¹And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the South, and upon Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire,

¹Kui Taavet ja tema mehed jõudsid kolmandal päeval Siklagi, olid amalekid tunginud kallale Lõunamaale ja Siklagile; nad olid Siklagi vallutanud ja tulega ära põletanud.

²and had taken captive the women [and all] that were therein, both small and great: they slew not any, but carried them off, and went their way.

²Naised, kes seal olid olnud, niihästi pisikesed kui suured, olid nad viinud vangi; nad ei olnud surmanud kedagi, vaid viinud kaasa ja läinud oma teed.

³And when David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.

³Ja kui Taavet oma meestega jõudis linna, vaata, siis oli see tulega põletatud, nende naised ja pojad ja tütred aga vangi viidud.

⁴Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

⁴Siis Taavet ja rahvas, kes oli koos temaga, tõstsid häält ja nutsid, kuni nad enam ei jõudnud nutta.

⁵And David's two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

⁵Vangi viidud olid ka Taaveti mõlemad naised: Ahinoam, jisreellanna, ja Abigail, karmellase Naabali naine.

⁶And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.

⁶Ja Taavetil oli väga kitsas käes, sest rahvas lubas tema kividega surnuks visata, sellepärast et kogu rahvas oli hinges kibestunud, igaüks oma poegade ja tütarde pärast; aga Taavet kinnitas ennast Issandas, oma Jumalas.

⁷And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.

⁷Ja Taavet ütles preester Ebjatarile, Ahimeleki pojale: 'Too mulle ometi õlarüü!' Ja Ebjatar tõi Taavetile õlarüü.

⁸And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue; for thou shalt surely overtake [them], and shalt without fail recover [all].

⁸Ja Taavet küsis Issandalt, öeldes: 'Kas pean seda röövjõuku taga ajama? Kas ma saan nad kätte?' Ja Issand vastas talle: 'Aja taga, sest sa saad nad tõesti kätte ja päästad kindlasti vangid!'

⁹So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.

⁹Ja Taavet läks, tema ja need kuussada meest, kes olid koos temaga, ja nad jõudsid kuni Besori jõeni, kuhu osa jäi peatuma.

¹⁰But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

¹⁰Aga Taavet jätkas tagaajamist, tema ja nelisada meest, kuna peatuma jäi kakssada meest, kes olid väsinud Besori jõe ületamiseks.

¹¹And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they gave him water to drink.

¹¹Nad leidsid väljalt ühe Egiptuse mehe ja viisid selle Taaveti juurde; ja nad andsid mehele leiba süüa ja vett juua.

¹²And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

¹²Ja nad andsid talle tüki viigimarjakakku ja kaks rosinakakku; ta sõi ja ta vaim virgus, sest ta ei olnud kolm päeva ja kolm ööd leiba söönud ega vett joonud.

¹³And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.

¹³Ja Taavet küsis temalt: 'Kelle oma sa oled ja kust sa pärit oled?' Ja ta vastas: 'Mina olen Egiptuse poiss, amaleki mehe sulane, ja mu isand jättis mind maha, sellepärast et ma kolm päeva tagasi jäin haigeks.

¹⁴We made a raid upon the South of the Cherethites, and upon that which belongeth to Judah, and upon the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.

¹⁴Me tungisime kallale kreetide Lõunamaale, ja sellele, mis kuulub Juudale, ja Kaalebi Lõunamaale, ja me põletasime tulega Siklagi.'

¹⁵And David said to him, Wilt thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop.

¹⁵Ja Taavet küsis temalt: 'Kas tahad mind viia selle röövjõugu juurde?' Ja ta vastas: 'Vannu mulle Jumala juures, et sa mind ei tapa ega loovuta mu isanda kätte, siis ma viin sind selle röövjõugu juurde!'

¹⁶And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

¹⁶Ja ta viis teda, ja vaata, nad olid laiali üle kogu maa söömas, joomas ja pidutsemas kõige selle suure saagi pärast, mille nad olid võtnud vilistite maalt ja Juudamaalt.

¹⁷And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels and fled.

¹⁷Ja Taavet lõi neid nende retke hommikust kuni teise päeva õhtuni; neist ei pääsenud muud kui ainult nelisada noort meest, kes istusid kaamelite selga ja põgenesid.

¹⁸And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.

¹⁸Ja Taavet päästis kõik, mis amalekid olid võtnud; Taavet päästis ka oma mõlemad naised.

¹⁹And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor anything that they had taken to them: David brought back all.

¹⁹Neile ei jäänud midagi vajaka, ei vähemast ega suuremast, ei poegadest ega tütardest, ei saagist ega muust, mida nad neilt olid võtnud - Taavet tõi kõik tagasi.

²⁰And David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drove before those [other] cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.

²⁰Ja Taavet võttis kõik lambad, kitsed ja veised, ja nad ajasid neid muu karja ees ning ütlesid: 'See on Taaveti saak.'

²¹And David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to abide at the brook Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.

²¹Ja Taavet tuli nende kahesaja mehe juurde, kes olid väsinud, et järgneda Taavetile, ja olid jäetud Besori jõe äärde; ja need tulid vastu Taavetile ja rahvale, kes oli koos temaga; Taavet lähenes rahvale ja küsis, kuidas nende käsi käib.

²²Then answered all the wicked men and base fellows, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them aught of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that he may lead them away, and depart.

²²Aga kõik pahad ja kõlvatud meeste hulgast, kes olid käinud koos Taavetiga, võtsid sõna ja ütlesid: 'Sellepärast et nad ei tulnud koos meiega, ei anna me neile saagist, mida oleme päästnud, mitte midagi muud kui igaühele ainult ta naise ja lapsed; viigu nad need ja mingu!'

²³Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which Jehovah hath given unto us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.

²³Aga Taavet ütles: 'Mu vennad, ärge tehke nõnda sellega, mis Issand meile on andnud; tema hoidis meid ja andis meie kätte selle röövjõugu, kes tuli meile kallale.

²⁴And who will hearken unto you in this matter? for as his share is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his share be that tarrieth by the baggage: they shall share alike.

²⁴Kes küll kuulaks teid selles asjas? Sest missugune on selle osa, kes läheb sõtta, niisugune on ka selle osa, kes jääb varustuse juurde. Saak tuleb jaotada võrdselt!'

²⁵And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

²⁵Ja nõnda jäigi alates sellest päevast ja edaspidi: sest ta tegi selle seaduseks ja õiguseks Iisraelis kuni tänapäevani.

²⁶And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold, a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Jehovah:

²⁶Ja kui Taavet tuli Siklagi, siis ta läkitas osa saagist Juuda vanemaile, igaühele oma sõpradest, öeldes: 'Vaata, siin on teile tervitusand Issanda vaenlastelt saadud saagist!'

²⁷To them that were in Beth-el, and to them that were in Ramoth of the South, and to them that were in Jattir,

²⁷Ta läkitas neile, kes olid Peetelis, Lõunamaa Raamotis, Jattiris,

²⁸and to them that were in Aroer, and to them that were in Siphmoth, and to them that were in Eshtemoa,

²⁸Aroeris, Sifmotis, Estemoas,

²⁹and to them that were in Racal, and to them that were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them that were in the cities of the Kenites,

²⁹Raakalis, jerahmeellaste linnades, keenlaste linnades,

³⁰and to them that were in Hormah, and to them that were in Bor-ashan, and to them that were in Athach,

³⁰Hormas, Boor-Aasanis, Atakis

³¹and to them that were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.

³¹ja Hebronis, ja kõigisse paigusse, kus Taavet ise ja ta mehed olid käinud.