1 Samuel 20

1 Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?”

1 وَهَرَبَ دَاوُدُ مِنْ نَايُوتَ فِي الرَّامَةِ وَالْتَقَى بِيُونَاثَانَ وَسَأَلَهُ: «مَاذَا جَنَيْتُ، وَمَاذَا اقْتَرَفْتُ مِنْ إِثْمٍ فِي حَقِّ أَبِيكَ حَتَّى يُصِرَّ عَلَى قَتْلِي؟»

2 “Far from it!” Jonathan replied. “You will not die. Indeed, my father does nothing, great or small, without telling me. So why would he hide this matter from me? This cannot be true!”

2 فَأَجَابَهُ: «مَعَاذَ اللهِ أَنْ تَمُوتَ! فَإِنَّ أَبِي لَا يُقْدِمُ عَلَى أَمْرٍ كَبِيرٍ أَمْ صَغِيرٍ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُطْلِعَنِي عَلَيْهِ، فَلِمَاذَا يُخْفِي عَنِّي أَمْراً كَهَذَا؟ إِنَّ مَخَاوِفَكَ لَا أَسَاسَ لَهَا مِنَ الصِّحَّةِ».

3 But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”

3 فَأَقْسَمَ دَاوُدُ قَائِلاً: «إِنَّ أَبَاكَ يُدْرِكُ أَنَّنِي حَظِيتُ بِرِضَاكَ، لِذَلِكَ قَالَ فِي نَفْسِهِ: لأَكْتُمَنَّ الأَمْرَ عَنْ يُونَاثَانَ لِئَلّا يَطْغَى عَلَيْهِ الْغَمُّ. وَلَكِنِّي أُقْسِمُ لَكَ بِاللهِ الْحَيِّ، كَمَا أُقْسِمُ بِحَيَاتِكَ، إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ الْمَوْتِ سِوَى خُطْوَةٍ».

4 Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you desire, I will do for you.”

4 فَأَجَابَ يُونَاثَانُ: «مَهْمَا تَطْلُبْهُ نَفْسُكَ أَفْعَلْهُ لَكَ».

5 So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I am supposed to dine with the king. Instead, let me go and hide in the field until the third evening from now.

5 فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِيُونَاثَانَ: «غَداً هُوَ الاحْتِفَالُ بِأَوَّلِ أَيَّامِ الشَّهْرِ، حَيْثُ مِنْ عَادَتِي أَنْ أَجْلِسَ مَعَ الْمَلِكِ حَوْلَ مَائِدَةِ الأَكْلِ وَلَكِنْ دَعْنِي أَذْهَبُ فَأَخْتَبِئَ فِي الْحَقْلِ إِلَى مَسَاءِ الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ.

6 If your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David urgently requested my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because there is an annual sacrifice for his whole clan.’

6 فَإِذَا افْتَقَدَنِي أَبُوكَ، فَقُلْ لَهُ: قَدِ اسْتَأْذَنَ مِنِّي فِي الذَّهَابِ إِلَى بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ مَدِينَتِهِ لِلْمُشَارَكَةِ فِي الذَّبِيحَةِ السَّنَوِيَّةِ الَّتِي تُقَامُ لِكُلِّ الْعَشِيرَةِ.

7 If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.

7 فَإِنْ قَالَ: حَسَناً، فَمَعْنَى ذَلِكَ أَنَّ خَادِمَكَ فِي أَمَانٍ. وَلَكِنْ إِنِ اشْتَعَلَ غَيْظاً فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ يُضْمِرُ لِيَ الشَّرَّ.

8 Therefore show kindness to your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?”

8 أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَتَكُونُ قَدْ صَنَعْتَ خَيْراً مَعَ خَادِمِكَ، وَفَاءً بِمَا قَطَعْتَ لَهُ مِنْ عَهْدٍ أَشْهَدْتَ عَلَيْهِ الرَّبَّ. وَإِنْ كَانَ فِيَّ إِثمٌ فَخَيْرٌ أَنْ تَقْتُلَنِي أَنْتَ مِنْ أَنْ تُسْلِمَنِي لأَبِيكَ».

9 “Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”

9 فَقَالَ يُونَاثَانُ: «مَعَاذَ اللهِ أَنْ يَحْدُثَ ذَلِكَ، لأَنَّهُ لَوْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ أَبِي يُضْمِرُ لَكَ شَرّاً، أَفَمَا كُنْتُ أُخْبِرُكَ؟»

10 Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”

10 وَتَسَاءَلَ دَاوُدُ: «مَنْ يُخْبِرُنِي إِنْ رَدَّ عَلَيْكَ أَبُوكَ بِجَوَابٍ فَظٍّ؟»

11 “Come,” he replied, “let us go out to the field.” So the two of them went out into the field,

11 فَأَجَابَهُ يُونَاثَانُ: «تَعَالَ نَخْرُجُ إِلَى الْحَقْلِ». فَانْطَلَقَا مَعاً إِلَى الْحَقْلِ.

12 and Jonathan said, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If he is favorable toward you, will I not send for you and tell you?

12 وَهُنَاكَ قَالَ يُونَاثَانُ لِدَاوُدَ: «لِيَكُنِ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ شَاهِداً أَنَّهُ إِنْ كَشَفْتُ عَنْ نِيَّةِ أَبِي مِنْ نَحْوِكَ غداً أَوْ بَعْدَ غَدٍ، فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الْوَقْتِ، فَوَجَدْتُ أَنَّهُ يَكُنُّ لَكَ الْخَيْرَ وَلَمْ أُرْسِلْ لأُطْلِعَكَ عَلَيْهِ،

13 But if my father intends to bring evil on you, then may the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if I do not tell you and send you on your way in safety. May the LORD be with you, just as He has been with my father.

13 فَلْيُعَاقِبِ الرَّبُّ يُونَاثَانَ أَشَدَّ عُقُوبَةٍ وَيَزِدْ. وَإِنْ أَضْمَرَ لَكَ أَبِي سُوءاً فَإِنَّنِي أُخْبِرُكَ وَأُطْلِقُكَ، فَتَنْصَرِفُ بِسَلامٍ، وَلْيَكُنِ الرَّبُّ مَعَكَ كَمَا كَانَ مَعَ أَبِي.

14 And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die,

14 وَلا تَقْصُرُ خَيْرَ الرَّبِّ عَلَيَّ فِي أَثْنَاءِ حَيَاتِي.

15 and do not ever cut off your loving devotion from my household—not even when the LORD cuts off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”

15 بَلِ احْفَظِ الْعَهْدَ نَفْسَهُ مَعَ عَائِلَتِي إِلَى الأَبَدِ، حَتَّى حِينَ يَقْضِي الرَّبُّ عَلَى جَمِيعِ أَعْدَائِكَ».

16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold David’s enemies accountable.”

16 وَهَكَذَا أَبْرَمَ يُونَاثَانُ عَهْداً مَعَ بَيْتِ دَاوُدَ قَائِلاً: «وَلْيُعَاقِبْكَ الرَّبُّ بِيَدِ أَعْدَائِكَ إِنْ خُنْتَ الْعَهْدَ».

17 And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.

17 ثُمَّ عَادَ يُونَاثَانُ يَسْتَحْلِفُ دَاوُدَ بِمَحَبَّتِهِ لَهُ لأَنَّهُ أَحَبَّهُ كَمَحَبَّتِهِ لِنَفْسِهِ.

18 Then Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow is the New Moon, and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.

18 وَقَالَ لَهُ يُونَاثَانُ: «غَداً يَكُونُ الاحْتِفَالُ بِأَوَّلِ الشَّهْرِ فَيَفْتَقِدُونَكَ لأَنَّ مَوْضِعَكَ يَكُونُ خَالِياً.

19 When you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.

19 وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ، عِنْدَ حُلُولِ الْمَسَاءِ، تَأْتِي مُسْرِعاً إِلَى الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي اخْتَبَأْتَ فِيهِ عِنْدَمَا لَمْ يَكُنْ زِمَامُ الأَمْرِ قَدْ أَفْلَتَ بَعْدُ، وَتَجْلِسُ إِلَى جِوَارِ حَجَرِ الافْتِرَاقِ.

20 I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as if I were aiming at a target.

20 فَأَرْمِي أَنَا ثَلاثَةَ سِهَامٍ إِلَى جَانِبِهِ وَكَأَنَّنِي أَسْتَهْدِفُ غَرَضاً.

21 Then I will send a boy and say, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ Now, if I expressly say to him, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them,’ then come, because as surely as the LORD lives, it is safe for you, and there is no danger.

21 وَعِنْدَئِذٍ أُرْسِلُ الْغُلامَ قَائِلاً:’اذْهَبْ وَالْتَقِطِ السِّهَامَ‘ فَإِنْ قُلْتُ لَهُ:’هَا السِّهَامُ إِلَى جَانِبِكَ فَأَحْضِرْهَا‘ تَعَالَ، لأَنَّهُ حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ، أَنْتَ فِي أَمَانٍ وَلا خَطَرَ عَلَيْكَ.

22 But if I say to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then you must go, for the LORD has sent you away.

22 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ قُلْتُ لِلْغُلامِ:’هَا السِّهَامُ أَمَامَكَ فَتَقَدَّمْ‘ فَامْضِ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ أَطْلَقَكَ.

23 And as for the matter you and I have discussed, the LORD is a witness between you and me forever.”

23 أَمَّا مَا جَرَى بَيْنَنَا مِنْ حَدِيثٍ فَلْيَكُنِ الرَّبُّ شَاهِداً عَلَيْهِ إِلَى الأَبَدِ».

24 So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.

24 فَاخْتَبَأَ دَاوُدُ فِي الْحَقْلِ. وَفِي أَوَّلِ يَوْمٍ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ جَلَسَ الْمَلِكُ لِتَنَاوُلِ الطَّعَامِ

25 He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.

25 فِي مَقْعَدِهِ الْمُعْتَادِ عِنْدَ الْحَائِطِ، وَجَلَسَ يُونَاثَانُ فِي مُوَاجَهَتِهِ. أَمَّا أَبْنَيْرُ فَقَدِ احْتَلَّ مَقْعَداً إِلَى جِوَارِ شَاوُلَ.

26 Saul said nothing that day because he thought, “Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean.”

26 وَلَمْ يُعَلِّقْ شَاوُلُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ عَلَى غِيَابِ دَاوُدَ، ظَنّاً مِنْهُ أَنَّ عَارِضاً قَدْ أَلَمَّ بِهِ وَأَنَّهُ غَيْرُ طَاهِرٍ طِبْقاً لِلشَّرِيعَةِ.

27 But on the day after the New Moon, the second day, David’s place was still empty, and Saul asked his son Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse come to the meal either yesterday or today?”

27 وَلَكِنْ عِنْدَمَا خَلا مَوْضِعُ دَاوُدَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّانِي مِنَ الشَّهْرِ، سَأَلَ شَاوُلُ يُونَاثَانَ ابْنَهُ: «لِمَاذَا تَغَيَّبَ ابْنُ يَسَّى عَنِ الطَّعَامِ أَمْسِ وَالْيَوْمَ؟»

28 Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,

28 فَأَجَابَ يُونَاثَانُ: «لَقَدِ اسْتَأْذَنَ دَاوُدُ مِنِّي لِلذَّهَابِ إِلَى بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ،

29 saying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he has not come to the king’s table.”

29 وَقَالَ: دَعْنِي أَذْهَبُ لأَنَّ عَشِيرَتِي تُقَدِّمُ ذَبِيحَةً فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، وَقَدْ أَوْصَانِي أَخِي بِالْحُضُورِ. فَإِنْ حَظِيتُ بِرِضَاكَ فَدَعْنِي أَمْضِي لأَرَى إِخْوَتِي، لِذَلِكَ تَغَيَّبَ عَنْ مَائِدَةِ الْمَلِكِ».

30 Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you?

30 فَاسْتَشَاطَ شَاوُلُ غَضَباً عَلَى يُونَاثَانَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «يَا ابْنَ الْمُتَعَوِّجَةِ الْمُتَمَرِّدَةِ، أَتَظُنُّ أَنَّنِي لَمْ أَعْلَمْ أَنَّ انْحِيَازَكَ لاِبْنِ يَسَّى يُفْضِي إِلَى خِزْيِكَ وَخِزْيِ أُمِّكَ الَّتِي أَنْجَبَتْكَ؟

31 For as long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. Now send for him and bring him to me, for he must surely die!”

31 فَمَادَامَ ابْنُ يَسَّى حَيًّا فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَسْتَقِرُّ أَنْتَ وَلا مَمْلَكَتُكَ. وَالآنَ أَرْسِلْ وَاقْبِضْ عَلَيْهِ، وَأْتِ بِهِ لأَنَّهُ مَحْكُومٌ عَلَيْهِ بِالْمَوْتِ».

32 “Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”

32 فَأَجَابَ يُونَاثَانُ: «لِمَاذَا يُقْتَلُ، وَأَيُّ ذَنْبٍ جَنَاهُ؟»

33 Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him. So Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.

33 فَصَوَّبَ شَاوُلُ الرُّمْحَ نَحْوَهُ لِيَطْعَنَهُ، فَأَدْرَكَ يُونَاثَانُ عَلَى الْفَوْرِ أَنَّ وَالِدَهُ مُصِرٌّ عَلَى قَتْلِ دَاوُدَ.

34 Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.

34 فَغَادَرَ الْمَائِدَةَ وَالْغَضَبُ الْجَامِحُ يَعْصِفُ بِهِ، مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَقْرُبَ الطَّعَامَ إِذْ سَاءَهُ تَصَرُّفُ وَالِدِهِ الْمُخْزِي مِنْ نَحْوِ دَاوُدَ. وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّانِي مِنْ أَوَّلِ الشَّهْرِ.

35 In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for the appointment with David, and a small boy was with him.

35 وَخَرَجَ فِي صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ إِلَى الْحَقْلِ كَمَا اتَّفَقَ مَعَ دَاوُدَ، يُرَافِقُهُ غُلامٌ صَغِيرٌ.

36 He said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows I shoot.” And as the boy ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.

36 فَقَالَ لِغُلامِهِ: «أَسْرِعْ وَالْتَقِطِ السِّهَامَ الَّتِي أَرْمِي بِها». وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ الْغُلامُ رَاكِضاً رَمَى السَّهْمَ حَتَّى جَاوَزَ الْغُلامَ.

37 When the boy reached the place where Jonathan’s arrow had fallen, Jonathan called to him, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”

37 وَعِنْدَمَا وَصَلَ الْغُلامُ إِلَى مَوْضِعِ السَّهْمِ الَّذِي رَمَاهُ نَادَى يُونَاثَانُ الْغُلامَ: «أَلَيْسَ السَّهْمُ أَمَامَكَ؟»

38 Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.

38 ثُمَّ عَادَ يَهْتِفُ بِهِ: «عَجِّلْ أَسْرِعْ! لَا تَقِفْ». فَالْتَقَطَ الْغُلامُ السَّهْمَ وَجَاءَ بِهِ إِلَى سَيِّدِهِ.

39 But the boy did not know anything; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement.

39 وَلَمْ يَعْلَمِ الْغُلامُ بِمَا يَجْرِي، أَمَّا يُونَاثَانُ وَدَاوُدُ فَهُمَا وَحْدَهُمَا اللَّذَانِ كَانَا مُطَّلِعَيْنِ عَلَى الأَمْرِ.

40 Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the boy and said, “Go, take it back to the city.”

40 فَعَهَدَ يُونَاثَانُ بِسِلاحِهِ إِلَى الْغُلامِ قَائِلاً لَهُ: «اذْهَبْ، وَادْخُلْ بِهِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ».

41 When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.

41 وَمَا إِنْ تَوَارَى الْغُلامُ عَنِ الأَنْظَارِ حَتَّى بَرَزَ دَاوُدُ مِنَ الْجِهَةِ الْجَنُوبِيَّةِ وَسَقَطَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ سَاجِداً ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، وَقَبَّلَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ، وَبَكَيَا مَعاً. وَكَانَ بُكَاءُ دَاوُدَ أَشَدَّ مَرَارَةً.

42 And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.

42 وَقَالَ يُونَاثَانُ لِدَاوُدَ: «امْضِ بِسَلامٍ لأَنَّنَا كِلَيْنَا حَلَفْنَا عَلَى صَدَاقَتِنَا بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ قَائِلَيْنِ: لِيَكُنِ الرَّبُّ شَاهِداً بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ، وَبَيْنَ نَسْلِي وَنَسْلِكَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ». ثُمَّ افْتَرَقَا. فَذَهَبَ دَاوُدُ فِي طَرِيقِهِ، أَمَّا يُونَاثَانُ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ.