1 Samuel 12

1 Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king.

1 وَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ لِكُلِّ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ: «هَا أَنَا قَدْ لَبَّيْتُ طَلَبَكُمْ وَحَقَّقْتُ لَكُمْ كُلَّ مَا سَأَلْتُمْ وَنَصَّبْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ مَلِكاً،

2 Now here is the king walking before you, and I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day.

2 وَقَدْ صَارَ لَكُمْ مَلِكٌ يَسِيرُ أَمَامَكُمْ، وَأَمَّا أَنَا فَقَدْ شِخْتُ وَغَزَا الشَّيْبُ شَعْرَ رَأْسِي. وَهَا أَوْلادِي بَيْنَكُمْ، وَأَنَا قَدْ خَدَمْتُكُمْ مُنْذُ صِبَايَ.

3 Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”

3 فَاشْهَدُوا عَلَيَّ فِي حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ، وَأَمَامَ مَلِكِهِ الْمُخْتَارِ، إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ أَخَذْتُ ثَوْراً أَوْ حِمَاراً مِنْ أَحَدٍ، أَوْ ظَلَمْتُ أَوْ جُرْتُ عَلَى أَحَدٍ أَوْ قَبِلْتُ رِشْوَةً مِنْ أَحَدٍ لأُغْمِضَ عَيْنَيَّ عَنْهُ، فَأُعَوِّضَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْكُمْ».

4 “You have not cheated us or oppressed us,” they replied, “nor have you taken anything from the hand of man.”

4 فَأَجَابُوهُ: «لَمْ تَظْلِمْنَا وَلَمْ تَجُرْ عَلَيْنَا وَلا أَخَذْتَ شَيْئاً مِنْ أَحَدٍ».

5 Samuel said to them, “The LORD is a witness against you, and His anointed is a witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.” “He is a witness,” they replied.

5 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لِيَكُنِ الرَّبُّ وَمَلِكُهُ الْمُخْتَارُ شَاهِدَيْنِ فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ عَلَى بَرَاءَتِي الْكَامِلَةِ». فَقَالُوا: «يَشْهَدُ الرَّبُّ».

6 Then Samuel said to the people, “The LORD is the One who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

6 وَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ لِلشَّعْبِ: «إِنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ الَّذِي اخْتَارَ مُوسَى وَهروُنَ وَأَخْرَجَ آبَاءَكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ.

7 Now present yourselves, so that I may confront you before the LORD with all the righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers.

7 وَالآنَ امْثُلُوا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ لأُذَكِّرَكُمْ بِجَمِيعِ مُعَامَلاتِهِ الَّتِي أَجْرَاهَا مَعَكُمْ وَمَعَ آبَائِكُمْ:

8 When Jacob went to Egypt, your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He sent them Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

8 بَعْدَ أَنْ نَزَلَ يَعْقُوبُ دِيَارَ مِصْرَ، وَاضْطَهَدَ الْمِصْرِيُّونَ ذُرِّيَّتَهُ، اسْتَغَاثَ آبَاؤُكُمْ بِالرَّبِّ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ مُوسَى وَهروُنَ فَأَخْرَجَاهُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ وَقَادَاهُمْ لِلإِقَامَةِ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ.

9 But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.

9 وَعِنْدَمَا تَنَاسَوْا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُمْ سَلَّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ سِيسَرَا قَائِدَ جَيْشِ حَاصُورَ وَالْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَمَلِكَ مُوآبَ فَحَارَبُوهُمْ.

10 Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’

10 فَاسْتَغَاثُوا بِالرَّبِّ قَائِلِينَ: أَخْطَأْنَا إِذْ تَرَكْنَا الرَّبَّ وَعَبَدْنَا الْبَعْلِيمَ وَالْعَشْتَارُوثَ. فَالآنَ أَنْقِذْنَا مِنْ قَبْضَةِ أَعْدَائِنَا فَنُخْلِصَ لَكَ الْعِبَادَةَ.

11 So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.

11 فَأَقَامَ الرَّبُّ جِدْعُونَ وَبَدَانَ وَيَفْتَاحَ وَصَمُوئِيلَ وَأَنْقَذَكُمْ مِنْ قَبْضَةِ أَعْدَائِكُمُ الْمُحِيطِينَ بِكُمْ، وَسَكَنْتُمْ مُطْمَئِنِّينَ.

12 But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.

12 وَلَمَّا عَايَنْتُمْ نَاحَاشَ مَلِكَ عَمُّونَ زَاحِفاً عَلَيْكُمْ قُلْتُمْ لِي: نَصِّبْ عَلَيْنَا مَلِكاً، مَعَ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ هُوَ مَلِكُكُمْ.

13 Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you.

13 وَالآنَ هَا هُوَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي اخْتَرْتُمْ وَطَلَبْتُمْ، قَدْ جَعَلَهُ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْكُمْ مَلِكاً.

14 If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.

14 فَإِنِ اتَّقَيْتُمُ الرَّبَّ وَعَبَدْتُمُوهُ وَأَطَعْتُمْ وَصَايَاهُ وَلَمْ تَعْصَوْا أَمْرَهُ وَاتَّبَعْتُمُ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ أَنْتُمْ وَمَلِكُكُمُ الْمُتَسَلِّطُ عَلَيْكُمْ: فَلَنْ يُصِيبَكُمْ مَكْرُوهٌ.

15 But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.

15 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ عَصَيْتُمْ وَصَايَا الرَّبِّ وَأَمْرَهُ، فَإِنَّ عِقَابَ الرَّبِّ يَنْزِلُ بِكُمْ كَمَا نَزَلَ بِآبَائِكُمْ.

16 Now, therefore, present yourselves and see this great thing that the LORD will do before your eyes.

16 وَالآنَ قِفُوا وَانْظُرُوا مَا يُجْرِيهِ الرَّبُّ مِنْ آيَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ أَمَامَكُمْ:

17 Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”

17 أَلَيْسَ الْيَوْمُ هُوَ مَوْسِمُ حَصَادِ الْقَمْحِ؟ سَأُصَلِّي إِلَى الرَّبِّ حَتَّى يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ رُعُوداً وَمَطَراً، فَتُدْرِكُونَ عِظَمَ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي ارْتَكَبْتُمُوهُ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ حِينَ طَلَبْتُمْ أَنْ يُنَصِّبَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَلِكاً».

18 So Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.

18 وَصَلَّى صَمُوئِيلُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ فَأَرْسَلَ رُعُوداً وَمَطَراً فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، فَاسْتَوْلَى خَوْفٌ شَدِيدٌ عَلَى الشَّعْبِ مِنَ الرَّبِّ وَمِنْ صَمُوئِيلَ.

19 They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”

19 وَتَوَسَّلَ جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ إِلَى صَمُوئِيلَ قَائِلِينَ: «صَلِّ مِنْ أَجْلِ عَبِيدِكَ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ لِكَي لَا نَمُوتَ، لأَنَّنَا قَدْ أَضَفْنَا إِلَى جَمِيعِ خَطَايَانَا شَرّاً جَدِيداً حِينَ طَلَبْنَا أَنْ يُنَصِّبَ عَلَيْنَا مَلِكاً».

20 “Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.

20 فَقَال صَمُوئِيلُ لِلشَّعْبِ: «لا تَخَافُوا، فَأَنْتُمْ حَقّاً قَدِ اقْتَرَفْتُمْ كُلَّ هَذَا الشَّرِّ، وَلَكِنْ إِيَّاكُمْ أَنْ تَحِيدُوا عَنِ الرَّبِّ، بَلِ اعْبُدُوهُ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِكُمْ.

21 Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.

21 وَلا تَضِلُّوا وَرَاءَ الأَصْنَامِ الْبَاطِلَةِ الَّتِي لَا تُفِيدُ وَلا تُنْقِذُ، لأَنَّهُ لَا طَائِلَ مِنْهَا.

22 Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.

22 فَالرَّبُّ لَا يَتَخَلَّى عَنْ شَعْبِهِ إِكْرَاماً لاِسْمِهِ الْعَظِيمِ، لأَنَّهُ شَاءَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَكُمْ لَهُ شَعْباً.

23 As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.

23 وَأَمَّا أَنَا فَحَاشَا لِي أَنْ أُخْطِىءَ إِلَى الرَّبِّ، فَأَكُفَّ عَنِ الصَّلاةِ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ، بَلْ أُوَاظِبُ عَلَى تَعْلِيمِكُمُ الطَّرِيقَ الصَّالِحَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ.

24 Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.

24 وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِتَقْوَى الرَّبِّ وَعِبَادَتِهِ بِأَمَانَةٍ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِكُمْ، مُتَأَمِّلِينَ الْعَظَائِمَ الَّتِي صَنَعَهَا مَعَكُمْ.

25 But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”

25 وَأَمَّا إِنِ ارْتَكَبْتُمُ الشَّرَّ فَمَصِيرُكُمْ أَنْتُمْ وَمَلِكِكُمُ الْهَلاكُ».