¹Potom riekol Dávid vo svojom srdci: Teraz tu predsa len jedného dňa zahyniem od ruky Saulovej. Nezbýva mi nič dobrého, ale utečiem sa čím skôr do zeme Filištínov, a Saul si zúfa nado mnou, takže ma prestane hľadať po všetkých krajoch Izraelových, a tak ujdem jeho ruke.

¹And David saith unto his heart, `Now am I consumed one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing for me better than that I diligently escape unto the land of the Philistines, and Saul hath been despairing of me — of seeking me any more in all the border of Israel, and I have escaped out of his hand.`

²A Dávid vstal a prešiel on i šesťsto mužov, ktorí boli s ním, k Achišovi, synovi Maochovmu, kráľovi Gátu.

²And David riseth, and passeth over, he and six hundred men who [are] with him, unto Achish son of Maoch king of Gath;

³A tak býval Dávid u Achiša v Gáte, on i jeho mužovia, každý so svojou domácnosťou, Dávid i jeho dve ženy, Achinoam Jezreelská a Abigaiľ, žena niekdajšieho Nábala, Karmelská.

³and David dwelleth with Achish in Gath, he and his men, each one with his household, [even] David and his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelitess.

⁴Keď potom oznámili Saulovi, že Dávid utiekol do Gátu, nehľadal ho viacej.

⁴And it is declared to Saul that David hath fled to Gath, and he hath not added any more to seek him.

⁵A Dávid riekol Achišovi: Ak som našiel milosť v tvojich očiach, nech mi dajú miesto v niektorom meste, v krajine, aby som tam býval. Lebo veď načo má bývať tvoj služobník v kráľovskom meste s tebou?

⁵And David saith unto Achish, `If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, they give to me a place in one of the cities of the field, and I dwell there, yea, why doth thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?`

⁶A tak mu dal Achiš toho dňa Ciklag. A preto je Ciklag majetkom judských kráľov až do tohoto dňa.

⁶And Achish giveth to him in that day Ziklag, therefore hath Ziklag been to the kings of Judah till this day.

⁷A počet dní, ktoré býval Dávid v krajine Filištínov, bol rok a štyri mesiace.

⁷And the number of the days which David hath dwelt in the field of the Philistines [is] days and four months;

⁸A Dávid odišiel hore i jeho mužovia a vpadli na Gešúranov, na Geržanov a na Amalechitov, lebo tie národy bývaly v zemi, ktoré aj bývaly od veku tam, ako ideš do Šúra, až po Egyptskú zem.

⁸and David goeth up and his men, and they push unto the Geshurite, and the Gerizite, and the Amalekite, (for they are inhabitants of the land from of old), as thou comest in to Shur and unto the land of Egypt,

⁹A Dávid zbil zem a neponechal na žive ani muža ani ženy a pobral ovce, hovädá, oslov a veľblúdov i rúcha a vše sa navrátil a prišiel k Achišovi.

⁹and David hath smitten the land, and doth not keep alive man and woman, and hath taken sheep, and oxen, and asses, and camels, and garments, and turneth back, and cometh in unto Achish.

¹⁰A Achiš mu povedal: Kam ste to vpadli dnes? A Dávid povedal: Na južný kraj Judska a na južný kraj Jerachmeelský a do južného kraja Kénitov.

¹⁰And Achish saith, `Whither have ye pushed to-day?` and David saith, `Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelite, and unto the south of the Kenite.`

¹¹A Dávid neponechal živého ani muža ani ženy, aby bol niekoho doviedol do Gátu, lebo riekol: Aby nepovedali na nás a neriekli: Tak urobil Dávid, a taká bola vždy jeho obyčaj, po všetky dni, čo býval v kraji Filištínov.

¹¹Neither man nor woman doth David keep alive, to bring in [word] to Gath, saying, `Lest they declare [it] against us, saying, Thus hath David done, and thus [is] his custom all the days that he hath dwelt in the fields of the Philistines.`

¹²A Achiš uveril Dávidovi a riekol: Úplne sa zošklivil svojmu ľudu, Izraelovi, a bude mi sluhom navždy.

¹²And Achish believeth in David, saying, `He hath made himself utterly abhorred among his people, in Israel, and hath been to me for a servant age-during.`