1 N ow Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David; but Jonathan, Saul’s son, delighted greatly in David.

أمَرَ شاوُلُ ابنَهُ يُوناثانَ وَضُبّاطَهُ بأنْ يَقتُلُوا داوُدَ. لَكِنَّ يُوناثانَ كانَ يُحِبُّ داوُدَ حُبّاً عَظِيماً.

2 S o Jonathan told David, saying, “My father Saul seeks to kill you. Therefore please be on your guard until morning, and stay in a secret place and hide.

فَقالَ لِداوُدَ: «احْذَرْ فَأبي شاوُلُ يَتَحَيَّنُ الفُرَصَ لقَتلكَ. فاذهَبْ في الصَّباحِ وَاختَبِئْ فِي الحَقلِ.

3 A nd I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak with my father about you. Then what I observe, I will tell you.”

وَسَأخرُجُ فِي الصَّباحِ إلَى الحَقل مَعَ أبي. وَسَنَقِفُ فِي الحَقل حَيثُ أنتَ مُختَبِئٌ. سَأتَكَلَّمُ مَعَ أبِي عَنْكَ. وَإنْ عَرَفْتُ شَيئاً سَأُخْبِرُكَ بِهِ.»

4 T hus Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you.

فَتَحَدَّثَ يُوناثانُ مَعَ أبيهِ شاوُلَ، فَمَدَحَهُ كَثيراً. وَقالَ يُوناثانُ: «أنْتَ المَلِكُ. وَما داوُدُ إلّا خادِمٌ لَكَ. هُوَ لَمْ يُسِئْ إلَيكَ بِشَيءٍ، فَلا تُسِئْ إلَيهِ. وَهُوَ لَمْ يَفعَلْ إلّا خَيراً مَعَكَ.

5 F or he took his life in his hands and killed the Philistine, and the Lord brought about a great deliverance for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?”

ألا تَذكُرُ كَيفَ خاطَرَ بحَياتِهِ عندَما قاتَلَ جُلياتَ وَقَتَلَهُ. فَحَقَّقَ اللهُ نَصْراً عَظيماً لإسْرائِيلَ عَلَى يَدِ داوُدَ. وَأنتَ رَأيتَ ذَلِكَ وَفَرِحْتَ. فَلِماذا تُرٍيدُ أنْ تُؤذِيَ داوُدَ وَهُوَ بَريءٌ؟ لا يُوجَدُ سَبَبٌ يَستَوجِبُ قَتلَهُ.»

6 S o Saul heeded the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, “ As the Lord lives, he shall not be killed.”

فاقتَنَعَ شاوُلُ بِكَلام يُوناثانَ. وَقالَ: «أُقسِمُ بِاللهِ الحَيِّ، لَنْ أقتُلَ داوُدَ.»

7 T hen Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these things. So Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as in times past.

فَدَعا يُوناثانُ داوُدَ وَأخبَرَهُ بِكُلِّ ما دارَ بَينَهُ وَبَينَ شاوُلَ. ثُمَّ أحضَرَ يُوناثانُ داوُدَ إلَى شاوُلَ. فَعادَتِ العَلاقَةُ بَينَ داوُدَ وَشاوُلَ إلَى مَجارِيها كَما فِي السّابِقِ. شاوُلُ يُكَرّرُ مُحاوَلَةَ قَتلِ داوُد

8 A nd there was war again; and David went out and fought with the Philistines, and struck them with a mighty blow, and they fled from him.

وَنَشَبَتِ الحَرْبُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى. فَخَرَجَ داوُدُ لِمُقاتَلَةِ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ. وَألحَقَ بِهِمْ هَزِيمَةً شَديدَةً، فَهَرَبُوا.

9 N ow the distressing spirit from the Lord came upon Saul as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand. And David was playing music with his hand.

وَفِيما بَعْدُ، كانَ داوُدُ يَعزِفُ عَلَى القِيثارِ فِي بَيتِ شاوُلَ. وَكانَ شاوُلُ هُناكَ يَحْمِلُ رُمحاً في يَدِهِ. فَحَلَّ عَلَى شاوُلَ رُوحٌ شِرِّيرٌ مِنَ اللهِ.

10 T hen Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away from Saul’s presence; and he drove the spear into the wall. So David fled and escaped that night.

فَرَمَى شاوُلُ الرُّمحَ عَلَى داوُدَ مُحاولاً قَتلَهُ وَتَسمِيرَهُ عَلَى الحائِطِ. فَتَنَحَّى داوُدُ جانِباً، فَلَمْ يُصِبْهُ الرُّمحُ، بَلِ انغَرَزَ فِي الحائطِ. وَفِي تِلكَ اللَّيلَة هَرَبَ داوُدُ.

11 S aul also sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. And Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”

فَأرسَلَ شاوُلُ رِجالاً لمُراقَبَة بِيت داوُدَ، وَظَلُّوا هُناكَ طَوالَ اللَّيلِ. وَكانُوا يَنوُونَ قَتلَهُ فِي الصَّباحِ لَدَى خُرُوجِه. لَكِنَّ زَوجَتَهُ ميكالَ حَذَّرَتْهُ وَقالَتْ لَهُ: «اهْرُبِ اللَّيلَةَ لتَنجُوَ، وَإلّا فَإنَّكَ سَتُقتَلُ غَداً.»

12 S o Michal let David down through a window. And he went and fled and escaped.

ثُمَّ أنزَلَتْهُ مِيكالُ مِنْ أحَد نَوافِذِ البَيتِ. فَهَرَبَ وَنَجا.

13 A nd Michal took an image and laid it in the bed, put a cover of goats’ hair for his head, and covered it with clothes.

فَأخَذَتْ مِيكالُ تِمْثالَ التَّرافيمَ وَلَفَّتهُ بِمَلابِسَ. وَوَضَعَتْ شَعْرَ ماعِزٍ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ. ثُمَّ وَضَعَتِ التِّمثالَ في السَّرِيرِ.

14 S o when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.”

فَأرسَلَ شاوُلُ رُسُلاً لإلقاء القَبْضِ عَلَى داوُدَ. لَكِنَّ مِيكالَ قالَتْ: «إنَّهُ مَرِيضٌ.»

15 T hen Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.”

فَرَجِعَ الرِّجالُ وَأخبَرُوا شاوُلَ، لَكِنَّهُ أعادَهُمْ لِكَي يَرَوا داوُدَ. وَقالَ لَهُمْ: «أحضرُوا داوُدَ إلَيَّ. اجلِبُوهُ عَلَى فِراشهِ إنْ كانَ ذَلِكَ ضَرُورِيّاً، لأقْتُلَهُ.»

16 A nd when the messengers had come in, there was the image in the bed, with a cover of goats’ hair for his head.

فَذَهَبَ الرُّسُلُ إلَى بَيْتِ داوُدَ. وَدَخَلُوا غُرفَةَ نَومِهِ. فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا إلّا تِمثالاً يُغَطِّي رَأْسَهُ شَعْرُ ماعِزٍ.

17 T hen Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this, and sent my enemy away, so that he has escaped?” And Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! Why should I kill you?’”

فَقالَ شاوُلُ لِمِيكالَ: «لِماذا خَدَعْتنِي هَكَذا؟ تَرَكْتِ عَدُوِّي يَهرُبُ مِنْ قَبضَتي. وَها هُوَ الآنَ قَدِ اختَفَى.» فَأجابَتْ مِيكالُ شاوُلَ: «هَدَّدَ بِأنْ يَقتُلَنِي إذا لَمْ أُساعِدهُ عَلَى الهَرَبِ.» داوُدُ يَذهَبُ إلَى المُعَسكَراتِ فِي الرّامَة

18 S o David fled and escaped, and went to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and stayed in Naioth.

تَمَكَّنَ داوُدُ مِنَ النَّجاةِ وَلَجَأ إلَى صَمُوئِيلَ فِي الرّامَةِ. وَأخبَرَ داوُدُ صَمُوئِيلَ بِكُلِّ ما فَعَلَهُ بهِ شاوُلُ. ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ داوُدُ وَصَمُوئيلُ إلَى مُخَيَّماتِ الأنبياءِ.

19 N ow it was told Saul, saying, “Take note, David is at Naioth in Ramah!”

فَسَمِعَ شاوُلُ أنَّ داوُدَ في مُخَيَّماتِ الأنْبِياءِ فِي الرّامَةِ.

20 T hen Saul sent messengers to take David. And when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as leader over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

فَأرسَلَ بَعضَ الرِّجالِ لإلقاءِ القَبضِ عَلَى داوُدَ. وَلَمّا وَصَلُوا إلَى المُخَيَّماتِ، كانَتْ هُناكَ مَجمُوعَةٌ مِنَ الأنبِياءِ تَتَنَبَّأُ يَقُودُهُمْ صَمُوئِيلُ. فَحَلَّ رُوحُ اللهِ عَلَى رُسُلِ شاوُلَ أيضاً وَبَدَأُوا يَتَنَبَّأُونَ.

21 A nd when Saul was told, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. Then Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also.

فَلَمّا سَمِعَ شاوُلُ بهَذا الأمرِ، أرسَلَ رُسُلاً غَيرَهُمْ، لَكِنَّهُمْ بَدَأُوا هُمْ أيضاً يَتَنَبَّأُونَ. فَأرسَلَ شاوُلُ رُسُلاً مَرَّةً ثالِثَةً، وَراحُوا هُمْ أيضاً يَتَنَبَّأُونَ.

22 T hen he also went to Ramah, and came to the great well that is at Sechu. So he asked, and said, “Where are Samuel and David?” And someone said, “Indeed they are at Naioth in Ramah.”

وَأخيراً، ذَهَبَ شاوُلُ نَفسُهُ إلَى الرّامَةِ، وَوَصَلَ إلَى البِئْرِ الكَبِيرَة قُرْبَ البَيدَرِ فِي سِيخُو. فَسَألَ: «أينَ صَمُوئيلُ وَداوُدُ؟» فَأجابَ النّاسُ: «فِي مُخَيَّماتِ الأنبِياءِ قُربَ الرّامَةِ.»

23 S o he went there to Naioth in Ramah. Then the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on and prophesied until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

فَخَرَجَ شاوُلُ إلَى مِنْطَقَةِ سَكَنِ الأنْبِياءِ قُرْبَ الرّامَةِ. فَحَلَّ رُوحُ اللهِ عَلَى شاوُلَ، فَبَدَأ يَتَنَبَّأُ أيضاً. وَظَلَّ شاوُلُ يَتَنَبَّأُ طَوالَ الطَّرِيقِ إلَى مِنْطَقَةِ سَكَنِ الأنْبِياءِ في الرّامَةِ.

24 A nd he also stripped off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, “ Is Saul also among the prophets?”

وَخَلَعَ شاوُلُ ثِيابَهُ. وَبَقِيَ هُناكَ عارياً طَوالَ ذَلِكَ النَّهارِ وَطَوالَ تلكَ اللَّيلَة. حَتَّى شاوُلَ تَنَبَّأ هُناكَ أمامَ صَمُوئيلَ. وَلِهَذا يَقُولُ النّاسُ: «أشاوُلُ أيضاً مِنَ الأنبِياءِ؟»