1 A s David’s time to die drew near, he charged Solomon his son, saying,

وَلَمّا أوشَكَ داوُدُ عَلَى المَوتِ، اسْتَدْعَى ابْنَهُ سُلَيْمانَ وَقالَ لَهُ:

2 “ I am going the way of all the earth. Be strong, therefore, and show yourself a man.

«أنا ماضٍ فِي طَرِيقِ جَمِيعِ البَشَرِ. أمّا أنْتَ فَتَقَوَّ وَتَشَجَّعْ.

3 K eep the charge of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His ordinances, and His testimonies, according to what is written in the Law of Moses, that you may succeed in all that you do and wherever you turn,

أُوصِيكَ بِأنْ تُطِيعَ جَمِيعَ شَرائِعِ إلَهِكَ وَتَتَّبِعَ طُرُقَهُ. أطِعْ كُلَّ شَرائِعِهِ وَوَصاياهُ وَأحكامِهِ وَشَهاداتِهِ، كَما هِيَ مَكتُوبَةٌ فِي شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى. فَإنْ فَعَلْتَ هَذا، سَتَنْجَحُ فِي كُلِّ ما تَفعَلُهُ وَحَيثُما تَذهَبُ.

4 s o that the Lord may carry out His promise which He spoke concerning me, saying, ‘ If your sons are careful of their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’

وَسَيَحفَظُ اللهُ كُلَّ وُعُودِهِ لِيْ. فَقَدْ قالَ: ‹إذا حَرِصَ أولادُكَ عَلَى أنْ يَحيَوا وَفْقَ وَصايايَ، بِإخلاصٍ وَمِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمْ، حِينَئِذٍ، سَيَكُونُ عَلَى عَرشِ إسْرائِيلَ دائِماً مَلِكٌ مِنْ نَسلِكَ.›»

5 “ Now you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed; he also shed the blood of war in peace. And he put the blood of war on his belt about his waist, and on his sandals on his feet.

وَأضافَ داوُدُ: «أنتَ تَذكُرُ ما فَعَلَهُ بِي يُوآبُ بنُ صُرُوِيَّةَ. فَقَدْ قَتَلَ اثْنَينِ مِنْ قادَةِ جَيشِ إسْرائِيلَ: أبْنِيْرَ بْنَ نِيرٍ، وَعَماسا بْنَ يَثْرٍ. قَتَلَهُما فِي وَقتِ سِلْمٍ، فَتَناثَرَ دَمُهُما قَطَراتٍ عَلَى حِزامِهِ وَحِذائِهِ.

6 S o act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to Sheol in peace.

فافْعَلْ بِهِ بِحَسَبِ حِكْمَتِكَ، لَكِنْ لا تَسْمَحْ بِأنْ يَنْزِلَ إلَى الهاوِيَةِ بِسَلامٍ فِي شَيخُوخَتِهِ!

7 B ut show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table; for they assisted me when I fled from Absalom your brother.

«أحسِنْ إلَى أبْناءِ بَرْزِلّايَ الجِلعادِيِّ. قَرِّبْهُمْ مِنْكَ وَليَأكُلُوا خُبْزاً عَلَى مائِدَتِكَ. فَقَدِ احتَضَنُونِي فَأكَلْتُ خُبْزاً عَلَى مائِدَتِهِمْ، عِندَما هَرَبْتُ مِنْ أخِيكَ أبشالُومَ.

8 B ehold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera the Benjamite, of Bahurim; now it was he who cursed me with a violent curse on the day I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’

«وَاذْكُرْ أيضاً شَمْعَى بْنَ جِيرا البَنْيامِيْنِيِّ مِنْ بَحُورِيمَ. إنَّهُ ما زالَ فِي هَذِهِ النَّواحِي. تَذَكَّرْ أنَّهُ تَكَلَّمَ عَلَيَّ لَعَناتٍ شَدِيدَةً يَومَ هَرَبْتُ إلَى مَحَنايِمَ. ثُمَّ نَزَلَ لِلِقائِي عِندَ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ. وَحَلَفْتُ لَهُ بِاللهِ أنِّي لَنْ أقتُلَهُ.

9 N ow therefore, do not let him go unpunished, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you will bring his gray hair down to Sheol with blood.” Death of David

وَالآنَ، لا تَعفُ عَنْهُ، فَأنتَ رَجُلٌ حَكِيمٌ. فَفَكِّرْ بِما يَنبَغِي عَلَيكَ أنْ تَفعَلَ بِهِ. لَكِنْ لا تَدَعْهُ يَمُتْ بِسَلامٍ فِي شَيخُوخَتِهِ.»

10 T hen David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.

وَماتَ داوُدُ وَدُفِنَ فِي مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ مَعَ آبائِهِ.

11 T he days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years he reigned in Hebron and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem.

وَكانَ داوُدُ قَدْ حَكَمَ أربَعِينَ سَنَةً، سَبْعاً مِنْها فِي مَدِينَةِ حَبْرُونَ وَثَلاثاً وَثَلاثِينَ فِي مَدِينَةِ القُدْسِ. سُلَيْمانُ يُحكِمُ قَبضَتَهُ عَلَى مَملَكَتِه

12 A nd Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established.

وَصارَ سُلَيْمانُ مَلِكاً، فَجَلَسَ عَلَى عَرشِ داوُدَ أبِيهِ. وَأحكَمَ سَيطَرَتَهُ عَلَى مَملَكَتِهِ.

13 N ow Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, “ Do you come peacefully?” And he said, “Peacefully.”

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ أدُونِيّا ابْنُ حَجِّيتَ إلَى بَتْشَبَعَ أُمِّ سُلَيْمانَ. فَسَألَتْهُ: «هَلْ جِئْتَ فِي سَلامٍ؟» فَأجابَ أدُونِيّا: «نَعَمْ، جِئْتُ فِي سَلامٍ.»

14 T hen he said, “I have something to say to you.” And she said, “Speak.”

ثُمَّ قالَ: «لَدَيَّ ما أُرِيدُ قَولَهُ لَكِ.» فَقالَتْ بَتْشَبَعُ: «قُلْ ما عِنْدَكَ.»

15 S o he said, “You know that the kingdom was mine and that all Israel expected me to be king; however, the kingdom has turned about and become my brother’s, for it was his from the Lord.

فَقالَ: «أنتِ تَعْرِفينَ أنَّ المَملَكَةَ كانَتْ ذاتَ يَومٍ لِي. وَقَدْ تَوَقَّعَ جَميعُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ أنِّي سَأكُونُ مَلِكاً عَلَيهِمْ. غَيرَ أنَّ الحالَ تَغَيَّرَتْ. فَصارَ أخِي المَلِكَ الآنَ لِأنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الَّذِي اختارَهُ لِهَذا.

16 N ow I am making one request of you; do not refuse me.” And she said to him, “Speak.”

فَلَيسَ لَدَيَّ الآنَ إلّا طَلَبٌ واحِدٌ، فَأرجُو أنْ لا تَرُدِّي طَلَبِي.» فَقالَتْ: «ما هُوَ طَلَبُكَ؟»

17 T hen he said, “Please speak to Solomon the king, for he will not refuse you, that he may give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife.”

«أعلَمُ أنَّ المَلِكَ سُلَيْمانَ لا يَرفُضُ لَكِ طَلَباً. فاطلُبِي إلَيهِ أنْ يَسمَحَ لِي بِالزَّواجِ مِنْ أبِيشَجَ الشُّونَمِيَّةِ.»

18 B athsheba said, “Very well; I will speak to the king for you.” Adonijah Executed

فَقالَتْ بَتشَبَعُ: «حَسَناً، سَأتَوَسَّطُ لَدَى المَلِكِ مِنْ أجلِكَ.»

19 S o Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king arose to meet her, bowed before her, and sat on his throne; then he had a throne set for the king’s mother, and she sat on his right.

فَذَهَبَتْ بَتشَبَعُ إلَى المَلِكِ سُلَيْمانَ لِتُكَلِّمَهُ. فَلَمّا رَآها المَلِكُ سُلَيْمانُ وَقَفَ لاسْتِقبالِها. ثُمَّ انحَنَى احْتِراماً لَها وَجَلَسَ عَلَى العَرْشِ. وَأمَرَ خُدّامَهُ فَأتُوا بِعَرْشٍ آخَرَ مِنْ أجلِ أُمِّهِ. فَجَلَسَتْ عَلَيهِ عَنْ يَمِينِ سُلَيْمانَ.

20 T hen she said, “I am making one small request of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”

وَقالَتْ بَتشَبَعُ لَهُ: «جِئتُ أطلُبُ إلَيكَ مَعرُوفاً، فَأرجُو أنْ لا تَرُدَّ طَلَبِي.» فَأجابَها المَلِكُ: «اطلُبِي ماشِئْتِ يا أُمِّي. فَلَنْ أرُدَّ لَكِ طَلَباً.»

21 S o she said, “ Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as a wife.”

فَقالَتْ بَتشَبَعُ: «دَعْ أخاكَ أدُونِيّا يَتَزَوَّجْ مِنْ أبِيشَجَ الشُّونَمِيَّةِ.»

22 K ing Solomon answered and said to his mother, “And why are you asking Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him also the kingdom— for he is my older brother—even for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah!”

فَأجابَ المَلِكُ سُلَيْمانُ أُمَّهُ: «لِماذا تَطلُبِينَ إلَيَّ أنْ أُعطِيَ أبِيشَجَ لِأدُونِيّا؟ فَلِماذا لا تَطلُبِينَ إلَيَّ أنْ أجعَلَهُ المَلِكَ أيضاً؟ ألَيسَ هُوَ أخِي الأَكبَرُ مِنِّي. وَلا شَكَّ أنَّ الكاهِنَ أبِياثارَ وَيُوآبَ بنَ صُرُوِيَّةَ سَيَدعَمانِهِ.»

23 T hen King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, “May God do so to me and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

فَحَلَفَ سُلَيْمانُ بِاللهِ وَقالَ: «لِيُعاقِبْنِي اللهُ إنْ لَمْ أُعاقِبْ أدُونِيّا الَّذِي طَلَبَ هَذَا الأمْرَ مُخاطِراً بِحَياتِهِ.

24 N ow therefore, as the Lord lives, who has established me and set me on the throne of David my father and who has made me a house as He promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death today.”

وَها أنا الآَنَ أُقْسِمُ بِاللهِ الحَيِّ الَّذِي جَعَلَنِي مَلِكاً عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ، وَأعطانِي عَرشَ داوُدَ أبِي، وَأعطانِي مَملَكَةً وَبَيتاً كَما وَعَدَ، إنَّ أدُونِيّا سَيَمُوتُ اليَومَ!»

25 S o King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him so that he died.

وَأمَرَ الملِكُ سُلَيْمانُ بَناياهُو بْنَ يَهُوياداعَ، فانْطَلَقَ وَقَتَلَ أدُونِيّا.

26 T hen to Abiathar the priest the king said, “ Go to Anathoth to your own field, for you deserve to die; but I will not put you to death at this time, because you carried the ark of the Lord God before my father David, and because you were afflicted in everything with which my father was afflicted.”

ثُمَّ قالَ المَلِكُ سُلَيْمانُ لِلكاهِنِ أبِياثارَ: «أنتَ تَستَحِقُّ أنْ أقتُلَكَ، لَكِنِّي سَأسْمَحُ لَكَ بِالرُّجُوعِ إلَى بَيتِكَ فِي عَناثُوتَ. لَنْ أقتُلَكَ الآنَ لِأنَّكَ ساعَدْتَ فِي حَملِ صُنْدُوقِ عَهدِ رَبِّي الإلَهِ أثناءَ مَسِيرِكَ مَعَ داوُدَ أبِي. وَقَدْ شارَكْتَ أبِي فِي ضِيقاتِهِ.»

27 S o Solomon dismissed Abiathar from being priest to the Lord, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord, which He had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. Joab Executed

وَأعفَى سُلَيْمانُ أبِياثارَ مِنْ مَنصِبِهِ كَكاهِنٍ للهِ. حَدَثَ هَذا تَتمِيماً لِكَلامِ اللهِ عَنْ بَيتِ الكاهِنِ عالِي وَعائِلَتِهِ فِي شِيلُوهَ. فَقَدْ كانَ أبِياثارُ يَنتَمِي إلَى عائِلَةِ عالِي.

28 N ow the news came to Joab, for Joab had followed Adonijah, although he had not followed Absalom. And Joab fled to the tent of the Lord and took hold of the horns of the altar.

فَلَمّا سَمِعَ يُوآبُ بِهَذا خافَ، لِأنَّهُ كانَ قَدْ دَعَمَ أدُونِيّا، لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَدْعَمْ أبْشالُومَ. فَهَرَبَ إلَى خَيمَةِ اللهِ وَتَمَسَّكَ بِزَوايا المَذبَحِ.

29 I t was told King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tent of the Lord, and behold, he is beside the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “ Go, fall upon him.”

فَوَصَلَ الخَبَرُ إلَى المَلِكِ سُلَيْمانَ أنَّ يُوآبَ دَخَلَ إلَى خَيمَةِ اللهِ وَأنَّهُ يَحْتَمِي بِالمَذْبَحِ. فَأمَرَ سُلَيْمانُ بَناياهُو بِأنْ يَذْهَبَ وَيَقتُلَهُ.

30 S o Benaiah came to the tent of the Lord and said to him, “Thus the king has said, ‘Come out.’” But he said, “No, for I will die here.” And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, “Thus spoke Joab, and thus he answered me.”

فَدَخَلَ بَناياهُو خَيمَةَ اللهِ وَقالَ لِيُوآبَ: «يَقُولُ لَكَ المَلِكُ: ‹اخْرُجْ!›» فَأجابَ يُوآبُ: «لا، بَلْ أمُوتُ هُنا.» فَرَجِعَ بَناياهُو إلَى المَلِكِ وَأخبَرَهُ بِما قالَهُ يُوآبُ.

31 T he king said to him, “ Do as he has spoken and fall upon him and bury him, that you may remove from me and from my father’s house the blood which Joab shed without cause.

فَأمَرَ المَلِكُ بَناياهُو: «فافْعَلْ كَما يَقُولُ! اقْتُلْهُ هُناكَ، ثُمَّ ادفِنْهُ. حِينَئِذٍ، أتَخَلَّصُ أنا وَعائِلَتِي مِنَ العارِ الَّذِي ألحَقَهُ بِنا يُوآبُ وَالذَّنْبِ الذي وَضَعَهُ علينا عِندَما قَتَلَ أبْرِياءَ.

32 T he Lord will return his blood on his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he and killed them with the sword, while my father David did not know it: Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.

فَقَدْ قَتَلَ يُوآبُ رَجُلَينِ أفضَلَ مِنْهُ كَثِيراً، هُما أبْنِيْرُ بْنُ نِيرٍ قائِدُ جَيشِ إسْرائِيلَ، وَعَماسا بْنُ يَثْرٍ قائِدُ جَيشِ يَهُوذا. قَتَلَهُما مِنْ دُونِ عِلْمِ أبِي. وَهَكَذا يُعاقِبُ اللهُ يُوآبَ بِنَفسِ ما فَعَلَهُ بِهَذَينِ الرَّجُلَينِ.

33 S o shall their blood return on the head of Joab and on the head of his descendants forever; but to David and his descendants and his house and his throne, may there be peace from the Lord forever.”

دَمُهُما عَلَيهِ وَعَلَى عائِلَتِهِ إلَى الأبَدِ. أمّا داوُدُ وَنَسلُهُ وَعائِلَتُهُ المَلَكِيَّةُ وَمَملَكَتُهُ، فَيَكُونُ لَهُمْ إلَى الأبَدِ، سَلامٌ مِنْ عِندِ اللهِ.»

34 T hen Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell upon him and put him to death, and he was buried at his own house in the wilderness.

فَذَهَبَ بَناياهُو بْنَ يَهُوياداعَ وَقَتَلَ يُوآبَ. وَدُفِنَ يُوآبُ فِي بَيتِهِ فِي البَرِّيَّةِ.

35 T he king appointed Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in his place, and the king appointed Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar. Shimei Executed

ثُمَّ نَصَّبَ سُلَيْمانُ بَناياهُو بْنَ يَهُوياداعَ قائِداً لِلجَيشِ مَكانَ يُوآبَ. وَنَصَّبَ الكاهِنَ صادُوقَ مَكانَ الكاهِنِ أبِياثارَ.

36 N ow the king sent and called for Shimei and said to him, “Build for yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, and do not go out from there to any place.

وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ اسْتَدعَى المَلِكُ شَمْعَى وَقالَ لَهُ: «ابْنِ لَكَ بَيتاً هُنا فِي القُدسِ. وَأقِمْ فِيهِ وَلا تُغادِرِ المَدِينَةَ أبَداً إلَى أيِّ مَكانٍ.

37 F or on the day you go out and cross over the brook Kidron, you will know for certain that you shall surely die; your blood shall be on your own head.”

فَإنْ غادَرْتَ المَدِينَةَ وَتَجاوَزْتَ وادِي قَدرُونَ، فاعلَمْ أنَّكَ سَتَمُوتُ مَوتاً، وَتَجْنِي عَلَى نَفْسِكَ.»

38 S himei then said to the king, “The word is good. As my lord the king has said, so your servant will do.” So Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.

فَأجابَ شَمْعَى: «هَذا حَسَنٌ يا مَولايَ وَمَلِكِي. سَأفعَلُ كَما تَقُولُ.» فَسَكَنَ شَمْعَى فِي القُدسِ مُدَّةً طَوِيلَةً.

39 B ut it came about at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, “Behold, your servants are in Gath.”

لَكِنْ بَعْدَ ثَلاثِ سِنِينَ هَرَبَ عَبدانِ مِنْ عَبِيدِهِ إلَى أخِيشَ بْنِ مَعكَةَ مَلِكِ جَتَّ. وَعَلِمَ شَمْعَى أنَّ عَبدَيهِ فِي جَتَّ.

40 T hen Shimei arose and saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish to look for his servants. And Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath.

فَأسرَجَ حِمارَهُ وَذَهَبَ إلَى المَلِكِ أخِيشَ فِي جَتَّ بَحثاً عَنْ عَبدَيهِ. فَوَجَدَهُما هُناكَ وَعادَ بِهِما.

41 I t was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had returned.

فَوَصَلَ الخَبَرُ إلَى سُلَيْمانَ أنَّ شَمْعَى غادَرَ القُدسَ إلَى جَتَّ وَعادَ.

42 S o the king sent and called for Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the Lord and solemnly warn you, saying, ‘You will know for certain that on the day you depart and go anywhere, you shall surely die’? And you said to me, ‘The word which I have heard is good.’

فَأرسَلَ سُلَيْمانُ فِي طَلَبِهِ. وَقالَ لَهُ: «أما اسْتَحلَفْتُكَ بِاللهِ أنْ لا تُغادِرَ القُدسَ؟ أما أنذَرْتُكَ أنَّكَ إذا غادَرْتَها إلَى أيِّ مَكانٍ فَإنَّ هَذِهِ سَتَكُونُ نِهايَتَكَ؟ أما وَافَقْتَنِي عَلَى كُلِّ ما قُلْتُ، وَوَعَدْتَ بِأنْ تُطِيعَنِي؟

43 W hy then have you not kept the oath of the Lord, and the command which I have laid on you?”

فَلِماذا كَسَرْتَ قَسَمَكَ أمامَ اللهِ وَخالَفْتَ الوَصِيَّةَ الَّتِي أوصَيتُكَ بِها؟

44 T he king also said to Shimei, “ You know all the evil which you acknowledge in your heart, which you did to my father David; therefore the Lord shall return your evil on your own head.

أنتَ تَذكُرُ الشُّرُورَ الكَثِيرَةَ الَّتِي فَعَلْتَها لِداوُدَ أبِي. وَالآنَ سَيُعاقِبُكَ اللهُ عَلَى تِلْكَ الشُّرُورِ.

45 B ut King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forever.”

أمّا أنا فَسَيُبارِكُنِي اللهُ وَسَيَحفَظُ مَملَكَةَ داوُدَ إلَى الأبَدِ.»

46 S o the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and fell upon him so that he died. Thus the kingdom was established in the hands of Solomon.

ثُمَّ أمَرَ المَلِكُ بَناياهُو بِقَتلِ شَمْعَى، فَقَتَلَهُ. فَأحْكَمَ سُلَيْمانُ قَبضَتَهُ عَلَى مَملَكَتِهِ.