¹And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

¹Potom riekol Dávid vo svojom srdci: Teraz tu predsa len jedného dňa zahyniem od ruky Saulovej. Nezbýva mi nič dobrého, ale utečiem sa čím skôr do zeme Filištínov, a Saul si zúfa nado mnou, takže ma prestane hľadať po všetkých krajoch Izraelových, a tak ujdem jeho ruke.

²And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

²A Dávid vstal a prešiel on i šesťsto mužov, ktorí boli s ním, k Achišovi, synovi Maochovmu, kráľovi Gátu.

³And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.

³A tak býval Dávid u Achiša v Gáte, on i jeho mužovia, každý so svojou domácnosťou, Dávid i jeho dve ženy, Achinoam Jezreelská a Abigaiľ, žena niekdajšieho Nábala, Karmelská.

⁴And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

⁴Keď potom oznámili Saulovi, že Dávid utiekol do Gátu, nehľadal ho viacej.

⁵And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

⁵A Dávid riekol Achišovi: Ak som našiel milosť v tvojich očiach, nech mi dajú miesto v niektorom meste, v krajine, aby som tam býval. Lebo veď načo má bývať tvoj služobník v kráľovskom meste s tebou?

⁶Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.

⁶A tak mu dal Achiš toho dňa Ciklag. A preto je Ciklag majetkom judských kráľov až do tohoto dňa.

⁷And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

⁷A počet dní, ktoré býval Dávid v krajine Filištínov, bol rok a štyri mesiace.

⁸And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.

⁸A Dávid odišiel hore i jeho mužovia a vpadli na Gešúranov, na Geržanov a na Amalechitov, lebo tie národy bývaly v zemi, ktoré aj bývaly od veku tam, ako ideš do Šúra, až po Egyptskú zem.

⁹And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.

⁹A Dávid zbil zem a neponechal na žive ani muža ani ženy a pobral ovce, hovädá, oslov a veľblúdov i rúcha a vše sa navrátil a prišiel k Achišovi.

¹⁰And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

¹⁰A Achiš mu povedal: Kam ste to vpadli dnes? A Dávid povedal: Na južný kraj Judska a na južný kraj Jerachmeelský a do južného kraja Kénitov.

¹¹And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.

¹¹A Dávid neponechal živého ani muža ani ženy, aby bol niekoho doviedol do Gátu, lebo riekol: Aby nepovedali na nás a neriekli: Tak urobil Dávid, a taká bola vždy jeho obyčaj, po všetky dni, čo býval v kraji Filištínov.

¹²And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

¹²A Achiš uveril Dávidovi a riekol: Úplne sa zošklivil svojmu ľudu, Izraelovi, a bude mi sluhom navždy.