1 Samuele (1 صموئيل) 9

SMITH VAN DYKE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 وكان رجل من بنيامين اسمه قيس بن ابيئيل بن صرور بن بكورة بن افيح ابن رجل بنياميني جبار بأس.	1 Now I there was a man of Benjamin whose name was Cis, the son of Abiel, the son of Seror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphia, the son of a man of Jemini, valiant and strong.
2 وكان له ابن اسمه شاول شاب وحسن ولم يكن رجل في بني اسرائيل احسن منه. من كتفه فما فوق كان اطول من كل الشعب.	2 And he had a son whose name was Saul, a choice and goodly man, and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he appeared above all the people.
3 فضلّت اتن قيس ابي شاول. فقال قيس لشاول ابنه خذ معك واحدا من الغلمان وقم اذهب فتش على الاتن.	3 And the asses of Cis, Sauls father, were lost: and Cis said to his son Saul: Take one of the servants with thee, and arise, go, and seek the asses. And when they had passed through mount Ephraim,
4 فعبر في جبل افرايم ثم عبر في ارض شليشة فلم يجدها. ثم عبرا في ارض شعليم فلم توجد. ثم عبرا في ارض بنيامين فلم يجداها.	4 And through the land of Salisa, and had not found them, they passed also through the land of Salim, and they were not there: and through the land of Jemini, and found them not.
5 ولما دخلا ارض صوف قال شاول لغلامه الذي معه تعال نرجع لئلا يترك ابي الاتن ويهتم بنا.	5 And when they were come to the land of Suph, Saul said to the servant that was with him: Come, let us return, lest perhaps my father forget the asses, and be concerned for us.
6 فقال له هوذا رجل الله في هذه المدينة والرجل مكرّم. كل ما يقوله يصير. لنذهب الآن الى هناك لعله يخبرنا عن طريقنا التي نسلك فيها.	6 And he said to him: Behold there is a man of God in this city, a famous man: all that he saith, cometh certainly to pass. Now therefore let us go thither, perhaps he may tell us of our way, for which we are come.
7 فقال شاول للغلام هوذا نذهب فماذا نقدم للرجل. لان الخبز قد نفذ من اوعيتنا وليس من هدية نقدمها لرجل الله. ماذا معنا.	7 And Saul said to his servant: Behold we will go: but what shall we carry to the man of God? the bread is spent in our bags: and we have no present to make to the man of God, nor any thing at all.
8 فعاد الغلام واجاب شاول وقال هوذا يوجد بيدي ربع شاقل فضة فاعطيه لرجل الله فيخبرنا عن طريقنا.	8 The servant answered Saul again, and said: Behold there is found in my hand the fourth part of a sicle of silver, let us give it to the man of God, that he may tell us our way.
9 سابقا في اسرائيل هكذا كان يقول الرجل عند ذهابه ليسأل الله. هلم نذهب الى الرائي. لان النبي اليوم كان يدعى سابقا الرائي.	9 Now in time past, in Israel when a man went to consult God he spoke thus: Come, let us go to the seer. For he that is now called a prophet, in time past was called a seer.
10 فقال شاول لغلامه كلامك حسن. هلم نذهب. فذهبا الى المدينة التي فيها رجل الله	10 And Saul said to his servant: Thy word is very good, come, let us go. And they went into the city, where the man of God was.
11 وفيما هما صاعدان في مطلع المدينة صادفا فتيات خارجات لاستقاء الماء. فقالا لهنّ أهنا الرائي.	11 And when they went up the ascent to the city, they found maids coming out to draw water, and they said to them: Is the seer here?
12 فاجبنهما وقلن نعم. هوذا هو امامكما. اسرعا الآن. لانه جاء اليوم الى المدينة لانه اليوم ذبيحة للشعب على المرتفعة.	12 They answered and said to them: He is: behold he is before you, make haste now: for he came to day into the city, for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place.
13 عند دخولكما المدينة للوقت تجدانه قبل صعوده الى المرتفعة لياكل. لان الشعب لا ياكل حتى يأتي لانه يبارك الذبيحة. بعد ذلك يأكل المدعوون. فالآن اصعدا لانكما في مثل اليوم تجدانه.	13 As soon as you come into the city, you shall immediately find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat till he come: because he blesseth the victim, and afterwards they eat that are invited. Now therefore go up, for to day you shall find him.
14 فصعدا الى المدينة. وفيما هما آتيان في وسط المدينة اذا بصموئيل خارج للقائهما ليصعد الى المرتفعة	14 And they went up into the city. And when they were walking in the midst of the city, behold Samuel was coming out over against them, to go up to the high place.
15 والرب كشف اذن صموئيل قبل مجيء شاول بيوم قائلا	15 Now the Lord had revealed to the ear of Samuel the day before Saul came, saying:
16 غدا في مثل الآن ارسل اليك رجلا من ارض بنيامين. فامسحه رئيسا لشعبي اسرائيل فيخلص شعبي من يد الفلسطينيين لاني نظرت الى شعبي لان صراخهم قد جاء اليّ.	16 To morrow about this same hour I will send thee a man of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be ruler over my people Israel: and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked down upon my people, because their cry is come to me.
17 فلما رأى صموئيل شاول اجابه الرب هوذا الرجل الذي كلمتك عنه. هذا يضبط شعبي.	17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him: Behold the man, of whom I spoke to thee, this man shall reign over my people.
18 فتقدم شاول الى صموئيل في وسط الباب وقال اطلب اليك اخبرني اين بيت الرائي.	18 And Saul came to Samuel in the midst of the gate and said: Tell me, I pray thee, where is the house of the seer?
19 فاجاب صموئيل شاول وقال انا الرائي. اصعدا امامي الى المرتفعة فتاكلا معي اليوم ثم اطلقك صباحا واخبرك بكل ما في قلبك.	19 And Samuel answered Saul, saying: I am the seer, go up before me to the high place, that you may eat with me to day, and I will let thee go in the morning: and tell thee all that is in thy heart.
20 واما الاتن الضّالة لك منذ ثلاثة ايام فلا تضع قلبك عليها لانها قد وجدت. ولمن كل شهي اسرائيل. أليس لك ولكل بيت ابيك.	20 And as for the asses, which were lost three days ago, be not solicitous, because they are found. And for whom shall be all the best things of Israel? Shall they not be for thee and for all thy father's house?
21 فاجاب شاول وقال اما انا بنياميني من اصغر اسباط اسرائيل وعشيرتي اصغر كل عشائر اسباط بنيامين. فلماذا تكلمني بمثل هذا الكلام.	21 And Saul answering, said: Am not I a son of Jemini of the least tribe of Israel, and my kindred the last among all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then hast thou spoken this word to me?
22 فاخذ صموئيل شاول وغلامه وادخلهما الى المنسك واعطاهما مكانا في راس المدعوين وهم نحو ثلاثين رجلا.	22 Then Samuel taking Saul and his servant, brought them into the parlour, and gave them a place at the head of them that were invited. For there were about thirty men.
23 وقال صموئيل للطباخ هات النصيب الذي اعطيتك اياه الذي قلت لك عنه ضعه عندك	23 And Samuel said to the cook: Bring the portion, which I gave thee, and commanded thee to set it apart by thee.
24 فرفع الطباخ الساق مع ما عليها وجعلها امام شاول. فقال هوذا ما أبقي. ضعه امامك وكل. لانه الى هذا الميعاد محفوظ لك من حين قلت دعوت الشعب. فاكل شاول مع صموئيل في ذلك اليوم	24 And the cook took up the shoulder, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said: Behold what is left, set it before thee, and eat: because it was kept of purpose for thee, when I invited the people. And Saul ate with Samuel that day.
25 ولما نزلوا من المرتفعة الى المدينة تكلم مع شاول على السطح.	25 And they went down from the high place into the town, and he spoke with Saul upon the top of the house: and he prepared a bed for Saul on the top of the house, and he slept.
26 وبكروا وكان عند طلوع الفجر ان صموئيل دعا شاول عن السطح قائلا قم فاصرفك فقام شاول وخرجا كلاهما هو وصموئيل الى خارج.	26 And when they were risen in the morning, and it began now to be light, Samuel called Saul on the top of the house, saying: Arise, that I may let thee go. And Saul arose: and they went out both of them, to wit, he and Samuel.
27 وفيما هما نازلان بطرف المدينة قال صموئيل لشاول قل للغلام ان يعبر قدامنا. فعبر. واما انت فقف الآن فاسمعك كلام الله	27 And as they were going down in the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul: Speak to the servant to go before us, and pass on: but stand thou still a while, that I may tell thee the word of the Lord.