¹Ja vilistid kogusid kõik oma väehulgad Afekisse, aga Iisrael oli leeris Jisreelis oleva allika juures.

¹Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites encamped by the spring which is in Jezreel.

²Vilistite vürstid liikusid edasi sadade ja tuhandete kaupa, aga Taavet ja tema mehed liikusid viimastena koos Aakisega.

²The lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands; and David and his men passed on in the rear with Achish.

³Ja vilistite vürstid küsisid: 'Mis heebrealased need on?' Aga Aakis vastas vilistite vürstidele: 'Eks see ole Taavet, Iisraeli kuninga Sauli sulane, kes on minu juures olnud juba aastapäevad! Mina ei ole leidnud temas midagi halba alates päevast, kui ta tuli minu juurde, kuni tänapäevani.'

³Then the princes of the Philistines said, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, “Isn’t this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away to this day?”

⁴Ent vilistite vürstid vihastasid tema peale ja ütlesid talle: 'Lase mees pöördub ümber ja läheb tagasi oma paika, kuhu sa tema oled määranud; ta ärgu tulgu koos meiega sõtta, et ta sõjas ei saaks meie vastaseks! Sest millega ta saaks ennast teha oma isandale meelepäraseks? Muidugi nende meeste peadega, kes siin on.

⁴But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, “Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where you have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For with what should this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Should it not be with the heads of these men?

⁵Kas ta pole mitte see Taavet, kellest nad tantsides vastastikku laulsid ja ütlesid: 'Saul lõi maha oma tuhat, aga Taavet oma kümme tuhat!'?'

⁵Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?’”

⁶Siis Aakis kutsus Taaveti ja ütles talle: 'Nii tõesti kui Issand elab, oled sina õige ja see on minu silmis hea, et sa leeris koos minuga lähed ja tuled, sest ma ei ole sinus leidnud kurja alates päevast, mil sa tulid minu juurde, kuni tänapäevani; aga vürstide silmis sa ei kõlba.

⁶Then Achish called David, and said to him, “As Yahweh lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, the lords don’t favor you.

⁷Pöördu nüüd tagasi ja mine rahuga, et sa ei teeks kurja vilistite silmis!'

⁷Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you not displease the lords of the Philistines.”

⁸Ja Taavet küsis Aakiselt: 'Aga mida ma siis olen teinud ja mida sa oled leidnud oma sulases alates päevast, mil ma tulin su teenistusse, kuni tänapäevani, et ma ei või tulla ja võidelda oma isanda kuninga vaenlaste vastu?'

⁸David said to Achish, “But what have I done? What have you found in your servant so long as I have been before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”

⁹Aga Aakis kostis ning ütles Taavetile: 'Ma tean, et sa minu silmis oled hea nagu Jumala ingel; kuid vilistite vürstid on öelnud: Tema ärgu tulgu koos meiega sõtta!

⁹Achish answered David, “I know that you are good in my sight, as an angel of God. Notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, ‘He shall not go up with us to the battle.’

¹⁰Ja nüüd tõuse hommikul vara koos oma isanda sulastega, kes on tulnud koos sinuga; kui olete hommikul vara tõusnud ja läheb valgeks, siis minge ära!'

¹⁰Therefore now rise up early in the morning with the servants of your lord who have come with you; and as soon as you are up early in the morning, and have light, depart.”

¹¹Ja Taavet tõusis vara, tema ja ta mehed, et hommikul minna teele tagasi vilistite maale; vilistid aga läksid üles Jisreeli.

¹¹So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. The Philistines went up to Jezreel.