1 A nd they told David, saying, 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 T herefore David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And Jehovah said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.

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

3 A nd David's men said unto him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we go 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 Jehovah yet again. And Jehovah answered him, and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hand.

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

5 A nd David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and slew them with a great slaughter. So David save the inhabitants of Keilah.

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

6 A nd it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

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

7 A nd it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath 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 A nd Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

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

9 A nd David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.

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

10 T hen said David, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thy servant hath surely heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

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 up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Jehovah, the God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And Jehovah 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 said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver up to me and my men into the hand of Saul? And Jehovah said, They will deliver thee 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, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.

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 A nd David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

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

15 A nd David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and 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, arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

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

17 A nd he said unto him, Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.

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 they two made a covenant before Jehovah: and David abode 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 came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?

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 therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand.

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

21 A nd Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah; for ye have had compassion on me.

فَرَدَّ شاوُلُ: «لِيُبارِكْكُمُ اللهُ لِأنَّ قَلبَكُمْ مَعِي.

22 G o, I pray you, make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there; for it is told me that he dealeth very subtly.

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

23 S ee therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me of a certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that 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 A nd they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.

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

25 A nd Saul and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after 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 this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take 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 there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have made a raid upon the land.

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

28 S o Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.

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

29 A nd David went up from thence, and dwelt in the strongholds of En-gedi.

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