¹Ja Taavet võttis kätte ja läks ära, aga Joonatan tuli tagasi linna.

¹And David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech trembled at meeting David, and said to him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?

²Ja Taavet jõudis Noobi preester Ahimeleki juurde. Aga Ahimelek tuli värisedes Taavetile vastu ja küsis temalt: 'Mispärast sa oled üksi ega ole kedagi koos sinuga?'

²And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me a business, and has said to me, Let no man know anything of the business whereon I send thee, and what I have commanded thee; and I have directed the young men to such and such a place.

³Ja Taavet vastas preester Ahimelekile: 'Kuningas käskis mind asja pärast ja ütles mulle: Ärgu saagu ükski midagi teada sellest asjast, mille pärast ma sind läkitan ja mida ma olen sind käskinud teha! Seepärast ma juhatasin poisid ühte ja teise paika.

³And now what is under thy hand? give me five loaves in my hand, or what may be found.

⁴Anna nüüd mulle, mis sul käepärast on, viis leiba või muud, mis leidub!'

⁴And the priest answered David and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.

⁵Aga preester kostis Taavetile ja ütles: 'Tavalist leiba pole mul käepärast, küll aga on pühitsetud leiba, kui ainult poisid oleksid naistest hoidunud!'

⁵And David answered the priest and said to him, Yes indeed, women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the [bread] is in a manner common, and the more so, because to-day [new] is hallowed in the vessels.

⁶Taavet kostis preestrile ja ütles talle: 'Muidugi on naised meile keelatud olnud nagu varasematel retkedel; siis oli poiste ihu pühitsetud, kuigi oli tavaline teekond. Seda enam peaks olema täna pühitsetud, mis ihusse puutub.'

⁶And the priest gave him holy [bread]; for there was no bread there but the shew-loaves that were taken from before Jehovah, to put on hot bread in the day when they were taken away.

⁷Siis andis preester temale pühitsetut, sest seal ei olnud muud leiba kui ohvrileivad, mis võetakse Issanda eest ära, kui äravõtmise päeval värske leib asemele pannakse.

⁷(Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before Jehovah; and his name was Doeg, the Edomite, chief of the shepherds that [belonged] to Saul.)

⁸Aga seal oli sel päeval Issanda ees kinnipeetuna üks Sauli sulaseist, edomlane Doeg, Sauli karjaste ülem.

⁸And David said to Ahimelech, And is there not here under thy hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, for the king's business was urgent.

⁹Ja Taavet ütles Ahimelekile: 'Kas sul on siin käepärast piiki või mõõka? Ma ei ole ju oma mõõka ega muid sõjariistu kaasa võtnud, sest kuninga käsk oli rutuline.'

⁹And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of terebinths, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if thou wilt take that, take it; for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that: give it me.

¹⁰Ja preester ütles: 'Vaata, vilist Koljati, kelle sa Tammeorus maha lõid, tema mõõk on siin riidesse mähituna õlarüü taga. Kui sa tahad selle enesele võtta, siis võta, sest muud siin ei ole kui see!' Ja Taavet ütles: 'Teist sellesarnast ei ole, anna see mulle!'

¹⁰And David arose, and fled that day from before Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

¹¹Ja Taavet võttis kätte ja põgenes selsamal päeval Sauli eest ning tuli Gati kuninga Aakise juurde.

¹¹And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul has smitten his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

¹²Aga Aakisele ütlesid tema sulased: 'Eks see ole Taavet, maa kuningas? Eks see ole tema, kellest nad tantsides vastastikku laulsid ja ütlesid: 'Saul lõi maha oma tuhat, aga Taavet oma kümme tuhat!'?'

¹²And David took to heart these words, and was much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

¹³Taavet võttis need sõnad südamesse ja kartis väga Gati kuningat Aakist.

¹³And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scratched on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.

¹⁴Ta tegi ennast nende silmis rumalaks ja käitus hullumeelsena nende käes, tegi märke väravate peale ja laskis ila habemesse voolata.

¹⁴And Achish said to his servants, Behold, ye see the man is mad: why did ye bring him to me?

¹⁵Siis ütles Aakis oma sulastele: 'Vaata, te näete, et mees on hull! Mispärast te toote ta minu juurde?

¹⁵have I lack of madmen, that ye have brought this one to rave in my presence? shall this [man] come into my house?

¹⁶Kas mul on puudus hulludest, et tõite selle minu juurde hullutempe tegema? Kas niisugune peaks tulema minu kotta?'