1 و َما أَنِ انتَهَى داوُدُ مِنَ الحَدِيثِ مَعَ شاوُلَ، كانَ قَلْبُ يُوناثانَ قَدْ تَعَلَّقَ بِقَلْبِ داوُدَ. فَأحَبَّ يُوناثانُ داوُدَ كَنَفْسِهِ.

Now it came about when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as himself.

2 و َكانَ شاوُلُ قَدِ اسْتَبقَى داوُدَ ذَلِكَ اليَوْمَ، وَلَمْ يَسْمَحْ لَهُ بِأنْ يَعُودَ إلَى بَيْتِ أبِيهِ.

Saul took him that day and did not let him return to his father’s house.

3 ف َعاهَدَ يُوناثانُ دَاوُدَ عَلَى الصَّداقَةِ وَالوَفاءِ، لأنَّهُ أحَبَّهُ كَنَفسِهِ.

Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

4 و َخَلَعَ يُوناثانُ المِعطَفَ الَّذِي كانَ يَرتَدِيهِ وَأعطاهُ لِداوُدَ. وَأعْطاهُ أيْضاً لِباسَهُ الحَرْبيَّ كُلَّهُ مَعَ سَيفهِ وَقَوسِهِ وَحِزامِهِ. شاوُلُ يُلاحظُ نَجاحَ داوُد

Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, with his armor, including his sword and his bow and his belt.

5 و َكانَ داوُدُ يَخرُجُ إلَى القتال حَيثُما أرسَلَهُ شاوُلُ. فَنَجَحَ داوُدُ نَجاحاً كَبِيراً. فَجَعَلَهُ شاوُلُ مَسؤُولاً عَنْ جُنُوده. فَأرْضَى هَذا القَرارُ الجَمِيعَ، حَتَّى كِبارَ مَسؤُولي شاوُلَ.

So David went out wherever Saul sent him, and prospered; and Saul set him over the men of war. And it was pleasing in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.

6 ف َكانَ داوُدُ يَخْرُجُ لِيُقاتلَ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ. وَعندَ عَودَتِه مِنَ المَعارِك كانَتِ النِّساءُ فِي كُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ مِنْ مُدُنِ إسْرائِيلَ يَخْرُجنَ لِلقائِه. وَكُنَّ يَرقُصْنَ بِفَرَحٍ وَيَقرَعْنَ الطُّبُولَ وَيَعْزِفْنَ عَلَى الأعوادِ.

It happened as they were coming, when David returned from killing the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy and with musical instruments.

7 و َكُنَّ يُغَنِّينَ وَيُرَدِّدْنَ بِابتِهاجٍ: «شاوُلُ قَتَلَ الآلافَ. وَداوُدُ عَشَراتِ الآلافِ!»

The women sang as they played, and said, “ Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands.”

8 و َأزعَجَتْ هَذهِ الكِلِماتُ شاوُلَ وَأغضَبَتْهُ كَثِيراً. وَقالَ في نَفسِهِ: «نَسَبَتِ النِّساءُ الفَضلَ لداوُدَ فِي قَتلِ عَشَراتِ الأُلُوفِ، وَلَمْ يَنسِبْنَ لِي إلّا قَتلَ أُلوفٍ. فَماذا بَعُدُ؟ لَمْ يَبْقَ سِوَى أنْ يأخُذَ العَرْشَ مِنِّي!»

Then Saul became very angry, for this saying displeased him; and he said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed thousands. Now what more can he have but the kingdom?”

9 و َمُنذُ ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، راحَ شاوُلُ يُراقبُ داوُدَ عَنْ قُرْبٍ. شاوُلُ يَخافُ منْ داوُد

Saul looked at David with suspicion from that day on. Saul Turns against David

10 و َفي اليَومِ التّالِي، سَيطَرَ عَلَى شاوُلَ الرُّوحُ الشِّرِّيرُ الذِي أرسَلَهُ اللهُ، فَفَقَدَ أعْصابَهُ فِي بَيتِهِ. فَعَزَفَ داوُدُ عَلَى القِيثارِ لِيُهَدِّئَهُ كَعادَتِهِ.

Now it came about on the next day that an evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul, and he raved in the midst of the house, while David was playing the harp with his hand, as usual; and a spear was in Saul’s hand.

11 و َكانَ فِي يَدِ شاوُلَ رُمحٌ. فَقالَ شاوُلُ فِي نَفسِهِ: «سَأُسَمِّرُ داوُدَ فِي الحائِطِ بهَذا الرُّمحِ.» فَتَنَحَّى داوُدُ عَنِ الرُّمْحِ مَرَّتَينِ.

Saul hurled the spear for he thought, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David escaped from his presence twice.

12 ك انَ اللهُ قَدْ تَرَكَ شاوُلَ، وَصارَ الآنَ مَعَ داوُدَ، فَخافَ شاوُلُ مِنْ داوُدَ.

Now Saul was afraid of David, for the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul.

13 ف َأبعَدَهُ شاوُلُ عَنهُ وَجَعَلَهُ قائِداً عَلَى ألفِ جُندِيٍّ. فَصارَ داوُدُ أكثَرَ شَعبِيَّةً مِنْ قَبلُ، بِسَبَبِ دُخُولِهِ المَعارِكَ وَانِتِصارِهِ بِها.

Therefore Saul removed him from his presence and appointed him as his commander of a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

14 و َكانَ اللهُ مَعَ داوُدَ، فَكانَ ناجِحاً فِي كُلِّ شَيءٍ.

David was prospering in all his ways for the Lord was with him.

15 و َرَأى شاوُلُ نَجاحَ داوُدَ، فازدادَ خَوفُهُ مِنهُ.

When Saul saw that he was prospering greatly, he dreaded him.

16 غ َيرَ أنَّ جَمِيعَ الشَّعبِ فِي إسْرائِيلَ وَيَهُوذا، كانُوا يُحِبُّونَ داوُدَ لِأنَّهُ كانَ ظاهِراً بَينَهُمْ، وَكانَ يَقُودُهُمْ فِي القِتالِ. شاوُلُ يُزَوِّجُ داوُدَ مِنَ ابنَتِه

But all Israel and Judah loved David, and he went out and came in before them.

17 و َذاتَ يَومٍ قالَ شاوُلُ لِداوُدَ: «سَأُزَوِّجُكَ مِنَ ابنَتِي الكُبرَى مَيْرَبَ. لَكِنْ عِدْنِي بأنْ تَكُونُ مُخلِصاً لي، وَبِأنْ تُحارِبَ حُرُوبَ اللهِ.» لَكِنْ ما كانَ يَدُورُ فِي ذِهْنِ شاوُلَ هُوَ هَذا: «لَنْ أمَدَّ يَدَي لِقَتلِ داوُدَ، سَأترُكُ مَهَمَّةَ قَتلِهِ لِلفِلِسْطِيِّينَ.»

Then Saul said to David, “ Here is my older daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife, only be a valiant man for me and fight the Lord’s battles.” For Saul thought, “My hand shall not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

18 ف َقالَ داوُدَ: «مَنْ أنا وَمَنْ عائِلَةُ أبِي فِي إسرائِيلَ لأُصاهِرَ المَلِكَ؟»

But David said to Saul, “ Who am I, and what is my life or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be the king’s son-in-law?”

19 و َعِندَما حانَ وَقتُ زَواجِ داوُدَ مِنِ بِنتِ شاوُلَ، زَوَّجَها شاوُلُ مِنْ عَدرِيئِيلَ المَحُولِيِّ.

So it came about at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife. David Marries Saul’s Daughter

20 و َجاءَ مَنْ يُخبِرُ شاوُلَ أنَّ ابنَتَهُ مِيكالَ تُحِبُّ داوُدَ. فَأفرَحَهُ هَذا الخَبَرُ.

Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. When they told Saul, the thing was agreeable to him.

21 و َقالَ شاوُلُ فِي نَفسِهِ: «سَأجعَلُ مِيكالَ فَخّاً لِداوُدَ. سَأُزَوِّجُها مِنهُ، ثُمَّ أدَعُ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ يَقتُلُونَهُ.» فَقالَ شاوُلُ لِداوُدَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى: «يُمكِنُكَ الزَّواجُ مِنَ ابنَتِي اليَومَ.»

Saul thought, “I will give her to him that she may become a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David, “ For a second time you may be my son-in-law today.”

22 و َأمَرَ شاوُلُ كِبارَ مَسؤُولِيهِ بِأنْ يَتَحَدَّثُوا مَعَ داوُدَ سرّاً. وَقالَ لَهُمْ أنْ يَقُولُوا لَهُ: «اسْمَعْ، المَلِكُ راضٍ عَنكَ. وَكِبارُ مَسؤُولِيهِ يُحِبُّونَكَ أيضاً. فَتَزَوَّجِ بِنتَ المَلِكِ.»

Then Saul commanded his servants, “Speak to David secretly, saying, ‘Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you; now therefore, become the king’s son-in-law.’”

23 ف َقالَ كِبارُ مَسؤُولِي شاوُلَ لِداوُدَ هَذا الكَلامَ. لَكِنَّ داوُدَ أجابَ: «أنا لَستُ أهلاً لمُصاهَرَةِ المَلكِ. فَما أنا إلّا رَجُلٌ فَقِيرٌ وَبَسِيطٌ.»

So Saul’s servants spoke these words to David. But David said, “Is it trivial in your sight to become the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?”

24 ف َنَقَلَ كبارُ مَسؤُولِي المَلِكِ إلَيهِ ما قالَهُ داوُدُ.

The servants of Saul reported to him according to these words which David spoke.

25 ف َقالَ لَهُمْ شاوُلُ: «قُولُوا لداوُدَ: ‹لا يُرِيدُ المَلِكُ مِنكَ مَهْراً لابنَتِهِ، بَلْ يُرِيدُ أنْ يَنتَقِمَ مِنْ عَدُوِّهِ. فَمَهْرُ ابنَتِهِ هُوَ مِئَةُ غُرلةٍ مِنَ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ.›» وَكانَ شاوُلُ يَنوِي فِي حَقِيقَةِ الأمرِ أنْ يَدَعَ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ يَقتُلُونَ داوُدَ.

Saul then said, “Thus you shall say to David, ‘The king does not desire any dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king’s enemies.’” Now Saul planned to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

26 ف َأخبَرَ مُسؤُولُو شاوُلَ داوُدَ بِما قالَهُ المَلِكُ. وَراقَتْ لداوُدَ فِكرَةُ مُصاهَرَةِ المَلِكِ، فَخَرَجَ فَوراً

When his servants told David these words, it pleased David to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the days had expired

27 ه ُوَ وَرجالُهُ لِمُقاتَلَةِ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ. وَقَتَلُوا مِنهُمْ مِئَتَي رَجُلٍ. فَأخَذَ داوُدُ غُلَفَهُمْ وَأعْطاها لِشاوُلَ. فَكانَ هَذا المَهرَ الَّذِي قَدَّمَهُ داوُدُ لِمُصاهَرَةِ المَلِكِ. فاضْطُرَّ شاوُلُ إلَى تَزوِيج داوُدَ مِنِ ابْنَتِهِ مِيكالَ.

David rose up and went, he and his men, and struck down two hundred men among the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. So Saul gave him Michal his daughter for a wife.

28 و َرَأى شاوُلُ أنَّ اللهَ مَعَ داوُدَ وَأنَّ ابنَتَهُ مِيكالَ تُحِبُّ داوُدَ.

When Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him,

29 ف ازْدادَ خَوفُ شاوُلَ مِنْ داوُدَ، وَصارَ عَدُوّاً لِداوُدَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ.

then Saul was even more afraid of David. Thus Saul was David’s enemy continually.

30 و َواصَلَ حُكّامُ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ خُرُوجَهُمْ لِقِتالِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ. لَكِنَّ داوُدَ كانَ فِي كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ يَهزِمُهُمْ. كانَ داوُدُ أنجحَ مِنْ كُلِّ قادَةِ شاوُلَ الآخَرِينَ، فَصارَ الأكْثَرَ شُهْرَةً وَكَرامَةً بَينَهُمْ.

Then the commanders of the Philistines went out to battle, and it happened as often as they went out, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul. So his name was highly esteemed.