2 Samuel 5

1 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

1 وَجَاءَ جَمِيعُ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى دَاوُدَ، إِلَى حَبْرُونَ، وَتَكَلَّمُوا قَائِلِينَ: «هُوَذَا عَظْمُكَ وَلَحْمُكَ نَحْنُ.

2 Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”

2 وَمُنْذُ أَمْسِ وَمَا قَبْلَهُ، حِينَ كَانَ شَاوُلُ مَلِكًا عَلَيْنَا، قَدْ كُنْتَ أَنْتَ تُخْرِجُ وَتُدْخِلُ إِسْرَائِيلَ. وَقَدْ قَالَ لَكَ ٱلرَّبُّ: أَنْتَ تَرْعَى شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَنْتَ تَكُونُ رَئِيسًا عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ».

3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.

3 وَجَاءَ جَمِيعُ شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ، إِلَى حَبْرُونَ، فَقَطَعَ ٱلْمَلِكُ دَاوُدُ مَعَهُمْ عَهْدًا فِي حَبْرُونَ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ. وَمَسَحُوا دَاوُدَ مَلِكًا عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ.

4 David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.

4 كَانَ دَاوُدُ ٱبْنَ ثَلَاثِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً.

5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

5 فِي حَبْرُونَ مَلَكَ عَلَى يَهُوذَا سَبْعَ سِنِينٍ وَسِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ. وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ مَلَكَ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ سَنَةً عَلَى جَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا.

6 Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”

6 وَذَهَبَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَرِجَالُهُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، إِلَى ٱلْيَبُوسِيِّينَ سُكَّانِ ٱلْأَرْضِ. فَكَلَّمُوا دَاوُدَ قَائِلِينَ: «لَا تَدْخُلْ إِلَى هُنَا، مَا لَمْ تَنْزِعِ ٱلْعُمْيَانَ وَٱلْعُرْجَ». أَيْ لَا يَدْخُلُ دَاوُدُ إِلَى هُنَا.

7 Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

7 وَأَخَذَ دَاوُدُ حِصْنَ صِهْيَوْنَ، هِيَ مَدِينَةُ دَاوُدَ.

8 On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”

8 وَقَالَ دَاوُدُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ: «إِنَّ ٱلَّذِي يَضْرِبُ ٱلْيَبُوسِيِّينَ وَيَبْلُغُ إِلَى ٱلْقَنَاةِ وَٱلْعُرْجِ وَٱلْعُمْيِ ٱلْمُبْغَضِينَ مِنْ نَفْسِ دَاوُدَ». لِذَلِكَ يَقُولُونَ: «لَا يَدْخُلِ ٱلْبَيْتَ أَعْمَى أَوْ أَعْرَجُ».

9 So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.

9 وَأَقَامَ دَاوُدُ فِي ٱلْحِصْنِ وَسَمَّاهُ «مَدِينَةَ دَاوُدَ». وَبَنَى دَاوُدُ مُسْتَدِيرًا مِنَ ٱلْقَلْعَةِ فَدَاخِلًا.

10 And David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of Hosts was with him.

10 وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ يَتَزَايَدُ مُتَعَظِّمًا، وَٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ ٱلْجُنُودِ مَعَهُ.

11 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

11 وَأَرْسَلَ حِيرَامُ مَلِكُ صُورَ رُسُلًا إِلَى دَاوُدَ، وَخَشَبَ أَرْزٍ وَنَجَّارِينَ وَبَنَّائِينَ فَبَنَوْا لِدَاوُدَ بَيْتًا.

12 And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.

12 وَعَلِمَ دَاوُدُ أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَدْ ثَبَّتَهُ مَلِكًا عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَنَّهُ قَدْ رَفَّعَ مُلْكَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ شَعْبِهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

13 After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

13 وَأَخَذَ دَاوُدُ أَيْضًا سَرَارِيَ وَنِسَاءً مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ بَعْدَ مَجِيئِهِ مِنْ حَبْرُونَ، فَوُلِدَ أَيْضًا لِدَاوُدَ بَنُونَ وَبَنَاتٌ.

14 These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

14 وَهَذِهِ أَسْمَاءُ ٱلَّذِينَ وُلِدُوا لَهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ: شَمُّوعُ وَشُوبَابُ وَنَاثَانُ وَسُلَيْمَانُ،

15 Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,

15 وَيِبْحَارُ وَأَلِيشُوعُ وَنَافَجُ وَيَافِيعُ،

16 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.

16 وَأَلِيشَمَعُ وَأَلِيدَاعُ وَأَلِيفَلَطُ.

17 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went down to the stronghold.

17 وَسَمِعَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ مَسَحُوا دَاوُدَ مَلِكًا عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَصَعِدَ جَمِيعُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ لِيُفَتِّشُوا عَلَى دَاوُدَ. وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ دَاوُدُ نَزَلَ إِلَى ٱلْحِصْنِ.

18 Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.

18 وَجَاءَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ وَٱنْتَشَرُوا فِي وَادِي ٱلرَّفَائِيِّينَ.

19 So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go up,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

19 وَسَأَلَ دَاوُدُ مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلًا: «أَأَصْعَدُ إِلَى ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ؟ أَتَدْفَعُهُمْ لِيَدِي؟» فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِدَاوُدَ: «ٱصْعَدْ، لِأَنِّي دَفْعًا أَدْفَعُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ لِيَدِكَ».

20 So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.

20 فَجَاءَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى بَعْلِ فَرَاصِيمَ وَضَرَبَهُمْ دَاوُدُ هُنَاكَ، وَقَالَ: «قَدِ ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلرَّبُّ أَعْدَائِي أَمَامِي كَٱقْتِحَامِ ٱلْمِيَاهِ». لِذَلِكَ دَعَى ٱسْمَ ذَلِكَ ٱلْمَوْضِعِ «بَعْلَ فَرَاصِيمَ».

21 There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.

21 وَتَرَكُوا هُنَاكَ أَصْنَامَهُمْ فَنَزَعَهَا دَاوُدُ وَرِجَالُهُ.

22 Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.

22 ثُمَّ عَادَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ فَصَعِدُوا أَيْضًا وَٱنْتَشَرُوا فِي وَادِي ٱلرَّفَائِيِّينَ.

23 So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.

23 فَسَأَلَ دَاوُدُ مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَقَالَ: «لَا تَصْعَدْ، بَلْ دُرْ مِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ، وَهَلُمَّ عَلَيْهِمْ مُقَابِلَ أَشْجَارِ ٱلْبُكَا،

24 As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that the LORD has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”

24 وَعِنْدَمَا تَسْمَعُ صَوْتَ خَطَوَاتٍ فِي رُؤُوسِ أَشْجَارِ ٱلْبُكَا، حِينَئِذٍ ٱحْتَرِصْ، لِأَنَّهُ إِذْ ذَاكَ يَخْرُجُ ٱلرَّبُّ أَمَامَكَ لِضَرْبِ مَحَلَّةِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ».

25 So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

25 فَفَعَلَ دَاوُدُ كَذَلِكَ كَمَا أَمَرَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ، وَضَرَبَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ مِنْ جَبْعٍ إِلَى مَدْخَلِ جَازَرَ.