¹Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,

¹ولما قربت ايام وفاة داود اوصى سليمان ابنه قائلا

²I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man;

²انا ذاهب في طريق الارض كلها. فتشدد وكن رجلا.

³And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

³احفظ شعائر الرب الهك اذ تسير في طرقه وتحفظ فرائضه وصاياه واحكامه وشهاداته كما هو مكتوب في شريعة موسى لكي تفلح في كل ما تفعل وحيثما توجهت.

⁴That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

⁴لكي يقيم الرب كلامه الذي تكلم به عني قائلا اذا حفظ بنوك طريقهم وسلكوا امامي بالامانة من كل قلوبهم وكل انفسهم قال لا يعدم لك رجل عن كرسي اسرائيل.

⁵Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

⁵وانت ايضا تعلم ما فعل بي يوآب ابن صروية ما فعل لرئيسي جيوش اسرائيل ابنير بن نير وعماسا بن يثر اذ قتلهما وسفك دم الحرب في الصلح وجعل دم الحرب في منطقته التي على حقويه وفي نعليه اللتين برجليه.

⁶Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.

⁶فافعل حسب حكمتك ولا تدع شيبته تنحدر بسلام الى الهاوية.

⁷But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.

⁷وافعل معروفا لبني برزلاي الجلعادي فيكونوا بين الآكلين على مائدتك لانهم هكذا تقدموا اليّ عند هربي من وجه ابشالوم اخيك.

⁸And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

⁸وهوذا معك شمعي بن جيرا البنياميني من بحوريم. وهو لعنني لعنة شديدة يوم انطلقت الى محنايم وقد نزل للقائي الى الاردن فحلفت له بالرب قائلا اني لا اميتك بالسيف.

⁹Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.

⁹والآن فلا تبرره لانك انت رجل حكيم فاعلم ما تفعل به واحدر شيبته بالدم الى الهاوية.

¹⁰So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

¹⁰واضطجع داود مع آبائه ودفن في مدينة داود.

¹¹And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

¹¹وكان الزمان الذي ملك فيه داود على اسرائيل اربعين سنة. في حبرون ملك سبع سنين وفي اورشليم ملك ثلاثا وثلاثين سنة.

¹²Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.

¹²وجلس سليمان على كرسي داود ابيه وتثبّت ملكه جدا

¹³And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

¹³ثم جاء ادونيا بن حجيث الى بثشبع ام سليمان. فقالت أللسلام جئت. فقال للسلام.

¹⁴He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.

¹⁴ثم قال. لي معك كلمة. فقالت تكلم.

¹⁵And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.

¹⁵فقال انت تعلمين ان الملك كان لي وقد جعل جميع اسرائيل وجوههم نحوي لاملك فدار الملك وصار لاخي لانه من قبل الرب صار له.

¹⁶And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

¹⁶والآن اسألك سوالا واحدا فلا ترديني فيه. فقالت له تكلم.

¹⁷And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

¹⁷فقال قولي لسليمان الملك لانه لا يردك ان يعطيني ابيشج الشونمية امرأة.

¹⁸And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

¹⁸فقالت بثشبع حسنا. انا اتكلم عنك الى الملك.

¹⁹Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

¹⁹فدخلت بثشبع الى الملك سليمان لتكلمه عن ادونيا. فقام الملك للقائها وسجد لها وجلس على كرسيه ووضع كرسيا لام الملك فجلست عن يمينه.

²⁰Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

²⁰وقالت انما اسألك سوالا واحدا صغيرا. لا تردني. فقال لها الملك اسألي يا امي لاني لا اردك.

²¹And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

²¹فقالت لتعط ابيشج الشونمية لادونيا اخيك امرأة.

²²And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

²²فاجاب الملك سليمان وقال لامه ولماذا انت تسألين ابيشج الشونمية لادونيا. فاسألي له الملك. لانه اخي الاكبر مني. له ولابياثار الكاهن وليوآب ابن صروية

²³Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.

²³وحلف سليمان الملك بالرب قائلا هكذا يفعل لي الله وهكذا يزيد انه قد تكلم ادونيا بهذا الكلام ضد نفسه.

²⁴Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.

²⁴والآن حيّ هو الرب الذي ثبتني واجلسني على كرسي داود ابي والذي صنع لي بيتا كما تكلم انه اليوم يقتل ادونيا.

²⁵And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.

²⁵فارسل الملك سليمان بيد بناياهو بن يهوياداع فبطش به فمات.

²⁶And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the LORD God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

²⁶وقال الملك لابياثار الكاهن اذهب الى عناثوث الى حقولك لانك مستوجب الموت ولست اقتلك في هذا اليوم لانك حملت تابوت سيدي الرب امام داود ابي ولانك تذللت بكل ما تذلل به ابي.

²⁷So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

²⁷وطرد سليمان ابياثار عن ان يكون كاهنا للرب لاتمام كلام الرب الذي تكلم به على بيت عالي في شيلوه.

²⁸Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

²⁸فأتى الخبر الى يوآب. لان يوآب مال وراء ادونيا ولم يمل وراء ابشالوم. فهرب يوآب الى خيمة الرب وتمسك بقرون المذبح.

²⁹And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

²⁹فأخبر الملك سليمان بان يوآب قد هرب الى خيمة الرب وها هو بجانب المذبح. فارسل سليمان بناياهو بن يهوياداع قائلا اذهب ابطش به.

³⁰And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

³⁰فدخل بناياهو الى خيمة الرب وقال له هكذا يقول الملك اخرج. فقال كلا ولكنني هنا اموت. فرد بناياهو الجواب على الملك قائلا هكذا تكلم يوآب وهكذا جاوبني.

³¹And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.

³¹فقال له الملك افعل كما تكلم وابطش به وادفنه وازل عني وعن بيت ابي الدم الزكي الذي سفكه يوآب.

³²And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

³²فيرد الرب دمه على راسه لانه بطش برجلين بريئين وخير منه وقتلهما بالسيف وابي داود لا يعلم وهما ابنير بن نير رئيس جيش اسرائيل وعماسا بن يثر رئيس جيش يهوذا.

³³Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.

³³فيرتدّ دمهما على راس يوآب وراس نسله الى الابد ويكون لداود ونسله وبيته وكرسيه سلام الى الابد من عند الرب.

³⁴So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

³⁴فصعد بناياهو بن يهويادع وبطش به وقتله فدفن في بيته في البرية.

³⁵And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.

³⁵وجعل الملك بناياهو بن يهوياداع مكانه على الجيش وجعل الملك صادوق الكاهن مكان ابياثار

³⁶And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.

³⁶ثم ارسل الملك ودعا شمعي وقال له. ابن لنفسك بيتا في اورشليم واقم هناك ولا تخرج من هناك الى هنا او هنالك.

³⁷For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.

³⁷فيوم تخرج وتعبر وادي قدرون اعلمنّ بانك موتا تموت ويكون دمك على راسك.

³⁸And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

³⁸فقال شمعي للملك حسن الامر كما تكلم سيدي الملك كذلك يصنع عبدك. فاقام شمعي في اورشليم اياما كثيرة.

³⁹And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.

³⁹وفي نهاية ثلاث سنين هرب عبدان لشمعي الى اخيش بن معكة ملك جتّ. فاخبروا شمعي قائلين هوذا عبداك في جتّ.

⁴⁰And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

⁴⁰فقام شمعي وشدّ على حماره وذهب الى جتّ الى اخيش ليفتش على عبديه فانطلق شمعي وأتى بعبديه من جتّ.

⁴¹And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.

⁴¹فأخبر سليمان بان شمعي قد انطلق من اورشليم الى جتّ ورجع.

⁴²And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.

⁴²فارسل الملك ودعا شمعي وقال له أما استحلفتك بالرب واشهدت عليك قائلا انك يوم تخرج وتذهب الى هنا وهنالك اعلمنّ بانك موتا تموت فقلت لي حسن الأمر. قد سمعت.

⁴³Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

⁴³فلماذا لم تحفظ يمين الرب والوصية التي اوصيتك بها.

⁴⁴The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;

⁴⁴ثم قال الملك لشمعي انت عرفت كل الشر الذي علمه قلبك الذي فعلته لداود ابي فليرد الرب شرك على راسك.

⁴⁵And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.

⁴⁵والملك سليمان يبارك وكرسي داود يكون ثابتا امام الرب الى الابد.

⁴⁶So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

⁴⁶وأمر الملك بناياهو بن يهوياداع فخرج وبطش به فمات. وتثبت الملك بيد سليمان