¹David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.

¹David torej odrine odtod in pobegne v Adulamsko votlino. Ko to slišijo bratje njegovi in vsa družina očeta njegovega, pridejo tja doli k njemu.

²And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

²In zbrali so se pri njem vsake vrste ljudje, kdorkoli je bil v stiski in kogar je pritiskal upnik in kdor je bil žalostnega srca, in on je postal njih poglavar; in bilo jih je pri njem okoli štiristo mož.

³And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.

³In odondod odide David v Micpo na Moabskem, in reče kralju Moabcev: Prosim, naj oče moj in mati moja prideta in bivata pri vas, dokler ne zvem, kaj Bog stori z menoj.

⁴And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.

⁴In pripeljal ju je pred kralja moabskega, in sta ostala pri njem vse dni, dokler je David bival na trdnjavi.

⁵And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.

⁵A prorok Gad reče Davidu: Ne ostani na tej trdnjavi, vstani in pojdi v deželo Judovo. Tedaj odide David in pride v gozd pri Haretu.

⁶When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)

⁶In Savel je čul, da so zvedeli za Davida in za može, ki so bili ž njim. Savel pa je sedel v Gibei, pod tamarisko na višavi, v roki držeč sulico, in vsi hlapci njegovi so stali pred njim.

⁷Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;

⁷In reče Savel vsem hlapcem svojim, pri njem stoječim: Čujte vendar, Benjaminci! Ali vam da vsakemu sin Jesejev njiv in vinogradov? Postavi li vas vse za poveljnike čez tisoč in poveljnike čez sto?

⁸That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that showeth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or showeth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

⁸Da ste se vsi zavezali zoper mene in ga ni, ki bi mi povedal, ko se moj sin veže s sinom Jesejevim? In ni ga med vami, ki bi mu bilo žal zaradi mene ali ki bi mi razodel, da je moj sin obudil mojega hlapca zoper mene, da preži name, kakor se danes vidi!

⁹Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

⁹Nato odgovori Doeg Edomec, ki je stal poleg Savlovih hlapcev, in reče: Videl sem sina Jesejevega, da je prišel v Nob k Ahimeleku, sinu Ahitubovemu.

¹⁰And he inquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

¹⁰In on je zanj vprašal GOSPODA in mu je dal živeža in meč Goliata Filistejca.

¹¹Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.

¹¹Tedaj pošlje kralj, da pokličejo Ahimeleka duhovnika, sina Ahitubovega, in vso očeta njegovega družino, duhovnike, ki so bili v Nobu; in vsi pridejo pred kralja.

¹²And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.

¹²In Savel veli: Čuj zdaj, sin Ahitubov! On odgovori: Glej, tu sem, gospod moj!

¹³And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

¹³In Savel mu reče: Za kaj sta se zavezala zoper mene, ti in sin Jesejev, da si mu dal kruha in meč in si zanj vprašal Boga, da se vzdigne zoper mene, prežeč name, kakor se danes vidi?

¹⁴Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honorable in thine house?

¹⁴Nato odgovori Ahimelek kralju in reče: In kdo je med vsemi služabniki tvojimi tako zvest kakor David, ki je kraljev zet in hodi v tvoje svetovalstvo in je spoštovan v hiši tvoji?

¹⁵Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.

¹⁵Ali sem šele danes zanj začel vpraševati Boga? To ne bodi na meni! Kralj naj ne prisoja kaj takega hlapcu svojemu, ne vsej očeta mojega družini, zakaj hlapec tvoj ne ve nič tega, ne malega, ne velikega.

¹⁶And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.

¹⁶Toda kralj reče: Gotovo umreš, Ahimelek, ti in vsa očeta tvojega družina!

¹⁷And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not show it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.

¹⁷In kralj veli stražarjem, ki so stali pri njem: Obrnite se in pobijte duhovnike GOSPODOVE! Zakaj njih roka je tudi z Davidom, ker so vedeli, da beži, in mi niso naznanili. Ali kraljevi hlapci niso hoteli rok iztegniti na duhovnike GOSPODOVE, da jih ubijejo.

¹⁸And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.

¹⁸In kralj veli Doegu: Obrni se ti in udari duhovnike! In Doeg Edomec se obrne in udari duhovnike, in je pobil tisti dan petinosemdeset mož, ki so nosili platneni naramnik.

¹⁹And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

¹⁹In Nob, mesto duhovnikov, je udaril z ostrino meča, može in žene, otroke in dojence, goved in osle in ovce z ostrino meča.

²⁰And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.

²⁰Le eden sinov Ahimeleka, sina Ahitubovega, po imenu Abiatar, se je rešil, bežeč za Davidom.

²¹And Abiathar showed David that Saul had slain the LORD's priests.

²¹In Abiatar je oznanil Davidu, da je Savel pomoril duhovnike GOSPODOVE.

²²And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house.

²²David pa reče Abiatarju: Vedel sem tisti dan, ko je bil ondi Doeg Edomec, da gotovo oznani Savlu; jaz sem provzročil smrt vseh oseb iz očeta tvojega hiše.Ostani pri meni in se ne boj! Zakaj kdor meni streže po življenju, streže tebi po življenju, in pri meni boš dobro obvarovan.

²³Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.

²³Ostani pri meni in se ne boj! Zakaj kdor meni streže po življenju, streže tebi po življenju, in pri meni boš dobro obvarovan.