1 Samuel 19

1 Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,

1 وَكَلَّمَ شَاوُلُ يُونَاثَانَ ٱبْنَهُ وَجَمِيعَ عَبِيدِهِ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوا دَاوُدَ.

2 so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.

2 وَأَمَّا يُونَاثَانُ بْنُ شَاوُلَ فَسُرَّ بِدَاوُدَ جِدًّا. فَأَخْبَرَ يُونَاثَانُ دَاوُدَ قَائِلًا: «شَاوُلُ أَبِي مُلْتَمِسٌ قَتْلَكَ، وَٱلْآنَ فَٱحْتَفِظْ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ إِلَى ٱلصَّبَاحِ، وَأَقِمْ فِي خُفْيَةٍ وَٱخْتَبِئْ.

3 I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, so I can ask about you. And if I find out anything, I will tell you.”

3 وَأَنَا أَخْرُجُ وَأَقِفُ بِجَانِبِ أَبِي فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ ٱلَّذِي أَنْتَ فِيهِ، وَأُكَلِّمُ أَبِي عَنْكَ، وَأَرَى مَاذَا يَصِيرُ وَأُخْبِرُكَ».

4 Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.

4 وَتَكَلَّمَ يُونَاثَانُ عَنْ دَاوُدَ حَسَنًا مَعَ شَاوُلَ أَبِيهِ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «لَا يُخْطِئِ ٱلْمَلِكُ إِلَى عَبْدِهِ دَاوُدَ، لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُخْطِئْ إِلَيْكَ، وَلِأَنَّ أَعْمَالَهُ حَسَنَةٌ لَكَ جِدًّا.

5 He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”

5 فَإِنَّهُ وَضَعَ نَفْسَهُ بِيَدِهِ وَقَتَلَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيَّ فَصَنَعَ ٱلرَّبُّ خَلَاصًا عَظِيمًا لِجَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. أَنْتَ رَأَيْتَ وَفَرِحْتَ. فَلِمَاذَا تُخْطِئُ إِلَى دَمٍ بَرِيءٍ بِقَتْلِ دَاوُدَ بِلَا سَبَبٍ؟»

6 Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”

6 فَسَمِعَ شَاوُلُ لِصَوْتِ يُونَاثَانَ، وَحَلَفَ شَاوُلُ: «حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ لَا يُقْتَلُ».

7 So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.

7 فَدَعَا يُونَاثَانُ دَاوُدَ وَأَخْبَرَهُ يُونَاثَانُ بِجَمِيعِ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ. ثُمَّ جَاءَ يُونَاثَانُ بِدَاوُدَ إِلَى شَاوُلَ فَكَانَ أَمَامَهُ كَأَمْسِ وَمَا قَبْلَهُ.

8 When war broke out again, David went out and fought the Philistines and struck them with such a mighty blow that they fled before him.

8 وَعَادَتِ ٱلْحَرْبُ تَحْدُثُ، فَخَرَجَ دَاوُدُ وَحَارَبَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَضَرَبَهُمْ ضَرْبَةً عَظِيمَةً فَهَرَبُوا مِنْ أَمَامِهِ.

9 But as Saul was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the harp,

9 وَكَانَ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلرَّدِيءُ مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ عَلَى شَاوُلَ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي بَيْتِهِ وَرُمْحُهُ بِيَدِهِ، وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ يَضْرِبُ بِٱلْيَدِ.

10 Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But David eluded him and the spear struck the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.

10 فَٱلْتَمَسَ شَاوُلُ أَنْ يَطْعَنَ دَاوُدَ بِٱلرُّمْحِ حَتَّى إِلَى ٱلْحَائِطِ، فَفَرَّ مِنْ أَمَامِ شَاوُلَ فَضَرَبَ ٱلرُّمْحَ إِلَى ٱلْحَائِطِ، فَهَرَبَ دَاوُدُ وَنَجَا تِلْكَ ٱللَّيْلَةَ.

11 Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”

11 فَأَرْسَلَ شَاوُلُ رُسُلًا إِلَى بَيْتِ دَاوُدَ لِيُرَاقِبُوهُ وَيَقْتُلُوهُ فِي ٱلصَّبَاحِ. فَأَخْبَرَتْ دَاوُدَ مِيكَالُ ٱمْرَأَتُهُ قَائِلَةً: «إِنْ كُنْتَ لَا تَنْجُو بِنَفْسِكَ هَذِهِ ٱللَّيْلَةَ فَإِنَّكَ تُقْتَلُ غَدًا».

12 So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.

12 فَأَنْزَلَتْ مِيكَالُ دَاوُدَ مِنَ ٱلْكُوَّةِ، فَذَهَبَ هَارِبًا وَنَجَا.

13 Then Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment.

13 فَأَخَذَتْ مِيكَالُ ٱلتَّرَافِيمَ وَوَضَعَتْهُ فِي ٱلْفِرَاشِ، وَوَضَعَتْ لُبْدَةَ ٱلْمِعْزَى تَحْتَ رَأْسِهِ وَغَطَّتْهُ بِثَوْبٍ.

14 When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”

14 وَأَرْسَلَ شَاوُلُ رُسُلًا لِأَخْذِ دَاوُدَ، فَقَالَتْ: «هُوَ مَرِيضٌ».

15 But Saul sent the messengers back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so I can kill him.”

15 ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ شَاوُلُ ٱلرُّسُلَ لِيَرَوْا دَاوُدَ قَائِلًا: «ٱصْعَدُوا بِهِ إِلَيَّ عَلَى ٱلْفِرَاشِ لِكَيْ أَقْتُلَهُ».

16 And when the messengers entered, there was the idol in the bed with the goat hair on its head.

16 فَجَاءَ ٱلرُّسُلُ وَإِذَا فِي ٱلْفِرَاشِ ٱلتَّرَافِيمُ وَلِبْدَةُ ٱلْمِعْزَى تَحْتَ رَأْسِهِ.

17 And Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away, and he has escaped!” Michal replied, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away, or I will kill you!’”

17 فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ لِمِيكَالَ: «لِمَاذَا خَدَعْتِنِي، فَأَطْلَقْتِ عَدُوِّي حَتَّى نَجَا؟» فَقَالَتْ مِيكَالُ لِشَاوُلَ: «هُوَ قَالَ لِي: أَطْلِقِينِي، لِمَاذَا أَقْتُلُكِ؟».

18 So David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.

18 فَهَرَبَ دَاوُدُ وَنَجَا وَجَاءَ إِلَى صَمُوئِيلَ فِي ٱلرَّامَةِ وَأَخْبَرَهُ بِكُلِّ مَا عَمِلَ بِهِ شَاوُلُ. وَذَهَبَ هُوَ وَصَمُوئِيلُ وَأَقَامَا فِي نَايُوتَ.

19 When Saul was told that David was at Naioth in Ramah,

19 فَأُخْبِرَ شَاوُلُ وَقِيلَ لَهُ: «هُوَذَا دَاوُدُ فِي نَايُوتَ فِي ٱلرَّامَةِ».

20 he sent messengers to seize him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy.

20 فَأَرْسَلَ شَاوُلُ رُسُلًا لِأَخْذِ دَاوُدَ. وَلَمَّا رَأَوْا جَمَاعَةَ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ، وَصَمُوئِيلَ وَاقِفًا رَئِيسًا عَلَيْهِمْ، كَانَ رُوحُ ٱللهِ عَلَى رُسُلِ شَاوُلَ فَتَنَبَّأُوا هُمْ أَيْضًا.

21 When this was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they began to prophesy as well. So Saul tried again and sent messengers a third time, and even they began to prophesy.

21 وَأَخْبَرُوا شَاوُلَ، فَأَرْسَلَ رُسُلًا آخَرِينَ، فَتَنَبَّأُوا هُمْ أَيْضًا. ثُمَّ عَادَ شَاوُلُ فَأَرْسَلَ رُسُلًا ثَالِثَةً، فَتَنَبَّأُوا هُمْ أَيْضًا.

22 Finally, Saul himself left for Ramah and came to the large cistern at Secu, where he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” “At Naioth in Ramah,” he was told.

22 فَذَهَبَ هُوَ أَيْضًا إِلَى ٱلرَّامَةِ وَجَاءَ إِلَى ٱلْبِئْرِ ٱلْعَظِيمَةِ ٱلَّتِي عِنْدَ سِيخُو وَسَأَلَ وَقَالَ: «أَيْنَ صَمُوئِيلُ وَدَاوُدُ؟» فَقِيلَ: «هَا هُمَا فِي نَايُوتَ فِي ٱلرَّامَةِ».

23 So Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. But the Spirit of God came upon even Saul, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

23 فَذَهَبَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ إِلَى نَايُوتَ فِي ٱلرَّامَةِ، فَكَانَ عَلَيْهِ أَيْضًا رُوحُ ٱللهِ، فَكَانَ يَذْهَبُ وَيَتَنَبَّأُ حَتَّى جَاءَ إِلَى نَايُوتَ فِي ٱلرَّامَةِ.

24 Then Saul stripped off his robes and also prophesied before Samuel. And he collapsed and lay naked all that day and night. That is why it is said, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

24 فَخَلَعَ هُوَ أَيْضًا ثِيَابَهُ وَتَنَبَّأَ هُوَ أَيْضًا أَمَامَ صَمُوئِيلَ، وَٱنْطَرَحَ عُرْيَانًا ذَلِكَ ٱلنَّهَارَ كُلَّهُ وَكُلَّ ٱللَّيْلِ. لِذَلِكَ يَقُولُونَ: «أَشَاوُلُ أَيْضًا بَيْنَ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ؟».