1 A nd Samuel dieth, and all Israel are gathered, and mourn for him, and bury him in his house, in Ramah; and David riseth and goeth down unto the wilderness of Paran.

وَماتَ صَمُوئِيلُ. فاجتَمَعَ كُلُّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مَعاً وَناحُوا عَلَيهِ. ثُمَّ دَفَنُوهُ فِي بَيتِهِ فِي مَدينَةِ الرّامَةِ. وَانتَقَلَ داوُدُ إلَى صَحراءِ فارانَ.

2 A nd a man in Maon, and his work in Carmel; and the man very great, and he hath three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats; and he is shearing his flock in Carmel.

وَكانَ هُناكَ رَجُلٌ غَنِيٌّ جِدّاً يَسكُنُ فِي مَعُونَ. فَكانَتْ لَدَيهِ ثَلاثَةُ آلافِ رَأْسٍ مِنَ الغَنَمِ وَألفُ رَأْسٍ منَ الماعِزِ. وَكانَ يَذهَبُ إلَى الكَرمِلِ لِكَي يَجُزَّ صُوفَ غَنَمِهِ.

3 A nd the name of the man Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail, and the woman of good understanding, and of fair form, and the man hard and evil doings; and he a Calebite.

وَكانَ اسْمُ هَذا الرَّجُلِ نابالَ وَيَنتَمِي إلَى عائِلَةِ كالِبَ. وَكانَ مُتَزَوِّجاً مِنْ أبِيجايِلَ، وَهِيَ امْرأةٌ حَكِيمَةٌ وَجَميلَةٌ. أمّا نابالُ نَفسُهُ، فَكانَ سَيِّئَ الطَّبعِ وَقاسِياً.

4 A nd David heareth in the wilderness that Nabal is shearing his flock,

وَكانَ داوُدُ فِي البَرِّيَّةِ عِندَما سَمِعَ أنَّ نابالَ يَجُزُّ غَنَمَهُ.

5 a nd David sendeth ten young men, and David saith to the young men, `Go ye up to Carmel, and ye have come in unto Nabal, and asked of him in my name of welfare,

فَأرسَلَ داوُدُ عَشْرَةَ رِجالٍ لِيَتَحَدَّثُوا إلَى نابالَ. وَأوصاهُمْ داوُدُ فَقالَ: «اذهَبُوا إلَى الكَرمِلِ. زُورُوا نابالَ وَاطمَئِنُّوا عَلَى أحْوالِهِ.»

6 a nd said thus: To life! and thou, peace; and thy house, peace; and all that thou hast -- peace!

وَطَلَبَ إلَيْهِمْ أنْ يُوصِلُوا هَذِهِ الرِّسالَةَ إلَى نابالَ: سَلامٌ لَكَ، وَسَلامٌ لأهلِ بَيتِكَ وَجَمِيعِ مُمتَلَكاتِكَ.

7 a nd, now, I have heard that thou hast shearers; now, the shepherds whom thou hast have been with us, we have not put them to shame, nor hath anything been looked after by them, all the days of their being in Carmel.

سَمِعْتُ أنَّكَ تَجُزُّ صُوفَ غَنَمِكَ. وَقَدْ كانَ رُعاتُكَ مَعَنا مُدَّةً منَ الزَّمَنِ، لَمْ نُسِئْ إلَيْهِمْ أثناءَها. فَلَمْ نَأْخُذْ شَيئاً مِنهُمْ عِندَما كانُوا فِي الكَرمِلِ.

8 ` Ask thy young men, and they declare to thee, and the young men find grace in thine eyes, for on a good day we have come; give, I pray thee, that which thy hand findeth, to thy servants, and to thy son, to David.'

اسألْ خُدّامَكَ إنْ أرَدْتَ، وَسَيُخبِرُونَكَ بِصِدقِ ما أقُولُ. فَأرجُو أنْ تُحسِنَ مُعامَلَةَ الفِتيانِ الَّذِينَ أُرسِلُهُمْ إلَيكَ. وَها نَحنُ نَأْتِي إلَيكَ فِي يَومِ خَيرٍ وَفَرَحٍ وَسَلامٍ، فَأرجُو أنْ تُعطِيَ رِجالِي ما تَجُودُ بِه نَفسُكَ. اعمَلْ هَذا المَعرُوفَ مَعِي أنا ابنَكَ وَخادِمَكَ داوُدَ.

9 A nd the young men of David come in, and speak unto Nabal according to all these words, in the name of David -- and rest.

فَذَهَبَ رِجالُ داوُدَ إلَى نابالَ. وَأوصَلُوا رِسالَةَ داوُدَ إلَيهِ.

10 A nd Nabal answereth the servants of David and saith, `Who David, and who the son of Jesse? to-day have servants been multiplied who are breaking away each from his master;

فَقالَ نابالُ: «مَنْ هُوَ داوُدُ هَذا؟ وَمَنْ يَكُونُ ابْنُ يَسَّى؟ كَثِيرُونَ هُمُ العَبِيدُ الهارِبُونَ مِنْ سَادَتِهِمْ هَذِهِ الأيّامَ!

11 a nd I have taken my bread, and my water, and my flesh, which I slaughtered for my shearers, and have given to men whom I have not known whence they!'

لَدَيَّ خُبزٌ وَماءٌ وَلَحمٌ. لَكنْ هَذَهِ مِنْ أجلِ عَبِيدِي الَّذِينَ يَجُزُّونَ غَنَمِي، وَلَنْ أُعطِيَها لِرِجالٍ لا أعرِفُهُمْ.»

12 A nd the young men of David turn on their way, and turn back, and come in, and declare to him according to all these words.

فَرَجِعَ رِجالُ داوُدَ، وَأخبَرُوهُ بكُلِّ ما قالَهُ نابالُ.

13 A nd David saith to his men, `Gird ye on each his sword;' and they gird on each his sword, and David also girdeth on his sword, and there go up after David about four hundred men, and two hundred have remained by the vessels.

فَقالَ داوُدُ: «تَقَلَّدُوا سُيُوفَكُمْ.» فَتَقَلَّدَ داوُدُ وَرِجالُهُ سُيُوفَهُمْ. فَذَهَبَ مَعَ داوُدَ نَحْوَ أربَعِ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ، بَينَما بَقِيَ مِئَةُ رَجُلٍ مَعَ المُؤَنِ. أبِيجايِلُ تَمنعُ القتال

14 A nd to Abigail wife of Nabal hath one young man of the youths declared, saying, `Lo, David hath sent messengers out of the wilderness to bless our lord, and he flieth upon them;

وَتَحَدَّثَ أحَدُ خُدّامِ نابالَ إلَى أبِيجايِلَ، زَوجَةِ سَيِّدِهِ فَقالَ: «أرسَلَ داوُدُ رُسُلاً مِنَ الصَّحراءِ لِلِقاءِ سَيِّدِي، لَكِنَّ سَيِّدِي نابالَ رَدَّهُمْ بِفَظاظَةٍ.

15 a nd the men very good to us, and have not put us to shame, and we have not looked after anything all the days we have gone up and down with them, in our being in the field;

كانَ رِجالُ داوُدَ هَؤُلاءِ طَيِّبِينَ جِدّاً مَعَنا عِندَما خَرَجنا إلَى الحُقُولِ مَعَ المَواشِي. بَقُوا مَعَنا طَوالَ الوَقتِ دُونَ أنْ يُسِيئُوا إلَينا، أوْ يَأْخُذُوا شَيئاً مِنّا.

16 a wall they have been unto us both by night and by day, all the days of our being with them, feeding the flock.

حَرَسُونا لَيلاً وَنَهاراً. فَكانُوا مِثلَ سُورٍ حَولَنا عِندَما كُنّا نَرعَى الغَنَمَ بَينَهُمْ.

17 ` And, now, know and consider what thou dost; for evil hath been determined against our lord, and against all his house, and he too much a son of worthlessness to be spoken to.'

وَقَدْ أخطَأ سَيِّدِي فِي ما قالَهُ. وَإنِّي أتَوَقَّعُ أنْ يَأْتِيَ شَرٌّ عَلَى سَيِّدِي وَعَلَى كُلِّ عائِلَتِهِ بِسَبَبِ تَصَرُّفِهِ الشِّرِّير وَغَيرِ الحَكِيمِ. فَفَكِّرِي أنتِ بِما يُمكِنُ عَمَلُهُ لِمُعالَجَةِ الوَضعِ.»

18 A nd Abigail hasteth, and taketh two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep, prepared, and five measures of roasted corn, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and two hundred bunches of figs, and setteth on the asses.

فَأسرَعَتْ أبِيجايِلُ وَجَمَعَتْ مِئَتَي رَغِيفٍ مِنَ الخُبزِ، وَوِعائينِ جِلدِيَّينِ مِنَ النَّبِيذِ، وَخَمسَةَ خِرافٍ مَطبُوخَةٍ، وَخَمسَةَ مَكاييلِ مِنَ الفَرِيكِ، وَسَلَّةً مِنَ الزَّبِيبِ، وَمِئَتَي كَعكَةٍ مِنَ التِّينِ المَكبُوسِ، وَحَمَّلَتْها عَلَى الدَّوابِ.

19 A nd she saith to her young men, `Pass over before me; lo, after you I am coming;' and to her husband Nabal she hath not declared;

ثُمَّ قالَتْ لِخُدّامِها: «اذهَبُوا، وَسَألحَقُ بِكُمْ.» فَعَلَتْ هَذا دُونَ أنْ تُخبِرَ زَوجَها.

20 a nd it hath come to pass, she is riding on the ass and is coming down in the secret part of the hill-country, and lo, David and his men are coming down to meet her, and she meeteth them.

وَرَكِبَتْ أبِيجايِلُ حِمارَها وَنَزَلَتْ إلَى الجانِبِ الآخَرِ مِنَ الجَبَلِ. فَقابَلَتْ داوُدَ وَرِجالَهُ وَهُمْ خارِجُونَ مِنَ الاتِّجاهِ الآخَرِ.

21 A nd David said, `Only, in vain I have kept all that this hath in the wilderness, and nothing hath been looked after of all that he hath, and he turneth back to me evil for good;

وَقالَ داوُدُ: «كانَ كُلُّ ما فَعَلْتُهُ مِنْ أجلِ نابالَ عَبَثاً. حَمَيتُ أملاكَهُ فِي البَرِّيَّةِ. وَحَرِصتُ عَلَى أنْ لا يَضِيعَ خَرُوفٌ واحِدٌ مِنْ خِرافِهِ. كُنتُ طَيِّباً مَعَهُ، فَلَمْ يُعامِلْنِي بِالمِثلِ.

22 t hus doth God do to the enemies of David, and thus He doth add, if I leave of all that he hath till the light of the morning -- of those sitting on the wall.'

فَأنا أُقسِمُ أنِّي سَأقتُلُ كُلَّ فَردٍ فِي عائِلَةِ نابالَ قَبلَ حُلُولِ صَباحِ الغَدِ.»

23 A nd Abigail seeth David, and hasteth and cometh down from off the ass, and falleth before David on her face, and boweth herself to the earth,

فِي تِلكَ اللَّحظَةِ وَصَلَتْ أبِيجايِلُ. فَأسرَعَتْ بِالنُّزُولِ عَنْ حِمارِها، وَانحَنَتْ أمامَ داوُدَ وَوَجهُها إلَى الأرْضِ.

24 a nd falleth at his feet and saith, `On me, my lord, the iniquity; and let, I pray thee, thy handmaid speak in thine ear, and hear the words of thy handmaid.

وَوَقَعَتْ أبِيجايِلُ عِندَ قَدَمَيهِ وَقالَتْ: «أعطِنِي فُرصَةً لِأتَكَلَّمَ مَعكَ يا مَولايَ. اسمَعْ ما سَأقُولُهُ لَكَ، وَاعتَبِرِ الذَّنبَ فِي ما حَدَثَ ذَنبِي أنا.

25 ` Let not, I pray thee, my lord set his heart to this man of worthlessness, on Nabal, for as his name so he; Nabal his name, and folly with him; and I, thine handmaid, did not see the young men of my lord whom thou didst send;

لا تَلتَفِتْ إلَى ما فَعَلَهُ هَذا الرَّجُلُ التّافِهُ، نابالُ. فاسْمُهُ يَعنِي ‹أحْمَقَ!› وَهَذا يَتَناسَبُ مَعَهُ حَقّاً. أمّا أنا فَلَمْ أرَ رِجالَكَ الَّذِينَ أرسَلْتَهُمْ.

26 a nd now, my lord, Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, in that Jehovah hath withheld thee from coming in with blood, and to save thy hand to thee -- now let thine enemies be as Nabal, even those seeking evil unto my lord.

وَها قَدْ مَنَعَكَ اللهُ يا مَولايَ مِنْ قَتلِ الأبرِياءِ وَمنَ الانْتِقامِ لِنَفْسِكَ. وَأنا أتَمَنَّى باللهِ الحَيِّ، وَبِحَياتِكَ، أنْ يَصِيْرَ أعداؤُكَ وَكُلُّ مَنْ يُرِيدُ بِكَ أذَىً كَنابالَ.

27 ` And, now, this blessing which thy maid-servant hath brought to my lord -- it hath been given to the young men who are going up and down at the feet of my lord.

«ها قَدْ أحضَرْتُ أنا أمَتَكَ لَكَ هَدِيَّةً يا سَيِّدِي، فَأعطِها لِرِجالِكَ.

28 ` Bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy handmaid, for Jehovah doth certainly make to my lord a stedfast house; for the battles of Jehovah hath my lord fought, and evil is not found in thee thy days.

وَاغفِرْ لِي ذَنبِي. وَأنا أعرِفُ أنَّ اللهَ سَيُرَسِّخُ عائِلَتَكَ لِأنَّكَ تُحارِبُ حُرُوبَهُ. وَلَنْ يَجِدَ النّاسُ ما يَلُومُونَكَ عَلَيهِ ما دُمتَ حَيّاً.

29 A nd man riseth to pursue thee and to seek thy soul, and the soul of my lord hath been bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah thy God; as to the soul of thine enemies, He doth sling them out in the midst of the hollow of the sling.

فَإنْ طارَدَكَ شَخصٌ لِيَقتُلَكَ، فَإنَّ حَياتَكَ يا مَولايَ مَحْفوظَةٌ تَحْتَ عِنايَةِ إلَهِكَ. أمّا حَياةُ عَدُوِّكَ فَسَيَرمِيها كَما يُرمَى حَجَرٌ مِنْ مِقلاعٍ.

30 ` And it hath been, when Jehovah doth to my lord according to all the good which He hath spoken concerning thee, and appointed thee for leader over Israel,

وَعَدَكَ اللهُ بِأشْياءَ كَثِيرَةٍ حَسَنَةٍ، وَسَيحَفَظُ وُعُودَهُ لَكَ. وَسَيَجعَلُكَ رَئِيساً عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ.

31 t hat this is not to thee for a stumbling-block, and for an offence of heart to my lord -- either to shed blood for nought, or my lord's restraining himself; and Jehovah hath done good to my lord, and thou hast remembered thy handmaid.'

فَلا تُحزِنْ نَفسَكَ يا مَولايَ، وَلا تُتعِبْ ضَمِيرَكَ بِسَفكِ دَمٍ لا مُبَرِّرَ لَهُ، وَلا هُوَ دِفاعٌ عَنِ نَفسَكِ. وَإنِّي لأرجُو أنْ تَذكُرَنِي حِينَ يُبارِكُكَ اللهُ يا مَولايَ.»

32 A nd David saith to Abigail, `Blessed Jehovah, God of Israel, who hath sent thee this day to meet me,

فَأجابَ داوُدُ أبِيجايِلَ: «أشْكُرُ اللهَ ، إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ، لِأنَّهُ أرسَلَكِ لِلِقائِي.

33 a nd blessed thy discretion, and blessed thou in that thou hast restrained me this day from coming in with blood, and to restrain my hand to myself.

مُبارَكَةٌ أنتِ وَمُبارَكَةٌ رَجاحَةُ عَقلِكِ. فَقَدْ مَنَعْتِنِي اليَومَ مِنْ أنْ أقتُلَ لِأُحَقِّقَ مُرادِيَ.

34 A nd yet, Jehovah liveth, God of Israel, who hath kept me back from doing evil with thee, for unless thou hadst hasted, and dost come to meet me, surely there had not been left to Nabal till the light of the morning, of those sitting on the wall.'

أُقْسِمُ باللهِ ، إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ الحَيِّ، لَولا أنَّكِ أسرَعتِ لِلِقائِي، لَما أشْرَقَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى أحَدٍ مِنْ عائِلَةِ نابالَ. لَكِنَّ اللهَ مَنَعَنِي مِنْ أنْ أُؤذِيَكِ.»

35 A nd David receiveth from her hand that which she hath brought to him, and to her he hath said, `Go up in peace to thy house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and accept thy face.'

وَقَبِلَ داوُدُ هَدِيَّةَ أبِيجايِلَ وَقالَ لَها: «اذهَبِي مَعَ السَّلامَةِ. لَقَدْ فَعَلْتُ كَما طَلَبتِ. وَها أنا أُعِيدُكِ راضِيَةً.» مَوتُ نابال

36 A nd Abigail cometh in unto Nabal, and lo, he hath a banquet in his house, like a banquet of the king, and the heart of Nabal glad within him, and he drunk unto excess, and she hath not declared to him anything, less or more, till the light of the morning.

فَرَجِعَتْ أبِيجايِلُ إلَى نابالَ. وَكانَتْ فِي بَيتِهِ وَلِيمَةٌ كَوَلِيمَةِ المَلِكِ. وَسَكِرَ وَانتَشَى. فَلَمْ تُخبِرْهُ أبِيجايِلُ بِشَيءٍ حَتَّى صَباحِ اليَومِ التّالِي.

37 A nd it cometh to pass in the morning, when the wine is gone out from Nabal, that his wife declareth to him these things, and his heart dieth within him, and he hath been as a stone.

وَفِي الصَّباحِ التّالِي، كانَ نابالُ صاحِياً، فَأخبَرَتْهُ زَوجَتُهُ بِكُلِّ شَيءٍ. فَأُصِيبَ بِنَوبَةٍ قَلبِيَّةٍ وَتَصَلَّبَ كَصَخرَةٍ.

38 A nd it cometh to pass, about ten days, that Jehovah smiteth Nabal, and he dieth,

وَبَعدَ عَشْرَةِ أيّامٍ أصابَهُ اللهُ بِنَوبَةٍ أُخْرَى، فَماتَ.

39 a nd David heareth that Nabal dead, and saith, `Blessed Jehovah who hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and His servant hath kept back from evil, and the wickedness of Nabal hath Jehovah turned back on his own head;' and David sendeth and speaketh with Abigail, to take her to him for a wife.

فَلَمّا سَمِعَ داوُدُ أنَّ نابالَ ماتَ، قالَ: «مُبارَكٌ اللهُ. فَقَدْ أهانَنِي نابالُ، لَكِنَّ اللهَ دافَعَ عَنْ كَرامَتِي. مَنَعَنِي اللهُ مِنَ ارتِكابِ إساءَةٍ، وَجَعَلَ نابالَ يَدفَعُ ثَمَنَ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي فَعَلَهُ.» ثُمَّ أرسَلَ داوُدُ رِسالَةً إلَى أبِيجايِلَ طالِباً يَدَها للزَّواجِ.

40 A nd the servants of David come in unto Abigail at Carmel, and speak unto her, saying, `David hath sent us unto thee to take thee to him for a wife.'

فَذَهَبَ خُدّامُهُ إلَى الكَرمِلِ. وَقالُوا لَها: «أرسَلَنا داوُدُ لِنُحضِرَكِ إلَيهِ، فَهُوَ يَطلُبُكِ زَوجَةً لَهُ.»

41 A nd she riseth and boweth herself -- face to the earth -- and saith, `Lo, thy handmaid for a maid-servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.'

فانحَنَتْ أبِيجايِلُ وَوَجهُها إلَى الأرْضِ. وَقالَتْ: «أنا مُستَعِدَّةٌ أنْ أكُونَ جارِيَةً لِسَيِّدِي داوُدَ، حَتَّى وَلَو لَمْ يَكُنْ لِي عَمَلٌ آخَرُ غَيرَ أنْ أغسِلَ أقْدامَ رِجالِهِ.»

42 A nd Abigail hasteth and riseth, and rideth on the ass; and five of her young women who are going at her feet; and she goeth after the messengers of David, and is to him for a wife.

وَأسرَعَتْ أِبيجايِلُ بِالرُّكُوبِ عَلَى حِمارٍ، وَأخَذَتْ خَمساً مِنْ خادِماتِها مَعَها. فَتَبِعنَ رُسُلَ داوُدَ، وَتَزَوَّجَتْ أبِيجايِلُ مِنْ داوُدَ.

43 A nd Ahinoam hath David taken from Jezreel, and they are -- even both of them -- to him for wives;

وَتَزَوَّجَ دَاوُدُ أيضاً أخِينُوعَمَ مِنْ يَزرَعِيلَ، فَكانَتِ الاثْنَتانِ زَوجَتَينِ لِداوُدَ.

44 a nd Saul gave Michal his daughter, wife to David, to Phalti son of Laish, who of Gallim.

وَكانَ شاوُلَ قَدْ أعْطَى ابنَتَهُ مِيكالَ – زَوجَةَ داوُدَ – لِرَجُلٍ اسْمُهُ فَلْطِي بْنُ لايِشَ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ جَلِّيمَ.