¹A Dávid prišiel do Nóba k Achimelechovi, kňazovi. A Achimelech sa tak preľakol, že trasúci sa išiel vústrety Dávidovi a riekol mu: Prečo si len sám, a prečo niet nikoho s tebou?

¹And David cometh in to Nob, unto Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech trembleth at meeting David, and saith to him, `Wherefore [art] thou thyself alone, and no man with thee?`

²Dávid odpovedal Achimelechovi, kňazovi: Kráľ mi rozkázal nejakú vec a riekol mi: Nech nikto nezvie ničoho o veci, pre ktorú ťa posielam a ktorú som ti rozkázal vykonať. A služobníkom som nariadil, aby odišli na to a na to miesto.

²And David saith to Ahimelech the priest, `The king hath commanded me a matter, and he saith unto me, Let no man know anything of the matter about which I am sending thee, and which I have commanded thee; and the young men I have caused to know at such and such a place;

³Preto teraz, čo máš po ruke? Daj mi do ruky nejakých päť chlebov alebo už čokoľvek, čo sa najde.

³and now, what is there under thy hand? five loaves give into my hand, or that which is found.`

⁴A kňaz odpovedal Dávidovi a riekol: Nemám obecného chleba pod rukou. Je tu iba posvätný chlieb, jestli sa mládenci zachovali aspoň od ženy.

⁴And the priest answereth David, and saith, `There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if the youths have been kept only from women.`

⁵Na to odpovedal Dávid a riekol mu: Nie, lež už predtým, ako som vyšiel, bola nám žena neprístupnou, a tedy sú nádoby mládencov sväté. No, je to už aj ináče obecný spôsob, a čo ešte dnes! Bude svätý v nádobe.

⁵And David answereth the priest, and saith to him, `Surely, if women have been restrained from us as heretofore in my going out, then the vessels of the young men are holy, and it [is] a common way: and also, surely to-day it is sanctified in the vessel.`

⁶A tak mu dal kňaz sväté, lebo tam nebolo iného chleba krome chleba predloženia, ktoré to chleby boly odložené zpred tvári Hospodinovej, aby na ich miesto boly položené teplé chleby v deň, v ktorý boly tamtie vzaté.

⁶And the priest giveth to him the holy thing, for there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence which is turned aside from the presence of Jehovah to put hot bread in the day of its being taken away.

⁷Ale bol tam nejaký muž zo služobníkov Saulových toho dňa, ktorý sa tam bol v shromaždení zdržal pred Hospodinom, a ktorému bolo meno Doég Edomejský, najmožnejší z pastierov, ktorých mal Saul.

⁷And there [is] a man of the servants of Saul on that day detained before Jehovah, and his name [is] Doeg the Edomite, chief of the shepherds whom Saul hath.

⁸A Dávid povedal Achimelechovi: Či nie je niekde pod tvojou rukou kopija alebo meč, lebo som nevzal ani svojho meča, ani inej svojej zbrane do svojej ruky, pretože bola vec kráľova súrna.

⁸And David saith to Ahimelech, `And is there not here under thy hand spear or sword? for neither my sword nor my vessels have I taken in my hand, for the matter of the king was urgent.`

⁹Na to odpovedal kňaz: Meč Goliáša Filištínskeho, ktorého si zabil v doline Éla, ten hľa, je tu zavinutý v rúchu za efodom, ak si ten vezmeš, nuž vezmi si, lebo nieto tu iného krome toho. A Dávid povedal: Takého nieto, jako je ten; daj mi ho.

⁹And the priest saith, `The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou didst smite in the valley of Elah, lo, it is wrapt in a garment behind the ephod, if it thou dost take to thyself, take; for there is none other save it in this [place].` And David saith, `There is none like it — give it to me.`

¹⁰Potom vstal Dávid a utekal toho dňa pred Saulom a prišiel k Achišovi, kráľovi mesta Gát.

¹⁰And David riseth and fleeth on that day from the face of Saul, and cometh in unto Achish king of Gath;

¹¹A služobníci Achišovi povedali jemu, Achišovi: Či nie je toto Dávid, kráľ zeme? Či to nespievali tomuto v kolotancoch hovoriac: Saul porazil svoje tisíce, ale Dávid svoje desaťtisíce?

¹¹and the servants of Achish say unto him, `Is not this David king of the land? is it not of this one they sing in dances, saying, `Saul smote among his thousands, and David among his myriads?`

¹²A Dávid si vzal tie slová k srdcu a bál sa veľmi Achiša, kráľa Gátu,

¹²And David layeth these words in his heart, and is exceedingly afraid of the face of Achish king of Gath,

¹³a preto zmeniac svoj rozum v ich očiach robil sa bláznom súc v ich ruke a čmáral po vrátach brány a púšťal svoje brzgy dolu po svojej brade.

¹³and changeth his behaviour before their eyes, and feigneth himself mad in their hand, and scribbleth on the doors of the gate, and letteth down his spittle unto his beard.

¹⁴Vtedy povedal Achiš svojim služobníkom: Hľa, vidíte, že človek blázni, prečo ste ho doviedli ku mne?

¹⁴And Achish saith unto his servants, `Lo, ye see a man acting as a madman; why do ye bring him in unto me?

¹⁵Či azda nemám dosť bláznov, že ste doviedli tohoto, aby bláznil predo mnou? Či tento má vojsť do môjho domu?

¹⁵A lack of madmen [have] I, that ye have brought in this one to act as a madman by me! doth this one come in unto my house?`