1 A nd it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

وَحالَما وَصَلَ داوُدُ وَرِجالُهُ إلَى صِقلَغَ فِي اليَومِ الثّالِثِ، رَأَوْا أنَّ عَمالِيقَ قَدْ هاجَمُوا المَدِينَةَ. فَقَدْ غَزا عَمالِيقُ مِنْطَقَةَ النَّقَبِ، وَهاجَمُوا صِقلَغَ، وَأحرَقُوا المَدِينَةَ،

2 a nd had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.

وَأخَذُوا كُلَّ نِسائِها الكَبِيراتِ مِنهُنَّ وَالصَّغِيراتِ سَبايا. لَمْ يَقتُلُوا أحَداً، لَكِنَّهُمْ أسَرُوا الجَمِيعَ، وَذَهَبُوا فِي طَرِيقِهِم.

3 S o David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.

وَعِندَما دَخَلَ داوُدُ وَرِجالُهُ صِقلَغَ، وَجَدُوها تَحتَرِقُ. وَوَجَدُوا أنَّ زَوجاتِهِمْ وَأولادَهُمْ وَبَناتِهِمْ قَدْ أُسِرُوا.

4 T hen David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

فَبَكَى داوُدُ وَكُلُّ رِجالِ جَيشِهِ بِشِدَّةٍ حَتَّى لَمْ تَعُدْ لَدَيهِمْ قُوَّةٌ عَلَى البُكاءِ.

5 A nd David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

وَكانَتِ امرَأتا داوُدَ، أخِينُوعَمُ اليَزرَعِيلِيَّةُ وَأبِيجايِلُ أرمَلَةُ نابالَ الكَرمِلِيِّ، قَدْ أُخِذَتا أيضاً.

6 A nd David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.

وَكانَ كُلُّ رِجالِ الجَيشِ حَزانَى وَغاضِبِينَ لِأنَّ أولادَهُمْ وَبَناتِهِمْ قَدْ أُسِرُوا. فَتَشاوَرَ الرِّجالُ حَولَ رَجْمِ داوُدَ. فَتَضايَقَ داوُدُ كَثِيراً، لَكِنَّهُ وَجَدَ قُوَّةً فِي إلَهِهِ.

7 A nd David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.

فَقالَ داوُدُ لِلكاهِنِ أبِياثارَ: «أحضِرِ الثَّوبَ الكَهَنُوتِيَّ،» فأحضَرَهُ.

8 A nd David enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.

ثُمَّ سألَ داوُدُ اللهَ: «هَلْ سَأُطارِدُ الَّذِينَ أخَذُوا عائِلاتِنا؟ هَلْ سَألحَقُ بِهِمْ؟» فَأجابَ اللهُ: «طارِدْهُمْ، وَسَتَلحَقُ بِهِمْ، وَسَتُخَلِّصُ كُلَّ المَسبِيِّينَ.» داوُدُ يُصادِفُ عَبداً مِصرِيّاً

9 S o David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.

فَأخَذَ داوُدُ السِّتَّ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ مَعَهُ وَذَهَبَ إلَى وادِي البُسُورِ. فَتَخَلَّفَ بَعْضُهُمْ.

10 B ut David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

أمّا داوُدُ وَالأربَعُ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ الَّذِينَ بَقُوا مَعَهُ، فَواصَلُوا مُطارَدَةَ عَمالِيقَ. فقَدْ تَخَلَّفَ مِئَتا رَجُلٍ، كانُوا تَعِبِينَ وَلَمْ يَستَطِيعُوا مُواصَلَةَ السَّيرِ.

11 A nd they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;

فَوَجَدَ رِجالُ داوُدَ رَجُلاً مِصرِيّاً فِي الخَلاءِ، فَجاءُوا بِهِ إلَى داوُدَ. وَأعطُوا المِصرِيَّ ماءً لِيَشرَبَ وَطَعاماً لِيَأْكُلَ،

12 a nd they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

إذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ ذاقَ طَعاماً أوْ شَرِبَ ماءً ثَلاثَةَ أيّامٍ بِلَيالِيها. فَأعطُوهُ كَعكَةَ تِينٍ، وَعُنقُودَينِ مِنَ الزَّبِيبِ، فَاسْتَعادَ قُوَّتَهُ.

13 A nd David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.

فَسَألَ داوُدُ المِصْرِيَّ: «مَنْ هُوَ سَيِّدُكَ؟ وَمِنْ أينَ أنتَ؟» فَأجابَ المِصْرِيُّ: «أنا مِصْرِيٌّ، وَأنا عَبدٌ لِرَجُلٍ عَمالِيقِيٍّ. وَقَدْ مَرِضتُ قَبلَ ثَلاثَةِ أيّامٍ. فَتَخَلَّى عَنِّي سَيِّدِي.

14 W e made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.

وَكُنّا قَدْ هاجَمْنا جَنُوبَ النَّقَبِ حَيثُ يَسكُنُ الكْرِيتِيُّونَ. وَهاجَمْنا أيضاً يَهُوذا، حَيثُ يَسكُنُ الكالَبِيُّونَ وَأحرَقْنا مَدِينَةَ صِقلَغَ.»

15 A nd David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.

فَسَألَ داوُدُ المِصْرِيَّ: «أتَقُودُنِي إلَى تِلْكَ الفِرقَةِ العَسْكَريَّةِ؟» فَأجابَ المِصْرِيُّ: «إنْ حَلَفْتَ لِي فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ أنَّكَ لَنْ تَقتُلَنِي أوْ تُعِيدَنِي إلَى سَيِّدِي، فَسَأُعِينُكَ عَلَى أنْ تَجِدَهُمْ.» داوُدُ يَنتَصِرُ عَلَى العَمالِقَة

16 A nd when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

فَقادَ المِصرِيُّ داوُدَ إلَى عَمالِيقَ. وَكانُوا مُتَمَدِّدِينَ عَلَى الأرْضِ هُنا وَهُناكَ، يَأكُلُونَ وَيَشرَبُونَ وَيَرْقُصُونَ احتِفالاً بِالغَنائمِ الَّتِي أخَذُوها مِنَ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ وَمِنْ يَهُوذا.

17 A nd David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.

فَهاجَمَهُمْ داوُدُ وَقَتَلَهُمْ. حارَبَهُمْ مِنْ شُرُوقِ الشَّمسِ إلَى مَساءِ اليَومِ التّالِي. وَلَمْ يَهرُبْ مِنهُمْ أحَدٌ غَيرُ أربَعِ مِئَةٍ مِنْ خُدّامِهِمِ الفِتيانِ الَّذِينَ رَكِبُوا عَلَى الجِمالِ وَهَرَبُوا.

18 A nd David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.

فَاسْتَرَدَّ داوُدُ كُلَّ ما أخَذَهُ عَمالِيقُ. وَأنقَذَ زَوجَتَيهِ أيضاً.

19 A nd there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.

وَلَمْ يَضِعْ لَهُمْ شَيءٌ. إذْ وَجَدُوا الجَمِيعَ صغاراً وَكِباراً، كُلَّ أولادِهِمْ وَبَناتِهِمْ، وَكُلَّ أشيائِهِمِ الثَّمِينَةِ. استَرجَعُوا كُلَّ ما سَلَبَهُ عَمالِيقُ. استَرجَعَ داوُدُ كُلَّ شَيءٍ.

20 A nd David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.

وَأخَذُوا كُلَّ الغَنَمِ وَالبَقَرِ. وَساقَها رِجالُهُ أمامَ كُلِّ الجَماعَةِ وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ: «هَذِهِ هِيَ غَنِيمَةُ داوُدَ.» الجَمِيعُ يَقتَسِمُونَ الغَنائِمَ بِالتَّساوِي

21 A nd David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.

وَجاءَ داوُدُ إلَى المِئَتَي رَجُلٍ الَّذِينَ بَقُوا فِي وادِي البُسُورِ. وَهُمُ الرَّجالُ الَّذِينَ كانُوا تَعِبِينَ فَلَمْ يَستَطِيعُوا أنْ يَتبَعُوا داوُدَ. فَخَرَجَ هَؤُلاءِ لِلِقاءِ داوُدَ وَالرِّجالِ الَّذِينَ ذَهَبُوا مَعَهُ. فَاقتَرَبَ داوُدُ إلَيْهِمْ وَحَيّاهُمْ.

22 T hen answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.

وَكانَ بَينَ جَيشِ داوُدَ الَّذِينَ ذَهَبُوا مَعَهُ بَعضُ مُثِيرِي المَتاعِبِ. فَتَذَمَّرُوا وَقالُوا: «لَمْ يَذهَبْ هَؤُلاءِ المِئَتا رَجُلٍ مَعَنا. فَلِماذا نُعطِيهِمْ أيَّ نَصِيبٍ مِنَ الغَنائِمِ الَّتِي أخَذناها؟ يَكفِيهِمْ أنَّنا أرجَعْنا لَهُمْ زَوجاتِهِمْ وَأبناءَهُمْ.»

23 T hen said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the Lord hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.

فَأجابَ داوُدُ: «لا يا إخْوَتِي، لا تَفعَلُوا ذَلِكَ! انْظُرُوا كَمْ أعْطانا اللهُ! فَقَدْ حَمانا وَنَصَرَنا عَلَى أعْدائِنا الَّذِينَ هاجَمُونا.

24 F or who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.

وَلا أظُنُّ أنَّهُ يُوجَدُ مَنْ هُوَ مُسْتَعِدٌّ لِلتَّجاوُبِ مَعَ ما تَقُولُونَ. لِهَذا سَيَكُونُ نَصِيبُ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي بَقِيَ عِندَ المُؤَنِ نَفسَ نَصِيبِ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي حارَبَ. وَسَيَكُونُ تَوزِيعُ الغَنائِمِ بِالتَّساوِي.»

25 A nd it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

وَجَعَلَ داوُدُ هَذا الشَّيءَ أمراً وَقانُوناً فِي إسْرائِيلَ. وَمازالَ هَذا القانُونُ سارِياً إلَى الآنَ.

26 A nd when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the Lord;

وَعِندَما وَصَلَ داوُدُ إلَى صِقلِغَ، أرسَلَ بَعضاً مِنَ الأشياءِ الَّتِي غَنِمَها مِنْ عَمالِيقَ إلَى أصدِقائِهِ قادَةِ يَهُوذا. وَقالَ لَهُمْ: «هَذِهِ هَدِيَّةٌ لَكُمْ أخَذناها منْ أعداءِ اللهِ.»

27 t o them which were in Beth-el, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,

فَأرْسلَها إلَى قادَة بَيتِ إيلَ وَرامُوثَ فِي النَّقَبِ وَيَتِّيرَ

28 a nd to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,

وَعَرُوعيرَ وَسِفمُوثَ وَأشتَمُوعَ

29 a nd to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,

وَراخالَ وَمُدُنِ اليَرحَمْئِيلِيِّينَ وَمُدُنِ القِينِيِّينَ

30 a nd to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chor-ashan, and to them which were in Athach,

وَحُرمَةَ وَبُورِ عاشانَ وَعَتاكَ

31 a nd to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.

وَحَبْرُونَ ، وَإلَى كُلِّ الأماكِنِ الأُخرَى الَّتِي كانَ يَرتادُها داوُدُ وَرِجالُهُ.