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1 وأخبَرَ شاوُلُ يوناثانَ ابنَهُ وجميعَ حاشيتِهِ أنَّهُ عزَمَ على قَتلِ داوُدَ. وكانَ يوناثانُ يُحِبُّ داوُدَ كثيرا، 2 فقالَ لَه: «أبـي يُريدُ قتلَكَ فَكنْ حَذِرا مُنذُ صباحِ الغَدِ وأقمْ في مكانٍ خفيٍّ. 3 وأنا أخرُجُ معَ أبـي وأقِفُ في الحقلِ الّذي تكونُ فيهِ، وأُكلِّمُهُ في شأنِكَ وأرى ما يكونُ وأخبرُكَ».
4 وامتدَحَ يوناثانُ داوُدَ أمامَ أبـيهِ شاوُلَ وقالَ: «لا يخطأِ الملكُ في عبدِهِ داوُدَ، فهوَ لم يُسِـئْ إليكَ، وأعمالُهُ كانَت لِخَيركَ. 5 خاطَرَ بِنفْسِهِ وقتَلَ الفلِسطيَّ، فأحرَزَ الرّبُّ نصرا عظيما لجميعِ بَني إِسرائيلَ. وأنتَ شاهَدتَ ذلِكَ وفرِحتَ، فلماذا تخطأُ للّه بسفكِ دمٍ بريءٍ وتقتُلُ داوُدَ بغيرِ سبَبٍ؟» 6 فسمِـعَ شاوُلُ لكلامِ يوناثانَ وحلَفَ: «حيٌ هوَ الرّبُّ لا أقتُلُ داوُدَ». 7 فدعا يوناثانُ داوُدَ وأخبرَهُ بهذا كُلِّهِ وأدخلَهُ على شاوُلَ، فأخذَ يَخدمُهُ كما في السَّابقِ.
8 وعادتِ الحربُ، فخرَجَ داوُدُ وحارَبَ الفلِسطيِّينَ وأنزلَ بِهم هزيمةً عظيمةً فهربوا مِنْ وجهِهِ. 9 واعترى شاوُلَ روحٌ شرِّيرٌ مِنْ عِندِ الرّبِّ، وكانَ جالسا في بَيتِهِ، والرّمحُ في يدِهِ، وداوُدُ يَضربُ بالعودِ. 10 فحاولَ شاوُلُ أنْ يضربَ داوُدَ بالرُّمحِ ويُلصِقَهُ بالحائطِ، فتنحَّى داوُدُ، فغرزَ الرُّمحُ في الحائطِ وهربَ داوُدُ ونجا بحياتِهِ تلكَ اللَّيلةَ.
11 فأرسلَ شاوُلُ رُسلا إلى بَيتِ داوُدَ يتَرصَّدونَهُ ليقتلوهُ صباحا. فقالَت لَه ميكالُ زوجتُهُ: «إنْ كُنتَ لا تهرُبُ هذِهِ اللَّيلةَ قُتِلْتَ في الغَدِ». 12 وأنزلَتهُ مِنْ طاقَةٍ فهرَبَ ناجيا بنفْسِهِ. 13 ثُمَّ أخذَت تِمثالا، ووضَعتهُ على السَّريرِ، ووضعَت تَحتَ رأسِهِ مخدَّةً مِنْ شَعرِ المعَزِ وغطَّتهُ بِلحافٍ. 14 وأرسَلَ شاوُلُ رُسلا يَقبِضونَ على داوُدَ فقالَت لهُم ميكالُ: «هوَ مريضٌ». 15 فأعادَ شاوُلُ الرُّسلَ ليَروا داوُدَ بأنفُسِهِم، وقالَ لهُم: «احمِلوهُ إليَّ وهوَ في فِراشِهِ لأقتلَهُ». 16 فعادَ رسلُ شاوُلَ فرأوا التمثالَ على السَّريرِ، والمخدَّةَ تحتَ رأسِهِ.
17 فقالَ شاولُ لِميكالَ: «لماذا خَدعتِني وأطلَقتِ عَدوِّي حتّى نجا؟» فأجابت: «لأنَّهُ قالَ لي: «أطلقيني وإلاَّ قَتلتُكِ». 18 وهرَبَ داوُدُ ونجا. وجاءَ إلى صَموئيلَ في الرَّامةِ وأخبرَهُ بكلِّ ما فعَلَ بهِ شاوُلُ. ثُمَّ ذهبا معا وأقاما بِنايوتَ. 19 فقيلَ لشاوُلَ: «ها داوُدُ في نايوتَ في الرَّامةِ». 20 فأرسلَ رُسلا ليَقبضوا علَيهِ، فرأوا جماعةَ الأنبـياءِ وهُم يَتنبَّأونَ وصَموئيلُ رئيسٌ علَيهِم، فحلَّ روحُ الرّبِّ على رُسلِ شاوُلَ فتنبَّأوا هُم أيضا. 21 ولمَّا علِمَ شاوُلُ بالأمرِ أرسلَ آخرينَ فتنبَّأوا هُم أيضا. وعادَ للمرَّةِ الثَّالثةِ فأرسلَ سِواهُم فتَنبَّأوا هُم أيضا. 22 فذهبَ بِنفْسهِ إلى الرَّامةِ وعندَ البئرِ العظيمةِ الّتي في سيخو سألَ عَنْ صَموئيلَ وداوُدَ. فقيلَ لَه: «هُنا في نايوتَ في الرَّامةِ». 23 وفيما هوَ ذاهِبٌ إلى هُناكَ حلَّ علَيهِ روحُ اللهِ، فأخذَ يتنبَّأُ طُولَ الطَّريقِ إلى نايوتَ. 24 ونزَعَ هوَ أيضا ثيابَهُ وتنبَّأَ أمامَ صَموئيلَ، وانطرَحَ عُريانا كُلَّ ذلِكَ النَّهارِ وليلَهُ. لِذلِكَ يُقالُ: «أشاوُلُ أيضا مِنَ الأنبـياءِ؟»
1 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. 2 But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place , and hide thyself: 3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art , and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.
4 ¶ And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good: 5 For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it , and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? 6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain. 7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.
8 ¶ And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him. 9 And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand. 10 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
11 Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
12 ¶ So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. 13 And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. 15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. 16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster. 17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
18 ¶ So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. 19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. 20 And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. 21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also. 22 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah. 23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. 24 And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?