¹In David dospe v Nob k Ahimeleku duhovniku. In Ahimelek pride s trepetom Davidu nasproti in mu reče: Zakaj si sam in nikogar ni s teboj?

¹And David cometh in to Nob, unto Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech trembleth at meeting David, and saith to him, `Wherefore [art] thou thyself alone, and no man with thee?`

²David reče duhovniku Ahimeleku: Kralj mi je nekaj ukazal in mi rekel: Naj nihče ne ve, po kaj sem te poslal in kaj sem ti ukazal. Hlapcem pa sem naročil, naj pridejo na ta in ta kraj.

²And David saith to Ahimelech the priest, `The king hath commanded me a matter, and he saith unto me, Let no man know anything of the matter about which I am sending thee, and which I have commanded thee; and the young men I have caused to know at such and such a place;

³In sedaj, kaj imaš pri roki? daj mi pet hlebov kruha v roko ali karkoli imaš!

³and now, what is there under thy hand? five loaves give into my hand, or that which is found.`

⁴Duhovnik pa odgovori in reče: Vsakdanjega kruha nimam pri roki, ampak le sveti kruh; če so se le mladeniči zdržali žen.

⁴And the priest answereth David, and saith, `There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if the youths have been kept only from women.`

⁵In David odgovori duhovniku in mu reče: Ni bilo žene z nami včeraj, ne predvčerajšnjim, ko sem odhajal, in posode mladeničev so svete; in tisti je že nekako vsakdanji kruh, tem bolj ker je danes novi posvečen v posodah.

⁵And David answereth the priest, and saith to him, `Surely, if women have been restrained from us as heretofore in my going out, then the vessels of the young men are holy, and it [is] a common way: and also, surely to-day it is sanctified in the vessel.`

⁶Tedaj mu da duhovnik svetega kruha, ker tam ni bilo drugega nego kruhi obličja, ki so jih jemali izpred GOSPODA, da polože gorke kruhe v dan, ko so jih vzeli.

⁶And the priest giveth to him the holy thing, for there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence which is turned aside from the presence of Jehovah to put hot bread in the day of its being taken away.

⁷Bil pa je ondi tisti dan mož iz služabnikov Savlovih, ki se je tam mudil pred GOSPODOM, in ime mu je bilo Doeg Edomec, načelnik Savlovih pastirjev.

⁷And there [is] a man of the servants of Saul on that day detained before Jehovah, and his name [is] Doeg the Edomite, chief of the shepherds whom Saul hath.

⁸In David reče Ahimeleku: Nimaš li tu pri roki sulice ali meča? Zakaj nisem vzel s seboj ne meča, ne orožja svojega, ker je kraljeva reč zahtevala naglost.

⁸And David saith to Ahimelech, `And is there not here under thy hand spear or sword? for neither my sword nor my vessels have I taken in my hand, for the matter of the king was urgent.`

⁹Duhovnik odgovori: Meč Goliata Filistejca, ki si ga ubil v Hrastovi dolini, glej, je zavit v odevo za naramnikom; če hočeš tega, ga vzemi, ker tu ni drugega. In David reče: Ni mu enakega, daj mi ga!

⁹And the priest saith, `The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou didst smite in the valley of Elah, lo, it is wrapt in a garment behind the ephod, if it thou dost take to thyself, take; for there is none other save it in this [place].` And David saith, `There is none like it — give it to me.`

¹⁰In David vstane in pobegne tisti dan iz strahu pred Savlom, in pride k Ahisu, kralju v Gatu.

¹⁰And David riseth and fleeth on that day from the face of Saul, and cometh in unto Achish king of Gath;

¹¹In služabniki Ahisovi mu reko: Ni li to David, kralj dežele? Ni li ta, ki so o njem v kolu odpevale druga drugi, govoreč: Savel je pobil svoj tisoč, a David svojih deset tisoč.

¹¹and the servants of Achish say unto him, `Is not this David king of the land? is it not of this one they sing in dances, saying, `Saul smote among his thousands, and David among his myriads?`

¹²David pa, ko je premislil te besede v srcu, se silno zboji Ahisa, kralja v Gatu.

¹²And David layeth these words in his heart, and is exceedingly afraid of the face of Achish king of Gath,

¹³In premenil je svoje vedenje pred njimi, in je besnel v njih rokah in praskal po durih v vratih in sline cedil po bradi svoji.

¹³and changeth his behaviour before their eyes, and feigneth himself mad in their hand, and scribbleth on the doors of the gate, and letteth down his spittle unto his beard.

¹⁴Tedaj reče Ahis služabnikom svojim: Poglejte, vidite, da je ta mož blazen! Čemu ste mi ga privedli?Imam li premalo norcev, da ste mi tegale pripeljali, da bi norel pred menoj? Ta li naj pride v hišo mojo?

¹⁴And Achish saith unto his servants, `Lo, ye see a man acting as a madman; why do ye bring him in unto me?

¹⁵Imam li premalo norcev, da ste mi tegale pripeljali, da bi norel pred menoj? Ta li naj pride v hišo mojo?

¹⁵A lack of madmen [have] I, that ye have brought in this one to act as a madman by me! doth this one come in unto my house?`