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;

¹Cînd a ajuns David cu oamenii lui a treia zi la Ţiclag, Amaleciţii năvăliseră în partea de miazăzi şi în Ţiclag. Ei nimiciseră şi arseseră Ţiclagul,

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.

²după ce luaseră prinşi pe femei şi pe tot cei ce se aflau acolo, mici şi mari. Nu omorîseră pe nimeni, dar luaseră totul şi plecaseră.

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.

³David şi oamenii lui au ajuns în cetate, şi iată că era arsă; şi nevestele, fiii şi fiicele lor, fuseseră luate prinse.

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

⁴Atunci David şi poporul care era cu el au ridicat glasul, şi au plîns pînă n'au mai putut plînge.

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

⁵Cele două neveste ale lui David: Ahinoam din Izreel, şi Abigail din Carmel, nevasta lui Nabal, fuseseră luate şi ele.

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.

⁶David a fost în mare strîmtroare, căci poporul vorbea să -l ucidă cu pietre, pentru că toţi erau amărîţi în suflet, fiecare din pricina fiilor şi fetelor lui. Dar David s'a îmbărbătat, sprijinindu-se pe Domnul, Dumnezeul lui.

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.

⁷El a zis preotului Abiatar, fiul lui Ahimelec: ,,Adu-mi efodul!`` Abiatar a adus efodul la David.

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.

⁸Şi David a întrebat pe Domnul: ,,Să urmăresc oastea aceasta? O voi ajunge?`` Domnul i -a răspuns: ,,Urmăreşte -o, căci o vei ajunge şi vei izbăvi totul.``

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.

⁹Şi David a pornit, el şi cei şase sute de oameni cari erau cu el. Au ajuns la pîrîul Besor, unde s'au oprit cei ce rămîneau la coadă.

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.

¹⁰David i -a urmărit mai departe, cu patru sute de oameni; dar două sute de oameni s'au oprit, fiind prea obosiţi ca să mai treacă pîrîul Besor.

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;

¹¹Pe cîmp au dat peste un om Egiptean, pe care l-au adus la David. I-au dat să mănînce pîne şi să bea apă,

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.

¹²şi i-au mai dat şi o legătură de smochine şi două legături de stafide. După ce a mîncat, i-au venit iarăş puterile, căci nu mîncase şi nu băuse apă de trei zile şi trei nopţi.

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.

¹³David i -a zis: ,,Al cui eşti, şi de unde eşti?`` El a răspuns: ,,Sînt un băiat egiptean, în slujba unui Amalecit, şi de trei zile stăpînul meu m'a părăsit pentrucă eram bolnav.

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.

¹⁴Am năvălit în partea de miazăzi a Cheretiţilor, pe ţinutul lui Iuda şi la miazăzi de Caleb, şi am ars Ţiclagul.``

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.

¹⁵David i -a zis: ,,Vrei să mă duci la oastea aceasta?`` Şi el a zis: ,,Jură-mi pe Numele lui Dumnezeu că nu mă vei omorî şi nu mă vei da pe mîna stăpînului meu, şi te voi pogorî la oastea aceasta.``

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.

¹⁶El i -a slujit astfel de călăuză. Şi Amaleciţii erau risipiţi pe tot ţinutul, mîncînd, bînd şi jucînd, de bucuria prăzii celei mari pe care o luaseră din ţara Filistenilor şi din ţara lui Iuda.

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.

¹⁷David i -a bătut din zorii zilei pînă a doua zi seara, şi n'a scăpat niciunul din ei, afară de patru sute de tineri, cari au încălecat pe cămile şi au fugit.

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

¹⁸David a scăpat astfel tot ce luaseră Amaleciţii, şi a scăpat şi pe cele două neveste ale lui.

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.

¹⁹Nu le -a lipsit nimeni, dela mic pînă la mare, nici fiu, nici fiică, nici un lucru din pradă, nimic din ce li se luase: David a adus înpoi totul.

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

²⁰Şi David a luat toate oile şi toţi boii; şi cei ce mînau turma aceasta şi mergeau în fruntea ei, ziceau: ,,Aceasta este prada lui David!``

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.

²¹David a ajuns la cei două sute de oameni cari fuseseră prea obosiţi ca să mai meargă după el şi pe cari -i lăsase la pîrîul Besor. Ei au ieşit înaintea lui David şi înaintea poporului care era cu el. David s'a apropiat de ei, şi i -a întrebat de sănătate.

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.

²²Toţi oamenii răi şi de nimic dintre cei ce merseseră cu David au luat cuvîntul şi au zis: ,,Fiindcă n'au venit cu noi, să nu le dăm nimic din prada pe care am scăpat -o, ci doar să-şi ia fiecare nevasta şi copiii, şi să plece.``

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.

²³Dar David a zis: ,,Să nu faceţi aşa, fraţilor, cu ce ne -a dat Domnul; căci El ne -a păzit şi a dat în mînile noastre ceata care venise împotriva noastră.

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.

²⁴Şi cine v'ar asculta în privinţa aceasta? Partea trebuie să fie aceeaş atît pentru cel ce s'a pogorît pe cîmpul de bătaie cît şi pentru cel ce a rămas la calabalîcuri; s'o împartă deopotrivă.

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

²⁵Lucrul acesta a rămas de atunci şi pînă în ziua de azi o lege şi un obicei în Israel.

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;

²⁶Cînd s'a întors la Ţiclag, David a trimes o parte din pradă bătrînilor lui Iuda, prietenilor săi, spunîndu-le aceste cuvinte: ,,Iată darul pe care vi -l fac din prada luată dela vrăjmaşii Domnului!``

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

²⁷A trimes celor din Betel, celor din Ramot dela miază zi, celor din Iatir,

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

²⁸celor din Aroer, celor din Sifmot, celor din Eştemoa,

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,

²⁹celor din Racal, celor din cetăţile Ierahmeeliţilor, celor din cetăţile Cheniţilor,

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

³⁰celor din Horma, celor din Cor-Aşan, celor din Atac,

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

³¹celor din Hebron, şi în toate locurile pe cari le străbătuse David cu oamenii lui.