1 W hen David’s time to die was near, he told his son Solomon,

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

2 “ I am going the way of all the earth. So be strong. Show yourself to be a man.

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

3 D o what the Lord your God tells you. Walk in His ways. Keep all His Laws and His Word, by what is written in the Law of Moses. Then you will do well in all that you do and in every place you go.

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 T hen the Lord will keep His promise to me. He has said to me, ‘Your sons must be careful of their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and soul. If they do, you will never be without 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 N ow you know what Zeruiah’s son Joab did to me. You know what he did to the two captains of the armies of Israel. He killed Abner the son of Ner, and Amasa the son of Jether in the time of peace as if it were in the time of war. He put the blood of war on his belt and on the shoes of 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 with wisdom. Do not let his gray hair go down to the grave 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. Let them be among those who eat at your table. For they helped me when I ran from your brother Absalom.

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

8 S ee, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera the Benjamite, of Bahurim. It was he who spoke bad words against me on the day I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to me at the Jordan, I promised 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 S o do not let him go without being punished. For you are a wise man. You will know what you should do to him. Bring his gray hair down to the grave with blood.” The 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 died and was buried in the city of David.

وَماتَ داوُدُ وَدُفِنَ فِي مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ مَعَ آبائِهِ.

11 H e had ruled over Israel forty years. Seven years he ruled in Hebron. And thirty-three years he ruled in Jerusalem.

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

12 S olomon sat on the throne of his father David and things went well for the nation. Solomon Had Adonijah Killed

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

13 N ow Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Solomon’s mother Bathsheba. She said, “Do you come in peace?” And he said, “Yes, in peace.”

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 nation was mine. All Israel thought I would be king. But the nation has 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 have one thing to ask of you. Do not say no to me.” And she said to him, “Speak.”

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

17 H e said, “I beg you, speak to Solomon the king. For he will not say no to you. Ask him to 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.”

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

19 S o Bathsheba went to speak to King Solomon for Adonijah. The king stood up to meet her, bowed in front of her, then sat on his throne. He had a seat brought in 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 S he said, “I am asking you for one small thing. Do not say no to me.” And the king said to her, “Ask, my mother. I will not say no to 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 your brother Adonijah as his wife.”

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

22 K ing Solomon answered his mother, “Why are you asking me to give Abishag the Shunammite to Adonijah? Ask me to give him the nation also! For he is my older brother. And Abiathar the religious leader and Joab the son of Zeruiah are on his side!”

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, if Adonijah has not asked for this against his own life.

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

24 T he Lord has given me my place on the throne of my father David. He has made me a house as He promised. And as the Lord lives, for sure Adonijah will 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 went to Adonijah and killed him. Abiathar Sent Away and Joab Is Killed

وَأمَرَ الملِكُ سُلَيْمانُ بَناياهُو بْنَ يَهُوياداعَ، فانْطَلَقَ وَقَتَلَ أدُونِيّا.

26 T hen the king said to Abiathar the religious leader, “Go to your own fields at Anathoth, for you should be put to death. But I will not have you killed at this time. Because you carried the special box of the Lord God in front of my father David. And you shared in all of my father’s suffering.”

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 stopped Abiathar from being religious leader for the Lord any longer. This was done to keep the word of the Lord, which God had spoken about the family of Eli in Shiloh.

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, but he had not followed Absalom. And Joab ran 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 K ing Solomon was told that Joab had run to the tent of the Lord, and was beside the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go and kill him.”

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

30 B enaiah came to the tent of the Lord. He said to Joab, “The king says to come out.” But Joab said, “No! I will die here.” So Benaiah returned to the king and said, “This is what Joab said. This is how 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 said. Kill him and bury him. In this way you will take away from me and my father’s house the blood of those killed by Joab without a reason.

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 Joab’s acts of killing upon his own head. Because Joab killed two men who were right and good and better than he. He killed them with the sword while my father David did not know it. He killed Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain 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 their blood will be on the head of Joab and on the head of his children forever. But may there be peace from the Lord forever to David and his children, his house and his throne.”

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 killed Joab. He was buried at his own house in the desert.

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

35 T he king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in Joab’s place. And the king put Zadok the religious leader in the place of Abiathar. The Death of Shimei

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

36 T hen the king sent for Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there. Do not leave there.

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 the river Kidron, you will know for sure that you will die. Your blood will be on your own head.”

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

38 S himei said to the king, “What you say is good. Your servant will do as my lord the king has said.” 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 at the end of three years, two of Shimei’s servants ran away to Achish the son of Maacah, king of Gath. Shimei was told, “See, 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 got up and made his donkey ready to travel. And he went to Achish in Gath to look for his servants. Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath.

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

41 S olomon was told 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 for Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you promise by the Lord and tell you of danger, saying, ‘You will know for sure that on the day you leave and go anywhere, you will die’? And you said to me, ‘What you have said 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 T hen why have you not kept the promise of the Lord? Why have you not done what I told you?”

فَلِماذا كَسَرْتَ قَسَمَكَ أمامَ اللهِ وَخالَفْتَ الوَصِيَّةَ الَّتِي أوصَيتُكَ بِها؟

44 A nd the king said to Shimei, “You know in your heart all the bad things you did to my father David. So the Lord will return your sin upon your own head.

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

45 B ut good will come to King Solomon. The throne of David will keep its place before the Lord forever.”

أمّا أنا فَسَيُبارِكُنِي اللهُ وَسَيَحفَظُ مَملَكَةَ داوُدَ إلَى الأبَدِ.»

46 S o the king told Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and killed Shimei. The nation was put under the rule of Solomon.

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