¹Javiše onda Davidu: "Filistejci opsjedaju Keilu i pljačkaju gumna."

¹And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshing-floors.

²David tada upita Jahvu: "Treba li da idem na Filistejce i hoću li ih potući?" A Jahve odgovori Davidu: "Idi, potući ćeš Filistejce i oslobodit ćeš Keilu."

²And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And Jehovah said to David, Go and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.

³Ali rekoše Davidu ljudi njegovi: "Gle, mi smo već ovdje, u Judi, u neprestanom strahu; što će tek biti ako odemo u Keilu protiv filistejskih četa!"

³But David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

⁴Zato David još jednom upita Jahvu, a Jahve mu odgovori ovako: "Ustani i siđi u Keilu jer ću predati Filistejce u tvoje ruke!"

⁴And David inquired of Jehovah yet again. And Jehovah answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will give the Philistines into thy hand.

⁵David onda krenu sa svojim ljudima u Keilu, udari na Filistejce, otjera njihovu stoku i zada im težak poraz. Tako je David oslobodio građane Keile. -

⁵And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought against the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

⁶Kad je ono Ebjatar, Ahimelekov sin, pobjegao k Davidu, on je došao u Keilu noseći u ruci oplećak.

⁶And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.

⁷Kad su Šaulu javili da je David ušao u Keilu, reče Šaul: "Bog ga je predao u moje ruke jer se sam uhvatio u zamku kad je ušao u grad s vratima i prijevornicama."

⁷And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. Then Saul said, God has cast him off into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a city that has gates and bars.

⁸I Šaul sazva sav narod na oružje da ide na Keilu i da opkoli Davida i njegove ljude.

⁸And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

⁹Kad je David doznao da mu Šaul snuje zlo, reče svećeniku Ebjataru: "Donesi oplećak!"

⁹And when David knew that Saul devised mischief against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod.

¹⁰Nato se David pomoli: "Jahve, Bože Izraelov, tvoj je sluga čuo da Šaul sprema navalu na Keilu da razori grad zbog mene.

¹⁰Then said David, Jehovah, God of Israel, thy servant hath heard for certain that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

¹¹Hoće li Šaul doći kao što je tvoj sluga čuo? Jahve, Bože Izraelov, odgovori svome sluzi!" A Jahve odgovori: "Doći će!"

¹¹Will the citizens of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? Jehovah, God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And Jehovah said, He will come down.

¹²David opet upita: "Hoće li me prvaci Keile predati, mene i moje ljude, u Šaulove ruke?" A Jahve odgovori: "Predat će vas!"

¹²And David said, Will the citizens of Keilah deliver up me and my men into the hand of Saul? And Jehovah said, They will deliver [thee] up.

¹³Tada David ustade sa svojim ljudima, bijaše ih oko šest stotina; iziđoše iz Keile te lutahu kojekuda. A kad su Šaulu javili da je David utekao iz Keile, odusta od vojnog pohoda.

¹³Then David and his men, about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, and he forbore to go forth.

¹⁴David se skloni u pustinju u gorska skloništa; nastani se na gori u pustinji Zifu. Šaul ga je neprestano tražio, ali ga Bog ne predade u njegove ruke.

¹⁴And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, and abode in the mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.

¹⁵David se bojao što je Šaul izišao na vojnu da napadne na njegov život. Zato je David ostao u pustinji Zifu, u Horši.

¹⁵And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

¹⁶Tada Šaulov sin Jonatan krenu na put i dođe k Davidu u Horšu i ohrabri ga u ime Božje.

¹⁶And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

¹⁷Reče mu: "Ne boj se, jer te neće stići ruka moga oca Šaula. Ti ćeš kraljevati nad Izraelom, a ja ću biti drugi do tebe; i moj otac Šaul zna to dobro."

¹⁷And he said to him, Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father will not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next to thee; and that also Saul my father knows.

¹⁸I sklopiše njih dvojica savez pred Jahvom. David osta u Horši, a Jonatan ode svojoj kući.

¹⁸And they two made a covenant before Jehovah; and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

¹⁹Jednoga dana dođoše Zifejci k Šaulu u Gibeu i javiše mu: "David se krije kod nas u gorskim skloništima u Horši, na brdu Hakili, što je južno od Ješimona.

¹⁹And the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the wood, on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the waste?

²⁰Sada, kralju, kad god zaželiš sići, siđi, a naše je da ga predamo u ruke kralju."

²⁰And now, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and it will be for us to deliver him up into the king's hand.

²¹A Šaul odgovori: "Blagoslovio vas Jahve što ste me požalili!

²¹And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah; for ye have compassion upon me.

²²Idite, dakle, raspitajte se još i dobro razvidite mjesto kamo ga donesu njegovi hitri koraci; rekli su mi da je vrlo lukav.

²²Go, I pray you, make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his track is, who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtilly.

²³Zato pretražite sve rupe u koje se zavlači, pa se vratite k meni kad budete pouzdano znali. Tada ću ja poći s vama, pa ako bude gdje u zemlji, ići ću za njegovim tragom po svim Judinim rodovima."

²³And see, and ascertain all the lurking-places where he hides himself, and come ye again to me with sure information, that I may go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout the thousands of Judah.

²⁴Tada krenuše na put i odoše u Zif, pred Šaulom. David je sa svojim ljudima bio u pustinji Maonu u Arabi, južno od Ješimona.

²⁴And they arose and went to Ziph before Saul; but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of the waste.

²⁵Potom i Šaul pođe sa svojim ljudima da traži Davida. Kad su to javili Davidu, siđe on u klanac koji leži u pustinji Maonu. Šaul to doznade i krenu u potjeru za Davidom u pustinju Maon.

²⁵And Saul and his men went to seek [him]. And they told David; and he came down from the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And Saul heard [that], and he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

²⁶Šaul je sa svojim ljudima išao jednom stranom planine, a David sa svojim ljudima drugom stranom planine. David se silno žurio da umakne Šaulu. Kad je Šaul sa svojim ljudima htio prijeći na drugu stranu da opkoli Davida i njegove ljude i da ih pohvata,

²⁶And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David made haste to get away from Saul; and Saul and his men sought to surround David and his men to take them.

²⁷dođe glasnik Šaulu s porukom: "Dođi brže, Filistejci provališe u zemlju!"

²⁷But there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste thee and come; for the Philistines have made a raid against the land.

²⁸Tada Šaul odusta od potjere za Davidom i okrenu se protiv Filistejaca. Zato se prozvalo ono mjesto "Klanac razlaza".

²⁸And Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines; therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.

²⁹And David went up from thence, and abode in the strongholds of Engedi.