صَمُوئِيلَ ٱلثَّانِي 17
| وَقَالَ أَخِيتُوفَلُ لِأَبْشَالُومَ: «دَعْنِي أَنْتَخِبُ ٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ وَأَقُومُ وَأَسْعَى وَرَاءَ دَاوُدَ هَذِهِ ٱللَّيْلَةَ، | ١ 1 |
Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Allow me to choose 12,000 men, and I will leave [with them] tonight to pursue David.
| فَآتِيَ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ مُتْعَبٌ وَمُرْتَخِي ٱلْيَدَيْنِ فَأُزْعِجُهُ، فَيَهْرُبَ كُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي مَعَهُ، وَأَضْرِبُ ٱلْمَلِكَ وَحْدَهُ. | ٢ 2 |
We will attack him while he is tired and discouraged, and cause him to be very frightened. All the soldiers who are with him will run away. We will kill only the king.
| وَأَرُدَّ جَمِيعَ ٱلشَّعْبِ إِلَيْكَ. كَرُجُوعِ ٱلْجَمِيعِ هُوَ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلَّذِي تَطْلُبُهُ، فَيَكُونُ كُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ فِي سَلَامٍ». | ٣ 3 |
Then we will bring back all his soldiers to you, like [SIM] a (bride/woman comes to her husband when she is married). You are wanting to kill only one man; so the other people will not be harmed.”
| فَحَسُنَ ٱلْأَمْرُ فِي عَيْنَيْ أَبْشَالُومَ وَأَعْيُنِ جَمِيعِ شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٤ 4 |
Absalom and all the Israeli leaders [who were with him] thought that what Ahithophel said would be good to do.
| فَقَالَ أَبْشَالُومُ: «ٱدْعُ أَيْضًا حُوشَايَ ٱلْأَرْكِيَّ فَنَسْمَعَ مَا يَقُولُ هُوَ أَيْضًا». | ٥ 5 |
But Absalom said, “Summon Hushai also, and we will hear what he suggests.”
| فَلَمَّا جَاءَ حُوشَايُ إِلَى أَبْشَالُومَ، كَلَّمَهُ أَبْشَالُومُ قَائِلًا: «بِمِثْلِ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ تَكَلَّمَ أَخِيتُوفَلُ. أَنَعْمَلُ حَسَبَ كَلَامِهِ أَمْ لَا؟ تَكَلَّمْ أَنْتَ». | ٦ 6 |
So when Hushai arrived, Absalom told him what Ahithophel had suggested. Then he asked Hushai, “What do you think we should do? If you do not think that we should do what Ahithophel suggests, tell us [what you think that we should do].”
| فَقَالَ حُوشَايُ لِأَبْشَالُومَ: «لَيْسَتْ حَسَنَةً ٱلْمَشُورَةُ ٱلَّتِي أَشَارَ بِهَا أَخِيتُوفَلُ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَرَّةَ». | ٧ 7 |
Hushai replied, “This time what Ahithophel has suggested is not good advice.
| 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 |
You know that your father and the men who are with him are strong soldiers, and that now they are very angry, like [SIM] a mother bear whose cubs have been stolen from her. Furthermore, your father knows how to fight because he has fought in many battles. He will not stay with his troops during the night.
| 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 |
Right now he is probably already hiding in one of the pits, or in some other place. [If his soldiers start to attack your soldiers, and] if they kill some of them, whoever hears about that will say ‘Many of the soldiers with Absalom have been killed!’
| أَيْضًا ذُو ٱلْبَأْسِ ٱلَّذِي قَلْبُهُ كَقَلْبِ ٱلْأَسَدِ يَذُوبُ ذَوَبَانًا، لِأَنَّ جَمِيعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ أَبَاكَ جَبَّارٌ، وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ ذَوُو بَأْسٍ. | ١٠ 10 |
Then your other soldiers, even if they are as fearless [SIM, IDM] as lions, they will become very afraid. Do not forget that everyone in Israel knows that your father is a great/strong soldier, and that the soldiers who are with him are also very brave/courageous.
| لِذَلِكَ أُشِيرُ بِأَنْ يَجْتَمِعَ إِلَيْكَ كُلُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ دَانَ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ، كَٱلرَّمْلِ ٱلَّذِي عَلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ فِي ٱلْكَثْرَةِ، وَحَضْرَتُكَ سَائِرٌ فِي ٱلْوَسَطِ. | ١١ 11 |
“So what I suggest is that you summon all the Israeli soldiers, from Dan [in the far north] to Beersheba [in the far south]. They will be as many as the grains of sand on the seashore [HYP]. And then you yourself lead us into the 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 |
We will find [your father], wherever he is, and we will attack him [from all sides], like [SIM] dew covers all the ground. And neither he nor any of the soldiers who are with him will survive.
| وَإِذَا ٱنْحَازَ إِلَى مَدِينَةٍ، يَحْمِلُ جَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى تِلْكَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ حِبَالًا، فَنَجُرُّهَا إِلَى ٱلْوَادِي حَتَّى لَا تَبْقَى هُنَاكَ وَلَا حَصَاةٌ». | ١٣ 13 |
If he escapes into some city, all our soldiers will bring ropes and pull that city down into the valley. As a result, not one stone will be left there [on top of the hill where that city was]!”
| 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 |
Absalom and all the other Israeli men [who were with him] said, “What Hushai suggests is better than what Ahithophel suggested.” The reason that happened was that Yahweh had determined that if they would accept the good advice that Ahithophel had given them, [they would have been able to defeat/kill David]. But [as a result of their doing what Hushai suggested], Yahweh would cause a disaster to happen to Absalom.
| وَقَالَ حُوشَايُ لِصَادُوقَ وَأَبِيَاثَارَ ٱلْكَاهِنَيْنِ: «كَذَا وَكَذَا أَشَارَ أَخِيتُوفَلُ عَلَى أَبْشَالُومَ وَعَلَى شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَكَذَا وَكَذَا أَشَرْتُ أَنَا. | ١٥ 15 |
Then Hushai told the two priests, Zadok and Abiathar, what both he and Ahithophel had suggested to Absalom and the Israeli leaders.
| فَٱلْآنَ أَرْسِلُوا عَاجِلًا وَأَخْبِرُوا دَاوُدَ قَائِلِينَ: لَا تَبِتْ هَذِهِ ٱللَّيْلَةَ فِي سُهُولِ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ، بَلِ ٱعْبُرْ لِئَلَّا يُبْتَلَعَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَجَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي مَعَهُ». | ١٦ 16 |
Then he said to them, “Send [a message] quickly to David. Tell him to not stay at the place where people walk across the river, near the desert. Instead, he and his soldiers must cross [the Jordan River] immediately, in order that they will not be killed/wiped out.”
| وَكَانَ يُونَاثَانُ وَأَخِيمَعَصُ وَاقِفَيْنِ عِنْدَ عَيْنِ رُوجَلَ، فَٱنْطَلَقَتِ ٱلْجَارِيَةُ وَأَخْبَرَتْهُمَا، وَهُمَا ذَهَبَا وَأَخْبَرَا ٱلْمَلِكَ دَاوُدَ، لِأَنَّهُمَا لَمْ يَقْدِرَا أَنْ يُرَيَا دَاخِلَيْنِ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ. | ١٧ 17 |
[The priest’s two sons, ] Jonathan and Ahimaaz, were waiting at En-Rogel [Spring], outside Jerusalem. They did not [dare to] enter the city, because if someone saw them, [he would report it to Absalom]. [While they were at En-Rogel, ] a female servant [of the two priests] would frequently go to them and report to them [what was happening], and then they would go and report it to King David.
| 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 went and reported it to Absalom. [They found out what the young man had done, ] so both of them left quickly and went to stay in the house of a man in Bahurim. That man had a well in his courtyard; so the two men went down into the well [to hide].
| فَأَخَذَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ وَفَرَشَتْ سَجْفًا عَلَى فَمِ ٱلْبِئْرِ وَسَطَحَتْ عَلَيْهِ سَمِيذًا فَلَمْ يُعْلَمِ ٱلْأَمْرُ. | ١٩ 19 |
The man’s wife took a cloth/mat and covered the well, and scattered grain on top of it in order that no one would know [that two men were hiding inside it].
| 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 |
Some of Absalom’s soldiers [found out where the two men had gone. So they] went to the house, and asked the woman, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” She replied, “They crossed the river.” So the soldiers [crossed the river and] searched for them. But they could not find them, so 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 |
After they had gone, the two men came out of the well and went and reported to King David [what had happened and] what Ahithophel had suggested. Then they said to him, “Cross the river quickly!”
| فَقَامَ دَاوُدُ وَجَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي مَعَهُ وَعَبَرُوا ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ. وَعِنْدَ ضَوْءِ ٱلصَّبَاحِ لَمْ يَبْقَ أَحَدٌ لَمْ يَعْبُرِ ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ. | ٢٢ 22 |
So David and all his soldiers quickly started to cross the Jordan [River], and by dawn they had all crossed to the other side.
| 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 |
When Ahithophel realized that Absalom was not going to do what he suggested, he put a saddle on his donkey and returned to his own town. He gave [to his family] instructions about his possessions, and then he hanged himself [because he knew that Absalom would be defeated and that he would be considered a traitor and be killed]. His body was buried in the tomb where his ancestors [had been buried].
| وَجَاءَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى مَحَنَايِمَ. وَعَبَرَ أَبْشَالُومُ ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ هُوَ وَجَمِيعُ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَعَهُ. | ٢٤ 24 |
David [and his soldiers] arrived at Mahanaim. And Absalom [and all his Israeli soldiers] also crossed the Jordan [River].
| 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 |
Absalom had appointed [his cousin] Amasa to be the commander of his army, instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Jether, a descendant of Ishmael. Amasa’s mother was Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and the sister of Joab’s mother Zeruiah.
| وَنَزَلَ إِسْرَائِيلُ وَأَبْشَالُومُ فِي أَرْضِ جِلْعَادَ. | ٢٦ 26 |
Absalom and his Israeli soldiers set up their tents in [the] Gilead [region].
| 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 |
When David [and his soldiers] arrived at Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah [city] in the Ammon area, and Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-Debar [city], and Barzillai from Rogelim [town] in [the] Gilead [region]
| قَدَّمُوا فَرْشًا وَطُسُوسًا وَآنِيَةَ خَزَفٍ وَحِنْطَةً وَشَعِيرًا وَدَقِيقًا وَفَرِيكًا وَفُولًا وَعَدَسًا وَحِمِّصًا مَشْوِيًّا | ٢٨ 28 |
brought sleeping mats, bowls, clay pots, barley, wheat flour, parched grain, beans, and lentils to them.
| وَعَسَلًا وَزُبْدَةً وَضَأْنًا وَجُبْنَ بَقَرٍ، لِدَاوُدَ وَلِلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي مَعَهُ لِيَأْكُلُوا، لِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا: «ٱلشَّعْبُ جَوْعَانُ وَمُتْعَبٌ وَعَطْشَانُ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ». | ٢٩ 29 |
They brought honey and curds, sheep, and some cream/cheese for David and his soldiers to eat. They knew that David and his soldiers would be hungry and tired and thirsty [from marching] in the desert.
