1 T hen they told David, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are robbing the threshing floors.

وَقالَ بَعضُهُمْ لِداوُدَ: «ها هُمُ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ يُهاجِمُونَ مَدِينَةَ قَعِيلَةَ، وَيَنهَبُونَ الحُبُوبَ منْ بَيادِرِها.»

2 S o David inquired of the Lord, Shall I go and attack these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go, smite the Philistines and save Keilah.

فَسَألَ داوُدُ اللهَ: «هَلْ أذْهَبُ لِمُقاتَلَةِ هَؤُلاءِ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ؟» فَأجابَ اللهُ داوُدَ: «نَعَمْ، اذْهَبْ وَهاجِمِ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ، وَخَلِّصْ قَعِيلَةَ.»

3 D avid’s men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more, then, if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

لَكنَّ رِجالَ داوُدَ قالُوا لَهُ: «انظُرْ مَدَى خَوفِنا وَنَحْنُ هُنا فِي يَهُوذا. فَهَلْ يُمكِنُكَ أنْ تَتَصَوَّرَ مَدَى خَوفِنا إذا ذَهَبْنا إلَى قَعِيلَةَ حَيثُ يَحتَشدُ الجَيشُ الفِلِسْطِيُّ مُستَعِدّاً لِلقِتالِ.»

4 T hen David inquired of the Lord again. And the Lord answered him, Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.

فَسَألَ داوُدُ اللهَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى. فَقالَ اللهُ لِداوُدَ: «انزِلْ إلَى قَعِيلَةَ. وَسَأنصُرُكَ عَلَى الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ.»

5 S o David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines with a great slaughter and brought away their cattle. So David delivered the people of Keilah.

فَذَهَبَ داوُدُ وَرِجالُهُ إلَى مَدينَةِ قَعِيلَةَ وَحارَبُوا الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ. فَهَزَمُوهُمْ هَزِيمَةً شَدِيدَةً وَاستَرَدُّوا أبقارَهُمْ. وَهَكَذا أنقَذَ داوُدُ أهلَ قَعيلَةَ.

6 W hen Abiathar son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, he came with an ephod in his hand.

وَكانَ أبِياثارُ بْنُ أخِيمَالِكَ قَدْ حَمَلَ مَعَهُ ثَوباً كَهَنُوتِيّاً عندَما هَرَبَ إلَى داوُدَ فِي قَعِيلَة.

7 N ow it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. Saul said, God has delivered him into my hand, for he is shut in by going into a town that has gates and bars.

فَقالَ بَعضُهُمْ لِشاوُلَ: «داوُدَ فِي قَعِيلَةَ فِي هَذا الوَقت.» فَقالَ شاوُلُ: «لَقَدْ أوقَعَ اللهُ داوُدَ بَينَ يَدَيَّ. فَقَدْ وَضَعَ داوُدُ نَفسَهُ فِي فَخٍّ بِدُخُولهِ مَدينَةً مُسَوَّرَةً لَها بَوّاباتٌ وَقُضبانٌ.»

8 S aul summoned all the men for war, to go to Keilah to besiege David and his men.

فَجَمَعَ شاوُلُ جَيشَهُ لِلقِتالِ. وَاستَعَدُّوا للنُّزُولِ إلَى قَعِيلَةَ لِمُحاصَرَةِ داوُدَ وَرِجالِهِ.

9 D avid knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod here.

فَعَلمَ داوُدُ أنَّ شاوُلَ يَنوِي لَهُ شَرّاً. فَقالَ داوُدُ لِلكاهِنِ أبياثارَ: «أحْضِرِ الثَّوبَ الكَهَنُوتِيَّ.»

10 T hen David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, Your servant has surely heard that Saul intends to come and destroy the city of Keilah on my account.

فَصَلَّى داوُدُ: «يا اللهُ ، يا إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ، سَمِعْتُ أنَّ شاوُلَ يُخَطِّطُ لِلقُدُومِ إلَى قَعِيلَةَ وَتَدمِيرِها بِسَبَبِي.

11 W ill the men of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O Lord, God of Israel, I beseech You, tell Your servant. And the Lord said, He will come down.

فَهَلْ سَيَأْتِي شاوُلُ إلَى قَعِيلَةَ؟ وَهَلْ سَيُسَلِّمُنِي أهلُها إلَى شاوُلَ؟ أخبِرْنِي يا اللهُ ، يا إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ، أنا عَبدَكَ.» فَأجابَ اللهُ: «سَيَأْتِي شاوُلُ.»

12 T hen David asked, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into Saul’s hand? The Lord said, They will deliver you up.

فَسَألَ داوُدُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى: «هَلْ سَيُسَلِّمُنِي أهلُ قَعيلَةَ أنا وَرجالِي إلَى شاوُلَ؟» فَقالَ اللهُ: «سَيَفعَلُونَ ذَلِكَ إنْ بَقِيتَ هُنا.»

13 T hen David and his men, about 600, arose and left Keilah, going wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up going there.

فَغادَرَ داوُدُ وَرِجالُهُ قَعِيلَةَ، وَكانُوا نَحوَ ستِّ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ. وَظَلُّوا يَنتَقِلُونَ مِنْ مَكانٍ إلَى آخَرَ. فَعَلمَ شاوُلُ أنَّ داوُدَ هَرَبَ مِنْ قَعيلَةَ، فَلَمْ يَذهَبْ إلَيها. شاوُلُ يُطارِدُ داوُد

14 D avid remained in the wilderness strongholds in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hands.

ذَهَبَ داوُدُ إلَى بَرِّيَّةِ زِيفٍ، وَمَكَثَ فِي الجِبالِ وَالحُصُونِ هُناكَ. وَواصَلَ شاوُلُ بَحثَهُ عَنْ داوُدَ، لَكِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يُمَكِّنْهُ مِنَ الإمْساكِ بِهِ.

15 D avid saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the Wilderness of Ziph in the wood.

وَكانَ داوُدُ فِي الحُرشِ فِي بَرِّيَّةِ زِيفٍ، إذْ كانَ داوُدُ خائِفاً لأنَّ شاوُلَ خَرَجَ ليَبحَثَ عَنهُ ليَقتُلَهُ.

16 A nd Jonathan, Saul’s son, rose and went into the wood to David and strengthened his hand in God.

لَكنَّ يُوناثانَ بْنَ شاوُلَ ذَهَبَ لِيَرَى داوُدَ فِي الحُرْشِ، وَشَدَّ مِنْ عَزمِهِ بِاللهِ.

17 H e said to him, Fear not; the hand of Saul my father shall not find you. You shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you. Saul my father knows that too.

وَقالَ لَهُ: «لا تَخَفْ، فَلَنْ يَتَمَكَّنَ أبِي مِنْ إيذائِكَ. سَتُصبِحُ أنتَ مَلِكَ إسْرائِيلَ، وَسَأكُونُ أنا الرَّجُلَ الثّانِيَ بَعدَكَ. أبِي نَفسُهُ يَعلَمُ هَذا.»

18 A nd the two of them made a covenant before the Lord. And David remained in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

وَتَعاهَدَ يُوناثانُ وَداوُدُ فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ عادَ يُوناثانُ إلَى بَيتِهِ. وَبَقِيَ داوُدُ فِي الحُرشِ. أهلُ زِيفٍ يُخبِرُونَ شاوُلَ عَنْ داوُد

19 T hen the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the wood, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of Jeshimon?

وَذَهَبَ بَعضُ رِجالِ زِيفٍ إلَى شاوُلَ في جِبعَةَ. وَقالُوا لَهُ: «إنَّ داوُدَ مُختَبِئٌ فِي مِنطَقَتِنا. وَهُوَ فِي حُصُونِ الحُرِشِ، عَلَى تَلِّ حَخِيلَةَ إلَى الجَنُوبِ منْ يَشمُونَ.

20 N ow come down, O king, according to all your heart’s desire to come down, and our part shall be to deliver him into the king’s hands.

فانزِلْ إلَى هُناكَ مَتَى أحْبَبْتَ. وَنَحْنُ نَتَعَهَّدُ بِتَسلِيمِ داوُدَ لَكَ.»

21 A nd Saul said, The Lord bless you, for you have compassion on me.

فَرَدَّ شاوُلُ: «لِيُبارِكْكُمُ اللهُ لِأنَّ قَلبَكُمْ مَعِي.

22 G o, make yet more sure; and know and see where his haunt is and who has seen him there; for I am told he deals very craftily.

اذهَبُوا وَتَحَرَّوْا أكثَرَ عَنْ داوُدَ. ارصُدُوا تَحَرُّكاتِهِ وَاعرِفُوا مَنْ يَزُورُهُ هُناكَ. إنَّهُ ذَكِيٌّ وَيَعمَدُ إلَى الحِيلَة.

23 S ee and take note of all his hiding places and come back to me with the certain facts, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.

فاذهَبُوا وَحَدِّدُوا كُلَّ المَخابِئِ الَّتِي يَلجَأُ إلَيها، ثُمَّ تَعالَوا وَأطلِعُونِي عَلَى كُلِّ شَيءٍ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَأذهَبُ مَعَكُمْ. إنْ كانَ هُناكَ، سَأجِدُهُ حَتَّى لَوِ اضْطُرَرْتُ لِلبَحثِ في كُلِّ عائلَةٍ مِنْ عائِلاتِ يَهُوذا.»

24 S o they arose and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah south of Jeshimon.

فَذَهَبَ الرِّجالُ مِنْ عِندِ شاوُلَ وَرَجِعُوا إلَى زِيفٍ. وَكانَ داوُدُ وَرِجالُهُ فِي بَرِّيَّةِ مَعُونٍ إلَى الجَنُوبِ مِنْ جَشمُونَ.

25 S aul and his men went to seek him. And David was told; so he went down to the rock in the Wilderness of Maon and stayed. When Saul heard that, he pursued David in the Wilderness of Maon.

فَذَهَبَ شاوُلُ وَرِجالُهُ بَحثاً عَنْهُ. فَعَلِمَ داوُدُ، فَنَزَلَ إلَى الصَّخرَةِ فِي بَرِّيَّةِ مَعُونٍ. فَلَمّا سَمِعَ شاوُلُ أنَّ داوُدَ ذَهَبَ إلَى هُناكَ، انْطَلَقَ بَحثاً عَنْهُ.

26 A nd Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain. And David made haste to get away for fear of Saul, for Saul and his men were surrounding and his men to capture them.

وَكانَ شاوُلُ عَلَى أحَدِ جانِبَيِّ الجَبَلِ. وَكانَ داوُدُ وَرِجالُهُ عَلَى الجانِبِ الآخَرِ. فَأخَذَ داوُدُ يَتَحَرَّكُ بِأقصَى سُرعَةٍ مُمكِنَةٍ لِلإفلاتِ مِنْ شاوُلَ. لَكِنَّ شاوُلَ وَرجالَهُ راحُوا يُحاصِرُونَ الجَبَلَ لِيَقطَعُوا الطَّرِيقَ عَلَى داوُدَ وَرِجالِهِ.

27 B ut a messenger came to Saul, saying, Make haste and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land.

وَفِي هَذِهِ اللَّحظَةِ وَصَلَ رَسُولٌ وَأخبَرَ شاوُلَ: «تَعالَ بِسُرعَةٍ. فَالفِلِسْطِيُّونَ يُهاجِمُونَنا.»

28 S o Saul returned from pursuing David and went against the Philistines. So they called that place the Rock of Escape.

فَتَوَقَّفَ شاوُلُ عَنْ مُطارَدَةِ داوُدَ وَذَهَبَ لِمُقاتَلَةِ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ. وَهَذا هُوَ ما دَعا النّاسَ إلَى تَسمِيَةِ ذَلِكَ المَكانِ «الصَّخرَةَ الزَّلِقَةَ.»

29 D avid went up from there and dwelt in the strongholds of En-gedi.

وَغادَرَ داوُدُ بَرِّيَّةَ مَعُونٍ وَذَهَبَ إلَى الحُصُونِ القَرِيبَةِ مِنْ عَينِ جَدْيٍ.