¹فأخبر يوآب هوذا الملك يبكي وينوح على ابشالوم.

¹And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.

²فصارت الغلبة في ذلك اليوم مناحة عند جميع الشعب لان الشعب سمعوا في ذلك اليوم من يقول ان الملك قد تأسف على ابنه.

²And the victory that day was [turned] into mourning for all the people; for the people heard say that day, The king is grieved for his son.

³وتسلّل الشعب في ذلك اليوم للدخول الى المدينة كما يتسلّل القوم الخجلون عندما يهربون في القتال.

³And the people stole away that day into the city, as people steal away when ashamed of fleeing in battle.

⁴وستر الملك وجهه وصرخ الملك بصوت عظيم يا ابني ابشالوم يا ابشالوم ابني يا ابني.

⁴And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!

⁵فدخل يوآب الى الملك الى البيت وقال قد اخزيت اليوم وجوه جميع عبيدك منقذي نفسك اليوم وانفس بنيك وبناتك وانفس نسائك وانفس سراريك

⁵And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast put to shame this day the faces of all thy servants who have this day saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives and the lives of thy concubines;

⁶بمحبتك لمبغضيك وبغضك لمحبيك. لانك اظهرت اليوم انه ليس لك رؤساء ولا عبيد لاني علمت اليوم انه لو كان ابشالوم حيّا وكلنا اليوم موتى لحسن حينئذ الامر في عينيك.

⁶in that thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest those that love thee. For thou hast declared this day, that neither princes nor servants are anything to thee: for to-day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died to-day, then it would have been right in thine eyes.

⁷فالآن قم واخرج وطيب قلوب عبيدك. لاني قد اقسمت بالرب انه ان لم تخرج لا يبيت احد معك هذه الليلة ويكون ذلك اشرّ عليك من كل شر اصابك منذ صباك الى الآن.

⁷But now arise, go forth, and speak consolingly to thy servants; for I swear by Jehovah, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night; and that would be worse to thee than all the evil that has befallen thee from thy youth until now.

⁸فقام الملك وجلس في الباب. فاخبروا جميع الشعب قائلين هوذا الملك جالس في الباب. فأتى جميع الشعب امام الملك. واما اسرائيل فهربوا كل واحد الى خيمته

⁸Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told all the people, saying, Behold, the king is sitting in the gate. And all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.

⁹وكان جميع الشعب في خصام في جميع اسباط اسرائيل قائلين ان الملك قد انقذنا من يد اعدائنا وهو نجّانا من يد الفلسطينيين. والآن قد هرب من الارض لاجل ابشالوم

⁹And all the people were at strife throughout the tribes of Israel, saying, The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land because of Absalom.

¹⁰وابشالوم الذي مسحناه علينا قد مات في الحرب. فالآن لماذا انتم ساكتون عن ارجاع الملك.

¹⁰And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle; and now why are ye silent as to bringing the king back?

¹¹وارسل الملك داود الى صادوق وابياثار الكاهنين قائلا كلما شيوخ يهوذا قائلين لماذا تكونون آخرين في ارجاع الملك الى بيته وقد أتى كلام جميع اسرائيل الى الملك في بيته.

¹¹And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Judah saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, to his house.

¹²انتم اخوتي انتم عظمي ولحمي. فلماذا تكونون آخرين في ارجاع الملك.

¹²Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh; and why will ye be the last to bring back the king?

¹³وتقولان لعماسا. أما انت عظمي ولحمي. هكذا يفعل بي الله وهكذا يزيد ان كنت لا تصير رئيس جيش عندي كل الايام بدل يوآب.

¹³And say to Amasa, Art thou not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually instead of Joab.

¹⁴فاستمال بقلوب جميع رجال يهوذا كرجل واحد فارسلوا الى الملك قائلين ارجع انت وجميع عبيدك.

¹⁴And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah as of one man; and they sent to the king, Return, thou and all thy servants.

¹⁵فرجع الملك وأتى الى الاردن وأتى يهوذا الى الجلجال سائرا لملاقاة الملك ليعبّر الملك الاردن.

¹⁵And the king returned and came as far as the Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over the Jordan.

¹⁶فبادر شمعي بن جيرا البنياميني الذي من بحوريم ونزل مع رجال يهوذا للقاء الملك داود

¹⁶And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, who was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

¹⁷ومعه الف رجل من بنيامين وصيبا غلام بيت شاول وبنوه الخمسة عشر وعبيده العشرون معه فخاضوا الاردن امام الملك.

¹⁷And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they forded the Jordan before the king.

¹⁸وعبر القارب لتعبير بيت الملك ولعمل ما يحسن في عينيه. وسقط شمعي بن جيرا امام الملك عندما عبر الاردن

¹⁸And a ferry boat passed to and fro to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king as he was [just] crossing over the Jordan.

¹⁹وقال للملك. لا يحسب لي سيدي اثما ولا تذكر ما افترى به عبدك يوم خروج سيدي الملك من اورشليم حتى يضع الملك ذلك في قلبه.

¹⁹And he said to the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity to me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to heart.

²⁰لان عبدك يعلم اني قد اخطأت وهانذا قد جئت اليوم اوّل كل بيت يوسف ونزلت للقاء سيدي الملك.

²⁰For thy servant knows that I have sinned; and behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.

²¹فاجاب ابيشاي ابن صروية وقال ألا يقتل شمعي لاجل هذا لانه سبّ مسيح الرب.

²¹And Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Should not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed Jehovah's anointed?

²²فقال داود ما لي ولكم يا بني صروية حتى تكونوا لي اليوم مقاومين. آليوم يقتل احد في اسرائيل. أفما علمت اني اليوم ملك على اسرائيل.

²²And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries to me? Should there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

²³ثم قال الملك لشمعي لا تموت. وحلف له الملك.

²³And the king said to Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king swore to him.

²⁴ونزل مفيبوشث ابن شاول للقاء الملك ولم يعتن برجليه ولا اعتنى بلحيته ولا غسل ثيابه من اليوم الذي ذهب فيه الملك الى اليوم الذي اتى فيه بسلام.

²⁴And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. Now he had neither washed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came [again] in peace.

²⁵فلما جاء الى اورشليم للقاء الملك قال له الملك لماذا لم تذهب معي يا مفيبوشث.

²⁵And as soon as Jerusalem came to meet the king, the king said to him, Why didst thou not go with me, Mephibosheth?

²⁶فقال يا سيدي الملك ان عبدي قد خدعني لان عبدك قال اشد لنفسي الحمار فاركب عليه واذهب مع الملك لان عبدك اعرج.

²⁶And he said, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for thy servant said, I will saddle me the ass, and ride thereon, and go with the king; for thy servant is lame.

²⁷ووشى بعبدك الى سيدي الملك وسيدي الملك كملاك الله فافعل ما يحسن في عينيك.

²⁷And he has slandered thy servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God; do therefore what is good in thy sight.

²⁸لان كل بيت ابي لم يكن الا اناسا موتى لسيدي الملك وقد جعلت عبدك بين الآكلين على مائدتك فاي حق لي بعد حتى اصرخ ايضا الى الملك.

²⁸For all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king; and thou didst set thy servant among them that eat at thine own table. What further right therefore have I? and for what should I cry any more to the king?

²⁹فقال له الملك لماذا تتكلم بعد بامورك. قد قلت انك انت وصيبا تقسمان الحقل.

²⁹And the king said to him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

³⁰فقال مفيبوشث للملك فليأخذ الكل ايضا بعد ان جاء سيدي الملك بسلام الى بيته

³⁰And Mephibosheth said to the king, Let him even take all, since my lord the king is come again in peace to his own house.

³¹ونزل برزلاي الجلعادي من روجليم وعبر الاردن مع الملك ليشيعه عند الاردن

³¹And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over the Jordan with the king, to conduct him over the Jordan.

³²وكان برزلاي قد شاخ جدا. كان ابن ثمانين سنة. وهو عال الملك عند اقامته في محنايم لانه كان رجلا عظيما جدا.

³²And Barzillai was very aged, eighty years old; and it was he that had maintained the king while he abode at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

³³فقال الملك لبرزلاي اعبر انت معي وانا اعولك معي في اورشليم.

³³And the king said to Barzillai, Pass thou over with me, and I will maintain thee with me in Jerusalem.

³⁴فقال برزلاي للملك كم ايام سني حياتي حتى اصعد مع الملك الى اورشليم.

³⁴And Barzillai said to the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

³⁵انا اليوم ابن ثمانين سنة. هل اميّز بين الطيب والردي وهل يستطعم عبدك بما آكل وما اشرب وهل اسمع ايضا اصوات المغنين والمغنيات. فلماذا يكون عبدك ايضا ثقلا على سيدي الملك.

³⁵I am this day eighty years old: can I discern between good and bad? can thy servant taste what I eat and what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? and why should thy servant be yet a burden to my lord the king?

³⁶يعبر عبدك قليلا الاردن مع الملك ولماذا يكافئني الملك بهذه المكافاة.

³⁶Thy servant will go a little way over the Jordan with the king; and why should the king recompense it to me with this reward?

³⁷دع عبدك يرجع فاموت في مدينتي عند قبر ابي وامي وهوذا عبدك كمهام يعبر مع سيدي الملك فافعل له ما يحسن في عينيك.

³⁷Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham: let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what seems good to thee.

³⁸فاجاب الملك ان كمهام يعبر معي فأفعل له ما يحسن في عينيك وكل ما تتمناه مني افعله لك.

³⁸And the king said, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which seems good to thee; and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.

³⁹فعبر جميع الشعب الاردن والملك عبر. وقبّل الملك برزلاي وباركه فرجع الى مكانه

³⁹And all the people went over the Jordan; and the king went over; and the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned to his own place.

⁴⁰وعبر الملك الى الجلجال وعبر كمهام معه وكل شعب يهوذا عبّروا الملك وكذلك نصف شعب اسرائيل.

⁴⁰And the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him; and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.

⁴¹واذا بجميع رجال اسرائيل جاءون الى الملك وقالوا للملك لماذا سرقك اخوتنا رجال يهوذا وعبروا الاردن بالملك وبيته وكل رجال داود معه.

⁴¹And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over the Jordan?

⁴²فاجاب كل رجال يهوذا رجال اسرائيل لان الملك قريب اليّ ولماذا تغتاظ من هذا الأمر. هل اكلنا شيئا من الملك او وهبنا هبة.

⁴²And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to me; and why then are ye angry for this matter? have we eaten anything which came from the king, or has he given us any present?

⁴³فاجاب رجال اسرائيل رجال يهوذا وقالوا. لي عشرة اسهم في الملك وانا احق منك بداود. فلماذا استخففت بي ولم يكن كلامي اولا في ارجاع ملكي. وكان كلام رجال يهوذا اقسى من كلام رجال اسرائيل

⁴³And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, I have ten parts in the king and I have also more right in David than thou; and why didst thou slight me? and was not my advice the first, to bring back my king? And the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel.