¹Sporoče pa Davidu: Glej, Filistejci se vojskujejo zoper Keilo in plenijo gumna.

¹And they declare to David, saying, `Lo, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are spoiling the threshing-floors.`

²Tedaj vpraša David GOSPODA, rekoč: Ali naj grem in udarim te Filistejce? In GOSPOD veli Davidu: Pojdi in udari Filistejce in reši Keilo.

²And David asketh at Jehovah, saying, `Do I go? — and have I smitten among these Philistines?` And Jehovah saith unto David, `Go, and thou hast smitten among the Philistines, and saved Keilah.`

³A možje Davidovi mu reko: Glej, strah nas je tu na Judovem; koliko bolj, ako pojdemo h Keili proti vojskam Filistejcev?

³And David`s men say unto him, `Lo, we here in Judah are afraid; and how much more when we go to Keilah, unto the ranks of the Philistines?`

⁴Tedaj vpraša David še enkrat GOSPODA. In GOSPOD mu odgovori in reče: Vstani, pojdi doli v Keilo, kajti dam ti Filistejce v roko.

⁴And David addeth again to ask at Jehovah, and Jehovah answereth him, and saith, `Rise, go down to Keilah, for I am giving the Philistines into thy hand.`

⁵David torej gre z možmi svojimi proti Keili in se bojuje s Filistejci, in razžene njih živino ter jih porazi v velikem poboju. Tako je David rešil prebivalce v Keili.

⁵And David goeth, and his men, to Keilah, and fighteth with the Philistines, and leadeth away their cattle, and smiteth among them — a great smiting, and David saveth the inhabitants of Keilah.

⁶Ko pa je bežal Abiatar, sin Ahimelekov, k Davidu proti Keili, je prišel doli z naramnikom v roki svoji.

⁶And it cometh to pass, in the fleeing of Abiathar son of Ahimelech unto David, to Keilah, an ephod came down in his hand.

⁷Tedaj sporoče Savlu, da je David prišel v Keilo. In Savel reče: Bog ga je dal v roko mojo, kajti zaprt je, ko je prišel v mesto, ki ima vrata in zapahe.

⁷And it is declared to Saul that David hath come in to Keilah, and Saul saith, `God hath made him known for my hand, for he hath been shut in, to enter into a city of doors and bar.`

⁸In Savel skliče vse ljudstvo v boj, da gredo doli proti Keili oblegat Davida in može njegove.

⁸And Saul summoneth the whole of the people to battle, to go down to Keilah, to lay siege unto David and unto his men.

⁹Ko pa David zazna, da mu Savel snuje nesrečo, veli Abiatarju duhovniku: Prinesi sem naramnik!

⁹And David knoweth that against him Saul is devising the evil, and saith unto Abiathar the priest, `Bring nigh the ephod.`

¹⁰In David reče: O GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov, hlapec tvoj je zvedel za gotovo, da namerava Savel priti v Keilo, da bi pogubil mesto zaradi mene.

¹⁰And David saith, `Jehovah, God of Israel, Thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul is seeking to come in unto Keilah, to destroy the city on mine account.

¹¹Me li bodo meščani v Keili izročili njemu? In pride li Savel doli, kakor je slišal hlapec tvoj? GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov, naznani, prosim, hlapcu svojemu! In GOSPOD reče: Pride doli.

¹¹Do the possessors of Keilah shut me up into his hand? doth Saul come down as Thy servant hath heard? Jehovah, God of Israel, declare, I pray Thee, to Thy servant.` And Jehovah saith, `He doth come down.`

¹²Nato reče David: Izdado li meščani v Keili mene in može moje Savlu v roke? In GOSPOD odgovori: Izdado.

¹²And David saith, `Do the possessors of Keilah shut me up, and my men, into the hand of Saul?` And Jehovah saith, `They shut [thee] up.`

¹³Tedaj vstane David in mož njegovih okoli šeststo, in uidejo iz Keile in gredo, kamorkoli so mogli iti. In ko sporoče Savlu, da je David pobegnil iz Keile, se neha tja pripravljati.

¹³And David riseth — and his men — about six hundred men, and they go out from Keilah, and go up and down where they go up and down; and to Saul it hath been declared that David hath escaped from Keilah, and he ceaseth to go out.

¹⁴David pa je bival v puščavi na trdnjavah in se je mudil na gorovju v Zifski puščavi. In Savel ga je iskal vse dni, a Bog mu ga ni izdal v roke.

¹⁴And David abideth in the wilderness, in fortresses, and abideth in the hill-country, in the wilderness of Ziph; and Saul seeketh him all the days, and God hath not given him into his hand.

¹⁵Ko pa David zve, da je šel Savel streč mu po življenju, je bil David v Zifski puščavi v logu.

¹⁵And David seeth that Saul hath come out to seek his life, and David [is] in the wilderness of Ziph, in a forest.

¹⁶In Jonatan, sin Savlov, vstane in gre k Davidu v log in mu pokrepča roko v Bogu.

¹⁶And Jonathan son of Saul riseth, and goeth unto David to the forest, and strengtheneth his hand in God,

¹⁷In mu reče: Ne boj se, zakaj roka Savla, očeta mojega, te ne zaloti, in kraljeval boš nad Izraelom, in jaz bodem prvi pri tebi: to tudi ve Savel, oče moj.

¹⁷and saith unto him, `Fear not, for the hand of Saul my father doth not find thee, and thou dost reign over Israel, and I am to thee for second, and also so knoweth Saul my father.`

¹⁸In oba sta sklenila zavezo pred GOSPODOM. In David je ostal v logu, a Jonatan je šel domov.

¹⁸And they make a covenant both of them before Jehovah; and David abideth in the forest, and Jonathan hath gone to his house.

¹⁹Potem pridejo Zifovci k Savlu gori v Gibeo in reko: Ne skriva li se David pri nas po trdnjavah v logu, na hribu Hahili, ki je ob južni strani puščave?

¹⁹And the Ziphites go up unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, `Is not David hiding himself with us in fortresses, in the forest, in the height of Hachilah, which [is] on the south of the desolate place?

²⁰Sedaj torej, o kralj, pridi doli po vsej želji srca svojega, in na nas je, da ga izdamo kralju v roko.

²⁰And, now, by all the desire of thy soul, O king, to come down, come down, and ours [is] to shut him up into the hand of the king.`

²¹In Savel reče: Blagoslovljeni bodite od GOSPODA, da ste se me usmilili!

²¹And Saul saith, `Blessed [are] ye of Jehovah, for ye have pity on me;

²²Pojdite tja, prosim, in še bolje se prepričajte, in zvedite in preglejte mesto, kjer ima brlog, in kdo ga je ondi videl; zakaj povedali so mi, da je zelo zvit.

²²go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his foot is; who hath seen him there? for [one] hath said unto me, He is very subtile.

²³Oglejte torej in pozvedite vsa zakotja, po katerih se skriva, in spet pridite k meni, kadar bodete gotovi, in pojdem z vami. Ako je v deželi, ga hočem iskati med vsemi tisoči Judovimi!

²³And see and know of all the hiding-places where he hideth himself, and ye have turned back unto me prepared, and I have gone with you, and it hath been, if he is in the land, that I have searched him out through all the thousands of Judah.`

²⁴In vstanejo in gredo v Zif pred Savlom. David pa in možje njegovi so bili v Maonski puščavi, v nižini ob južni strani puščave.

²⁴And they rise and go to Ziph before Saul, and David and his men [are] in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain, at the south of the desolate place.

²⁵In Savel odrine z možmi svojimi ga iskat. A Davidu se sporoči to, in stopi po skali doli in ostane v Maonski puščavi. In ko to sliši Savel, pohiti za Davidom v Maonsko puščavo.

²⁵And Saul and his men go to seek, and they declare to David, and he goeth down the rock, and abideth in the wilderness of Maon; and Saul heareth, and pursueth after David [to] the wilderness of Maon.

²⁶In Savel je šel po tej strani gore, David in možje njegovi pa po oni strani gore. In David je hitel, da uide izpred Savla, a Savel in moštvo njegovo je obdalo Davida in može njegove, da bi jih ujeli.

²⁶And Saul goeth on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain, and David is hastened to go from the face of Saul, and Saul and his men are compassing David and his men, to catch them.

²⁷V tem dospe sel k Savlu in reče: Hiti in pridi, zakaj Filistejci so napadli deželo!

²⁷And a messenger hath come in unto Saul, saying, `Haste, and come, for the Philistines have pushed against the land.`

²⁸Savel se torej obrne, da ne bi podil Davida, in se napravi zoper Filistejce. Zato se imenuje tisto mesto Sela-hamah-lekot [T. j. skala ločitve ali uteka.].David pa je šel od ondod gori in je bival v trdnjavah v Engediju.

²⁸And Saul turneth back from pursuing after David, and goeth to meet the Philistines, therefore they have called that place `The Rock of Divisions.`

²⁹David pa je šel od ondod gori in je bival v trdnjavah v Engediju.

²⁹And David goeth up thence, and abideth in fortresses [at] En-gedi.