¹Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.

¹Filistejci pa so zbrali vse vojne trume svoje v Afeku; in Izrael se je utaboril ob studencu, ki je v Jezreelu.

²And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish.

²In knezi Filistejcev so šli pri sto in tisočih svojih, a David in možje njegovi so šli v zadnjem voju z Ahisom.

³Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?

³Tedaj reko knezi Filistejcev: Kaj hočejo tu ti Hebrejci? In Ahis reče knezom Filistejcev: Ali ta ni David, hlapec Savla, izraelskega kralja, ki je bil pri meni že mnogo dni ali let, in nisem ničesar našel na njem, odkar je uskočil k meni do tega dne?

⁴And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?

⁴Ali knezi Filistejcev se razsrde nanj in mu reko: Véli, da se vrne ta mož, da gre nazaj v mesto svoje, kamor si ga postavil, nikar naj ne hodi z nami doli v boj, da nam ne postane v bitki nasprotnik; kajti s čim bi si pridobil blagovoljnost gospoda svojega kakor z glavami teh mož?

⁵Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

⁵Ali ta ni David, o katerem so plešoč pele druga drugi, govoreč: Savel je pobil svoj tisoč, a David svojih deset tisoč?

⁶Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favor thee not.

⁶Tedaj pokliče Ahis Davida in mu reče: Kakor res GOSPOD živi, pošten si, in všeč bi mi bilo, da hodiš z menoj ven in noter v vojski, zakaj nisem nič hudega našel na tebi, odkar si prišel k meni do tega dne; ali knezom nisi po volji.

⁷Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.

⁷Zato se zdaj vrni in pojdi v miru, da ne storiš, kar bi se videlo hudo filistejskim knezom.

⁸And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

⁸David pa reče Ahisu: Kaj pa sem storil, ali kaj si našel na hlapcu svojem, dokler sem bil pred obličjem tvojim do tega dne, da ne smem iti in se bojevati zoper sovražnike gospoda svojega, kralja?

⁹And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

⁹Ahis odgovori in reče Davidu: Vem, da si dober v mojih očeh kakor angel Božji; ali Filistejcev knezi so dejali: Naj ne gre ta z nami v boj!

¹⁰Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.

¹⁰Zatorej vstani zgodaj zjutraj s hlapci gospoda svojega, ki so prišli s teboj. In ko zjutraj, kakor hitro se zdani, vstanete, kar odrinite!Tedaj vstane zgodaj David in možje njegovi, da odidejo zarana in se vrnejo v deželo Filistejcev. Filistejci pa so šli gori v Jezreel.

¹¹So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

¹¹Tedaj vstane zgodaj David in možje njegovi, da odidejo zarana in se vrnejo v deželo Filistejcev. Filistejci pa so šli gori v Jezreel.