¹And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

¹ روز سوم داوود و همراهانش به صقلغ آمدند و دیدند که عمالقه به جنوب حمله کرده، شهر صقلغ را آتش زده‌اند

²And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.

² و زنها و کودکان را اسیر کرده با خود برده‌اند، امّا کسی را نکشته‌اند.

³So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.

³ داوود و همراهانش وقتی آن صحنه را دیدند و پی‌بردند که شهر به خاکستر تبدیل شده و زنان و پسران و دخترانشان را به اسارت برده‌اند،

⁴Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

⁴ آن‌قدر گریه کردند که دیگر توان گریه کردن نداشتند.

⁵And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

⁵ دو زن داوود، اخینوعم یزرعیلی و ابیجایل زن نابال کرملی هم جزو اسیران بودند.

⁶And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.

⁶ داوود با مشکل بزرگی روبه‌رو شده بود، زیرا مردها به‌خاطر از دست دادن زن و فرزندانشان بشدّت ناراحت شده بودند و می‌خواستند داوود را سنگسار کنند. امّا خداوند خدای داوود، او را تقویت نمود.

⁷And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.

⁷ داوود به ابیاتار کاهن، پسر اخیملک گفت: «جامهٔ مخصوص کاهنان را برای من بیاور!» و ابیاتار آن را برایش آورد.

⁸And David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.

⁸ آنگاه داوود از خداوند پرسید: «آیا به تعقیب آنها بروم؟ آیا می‌توانم به آنها برسم؟» خداوند جواب داد: «بلی، برو و آنها تعقیب کن چون به آنها می‌رسی و آنچه را که گرفته‌اند، پس خواهی گرفت.»

⁹So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.

⁹ پس داوود و ششصد نفر همراهان او به راه افتادند تا به وادی بسور رسیدند.

¹⁰But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

¹⁰ دویست نفرشان آن‌قدر خسته شده بودند که یارای پیش رفتن نداشتند. امّا داوود با چهارصد نفر دیگر به راه خود ادامه دادند.

¹¹And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;

¹¹ مردان داوود در سر راه خود با جوانی مصری در صحرا برخوردند و او را پیش داوود آوردند. آن شخص، سه شبانه‌روز چیزی نخورده بود، پس نان و آبی به او دادند تا بخورد.

¹²And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

¹² همچنین یک تکه نان انجیر و دو خوشهٔ کشمش به او دادند. وقتی‌که او سیر شد و حالش بجا آمد،

¹³And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.

¹³ داوود از او پرسید: «کیستی و از کجا آمده‌ای‌؟» او گفت: «من یک مصری و غلام یک عمالیقی هستم. سه روز پیش مریض شدم و به همین خاطر اربابم مرا ترک کرد.

¹⁴We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.

¹⁴ ما به منطقهٔ کریتیان که در جنوب یهوداست و جنوب کالیب حمله کردیم و شهر صقلغ را آتش زدیم.»

¹⁵And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.

¹⁵ داوود به او گفت: «آیا حاضری مرا پیش آنها ببری؟» او جواب داد: «اگر به نام خدا قسم بخوری که مرا نکشی و به دست اربابم نسپاری، من تو را پیش آنها می‌برم.»

¹⁶And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

¹⁶ وقتی او داوود را پیش عمالیقیان برد، دید که آنها بساط خود را در همه‌جا پهن کرده می‌خوردند و می‌نوشیدند و به‌خاطر آن‌همه غنیمتی که از کشور فلسطینیان و یهودا به دست آورده بودند، جشن گرفته بودند.

¹⁷And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.

¹⁷ داوود و همراهانش، در سپیده دَم به آنها حمله کردند و تا شام روز دیگر به کشتار آنها پرداختند. به غیراز چهارصد نفرشان که بر شترهای خود سوار شدند و فرار کردند، کس دیگری نتوانست بگریزد.

¹⁸And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.

¹⁸ داوود همهٔ افراد و همهٔ چیزهایی را که عمالیقیان به غنیمت گرفته بودند دوباره به دست آورد و دو زن خود را هم نجات داد.

¹⁹And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.

¹⁹ هیچ چیزی از آنها کم نشد، نه خرد و نه بزرگ، نه پسر و نه دختر، همه‌چیز را دوباره به دست آوردند.

²⁰And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.

²⁰ داوود همچنین گلّه‌ها و رمه‌ها را پس گرفت و مردم آنها را پیشاپیش خود می‌راندند و می‌گفتند: «اینها همه غنایم داوود است.»

²¹And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.

²¹ وقتی داوود به وادی بسور برگشت به آن دویست نفری که به‌خاطر خستگی نتوانستند همراه او بروند گفت: «صلح و سلامتی بر شما باد.»

²²Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.

²² امّا بعضی از اشخاص پست و شرور که در بین همراهان داوود بودند گفتند: «چون اینها با ما نیامدند، پس از غنایمی هم که به دست آورده‌ایم، چیزی به آنها نمی‌رسد. فقط زن و فرزندان خود را بگیرند و پی کار خود بروند.»

²³Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.

²³ امّا داوود گفت: «نه برادران، این کار را نکنید! شکرگزار باشید که خداوند ما را حفظ کرد و به ما کمک نمود که دشمن خود را شکست بدهیم.

²⁴For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.

²⁴ در این مورد من با شما موافق نیستم. هرکس حق مساوی دارد. خواه به جنگ رفته باشد، خواه از اموال و اثاثیه مراقبت کرده باشد.»

²⁵And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

²⁵ از همان روز به بعد این قانون را در بین اسرائیل مرسوم ساخت که تا به امروز باقی است.

²⁶And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;

²⁶ وقتی داوود به صلقغ آمد یک سهم از غنیمت را برای دوستان و رهبران یهودا با این پیغام فرستاد: «اینها هدیه‌ای است که از دشمنان خداوند به غنیمت گرفته‌ایم.»

²⁷To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,

²⁷ هدایایی هم به شهرهایی فرستاد که او و همراهانش به آنجا سفر کرده بودند، یعنی بیت‌ئیل، راموت جنوبی، یتیر،

²⁸And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,

²⁸ عروعیر، سفموت، اشتموع،

²⁹And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,

²⁹ راکال، قینیان،

³⁰And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach,

³⁰ حُرما، بورعاشان، عتاق و حبرون.

³¹And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.

³¹ و حبرون.