< صَمُوئِيلَ ٱلْأَوَّلُ 20 >

فَهَرَبَ دَاوُدُ مِنْ نَايُوتَ فِي ٱلرَّامَةِ، وَجَاءَ وَقَالَ قُدَّامَ يُونَاثَانَ: «مَاذَا عَمِلْتُ؟ وَمَا هُوَ إِثْمِي؟ وَمَا هِيَ خَطِيَّتِي أَمَامَ أَبِيكَ حَتَّى يَطْلُبَ نَفْسِي؟» ١ 1
Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah and came and said to Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks to take my life?”
فَقَالَ لَهُ: «حَاشَا. لَا تَمُوتُ! هُوَذَا أَبِي لَا يَعْمَلُ أَمْرًا كَبِيرًا وَلَا أَمْرًا صَغِيرًا إِلَّا وَيُخْبِرُنِي بِهِ. وَلِمَاذَا يُخْفِي عَنِّي أَبِي هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ؟ لَيْسَ كَذَا». ٢ 2
Jonathan said to David, “Far from it; you will not die. My father does nothing either great or small without telling it to me. Why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.”
فَحَلَفَ أَيْضًا دَاوُدُ وَقَالَ: «إِنَّ أَبَاكَ قَدْ عَلِمَ أَنِّي قَدْ وَجَدْتُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ، فَقَالَ: لَا يَعْلَمْ يُونَاثَانُ هَذَا لِئَلَّا يَغْتَمَّ. وَلَكِنْ حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ، وَحَيَّةٌ هِيَ نَفْسُكَ، إِنَّهُ كَخَطْوَةٍ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ ٱلْمَوْتِ». ٣ 3
Yet David vowed again and said, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes. He has said, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved.' But as truly as Yahweh lives, and as you live, there is but a step between me and death.”
فَقَالَ يُونَاثَانُ لِدَاوُدَ: «مَهْمَا تَقُلْ نَفْسُكَ أَفْعَلْهُ لَكَ». ٤ 4
Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you say, I will do for you.”
فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِيُونَاثَانَ: «هُوَذَا ٱلشَّهْرُ غَدًا حِينَمَا أَجْلِسُ مَعَ ٱلْمَلِكِ لِلْأَكْلِ. وَلَكِنْ أَرْسِلْنِي فَأَخْتَبِئَ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ إِلَى مَسَاءِ ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثِ. ٥ 5
David said to Jonathan, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and I ought to sit down to eat with the king. But let me go, so that I may hide myself in the field until the third day at evening.
وَإِذَا ٱفْتَقَدَنِي أَبُوكَ، فَقُلْ: قَدْ طَلَبَ دَاوُدُ مِنِّي طِلْبَةً أَنْ يَرْكُضَ إِلَى بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ مَدِينَتِهِ، لِأَنَّ هُنَاكَ ذَبِيحَةً سَنَوِيَّةً لِكُلِّ ٱلْعَشِيرَةِ. ٦ 6
If your father misses me at all, then say, 'David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; because it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the clan.'
فَإِنْ قَالَ هَكَذاَ: حَسَنًا. كَانَ سَلَامٌ لِعَبْدِكَ. وَلَكِنْ إِنِ ٱغْتَاظَ غَيْظًا، فَٱعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ قَدْ أُعِدَّ ٱلشَّرُّ عِنْدَهُ. ٧ 7
If he says, 'It is well,' your servant will have peace. But if he is very angry, then know that he has decided on evil.
فَتَعْمَلُ مَعْرُوفًا مَعَ عَبْدِكَ، لِأَنَّكَ بِعَهْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ أَدْخَلْتَ عَبْدَكَ مَعَكَ. وَإِنْ كَانَ فِيَّ إِثْمٌ فَٱقْتُلْنِي أَنْتَ، وَلِمَاذَا تَأْتِي بِي إِلَى أَبِيكَ؟». ٨ 8
Therefore deal kindly with your servant. For you have brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you. But if there is sin in me, kill me yourself; for why then should you bring me to your father?”
فَقَالَ يُونَاثَانُ: «حَاشَا لَكَ! لِأَنَّهُ لَوْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ ٱلشَّرَّ قَدْ أُعِدَّ عِنْدَ أَبِي لِيَأْتِيَ عَلَيْكَ، أَفَمَا كُنْتُ أُخْبِرُكَ بِهِ؟». ٩ 9
Jonathan said, “Far be it from you! If I learned my father decided harm to come upon you, would I not tell you?”
فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِيُونَاثَانَ: «مَنْ يُخْبِرُنِي إِنْ جَاوَبَكَ أَبُوكَ شَيْئًا قَاسِيًا؟». ١٠ 10
Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if by chance your father should answer you roughly?”
فَقَالَ يُونَاثَانُ لِدَاوُدَ: «تَعَالَ نَخْرُجُ إِلَى ٱلْحَقْلِ». فَخَرَجَا كِلَاهُمَا إِلَى ٱلْحَقْلِ. ١١ 11
Jonathan said to David, “Come, let us go out into the field.” So they both went out into the field.
وَقَالَ يُونَاثَانُ لِدَاوُدَ: «يَارَبُّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، مَتَى ٱخْتَبَرْتُ أَبِي مِثْلَ ٱلْآنَ غَدًا أَوْ بَعْدَ غَدٍ، فَإِنْ كَانَ خَيْرٌ لِدَاوُدَ وَلَمْ أُرْسِلْ حِينَئِذٍ فَأُخْبِرَهُ، ١٢ 12
Jonathan said to David, “May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be witness. When I have questioned my father around this time tomorrow, or the third day, see, if there is good will toward David, will I not then send to you and make it known to you?
فَهَكَذَا يَفْعَلُ ٱلرَّبُّ لِيُونَاثَانَ وَهَكَذَا يَزِيدُ. وَإِنِ ٱسْتَحْسَنَ أَبِي ٱلشَّرَّ نَحْوَكَ، فَإِنِّي أُخْبِرُكَ وَأُطْلِقُكَ فَتَذْهَبُ بِسَلَامٍ. وَلْيَكُنِ ٱلرَّبُّ مَعَكَ كَمَا كَانَ مَعَ أَبِي. ١٣ 13
If it pleases my father to do you harm, may Yahweh do to Jonathan and more also if I do not make it known to you and send you away, so that you may go in peace. May Yahweh be with you, as he has been with my father.
وَلَا وَأَنَا حَيٌّ بَعْدُ تَصْنَعُ مَعِي إِحْسَانَ ٱلرَّبِّ حَتَّى لَا أَمُوتَ، ١٤ 14
If I am still alive, will you not show me the covenant faithfulness of Yahweh, that I may not die?
بَلْ لَا تَقْطَعُ مَعْرُوفَكَ عَنْ بَيْتِي إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ، وَلَا حِينَ يَقْطَعُ ٱلرَّبُّ أَعْدَاءَ دَاوُدَ جَمِيعًا عَنْ وَجْهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ». ١٥ 15
Do not cut off your covenant faithfulness from my house forever—not even when Yahweh cuts off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.”
فَعَاهَدَ يُونَاثَانُ بَيْتَ دَاوُدَ وَقَالَ: «لِيَطْلُبِ ٱلرَّبُّ مِنْ يَدِ أَعْدَاءِ دَاوُدَ». ١٦ 16
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David and said, “May Yahweh require an accounting from the hand of the enemies of David.”
ثُمَّ عَادَ يُونَاثَانُ وَٱسْتَحْلَفَ دَاوُدَ بِمَحَبَّتِهِ لَهُ لِأَنَّهُ أَحَبَّهُ مَحَبَّةَ نَفْسِهِ. ١٧ 17
Jonathan made David vow again because of the love that he had for him, because he loved him as he loved his own soul.
وَقَالَ لَهُ يُونَاثَانُ: «غَدًا ٱلشَّهْرُ، فَتُفْتَقَدُ لِأَنَّ مَوْضِعَكَ يَكُونُ خَالِيًا. ١٨ 18
Then Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon. You will be missed because your seat will be empty.
وَفِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثِ تَنْزِلُ سَرِيعًا وَتَأْتِي إِلَى ٱلْمَوْضِعِ ٱلَّذِي ٱخْتَبَأْتَ فِيهِ يَوْمَ ٱلْعَمَلِ، وَتَجْلِسُ بِجَانِبِ حَجَرِ ٱلِٱفْتِرَاقِ. ١٩ 19
When you have stayed three days, go down quickly and come to the place where you hid yourself when the business was in hand, and stay by the stone Ezel.
وَأَنَا أَرْمِي ثَلَاثَةَ سِهَامٍ إِلَى جَانِبِهِ كَأَنِّي أَرْمِي غَرَضًا. ٢٠ 20
I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as though I were shooting at a target.
وَحِينَئِذٍ أُرْسِلُ ٱلْغُلَامَ قَائِلًا: ٱذْهَبِ ٱلْتَقِطِ ٱلسِّهَامَ. فَإِنْ قُلْتُ لِلْغُلَامِ: هُوَذَا ٱلسِّهَامُ دُونَكَ فَجَائِيًا، خُذْهَا. فَتَعَالَ، لِأَنَّ لَكَ سَلَامًا. لَا يُوجَدُ شَيْءٌ، حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ. ٢١ 21
Then I will send my young man and say to him, 'Go find the arrows.' If I say to the young boy, 'Look, the arrows are on this side of you; get them,” then come; for there will be safety for you and not harm, as Yahweh lives.
وَلَكِنْ إِنْ قُلْتُ هَكَذَا لِلْغُلَامِ: هُوَذَا ٱلسِّهَامُ دُونَكَ فَصَاعِدًا. فَٱذْهَبْ، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَدْ أَطْلَقَكَ. ٢٢ 22
“But if I say to the young man, 'Look, the arrows are beyond you,' then go your way, for Yahweh has sent you away.
وَأَمَّا ٱلْكَلَامُ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمْنَا بِهِ أَنَا وَأَنْتَ، فَهُوَذَا ٱلرَّبُّ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ». ٢٣ 23
As for the agreement of which you and I have spoken, see, Yahweh is between you and me forever.'”
فَٱخْتَبَأَ دَاوُدُ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ. وَكَانَ ٱلشَّهْرُ، فَجَلَسَ ٱلْمَلِكُ عَلَى ٱلطَّعَامِ لِيَأْكُلَ. ٢٤ 24
So David hid himself in the field. When the new moon came, the king sat down to eat food.
فَجَلَسَ ٱلْمَلِكُ فِي مَوْضِعِهِ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ عَلَى مَجْلِسٍ عِنْدَ ٱلْحَائِطِ. وَقَامَ يُونَاثَانُ وَجَلَسَ أَبْنَيْرُ إِلَى جَانِبِ شَاوُلَ، وَخَلَا مَوْضِعُ دَاوُدَ. ٢٥ 25
The king sat on his seat, as usual, on the seat by the wall. Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul's side. But David's place was empty.
وَلَمْ يَقُلْ شَاوُلُ شَيْئًا فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ، لِأَنَّهُ قَالَ: «لَعَلَّهُ عَارِضٌ. غَيْرُ طَاهِرٍ هُوَ. إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ طَاهِرًا». ٢٦ 26
Yet Saul did not say anything that day, because he thought, “Something has happened to him. He is not clean; surely he is not clean.”
وَكَانَ فِي ٱلْغَدِ ٱلثَّانِي مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ أَنَّ مَوْضِعَ دَاوُدَ خَلَا، فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ لِيُونَاثَانَ ٱبْنِهِ: «لِمَاذَا لَمْ يَأْتِ ٱبْنُ يَسَّى إِلَى ٱلطَّعَامِ لَا أَمْسِ وَلَا ٱلْيَوْمَ؟» ٢٧ 27
But on the second day, the day after the new moon, David's place was empty. Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why has the son of Jesse not come to the meal either yesterday or today?”
فَأَجَابَ يُونَاثَانُ شَاوُلَ: «إِنَّ دَاوُدَ طَلَبَ مِنِّي أَنْ يَذْهَبَ إِلَى بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ، ٢٨ 28
Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked permission from me to go to Bethlehem.
وَقَالَ: أَطْلِقْنِي لِأَنَّ عِنْدَنَا ذَبِيحَةَ عَشِيرَةٍ فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، وَقَدْ أَوْصَانِي أَخِي بِذَلِكَ. وَٱلْآنَ إِنْ وَجَدْتُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ فَدَعْنِي أُفْلِتُ وَأَرَى إِخْوَتِي. لِذَلِكَ لَمْ يَأْتِ إِلَى مَائِدَةِ ٱلْمَلِكِ». ٢٩ 29
He said, 'Please let me go. For our family has a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has ordered me to be there. Now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.' For this reason he has not come to the king's table.”
فَحَمِيَ غَضَبُ شَاوُلَ عَلَى يُونَاثَانَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «يَا ٱبْنَ ٱلْمُتَعَوِّجَةِ ٱلْمُتَمَرِّدَةِ، أَمَا عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ قَدِ ٱخْتَرْتَ ٱبْنَ يَسَّى لِخِزْيِكَ وَخِزْيِ عَوْرَةِ أُمِّكَ؟ ٣٠ 30
Then Saul's anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?
لِأَنَّهُ مَا دَامَ ٱبْنُ يَسَّى حَيًّا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ لَا تُثْبَتُ أَنْتَ وَلَا مَمْلَكَتُكَ. وَٱلْآنَ أَرْسِلْ وَأْتِ بِهِ إِلَيَّ لِأَنَّهُ ٱبْنُ ٱلْمَوْتِ هُوَ». ٣١ 31
For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Now then, send and bring him to me, for he must surely die.”
فَأَجَابَ يُونَاثَانُ شَاوُلَ أَبَاهُ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «لِمَاذَا يُقْتَلُ؟ مَاذَا عَمِلَ؟». ٣٢ 32
Jonathan answered Saul his father, “For what reason should he be put to death? What has he done?”
فَصَابَى شَاوُلُ ٱلرُّمْحَ نَحْوَهُ لِيَطْعَنَهُ، فَعَلِمَ يُونَاثَانُ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ قَدْ عَزَمَ عَلَى قَتْلِ دَاوُدَ. ٣٣ 33
Then Saul threw his spear at him to kill him. So Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.
فَقَامَ يُونَاثَانُ عَنِ ٱلْمَائِدَةِ بِحُمُوِّ غَضَبٍ وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ خُبْزًا فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّانِي مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ، لِأَنَّهُ ٱغْتَمَّ عَلَى دَاوُدَ، لِأَنَّ أَبَاهُ قَدْ أَخْزَاهُ. ٣٤ 34
Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and ate no food the second day of the month, for he was grieved over David, because his father had dishonored him.
وَكَانَ فِي ٱلصَّبَاحِ أَنَّ يُونَاثَانَ خَرَجَ إِلَى ٱلْحَقْلِ إِلَى مِيعَادِ دَاوُدَ، وَغُلَامٌ صَغِيرٌ مَعَهُ. ٣٥ 35
In the morning, Jonathan went out into the field to the appointment with David, and a young man was with him.
وَقَالَ لِغُلَامِهِ: «ٱرْكُضِ ٱلْتَقِطِ ٱلسِّهَامَ ٱلَّتِي أَنَا رَامِيهَا». وَبَيْنَمَا ٱلْغُلَامُ رَاكِضٌ رَمَى ٱلسَّهْمَ حَتَّى جَاوَزَهُ. ٣٦ 36
He said to his young man, “Run and find the arrows that I shoot.” As the young man ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
وَلَمَّا جَاءَ ٱلْغُلَامُ إِلَى مَوْضِعِ ٱلسَّهْمِ ٱلَّذِي رَمَاهُ يُونَاثَانُ، نَادَى يُونَاثَانُ وَرَاءَ ٱلْغُلَامِ وَقَالَ: «أَلَيْسَ ٱلسَّهْمُ دُونَكَ فَصَاعِدًا؟». ٣٧ 37
When the young man came to the place where the arrow that Jonathan shot had landed, Jonathan called after the young man, and said, “Is not the arrow beyond you?”
وَنَادَى يُونَاثَانُ وَرَاءَ ٱلْغُلَامِ قَائِلًا: «ٱعْجَلْ. أَسْرِعْ. لَا تَقِفْ». فَٱلْتَقَطَ غُلَامُ يُونَاثَانَ ٱلسَّهْمَ وَجَاءَ إِلَى سَيِّدِهِ. ٣٨ 38
Then Jonathan called after the young man, “Hurry, be quick, do not stay!” So Jonathan's young man gathered up the arrows and came to his master.
وَٱلْغُلَامُ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْلَمُ شَيْئًا، وَأَمَّا يُونَاثَانُ وَدَاوُدُ فَكَانَا يَعْلَمَانِ ٱلْأَمْرَ. ٣٩ 39
But the young man did not know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
فَأَعْطَى يُونَاثَانُ سِلَاحَهُ لِلْغُلَامِ ٱلَّذِي لَهُ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «ٱذْهَبِ. ٱدْخُلْ بِهِ إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ». ٤٠ 40
Jonathan gave his weapons to his young man and said to him, “Go, take them to the city.”
اَلْغُلَامُ ذَهَبَ وَدَاوُدُ قَامَ مِنْ جَانِبِ ٱلْجَنُوبِ وَسَقَطَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَسَجَدَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ. وَقَبَّلَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ، وَبَكَى كُلٌّ مِنْهُمَا مَعَ صَاحِبِهِ حَتَّى زَادَ دَاوُدُ. ٤١ 41
As soon as the young man was gone, David stood up from behind the mound, lay facedown on the ground, and bowed himself three times. They kissed one another and wept together, with David weeping the more.
فَقَالَ يُونَاثَانُ لِدَاوُدَ: «ٱذْهَبْ بِسَلَامٍ لِأَنَّنَا كِلَيْنَا قَدْ حَلَفْنَا بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلَيْنِ: ٱلرَّبُّ يَكُونُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ نَسْلِي وَنَسْلِكَ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ». فَقَامَ وَذَهَبَ، وَأَمَّا يُونَاثَانُ فَجَاءَ إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ. ٤٢ 42
Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, because we have both sworn in the name of Yahweh and said, 'May Yahweh be between you and me, and between my descendants and your descendants, forever.'” Then David stood up and left, and Jonathan returned to the city.

< صَمُوئِيلَ ٱلْأَوَّلُ 20 >