1 Samuel 24

DOUAI-RHEIMS	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 Then David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds of Engaddi.	1 ولما رجع شاول من وراء الفلسطينيين اخبروه قائلين هوذا داود في برية عين جدي.
2 And when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, they told him, saying: Behold, David is in the desert of Engaddi.	2 فاخذ شاول ثلاثة آلاف رجل منتخبين من جميع اسرائيل وذهب يطلب داود ورجاله على صخور الوعول.
3 Saul therefore took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went out to seek after David, and his men, even upon the most craggy rocks, which are accessible only to wild goats.	3 وجاء الى صير الغنم التي في الطريق وكان هناك كهف فدخل شاول لكي يغطي رجليه وداود ورجاله كانوا جلوسا في مغابن الكهف.
4 And he came to the sheepcotes, which were in his way. And there was a cave, into which Saul went, to ease nature: now David and his men lay hid in the inner part of the cave.	4 فقال رجال داود له هوذا اليوم الذي قال لك عنه الرب هانذا ادفع عدوك ليدك فتفعل به ما يحسن في عينيك. فقام داود وقطع طرف جبّة شاول سرّا.
5 And the servants of David said to him: Behold the day, of which the Lord said to thee: I will deliver thy enemy unto thee, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good in thy eyes. Then David arose, and secretly cut off the hem of Saul's robe.	5 وكان بعد ذلك ان قلب داود ضربه على قطعه طرف جبة شاول.
6 After which David's heart struck him, because he had cut off the hem of Saul's robe.	6 فقال لرجاله حاشا لي من قبل الرب ان اعمل هذا الامر بسيدي بمسيح الرب فامدّ يدي اليه لانه مسيح الرب هو.
7 And he said to his men: The Lord be merciful unto me, that I may do no such thing to my master the Lord's anointed, as to lay my hand upon him, because he is the Lord's anointed.	7 فوبّخ داود رجاله بالكلام ولم يدعهم يقومون على شاول. واما شاول فقام من الكهف وذهب في طريقه.
8 And David stopped his men with his words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rising up out of the cave, went on his way.	8 ثم قام داود بعد ذلك وخرج من الكهف ونادى وراء شاول قائلا يا سيدي الملك. ولما التفت شاول الى ورائه خرّ داود على وجهه الى الارض وسجد.
9 And David also rose up after him: and going out of the cave cried after Saul, saying: My lord the king. And Saul looked behind him: and David bowing himself down to the ground, worshipped,	9 وقال داود لشاول لماذا تسمع كلام الناس القائلين هوذا داود يطلب اذيتك.
10 And said to Saul: Why dost thou hear the words of men that say David seeketh thy hurt?	10 هوذا قد رأت عيناك اليوم هذا كيف دفعك الرب اليوم ليدي في الكهف وقيل لي ان اقتلك ولكنني اشفقت عليك وقلت لا امد يدي الى سيدي لانه مسيح الرب هو.
11 Behold this day thy eyes have seen, that the Lord hath delivered thee into my hand, in the cave, and I had a thought to kill thee, but my eye hath spared thee. For I said: I will not put out my hand against my lord, because he is the Lord's anointed.	11 فانظر يا ابي انظر ايضا طرف جبّتك بيدي. فمن قطعي طرف جبّتك وعدم قتلي اياك اعلم وانظر انه ليس في يدي شر ولا جرم ولم اخطئ اليك وانت تصيد نفسي لتاخذها.
12 Moreover see and know, O my father, the hem of thy robe in my hand, that when I cut, off the hem of thy robe, I would not put out my hand against thee. Reflect, and see, that there is no evil in my hand, nor iniquity, neither have I sinned against thee: but thou liest in wait for my life, to take it away.	12 يقضي الرب بيني وبينك وينتقم لي الرب منك ولكن يدي لا تكون عليك.
13 The Lord judge between me and thee, and the Lord revenge me of thee: but my hand shall not be upon thee.	13 كما يقول مثل القدماء من الاشرار يخرج شر ولكن يدي لا تكون عليك.
14 As also it is said in the old proverb: From the wicked shall wickedness come forth: therefore my hand shall not be upon thee. After whom dost thou come out, O king of Israel?	14 وراء من خرج ملك اسرائيل. وراء من انت مطارد. وراء كلب ميت. وراء برغوث واحد.
15 After whom dost thou pursue? After a dead dog, after a flea.	15 فيكون الرب الديان ويقضي بيني وبينك ويرى ويحاكم محاكمتي وينقذني من يدك
16 Be the Lord judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and judge my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.	16 فلما فرغ داود من التكلم بهذا الكلام الى شاول قال شاول أهذا صوتك يا ابني داود. ورفع شاول صوته وبكى.
17 And when David had made an end of speaking these words to Saul, Saul said: Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.	17 ثم قال لداود انت ابرّ مني لانك جازيتني خيرا وانا جازيتك شرا.
18 And he said to David: Thou art more just than I: for thou hast done good to me, and I have rewarded thee with evil.	18 وقد اظهرت اليوم انك عملت بي خيرا لان الرب قد دفعني بيدك ولم تقتلني.
19 And thou hast shewn this day what good things thou hast done to me: how the Lord delivered me into thy hand, and thou hast not killed me.	19 فاذا وجد رجل عدّوه فهل يطلقه في طريق خير. فالرب يجازيك خيرا عما فعلته لي اليوم هذا.
20 For who when he hath found his enemy, will let him go well away? But the Lord reward thee for this good turn, for what thou hast done to me this day.	20 والآن فاني علمت انك تكون ملكا وتثبت بيدك مملكة اسرائيل.
21 And now as I know that thou shalt surely be king, and have the kingdom of Israel in thy hand:	21 فاحلف لي الآن بالرب انك لا تقطع نسلي من بعدي ولا تبيد اسمي من بيت ابي.
22 Swear to me by the Lord, that thou wilt not destroy my seed after me, nor take away my name from the house of my father.	22 فحلف داود لشاول. ثم ذهب شاول الى بيته واما داود ورجاله فصعدوا الى الحصن
23 And David swore to Saul. So Saul went home: and David and his men went up into safer places.