صَمُوئِيلَ ٱلثَّانِي 18
| وَأَحْصَى دَاوُدُ ٱلشَّعْبَ ٱلَّذِي مَعَهُ، وَجَعَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ رُؤَسَاءَ أُلُوفٍ وَرُؤَسَاءَ مِئَاتٍ. | ١ 1 |
David organized the men who were with him and put commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds in charge of them.
| وَأَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ ٱلشَّعْبَ ثُلْثًا بِيَدِ يُوآبَ، وَثُلْثًا بِيَدِ أَبِيشَايَ ٱبْنِ صَرُويَةَ أَخِي يُوآبَ، وَثُلْثًا بِيَدِ إِتَّايَ ٱلْجَتِّيِّ. وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِلشَّعْبِ: «إِنِّي أَنَا أَيْضًا أَخْرُجُ مَعَكُمْ». | ٢ 2 |
David sent the army out divided into three sections. One third was commanded by Joab, one third was commanded by Abishai, son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and one third was commanded by Ittai the Gittite. The king told the men, “I myself will go out into battle with you.”
| فَقَالَ ٱلشَّعْبُ: «لَا تَخْرُجْ، لِأَنَّنَا إِذَا هَرَبْنَا لَا يُبَالُونَ بِنَا، وَإِذَا مَاتَ نِصْفُنَا لَا يُبَالُونَ بِنَا. وَٱلْآنَ أَنْتَ كَعَشْرَةِ آلَافٍ مِنَّا. وَٱلْآنَ ٱلْأَصْلَحُ أَنْ تَكُونَ لَنَا نَجْدَةً مِنَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ». | ٣ 3 |
But the men replied, “No, you must not go out into battle! For if we have to run away, they won't care about us. Even if half of us die, they won't care about that either. But you are worth ten thousand of us, so it's better if you stay here and send us help from the town.”
| فَقَالَ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «مَا يَحْسُنُ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ أَفْعَلُهُ». فَوَقَفَ ٱلْمَلِكُ بِجَانِبِ ٱلْبَابِ وَخَرَجَ جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ مِئَاتٍ وَأُلُوفًا. | ٤ 4 |
“I will do whatever you think best,” the king replied. The king stood beside the gate while all his men marched out by hundreds and by thousands.
| وَأَوْصَى ٱلْمَلِكُ يُوآبَ وَأَبِيشَايَ وَإِتَّايَ قَائِلًا: «تَرَفَّقُوا لِي بِٱلْفَتَى أَبْشَالُومَ». وَسَمِعَ جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ حِينَ أَوْصَى ٱلْمَلِكُ جَمِيعَ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ بِأَبْشَالُومَ. | ٥ 5 |
The king ordered Joab, Abishai and Ittai, “Treat young Absalom gently for me.” All the men heard the king giving orders to each of his commanders about Absalom.
| وَخَرَجَ ٱلشَّعْبُ إِلَى ٱلْحَقْلِ لِلِقَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. وَكَانَ ٱلْقِتَالُ فِي وَعْرِ أَفْرَايِمَ، | ٦ 6 |
David's army marched out to face the Israelites in battle, which was fought in the forest of Ephraim.
| فَٱنْكَسَرَ هُنَاكَ شَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَمَامَ عَبِيدِ دَاوُدَ، وَكَانَتْ هُنَاكَ مَقْتَلَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ. قُتِلَ عِشْرُونَ أَلْفًا. | ٧ 7 |
The Israelites were defeated by David's men and many were killed that day—some twenty thousand.
| وَكَانَ ٱلْقِتَالُ هُنَاكَ مُنْتَشِرًا عَلَى وَجْهِ كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَزَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَكَلَهُمُ ٱلْوَعْرُ مِنَ ٱلشَّعْبِ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ أَكَلَهُمُ ٱلسَّيْفُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ. | ٨ 8 |
The battle covered the whole countryside, and that day more died because of the forest than were killed by the sword.
| وَصَادَفَ أَبْشَالُومُ عَبِيدَ دَاوُدَ، وَكَانَ أَبْشَالُومُ رَاكِبًا عَلَى بَغْلٍ، فَدَخَلَ ٱلْبَغْلُ تَحْتَ أَغْصَانِ ٱلْبُطْمَةِ ٱلْعَظِيمَةِ ٱلْمُلْتَفَّةِ، فَتَعَلَّقَ رَأْسُهُ بِٱلْبُطْمَةِ وَعُلِّقَ بَيْنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ، وَٱلْبَغْلُ ٱلَّذِي تَحْتَهُ مَرَّ. | ٩ 9 |
Absalom ran into some of David's men while he was riding on his mule. As the mule went under the twisted branches of a large oak tree, Absalom's hair got caught in the tree. The mule he was riding kept going, leaving him hanging between earth and sky.
| فَرَآهُ رَجُلٌ وَأَخْبَرَ يُوآبَ وَقَالَ: «إِنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَبْشَالُومَ مُعَلَّقًا بِٱلْبُطْمَةِ». | ١٠ 10 |
One of David's men saw what happened, so he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging from an oak tree!”
| فَقَالَ يُوآبُ لِلرَّجُلِ ٱلَّذِي أَخْبَرَهُ: «إِنَّكَ قَدْ رَأَيْتَهُ، فَلِمَاذَا لَمْ تَضْرِبْهُ هُنَاكَ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ؟ وَعَلَيَّ أَنْ أُعْطِيَكَ عَشْرَةَ مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ وَمِنْطَقَةً». | ١١ 11 |
“What! You saw him like that?” Joab said to the man. “Why didn't you kill him right then and there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a soldier's belt as a reward!”
| فَقَالَ ٱلرَّجُلُ لِيُوآبَ: «فَلَوْ وُزِنَ فِي يَدِي أَلْفٌ مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ لَمَا كُنْتُ أَمُدُّ يَدِي إِلَى ٱبْنِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْمَلِكَ أَوْصَاكَ فِي آذَانِنَا أَنْتَ وَأَبِيشَايَ وَإِتَّايَ قَائِلًا: ٱحْتَرِزُوا أَيًّا كَانَ مِنْكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْفَتَى أَبْشَالُومَ. | ١٢ 12 |
But the man replied, “Even if you gave me a thousand shekels of silver, I wouldn't hurt the king's son. We all heard the king give the order to you, Abishai, and Ittai, ‘Look after young Absalom for me.’
| وَإِلَّا فَكُنْتُ فَعَلْتُ بِنَفْسِي زُورًا، إِذْ لَا يَخْفَى عَنِ ٱلْمَلِكِ شَيْءٌ، وأَنْتَ كُنْتَ وَقَفْتَ ضِدِّي». | ١٣ 13 |
If I had disobeyed and killed Absalom—and the king finds out everything—you yourself wouldn't have defended me.”
| فَقَالَ يُوآبُ: «إِنِّي لَا أَصْبِرُ هَكَذَا أَمَامَكَ». فَأَخَذَ ثَلَاثَةَ سِهَامٍ بِيَدِهِ وَنَشَّبَهَا فِي قَلْبِ أَبْشَالُومَ، وَهُوَ بَعْدُ حَيٌّ فِي قَلْبِ ٱلْبُطْمَةِ. | ١٤ 14 |
“I'm not going to waste time waiting around like this with you!” Joab told him. He grabbed three spears and drove them into Absalom's heart while he was still alive, hanging from the oak tree.
| وَأَحَاطَ بِهَا عَشْرَةُ غِلْمَانٍ حَامِلُو سِلَاحِ يُوآبَ، وَضَرَبُوا أَبْشَالُومَ وَأَمَاتُوهُ. | ١٥ 15 |
Ten of Joab's armor-bearers surrounded Absalom and hacked him to death.
| وَضَرَبَ يُوآبُ بِٱلْبُوقِ فَرَجَعَ ٱلشَّعْبُ عَنِ ٱتِّبَاعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لِأَنَّ يُوآبَ مَنَعَ ٱلشَّعْبَ. | ١٦ 16 |
Then Joab blew the ram's horn, and his men stopped chasing the Israelites because Joab had signaled them to stop.
| وَأَخَذُوا أَبْشَالُومَ وَطَرَحُوهُ فِي ٱلْوَعْرِ فِي ٱلْجُبِّ ٱلْعَظِيمِ، وَأَقَامُوا عَلَيْهِ رُجْمَةً عَظِيمَةً جِدًّا مِنَ ٱلْحِجَارَةِ. وَهَرَبَ كُلُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ، كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى خَيْمَتِهِ. | ١٧ 17 |
They took Absalom and threw him into a deep pit in the forest, and piled a large heap of stones over him. All the Israelites ran away to their homes.
| وَكَانَ أَبْشَالُومُ قَدْ أَخَذَ وَأَقَامَ لِنَفْسِهِ وَهُوَ حَيٌّ ٱلنُّصْبَ ٱلَّذِي فِي وَادِي ٱلْمَلِكِ، لِأَنَّهُ قَالَ: «لَيْسَ لِيَ ٱبْنٌ لِأَجْلِ تَذْكِيرِ ٱسْمِي». وَدَعَا ٱلنُّصْبَ بِٱسْمِهِ، وَهُوَ يُدْعَى «يَدَ أَبْشَالُومَ» إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. | ١٨ 18 |
Absalom while he was alive had made a stone pillar and set it up in the King's Valley as a memorial to himself, for he thought to himself, “I don't have a son to keep the memory of my name alive.” He named the pillar after himself, and it's called Absalom's Monument even today.
| وَقَالَ أَخِيمَعَصُ بْنُ صَادُوقَ: «دَعْنِي أَجْرِ فَأُبَشِّرَ ٱلْمَلِكَ، لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ قَدِ ٱنْتَقَمَ لَهُ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِ». | ١٩ 19 |
Then Ahimaaz, son of Zadok, said, “Please let me run and take the good news to the king that the Lord has vindicated him over his enemies.”
| فَقَالَ لَهُ يُوآبُ: «مَا أَنْتَ صَاحِبُ بِشَارَةٍ فِي هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. فِي يَوْمٍ آخَرَ تُبَشِّرُ، وَهَذَا ٱلْيَوْمَ لَا تُبَشِّرُ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّ ٱبْنَ ٱلْمَلِكِ قَدْ مَاتَ». | ٢٠ 20 |
“You're not the man to take the good news today,” Joab replied. “You can do it some other time, but don't do it today, because the king's son is dead.”
| وَقَالَ يُوآبُ لِكُوشِي: «ٱذْهَبْ وَأَخْبِرِ ٱلْمَلِكَ بِمَا رَأَيْتَ». فَسَجَدَ كُوشِي لِيُوآبَ وَرَكَضَ. | ٢١ 21 |
So Joab said to a man from Ethiopia, “Go and tell the king what you have seen.” He bowed to Joab and ran off.
| وَعَادَ أَيْضًا أَخِيمَعَصُ بْنُ صَادُوقَ فَقَالَ لِيُوآبَ: «مَهْمَا كَانَ، فَدَعْنِي أَجْرِ أَنَا أَيْضًا وَرَاءَ كُوشِي». فَقَالَ يُوآبُ: «لِمَاذَا تَجْرِي أَنْتَ يَا ٱبْنِي، وَلَيْسَ لَكَ بِشَارَةٌ تُجَازَى؟» | ٢٢ 22 |
Ahimaaz asked Joab again, “Never mind what happens, please let me run too, after the Ethiopian!” “Son, why do you want to run—you won't get anything for it?” Joab replied.
| قَالَ: «مَهْمَا كَانَ أَجْرِي». فَقَالَ لَهُ: «ٱجْرِ». فَجَرَى أَخِيمَعَصُ فِي طَرِيقِ ٱلْغَوْرِ وَسَبَقَ كُوشِيَ. | ٢٣ 23 |
“Doesn't matter, I want to run anyway,” he said. “Fine, start running!” Joab told him. Ahimaaz took the route over flatter ground and overtook the Ethiopian.
| وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ جَالِسًا بَيْنَ ٱلْبَابَيْنِ، وَطَلَعَ ٱلرَّقِيبُ إِلَى سَطْحِ ٱلْبَابِ إِلَى ٱلسُّورِ وَرَفَعَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَنَظَرَ وَإِذَا بِرَجُلٍ يَجْرِي وَحْدَهُ. | ٢٤ 24 |
David was sitting between the inside and outside gates. The watchman climbed up to the roof of the gateway by the wall. He looked out, and saw a man running by himself.
| فَنَادَى ٱلرَّقِيبُ وَأَخْبَرَ ٱلْمَلِكَ. فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «إِنْ كَانَ وَحْدَهُ فَفِي فَمِهِ بِشَارَةٌ». وَكَانَ يَسْعَى وَيَقْرُبُ. | ٢٥ 25 |
So he shouted down to tell the king. “If he's by himself then he's bringing good news,” the king replied. As the first runner got closer,
| ثُمَّ رَأَى ٱلرَّقِيبُ رَجُلًا آخَرَ يَجْرِي، فَنَادَى ٱلرَّقِيبُ ٱلْبَوَّابَ وَقَالَ: «هُوَذَا رَجُلٌ يَجْرِي وَحْدَهُ». فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «وَهَذَا أَيْضًا مُبَشِّرٌ». | ٢٦ 26 |
the watchman saw someone else running, and he shouted down to the gatekeeper, “Look! There's another man running by himself!” “He'll also be bringing good news,” said the king.
| وَقَالَ ٱلرَّقِيبُ: «إِنِّي أَرَى جَرْيَ ٱلْأَوَّلِ كَجَرْيِ أَخِيمَعَصَ بْنِ صَادُوقَ». فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «هَذَا رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ وَيَأْتِي بِبِشَارَةٍ صَالِحَةٍ». | ٢٧ 27 |
“The first man seems to me to be running like Ahimaaz, son of Zadok,” said the watchman. “He's a good man,” he king replied. “He'll bring good news.”
| فَنَادَى أَخِيمَعَصُ وَقَالَ لِلْمَلِكِ: «ٱلسَّلَامُ». وَسَجَدَ لِلْمَلِكِ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ. وَقَالَ: «مُبَارَكٌ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ ٱلَّذِي دَفَعَ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ رَفَعُوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَى سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكِ». | ٢٨ 28 |
Ahimaaz shouted out greetings to the king, Then he came and he bowed facedown before the king. “Blessed be the Lord your God!” he said. “He has defeated the men who rebelled against Your Majesty!”
| فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «أَسَلَامٌ لِلْفَتَى أَبْشَالُومَ؟» فَقَالَ أَخِيمَعَصُ: «قَدْ رَأَيْتُ جُمْهُورًا عَظِيمًا عِنْدَ إِرْسَالِ يُوآبَ عَبْدَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَعَبْدَكَ، وَلَمْ أَعْلَمْ مَاذَا». | ٢٩ 29 |
“How is young Absalom? Is he alright?” the king asked. Ahimaaz answered, “It was very chaotic when your officer Joab sent me, your servant. I really don't know what was happening.”
| فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «دُرْ وَقِفْ هَهُنَا». فَدَارَ وَوَقَفَ. | ٣٠ 30 |
“Stand to one side and wait,” the king told him. So Ahimaaz stood to one side and waited.
| وَإِذَا بِكُوشِي قَدْ أَتَى، وَقَالَ كُوشِي: «لِيُبَشَّرْ سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكُ، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَدِ ٱنْتَقَمَ لَكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلْقَائِمِينَ عَلَيْكَ». | ٣١ 31 |
Right then the Ethiopian arrived and said, “Your Majesty, listen to the good news! Today the Lord has defeated all those who rebelled against you!”
| فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِكُوشِي: «أَسَلَامٌ لِلْفَتَى أَبْشَالُومَ؟» فَقَالَ كُوشِي: «لِيَكُنْ كَٱلْفَتَى أَعْدَاءُ سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكِ وَجَمِيعُ ٱلَّذِينَ قَامُوا عَلَيْكَ لِلشَّرِّ». | ٣٢ 32 |
“How is young Absalom? Is he alright?” the king asked. The Ethiopian replied, “May what has happened to the young man happen to Your Majesty's enemies, and to everyone who rebels against you!”
| فَٱنْزَعَجَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَصَعِدَ إِلَى عِلِّيَّةِ ٱلْبَابِ وَكَانَ يَبْكِي وَيَقُولُ هكَذَا وَهُوَ يَتَمَشَّى: «يَا ٱبْنِي أَبْشَالُومُ، يَا ٱبْنِي، يَا ٱبْنِي أَبْشَالُومُ! يَالَيْتَنِي مُتُّ عِوَضًا عَنْكَ! يَا أَبْشَالُومُ ٱبْنِي، يَا ٱبْنِي». | ٣٣ 33 |
The king broke down. He went up to the room over the gate and cried. As he walked, he sobbed out, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I'd died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”
