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 said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape 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 arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, unto Achish the 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 dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.

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

⁴And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for 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 said unto Achish, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should 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.

⁶Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.

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

⁷And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year 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 and his men went up, and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those [nations] were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as thou goest to Shur, even 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 smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel; and he returned, and came to 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 said, Against whom have ye made a raid to-day? And David said, Against the South of Judah, and against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.

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.

¹¹And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David, and so hath been his manner all the while he hath dwelt in the country of the Philistines.

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

¹²And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.