1 Samuel 13

1 Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.

1 كَانَ شَاوُلُ ابْنَ (ثَلاثِينَ) سَنَةٍ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ مِنْ مُلْكِهِ،

2 He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.

2 اخْتَارَ ثَلاثَةَ آلافِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، احْتَفَظَ بِأَلْفَيْنِ مِنْهُمْ لِنَفْسِهِ فِي مِخْمَاسَ وَفِي جَبَلِ بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَتَرَكَ أَلْفاً مَعَ يُونَاثَانَ ابْنِهِ فِي جِبْعَةِ بِنْيَامِينَ. وَأَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ الْجَيْشِ فَقَدْ سَرَّحَهُمْ لِيَعُودَ كُلٌّ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ.

3 Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”

3 وَهَاجَمَ يُونَاثَانُ حَامِيَةَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ الْمُعَسْكِرَةَ فِي جِبْعَ، فَبَلَغَ الْخَبَرُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ. وَأَطْلَقَ شَاوُلُ البُوقَ فِي كُلِّ الأَرْضِ قَائِلاً: «لِيَسْمَعْ جَمِيعُ الْعِبْرَانِيِّينَ».

4 And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.

4 فَذَاعَ نَبَأٌ أَنَّ شَاوُلَ هَاجَمَ حَامِيَةَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَأَنَّ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ عَازِمُونَ عَلَى الانْتِقَامِ مِنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، فَتَحَرَّكَ جَيْشُ إِسْرَائِيلَ كُلُّهُ وَلَحِقَ بِشَاوُلَ فِي الْجِلْجَالِ.

5 Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

5 وَاحْتَشَدَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِقُوَّةٍ تَتَأَلَّفُ مِنْ ثَلاثِينَ أَلْفَ مَرْكَبَةٍ حَرْبِيَّةٍ، وَسِتَّةِ آلافِ فَارِسٍ وَجَيْشٍ كَرَمْلِ شَاطِىءِ الْبَحْرِ فِي كَثْرَتِهِ، وَتَجَمَّعُوا فِي مِخْمَاسَ شَرْقِيَّ بَيْتِ آوِنَ.

6 Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.

6 وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَى بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ حَرَجَ مَوْقِفِهِمِ اعْتَرَاهُمُ الضِّيقُ، فَاخْتَبَأُوا فِي الْمَغَاوِرِ وَالأَدْغَالِ وَبَيْنَ الصُّخُورِ وَالأَبْرَاجِ وَالآبَارِ.

7 Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul, however, remained at Gilgal, and all his troops were quaking in fear.

7 وَاجْتَازَ بَعْضُ الْعِبْرَانِيِّينَ نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ إِلَى أَرْضِ جَادٍ وَجِلْعَادَ. أَمَّا شَاوُلُ فَظَلَّ فِي الْجِلْجَالِ مَعَ بَقِيَّةٍ مِنَ الْجَيْشِ مَلأَ قُلُوبَهَا الذُّعْرُ.

8 And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul.

8 وَمَكَثَ شَاوُلُ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ فِي الْجِلْجَالِ يَنْتَظِرُ مَجِيءَ صَمُوئِيلَ بِمُوْجِبِ اتِّفَاقٍ سَابِقٍ. وَعِنْدَمَا تَأَخَّرَ صَمُوئِيلُ عَنِ الْحُضُورِ وَتَفَرَّقَ الْجَيْشُ عَنْ شَاوُلَ،

9 So he said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” And he offered up the burnt offering.

9 قَالَ شَاوُلُ: «قَدِّمُوا إِلَيَّ الْمُحْرَقَةَ وَذَبَائِحَ السَّلامِ». وَقَرَّبَ الْمُحْرَقَةَ.

10 Just as he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.

10 وَمَا إِنِ انْتَهَى مِنْ تَقْدِيمِهَا حَتَّى أَقْبَلَ صَمُوئِيلُ، فَخَرَجَ شَاوُلُ لِلِقَائِهِ لِيَتَلَقَّى بَرَكَتَهُ.

11 “What have you done?” Samuel asked. And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,

11 فَسَأَلَ صَمُوئِيلُ: «مَاذَا فَعَلْتَ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ شَاوُلُ: «رَأَيْتُ أَنَّ الشَّعْبَ تَفَرَّقَ عَنِّي، وَأَنْتَ لَمْ تَحْضُرْ فِي مَوْعِدِكَ، وَالْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ مُحْتَشِدُونَ فِي مِخْمَاسَ،

12 I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will descend upon me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”

12 فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ مُتَأَهِّبُونَ الآنَ لِلْهُجُومِ عَلَيَّ فِي الْجِلْجَالِ وَأَنَا لَمْ أَتَضَرَّعْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ بَعْدُ طَلَباً لِعَوْنِهِ، فَوَجَدْتُ نَفْسِي مُرْغَماً عَلَى تَقْرِيبِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ».

13 “You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.

13 فَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ لِشَاوُلَ: «لَقَدْ تَصَرَّفْتَ بِحَمَاقَةٍ، فَأَنْتَ قَدْ عَصَيتَ وَصِيَّةَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ الَّتِي أَمَرَكَ بِها. وَلَوْ أَطَعْتَهُ لَثَبَّتَ مُلْكَكَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

14 But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”

14 أَمَّا الآنَ، فَلأَنَّكَ لَمْ تُطِعْ مَا أَمَرَكَ الرَّبُّ بِهِ فَإِنَّ مُلْكَكَ لَنْ يَدُومَ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدِ اخْتَارَ لِنَفْسِهِ رجُلاً حَسَبَ قَلْبِهِ وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يُصْبِحَ رَئِيساً عَلَى شَعْبِهِ».

15 Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.

15 وَانْطَلَقَ صَمُوئِيلُ مِنَ الْجِلْجَالِ إِلَى جِبْعَةِ بِنْيَامِينَ. وَأَحْصَى شَاوُلُ مَنْ بَقِيَ مَعَهُ مِنَ الْجَيْشِ وَإذَا بِهِمْ نَحْوَ سِتِّ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ.

16 Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.

16 وَكَانَ شَاوُلُ وَابْنُهُ يُونَاثَانُ وَمَنْ مَعَهُمَا مِنَ الْجَيْشِ مُعَسْكِرِينَ فِي جِبْعِ بِنْيَامِينَ، أَمَّا الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ فَكَانُوا مُتَجَمِّعِينَ فِي مِخْمَاسَ.

17 And raiders went out of the Philistine camp in three divisions. One headed toward Ophrah in the land of Shual,

17 وَخَرَجَتْ ثَلاثُ فِرَقِ غُزَاةٍ مِنْ مُعَسْكَرِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ تَوَجَّهَتْ إِحْدَاهَا فِي طَرِيقِ عَفْرَةَ إِلَى أَرْضِ شُوعَالَ،

18 another toward Beth-horon, and the third down the border road overlooking the Valley of Zeboim facing the wilderness.

18 وَانْطَلَقَتِ الْفِرْقَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ فِي طَرِيقِ بَيْتِ حُورُونَ. أَمَّا الْفِرْقَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ فَقَدِ اتَّجَهَتْ فِي طَرِيقِ الْحُدُودِ الْمُشْرِفَةِ عَلَى وَادِي صَبُوعِيمَ نَحْوَ الصَّحْرَاءِ.

19 And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”

19 وَلَمْ يَسْمَحِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ بِوُجُودِ حَدَّادِينَ فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِئَلّا يَصْنَعَ الْعِبْرَانِيُّونَ سُيُوفاً وَرِمَاحاً.

20 Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.

20 فَكَانَ عَلَى الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ أَنْ يَلْجَأُوا إِلَى أَرْضِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ لِيَسُنُّوا رُؤُوسَ مَحَارِيثِهِمْ وَمَنَاجِلَهُمْ وَفُؤُوسَهُمْ وَمَعَاوِلَهُمْ.

21 The charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.

21 فَكَانَتْ أُجْرَةُ سَنِّ الْمِحْرَاثِ وَالْمِنْجَلِ ثُلْثَيْ شَاقِلٍ (نَحْوَ ثَمِانِيَةِ جِرَامَاتٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ) وَلِكُلِّ مُثَلَّثَاتِ الأَسْنَانِ وَالْفُؤُوسِ وَالْمَنَاخِسِ ثُلْثَ شَاقِلٍ (أَيْ أَرْبَعَةَ جِرَامَاتٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ).

22 So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons.

22 وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَدَى جَمِيعِ الْجَيْشِ الْبَاقِي مَعَ شَاوُلَ وَيُونَاثَانَ فِي يَوْمِ الْحَرْبِ أَيُّ سَيْفٍ أَوْ رُمْحٍ، إلّا مَا كَانَ مَعَ شَاوُلَ وَيُونَاثَانَ ابْنِهِ.

23 And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.

23 وَمَضَتْ قُوَّةٌ مِنَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ لِتُعَسْكِرَ فِي مَمَرِّ مِخْمَاسَ.