¹Filistejci pa so zbrali vse vojne trume svoje v Afeku; in Izrael se je utaboril ob studencu, ki je v Jezreelu.

¹And the Philistines gather all their camps to Aphek, and the Israelites are encamping at a fountain which [is] in Jezreel,

²In knezi Filistejcev so šli pri sto in tisočih svojih, a David in možje njegovi so šli v zadnjem voju z Ahisom.

²and the princes of the Philistines are passing on by hundreds, and by thousands, and David and his men are passing on in the rear with Achish.

³Tedaj reko knezi Filistejcev: Kaj hočejo tu ti Hebrejci? In Ahis reče knezom Filistejcev: Ali ta ni David, hlapec Savla, izraelskega kralja, ki je bil pri meni že mnogo dni ali let, in nisem ničesar našel na njem, odkar je uskočil k meni do tega dne?

³And the heads of the Philistines say, `What [are] these Hebrews?` and Achish saith unto the heads of the Philistines, `Is not this David servant of Saul king of Israel, who hath been with me these days or these years, and I have not found in him anything [wrong] from the day of his falling away till this day.`

⁴Ali knezi Filistejcev se razsrde nanj in mu reko: Véli, da se vrne ta mož, da gre nazaj v mesto svoje, kamor si ga postavil, nikar naj ne hodi z nami doli v boj, da nam ne postane v bitki nasprotnik; kajti s čim bi si pridobil blagovoljnost gospoda svojega kakor z glavami teh mož?

⁴And the heads of the Philistines are wroth against him, and the heads of the Philistines say to him, `Send back the man, and he doth turn back unto his place whither thou hast appointed him, and doth not go down with us into battle, and is not to us for an adversary in battle; and wherewith doth this one reconcile himself unto his lord — is it not with the heads of those men?`

⁵Ali ta ni David, o katerem so plešoč pele druga drugi, govoreč: Savel je pobil svoj tisoč, a David svojih deset tisoč?

⁵Is not this David, of whom they answer in choruses, saying, Saul hath smitten among his thousands, and David among his myriads?`

⁶Tedaj pokliče Ahis Davida in mu reče: Kakor res GOSPOD živi, pošten si, in všeč bi mi bilo, da hodiš z menoj ven in noter v vojski, zakaj nisem nič hudega našel na tebi, odkar si prišel k meni do tega dne; ali knezom nisi po volji.

⁶And Achish calleth unto David, and saith unto him, `Jehovah liveth, surely thou [art] upright, and good in mine eyes is thy going out, and thy coming in, with me in the camp, for I have not found in thee evil from the day of thy coming in unto me till this day; and in the eyes of the princes thou art not good;

⁷Zato se zdaj vrni in pojdi v miru, da ne storiš, kar bi se videlo hudo filistejskim knezom.

⁷and now, turn back, and go in peace, and thou dost do no evil in the eyes of the princes of the Philistines.`

⁸David pa reče Ahisu: Kaj pa sem storil, ali kaj si našel na hlapcu svojem, dokler sem bil pred obličjem tvojim do tega dne, da ne smem iti in se bojevati zoper sovražnike gospoda svojega, kralja?

⁸And David saith unto Achish, `But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant from the day that I have been before thee till this day — that I go not in and have fought against the enemies of my lord the king?`

⁹Ahis odgovori in reče Davidu: Vem, da si dober v mojih očeh kakor angel Božji; ali Filistejcev knezi so dejali: Naj ne gre ta z nami v boj!

⁹And Achish answereth and saith unto David, `I have known that thou [art] good in mine eyes as a messenger of God; only, the princes of the Philistines have said, He doth not go up with us into battle;

¹⁰Zatorej vstani zgodaj zjutraj s hlapci gospoda svojega, ki so prišli s teboj. In ko zjutraj, kakor hitro se zdani, vstanete, kar odrinite!Tedaj vstane zgodaj David in možje njegovi, da odidejo zarana in se vrnejo v deželo Filistejcev. Filistejci pa so šli gori v Jezreel.

¹⁰and now, rise thou early in the morning, and the servants of thy lord who have come with thee, when ye have risen early in the morning, and have light, then go ye.`

¹¹Tedaj vstane zgodaj David in možje njegovi, da odidejo zarana in se vrnejo v deželo Filistejcev. Filistejci pa so šli gori v Jezreel.

¹¹And David riseth early, he and his men, to go in the morning, to turn back unto the land of the Philistines, and the Philistines have gone up to Jezreel.