¹A zase prišli Zífänia k Saulovi do Gibee a povedali: Či sa neskrýva Dávid na vŕšku Hachile naproti púšti?

¹And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?

²A Saul vstal a sišiel na púšť Zíf, a s ním tri tisíce mužov, vybraných z Izraela, aby hľadal Dávida na púšti Zífe.

²Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

³Saul sa rozložil táborom na vŕšku Hachile, ktorý je proti púšti pri ceste, a Dávid sa zdržoval na púšti a videl, že Saul prišiel za ním na púšť.

³And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

⁴Preto poslal Dávid vyzvedačov a zvedel, že Saul prišiel cele iste.

⁴David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.

⁵A Dávid vstal a prišiel k miestu, na ktorom táboril Saul. A Dávid videl miesto, na ktorom ležal Saul aj Abner, syn Nérov, veliteľ jeho vojska. A Saul ležal na mieste, otočenom vozmi, a ľud táboril vôkol neho.

⁵And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay within the place of the wagons, and the people were encamped round about him.

⁶Vtedy odpovedal Dávid a riekol Achimelechovi Hetejskému a Abišajovi, synovi Ceruje, bratovi Joábovmu, a riekol: Kto pojde so mnou dolu do tábora k Saulovi? A Abišaj povedal: Ja pojdem dolu s tebou.

⁶Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.

⁷A tak prišiel Dávid a Abišaj k ľudu vnoci. A hľa, Saul ležal a spal medzi vozmi a jeho kopija bola zabodnutá v zemi pri jeho hlave, a Abner a ľud ležali vôkol neho.

⁷So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay round about him.

⁸Vtedy riekol Abišaj Dávidovi: Bôh zavrel dnes tvojho nepriateľa do tvojej ruky. Preto teraz dovoľ, aby som ho prebodnul kopijou až do zeme jedným razom, a nebude treba, aby som ho bodnul druhý raz.

⁸Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered up thine enemy into thy hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not smite him the second time.

⁹Ale Dávid riekol Abišajovi: Nezahub ho! Lebo ktože by vystrel svoju ruku na pomazaného Hospodinovho a bol by bez viny?!

⁹And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not; for who can put forth his hand against Jehovah's anointed, and be guiltless?

¹⁰A ešte riekol Dávid: Ako že žije Hospodin, že len ak by ho uderil Hospodin, alebo ak by prišiel jeho deň, a zomrel by alebo ak by odišiel dolu do vojny a tam by zahynul,

¹⁰And David said, As Jehovah liveth, Jehovah will smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.

¹¹ale ináče nech ma Hospodin chráni od toho, aby som mal vystrieť svoju ruku na pomazaného Hospodinovho. Preto teraz vezmi, prosím, kopiju, ktorá je pri jeho hlave, i krčah na vodu, a pojdeme svojou cestou.

¹¹Jehovah forbid that I should put forth my hand against Jehovah's anointed: but now take, I pray thee, the spear that is at his head, and the cruse of water, and let us go.

¹²A tak vzal Dávid kopiju i krčah na vodu pri hlave Saulovej, a išli svojou cestou, a nevidel nikto ani nezvedel ani sa nezobudil, lebo všetci spali, pretože tvrdý spánok od Hospodina padol na nich.

¹²So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's head; and they gat them away: and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither did any awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from Jehovah was fallen upon them.

¹³Potom prešiel Dávid na druhú stranu a postavil sa na temene vrchu zďaleka, takže bolo veľké miesto medzi nimi.

¹³Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mountain afar off; a great space being between them;

¹⁴A Dávid volal na ľud a na Abnera, syna Nérovho, a vravel: Či sa neozveš, Abner? A Abner odpovedajúc riekol: Kto si ty, ktorý voláš na kráľa?

¹⁴and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king?

¹⁵A Dávid riekol Abnerovi: Či nie si ty muž? A kto je tebe rovný v Izraelovi? Nuž prečože si neostríhal svojho pána, kráľa? Lebo prišiel jeden z ľudu, aby zahubil kráľa, tvojho pána.

¹⁵And David said to Abner, Art not thou a [valiant] man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept watch over thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.

¹⁶Nie je to dobrá vec, ktorú si vykonal! Ako že žije Hospodin, istotne ste synmi smrti, pretože ste nestrážili nad svojím pánom, nad pomazaným Hospodinovým! A tak teraz pozri, kde je kopija kráľova a krčah na vodu, ktoré boly pri jeho hlave?

¹⁶This thing is not good that thou hast done. As Jehovah liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept watch over your lord, Jehovah's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his head.

¹⁷Vtedy poznal Saul hlas Dávidov a povedal: Či je to tvoj hlas, môj synu, Dávide? A Dávid riekol: Je to môj hlas, môj pane, kráľu.

¹⁷And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.

¹⁸A ďalej povedal: Prečo prenasleduje môj pán svojho služobníka? Lebo veď čo som urobil, alebo čo zlého je v mojej ruke?

¹⁸And he said, Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?

¹⁹Preto teraz počuj, prosím, môj pane, kráľu, slová svojho služobníka: Ak ťa Hospodin naviedol na mňa, nech mu tedy príjemne vonia obetný dar! Ale ak synovia človeka, zlorečení sú pred Hospodinom, pretože ma zahnali dnes, aby som sa nemohol pridružiť k dedičstvu Hospodinovmu, a hovoria u seba: Idi, slúž iným bohom!

¹⁹Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it be Jehovah that hath stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before Jehovah: for they have driven me out this day that I should not cleave unto the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods.

²⁰A preto teraz nech nepadne moja krv na zem voľakde preč od tvári Hospodinovej, lebo vyšiel kráľ Izraelov, aby hľadal jednu blchu, aby ju honil, ako niekto honí jarabicu na vrchoch.

²⁰Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Jehovah: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.

²¹Na to povedal Saul: Zhrešil som, navráť sa, môj synu, Dávide, lebo ti už viacej neurobím zlého, za to, že dnes bola drahá moja duša v tvojich očiach. Hľa, bláznive som robil a blúdil som náramne.

²¹Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

²²A Dávid odpovedajúc riekol: Tu hľa, kopija kráľova, nech prejde sem jeden z mládencov a vezme ju.

²²And David answered and said, Behold the spear, O king! let then one of the young men come over and fetch it.

²³A Hospodin nech odplatí každému jeho spravedlivosť a jeho vernosť. Lebo ťa dnes bol vydal Hospodin do mojej ruky, ale nechcel som vystrieť svoju ruku na pomazaného Hospodinovho.

²³And Jehovah will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; forasmuch as Jehovah delivered thee into my hand to-day, and I would not put forth my hand against Jehovah's anointed.

²⁴A hľa, jako bola dnes veľkou tvoja duša v mojich očiach, tak nech je veľkou moja duša v očiach Hospodinových, a nech ma vytrhne zo všetkého súženia!

²⁴And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of Jehovah, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.

²⁵Vtedy povedal Saul Dávidovi: Buď požehnaný ty, môj synu, Dávide! Istotne aj učiníš aj istotne zmôžeš. A tak išiel Dávid svojou cestou, a Saul sa vrátil na svoje miesto.

²⁵Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do mightily, and shalt surely prevail. So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.