¹A Filištíni shromaždili všetky svoje vojská do Aféku a Izrael táboril pri studni, ktorá je v Jizreele.

¹And the Philistines gather all their camps to Aphek, and the Israelites are encamping at a fountain which [is] in Jezreel,

²A kniežatá Filištínov išli ta po stách a po tisícoch, a Dávid a jeho mužovia išli pozade s Achišom.

²and the princes of the Philistines are passing on by hundreds, and by thousands, and David and his men are passing on in the rear with Achish.

³Ale velitelia Filištínov povedali: Čo tu robia títo Hebreji? A Achiš odpovedal veliteľom Filištínov: Či nie je toto Dávid, služobník Saula, izraelského kráľa, ktorý bol so mnou toto už rok alebo toto už roky? A nenašiel som na ňom ničoho od toho dňa, jako odpadol od Saula, až do tohoto dňa.

³And the heads of the Philistines say, `What [are] these Hebrews?` and Achish saith unto the heads of the Philistines, `Is not this David servant of Saul king of Israel, who hath been with me these days or these years, and I have not found in him anything [wrong] from the day of his falling away till this day.`

⁴Ale velitelia Filištínov sa nahnevali na neho a velitelia Filištínov mu povedali: Vráť toho muža, nech sa navráti na svoje miesto, kam si ho usadil, ale nech neide s nami dolu do boja, aby sa nám nestal v boji protivníkom. Lebo veď čím si bude môcť tento získať priazeň svojho pána? Či azda nie hlavami tých mužov?

⁴And the heads of the Philistines are wroth against him, and the heads of the Philistines say to him, `Send back the man, and he doth turn back unto his place whither thou hast appointed him, and doth not go down with us into battle, and is not to us for an adversary in battle; and wherewith doth this one reconcile himself unto his lord — is it not with the heads of those men?`

⁵Či nie je toto Dávid, ktorému spievali v kolotancoch a vraveli: Saul porazil svoje tisíce, ale Dávid svoje desaťtisíce?

⁵Is not this David, of whom they answer in choruses, saying, Saul hath smitten among his thousands, and David among his myriads?`

⁶Vtedy povolal Achiš Dávida a povedal mu: Jako že žije Hospodin, statočný si, a ľúbi sa mi tvoje vychádzanie i tvoje vchádzanie so mnou do vojska, lebo som nenašiel na tebe ničoho zlého od toho dňa, ktorého si prišiel ku mne, až do tohoto dňa. Ale sa neľúbiš kniežatám.

⁶And Achish calleth unto David, and saith unto him, `Jehovah liveth, surely thou [art] upright, and good in mine eyes is thy going out, and thy coming in, with me in the camp, for I have not found in thee evil from the day of thy coming in unto me till this day; and in the eyes of the princes thou art not good;

⁷Preto teraz vráť sa a idi v pokoji, aby si neučinil zlého v očiach kniežat Filištínov.

⁷and now, turn back, and go in peace, and thou dost do no evil in the eyes of the princes of the Philistines.`

⁸Na to riekol Dávid Achišovi: A čože som urobil? A čo si našiel na svojom služobníkovi počnúc od toho dňa, v ktorom som bol po prvé pred tebou, až do tohoto dňa, že nemám ísť a bojovať proti nepriateľom svojho pána kráľa?

⁸And David saith unto Achish, `But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant from the day that I have been before thee till this day — that I go not in and have fought against the enemies of my lord the king?`

⁹Ale Achiš odpovedal a riekol Dávidovi: Viem, lebo si dobrý v mojich očiach ako anjel Boží, len že velitelia Filištínov riekli, nepojde vraj s nami hore do boja!

⁹And Achish answereth and saith unto David, `I have known that thou [art] good in mine eyes as a messenger of God; only, the princes of the Philistines have said, He doth not go up with us into battle;

¹⁰Preto teraz vstaň skoro ráno i sluhovia tvojho pána, ktorí prišli s tebou, a tedy keď vstanete skoro ráno, a bude vám svetlo, iďte.

¹⁰and now, rise thou early in the morning, and the servants of thy lord who have come with thee, when ye have risen early in the morning, and have light, then go ye.`

¹¹A tak vstal Dávid skoro ráno, on i jeho mužovia, aby odišiel za rána, aby sa navrátil do zeme Filištínov. A Filištíni išli hore do Jizreela.

¹¹And David riseth early, he and his men, to go in the morning, to turn back unto the land of the Philistines, and the Philistines have gone up to Jezreel.