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

¹And the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek; and Israel encamped by the spring that is in Jizreel.

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

²And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds and by thousands; and David and his men passed on in the rearward 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 princes of the Philistines said, What are these Hebrews? And Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or these years, and I have found nothing in him since the day of his falling away [to me] to 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?

⁴But the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, Make the man return, that he may go again to his place where thou hast appointed him, that he go not down with us to the battle, that in the battle he be not an adversary to us; for wherewith should this [fellow] reconcile himself to his master? should it not be with the heads of these 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 sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul smote his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

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 called David, and said to him, [As] Jehovah liveth, thou art upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the camp is acceptable to me; for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming to me to this day; but thou art not acceptable to the lords.

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

⁷And now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords 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 said to Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee to this day, that I should not go and fight 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 answered and said to David, I know that thou art acceptable to me, as an angel of God; nevertheless the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the 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 up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee; and rise ye early in the morning, and when ye have daylight, depart.

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 rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jizreel.