1 و َتَرَكَ داوُدُ جَتَّ وَهَرَبَ إلَى كَهفِ عَدُلّامَ. فَسَمِعَ إخْوَةُ داوُدَ وَأقرِباؤُهُ أنَّهُ فِي عَدُلّامَ. فَذَهَبُوا لِرُؤيَتِهِ هُناكَ.

And David departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And his brethren and all his father's house heard, and they went down thither to him.

2 و َانضَمَّ كَثِيرُونَ إلَى داوُدَ. كانَ هَؤُلاءِ الرِّجالُ مُتَوَرِّطِينَ فِي مَشاكِلَ مُتَنَوِّعَةٍ. فَمِنهُمْ مَنْ كانَ هارِباً مِنْ دائِنِيهِ. وَمِنهُمْ مَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ راضِياً عَنْ حَياتِهِ. فَصارَ داوُدُ زَعِيماً عَلَيهِمْ. وَكانَ عَدَدُهُمْ نَحْوَ أربَعِ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ.

And every one in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one of embittered spirit collected round him; and he became a captain over them; and there were with him about four hundred men.

3 و َتَرَكَ داوُدُ عَدُلّامَ إلَى المِصفاةِ فِي مُوآبَ. وَقالَ لِمَلِكِ مُوآبَ: «أرجُو أنْ تَسمَحَ لِأُمِّي وَأبِي أنْ يَمكُثا عِندَكَ إلَى أنْ أعلَمَ ماذا سَيَفعَلُ اللهُ مَعِي.»

And David went thence to Mizpeh in Moab, and said to the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth amongst you, till I know what God will do for me.

4 ف َتَرَكَ داوُدُ أبَوَيهِ عِندَ مَلِكِ مُوآبَ. وَبَقِيا عِندَهُ طَوالَ إقامَةِ داوُدَ فِي الحِصْنِ.

And he brought them before the king of Moab; and they abode with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.

5 ل َكِنَّ النَّبِيَّ جادَ قالَ لِداوُدَ: «لا تَبَقَ فِي الحِصْنِ. بَلِ اذْهَبْ إلَى أرْضِ يَهُوذا.» فَتَرَكَ داوُدُ الحِصنَ وَذَهَبَ إلَى غابَةِ حارِثٍ. شاوُلُ يَقتُلُ عائِلَةَ أخِيمالِك

And the prophet Gad said to David, Abide not in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.

6 و َبَينَما كانَ شاوُلُ جالِساً تَحْتَ الأشجارِ عَلَى التَّلَّةِ فِي جِبْعَةَ، وَرَدَتْهُ أخْبارُ داوُدَ وَرِجالِهِ. وَكانَ يَحمِلُ فِي يَدِهِ رُمحاً، وَكُلُّ مَسؤُولِيهِ واقِفُونَ حَولَهُ.

And Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him. Now Saul was sitting in Gibeah under the tamarisk upon the height, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing by him.

7 ف َقالَ شاوُلُ لِمَسؤُولِيهِ الواقِفِينَ حَولَهُ: «اسمَعُوا يا رِجالَ بَنْيامِيْنَ، هَلْ تَظُنُّونَ أنَّ ابنَ يَسَّى سَيُعطِيكُمْ حُقُولاً وَكُرُوماً؟ أتَظُنُّونَ أنَّ داوُدَ سَيُرَفِّعُكُمْ وَيَجعَلُكُمْ قادَةَ ألُوفٍ أوْ حَتَّى مِئاتٍ؟

Then Saul said to his servants that stood by him, Hear now, ye Benjaminites: will the son of Jesse give every one of you also fields and vineyards? Will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,

8 ل َكِنَّكُمْ رُغمَ هَذا تَتَآمَرُونَ عَلَيَّ. فَلَمْ يُخبِرنِي واحِدٌ مِنكُمْ بِالعَهدِ الَّذِي بَينَ ابنِي يُوناثانَ وَبَينَ ابنِ يَسَّى. وَلَيسَ مِنكُمْ مَنْ قَلبُهُ عَلَيَّ فَيَقُولُ لِي إنَّ ابنِيَ أنا حَرَّضَ داوُدَ عَلَى أنْ يَنقَلِبَ عَلَيَّ وَيُهاجِمَنِي. وَهَذا هُوَ ما يَفعَلُهُ داوُدُ الآنَ.»

that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that informs me when my son has made with the son of Jesse; and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or informs me that my son has stirred up my servant as a lier-in-wait against me, as at this day?

9 و َكانَ دُواغُ الأدُومِيُّ واقِفاً بَينَ ضُبّاطِ شاوُلَ وَمَسؤُولِيهِ. فَقالَ: «رَأيتُ ابنَ يَسَّى فِي نُوبَ. ذَهَبَ لِيَرَى أخِيمَالِكَ بْنَ أخِيطُوبَ.

Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

10 ف َصَلَّى أخِيمَالِكُ للهِ مِنْ أجلِ داوُدَ وَأعطاهُ طَعاماً، وَأعطاهُ سَيفَ جُلياتَ الفِلِسْطِيِّ!»

And he inquired of Jehovah for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

11 ف َأمَرَ المَلِكُ شاوُلُ بَعْضَ رِجالِهِ بِإحْضارِ الكاهِنِ أخِيمَالِكَ بْنِ أخِيطُوبَ وَكُلِّ أقرِبائِهِ الكَهَنَةِ فِي نُوبَ. فَأحضَرُوهُمْ جَمِيعاً إلَى المَلِكِ.

Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob; and they came all of them to the king.

12 ف َقالَ شاوُلُ لأخِيمَالِكَ: «اسمَعْ يا ابنَ أخِيطُوبَ.» فَأجابَ أخِيمَالِكُ: «سَمعاً وَطاعَةً يا سَيِّدِي.»

And Saul said, Hear now, son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.

13 ف َقالَ شاوُلُ لأخِيمَالِكَ: «لِماذا تَآمَرْتَ عَلَيَّ أنْتَ وَابنُ يَسَّى؟ فَقَدْ أعطَيتَهُ طَعاماً وَسَيفاً. وَصَلَّيتَ للهِ مِنْ أجلِ أنْ يَنتَصرَ عَلَيَّ. وَها هُوَ الآنَ يَكمُنُ لِي فِي مَكانٍ مُنتَظِراً فُرصَةَ الانقِضاضِ عَلَيَّ.»

And Saul said to him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me as a lier-in-wait, as at this day?

14 ف َأجابَ أخِيمَالِكُ: «داوُدُ أكثَرُ رِجالِكَ وَفاءً لَكَ. وَهُوَ صِهْرُكَ وَرَئِيسُ حَرَسِكَ. وَجَمِيعُ أفراد بَيتِكَ يَحتَرِمُونَهُ.

And Ahimelech answered the king and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and has access to thy secret council, and is honourable in thy house?

15 ل َمْ تَكُنْ تِلكَ أوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ أُصَلِّي فِيها للهِ مِنْ أجلِ داوُدَ. فَكَثِيراً ما صَلَّيتُ مِنْ أجلِهِ. وَلا تَلُمْنِي أنا أوْ أحَدَ أقارِبِي. فَنَحنُ جَمِيعاً خُدّامُكَ. وَنَحنُ لَمْ نَكُنْ نَعْرِفُ شَيئاً عَنْ هَذا الَّذِي تَقُولُهُ.»

Was it to-day that I began to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king charge anything to his servant, to all the house of my father; for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.

16 ل َكِنَّ المَلِكَ شاوُلَ قالَ لَهُ: «سَتَمُوتُ أنتَ وَكُلُّ أقربائِكَ.»

And the king said, Thou shalt certainly die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.

17 ث ُمَّ قالَ المَلِكُ للحُرّاسِ الواقِفِينَ إلَى جانبِهِ: «هَيّا اقتُلُوا كَهَنَةَ اللهِ واحِداً واحِداً لِأنَّهُمْ يُناصِرُونَ داوُدَ. كانُوا يَعلَمُونَ أنَّ داوُدَ هارِبٌ مِنِّي، لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُخبرُونِي.» فَرَفَضَ حُرّاسُ المَلِكِ أنْ يَمَسُّوا كَهَنَةَ اللهِ.

And the king said to the couriers that stood about him, Turn and put the priests of Jehovah to death; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not inform me. But the servants of the king were not willing to put forth their hand to fall on the priests of Jehovah.

18 ف َأمَرَ المَلِكُ دُواغَ فَقالَ لَهُ: «تَحَرَّكْ أنتَ وَاقتُلِ الكَهَنَةَ واحِداً واحِداً.» فَقَتَلَ دُواغُ الأدُومِيُّ الكَهَنَةَ واحِداً واحِداً. فَكانَ مَجمُوعُ الَّذِينَ قَتَلَهُمْ خَمسَةً وَثَمانِينَ كاهناً.

And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall on the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and fell on the priests, and put to death that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod.

19 و َقَتَلَ دُواغُ الأدُوميُّ جَمِيعَ أهلِ نُوبَ، مَدِينَةِ الكَهَنَة. قَتَلَ بِسَيفهِ الرِّجالَ وَالنِّساءَ وَالأطفالَ وَالرُّضَّعَ. وَقَتَلَ حَتَّى أبقارَهُمْ وَحَمِيرَهُمْ وَغَنَمَهُمْ.

And Nob, the city of the priests, he smote with the edge of the sword, both men and women, infants and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

20 ل َكِنَّ واحِداً مِنْ أبْناءِ أخِيمَالِكَ بنِ أخِيطُوبَ، اسْمُهُ أبِياثارُ، تَمَكَّنَ منَ الهَرَبِ، وَانْضَمَّ إلَى داوُدَ.

And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.

21 و َأخبَرَ أبياثارُ داوُدَ أنَّ شاوُلَ قَتَلَ كَهَنَةَ اللهِ.

And Abiathar informed David that Saul had slain Jehovah's priests.

22 ف َقالَ داوُدُ لِأبِياثارَ: «رَأيتُ دُواغَ الأدُومِيَّ فِي مَدينَةِ نُوبَ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، وَعَرَفتُ أنَّهُ سَيُخبِرُ شاوُلَ فَلَمْ أمنَعْهُ. فَعَلَيَّ تَقَعُ مَسؤُولِيَّةُ مَوتِ عائلَةِ أبِيكَ.

And David said to Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would certainly tell Saul: I am accountable for all the lives of thy father's house.

23 ا بقَ مَعي، وَلا تَخَفْ، لِأنَّ الرَّجُلَ الَّذي يَسعَى إلَى قَتلِكَ هُوَ نَفسُهُ الَّذِي يَسعَى إلَى قَتلِي. وَسَأحْمِيكَ إذا بَقيتَ مَعي.»

Abide with me, fear not; for he that seeks my life seeks thy life; for with me thou art in safe keeping.