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

¹It happened, when David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the South, and on Ziklag, and had struck 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 captive the women and all who were therein, both small and great. They didn’t kill any, but carried them off, and went their way.

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

³When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.

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

⁴Then David and the people who 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.

⁵David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, 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.

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

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

⁷David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring me here the ephod.” Abiathar brought the ephod 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!'

⁸David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue; for you shall surely overtake them, and shall without fail recover all.”

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 who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.

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

¹⁰But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn’t go over the brook Besor.

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

¹¹They 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.

¹²They gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins. when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, 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.

¹³David asked him, “To whom do you belong? Where are you from?” He said, “I am a young man of Egypt, servant to 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 on the South of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on 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!'

¹⁵David said to him, “Will you bring me down to this troop?” He said, “Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring you 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.

¹⁶When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread around over all the ground, eating, 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.

¹⁷David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped from there, except four hundred young men, who rode on camels and fled.

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

¹⁸David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued 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.

¹⁹There was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor anything that they had taken to them. David brought back all.

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

²⁰David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other livestock, 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.

²¹David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to stay at the brook Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him. When David came near to the people, he greeted 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!'

²²Then all the wicked men and base fellows, of those who went with David, answered and said, “Because they didn’t go with us, we will not give them anything of the spoil that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that he 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 David said, “You shall not do so, my brothers, with that which Yahweh has given to us, who has preserved us, and delivered 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!'

²⁴Who will listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who tarries 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.

²⁵It was so from that day forward, that 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!'

²⁶When David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, “Behold, a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Yahweh.”

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

²⁷He sent it to those who were in Bethel, and to those who were in Ramoth of the South, and to those who were in Jattir,

²⁸Aroeris, Sifmotis, Estemoas,

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

²⁹Raakalis, jerahmeellaste linnades, keenlaste linnades,

²⁹and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,

³⁰Hormas, Boor-Aasanis, Atakis

³⁰and to those who were in Hormah, and to those who were in Borashan, and to those who were in Athach,

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

³¹and to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men used to stay.