1 و َحالَما وَصَلَ داوُدُ وَرِجالُهُ إلَى صِقلَغَ فِي اليَومِ الثّالِثِ، رَأَوْا أنَّ عَمالِيقَ قَدْ هاجَمُوا المَدِينَةَ. فَقَدْ غَزا عَمالِيقُ مِنْطَقَةَ النَّقَبِ، وَهاجَمُوا صِقلَغَ، وَأحرَقُوا المَدِينَةَ،

And it cometh to pass, in the coming in of David and his men to Ziklag, on the third day, that the Amalekites have pushed unto the south, and unto Ziklag, and smite Ziklag, and burn it with fire,

2 و َأخَذُوا كُلَّ نِسائِها الكَبِيراتِ مِنهُنَّ وَالصَّغِيراتِ سَبايا. لَمْ يَقتُلُوا أحَداً، لَكِنَّهُمْ أسَرُوا الجَمِيعَ، وَذَهَبُوا فِي طَرِيقِهِم.

and they take captive the women who in it; from small unto great they have not put any one to death, and they lead away, and go on their way.

3 و َعِندَما دَخَلَ داوُدُ وَرِجالُهُ صِقلَغَ، وَجَدُوها تَحتَرِقُ. وَوَجَدُوا أنَّ زَوجاتِهِمْ وَأولادَهُمْ وَبَناتِهِمْ قَدْ أُسِرُوا.

And David cometh in -- and his men -- unto the city, and lo, burnt with fire, and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters have been taken captive!

4 ف َبَكَى داوُدُ وَكُلُّ رِجالِ جَيشِهِ بِشِدَّةٍ حَتَّى لَمْ تَعُدْ لَدَيهِمْ قُوَّةٌ عَلَى البُكاءِ.

And David lifteth up -- and the people who with him -- their voice and weep, till that they have no power to weep.

5 و َكانَتِ امرَأتا داوُدَ، أخِينُوعَمُ اليَزرَعِيلِيَّةُ وَأبِيجايِلُ أرمَلَةُ نابالَ الكَرمِلِيِّ، قَدْ أُخِذَتا أيضاً.

And the two wives of David have been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelite;

6 و َكانَ كُلُّ رِجالِ الجَيشِ حَزانَى وَغاضِبِينَ لِأنَّ أولادَهُمْ وَبَناتِهِمْ قَدْ أُسِرُوا. فَتَشاوَرَ الرِّجالُ حَولَ رَجْمِ داوُدَ. فَتَضايَقَ داوُدُ كَثِيراً، لَكِنَّهُ وَجَدَ قُوَّةً فِي إلَهِهِ.

and David hath great distress, for the people have said to stone him, for the soul of all the people hath been bitter, each for his sons and for his daughters; and David doth strengthen himself in Jehovah his God.

7 ف َقالَ داوُدُ لِلكاهِنِ أبِياثارَ: «أحضِرِ الثَّوبَ الكَهَنُوتِيَّ،» فأحضَرَهُ.

And David saith unto Abiathar the priest, son of Ahimelech, `Bring nigh, I pray thee, to me the ephod;' and Abiathar bringeth nigh the ephod unto David,

8 ث ُمَّ سألَ داوُدُ اللهَ: «هَلْ سَأُطارِدُ الَّذِينَ أخَذُوا عائِلاتِنا؟ هَلْ سَألحَقُ بِهِمْ؟» فَأجابَ اللهُ: «طارِدْهُمْ، وَسَتَلحَقُ بِهِمْ، وَسَتُخَلِّصُ كُلَّ المَسبِيِّينَ.» داوُدُ يُصادِفُ عَبداً مِصرِيّاً

and David asketh at Jehovah, saying, `I pursue after this troop -- do I overtake it?' And He saith to him, `Pursue, for thou dost certainly overtake, and dost certainly deliver.'

9 ف َأخَذَ داوُدُ السِّتَّ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ مَعَهُ وَذَهَبَ إلَى وادِي البُسُورِ. فَتَخَلَّفَ بَعْضُهُمْ.

And David goeth on, he and six hundred men who with him, and they come in unto the brook of Besor, and those left have stood still,

10 أ مّا داوُدُ وَالأربَعُ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ الَّذِينَ بَقُوا مَعَهُ، فَواصَلُوا مُطارَدَةَ عَمالِيقَ. فقَدْ تَخَلَّفَ مِئَتا رَجُلٍ، كانُوا تَعِبِينَ وَلَمْ يَستَطِيعُوا مُواصَلَةَ السَّيرِ.

and David pursueth, he and four hundred men, (and two hundred men stand still who have been too faint to pass over the brook of Besor),

11 ف َوَجَدَ رِجالُ داوُدَ رَجُلاً مِصرِيّاً فِي الخَلاءِ، فَجاءُوا بِهِ إلَى داوُدَ. وَأعطُوا المِصرِيَّ ماءً لِيَشرَبَ وَطَعاماً لِيَأْكُلَ،

and they find a man, an Egyptian, in the field, and take him unto David, and give to him bread, and he eateth, and they cause him to drink water,

12 إ ذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ ذاقَ طَعاماً أوْ شَرِبَ ماءً ثَلاثَةَ أيّامٍ بِلَيالِيها. فَأعطُوهُ كَعكَةَ تِينٍ، وَعُنقُودَينِ مِنَ الزَّبِيبِ، فَاسْتَعادَ قُوَّتَهُ.

and give to him a piece of a bunch of dried figs, and two bunches of raisins, and he eateth, and his spirit returneth unto him, for he hath not eaten bread nor drunk water three days and three nights.

13 ف َسَألَ داوُدُ المِصْرِيَّ: «مَنْ هُوَ سَيِّدُكَ؟ وَمِنْ أينَ أنتَ؟» فَأجابَ المِصْرِيُّ: «أنا مِصْرِيٌّ، وَأنا عَبدٌ لِرَجُلٍ عَمالِيقِيٍّ. وَقَدْ مَرِضتُ قَبلَ ثَلاثَةِ أيّامٍ. فَتَخَلَّى عَنِّي سَيِّدِي.

And David saith to him, `Whose thou? and whence thou?' And he saith, `An Egyptian youth I, servant to a man, an Amalekite, and my lord forsaketh me, for I have been sick three days,

14 و َكُنّا قَدْ هاجَمْنا جَنُوبَ النَّقَبِ حَيثُ يَسكُنُ الكْرِيتِيُّونَ. وَهاجَمْنا أيضاً يَهُوذا، حَيثُ يَسكُنُ الكالَبِيُّونَ وَأحرَقْنا مَدِينَةَ صِقلَغَ.»

we pushed the south of the Cherethite, and against that which to Judah, and against the south of Caleb, and Ziklag we burned with fire.'

15 ف َسَألَ داوُدُ المِصْرِيَّ: «أتَقُودُنِي إلَى تِلْكَ الفِرقَةِ العَسْكَريَّةِ؟» فَأجابَ المِصْرِيُّ: «إنْ حَلَفْتَ لِي فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ أنَّكَ لَنْ تَقتُلَنِي أوْ تُعِيدَنِي إلَى سَيِّدِي، فَسَأُعِينُكَ عَلَى أنْ تَجِدَهُمْ.» داوُدُ يَنتَصِرُ عَلَى العَمالِقَة

And David saith unto him, `Dost thou bring me down unto this troop?' and he saith, `Swear to me by God -- thou dost not put me to death, nor dost thou shut me up into the hand of my lord -- and I bring thee down unto this troop.'

16 ف َقادَ المِصرِيُّ داوُدَ إلَى عَمالِيقَ. وَكانُوا مُتَمَدِّدِينَ عَلَى الأرْضِ هُنا وَهُناكَ، يَأكُلُونَ وَيَشرَبُونَ وَيَرْقُصُونَ احتِفالاً بِالغَنائمِ الَّتِي أخَذُوها مِنَ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ وَمِنْ يَهُوذا.

And he bringeth him down, and lo, they are spread out over the face of all the earth, eating, and drinking, and feasting, with all the great spoil which they have taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

17 ف َهاجَمَهُمْ داوُدُ وَقَتَلَهُمْ. حارَبَهُمْ مِنْ شُرُوقِ الشَّمسِ إلَى مَساءِ اليَومِ التّالِي. وَلَمْ يَهرُبْ مِنهُمْ أحَدٌ غَيرُ أربَعِ مِئَةٍ مِنْ خُدّامِهِمِ الفِتيانِ الَّذِينَ رَكِبُوا عَلَى الجِمالِ وَهَرَبُوا.

And David smiteth them from the twilight even unto the evening of the morrow, and there hath not escaped of them a man, except four hundred young men who have ridden on the camels, and are fled.

18 ف َاسْتَرَدَّ داوُدُ كُلَّ ما أخَذَهُ عَمالِيقُ. وَأنقَذَ زَوجَتَيهِ أيضاً.

And David delivereth all that the Amalekites have taken; also his two wives hath David delivered.

19 و َلَمْ يَضِعْ لَهُمْ شَيءٌ. إذْ وَجَدُوا الجَمِيعَ صغاراً وَكِباراً، كُلَّ أولادِهِمْ وَبَناتِهِمْ، وَكُلَّ أشيائِهِمِ الثَّمِينَةِ. استَرجَعُوا كُلَّ ما سَلَبَهُ عَمالِيقُ. استَرجَعَ داوُدُ كُلَّ شَيءٍ.

And there hath not lacked to them, from small unto great, and unto sons and daughters, and from the spoil, even unto all that they had taken to themselves, the whole hath David brought back,

20 و َأخَذُوا كُلَّ الغَنَمِ وَالبَقَرِ. وَساقَها رِجالُهُ أمامَ كُلِّ الجَماعَةِ وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ: «هَذِهِ هِيَ غَنِيمَةُ داوُدَ.» الجَمِيعُ يَقتَسِمُونَ الغَنائِمَ بِالتَّساوِي

and David taketh the whole of the flock, and of the herd, they have led on before these cattle, and they say, `This David's spoil.'

21 و َجاءَ داوُدُ إلَى المِئَتَي رَجُلٍ الَّذِينَ بَقُوا فِي وادِي البُسُورِ. وَهُمُ الرَّجالُ الَّذِينَ كانُوا تَعِبِينَ فَلَمْ يَستَطِيعُوا أنْ يَتبَعُوا داوُدَ. فَخَرَجَ هَؤُلاءِ لِلِقاءِ داوُدَ وَالرِّجالِ الَّذِينَ ذَهَبُوا مَعَهُ. فَاقتَرَبَ داوُدُ إلَيْهِمْ وَحَيّاهُمْ.

And David cometh in unto the two hundred men who were too faint to go after David, and whom they cause to abide at the brook of Besor, and they go out to meet David, and to meet the people who with him, and David approacheth the people, and asketh of them of welfare.

22 و َكانَ بَينَ جَيشِ داوُدَ الَّذِينَ ذَهَبُوا مَعَهُ بَعضُ مُثِيرِي المَتاعِبِ. فَتَذَمَّرُوا وَقالُوا: «لَمْ يَذهَبْ هَؤُلاءِ المِئَتا رَجُلٍ مَعَنا. فَلِماذا نُعطِيهِمْ أيَّ نَصِيبٍ مِنَ الغَنائِمِ الَّتِي أخَذناها؟ يَكفِيهِمْ أنَّنا أرجَعْنا لَهُمْ زَوجاتِهِمْ وَأبناءَهُمْ.»

And every bad and worthless man, of the men who have gone with David, answereth, yea, they say, `Because that they have not gone with us we do not give to them of the spoil which we have delivered, except each his wife and his children, and they lead away and go.

23 ف َأجابَ داوُدُ: «لا يا إخْوَتِي، لا تَفعَلُوا ذَلِكَ! انْظُرُوا كَمْ أعْطانا اللهُ! فَقَدْ حَمانا وَنَصَرَنا عَلَى أعْدائِنا الَّذِينَ هاجَمُونا.

And David saith, `Ye do not do so, my brethren, with that which Jehovah hath given to us, and He doth preserve us, and doth give the troop which cometh against us into our hand;

24 و َلا أظُنُّ أنَّهُ يُوجَدُ مَنْ هُوَ مُسْتَعِدٌّ لِلتَّجاوُبِ مَعَ ما تَقُولُونَ. لِهَذا سَيَكُونُ نَصِيبُ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي بَقِيَ عِندَ المُؤَنِ نَفسَ نَصِيبِ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي حارَبَ. وَسَيَكُونُ تَوزِيعُ الغَنائِمِ بِالتَّساوِي.»

and who doth hearken to you in this thing? for as the portion of him who was brought down into battle, so also the portion of him who is abiding by the vessels -- alike they share.'

25 و َجَعَلَ داوُدُ هَذا الشَّيءَ أمراً وَقانُوناً فِي إسْرائِيلَ. وَمازالَ هَذا القانُونُ سارِياً إلَى الآنَ.

And it cometh to pass from that day and forward, that he appointeth it for a statute and for an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

26 و َعِندَما وَصَلَ داوُدُ إلَى صِقلِغَ، أرسَلَ بَعضاً مِنَ الأشياءِ الَّتِي غَنِمَها مِنْ عَمالِيقَ إلَى أصدِقائِهِ قادَةِ يَهُوذا. وَقالَ لَهُمْ: «هَذِهِ هَدِيَّةٌ لَكُمْ أخَذناها منْ أعداءِ اللهِ.»

And David cometh in unto Ziklag, and sendeth of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, (saying, `Lo, for you a blessing, of the spoil of the enemies of Jehovah),'

27 ف َأرْسلَها إلَى قادَة بَيتِ إيلَ وَرامُوثَ فِي النَّقَبِ وَيَتِّيرَ

to those in Beth-El, and to those in South Ramoth, and to those in Jattir,

28 و َعَرُوعيرَ وَسِفمُوثَ وَأشتَمُوعَ

and to those in Aroer, and to those in Siphmoth, and to those in Eshtemoa,

29 و َراخالَ وَمُدُنِ اليَرحَمْئِيلِيِّينَ وَمُدُنِ القِينِيِّينَ

and to those in Rachal, and to those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those in the cities of the Kenites,

30 و َحُرمَةَ وَبُورِ عاشانَ وَعَتاكَ

and to those in Hormah, and to those in Chor-Ashan, and to those in Athach,

31 و َحَبْرُونَ ، وَإلَى كُلِّ الأماكِنِ الأُخرَى الَّتِي كانَ يَرتادُها داوُدُ وَرِجالُهُ.

and to those in Hebron, and to all the places where David had gone up and down, he and his men.