1 Samuel 17

1 Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.

1 وَحَشَدَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ جُيُوشَهُمْ لِلْحَرْبِ وَاجْتَمَعُوا فِي سُوكُوهَ التَّابِعَةِ لِسِبْطِ يَهُوذَا، وَعَسْكَرُوا مَا بَيْنَ سُوكُوهَ وَعَزِيقَةَ فِي أَفَسِ دَمِّيمَ.

2 Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.

2 وَتَجَمَّعَ شَاوُلُ وَرِجَالُهُ وَنَزَلُوا فِي وَادِي الْبُطْمِ وَاصْطَفُّوا لِلْحَرْبِ لِلِقَاءِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ.

3 The Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them.

3 وَوَقَفَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ عَلَى جَبَلٍ مِنْ نَاحِيَةٍ، وَالإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ عَلَى جَبَلٍ آخَرَ مُقَابِلَهُمْ، يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُمْ وَادٍ.

4 Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,

4 فَخَرَجَ مِنْ بَيْنِ صُفُوفِ جُيُوشِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ رَجُلٌ مُبَارِزٌ مِنْ جَتَّ يُدْعَى جُلْيَاتَ طُولُهُ سِتُّ أَذْرُعٍ وَشِبْرٌ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ أَمْتَارٍ)،

5 and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,

5 يَضَعُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ خُوذَةً مِنْ نُحَاسٍ، وَيَرْتَدِي دِرْعاً مُصَفَّحاً وَزْنُهُ خَمْسَةُ آلافِ شَاقِلٍ (نَحْوَ سَبْعَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ كِيلُو جِرَاماً) مِنَ النُّحَاسِ

6 and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.

6 وَقَدْ لَفَّ سَاقَيْهِ بِصَفَائِحَ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ، كَمَا تَدَلَّى رُمْحٌ نُحَاسِيٌّ مِنْ كَتِفَيْهِ.

7 The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.

7 وَكَانَتْ قَنَاةُ رُمْحِهِ شَبِيهَةً بِنَوْلِ النِّسَّاجِينَ، وَسِنَانُهُ يَزِنُ سِتَّ مِئَةِ شَاقِلِ حَدِيدٍ (نَحْوَ سَبْعَةِ كِيلُو جِرَامَاتٍ)، وَكَانَ حَامِلُ تُرْسِهِ يَمْشِي أَمَامَهُ.

8 And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.

8 فَوَقَفَ جُلْيَاتُ يُنَادِي جَيْشَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ: «مَا بَالُكُمْ خَرَجْتُمْ تَصْطَفُّونَ لِلْحَرْبِ؟ أَلَسْتُ أَنَا الْفِلِسْطِينِيَّ، وَأَنْتُمْ خُدَّامَ شَاوُلَ؟ انْتَخِبُوا مِنْ بَيْنِكُمْ رَجُلاً يُبَارِزُنِي.

9 If he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and work for us.”

9 فَإِنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مُحَارَبَتِي وَقَتَلَنِي نُصْبِحُ لَكُمْ عَبِيداً، وَإِنْ قَهَرْتُهُ وَقَتَلْتُهُ تُصْبِحُونَ أَنْتُمْ لَنَا عَبِيداً وَتَخْدُمُونَنَا.

10 Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!”

10 إِنَّنِي أُعَيِّرُ وَأَتَحَدَّى الْيَوْمَ جَيْشَ إِسْرَائِيلَ! لِيَخْرُجْ مِنْ بَيْنِكُمْ رَجُلٌ يُبَارِزُنِي!».

11 On hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.

11 وَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ شَاوُلُ وَجَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ تَحَدِّيَاتِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّ ارْتَعَبُوا وَجَزَعُوا جِدّاً.

12 Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons. And in the days of Saul, Jesse was old and well along in years.

12 وَكَانَ لِدَاوُدَ بْنِ يَسَّى الأَفْرَاتِيِّ الْمُقِيمِ فِي بَيْتِ لَحْمِ أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا، سَبْعَةُ إِخْوَةٍ أَكْبَرَ مِنْهُ. وَكَانَ يَسَّى قَدْ شَاخَ فِي زَمَنِ شَاوُلَ وَتَقَدَّمَ فِي الْعُمْرِ.

13 The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.

13 وَكَانَ بَنُو يَسَّى الثَّلاثَةُ الْكِبَارُ قَدِ الْتَحَقُوا بِجَيْشِ شَاوُلَ وَهُمْ أَلِيآبُ الْبِكْرُ وَأَبِينَادَابُ وَشَمَّةُ.

14 And David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,

14 أَمَّا دَاوُدُ فَكَانَ أَصْغَرَ الأَبْنَاءِ جَمِيعاً. وَانْضَمَّ الثَّلاثَةُ الْكِبَارُ إِلَى صُفُوفِ شَاوُلَ.

15 but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.

15 وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ يَتَرَدَّدُ عَلَى شَاوُلَ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ لِيَرْعَى غَنَمَ أَبِيهِ فِي بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ.

16 For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.

16 وَظَلَّ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّ يَخْرُجُ مُتَحَدِّياً الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ وَمَسَاءٍ، مُدَّةَ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً.

17 One day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.

17 وَذَاتَ يَوْمٍ قَالَ يَسَّى لِدَاوُدَ ابْنِهِ: «خُذْ لإِخْوَتِكَ إِيفَةً (أَيْ أَرْبَعَةً وَعِشْرِينَ لِتْراً) مِنْ هَذَا الْفَرِيكِ، وَعَشْرَةَ أَرْغِفَةٍ مِنَ الْخُبْزِ وَارْكُضْ إِلَى الْمُعَسْكَرِ.

18 Take also these ten portions of cheese to the commander of their unit. Check on the welfare of your brothers and bring back an assurance from them.

18 وَقَدِّمْ عَشَرَ قِطَعٍ مِنَ الْجُبْنِ إِلَى قَائِدِ الأَلْفِ، وَاطْمَئِنَّ عَلَى سَلامَةِ إِخْوَتِكَ وَأَحْضِرْ لِي مِنْهُمْ مَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى سَلامَتِهِمْ».

19 They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”

19 وَكَانَ شَاوُلُ آنَئِذٍ مَعَ جَيْشِهِ وَمِنْ جُمْلَتِهِمْ إِخْوَةُ دَاوُدَ، مُعَسْكِرِينَ فِي وَادِي الْبُطْمِ، تَأَهُّباً لِمُحَارَبَةِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ.

20 So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.

20 فَانْطَلَقَ دَاوُدُ مُبَكِّراً فِي صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي، بَعْدَ أَنْ تَرَكَ الْغَنَمَ فِي عُهْدَةِ حَارِسٍ، مُحَمَّلاً بِمَا أَمَرَهُ بِهِ أَبُوهُ، وَبَلَغَ الْمُعَسْكَرَ فِيمَا كَانَ الْجَيْشُ خَارِجاً للاصْطِفَافِ وَالْهُتَافِ لِلْحَرْبِ.

21 And Israel and the Philistines arrayed in formation against each other.

21 وَمَا لَبِثَتْ أَنْ تَوَاجَهَتْ صُفُوفُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ وَالْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ.

22 Then David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.

22 فَتَرَكَ دَاوُدُ الطَّعَامَ الَّذِي يَحْمِلُهُ فِي رِعَايَةِ حَافِظِ الأَمْتِعَةِ، وَهَرْوَلَ نَحْوَ خَطِّ الْقِتَالِ يَبْحَثُ عَنْ إِخْوَتِهِ لِيَطْمَئِنَّ عَلَى سَلامَتِهِمْ.

23 And as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the ranks of the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.

23 وَفِيمَا هُوَ يُحَادِثُهُمْ إِذَا بِجُلْيَاتَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّ الْمُبَارِزِ مِنْ جَتَّ، يَخْرُجُ مِنْ صُفُوفِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَيُوَجِّهُ تَحَدِّيَاتِهِ إِلَى الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ. فَأَصْغَى دَاوُدُ إِلَى تَهْدِيدَاتِهِ.

24 When all the men of Israel saw Goliath, they fled from him in great fear.

24 وَعِنْدَمَا شَاهَدَ جَيْشُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الرَّجُلَ تَرَاجَعُوا أَمَامَهُ مَذْعُورِينَ جِدّاً.

25 Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”

25 وَتَحَدَّثَ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ: «أَرَأَيْتُمْ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ الْمُبَارِزَ مِنْ صُفُوفِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ؟ إِنَّهُ يَسْعَى لِتَحَدِّينَا وَتَعْيِيرِنَا. إِنَّ مَنْ يَقْتُلُهُ يُغْدِقُ عَلَيْهِ الْمَلِكُ ثَرْوَةً طَائِلَةً، وَيُزَوِّجُهُ مِنِ ابْنَتِهِ، وَيَعْفِي بَيْتَ أَبِيهِ مِنْ دَفْعِ الضَّرَائِبِ وَمِنَ التَّسْخِيرِ».

26 David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

26 فَسَأَلَ دَاوُدُ الرِّجَالَ الْوَاقِفِينَ إِلَى جُوَارِهِ: «بِمَاذَا يُكَافَأُ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي يَقْتُلُ ذَلِكَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيَّ وَيَمْحُو الْعَارَ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟ لأَنَّهُ مَنْ هُوَ هَذَا الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّ الأَغْلَفُ حَتَّى يُعَيِّرَ جَيْشَ اللهِ الْحَيِّ؟»

27 The people told him about the offer, saying, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”

27 فَتَلَقَّى دَاوُدُ مِنَ الْجُنُودِ جَوَاباً مُمَاثِلاً لِمَا سَمِعَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ عَنِ الْمُكَافَأَةِ الَّتِي يَنَالُهَا الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي يَقْتُلُ جُلْيَاتَ.

28 Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”

28 وَسَمِعَ أَخُوهُ الأَكْبَرُ حَدِيثَهُ مَعَ الرِّجَالِ، فَاحْتَدَمَ غَضَبُهُ عَلَى دَاوُدَ وَقَالَ: «لِمَاذَا جِئْتَ إِلَى هُنَا؟ وَعَلَى مَنْ تَرَكْتَ تِلْكَ الْغُنَيْمَاتِ الْقَلِيلَةَ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ؟ لَقَدْ عَرَفْتُ غُرُورَكَ وَشَرَّ قَلْبِكَ، فَأَنَتْ لَمْ تَحْضُرْ إِلَى هُنَا إِلّا لِتَشْهَدَ الْحَرْبَ».

29 “What have I done now?” said David. “Was it not just a question?”

29 فَأَجَابَ دَاوُدُ: «أَيَّةُ جِنَايَةٍ ارْتَكَبْتُ الآنَ؟ أَلا يَحِقُّ لِي حَتَّى أَنْ أُوَجِّهَ سُؤَالاً؟»

30 Then he turned from him toward another and asked about the offer, and those people answered him just as the first ones had answered.

30 وَتَحَوَّلَ عَنْ أَخِيهِ نَحْوَ قَوْمٍ آخَرِينَ، أَثَارَ مَعَهُمْ نَفْسَ الْمَوْضُوعِ، فَأَجَابُوهُ بِمِثْلِ الْجَوَابِ السَّابِقِ.

31 Now David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, who sent for him.

31 وَبَلَغَ شَاوُلَ حَدِيثُ دَاوُدَ، فَاسْتَدْعَاهُ.

32 And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail on account of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him!”

32 وَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِشَاوُلَ: «لا يَذُوبَنَّ قَلْبُ أَحَدٍ خَوْفاً مِنْ هَذَا الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّ، فَإِنَّ عَبْدَكَ يَذْهَبُ لِيُحَارِبَهُ»

33 But Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”

33 فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ لِدَاوُدَ: «أَنْتَ لَا يُمْكِنُكَ الذَّهَابُ لِمُحَارَبَةِ هَذَا الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّ، لأَنَّكَ مَازِلْتَ فَتىً، وَهُوَ رَجُلُ حَرْبٍ مُنْذُ صِبَاهُ».

34 David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,

34 فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ: «كَانَ عَبْدُكَ يَرْعَى ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ غَنَمَ أَبِيهِ، فَجَاءَ أَسَدٌ مَعَ دُبٍّ وَاخْتَطَفَ شَاةً مِنَ الْقَطِيعِ.

35 I went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it.

35 فَسَعَيْتُ وَرَاءَهُ وَهَاجَمْتُهُ وَأَنْقَذْتُهَا مِنْ أَنْيَابِهِ. وَعِنْدَمَا انْقَضَّ عَلَيَّ قَبَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ ذَقْنِهِ وَضَرَبْتُهُ فَقَتَلْتُهُ.

36 Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”

36 وَهَكَذَا قَتَلَ عَبْدُكَ الأَسَدَ وَالدُّبَّ كِلَيهِمَا، فَلْيَكُنْ هَذَا الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّ الأَغْلَفُ كَوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا لأَنَّهُ عَيَّرَ جَيْشَ اللهِ الْحَيِّ».

37 David added, “The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” “Go,” said Saul, “and may the LORD be with you.”

37 وَاسْتَطْرَدَ دَاوُدُ: «إِنَّ الرَّبَّ الَّذِي أَنْقَذَنِي مِنْ مَخَالِبِ الأَسَدِ وَمِنْ مَخَالِبِ الدُّبِّ، يُنْقِذُنِي أَيْضاً مِنْ قَبْضَةِ هَذَا الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّ». فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ لِدَاوُدَ: «امْضِ وَلْيَكُنِ الرَّبُّ مَعَكَ».

38 Then Saul clothed David in his own tunic, put a bronze helmet on his head, and dressed him in armor.

38 وَأَلْبَسَ شَاوُلُ دَاوُدَ سُتْرَةَ حَرْبِهِ، وَوَضَعَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ خُوذَةً مِنْ نُحَاسٍ وَمَنْطَقَهُ بِدِرْعٍ.

39 David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.

39 وَتَقَلَّدَ دَاوُدُ سَيْفَ شَاوُلَ، وَهَمَّ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ، وَإِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ تَعَوَّدَ عَلَيْهَا مِنْ قَبْلُ قَالَ لِشَاوُلَ: «لا أَقْدِرُ أَنْ أَمْشِيَ بِعُدَّةِ الْحَرْبِ هَذِهِ، لأَنَّنِي لَسْتُ مُعْتَاداً عَلَيْهَا». وَخَلَعَهَا عَنْهُ.

40 And David took his staff in his hand, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag. And with his sling in hand, he approached the Philistine.

40 وَتَنَاوَلَ عَصَاهُ بِيَدِهِ، ثُمَّ الْتَقَطَ خَمْسَةَ حِجَارَةٍ مَلْسَاءَ مِنْ جَدْوَلِ الْوَادِي وَجَعَلَهَا فِي جِرَابِهِ، وَحَمَلَ مِقْلاعَهُ بِيَدِهِ وَاتَّجَهَ نَحْوَ جُلْيَاتَ.

41 Now the Philistine came closer and closer to David, with his shield-bearer before him.

41 وَتَقَدَّمَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّ نَحْوَ دَاوُدَ، وَحَامِلُ سِلاحِهِ يَمْشِي أَمَامَهُ.

42 When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a boy, ruddy and handsome.

42 وَمَا إِنْ شَاهَدَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّ دَاوُدَ حَتَّى اسْتَخَفَّ بِهِ لأَنَّهُ كَانَ فَتىً أَشْقَرَ وَسِيمَ الطَّلْعَةِ.

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

43 فَقَالَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّ لِدَاوُدَ: «أَلَعَلِّي كَلْبٌ حَتَّى تَأْتِيَ لِمُحَارَبَتِي بِعِصِيٍّ؟» وَشَتَمَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّ آلِهَةَ دَاوُدَ.

44 “Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”

44 ثُمَّ قَالَ لِدَاوُدَ: «تَعَالَ لأَجْعَلَ لَحْمَكَ طَعَاماً لِطُيُورِ السَّمَاءِ وَوُحُوشِ الْبَرِّيَّةِ».

45 But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

45 فَأَجَابَهُ دَاوُدُ: «أَنْتَ تُبَارِزُنِي بِسَيْفٍ وَرُمْحٍ وَتُرْسٍ، أَمَّا أَنَا فَآتِيكَ بِاسْمِ رَبِّ الْجُنُودِ إِلَهِ جَيْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِي تَحَدَّيْتَهُ.

46 This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.

46 الْيَوْمَ يُوْقِعُكَ الرَّبُّ فِي يَدِي، فَأَقْتُلُكَ وَأَقْطَعُ رَأْسَكَ، وَأُقَدِّمُ جُثَثَ جَيْشِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ هَذَا الْيَوْمَ لِتَكُونَ طَعَاماً لِطُيُورِ السَّمَاءِ وَحَيَوَانَاتِ الأَرْضِ، فَتَعْلَمُ الْمَسْكُونَةُ كُلُّهَا أَنَّ هُنَاكَ إِلَهاً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

47 And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”

47 وَتُدْرِكُ الْجُمُوعُ الْمُحْتَشِدَةُ هُنَا أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِسَيْفٍ وَلا بِرُمْحٍ يُخَلِّصُ الرَّبُّ، لأَنَّ الْحَرْبَ لِلرَّبِّ وَهُوَ يَنْصُرُنَا عَلَيْكُمْ».

48 As the Philistine started forward to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.

48 وَعِنْدَمَا شَاهَدَ دَاوُدُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيَّ يَهُبُّ مُتَقَدِّماً نَحْوَهُ، أَسْرَعَ لِلِقَائِهِ.

49 Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.

49 وَمَدَّ يَدَهُ إِلَى الْجِرَابِ، وَتَنَاوَلَ حَجَراً لَوَّحَ بِهِ بِمِقْلاعِهِ وَرَمَاهُ، فَأَصَابَ جَبْهَةَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّ، فَغَاصَ الْحَجَرُ فِي جَبْهَتِهِ وَسَقَطَ جُلْيَاتُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ.

50 Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.

50 وَهَكَذَا قَضَى دَاوُدُ عَلَى الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّ بِالْمِقْلاعِ وَالْحَجَرِ وَقَتَلَهُ. وَإِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِيَدِهِ سَيْفٌ

51 David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword and pulled it from its sheath and killed him, and he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.

51 رَكَضَ نَحْوَ جُلْيَاتَ وَاخْتَرَطَ سَيْفَهُ مِنْ غِمْدِهِ وَقَتَلَهُ وَقَطَعَ بِهِ رَأْسَهُ. فَلَمَّا رَأَى الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ أَنَّ جَبَّارَهُمْ قَدْ قُتِلَ هَرَبُوا.

52 Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.

52 فَأَطْلَقَ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا صَيْحَاتِ الْحَرْبِ، وَتَعَقَّبُوا الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ حَتَّى مَشَارِفِ الْوَادِي وَأَبْوَابِ مَدِينَةِ عَقْرُونَ. وَانْتَشَرَتْ جُثَثُ قَتْلَى الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ عَلَى طُولِ طَرِيقِ شَعَرَايِمَ إِلَى جَتَّ وَإِلَى عَقْرُونَ.

53 When the Israelites returned from their pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.

53 وَعِنْدَمَا رَجَعَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ مِنْ مُطَارَدَةِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ هَجَمُوا عَلَى مُعَسْكَرِهِمْ وَنَهَبُوهُ.

54 David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.

54 وَحَمَلَ دَاوُدُ رَأْسَ جُلْيَاتَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَلَكِنَّهُ احْتَفَظَ بِعُدَّةِ حَرْبِهِ فِي خَيْمَتِهِ.

55 As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”

55 وَكَانَ شَاوُلُ عِنْدَمَا رَأَى دَاوُدَ خَارِجاً لِمُحَارَبَةِ جُلْيَاتَ، قَدْ سَأَلَ أَبْنَيْرَ قَائِدَ جَيْشِهِ: «ابْنُ مَنْ هَذَا الْفَتَى يَا أَبْنَيْرُ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «وَحَيَاتِكَ أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ لَسْتُ أَعْلَمُ».

56 “Find out whose son this young man is!” said the king.

56 فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «اسْأَلْ ابْنُ مَنْ هَذَا الْفَتَى؟»

57 So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.

57 وَحِينَ رَجَعَ دَاوُدُ بَعْدَ قَتْلِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّ أَخَذَهُ أَبْنَيْرُ وَأَحْضَرَهُ لِلْمُثُولِ أَمَامَ شَاوُلَ، وَرَأْسُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّ مَا بَرِحَ بِيَدِهِ.

58 “Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.

58 فَسَأَلَهُ شَاوُلُ: «ابْنُ مَنْ أَنْتَ يَا فَتَى؟» فَأَجَابَهُ دَاوُدُ: «ابْنُ عَبْدِكَ يَسَّى الْبَيْتَلَحْمِيِّ».