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

¶ Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.

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

Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go and smite the Philistines and save Keilah.

3 ل َكنَّ 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.»

But David’s men said unto him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah, how much more than if we go to Keilah against the army of the Philistines?

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

Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hand.

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

So David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines and brought away their livestock and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

6 و َكانَ أبِياثارُ بْنُ أخِيمَالِكَ قَدْ حَمَلَ مَعَهُ ثَوباً كَهَنُوتِيّاً عندَما هَرَبَ إلَى داوُدَ فِي قَعِيلَة.

And it came to pass when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, fled to David to Keilah that the ephod came in his hand.

7 ف َقالَ 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.»

¶ And it was told Saul how David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, God has delivered him into my hand, for he is shut in by entering into a town that has gates and bars.

8 ف َجَمَعَ شاوُلُ جَيشَهُ لِلقِتالِ. وَاستَعَدُّوا للنُّزُولِ إلَى قَعِيلَةَ لِمُحاصَرَةِ داوُدَ وَرِجالِهِ.

And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

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

But David understood that Saul devised evil against him, and he said to Abiathar, the priest, Bring here the ephod.

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

Then David said, O LORD God of Israel, thy slave has certainly heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

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

Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? Will Saul come down as thy slave has heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy slave. And the LORD said, He will come down.

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

Then David said, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.

13 ف َغادَرَ 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

So David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah and went from one place to another. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah, and he forbare to go forth.

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

¶ And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand.

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

And David, seeing that Saul had come out to seek his soul, stayed in the woods in the wilderness of Ziph.

16 ل َكنَّ يُوناثانَ بْنَ شاوُلَ ذَهَبَ لِيَرَى داوُدَ فِي الحُرْشِ، وَشَدَّ مِنْ عَزمِهِ بِاللهِ.

Then Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and went to David in the woods and strengthened his hand in God.

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

And he said unto him, Do not fear, 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 even my father knows this.

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

And the two made a covenant before the LORD, and David abode in the woods, and Jonathan returned to his house.

19 و َذَهَبَ 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.

¶ Then those of Ziph came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the woods in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the right hand side of the wilderness?

20 ف انزِلْ إلَى هُناكَ مَتَى أحْبَبْتَ. وَنَحْنُ نَتَعَهَّدُ بِتَسلِيمِ داوُدَ لَكَ.»

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

21 ف َرَدَّ شاوُلُ: «لِيُبارِكْكُمُ اللهُ لِأنَّ قَلبَكُمْ مَعِي.

And Saul said, Blessed are ye of the LORD, for ye have compassion on me.

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

Go, I pray you, prepare yet and know and see his place where he places his foot and who has seen him there, for it is told me that he deals with great prudence.

23 ف اذهَبُوا 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.»

See, therefore, and take knowledge of all the hiding places where he hides himself and come again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he is in the land that I will search him out with all the thousands of Judah.

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

And they arose and went to Ziph before Saul, but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon in the plain on the right hand side of the wilderness.

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

Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David, and he came down from there into a rock and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

26 و َكانَ 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.

And 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 from the presence of Saul, for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.

27 و َفِي هَذِهِ اللَّحظَةِ وَصَلَ رَسُولٌ وَأخبَرَ شاوُلَ: «تَعالَ بِسُرعَةٍ. فَالفِلِسْطِيُّونَ يُهاجِمُونَنا.»

But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Make haste and come, for the Philistines have invaded the land.

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

Saul returned, therefore, from pursuing after David and went against the Philistines. For this reason they called that place Selahammahlekoth.

29 و َغادَرَ داوُدُ بَرِّيَّةَ مَعُونٍ وَذَهَبَ إلَى الحُصُونِ القَرِيبَةِ مِنْ عَينِ جَدْيٍ.

And David went up from there and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.