¹And David goeth thence, and is escaped unto the cave of Adullam, and his brethren hear, and all the house of his father, and go down unto him thither;

¹Ja Taavet läks sealt ära ning pääses Adullami koopasse. Kui tema vennad ja kogu ta isa pere sellest kuulsid, läksid nad sinna alla tema juurde.

²and gather themselves unto him do every man in distress, and every man who hath an exactor, and every man bitter in soul, and he is over them for head, and there are with him about four hundred men.

²Ja ta juurde kogunesid kõik, kel oli kitsas käes, kel oli võlausaldaja, kes olid hinges kibestunud, ja ta sai nende pealikuks; tema juures oli ligi nelisada meest.

³And David goeth thence to Mizpeh of Moab, and saith unto the king of Moab, `Let, I pray thee, my father and my mother go out with you, till that I know what God doth for me;`

³Sealt läks Taavet Moabi Mispasse ja ütles Moabi kuningale: 'Luba mu isa ja ema tulla seniks teie juurde, kuni ma saan teada, mis Jumal minuga teeb!'

⁴and he leadeth them before the king of Moab, and they dwell with him all the days of David`s being in the fortress.

⁴Siis ta viis nad Moabi kuninga ette ja nad elasid tema juures kogu selle aja, mis Taavet oli mäelinnuses.

⁵And Gad the prophet saith unto David, `Thou dost not abide in a fortress, go, and thou hast entered for thee the land of Judah;` and David goeth and entereth the forest of Hareth.

⁵Aga prohvet Gaad ütles Taavetile: 'Ära jää mäelinnusesse, lahku sealt ja mine Juudamaale!' Ja Taavet läks ning tuli Haareti metsa.

⁶And Saul heareth that David hath become known, and the men who [are] with him, and Saul is abiding in Gibeah, under the grove in Ramah, and his spear [is] in his hand, and all his servants standing by him.

⁶Saul sai kuulda, et Taavet ja temaga koos olevad mehed olid avastatud; Saul istus Gibeas tamariskipuu all künkal, piik käes, ja kõik ta sulased seisid ta juures.

⁷And Saul saith to his servants who are standing by him, `Hear, I pray you, ye Benjamites; also to all of you doth the son of Jesse give fields and vineyards! all of you he doth appoint heads of thousands and heads of hundreds!

⁷Ja Saul ütles oma sulastele, kes seisid ta juures: 'Kuulge ometi, benjaminlased! Kas annab ka Iisai poeg teile kõigile põlde ja viinamägesid? Kas ta paneb teid kõiki tuhande- ja sajapealikuiks,

⁸for ye have conspired all of you against me, and there is none uncovering mine ear about my son`s covenanting with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you grieving for me, and uncovering mine ear, that my son hath raised up my servant against me, to lie in wait as [at] this day.`

⁸et te kõik peate vandenõu minu vastu? Mitte ükski ei ole ilmutanud mu kõrvale, et mu poeg on teinud liidu Iisai pojaga. Mitte ükski teist ei ole mures minu pärast, et ta ilmutaks mu kõrvale, et mu poeg on ässitanud mu sulast mind varitsema, nagu see praegu on.'

⁹And answer doth Doeg the Edomite, who is set over the servants of Saul, and saith, `I have seen the son of Jesse coming in to Nob, unto Ahimelech son of Ahitub,

⁹Siis vastas edomlane Doeg, kes seisis Sauli sulaste juures, ja ütles: 'Ma nägin Iisai poja tulevat Noobi Ahituubi poja Ahimeleki juurde,

¹⁰and he asketh for him at Jehovah, and provision hath given to him, and the sword of Goliath the Philistine hath given to him.

¹⁰kes küsis Issandalt temale nõu, andis temale teerooga ja vilist Koljati mõõga.'

¹¹And the king sendeth to call Ahimelech son of Ahitub, the priest, and all the house of his father, the priests, who [are] in Nob, and they come all of them unto the king;

¹¹Siis kuningas läkitas kutsuma preester Ahimelekit, Ahituubi poega, ja kogu ta isa sugu, kes olid preestreiks Noobis; ja need kõik tulid kuninga juurde.

¹²and Saul saith, `Hear, I pray thee, son of Ahitub;` and he saith, `Here [am] I, my lord.`

¹²Ja Saul ütles: 'Kuule nüüd, Ahituubi poeg!' Ja see vastas: 'Siin ma olen, mu isand!'

¹³And Saul saith unto him, `Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, by thy giving to him bread and a sword, and to ask for him at God, to rise against me, to lie in wait, as [at] this day?`

¹³Ja Saul küsis temalt: 'Mispärast te olete pidanud vandenõu minu vastu, sina ja Iisai poeg, et sa andsid temale leiba ja mõõga ja küsisid Jumalalt temale nõu, selleks et ta tõuseks mind varitsema, nagu see praegu on?'

¹⁴And Ahimelech answereth the king and saith, `And who among all thy servants [is] as David — faithful, and son-in-law of the king, and hath turned aside unto thy council, and is honoured in thy house?

¹⁴Ja Ahimelek kostis kuningale ning ütles: 'Kes on kõigi su sulaste hulgast nii ustav kui Taavet, kuninga väimees, su ihukaitsepealik ja su kojas austatu?

¹⁵To-day have I begun to ask for him at God? far be it from me! let not the king lay anything against his servant, against any of the house of my father, for thy servant hath known nothing of all this, less or more.`

¹⁵Kas ma alles täna olen hakanud temale Jumalalt nõu küsima? See on minust kaugel! Kuningas ärgu pangu seda asja süüks oma sulasele ega kogu mu isa soole, sest su sulane ei teadnud midagi kõigest sellest, ei vähem ega rohkem!'

¹⁶And the king saith, `Thou dost surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all the house of thy father.`

¹⁶Aga kuningas ütles: 'Sa pead surema, Ahimelek, sina ja kogu su isa sugu!'

¹⁷And the king saith to runners, those standing by him, `Turn round, and put to death the priests of Jehovah, because their hand also [is] with David, and because they have known that he is fleeing, and have not uncovered mine ear;` and the servants of the king have not been willing to put forth their hand to come against the priests of Jehovah.

¹⁷Ja kuningas ütles käsutäitjaile, kes seisid ta juures: 'Pöörduge sinna ja surmake Issanda preestrid, sest ka nende käsi on Taavetiga; kuigi nad teadsid, et ta põgenes, ei ilmutanud nemad seda mu kõrvale!' Aga kuninga sulased ei tahtnud sirutada oma kätt, et tungida kallale Issanda preestritele.

¹⁸And the king saith to Doeg, `Turn round thou, and come against the priests;` and Doeg the Edomite turneth round, and cometh himself against the priests, and putteth to death in that day eighty and five men bearing a linen ephod,

¹⁸Siis ütles kuningas Doegile: 'Pöördu sina sinna ja mine preestritele kallale!' Ja edomlane Doeg pöördus ning läks ise preestritele kallale ja tappis sel päeval kaheksakümmend viis linast õlarüüd kandvat meest.

¹⁹and Nob, the city of the priests, he hath smitten by the mouth of the sword, from man even unto woman, from infant even unto suckling, and ox, and ass, and sheep, by the mouth of the sword.

¹⁹Ja ta lõi preestrite linnas Noobis mõõgateraga maha nii mehed kui naised, nii lapsed kui imikud ja, samuti mõõgateraga, ka härjad, eeslid ja lambad.

²⁰And there escapeth one son of Ahimelech, son of Ahitub, and his name [is] Abiathar, and he fleeth after David,

²⁰Pääses ainult üks Ahituubi poja Ahimeleki poeg, Ebjatar nimi, kes põgenes Taaveti juurde.

²¹and Abiathar declareth to David that Saul hath slain the priests of Jehovah.

²¹Ja Ebjatar jutustas Taavetile, et Saul oli Issanda preestrid tapnud.

²²And David saith to Abiathar, `I have known on that day when Doeg the Edomite [is] there, that he doth certainly declare [it] to Saul; I have brought [it] round to every person of the house of thy father;

²²Ja Taavet ütles Ebjatarile: 'Ma teadsin juba sel päeval, kui seal oli edomlane Doeg, et ta kindlasti teatab sellest Saulile. Minu tõttu on see sündinud kõigile su isa soo hingedele!

²³dwell with me; fear not; for he who seeketh my life seeketh thy life; for a charge [art] thou with me.`

²³Jää minu juurde, ära karda, sest kes püüab minu hinge, see püüab ka sinu hinge, minu juures oled sa aga kaitstud!'