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

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

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.

²and had taken the women captives that were in it; both great and small: they had put none to death, but had carried them off, and went on their way.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

⁷And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, Bring near to me, I pray thee, the ephod. And Abiathar brought the ephod near to David.

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!'

⁸And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he said to him, Pursue; for thou shalt assuredly overtake [them] and shalt certainly recover.

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

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

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

¹⁰And David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to go over the torrent Besor.

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

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

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.

¹²and gave him a piece of fig-cake and two raisin-cakes, and he ate, and his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, for three days and three nights.

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.

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

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

¹⁴We made a raid against the south of the Cherethites, and against what [belongs] to Judah, and against the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.

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!'

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

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.

¹⁶And he brought him down, and behold, they were spread over the whole land, 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.

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.

¹⁷And David smote them from the twilight even to 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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

²¹And David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow David, and whom they had left behind at the torrent Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him; and David drew near to the people and saluted them.

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!'

²²And all the wicked men, and [men] of Belial, of those that had gone with David, answered 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 they may lead [them] away and depart.

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.

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

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!'

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

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

²⁵And it was [so] from that day forward; and he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

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!'

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

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

²⁷to those in Bethel, and to those in south Ramoth, and to those in Jattir,

²⁸Aroeris, Sifmotis, Estemoas,

²⁸and to those in Aroer, and to those in Siphmoth, and to those in Eshtemoa,

²⁹Raakalis, jerahmeellaste linnades, keenlaste linnades,

²⁹and to those in Rachal, and to those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those in the cities of the Kenites,

³⁰Hormas, Boor-Aasanis, Atakis

³⁰and to those in Hormah, and to those in Chor-ashan, and to those in Athach,

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

³¹and to those in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men went about.