1 Samuel 24

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 Then David ascended from there, and he lived in very secure places in Engedi.	1 ولما رجع شاول من وراء الفلسطينيين اخبروه قائلين هوذا داود في برية عين جدي.
2 And when Saul had returned after pursuing the Philistines, they reported to him, saying, “Behold, David is in the desert of Engedi.”	2 فاخذ شاول ثلاثة آلاف رجل منتخبين من جميع اسرائيل وذهب يطلب داود ورجاله على صخور الوعول.
3 Therefore, Saul, taking three thousand elect men from all of Israel, traveled in order to search for David and his men, even upon the most broken rocks, which are passable only to mountain 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 arrived at the sheepfolds, which presented themselves along the way. And a cave was in that place, which Saul entered, so that he might ease his bowels. But David and his men were hiding in the interior 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, about which the Lord said to you, ‘I will deliver your enemy to you, so that you may do to him as it will be pleasing in your eyes.’ ” Then David rose up, and he quietly cut off the edge of Saul’s cloak.	5 وكان بعد ذلك ان قلب داود ضربه على قطعه طرف جبة شاول.
6 After this, his own heart struck David, because he had cut off the edge of Saul’s cloak.	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: “May the Lord be gracious to me, lest I do this thing to my lord, the Christ of the Lord, so that I lay my hand upon him. For he is the Christ of the Lord.”	7 فوبّخ داود رجاله بالكلام ولم يدعهم يقومون على شاول. واما شاول فقام من الكهف وذهب في طريقه.
8 And David restrained his men with his words, and he would not permit them to rise up against Saul. And so Saul, going out of the cave, continued to undertake his journey.	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 Then David also rose up after him. And departing from the cave, he cried out behind the back of Saul, saying: “My lord, the king!” And Saul looked behind him. And David, bowing himself face down to the ground, reverenced.	9 وقال داود لشاول لماذا تسمع كلام الناس القائلين هوذا داود يطلب اذيتك.
10 And he said to Saul: “Why do you listen to the words of men who say: ‘David seeks evil against you?’	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 your eyes have seen that the Lord has delivered you into my hand, in the cave. And I thought that I might kill you. But my eye has spared you. For I said: I will not extend my hand against my lord, for he is the Christ of the Lord.	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 edge of your cloak in my hand. For though I cut off the top of your cloak, I was not willing to extend my hand against you. Turn your soul and see that there is no evil in my hand, nor any iniquity or sin against you. Yet you lie in wait for my life, so that you may take it away.	12 يقضي الرب بيني وبينك وينتقم لي الرب منك ولكن يدي لا تكون عليك.
13 May the Lord judge between me and you. And may the Lord vindicate me from you. But my hand will not be against you.	13 كما يقول مثل القدماء من الاشرار يخرج شر ولكن يدي لا تكون عليك.
14 So too, it is said in the ancient proverb, ‘From the impious, impiety will go forth.’ Therefore, my hand will not be upon you.	14 وراء من خرج ملك اسرائيل. وراء من انت مطارد. وراء كلب ميت. وراء برغوث واحد.
15 Whom are you pursuing, O king of Israel? Whom are you pursuing? You are pursuing a dead dog, a single flea.	15 فيكون الرب الديان ويقضي بيني وبينك ويرى ويحاكم محاكمتي وينقذني من يدك
16 May the Lord be the judge, and may he judge between me and you. And may he see and judge my case, and rescue me from your 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 completed speaking words in this way to Saul, Saul said, “Could this be your voice, my son David?” And Saul lifted up his voice, and he wept.	17 ثم قال لداود انت ابرّ مني لانك جازيتني خيرا وانا جازيتك شرا.
18 And he said to David: “You are more just than I am. For you have distributed good to me, but I have repaid evil to you.	18 وقد اظهرت اليوم انك عملت بي خيرا لان الرب قد دفعني بيدك ولم تقتلني.
19 And you have revealed this day the good that you have done for me: how the Lord delivered me into your hand, but you did not kill me.	19 فاذا وجد رجل عدّوه فهل يطلقه في طريق خير. فالرب يجازيك خيرا عما فعلته لي اليوم هذا.
20 For who, when he will have found his enemy, will release him along a good path? So may the Lord repay you for this good turn, because you have acted on my behalf this day.	20 والآن فاني علمت انك تكون ملكا وتثبت بيدك مملكة اسرائيل.
21 And now I know certainly that you shall be king, and you shall have the kingdom of Israel in your hand.	21 فاحلف لي الآن بالرب انك لا تقطع نسلي من بعدي ولا تبيد اسمي من بيت ابي.
22 Swear to me in the Lord that you will not take away my offspring 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. Therefore, Saul went away to his own house. And David and his men ascended to places that were more secure.