1 أ مَرَ شاوُلُ ابنَهُ يُوناثانَ وَضُبّاطَهُ بأنْ يَقتُلُوا داوُدَ. لَكِنَّ يُوناثانَ كانَ يُحِبُّ داوُدَ حُبّاً عَظِيماً.

Now Saul told Jonathan his son and all his servants to kill David. But Saul’s son Jonathan found much joy in David.

2 ف َقالَ لِداوُدَ: «احْذَرْ فَأبي شاوُلُ يَتَحَيَّنُ الفُرَصَ لقَتلكَ. فاذهَبْ في الصَّباحِ وَاختَبِئْ فِي الحَقلِ.

So Jonathan told David, “My father Saul wants to kill you. I beg you, be careful in the morning. Stay hidden in a secret place.

3 و َسَأخرُجُ فِي الصَّباحِ إلَى الحَقل مَعَ أبي. وَسَنَقِفُ فِي الحَقل حَيثُ أنتَ مُختَبِئٌ. سَأتَكَلَّمُ مَعَ أبِي عَنْكَ. وَإنْ عَرَفْتُ شَيئاً سَأُخْبِرُكَ بِهِ.»

I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are. I will speak to my father about you. If I find out anything, I will tell you.”

4 ف َتَحَدَّثَ يُوناثانُ مَعَ أبيهِ شاوُلَ، فَمَدَحَهُ كَثيراً. وَقالَ يُوناثانُ: «أنْتَ المَلِكُ. وَما داوُدُ إلّا خادِمٌ لَكَ. هُوَ لَمْ يُسِئْ إلَيكَ بِشَيءٍ، فَلا تُسِئْ إلَيهِ. وَهُوَ لَمْ يَفعَلْ إلّا خَيراً مَعَكَ.

Then Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father, saying, “Do not let the king sin against his servant David. He has not sinned against you. What he has done has been good for you.

5 أ لا تَذكُرُ كَيفَ خاطَرَ بحَياتِهِ عندَما قاتَلَ جُلياتَ وَقَتَلَهُ. فَحَقَّقَ اللهُ نَصْراً عَظيماً لإسْرائِيلَ عَلَى يَدِ داوُدَ. وَأنتَ رَأيتَ ذَلِكَ وَفَرِحْتَ. فَلِماذا تُرٍيدُ أنْ تُؤذِيَ داوُدَ وَهُوَ بَريءٌ؟ لا يُوجَدُ سَبَبٌ يَستَوجِبُ قَتلَهُ.»

He put his life in danger and killed the Philistine. And the Lord helped all Israel with His saving power. You saw it and were glad. Why then will you sin against him who has done no wrong, by killing David for no reason?”

6 ف اقتَنَعَ شاوُلُ بِكَلام يُوناثانَ. وَقالَ: «أُقسِمُ بِاللهِ الحَيِّ، لَنْ أقتُلَ داوُدَ.»

Saul listened to Jonathan, and promised, “As the Lord lives, David will not be killed.”

7 ف َدَعا يُوناثانُ داوُدَ وَأخبَرَهُ بِكُلِّ ما دارَ بَينَهُ وَبَينَ شاوُلَ. ثُمَّ أحضَرَ يُوناثانُ داوُدَ إلَى شاوُلَ. فَعادَتِ العَلاقَةُ بَينَ داوُدَ وَشاوُلَ إلَى مَجارِيها كَما فِي السّابِقِ. شاوُلُ يُكَرّرُ مُحاوَلَةَ قَتلِ داوُد

Then Jonathan called David and told him all these things. He brought David to Saul, and David stayed with Saul as before.

8 و َنَشَبَتِ الحَرْبُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى. فَخَرَجَ داوُدُ لِمُقاتَلَةِ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ. وَألحَقَ بِهِمْ هَزِيمَةً شَديدَةً، فَهَرَبُوا.

When there was war again, David went out and fought with the Philistines. He killed many of them, and the others ran away from him.

9 و َفِيما بَعْدُ، كانَ داوُدُ يَعزِفُ عَلَى القِيثارِ فِي بَيتِ شاوُلَ. وَكانَ شاوُلُ هُناكَ يَحْمِلُ رُمحاً في يَدِهِ. فَحَلَّ عَلَى شاوُلَ رُوحٌ شِرِّيرٌ مِنَ اللهِ.

Then a bad spirit sent from the Lord came upon Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand. David was playing the harp.

10 ف َرَمَى شاوُلُ الرُّمحَ عَلَى داوُدَ مُحاولاً قَتلَهُ وَتَسمِيرَهُ عَلَى الحائِطِ. فَتَنَحَّى داوُدُ جانِباً، فَلَمْ يُصِبْهُ الرُّمحُ، بَلِ انغَرَزَ فِي الحائطِ. وَفِي تِلكَ اللَّيلَة هَرَبَ داوُدُ.

Saul tried to nail David to the wall with the spear, but David got out of the way. Saul hit the wall with the spear, and David ran away that night.

11 ف َأرسَلَ شاوُلُ رِجالاً لمُراقَبَة بِيت داوُدَ، وَظَلُّوا هُناكَ طَوالَ اللَّيلِ. وَكانُوا يَنوُونَ قَتلَهُ فِي الصَّباحِ لَدَى خُرُوجِه. لَكِنَّ زَوجَتَهُ ميكالَ حَذَّرَتْهُ وَقالَتْ لَهُ: «اهْرُبِ اللَّيلَةَ لتَنجُوَ، وَإلّا فَإنَّكَ سَتُقتَلُ غَداً.»

Then Saul sent men to David’s house to watch him, that he might kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal told him, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”

12 ث ُمَّ أنزَلَتْهُ مِيكالُ مِنْ أحَد نَوافِذِ البَيتِ. فَهَرَبَ وَنَجا.

So Michal let David down through a window, and he ran away.

13 ف َأخَذَتْ مِيكالُ تِمْثالَ التَّرافيمَ وَلَفَّتهُ بِمَلابِسَ. وَوَضَعَتْ شَعْرَ ماعِزٍ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ. ثُمَّ وَضَعَتِ التِّمثالَ في السَّرِيرِ.

Michal took a house god and laid it on the bed. She put a goat hair pillow at its head, and covered it with clothes.

14 ف َأرسَلَ شاوُلُ رُسُلاً لإلقاء القَبْضِ عَلَى داوُدَ. لَكِنَّ مِيكالَ قالَتْ: «إنَّهُ مَرِيضٌ.»

When Saul sent men to take David, Michal said, “He is sick.”

15 ف َرَجِعَ الرِّجالُ وَأخبَرُوا شاوُلَ، لَكِنَّهُ أعادَهُمْ لِكَي يَرَوا داوُدَ. وَقالَ لَهُمْ: «أحضرُوا داوُدَ إلَيَّ. اجلِبُوهُ عَلَى فِراشهِ إنْ كانَ ذَلِكَ ضَرُورِيّاً، لأقْتُلَهُ.»

Then Saul sent men to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.”

16 ف َذَهَبَ الرُّسُلُ إلَى بَيْتِ داوُدَ. وَدَخَلُوا غُرفَةَ نَومِهِ. فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا إلّا تِمثالاً يُغَطِّي رَأْسَهُ شَعْرُ ماعِزٍ.

When the men came in, the house god was on the bed, with the goat hair pillow at its head.

17 ف َقالَ شاوُلُ لِمِيكالَ: «لِماذا خَدَعْتنِي هَكَذا؟ تَرَكْتِ عَدُوِّي يَهرُبُ مِنْ قَبضَتي. وَها هُوَ الآنَ قَدِ اختَفَى.» فَأجابَتْ مِيكالُ شاوُلَ: «هَدَّدَ بِأنْ يَقتُلَنِي إذا لَمْ أُساعِدهُ عَلَى الهَرَبِ.» داوُدُ يَذهَبُ إلَى المُعَسكَراتِ فِي الرّامَة

So Saul said to Michal, “Why have you fooled me like this and let the man I hate go? Now he has run away to be safe.” Michal said to Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! Why should I kill you?’”

18 ت َمَكَّنَ داوُدُ مِنَ النَّجاةِ وَلَجَأ إلَى صَمُوئِيلَ فِي الرّامَةِ. وَأخبَرَ داوُدُ صَمُوئِيلَ بِكُلِّ ما فَعَلَهُ بهِ شاوُلُ. ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ داوُدُ وَصَمُوئيلُ إلَى مُخَيَّماتِ الأنبياءِ.

Now David ran away from Saul and came to Samuel at Ramah. He told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went and stayed in Naioth.

19 ف َسَمِعَ شاوُلُ أنَّ داوُدَ في مُخَيَّماتِ الأنْبِياءِ فِي الرّامَةِ.

Saul was told, “See, David is at Naioth in Ramah.”

20 ف َأرسَلَ بَعضَ الرِّجالِ لإلقاءِ القَبضِ عَلَى داوُدَ. وَلَمّا وَصَلُوا إلَى المُخَيَّماتِ، كانَتْ هُناكَ مَجمُوعَةٌ مِنَ الأنبِياءِ تَتَنَبَّأُ يَقُودُهُمْ صَمُوئِيلُ. فَحَلَّ رُوحُ اللهِ عَلَى رُسُلِ شاوُلَ أيضاً وَبَدَأُوا يَتَنَبَّأُونَ.

So Saul sent men to take David. But when they saw the men of God saying what was going to happen, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon the men sent by Saul. And they began saying what was going to happen also.

21 ف َلَمّا سَمِعَ شاوُلُ بهَذا الأمرِ، أرسَلَ رُسُلاً غَيرَهُمْ، لَكِنَّهُمْ بَدَأُوا هُمْ أيضاً يَتَنَبَّأُونَ. فَأرسَلَ شاوُلُ رُسُلاً مَرَّةً ثالِثَةً، وَراحُوا هُمْ أيضاً يَتَنَبَّأُونَ.

When Saul heard this, he sent other men, and they began saying what was going to happen. So Saul sent men for the third time, and they began saying what was going to happen.

22 و َأخيراً، ذَهَبَ شاوُلُ نَفسُهُ إلَى الرّامَةِ، وَوَصَلَ إلَى البِئْرِ الكَبِيرَة قُرْبَ البَيدَرِ فِي سِيخُو. فَسَألَ: «أينَ صَمُوئيلُ وَداوُدُ؟» فَأجابَ النّاسُ: «فِي مُخَيَّماتِ الأنبِياءِ قُربَ الرّامَةِ.»

Then he himself went to Ramah, and came as far as the large well in Secu. He asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” And someone said, “See, they are at Naioth in Ramah.”

23 ف َخَرَجَ شاوُلُ إلَى مِنْطَقَةِ سَكَنِ الأنْبِياءِ قُرْبَ الرّامَةِ. فَحَلَّ رُوحُ اللهِ عَلَى شاوُلَ، فَبَدَأ يَتَنَبَّأُ أيضاً. وَظَلَّ شاوُلُ يَتَنَبَّأُ طَوالَ الطَّرِيقِ إلَى مِنْطَقَةِ سَكَنِ الأنْبِياءِ في الرّامَةِ.

So he went to Naioth in Ramah. And the Spirit of God came upon him also. As he traveled he said what would happen, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

24 و َخَلَعَ شاوُلُ ثِيابَهُ. وَبَقِيَ هُناكَ عارياً طَوالَ ذَلِكَ النَّهارِ وَطَوالَ تلكَ اللَّيلَة. حَتَّى شاوُلَ تَنَبَّأ هُناكَ أمامَ صَمُوئيلَ. وَلِهَذا يَقُولُ النّاسُ: «أشاوُلُ أيضاً مِنَ الأنبِياءِ؟»

He took off his clothes and said what was going to happen in front of Samuel. He lay down without clothing all that day and all that night. So they say, “Is Saul among those who say what will happen?”