¹A tak odišiel Dávid odtiaľ a zachránil sa útekom do jaskyne Adullam. A keď počuli o tom jeho bratia a celý dom jeho otca, sišli ta za ním.

¹And David goeth thence, and is escaped unto the cave of Adullam, and his brethren hear, and all the house of his father, and go down unto him thither;

²A shromažďovali sa k nemu všetci takí, ktorí boli v nejakej úzkosti, jako aj všetci, ktorí boli zadlžení, i všetci, ktorí mali horkosť v duši, a bol nad nimi vojvodcom. A bolo s ním tak asi štyristo mužov.

²and gather themselves unto him do every man in distress, and every man who hath an exactor, and every man bitter in soul, and he is over them for head, and there are with him about four hundred men.

³Potom odišiel odtiaľ Dávid do Micpy Moábovej. A riekol moábskemu kráľovi: Dovoľ, prosím, že by vyšli môj otec i moja matka von a bývali s vami, dokiaľ nezviem, čo mi učiní Bôh.

³And David goeth thence to Mizpeh of Moab, and saith unto the king of Moab, `Let, I pray thee, my father and my mother go out with you, till that I know what God doth for me;`

⁴A doviedol ich pred moábskeho kráľa, a bývali s ním po všetky dni, dokiaľ bol Dávid na tom hrade.

⁴and he leadeth them before the king of Moab, and they dwell with him all the days of David`s being in the fortress.

⁵A prorok Gád povedal Dávidovi: Nebývaj na hrade. Iď a vojdi si do zeme Júdovej. A tak odišiel Dávid a prišiel do lesa Cháret.

⁵And Gad the prophet saith unto David, `Thou dost not abide in a fortress, go, and thou hast entered for thee the land of Judah;` and David goeth and entereth the forest of Hareth.

⁶Ale počul o tom Saul, že sa zvedelo o Dávidovi a o mužoch, ktorí boli s ním. Vtedy sedel Saul v Gibei pod stromom tamariskou, v Ráme, a jeho kopija bola v jeho ruke, a všetci jeho služobníci stáli pred ním.

⁶And Saul heareth that David hath become known, and the men who [are] with him, and Saul is abiding in Gibeah, under the grove in Ramah, and his spear [is] in his hand, and all his servants standing by him.

⁷A Saul povedal svojim služobníkom, ktorí stáli pred ním: Nože počujte, synovia Jeminiho! Či aj vám všetkým dá syn Izaiho polia a vinice? Či všetkých vás ustanoví za veliteľov nad tisícami a za veliteľov nad stami?

⁷And Saul saith to his servants who are standing by him, `Hear, I pray you, ye Benjamites; also to all of you doth the son of Jesse give fields and vineyards! all of you he doth appoint heads of thousands and heads of hundreds!

⁸Že ste sa všetci sprisahali proti mne, a nie je nikoho, kto by mi to zjavil, keď už i môj syn učinil smluvu so synom Izaiho, a nie je nikoho z vás, kto by sa trápil nado mnou, a kto by mi zjavil niečo o tom, že môj syn postavil môjho služobníka proti mne, aby mi úkladil, ako sa to dnes deje.

⁸for ye have conspired all of you against me, and there is none uncovering mine ear about my son`s covenanting with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you grieving for me, and uncovering mine ear, that my son hath raised up my servant against me, to lie in wait as [at] this day.`

⁹Na to odpovedal Doég Edomejský, ktorý stál so služobníkmi Saulovými, a riekol: Videl som syna Izaiho, že prišiel do Nóba k Achimelechovi, synovi Achitúbovmu.

⁹And answer doth Doeg the Edomite, who is set over the servants of Saul, and saith, `I have seen the son of Jesse coming in to Nob, unto Ahimelech son of Ahitub,

¹⁰A dopytoval sa za neho Hospodina a dal mu potravu na cestu a dal mu i meč Goliáša Filištínskeho.

¹⁰and he asketh for him at Jehovah, and provision hath given to him, and the sword of Goliath the Philistine hath given to him.

¹¹Na to poslal kráľ povolať Achimelecha, syna Achitúbovho, kňaza, i celý dom jeho otca, kňazov, ktorí boli v Nóbe, a prišli všetci ku kráľovi.

¹¹And the king sendeth to call Ahimelech son of Ahitub, the priest, and all the house of his father, the priests, who [are] in Nob, and they come all of them unto the king;

¹²A Saul povedal: Nože počuj, synu Achitúbov! A odpovedal: Hľa, tu som, môj pane.

¹²and Saul saith, `Hear, I pray thee, son of Ahitub;` and he saith, `Here [am] I, my lord.`

¹³A Saul mu povedal: Prečo ste sa sprisahali proti mne, ty aj syn Izaiho, keď si mu dal chlieb i meč a dopytoval si sa za neho Boha, aby povstal proti mne a úkladil mi, jako sa to dnes deje?

¹³And Saul saith unto him, `Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, by thy giving to him bread and a sword, and to ask for him at God, to rise against me, to lie in wait, as [at] this day?`

¹⁴Vtedy odpovedal Achimelech kráľovi a riekol: A kde kto je medzi všetkými tvojimi služobníkmi taký verný jako Dávid, k tomu i zať kráľov, ktorý má prístup do tvojej tajnej rady a je ctený v tvojom dome?

¹⁴And Ahimelech answereth the king and saith, `And who among all thy servants [is] as David — faithful, and son-in-law of the king, and hath turned aside unto thy council, and is honoured in thy house?

¹⁵Či som sa azda len dnes, teraz po prvé dopytoval za neho Boha? Taká vec nech je preč odo mňa! Nech neskladá kráľ nijakej takej veci na svojho služobníka nikde v celom dome môjho otca, lebo tvoj služobník nevedel o tom o ničom ničoho, ani malého ani veľkého.

¹⁵To-day have I begun to ask for him at God? far be it from me! let not the king lay anything against his servant, against any of the house of my father, for thy servant hath known nothing of all this, less or more.`

¹⁶Ale kráľ povedal: Istotne zomrieš, Achimelechu, ty i celý dom tvojho otca.

¹⁶And the king saith, `Thou dost surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all the house of thy father.`

¹⁷A kráľ povedal behúňom, ktorí stáli pred ním: Obráťte sa a pobite kňazov Hospodinových, lebo aj ich ruka je s Dávidom, a pretože vedeli, že uteká, a nezjavili mi toho. Ale služobníci kráľovi nechceli vystrieť svoju ruku a oboriť sa na kňazov Hospodinových.

¹⁷And the king saith to runners, those standing by him, `Turn round, and put to death the priests of Jehovah, because their hand also [is] with David, and because they have known that he is fleeing, and have not uncovered mine ear;` and the servants of the king have not been willing to put forth their hand to come against the priests of Jehovah.

¹⁸Vtedy povedal kráľ Doégovi: Obráť sa ty a obor sa na kňazov! A Doég Edomejský sa obrátil a sám sa oboril na kňazov a zabil toho dňa osemdesiatpäť mužov, ktorí nosili ľanový efod.

¹⁸And the king saith to Doeg, `Turn round thou, and come against the priests;` and Doeg the Edomite turneth round, and cometh himself against the priests, and putteth to death in that day eighty and five men bearing a linen ephod,

¹⁹I Nób, mesto kňazov, zbil ostrím meča pobijúc všetko, i muža i ženu, odrastlé dieťa i kojenca, vola i osla i dobytča, všetko pobil ostrím meča.

¹⁹and Nob, the city of the priests, he hath smitten by the mouth of the sword, from man even unto woman, from infant even unto suckling, and ox, and ass, and sheep, by the mouth of the sword.

²⁰A zachránil sa útekom iba jediný syn Achimelecha, syna Achitúbovho, ktorému bolo meno Ebiatár, a utiekol za Dávidom.

²⁰And there escapeth one son of Ahimelech, son of Ahitub, and his name [is] Abiathar, and he fleeth after David,

²¹A Ebiatár oznámil Dávidovi, že Saul pobil kňazov Hospodinových.

²¹and Abiathar declareth to David that Saul hath slain the priests of Jehovah.

²²A Dávid riekol Ebiatárovi: Vedel som toho dňa, lebo tam bol Doég Edomejský, že to istotne oznámi Saulovi. Ja som zapríčinil záhubu a uvalil ju na všetky duše domu tvojho otca.

²²And David saith to Abiathar, `I have known on that day when Doeg the Edomite [is] there, that he doth certainly declare [it] to Saul; I have brought [it] round to every person of the house of thy father;

²³Zostaň u mňa. neboj sa, lebo ten, kto bude hľadať moju dušu, bude hľadať tvoju dušu, lebo budeš chránený u mňa.

²³dwell with me; fear not; for he who seeketh my life seeketh thy life; for a charge [art] thou with me.`