¹David reče u sebi: "Ipak ću jednoga dana poginuti od Šaulove ruke. Zato nema ništa bolje za me nego da se spasim u zemlju Filistejaca. Tada će Šaul odustati da me dalje traži po svim krajevima Izraelovim i izbavit ću se iz njegove ruke."

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 will despair of me to seek me any more within all the limits of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.

²David se dakle podiže i prijeđe, sa šest stotina ljudi koje je imao, k Akišu, sinu Maokovu, kralju Gata.

²And David arose and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

³David se nastani kod Akiša u Gatu, on i njegovi ljudi, svaki sa svojom obitelji, a David sa svoje dvije žene, Ahinoamom Jizreelkom i Abigajilom, Nabalovom ženom iz Karmela.

³And David abode with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household; David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jizreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.

⁴Kad je Šaul doznao da je David pobjegao u Gat, nije ga više progonio.

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

⁵David reče Akišu: "Ako sam našao milost u tvojim očima, neka mi dadu mjesto u jednom gradu u zemlji da se nastanim u njemu. Zašto da tvoj sluga stanuje kod tebe u kraljevskom gradu?"

⁵And David said to Achish, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some country-town, that I may abide there; for why should thy servant abide in the royal city with thee?

⁶Akiš mu još istoga dana dade Siklag. Stoga Siklag pripada do današnjega dana kraljevima Jude.

⁶And Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.

⁷I osta David u filistejskoj zemlji godinu dana i četiri mjeseca.

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

⁸David je sa svojim ljudima izlazio da pljačka Gešurce, Girzijce i Amalečane, jer su to bili stanovnici zemlje od Telama preko Šura sve do egipatske zemlje.

⁸And David and his men went up and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Gerzites, and the Amalekites: for those were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, and as far as the land of Egypt.

⁹David je pustošio zemlju ne ostavljajući na životu ni čovjeka ni žene, otimao je ovce i goveda, magarce, deve i haljine i vraćao se da sve to donese Akišu.

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.

¹⁰Akiš bi ga pitao: "Gdje ste danas pljačkali?" A David bi odgovorio da su pljačkali u Negebu Judinu ili u Negebu Jerahmeelskom ili u Negebu Kenijskom.

¹⁰So Achish said, Have ye not made a raid to-day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

¹¹David nije ostavljao na životu ni čovjeka ni žene da ih dovede u Gat jer mišljaše: "Mogli bi nas optužiti i reći: 'Tako je David radio.'" Takav je imao običaj za sve vrijeme dok je boravio u filistejskoj zemlji.

¹¹And David left neither man nor woman alive, to bring [them] to Gath, for he said, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David. And such was his custom as long as he abode in the country of the Philistines.

¹²Akiš je vjerovao Davidu i govorio u sebi: "Baš se omrazio svome narodu, Izraelu! Zato će mi biti sluga dovijeka!"

¹²And Achish trusted David, saying, He has made himself utterly odious among his people Israel; and he shall be my servant for ever.