fierce as a bear robbed of her cubs in the wild, or a sow snared in the wild. Your father is expert in war, and will not camp with the people.
| هَا هُوَ ٱلْآنَ مُخْتَبِئٌ فِي إِحْدَى ٱلْحُفَرِ أَوْ أَحَدِ ٱلْأَمَاكِنِ. وَيَكُونُ إِذَا سَقَطَ بَعْضُهُمْ فِي ٱلِٱبْتِدَاءِ أَنَّ ٱلسَّامِعَ يَسْمَعُ فَيَقُولُ: قَدْ صَارَتْ كَسْرَةٌ فِي ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي وَرَاءَ أَبْشَالُومَ. | ٩ 9 |
Look, he is now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. And it will happen when some of them have fallen first, that whoever hears it will say, 'There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.'
| أَيْضًا ذُو ٱلْبَأْسِ ٱلَّذِي قَلْبُهُ كَقَلْبِ ٱلْأَسَدِ يَذُوبُ ذَوَبَانًا، لِأَنَّ جَمِيعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ أَبَاكَ جَبَّارٌ، وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ ذَوُو بَأْسٍ. | ١٠ 10 |
Then even the one who is brave, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a warrior, and those who are with him are brave men.
| لِذَلِكَ أُشِيرُ بِأَنْ يَجْتَمِعَ إِلَيْكَ كُلُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ دَانَ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ، كَٱلرَّمْلِ ٱلَّذِي عَلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ فِي ٱلْكَثْرَةِ، وَحَضْرَتُكَ سَائِرٌ فِي ٱلْوَسَطِ. | ١١ 11 |
But, I strongly advise as follows: Let all Israel be gathered to you from Dan to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea in number, and that you personally go into battle.
| وَنَأْتِيَ إِلَيْهِ إِلَى أَحَدِ ٱلْأَمَاكِنِ حَيْثُ هُوَ، وَنَنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ نُزُولَ ٱلطَّلِّ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَلَا يَبْقَى مِنْهُ وَلَا مِنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلرِّجَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ وَاحِدٌ. | ١٢ 12 |
So we will come upon him in some place where he can be found, and we will fall on him as the dew falls on the ground, and of him and all the men with him not one will be left.
| وَإِذَا ٱنْحَازَ إِلَى مَدِينَةٍ، يَحْمِلُ جَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى تِلْكَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ حِبَالًا، فَنَجُرُّهَا إِلَى ٱلْوَادِي حَتَّى لَا تَبْقَى هُنَاكَ وَلَا حَصَاةٌ». | ١٣ 13 |
Moreover, if he withdraws into a city, then all Israel will take up ropes to that city, and we will drag it into the riverbed, until there isn't one pebble to be found there."
| فَقَالَ أَبْشَالُومُ وَكُلُّ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «إِنَّ مَشُورَةَ حُوشَايَ ٱلْأَرْكِيِّ أَحْسَنُ مِنْ مَشُورَةِ أَخِيتُوفَلَ». فَإِنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ أَمَرَ بِإِبْطَالِ مَشُورَةِ أَخِيتُوفَلَ ٱلصَّالِحَةِ، لِكَيْ يُنْزِلَ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلشَّرَّ بِأَبْشَالُومَ. | ١٤ 14 |
Then Absalom and all Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." For the LORD had commanded that Ahithophel's counsel should be defeated, so that that the LORD could bring Absalom to ruin.
| وَقَالَ حُوشَايُ لِصَادُوقَ وَأَبِيَاثَارَ ٱلْكَاهِنَيْنِ: «كَذَا وَكَذَا أَشَارَ أَخِيتُوفَلُ عَلَى أَبْشَالُومَ وَعَلَى شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَكَذَا وَكَذَا أَشَرْتُ أَنَا. | ١٥ 15 |
Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, "Here is the council Ahithophel gave Absalom and the elders of Israel, and here is what I counseled.
| فَٱلْآنَ أَرْسِلُوا عَاجِلًا وَأَخْبِرُوا دَاوُدَ قَائِلِينَ: لَا تَبِتْ هَذِهِ ٱللَّيْلَةَ فِي سُهُولِ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ، بَلِ ٱعْبُرْ لِئَلَّا يُبْتَلَعَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَجَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي مَعَهُ». | ١٦ 16 |
Now therefore send quickly and tell David, saying, 'Do not stay the night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over. Otherwise the king and all the people who are with him will be swallowed up.'"
| وَكَانَ يُونَاثَانُ وَأَخِيمَعَصُ وَاقِفَيْنِ عِنْدَ عَيْنِ رُوجَلَ، فَٱنْطَلَقَتِ ٱلْجَارِيَةُ وَأَخْبَرَتْهُمَا، وَهُمَا ذَهَبَا وَأَخْبَرَا ٱلْمَلِكَ دَاوُدَ، لِأَنَّهُمَا لَمْ يَقْدِرَا أَنْ يُرَيَا دَاخِلَيْنِ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ. | ١٧ 17 |
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En Rogel, and a female servant was to go and tell them, and they would go and inform king David. For they were not to be seen going into the city.
| فَرَآهُمَا غُلَامٌ وَأَخْبَرَ أَبْشَالُومَ. فَذَهَبَا كِلَاهُمَا عَاجِلًا وَدَخَلَا بَيْتَ رَجُلٍ فِي بَحُورِيمَ وَلَهُ بِئْرٌ فِي دَارِهِ، فَنَزَلَا إِلَيْهَا. | ١٨ 18 |
But a young man saw them and told Absalom. So they both departed quickly and reached the house of a man in Bahurim who had a well in his courtyard, and they went down into it.
| فَأَخَذَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ وَفَرَشَتْ سَجْفًا عَلَى فَمِ ٱلْبِئْرِ وَسَطَحَتْ عَلَيْهِ سَمِيذًا فَلَمْ يُعْلَمِ ٱلْأَمْرُ. | ١٩ 19 |
And the woman took a covering and spread it over the top of the well and scattered some grain on it, so that nothing could be noticed.
| فَجَاءَ عَبِيدُ أَبْشَالُومَ إِلَى ٱلْمَرْأَةِ إِلَى ٱلْبَيْتِ وَقَالُوا: «أَيْنَ أَخِيمَعَصُ وَيُونَاثَانُ؟» فَقَالَتْ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ: «قَدْ عَبَرَا قَنَاةَ ٱلْمَاءِ». وَلَمَّا فَتَّشُوا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوهُمَا رَجَعُوا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٢٠ 20 |
Then Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house, and they asked, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" And the woman said to them, "They have crossed the brook of water." And when they had searched and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
| وَبَعْدَ ذِهَابِهِمْ خَرَجَا مِنَ ٱلْبِئْرِ وَذَهَبَا وَأَخْبَرَا ٱلْمَلِكَ دَاوُدَ، وَقَالَا لِدَاوُدَ: «قُومُوا وَٱعْبُرُوا سَرِيعًا ٱلْمَاءَ، لِأَنَّ هَكَذَا أَشَارَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَخِيتُوفَلُ». | ٢١ 21 |
It came about after they had left that they climbed out of the well, and left and told king David. And they said to him, "Get up and cross quickly over the water, for Ahithophel has given such and such counsel against you."
| فَقَامَ دَاوُدُ وَجَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي مَعَهُ وَعَبَرُوا ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ. وَعِنْدَ ضَوْءِ ٱلصَّبَاحِ لَمْ يَبْقَ أَحَدٌ لَمْ يَعْبُرِ ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ. | ٢٢ 22 |
Then David and all the people who were with him got up and they crossed the Jordan. By dawn there was no one left who had not crossed the Jordan.
| وَأَمَّا أَخِيتُوفَلُ فَلَمَّا رَأَى أَنَّ مَشُورَتَهُ لَمْ يُعْمَلْ بِهَا، شَدَّ عَلَى ٱلْحِمَارِ وَقَامَ وَٱنْطَلَقَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ إِلَى مَدِينَتِهِ، وَأَوْصَى لِبَيْتِهِ، وَخَنَقَ نَفْسَهُ وَمَاتَ وَدُفِنَ فِي قَبْرِ أَبِيهِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
Now when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went up to his home in his city. Then he set his house in order and hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.
| وَجَاءَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى مَحَنَايِمَ. وَعَبَرَ أَبْشَالُومُ ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ هُوَ وَجَمِيعُ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَعَهُ. | ٢٤ 24 |
Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed the Jordan, he and all Israel with him.
| وَأَقَامَ أَبْشَالُومُ عَمَاسَا بَدَلَ يُوآبَ عَلَى ٱلْجَيْشِ. وَكَانَ عَمَاسَا ٱبْنَ رَجُلٍ ٱسْمُهُ يِثْرَا ٱلْإِسْرَائِيلِيُّ ٱلَّذِي دَخَلَ إِلَى أَبِيجَايِلَ بِنْتِ نَاحَاشَ أُخْتِ صَرُويَةَ أُمِّ يُوآبَ. | ٢٥ 25 |
And Absalom had put Amasa over the army in place of of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Jether the Ishmaelite, who had married Abigail the daughter of Jesse, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
| وَنَزَلَ إِسْرَائِيلُ وَأَبْشَالُومُ فِي أَرْضِ جِلْعَادَ. | ٢٦ 26 |
So Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
| وَكَانَ لَمَّا جَاءَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى مَحَنَايِمَ أَنَّ شُوبِيَ بْنَ نَاحَاشَ مِنْ رَبَّةِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ، وَمَاكِيرَ بْنَ عَمِّيئِيلَ مِنْ لُودَبَارَ، وَبَرْزَلَّايَ ٱلْجِلْعَادِيَّ مِنْ رُوجَلِيمَ، | ٢٧ 27 |
Now it happened when David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the people of Ammon, Makir the son of Ammiel of Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
| قَدَّمُوا فَرْشًا وَطُسُوسًا وَآنِيَةَ خَزَفٍ وَحِنْطَةً وَشَعِيرًا وَدَقِيقًا وَفَرِيكًا وَفُولًا وَعَدَسًا وَحِمِّصًا مَشْوِيًّا | ٢٨ 28 |
brought couches for sleeping, and covers, and basins, and pottery utensils, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched grain, and beans, and lentils,
| وَعَسَلًا وَزُبْدَةً وَضَأْنًا وَجُبْنَ بَقَرٍ، لِدَاوُدَ وَلِلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي مَعَهُ لِيَأْكُلُوا، لِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا: «ٱلشَّعْبُ جَوْعَانُ وَمُتْعَبٌ وَعَطْشَانُ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ». | ٢٩ 29 |
and honey, and curd of the flock, and cheese of the herd. And they presented them to David and to the people who were with him to eat. For they said, "The people are hungry and tired and thirsty in the wilderness."
