¹David torej odrine odtod in pobegne v Adulamsko votlino. Ko to slišijo bratje njegovi in vsa družina očeta njegovega, pridejo tja doli k njemu.

¹And David goeth thence, and is escaped unto the cave of Adullam, and his brethren hear, and all the house of his father, and go down unto him thither;

²In zbrali so se pri njem vsake vrste ljudje, kdorkoli je bil v stiski in kogar je pritiskal upnik in kdor je bil žalostnega srca, in on je postal njih poglavar; in bilo jih je pri njem okoli štiristo mož.

²and gather themselves unto him do every man in distress, and every man who hath an exactor, and every man bitter in soul, and he is over them for head, and there are with him about four hundred men.

³In odondod odide David v Micpo na Moabskem, in reče kralju Moabcev: Prosim, naj oče moj in mati moja prideta in bivata pri vas, dokler ne zvem, kaj Bog stori z menoj.

³And David goeth thence to Mizpeh of Moab, and saith unto the king of Moab, `Let, I pray thee, my father and my mother go out with you, till that I know what God doth for me;`

⁴In pripeljal ju je pred kralja moabskega, in sta ostala pri njem vse dni, dokler je David bival na trdnjavi.

⁴and he leadeth them before the king of Moab, and they dwell with him all the days of David`s being in the fortress.

⁵A prorok Gad reče Davidu: Ne ostani na tej trdnjavi, vstani in pojdi v deželo Judovo. Tedaj odide David in pride v gozd pri Haretu.

⁵And Gad the prophet saith unto David, `Thou dost not abide in a fortress, go, and thou hast entered for thee the land of Judah;` and David goeth and entereth the forest of Hareth.

⁶In Savel je čul, da so zvedeli za Davida in za može, ki so bili ž njim. Savel pa je sedel v Gibei, pod tamarisko na višavi, v roki držeč sulico, in vsi hlapci njegovi so stali pred njim.

⁶And Saul heareth that David hath become known, and the men who [are] with him, and Saul is abiding in Gibeah, under the grove in Ramah, and his spear [is] in his hand, and all his servants standing by him.

⁷In reče Savel vsem hlapcem svojim, pri njem stoječim: Čujte vendar, Benjaminci! Ali vam da vsakemu sin Jesejev njiv in vinogradov? Postavi li vas vse za poveljnike čez tisoč in poveljnike čez sto?

⁷And Saul saith to his servants who are standing by him, `Hear, I pray you, ye Benjamites; also to all of you doth the son of Jesse give fields and vineyards! all of you he doth appoint heads of thousands and heads of hundreds!

⁸Da ste se vsi zavezali zoper mene in ga ni, ki bi mi povedal, ko se moj sin veže s sinom Jesejevim? In ni ga med vami, ki bi mu bilo žal zaradi mene ali ki bi mi razodel, da je moj sin obudil mojega hlapca zoper mene, da preži name, kakor se danes vidi!

⁸for ye have conspired all of you against me, and there is none uncovering mine ear about my son`s covenanting with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you grieving for me, and uncovering mine ear, that my son hath raised up my servant against me, to lie in wait as [at] this day.`

⁹Nato odgovori Doeg Edomec, ki je stal poleg Savlovih hlapcev, in reče: Videl sem sina Jesejevega, da je prišel v Nob k Ahimeleku, sinu Ahitubovemu.

⁹And answer doth Doeg the Edomite, who is set over the servants of Saul, and saith, `I have seen the son of Jesse coming in to Nob, unto Ahimelech son of Ahitub,

¹⁰In on je zanj vprašal GOSPODA in mu je dal živeža in meč Goliata Filistejca.

¹⁰and he asketh for him at Jehovah, and provision hath given to him, and the sword of Goliath the Philistine hath given to him.

¹¹Tedaj pošlje kralj, da pokličejo Ahimeleka duhovnika, sina Ahitubovega, in vso očeta njegovega družino, duhovnike, ki so bili v Nobu; in vsi pridejo pred kralja.

¹¹And the king sendeth to call Ahimelech son of Ahitub, the priest, and all the house of his father, the priests, who [are] in Nob, and they come all of them unto the king;

¹²In Savel veli: Čuj zdaj, sin Ahitubov! On odgovori: Glej, tu sem, gospod moj!

¹²and Saul saith, `Hear, I pray thee, son of Ahitub;` and he saith, `Here [am] I, my lord.`

¹³In Savel mu reče: Za kaj sta se zavezala zoper mene, ti in sin Jesejev, da si mu dal kruha in meč in si zanj vprašal Boga, da se vzdigne zoper mene, prežeč name, kakor se danes vidi?

¹³And Saul saith unto him, `Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, by thy giving to him bread and a sword, and to ask for him at God, to rise against me, to lie in wait, as [at] this day?`

¹⁴Nato odgovori Ahimelek kralju in reče: In kdo je med vsemi služabniki tvojimi tako zvest kakor David, ki je kraljev zet in hodi v tvoje svetovalstvo in je spoštovan v hiši tvoji?

¹⁴And Ahimelech answereth the king and saith, `And who among all thy servants [is] as David — faithful, and son-in-law of the king, and hath turned aside unto thy council, and is honoured in thy house?

¹⁵Ali sem šele danes zanj začel vpraševati Boga? To ne bodi na meni! Kralj naj ne prisoja kaj takega hlapcu svojemu, ne vsej očeta mojega družini, zakaj hlapec tvoj ne ve nič tega, ne malega, ne velikega.

¹⁵To-day have I begun to ask for him at God? far be it from me! let not the king lay anything against his servant, against any of the house of my father, for thy servant hath known nothing of all this, less or more.`

¹⁶Toda kralj reče: Gotovo umreš, Ahimelek, ti in vsa očeta tvojega družina!

¹⁶And the king saith, `Thou dost surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all the house of thy father.`

¹⁷In kralj veli stražarjem, ki so stali pri njem: Obrnite se in pobijte duhovnike GOSPODOVE! Zakaj njih roka je tudi z Davidom, ker so vedeli, da beži, in mi niso naznanili. Ali kraljevi hlapci niso hoteli rok iztegniti na duhovnike GOSPODOVE, da jih ubijejo.

¹⁷And the king saith to runners, those standing by him, `Turn round, and put to death the priests of Jehovah, because their hand also [is] with David, and because they have known that he is fleeing, and have not uncovered mine ear;` and the servants of the king have not been willing to put forth their hand to come against the priests of Jehovah.

¹⁸In kralj veli Doegu: Obrni se ti in udari duhovnike! In Doeg Edomec se obrne in udari duhovnike, in je pobil tisti dan petinosemdeset mož, ki so nosili platneni naramnik.

¹⁸And the king saith to Doeg, `Turn round thou, and come against the priests;` and Doeg the Edomite turneth round, and cometh himself against the priests, and putteth to death in that day eighty and five men bearing a linen ephod,

¹⁹In Nob, mesto duhovnikov, je udaril z ostrino meča, može in žene, otroke in dojence, goved in osle in ovce z ostrino meča.

¹⁹and Nob, the city of the priests, he hath smitten by the mouth of the sword, from man even unto woman, from infant even unto suckling, and ox, and ass, and sheep, by the mouth of the sword.

²⁰Le eden sinov Ahimeleka, sina Ahitubovega, po imenu Abiatar, se je rešil, bežeč za Davidom.

²⁰And there escapeth one son of Ahimelech, son of Ahitub, and his name [is] Abiathar, and he fleeth after David,

²¹In Abiatar je oznanil Davidu, da je Savel pomoril duhovnike GOSPODOVE.

²¹and Abiathar declareth to David that Saul hath slain the priests of Jehovah.

²²David pa reče Abiatarju: Vedel sem tisti dan, ko je bil ondi Doeg Edomec, da gotovo oznani Savlu; jaz sem provzročil smrt vseh oseb iz očeta tvojega hiše.Ostani pri meni in se ne boj! Zakaj kdor meni streže po življenju, streže tebi po življenju, in pri meni boš dobro obvarovan.

²²And David saith to Abiathar, `I have known on that day when Doeg the Edomite [is] there, that he doth certainly declare [it] to Saul; I have brought [it] round to every person of the house of thy father;

²³Ostani pri meni in se ne boj! Zakaj kdor meni streže po življenju, streže tebi po življenju, in pri meni boš dobro obvarovan.

²³dwell with me; fear not; for he who seeketh my life seeketh thy life; for a charge [art] thou with me.`