1 و َماتَ صَمُوئِيلُ. فاجتَمَعَ كُلُّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مَعاً وَناحُوا عَلَيهِ. ثُمَّ دَفَنُوهُ فِي بَيتِهِ فِي مَدينَةِ الرّامَةِ. وَانتَقَلَ داوُدُ إلَى صَحراءِ فارانَ.

Now Samuel died. All Israel gathered together and was filled with sorrow for him. They buried him at his house in Ramah. Then David got ready and went down to the desert of Paran.

2 و َكانَ هُناكَ رَجُلٌ غَنِيٌّ جِدّاً يَسكُنُ فِي مَعُونَ. فَكانَتْ لَدَيهِ ثَلاثَةُ آلافِ رَأْسٍ مِنَ الغَنَمِ وَألفُ رَأْسٍ منَ الماعِزِ. وَكانَ يَذهَبُ إلَى الكَرمِلِ لِكَي يَجُزَّ صُوفَ غَنَمِهِ.

There was a man in Maon who worked in Carmel. The man was very rich. He had 3, 000 sheep and 1, 000 goats. He was cutting the wool from his sheep in Carmel.

3 و َكانَ اسْمُ هَذا الرَّجُلِ نابالَ وَيَنتَمِي إلَى عائِلَةِ كالِبَ. وَكانَ مُتَزَوِّجاً مِنْ أبِيجايِلَ، وَهِيَ امْرأةٌ حَكِيمَةٌ وَجَميلَةٌ. أمّا نابالُ نَفسُهُ، فَكانَ سَيِّئَ الطَّبعِ وَقاسِياً.

The man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. The woman was of good understanding and beautiful. But the man was bad and sinful in his ways. He was a Calebite.

4 و َكانَ داوُدُ فِي البَرِّيَّةِ عِندَما سَمِعَ أنَّ نابالَ يَجُزُّ غَنَمَهُ.

David heard in the desert that Nabal was cutting the wool from his sheep.

5 ف َأرسَلَ داوُدُ عَشْرَةَ رِجالٍ لِيَتَحَدَّثُوا إلَى نابالَ. وَأوصاهُمْ داوُدُ فَقالَ: «اذهَبُوا إلَى الكَرمِلِ. زُورُوا نابالَ وَاطمَئِنُّوا عَلَى أحْوالِهِ.»

So David sent ten young men, saying to them, “Go up to Carmel. Visit Nabal and greet him for me.

6 و َطَلَبَ إلَيْهِمْ أنْ يُوصِلُوا هَذِهِ الرِّسالَةَ إلَى نابالَ: سَلامٌ لَكَ، وَسَلامٌ لأهلِ بَيتِكَ وَجَمِيعِ مُمتَلَكاتِكَ.

Say to him, ‘Have a long life. Peace be to you. Peace be to your family. And peace be to all that you have.

7 س َمِعْتُ أنَّكَ تَجُزُّ صُوفَ غَنَمِكَ. وَقَدْ كانَ رُعاتُكَ مَعَنا مُدَّةً منَ الزَّمَنِ، لَمْ نُسِئْ إلَيْهِمْ أثناءَها. فَلَمْ نَأْخُذْ شَيئاً مِنهُمْ عِندَما كانُوا فِي الكَرمِلِ.

I have heard that you have men who cut the wool from your sheep. Now your shepherds have been with us, and we have not done them any wrong. And they have not missed anything all the time they were in Carmel.

8 ا سألْ خُدّامَكَ إنْ أرَدْتَ، وَسَيُخبِرُونَكَ بِصِدقِ ما أقُولُ. فَأرجُو أنْ تُحسِنَ مُعامَلَةَ الفِتيانِ الَّذِينَ أُرسِلُهُمْ إلَيكَ. وَها نَحنُ نَأْتِي إلَيكَ فِي يَومِ خَيرٍ وَفَرَحٍ وَسَلامٍ، فَأرجُو أنْ تُعطِيَ رِجالِي ما تَجُودُ بِه نَفسُكَ. اعمَلْ هَذا المَعرُوفَ مَعِي أنا ابنَكَ وَخادِمَكَ داوُدَ.

Ask your young men and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we have come on a special day. I ask you to give whatever you have ready to your servants and to your son David.’”

9 ف َذَهَبَ رِجالُ داوُدَ إلَى نابالَ. وَأوصَلُوا رِسالَةَ داوُدَ إلَيهِ.

When David’s young men came, they said all this to Nabal in David’s name. Then they waited.

10 ف َقالَ نابالُ: «مَنْ هُوَ داوُدُ هَذا؟ وَمَنْ يَكُونُ ابْنُ يَسَّى؟ كَثِيرُونَ هُمُ العَبِيدُ الهارِبُونَ مِنْ سَادَتِهِمْ هَذِهِ الأيّامَ!

But Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants these days who are leaving their owners.

11 ل َدَيَّ خُبزٌ وَماءٌ وَلَحمٌ. لَكنْ هَذَهِ مِنْ أجلِ عَبِيدِي الَّذِينَ يَجُزُّونَ غَنَمِي، وَلَنْ أُعطِيَها لِرِجالٍ لا أعرِفُهُمْ.»

Should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my wool cutters, and give it to men when I do not know where they came from?”

12 ف َرَجِعَ رِجالُ داوُدَ، وَأخبَرُوهُ بكُلِّ ما قالَهُ نابالُ.

So David’s young men turned away and returned to David and told him all this.

13 ف َقالَ داوُدُ: «تَقَلَّدُوا سُيُوفَكُمْ.» فَتَقَلَّدَ داوُدُ وَرِجالُهُ سُيُوفَهُمْ. فَذَهَبَ مَعَ داوُدَ نَحْوَ أربَعِ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ، بَينَما بَقِيَ مِئَةُ رَجُلٍ مَعَ المُؤَنِ. أبِيجايِلُ تَمنعُ القتال

David said to his men, “Every man put on his sword!” So every man put on his sword, and David put on his sword also. About 400 men went up behind David, while 200 stayed with their things.

14 و َتَحَدَّثَ أحَدُ خُدّامِ نابالَ إلَى أبِيجايِلَ، زَوجَةِ سَيِّدِهِ فَقالَ: «أرسَلَ داوُدُ رُسُلاً مِنَ الصَّحراءِ لِلِقاءِ سَيِّدِي، لَكِنَّ سَيِّدِي نابالَ رَدَّهُمْ بِفَظاظَةٍ.

But one of the young men told Nabal’s wife Abigail, “See, David sent men from the desert to greet our owner, and he spoke against them.

15 ك انَ رِجالُ داوُدَ هَؤُلاءِ طَيِّبِينَ جِدّاً مَعَنا عِندَما خَرَجنا إلَى الحُقُولِ مَعَ المَواشِي. بَقُوا مَعَنا طَوالَ الوَقتِ دُونَ أنْ يُسِيئُوا إلَينا، أوْ يَأْخُذُوا شَيئاً مِنّا.

But David’s men were very good to us. They did not do anything wrong to us. And we did not miss anything when we were in the fields, as long as we went with them.

16 ح َرَسُونا لَيلاً وَنَهاراً. فَكانُوا مِثلَ سُورٍ حَولَنا عِندَما كُنّا نَرعَى الغَنَمَ بَينَهُمْ.

They were a wall to us night and day, all the time we were with them taking care of the sheep.

17 و َقَدْ أخطَأ سَيِّدِي فِي ما قالَهُ. وَإنِّي أتَوَقَّعُ أنْ يَأْتِيَ شَرٌّ عَلَى سَيِّدِي وَعَلَى كُلِّ عائِلَتِهِ بِسَبَبِ تَصَرُّفِهِ الشِّرِّير وَغَيرِ الحَكِيمِ. فَفَكِّرِي أنتِ بِما يُمكِنُ عَمَلُهُ لِمُعالَجَةِ الوَضعِ.»

So know this and think about what you should do. For bad plans have been made against our owner and all his family. He is such a sinful man that no one can speak to him.”

18 ف َأسرَعَتْ أبِيجايِلُ وَجَمَعَتْ مِئَتَي رَغِيفٍ مِنَ الخُبزِ، وَوِعائينِ جِلدِيَّينِ مِنَ النَّبِيذِ، وَخَمسَةَ خِرافٍ مَطبُوخَةٍ، وَخَمسَةَ مَكاييلِ مِنَ الفَرِيكِ، وَسَلَّةً مِنَ الزَّبِيبِ، وَمِئَتَي كَعكَةٍ مِنَ التِّينِ المَكبُوسِ، وَحَمَّلَتْها عَلَى الدَّوابِ.

In a hurry Abigail took 200 loaves of bread, two bottles of wine, five sheep ready to eat, five baskets of dry grain, 100 vines of dried grapes and 200 loaves of figs, and loaded them on donkeys.

19 ث ُمَّ قالَتْ لِخُدّامِها: «اذهَبُوا، وَسَألحَقُ بِكُمْ.» فَعَلَتْ هَذا دُونَ أنْ تُخبِرَ زَوجَها.

She said to her young men, “Go on before me. See, I am coming after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

20 و َرَكِبَتْ أبِيجايِلُ حِمارَها وَنَزَلَتْ إلَى الجانِبِ الآخَرِ مِنَ الجَبَلِ. فَقابَلَتْ داوُدَ وَرِجالَهُ وَهُمْ خارِجُونَ مِنَ الاتِّجاهِ الآخَرِ.

As she went on her donkey and came down hidden by the mountain, David and his men came down toward her, and she met them.

21 و َقالَ داوُدُ: «كانَ كُلُّ ما فَعَلْتُهُ مِنْ أجلِ نابالَ عَبَثاً. حَمَيتُ أملاكَهُ فِي البَرِّيَّةِ. وَحَرِصتُ عَلَى أنْ لا يَضِيعَ خَرُوفٌ واحِدٌ مِنْ خِرافِهِ. كُنتُ طَيِّباً مَعَهُ، فَلَمْ يُعامِلْنِي بِالمِثلِ.

Now David had said, “It was for nothing that I have watched over all this man has in the desert, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him. He has paid me bad for good.

22 ف َأنا أُقسِمُ أنِّي سَأقتُلُ كُلَّ فَردٍ فِي عائِلَةِ نابالَ قَبلَ حُلُولِ صَباحِ الغَدِ.»

May God do the same to David and more, if I leave until morning as much as one male alive of all who belong to him.”

23 ف ِي تِلكَ اللَّحظَةِ وَصَلَتْ أبِيجايِلُ. فَأسرَعَتْ بِالنُّزُولِ عَنْ حِمارِها، وَانحَنَتْ أمامَ داوُدَ وَوَجهُها إلَى الأرْضِ.

When Abigail saw David, she got off her donkey in a hurry. Then she put her face to the ground in front of David.

24 و َوَقَعَتْ أبِيجايِلُ عِندَ قَدَمَيهِ وَقالَتْ: «أعطِنِي فُرصَةً لِأتَكَلَّمَ مَعكَ يا مَولايَ. اسمَعْ ما سَأقُولُهُ لَكَ، وَاعتَبِرِ الذَّنبَ فِي ما حَدَثَ ذَنبِي أنا.

She fell at his feet and said, “Let the sin be on me alone, my lord. I beg you, let your woman servant speak to you. Listen to the words of your woman servant.

25 ل ا تَلتَفِتْ إلَى ما فَعَلَهُ هَذا الرَّجُلُ التّافِهُ، نابالُ. فاسْمُهُ يَعنِي ‹أحْمَقَ!› وَهَذا يَتَناسَبُ مَعَهُ حَقّاً. أمّا أنا فَلَمْ أرَ رِجالَكَ الَّذِينَ أرسَلْتَهُمْ.

I beg you, do not let my lord think about this sinful man, Nabal. For he is like his name. Nabal is his name and he is foolish. But I your woman servant did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.

26 و َها قَدْ مَنَعَكَ اللهُ يا مَولايَ مِنْ قَتلِ الأبرِياءِ وَمنَ الانْتِقامِ لِنَفْسِكَ. وَأنا أتَمَنَّى باللهِ الحَيِّ، وَبِحَياتِكَ، أنْ يَصِيْرَ أعداؤُكَ وَكُلُّ مَنْ يُرِيدُ بِكَ أذَىً كَنابالَ.

So now, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, let the Lord keep you from being guilty of blood. Let Him keep you from punishing with your own hand. And let those who hate you and those who want to hurt my lord be like Nabal.

27 « ها قَدْ أحضَرْتُ أنا أمَتَكَ لَكَ هَدِيَّةً يا سَيِّدِي، فَأعطِها لِرِجالِكَ.

Now let this gift which your woman servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord.

28 و َاغفِرْ لِي ذَنبِي. وَأنا أعرِفُ أنَّ اللهَ سَيُرَسِّخُ عائِلَتَكَ لِأنَّكَ تُحارِبُ حُرُوبَهُ. وَلَنْ يَجِدَ النّاسُ ما يَلُومُونَكَ عَلَيهِ ما دُمتَ حَيّاً.

I beg you, forgive the sin of your woman servant. For the Lord will be sure to make my lord a family that will last. Because my lord is fighting the Lord’s battles. Sin will not be found in you as long as you live.

29 ف َإنْ طارَدَكَ شَخصٌ لِيَقتُلَكَ، فَإنَّ حَياتَكَ يا مَولايَ مَحْفوظَةٌ تَحْتَ عِنايَةِ إلَهِكَ. أمّا حَياةُ عَدُوِّكَ فَسَيَرمِيها كَما يُرمَى حَجَرٌ مِنْ مِقلاعٍ.

If men rise up to come after you and try to kill you, then the life of my lord will be taken care of by the Lord your God. But He will throw away the lives of those who hate you, as a rock is thrown from a sling.

30 و َعَدَكَ اللهُ بِأشْياءَ كَثِيرَةٍ حَسَنَةٍ، وَسَيحَفَظُ وُعُودَهُ لَكَ. وَسَيَجعَلُكَ رَئِيساً عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ.

The Lord will do to my lord all the good that He has promised you. He will make you ruler over Israel.

31 ف َلا تُحزِنْ نَفسَكَ يا مَولايَ، وَلا تُتعِبْ ضَمِيرَكَ بِسَفكِ دَمٍ لا مُبَرِّرَ لَهُ، وَلا هُوَ دِفاعٌ عَنِ نَفسَكِ. وَإنِّي لأرجُو أنْ تَذكُرَنِي حِينَ يُبارِكُكَ اللهُ يا مَولايَ.»

Then my lord will have no reason to feel sorry or guilty because of killing without cause or punishing by my lord’s own hand. When the Lord does good things for my lord, remember your woman servant.”

32 ف َأجابَ داوُدُ أبِيجايِلَ: «أشْكُرُ اللهَ ، إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ، لِأنَّهُ أرسَلَكِ لِلِقائِي.

Then David said to Abigail, “Thanks be to the Lord God of Israel, Who sent you this day to meet me.

33 م ُبارَكَةٌ أنتِ وَمُبارَكَةٌ رَجاحَةُ عَقلِكِ. فَقَدْ مَنَعْتِنِي اليَومَ مِنْ أنْ أقتُلَ لِأُحَقِّقَ مُرادِيَ.

May thanks be given for your wisdom, and thanks be to you. You have kept me this day from being guilty of blood, and from punishing with my own hand.

34 أ ُقْسِمُ باللهِ ، إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ الحَيِّ، لَولا أنَّكِ أسرَعتِ لِلِقائِي، لَما أشْرَقَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى أحَدٍ مِنْ عائِلَةِ نابالَ. لَكِنَّ اللهَ مَنَعَنِي مِنْ أنْ أُؤذِيَكِ.»

The Lord God of Israel has kept me from hurting you. And as the Lord lives, if you had not been quick to come to meet me, for sure not one male would have been left to Nabal until the morning.”

35 و َقَبِلَ داوُدُ هَدِيَّةَ أبِيجايِلَ وَقالَ لَها: «اذهَبِي مَعَ السَّلامَةِ. لَقَدْ فَعَلْتُ كَما طَلَبتِ. وَها أنا أُعِيدُكِ راضِيَةً.» مَوتُ نابال

So David received what she had brought him. He said to her, “Go up to your house in peace. See, I have listened to you and have done what you asked.”

36 ف َرَجِعَتْ أبِيجايِلُ إلَى نابالَ. وَكانَتْ فِي بَيتِهِ وَلِيمَةٌ كَوَلِيمَةِ المَلِكِ. وَسَكِرَ وَانتَشَى. فَلَمْ تُخبِرْهُ أبِيجايِلُ بِشَيءٍ حَتَّى صَباحِ اليَومِ التّالِي.

Abigail came to Nabal and saw that he was having a special supper in his house, like the special supper of a king. Nabal’s heart was full of joy, because he was very drunk. So she did not tell him anything until the morning.

37 و َفِي الصَّباحِ التّالِي، كانَ نابالُ صاحِياً، فَأخبَرَتْهُ زَوجَتُهُ بِكُلِّ شَيءٍ. فَأُصِيبَ بِنَوبَةٍ قَلبِيَّةٍ وَتَصَلَّبَ كَصَخرَةٍ.

But in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things. And his heart died within him so that he became like a stone.

38 و َبَعدَ عَشْرَةِ أيّامٍ أصابَهُ اللهُ بِنَوبَةٍ أُخْرَى، فَماتَ.

The Lord made Nabal die about ten days later.

39 ف َلَمّا سَمِعَ داوُدُ أنَّ نابالَ ماتَ، قالَ: «مُبارَكٌ اللهُ. فَقَدْ أهانَنِي نابالُ، لَكِنَّ اللهَ دافَعَ عَنْ كَرامَتِي. مَنَعَنِي اللهُ مِنَ ارتِكابِ إساءَةٍ، وَجَعَلَ نابالَ يَدفَعُ ثَمَنَ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي فَعَلَهُ.» ثُمَّ أرسَلَ داوُدُ رِسالَةً إلَى أبِيجايِلَ طالِباً يَدَها للزَّواجِ.

When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Thanks be to the Lord, Who has punished Nabal for putting me to shame. He has kept His servant from sin. And the Lord has turned the sin of Nabal upon himself.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to be his wife.

40 ف َذَهَبَ خُدّامُهُ إلَى الكَرمِلِ. وَقالُوا لَها: «أرسَلَنا داوُدُ لِنُحضِرَكِ إلَيهِ، فَهُوَ يَطلُبُكِ زَوجَةً لَهُ.»

When David’s servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, “David has sent us to you, to take you as his wife.”

41 ف انحَنَتْ أبِيجايِلُ وَوَجهُها إلَى الأرْضِ. وَقالَتْ: «أنا مُستَعِدَّةٌ أنْ أكُونَ جارِيَةً لِسَيِّدِي داوُدَ، حَتَّى وَلَو لَمْ يَكُنْ لِي عَمَلٌ آخَرُ غَيرَ أنْ أغسِلَ أقْدامَ رِجالِهِ.»

She stood up and then put her face to the ground, and said, “See, your woman servant will serve you by washing the feet of my lord’s servants.”

42 و َأسرَعَتْ أِبيجايِلُ بِالرُّكُوبِ عَلَى حِمارٍ، وَأخَذَتْ خَمساً مِنْ خادِماتِها مَعَها. فَتَبِعنَ رُسُلَ داوُدَ، وَتَزَوَّجَتْ أبِيجايِلُ مِنْ داوُدَ.

Then she got ready in a hurry and traveled on a donkey, with her five young women who followed her. She followed the men David had sent, and became his wife.

43 و َتَزَوَّجَ دَاوُدُ أيضاً أخِينُوعَمَ مِنْ يَزرَعِيلَ، فَكانَتِ الاثْنَتانِ زَوجَتَينِ لِداوُدَ.

David had taken Ahinoam of Jezreel also. They both became his wives.

44 و َكانَ شاوُلَ قَدْ أعْطَى ابنَتَهُ مِيكالَ – زَوجَةَ داوُدَ – لِرَجُلٍ اسْمُهُ فَلْطِي بْنُ لايِشَ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ جَلِّيمَ.

Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.