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.

¹David pa reče v srcu svojem: Nekega dne pa vendar poginem pod roko Savlovo. Najbolje zame, da naglo zbežim v deželo Filistejcev, in Savel me neha iskati po vseh pokrajinah Izraelovih, in tako se rešim roke njegove.

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.

²David torej vstane in gre na ono stran, on in šeststo mož, ki so bili ž njim, k Ahisu, sinu Maokovemu, kralju v Gatu.

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.

³In David je prebival z Ahisom v Gatu, on in možje njegovi, vsak z družino svojo, tudi David z dvema ženama svojima, z Ahinoamo Jezreelsko in Abigailo Karmelsko, bivšo Nabalovo ženo.

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

⁴In ko so povedali Savlu, da je David pobegnil v Gat, ga ni več iskal.

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?

⁵In David reče Ahisu: Ako sem, prosim, našel milost v očeh tvojih, naj mi dado prostora v kakem mestu na deželi, da bi v njem prebival; kajti čemu naj prebiva hlapec tvoj pri tebi v kraljevem mestu?

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

⁶Tedaj mu da Ahis Ziklag tisti dan. Odtod je Ziklag last kraljev Judovih do tega dne.

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

⁷In število dni, kar jih je David prebil v deželi Filistejcev, je bilo leto in štiri mesece.

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.

⁸David pa in možje njegovi so hodili gori in so naskakovali Gesurske in Girzejce in Amalekovce, zakaj ti so bili prebivalci te dežele od starodavna, do tja, koder se gre v Sur in do Egiptovske dežele.

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.

⁹In David je pustošil deželo ter ni dal živeti ne možu, ne ženi, in ko je bil pobral ovce, goveda, osle, velblode in oblačila, se je vrnil in prišel k Ahisu.

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.

¹⁰In ko je Ahis vprašal: Kam ste vdrli danes? je rekel David: V južno stran Judovo, in v južno stran Jerahmelijcev, in v južno stran Kenejcev.

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.

¹¹David pa ni ohranil živega ne moža, ne žene, da bi ju pripeljal v Gat, rekoč: Da bi nas ne ovadili in ne rekli: Tako je storil David! Tako je navadno delal, dokler je prebival v deželi Filistejcev.Zato je Ahis veroval Davidu in menil: Omrzil se je pri ljudstvu svojem Izraelu, zato bode hlapec moj vekomaj.

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

¹²Zato je Ahis veroval Davidu in menil: Omrzil se je pri ljudstvu svojem Izraelu, zato bode hlapec moj vekomaj.