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 speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me to seek me any more within all the limits of Israel, and I shall 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, to 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 abode with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household; David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jizreelitess, 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 had fled to Gath; and he sought no more 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 to Achish, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some country-town, that I may abide there; for why should thy servant abide 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 gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.

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

⁷And the time that David abode in the country of the Philistines was a 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 Gerzites, and the Amalekites: for those were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, and as far as 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 left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and 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.

¹⁰So Achish said, Have ye not 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 left neither man nor woman alive, to bring [them] to Gath, for he said, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David. And such was his custom as long as he abode 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 trusted David, saying, He has made himself utterly odious among his people Israel; and he shall be my servant for ever.