صَمُوئِيلَ ٱلثَّانِي 5

١ 1 وَجَاءَ جَمِيعُ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى دَاوُدَ، إِلَى حَبْرُونَ، وَتَكَلَّمُوا قَائِلِينَ: «هُوَذَا عَظْمُكَ وَلَحْمُكَ نَحْنُ.

And all the tribes of Israel come to David, to Hebron, and speak, saying, “Behold, we [are] your bone and your flesh;

٢ 2 وَمُنْذُ أَمْسِ وَمَا قَبْلَهُ، حِينَ كَانَ شَاوُلُ مَلِكًا عَلَيْنَا، قَدْ كُنْتَ أَنْتَ تُخْرِجُ وَتُدْخِلُ إِسْرَائِيلَ. وَقَدْ قَالَ لَكَ ٱلرَّبُّ: أَنْتَ تَرْعَى شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَنْتَ تَكُونُ رَئِيسًا عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ».

also thus far, in Saul’s being king over us, you have been he who is bringing out and bringing in Israel, and YHWH says to you, You feed My people Israel, and you are for leader over Israel.”

٣ 3 وَجَاءَ جَمِيعُ شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ، إِلَى حَبْرُونَ، فَقَطَعَ ٱلْمَلِكُ دَاوُدُ مَعَهُمْ عَهْدًا فِي حَبْرُونَ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ. وَمَسَحُوا دَاوُدَ مَلِكًا عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And all [the] elderly of Israel come to the king, to Hebron, and King David makes a covenant with them in Hebron before YHWH, and they anoint David for king over Israel.

٤ 4 كَانَ دَاوُدُ ٱبْنَ ثَلَاثِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً.

A son of thirty years [is] David in his being king; he has reigned [for] forty years;

٥ 5 فِي حَبْرُونَ مَلَكَ عَلَى يَهُوذَا سَبْعَ سِنِينٍ وَسِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ. وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ مَلَكَ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ سَنَةً عَلَى جَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا.

he reigned over Judah in Hebron [for] seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned [for] thirty-three years, over all Israel and Judah.

٦ 6 وَذَهَبَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَرِجَالُهُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، إِلَى ٱلْيَبُوسِيِّينَ سُكَّانِ ٱلْأَرْضِ. فَكَلَّمُوا دَاوُدَ قَائِلِينَ: «لَا تَدْخُلْ إِلَى هُنَا، مَا لَمْ تَنْزِعِ ٱلْعُمْيَانَ وَٱلْعُرْجَ». أَيْ لَا يَدْخُلُ دَاوُدُ إِلَى هُنَا.

And the king goes, and his men, to Jerusalem, to the Jebusite, the inhabitant of the land, and they speak to David, saying, “You do not come in here, except [that] you turn aside the blind and the lame,” saying, “David does not come in here.”

٧ 7 وَأَخَذَ دَاوُدُ حِصْنَ صِهْيَوْنَ، هِيَ مَدِينَةُ دَاوُدَ.

And David captures the fortress of Zion, it [is] the City of David.

٨ 8 وَقَالَ دَاوُدُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ: «إِنَّ ٱلَّذِي يَضْرِبُ ٱلْيَبُوسِيِّينَ وَيَبْلُغُ إِلَى ٱلْقَنَاةِ وَٱلْعُرْجِ وَٱلْعُمْيِ ٱلْمُبْغَضِينَ مِنْ نَفْسِ دَاوُدَ». لِذَلِكَ يَقُولُونَ: «لَا يَدْخُلِ ٱلْبَيْتَ أَعْمَى أَوْ أَعْرَجُ».

And on that day David says, “Anyone striking the Jebusite, let him go up by the watercourse (and the lame and the blind—the hated of David’s soul).” Therefore they say, “The blind and lame—he does not come into the house.”

٩ 9 وَأَقَامَ دَاوُدُ فِي ٱلْحِصْنِ وَسَمَّاهُ «مَدِينَةَ دَاوُدَ». وَبَنَى دَاوُدُ مُسْتَدِيرًا مِنَ ٱلْقَلْعَةِ فَدَاخِلًا.

And David dwells in the fortress, and calls it the City of David, and David builds all around, from Millo and inward,

١٠ 10 وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ يَتَزَايَدُ مُتَعَظِّمًا، وَٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ ٱلْجُنُودِ مَعَهُ.

and David goes, going on and becoming great, and YHWH, God of Hosts, [is] with him.

١١ 11 وَأَرْسَلَ حِيرَامُ مَلِكُ صُورَ رُسُلًا إِلَى دَاوُدَ، وَخَشَبَ أَرْزٍ وَنَجَّارِينَ وَبَنَّائِينَ فَبَنَوْا لِدَاوُدَ بَيْتًا.

And Hiram king of Tyre sends messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and craftsmen of wood, and craftsmen of stone, for walls, and they build a house for David,

١٢ 12 وَعَلِمَ دَاوُدُ أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَدْ ثَبَّتَهُ مَلِكًا عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَنَّهُ قَدْ رَفَّعَ مُلْكَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ شَعْبِهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

and David knows that YHWH has established him for king over Israel, and that He has lifted up his kingdom, because of His people Israel.

١٣ 13 وَأَخَذَ دَاوُدُ أَيْضًا سَرَارِيَ وَنِسَاءً مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ بَعْدَ مَجِيئِهِ مِنْ حَبْرُونَ، فَوُلِدَ أَيْضًا لِدَاوُدَ بَنُونَ وَبَنَاتٌ.

And again David takes concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after his coming from Hebron, and again there are born to David sons and daughters.

١٤ 14 وَهَذِهِ أَسْمَاءُ ٱلَّذِينَ وُلِدُوا لَهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ: شَمُّوعُ وَشُوبَابُ وَنَاثَانُ وَسُلَيْمَانُ،

And these [are] the names of those born to him in Jerusalem: Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,

١٥ 15 وَيِبْحَارُ وَأَلِيشُوعُ وَنَافَجُ وَيَافِيعُ،

and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

١٦ 16 وَأَلِيشَمَعُ وَأَلِيدَاعُ وَأَلِيفَلَطُ.

and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.

١٧ 17 وَسَمِعَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ مَسَحُوا دَاوُدَ مَلِكًا عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَصَعِدَ جَمِيعُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ لِيُفَتِّشُوا عَلَى دَاوُدَ. وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ دَاوُدُ نَزَلَ إِلَى ٱلْحِصْنِ.

And the Philistines hear that they have anointed David for king over Israel, and all the Philistines come up to seek David, and David hears, and goes down to the fortress,

١٨ 18 وَجَاءَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ وَٱنْتَشَرُوا فِي وَادِي ٱلرَّفَائِيِّينَ.

and the Philistines have come, and are spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.

١٩ 19 وَسَأَلَ دَاوُدُ مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلًا: «أَأَصْعَدُ إِلَى ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ؟ أَتَدْفَعُهُمْ لِيَدِي؟» فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِدَاوُدَ: «ٱصْعَدْ، لِأَنِّي دَفْعًا أَدْفَعُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ لِيَدِكَ».

And David asks of YHWH, saying, “Do I go up to the Philistines? Do You give them into my hand?” And YHWH says to David, “Go up, for I certainly give the Philistines into your hand.”

٢٠ 20 فَجَاءَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى بَعْلِ فَرَاصِيمَ وَضَرَبَهُمْ دَاوُدُ هُنَاكَ، وَقَالَ: «قَدِ ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلرَّبُّ أَعْدَائِي أَمَامِي كَٱقْتِحَامِ ٱلْمِيَاهِ». لِذَلِكَ دَعَى ٱسْمَ ذَلِكَ ٱلْمَوْضِعِ «بَعْلَ فَرَاصِيمَ».

And David comes to Ba‘al-Perazim, and David strikes them there, and says, “YHWH has broken forth [on] my enemies before me, as the breaking forth of waters”; therefore he has called the name of that place Ba‘al-Perazim.

٢١ 21 وَتَرَكُوا هُنَاكَ أَصْنَامَهُمْ فَنَزَعَهَا دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ.

And they forsake their idols there, and David and his men lift them up.

٢٢ 22 ثُمَّ عَادَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ فَصَعِدُوا أَيْضًا وَٱنْتَشَرُوا فِي وَادِي ٱلرَّفَائِيِّينَ.

And the Philistines add again to come up, and are spread out in the Valley of Rephaim,

٢٣ 23 فَسَأَلَ دَاوُدُ مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَقَالَ: «لَا تَصْعَدْ، بَلْ دُرْ مِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ، وَهَلُمَّ عَلَيْهِمْ مُقَابِلَ أَشْجَارِ ٱلْبُكَا،

and David asks of YHWH, and He says, “You do not go up, turn around to their rear, and you have come to them from the front [[or in front]] of the mulberries,

٢٤ 24 وَعِنْدَمَا تَسْمَعُ صَوْتَ خَطَوَاتٍ فِي رُؤُوسِ أَشْجَارِ ٱلْبُكَا، حِينَئِذٍ ٱحْتَرِصْ، لِأَنَّهُ إِذْ ذَاكَ يَخْرُجُ ٱلرَّبُّ أَمَامَكَ لِضَرْبِ مَحَلَّةِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ».

and it comes to pass, in your hearing the sound of a stepping in the tops of the mulberries, then you move sharply, for then YHWH has gone out before you to strike in the camp of the Philistines.”

٢٥ 25 فَفَعَلَ دَاوُدُ كَذَلِكَ كَمَا أَمَرَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ، وَضَرَبَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ مِنْ جَبْعٍ إِلَى مَدْخَلِ جَازَرَ.

And David does so, as YHWH commanded him, and strikes the Philistines from Geba to your coming to Gazer.