1 Samuel 18

1 After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.

1 وَعِنْدَمَا فَرَغَ دَاوُدُ مِنْ حَدِيثِهِ مَعَ شَاوُلَ، تَعَلَّقَتْ نَفْسُ يُونَاثَانَ بِدَاوُدَ وَأَحَبَّهُ كَنَفْسِهِ.

2 And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house.

2 وَاسْتَبْقَى شَاوُلُ دَاوُدَ، وَلَمْ يَدَعْهُ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ.

3 Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

3 وَتَعَاهَدَ يُونَاثَانُ وَدَاوُدُ، لأَنَّ يُونَاثَانَ أَحَبَّهُ كَنَفْسِهِ.

4 And Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.

4 وَخَلَعَ يُونَاثَانُ جُبَّتَهُ وَوَهَبَهَا لِدَاوُدَ مَعَ ثِيَابِهِ وَسَيْفِهِ وَقَوْسِهِ وَحِزَامِهِ.

5 So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.

5 وَكَانَ النَّجَاحُ حَلِيفَ دَاوُدَ فِي كُلِّ مُهِمَّةٍ كَلَّفَهُ بِها شَاوُلُ، لِذَلِكَ وَلّاهُ شَاوُلُ إِمْرَةَ رِجَالِ الْحَرْبِ، فَحَظِيَ ذَلِكَ بِاسْتِحْسَانِ الشَّعْبِ وَعَبِيدِ شَاوُلَ أَيْضاً.

6 As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.

6 وَعِنْدَ رُجُوعِ الْجَيْشِ بَعْدَ مَقْتَلِ جُلْيَاتَ، خَرَجَتِ النِّسَاءُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ مُدُنِ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِالْغِنَاءِ وَالرَّقْصِ، وَبِدُفُوفِ الْفَرَحِ وَبِمُثَلَّثَاتٍ لاِسْتِقْبَالِ شَاوُلَ الْمَلِكِ.

7 And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”

7 وَرَاحَتِ النِّسَاءُ الرَّاقِصَاتُ يُنْشِدْنَ: «قَتَلَ شَاوُلُ أُلُوفَهُ وَقَتَلَ دَاوُدُ رِبْوَاتِهِ (أَيْ عَشَرَاتِ الأُلُوفِ)».

8 And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”

8 فَأَثَارَ هَذَا غَضَبَ شَاوُلَ، وَسَاءَ هَذَا الْغِنَاءُ فِي نَفْسِهِ وَقَالَ: «نَسَبْنَ لِدَاوُدَ قَتْلَ عَشَرَاتِ الأُلُوفِ، أَمَّا أَنَا فَنَسَبْنَ لِي قَتْلَ الأُلُوفِ فَقَطْ! لَمْ يَبْقَ سِوَى أَنْ يُنْعِمْنَ عَلَيْهِ بِالْمَمْلَكَةِ».

9 And from that day forward Saul kept a jealous eye on David.

9 وَشَرَعَ شَاوُلُ مُنْذُ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ فَصَاعِداً يُرَاقِبُ دَاوُدَ بِعَيْنٍ مُمْتَلِئَةٍ بِالْغَيْرَةِ.

10 The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,

10 وَحَدَثَ فِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي أَنْ هَاجَمَ الرُّوحُ الرَّدِيءُ شَاوُلَ مِنْ قِبَلِ الرَّبِّ، فَبَدَأَ يَهْذِي جُنُوناً فِي وَسَطِ الْبَيْتِ، بَيْنَمَا كَانَ دَاوُدُ يَعْزِفُ كَعَادَتِهِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ. وَكَانَ فِي يَدِ شَاوُلَ رُمْحٌ،

11 and he hurled it, thinking, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.

11 فَأَشْرَعَ شَاوُلُ الرُّمْحَ وَقَالَ فِي نَفْسِهِ: «سَأُسَمِّرُ دَاوُدَ إِلَى الْحَائِطِ». فَرَاغَ دَاوُدُ مِنْ أَمَامِهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ.

12 So Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.

12 وَصَارَ شَاوُلُ يَخْشَى دَاوُدَ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ كَانَ مَعَهُ، وَقَدْ فَارَقَ شَاوُلَ.

13 Therefore Saul sent David away and gave him command of a thousand men. David led the troops out to battle and back,

13 فَأَبْعَدَهُ مِنْ حَضْرَتِهِ وَعَيَّنَهُ قَائِدَ أَلْفٍ، فَكَانَ دَاوُدُ يَتَقَدَّمُ دَائِماً فِي طَلِيعَةِ فِرْقَتِهِ.

14 and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.

14 وَحَالَفَهُ الْفَلاحُ فِي كُلِّ أَعْمَالِهِ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ كَانَ مَعَهُ.

15 When Saul saw that David was very successful, he was afraid of him.

15 وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَى شَاوُلُ مَا يَتَمَتَّعُ بِهِ دَاوُدُ مِنْ فِطْنَةٍ تَفَاقَمَ فَزَعُهُ مِنْهُ.

16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to battle and back.

16 أَمَّا جَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا فَقَدِ ازْدَادُوا حُبّاً لَهُ، لأَنَّهُ كَانَ دَائِماً يَقُودُهُمْ فِي حَمْلاتِهِمِ الْعَسْكَرِيَّةِ الْمُوَفَّقَةِ.

17 Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

17 وَقَالَ شَاوُلُ لِدَاوُدَ: «إِنَّنِي أَبْغِي أَنْ أُزَوِّجَكَ مِنِ ابْنَتِي الْكَبِيرَةِ مَيْرَبَ، شَرِيطَةَ أَنْ تَكُونَ بَطَلاً وَتُحَارِبَ حُرُوبَ الرَّبِّ» فَقَدْ حَدَّثَ شَاوُلُ نَفْسَهُ قَائِلاً: «لا أَحْمِلُ أَنَا جَرِيرَةَ قَتْلِهِ بَلْ يَقْتُلُهُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ».

18 And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?”

18 فَأَجَابَ دَاوُدُ: «مَنْ أَنَا وَمَا هِيَ حَيَاتِي؟ وَمَا هِيَ عَائِلَتِي وَمَا هِيَ مَكَانَةُ عَائِلَتِي فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ حَتَّى أُصْبِحَ صِهْراً لِلْمَلِكِ؟»

19 So when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.

19 وَعِنْدَمَا اقْتَرَبَ مَوْعِدُ زِفَافِ مَيْرَبَ لِدَاوُدَ، زَوَّجَهَا شَاوُلُ مِنْ عَدْرِيئِيلَ الْمَحُولِيِّ.

20 Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.

20 لَكِنَّ مِيكَالَ ابْنَةَ شَاوُلَ الصُّغْرَى أَحَبَّتْ دَاوُدَ، فَعَلِمَ شَاوُلُ بِالأَمْرِ وَحَظِيَ ذَلِكَ بِرِضَاهُ.

21 “I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”

21 وَقَالَ شَاوُلُ فِي نَفْسِهِ: «أُزَوِّجُهُ مِنْهَا فَتَكُونُ لَهُ فَخّاً، وَكَذَلِكَ يَسْعَى الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ إِلَى قَتْلِهِ». وَقَالَ شَاوُلُ لِدَاوُدَ مَرَّةً ثَانِيَةً: «يُمْكِنُكَ مُصَاهَرَتِي الْيَوْمَ».

22 Then Saul ordered his servants, “Speak to David privately and tell him, ‘Behold, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become his son-in-law.’”

22 وَأَمَرَ شَاوُلُ رِجَالَهُ أَنْ يُسِرُّوا فِي أُذُنِ دَاوُدَ أَنَّ الْمَلِكَ يُحِبُّهُ، وَأَنَّهُ مَحَلُّ إِعْجَابِ الْحَاشِيَةِ، وَأَنْ يَنْصَحُوهُ بِمُصَاهَرَةِ الْمَلِكِ،

23 But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”

23 فَرَاحَ عَبِيدُ شَاوُلَ يُسِرُّونَ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فِي مَسَامِعِ دَاوُدَ. فَأَجَابَ دَاوُدُ: «أَتَظُنُّونَ مُصَاهَرَةَ الْمَلِكِ أَمْراً تَافِهاً؟ أَنَا لَسْتُ سِوَى رَجُلٍ مِسْكِينٍ حَقِيرٍ».

24 And the servants told Saul what David had said.

24 فَأَخْبَرَ عَبِيدُ شَاوُلَ سَيِّدَهُمْ بِحَدِيثِ دَاوُدَ.

25 Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.

25 فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ لَهُمْ: «هَذَا مَا تَقُولُونَهُ لِدَاوُدَ: إِنَّ الْمَلِكَ لَا يَطْمَعُ فِي مَهْرٍ، بَلْ فِي مِئَةِ غُلْفَةٍ مِنْ غُلَفِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، انْتِقَاماً مِنْ أَعْدَاءِ الْمَلِكِ». قَالَ هَذَا ظَنّاً مِنْهُ أَنْ يُوْقِعَ دَاوُدَ فِي أَسْرِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ.

26 When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,

26 فَأَبْلَغَ عَبِيدُ شَاوُلَ دَاوُدَ بِمَطْلَبِ الْمَلِكِ، فَرَاقَهُ الأَمْرُ، وَلاسِيَّمَا فِكْرَةُ مُصَاهَرَةِ الْمَلِكِ. وَقَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْتَهِيَ الْمُهْلَةُ الْمُعْطَاةُ لَهُ،

27 David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.

27 انْطَلَقَ مَعَ رِجَالِهِ وَقَتَلَ مِئَتَيْ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَأَتَى بِغُلَفِهِمْ وَقَدَّمَهَا كَامِلَةً لِتَكُونَ مَهْراً لِمُصَاهَرَةِ الْمَلِكِ. فَزَوَّجَهُ شَاوُلُ عِنْدَئِذٍ مِنِ ابْنَتِهِ مِيكَالَ.

28 When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,

28 وَأَدْرَكَ شَاوُلُ يَقِيناً أَنَّ الرَّبَّ مَعَ دَاوُدَ، وَأَنَّ ابْنَتَهُ مِيكَالَ تُحِبُّهُ.

29 he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.

29 فَتَزَايَدَ خَوْفُ شَاوُلَ مِنْ دَاوُدَ، وَأَصْبَحَ عَدُوَّهُ اللَّدُودَ طَوَالَ حَيَاتِهِ.

30 Every time the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers, so that his name was highly esteemed.

30 وَثَابَرَ أَقْطَابُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ عَلَى مُحَارَبَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَكَانَ دَاوُدُ يَظْفَرُ بِهِمْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ بَقِيَّةِ قُوَّادِ شَاوُلَ، وَأَصْبَحَ اسْمُهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَفَةٍ وَلِسَانٍ.