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

Then they told David, saying, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are robbing the threshing floors.”

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

Therefore David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go and attack these Philistines?” And the Lord said to David, “Go and attack 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 to him, “Look, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”

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

Then David inquired of the Lord once again. And the Lord answered him and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah. For I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

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

And David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines, struck them with a mighty blow, and took away their livestock. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

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

Now it happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, that he went down with an ephod 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 Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah. So Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has shut himself in by entering a town that has gates and bars.”

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

Then Saul called all the people together for 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.»

When David knew that Saul plotted evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”

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, Your servant 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 into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O Lord God of Israel, I pray, tell Your servant.” 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 you. ”

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, about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah and went wherever they could go. Then it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah; so he halted the expedition. David in Wilderness Strongholds

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 stayed in strongholds in the wilderness, and remained in the mountains in the Wilderness of Ziph. 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.

So David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. And David was in the Wilderness of Ziph in a forest.

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 to him, “Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you. You shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you. Even my father Saul knows that.”

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

So the two of them made a covenant before the Lord. And David stayed in the woods, and Jonathan went to his own 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 the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is David not hiding with us in strongholds in the woods, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

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

Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of your 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 you of the Lord, for you have compassion on me.

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

Please go and find out for sure, and see the place where his hideout is, and who has seen him there. For I am told he is very crafty.

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 lurking places where he hides; and come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. And it shall be, if he is in the land, that I will search for him throughout all the clans of Judah.”

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

So they arose and went to Ziph before Saul. But David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.

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.

When Saul and his men went to seek him, they told David. Therefore he went down to the rock, and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued 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.

Then Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain. So David made haste to get away from Saul, for Saul and his men were encircling David and his men to take them.

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

But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry 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.»

Therefore Saul returned from pursuing David, and went against the Philistines; so they called that place the Rock of Escape.

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

Then David went up from there and dwelt in strongholds at En Gedi.