1 N ow the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.

وَحَشَدَ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ جُيُوشَهُمْ لِلحَربِ. اجتَمَعُوا فِي سُوكُوهَ التي فِي يَهُوذا، وَعَسكَرُوا بَينَ سُوكُوهَ وَعَزِيقَةَ، فِي مَدِينَةٍ اسْمُها أفَسُ دَمِّيمَ.

2 S aul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.

وَحَشَدَ شاوُلُ جُنُودَ بَني إسْرائِيلَ أيضاً، وَعَسكَرُوا فِي وادِي البُطمِ. وَاصطَفُّوا استِعداداً لِمُقاتَلَةِ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ.

3 T he Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.

وَقَفَ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ عَلَى تَلَّةٍ، وَبَنُو إسْرائِيلَ عَلَى تَلَّةٍ مُقابِلَةٍ يَفصِلُ بَينَهُما الوادِي.

4 A champion out of the camp of the Philistines named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span went out.

وَكانَ لَدَى الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ مُقاتِلٌ جَبّارٌ اسْمُهُ جُلياتُ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ جَتَّ، طُولُهُ أربَعُ أذرُعٍ وَشِبرٌ! فَخَرَجَ جُلياتُ مِنْ مُخَيَّمِ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ.

5 H e had a helmet of brass on his head, and he wore a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.

كانَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ خُوذَةٌ مِنْ بُرونْزٍ. وَيَلبِسُ دِرعاً عَلَى شَكلِ حَراشِفِ سَمَكَةٍ، يَزِنُ خَمْسَةَ آلافِ مِثْقالٍ مِنَ البُرونْزِ.

6 H e had brass shin armor on his legs, and a brass javelin between his shoulders.

وَكانَ يَضَعُ واقِياتٍ نُحاسِيَّةً عَلَى ساقَيهِ. وَكانَ مَربُوطاً عَلَى ظَهرِهِ رُمحٌ نُحاسِيٌّ.

7 T he staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. His shield bearer went before him.

وَكانَتْ عَصا رُمحِهِ طَوِيلَةً كَنَولِ النَّسّاجِ. وَزْنُ سِنانِ الرُّمحِ سِتُّ مِئَةِ مِثْقالٍ مِنَ الحَدِيدِ. وَكانَ مُساعِدُهُ يَمشِي أمامَهُ حامِلاً تُرسَهُ.

8 H e stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, “Why have you come out to set your battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.

كانَ جُلْياتُ يخْرُجُ كُلَّ يَومٍ وَيُنادِي مُتَحَدِّياً جُنُودَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، فَيَقُولُ: «لِماذا جُنُودُكُمْ مُصْطَفُّونَ اسْتِعْداداً للقِتالِ هَكَذا؟ أنتُمْ خُدّامُ شاوُلَ، وَأنا مِنَ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ. فاخْتارُوا رَجُلاً وَأرْسِلُوهُ لِكَي يُبارِزَنِي.

9 I f he is able to fight with me and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then you will be our servants and serve us.”

فَإذا قَتَلَنِي، يَفُوزُ، وَنَصِيرُ نَحنُ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ عَبِيداً لَكُمْ. لَكِنْ إذا قَتَلتُ رَجُلَكُمْ، أفُوزُ، وَتَصِيرُونَ أنتُمْ عَبِيداً لَنا، وَتَخدِمُونَنا.»

10 T he Philistine said, “I defy the armies of Israel today! Give me a man, that we may fight together!”

وَقالَ الفِلِسْطِيُّ: «أقِفُ اليَومَ مُعَبِّراً عَنِ احتِقارِي لِجَيشِ إسْرائِيلَ. فَأنا أتَحَدّاكُمْ أنْ تُرسلُوا أحَدَ رِجالِكُمْ لِيُقاتِلَنِي.»

11 W hen Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

فَسَمِعَ شاوُلُ وَجُنُودُ إسْرائِيلَ ما قالَهُ جُلياتُ، وَخافُوا خُوفاً شَدِيداً. داوُدُ يَذهَبُ إلَى جَبهَةِ القِتال

12 N ow David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons. The man was an elderly old man in the days of Saul.

كانَ داوُدُ مِنْ أبناءِ يَسَّى مِنْ عائِلَةِ أفراتَةَ فِي بَيتَ لَحْمَ فِي يَهُوذا. وَكانَ لِيَسَّى ثَمانِيَةُ أبناءٍ. وَكانَ يَسَّى طاعِناً فِي السِّنِّ فِي عَهدِ شاوُلَ.

13 T he three oldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

ذَهَبَ أبناءُ يَسَّى الثَّلاثَةُ الكِبارُ إلَى الحَربِ مَعَ شاوُلَ: أمّا أسماؤُهُمْ، فَالأوَّلُ ألِيآبُ، وَالثّانِي أبِينادابُ، وَالثّالِثُ شَمَّةُ.

14 D avid was the youngest; and the three oldest followed Saul.

أمّا داوُدُ فَكانَ الأصغَرَ. وَقَدِ انضَمَّ إخْوَتُهُ الثَّلاثَةُ الكِبارُ فِي جَيشِ شاوُلَ.

15 N ow David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

وَكانَ داوُدُ يَترُكُ شاوُلَ مِنْ وَقتٍ إلَى آخَرَ لِلاعتِناءِ بِغَنَمِ أبِيهِ فِي بَيتَ لَحمَ.

16 T he Philistine came near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

وَظَلَّ الفِلِسْطِيُّ يَخرُجُ صَباحاً وَمَساءً مُقابِلَ جَيشِ إسْرائِيلَ أرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً، وَيُوَجِّهُ الإهاناتِ لإسْرائِيلَ.

17 J esse said to David his son, “Now take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers;

وَذاتَ يَومٍ، قالَ يَسَّى لابْنِهِ داوُدَ: «خُذْ هَذِهِ القُفَّةَ مِنَ الفَرِيكِ، وَهَذِهِ الأرغِفَةَ العَشْرَةَ مِنَ الخُبزِ إلَى إخْوَتِكَ فِي المُعَسكَرِ.

18 a nd bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are doing, and bring back news.”

خُذْ أيضاً قِطَعَ الجُبْنِ العَشْرِ هَذِهِ إلَى قائِدِهِمْ. اطمَئِنَّ عَلَى أحْوالِ إخْوَتِكَ، وَأحْضِرْ شَيئاً يَدُلُّ عَلَى سَلامَتِهِمْ.

19 N ow Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

فَإخوَتُكَ هُناكَ مَعَ شاوُلَ وَمَعَ كُلِّ جُنُودِ إسْرائِيلَ فِي وادِي البُطمِ لمُحارَبَةِ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ.»

20 D avid rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took and went, as Jesse had commanded him. He came to the place of the wagons, as the army which was going out to the fight shouted for the battle.

وَفِي الصَّباحِ الباكِرِ تَرَكَ داوُدُ الغَنَمَ فِي رِعايَةِ راعٍ آخَرَ. وَأخَذَ الطَّعامَ وَذَهَبَ كَما طَلَبَ إلَيه أبُوهُ. وَأتَى داوُدُ إلَى مِنْطَقَةِ المُعَسكَرِ. وَكانَ الجُنُودُ خارِجينَ لِأخذِ مَواقِعِهمْ فِي القِتالِ عِندَ وُصُول داوُدَ. وَراحَ الجُنُودُ يُطلِقُونَ صَيحاتِ الحَربِ.

21 I srael and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.

وَاصطَفَّ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ وَالفِلِسْطِيُّونَ استِعداداً لِلقِتالِ.

22 D avid left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers.

فَتَرَكَ داوُدُ الطَّعامَ مَعَ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي يَحفَظُ المُؤَنَ، وَرَكَضَ إلَى حَيثُ جَيشُ إسْرائِيلَ، وَسَألَهُمْ عَنْ إخْوَتِه.

23 A s he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines, and said the same words; and David heard them.

فَخَرَجَ الجبّارُ الفِلِسْطِيُّ مِنْ بَينِ صُفُوفِ الجَيشِ الفِلِسْطِيِّ أثناءَ حَدِيثِ داوُدَ مَعَ إخْوَتِهِ. وَكانَ هَذا البَطَلُ جُلياتَ الفِلِسْطِيَّ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ جَتَّ. أعادَ جُلياتُ ما كانَ يَقُولُهُ كُلَّ يَومٍ عَنْ جَيشِ إسْرائِيلَ. فَسَمِعَ داوُدُ ما قالَهُ.

24 A ll the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were terrified.

فَلَمَّا رَأى جُنُودُ إسْرائِيلَ جُلياتَ هَرَبُوا جَميعاً خَوْفاً مِنْ جُلياتَ.

25 T he men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? He has surely come up to defy Israel. The king will give great riches to the man who kills him, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.”

فَقالَ أحَدُ رِجالِ إسْرائِيلَ: «أرَأيتُمْ ضَخامَتَهُ؟ انظُرُوا إلَيهِ! يَخرُجُ كُلَّ يَومٍ لِيَهزَأَ بِإسْرائِيلَ مَرَّةً بَعدَ مَرَّةٍ. وَقَدْ أعلَنَ شاوُلُ أنَّهُ سيُغْنِي مَّنْ يَقتُلُ جُلياتَ وسَيُزَوِّجُهُ ابنَتَه. وَسَيَجعَلُ شاوُلُ كُلَّ عائِلَةِ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ أحراراً فِي إسْرائِيلَ.»

26 D avid spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

فَسَألَ داوُدُ الرِّجالَ الواقِفِينَ قُربَهُ: «ما هِيَ مُكافَأةُ مَنْ يَقتُلُ ذَلِكَ الفِلِسْطِيَّ وَيَنزِعُ العارَ عَنْ إسْرائِيلَ؟ فَمَنْ يَظُنُّ نَفْسَهُ هَذا الفِلِسْطِيٌّ اللّامَختُونُ لِيَهزَأَ بجَيشِ اللهِ الحَيِّ؟»

27 T he people answered him in this way, saying, “So shall it be done to the man who kills him.”

فَأخْبَرَ الرِّجالُ داوُدَ عَنْ مُكافَأةِ مَنْ يَقتُلُ جُلياتَ.

28 E liab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.”

فَسَمِعَهُ أخُوهُ الأكبَرُ ألِيآبَ وَهُوَ يَتَحَدَّثُ إلَى الجُنُودِ فَغَضِبَ. وَسَألَ ألِيآبُ داوُدَ: «ما الَّذِي جاءَ بِكَ إلَى هُنا؟ وَمَعَ مَنْ تَرَكتَ تِلكَ الغُنَيْماتِ القَلِيلَةَ فِي البَرِّيَّةِ؟ أنا أعلَمُ غُرُورَكَ وَقَلْبَكَ الشِّرِّيرَ، فَما أتَيْتَ إلّا لِكَيْ تَتَفَرَّجَ عَلَى المَعْرَكَةِ.»

29 D avid said, “What have I now done? Is there not a cause?”

فَقالَ داوُدُ: «ما الَّذِي فَعَلتُهُ الآنَ؟ فَقَدْ كُنتُ أتَكَلَّمُ فَحَسبُ.»

30 H e turned away from him toward another, and spoke like that again; and the people answered him again the same way.

وَذَهَبَ داوُدُ إلَى آخَرِينَ وَطَرَحَ عَلَيهِمِ الأسئِلَةَ نَفسَها، فَأعطُوهُ الأجوبَةَ نَفسَها.

31 W hen the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

فَسَمِعَ بَعضُ الرِّجال ما قالَهُ داوُدُ، فَأخَذُوهُ إلَى شاوُلَ وَأخبَرُوهُ بِما قالَ.

32 D avid said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”

فَقالَ داوُدُ لِشاوُلَ: «لا يَنبَغِي أنْ نَسمَحَ لِجُلياتَ بِأنْ يُثَبِّطَ هِمَمَ الشَّعبِ. فَأنا خادِمُكَ مُستَعِدٌّ لِلذَّهابِ وَمُنازَلَةِ هَذا الفِلِسْطِيِّ.»

33 S aul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.”

فَأجابَ شاوُلُ: «لا تَقدِرُ أنْ تَذهَبَ وَتُنازِلَ هَذا الفِلِسْطِيَّ، فَلَستَ حَتَّى جُندِيّاً. أمّا جُلياتُ فاشتَرَكَ فِي الحُرُوبِ مُنذُ صِباهُ.»

34 D avid said to Saul, “Your servant was keeping his father’s sheep; and when a lion or a bear came, and took a lamb out of the flock,

فَقالَ داوُدُ: «كُنتُ، أنا خادِمَكَ، كَثِيراً ما أرْعَى غَنَمَ أبِي. فَمَتَى جاءَ أسَدٌّ أوْ دُبٌ وَخَطَفَ حَمَلاً مِنَ القَطِيْعِ،

35 I went out after him, and struck him, and rescued it out of his mouth. When he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him.

كُنْتُ أُطارِدُهُ وَأَضْرِبُهُ وَأُنْقِذُ الحَمَلَ مِنْ فَمِهِ. فَإنِ عادَ وَهَجَمَ عَلَيَّ، أُمْسِكُهُ مِنْ ذَقنِهِ، وَأضْرِبُهُ وَأقْتُلُهُ.

36 Y our servant struck both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.”

قَتَلتُ، أنا خادِمَكَ، دُبّاً وَأسَداً! وَسَأقتُلُ ذَلِكَ الفِلِسْطِيَّ غَيْرَ المَخْتُونِ كَما قَتَلتُهُما، لِأنَّهُ اسْتَهزَأَ بِجَيشِ اللهِ الحَيِّ.

37 D avid said, “Yahweh who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.” Saul said to David, “Go! Yahweh will be with you.”

فَاللهُ الَّذِي أنقَذَنِي مِنْ مَخالِبِ الأسَدِ وَالدُّبِّ، يُنقِذُنِي مِنْ يَدِ هَذا الفِلِسْطِيِّ.» فَقالَ شاوُلُ لِداوُدَ: «اذْهَبْ، وَلْيَكُنِ اللهُ مَعَكَ.»

38 S aul dressed David with his clothing. He put a helmet of brass on his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail.

وَألبَسَ شاوُلُ داوُدَ لِباسَهُ الحَربِيَّ. وَضَعَ خُوذَةً نُحاسِيَّةً عَلَى رَأْسِ داوُدَ، وَقَلَّدَهُ دِرعاً عَلَى جِسمِهِ.

39 D avid strapped his sword on his clothing, and he tried to move; for he had not tested it. David said to Saul, “I can’t go with these; for I have not tested them.” Then David took them off.

وَوَضَعَ داوُدُ سَيفَ شاوُلَ إلَى جَنبهِ. وَحاوَلَ داوُدُ أنْ يَمشِيَ، فَلَمْ يَستَطِعْ، لِأنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ مُعتاداً عَلَى هَذِهِ الأشياءِ. فَقالَ داوُدُ لشاوُلَ: «لا أستَطِيعُ القِتالَ بِهَذِه. فَأنا لَستُ مُعتاداً عَلَيها.» فَخَلَعَها داوُدُ.

40 H e took his staff in his hand, and chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag which he had. His sling was in his hand; and he came near to the Philistine.

فَأخَذَ داوُدُ عَصاهُ بيَدِهِ، وَذَهَبَ وَبَحَثَ عَنْ خَمْسَةِ حِجارَةٍ مَلساءَ مِنَ الجَدوَل. وَلَمّا وَجَدَها، وَضَعَها فِي جِرابِهِ. وَأمسَكَ بمِقلاعهِ فِي يَدِهِ، ثُمَّ انطَلَقَ لِمُلاقاةِ الفِلِسْطِيِّ. داوُدُ يَقتُلُ جُليات

41 T he Philistine walked and came near to David; and the man who bore the shield went before him.

وَأخَذَ الفِلِسْطِيُّ يَقتَرِبُ أكثَرَ فَأكثَرَ منْ داوُدَ. وَمَشَى أمامَهُ مُساعِدُهُ حاملاً تُرسَهُ.

42 W hen the Philistine looked around, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and had a good looking face.

فَنَظَرَ جُلياتُ إلَى داوُدَ باشْمِئزازٍ وَاحْتِقارٍ، إذْ رَأى أنَّ داوُدَ مُجَرَّدُ وَلَدٍ وَسِيمٍ أحْمَرِ الوَجْهِ.

43 T he Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” The Philistine cursed David by his gods.

فَقالَ جُلياتُ لِداوُدَ: «أتَظُنُّ أنَّي كَلْبٌ لِتُهاجِمَنِي بِعَصا؟» ثُمَّ نَطَقَ جُلياتُ بِلَعَناتٍ مِنْ آلهَتِهِ عَلَى داوُدَ.

44 T he Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the field.”

وَقالَ لِداوُدَ: «اقتَرِبْ فَأُطْعِمَ جَسَدَكَ لِلطُّيُورِ وَالحَيواناتِ المُفتَرِسَةِ.»

45 T hen David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of Armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

فَقالَ داوُدُ: «أنتَ تَأْتِي لِتُحارِبَنِي بِسَيفٍ وَبِرُمحٍ وَبِحَرْبَةٍ، أمّا أنا فَآتِي لِأُحارِبُكَ بِاسْمِ اللهِ القَدِيرِ، إلَهِ جُيُوشِ إسْرائِيلَ الَّذِي أهَنْتَهُ.

46 T oday, Yahweh will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you, and take your head from off you. I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines today to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,

لِهَذا فَإنَّ اللهَ سَيَنصُرُنِي عَلَيكَ هَذا اليَومَ. سَأقتُلُكَ، وَسَأقطَعُ رَأْسَكَ، وَأُطعِمُ جَسَدَكَ لِلطُّيُورِ وَالحَيواناتِ المُفتَرِسَةِ. وَسَنَفعَلُ هَذا أيضاً بكُلِّ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ الآخَرِينَ الَّذِينَ مَعكَ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَيَعرِفُ العالَمُ كُلُّهُ أنَّ فِي إسْرائِيلَ إلَهاً.

47 a nd that all this assembly may know that Yahweh doesn’t save with sword and spear; for the battle is Yahweh’s, and he will give you into our hand.”

وَسَيَعرِفُ جَمِيعُ المُحتَشِدِينَ هُنا أنَّ اللهَ لا يَحتاجُ سُيُوفاً وَرِماحاً ليُخَلِّصَ. المَعرَكَةُ مَعرَكَةُ اللهِ ، وَهُوَ سَيَنصُرُنا عَلَيكُمْ.»

48 W hen the Philistine arose, and walked and came near to meet David, David hurried, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.

وَتَقَدَّمَ جُلياتُ الفِلِسْطِيُّ لِمُهاجَمَةِ داوُدَ. وَكانَ يَقتَرِبُ بِبُطءٍ أكثَرَ فَأكثَرَ مِنْ داوُدَ. لَكِنَّ داوُدَ رَكَضَ لِمُلاقاتِهِ.

49 D avid put his hand in his bag, took a stone, and slung it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.

وَأخرَجَ داوُدُ حَجَراً مِنْ جرابِهِ، وَوَضَعَهُ فِي مِقلاعِه، وَضَرَبَ الفِلِسْطِيَّ بِالمِقلاعِ، فَأصابَ الحَجَرُ جُلياتَ بَينَ عَينَيه، وَغُرِزَ فِي رَأْسِهِ. فَسَقَطَ جُلياتُ عَلَى وَجهِهِ إلَى الأرْضِ.

50 S o David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine, and killed him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.

وَهَكَذا تَغَلَّبَ داوُدُ عَلَى الفِلِسْطِيِّ بِمِقلاعٍ وَحَجَرٍ لا غَيرَ! ضَرَبَ الفِلِسْطِيَّ وَقَتَلَهُ دُونَ أنْ يَكُونَ مَعَهُ سَيفٌ.

51 T hen David ran, stood over the Philistine, took his sword, drew it out of its sheath, killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

ثُمَّ رَكَضَ وَوَقَفَ بِجانِبِ الفِلِسْطِيِّ. ثُمَّ أخْرَجَ داوُدُ سَيفَ جُلياتَ مِنْ غمدهِ وَقَطَعَ بِهِ رَأسَهُ. هَكَذا قَتَلَ داوُدُ الفِلِسْطِيَّ. وَلَمّا رَأى الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ جَبّارهُمْ مَيِّتاً، استَدارُوا وَهَرَبُوا.

52 T he men of Israel and of Judah arose and shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as Gai and to the gates of Ekron. The wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and to Ekron.

فَهَتَفَ جُنُودُ إسْرائِيلَ وَيَهُوذا، وَراحُوا يُطارِدُونَ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ حَتَّى حُدُودِ مَدِينَةِ جَتَّ وَمَدينَةِ عَقرُونَ، وَقَتَلُوا كَثِيرِينَ مِنهُمْ. فَتَناثَرَتْ جُثَثُهُمْ عَلَى طُولِ طَرِيقِ شَعْرايِمَ وَحَتَّى جَتَّ وَعَقرُونَ.

53 T he children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines and they plundered their camp.

وَبَعدَ أنْ طارَدَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ، رَجِعُوا إلَى مُعَسْكَرِ الفِلِسْطِيِّيِنَ، وَغَنمُوا مِنهُ أشياءَ ثَمِينَةً.

54 D avid took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.

وَأخَذَ داوُدُ رَأْسَ الفِلِسْطِيِّ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ، لَكنَّهُ أبقَى سِلاحَ الفِلِسْطِيِّ في بَيتِه. شاوُلُ يَغارُ مِنْ داوُد

55 W hen Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I can’t tell.”

راقَبَ شاوُلُ داوُدَ وَهُوَ يُقاتِلُ جُلياتَ. فَسَألَ شاوُلُ أبْنِيْرَ قائِدَ جَيشِهِ: «مَنْ هُوَ أبُو ذَلِكَ الشّاب؟» فَأجابَ أبْنَيْرُ: «أُقْسِمُ أنِّي لا أعْرِفُ يا سَيِّدِي.»

56 T he king said, “Inquire whose son the young man is!”

فَقالَ المَلِكُ شاوُلُ: «تَحَقَّقْ لِي مَنْ هُوَ.»

57 A s David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

فَلَمّا رَجِعَ داوُدُ بَعدَ أنْ قَتَلَ جُلياتَ، أحْضَرَهُ أبْنَيْرُ إلَى شاوُلَ. وَكانَ داوُدُ مازالَ يَحملُ رَأْسَ الفِلِسْطِيِّ.

58 S aul said to him, “Whose son are you, you young man?” David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”

فَسَألَهُ شاوُلُ: «أيُّها الشّابُّ، مَنْ هُوَ أبُوكَ؟» فَأجابَ داوُدُ: «أنا ابنُ خادمِكَ يَسَّى البَيتَ لَحمِيِّ.»