¹Ko pa pride David z možmi svojimi tretji dan proti Ziklagu, so bili Amalekovci naskočili južno stran in Ziklag, in so udarili v Ziklag in ga požgali;

¹And it cometh to pass, in the coming in of David and his men to Ziklag, on the third day, that the Amalekites have pushed unto the south, and unto Ziklag, and smite Ziklag, and burn it with fire,

²in so ujeli žene in vse, kar jih je bilo v njem, male in velike: niso sicer nikogar ubili, a odgnali so jih in šli svojo pot.

²and they take captive the women who [are] in it; from small unto great they have not put any one to death, and they lead away, and go on their way.

³Ko torej pridejo David in možje njegovi k mestu, vidijo, da je požgano z ognjem, in njih žene in njih sinovi in hčere so odpeljani v sužnost.

³And David cometh in — and his men — unto the city, and lo, burnt with fire, and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters have been taken captive!

⁴Tedaj David in ljudstvo, ki je bilo ž njim, povzdigne glas svoj, in jočejo toliko, da niso mogli več jokati:

⁴And David lifteth up — and the people who [are] with him — their voice and weep, till that they have no power to weep.

⁵Tudi obe ženi Davidovi sta bili ujeti, Ahinoama Jezreelska in Abigaila, bivša žena Nabala Karmelskega.

⁵And the two wives of David have been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelite;

⁶In David je bil v veliki stiski, zakaj ljudstvo se je dogovarjalo, da ga posujejo s kamenjem, ker je bilo vse ljudstvo v srcu užaljeno, vsak nad sinovi in hčerami svojimi. Ali David se ohrabri v GOSPODU, Bogu svojem.

⁶and David hath great distress, for the people have said to stone him, for the soul of all the people hath been bitter, each for his sons and for his daughters; and David doth strengthen himself in Jehovah his God.

⁷In David veli Abiatarju duhovniku, sinu Ahimelekovemu: Prosim, prinesi mi sem naramnik! In Abiatar prinese tja naramnik k Davidu.

⁷And David saith unto Abiathar the priest, son of Ahimelech, `Bring nigh, I pray thee, to me the ephod;` and Abiathar bringeth nigh the ephod unto David,

⁸In David vpraša GOSPODA, rekoč: Ali naj udarim za tisto roparsko druhaljo? Jih li dohitim? On mu odgovori: Spusti se za njimi, zakaj gotovo jih dohitiš in izvršiš popolno rešitev!

⁸and David asketh at Jehovah, saying, `I pursue after this troop — do I overtake it?` And He saith to him, `Pursue, for thou dost certainly overtake, and dost certainly deliver.`

⁹David torej odrine, on in šeststo mož, ki so bili pri njem. In ko pridejo k potoku Besorju, jih nekaj obstane ondi.

⁹And David goeth on, he and six hundred men who [are] with him, and they come in unto the brook of Besor, and those left have stood still,

¹⁰Ali David in štiristo mož se žene dalje; kajti dvesto jih je zaostalo, ker so bili tako upehani, da niso mogli iti čez potok Besor.

¹⁰and David pursueth, he and four hundred men, (and two hundred men stand still who have been too faint to pass over the brook of Besor),

¹¹In najdejo Egipčana na polju ter ga pripeljejo k Davidu, in mu dado kruha, in je jedel, in ga napojé z vodo,

¹¹and they find a man, an Egyptian, in the field, and take him unto David, and give to him bread, and he eateth, and they cause him to drink water,

¹²in mu dado kepo smokev in dve gruči posušenega grozdja: in ko se naje, se poživi, kajti ni jedel kruha, ne pil vode tri dni in tri noči.

¹²and give to him a piece of a bunch of dried figs, and two bunches of raisins, and he eateth, and his spirit returneth unto him, for he hath not eaten bread nor drunk water three days and three nights.

¹³In David mu reče: Čigav si in odkod si? Odgovori: Mladenič iz Egipta sem, nekega Amalekovca hlapec, in gospodar moj me je zapustil, ker sem bil bolan pred tremi dnevi.

¹³And David saith to him, `Whose [art] thou? and whence [art] thou?` And he saith, `An Egyptian youth I [am], servant to a man, an Amalekite, and my lord forsaketh me, for I have been sick three days,

¹⁴Naskočili smo južno stran Keretejcev in Judovo in južno stran Kalebovo, in Ziklag smo požgali z ognjem.

¹⁴we pushed [to] the south of the Cherethite, and against that which [is] to Judah, and against the south of Caleb, and Ziklag we burned with fire.`

¹⁵In David mu reče: Me li hočeš doli peljati k tej druhali? On reče: Prisezi mi pri Bogu, da me ne umoriš in tudi ne izročiš gospodarja mojega rokam, in popeljem te doli k tej druhali.

¹⁵And David saith unto him, `Dost thou bring me down unto this troop?` and he saith, `Swear to me by God — thou dost not put me to death, nor dost thou shut me up into the hand of my lord — and I bring thee down unto this troop.`

¹⁶Peljal ga je torej doli; in glej, bili so razkropljeni po vsem tistem kraju in so jedli in pili in praznovali zaradi vsega velikega ropa, ki so ga bili vzeli iz Filistejcev dežele in iz dežele Judove.

¹⁶And he bringeth him down, and lo, they are spread out over the face of all the earth, eating, and drinking, and feasting, with all the great spoil which they have taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

¹⁷In David jih je pobijal od somraka do večera drugega dne, in nihče se ni rešil, samo štiristo mladeničev, ki so na velblodih pobegnili.

¹⁷And David smiteth them from the twilight even unto the evening of the morrow, and there hath not escaped of them a man, except four hundred young men who have ridden on the camels, and are fled.

¹⁸In David je otel vse, kar so bili vzeli Amalekovci; tudi dve ženi svoji je osvobodil David.

¹⁸And David delivereth all that the Amalekites have taken; also his two wives hath David delivered.

¹⁹Nič se ni pogrešalo, ne malo, ne veliko, ne sinovi, ne hčere, prav nič, kar so jim bili poplenili: vse je David zopet dobil.

¹⁹And there hath not lacked to them [anything], from small unto great, and unto sons and daughters, and from the spoil, even unto all that they had taken to themselves, the whole hath David brought back,

²⁰In David je vzel vso drobnico in goved, in gnali so jo pred drugo živino in pravili: To je plen Davidov!

²⁰and David taketh the whole of the flock, and of the herd, they have led on before these cattle, and they say, `This [is] David`s spoil.`

²¹In David dospe k tistim dvesto možem, ki so bili tako upehani, da niso mogli iti za Davidom, zato so jim veleli ostati pri potoku Besorju; ti pridejo Davidu naproti in ljudstvu, ki je bilo ž njim. In ko pristopi David k ljudstvu, jih pozdravi prijazno.

²¹And David cometh in unto the two hundred men who were too faint to go after David, and whom they cause to abide at the brook of Besor, and they go out to meet David, and to meet the people who [are] with him, and David approacheth the people, and asketh of them of welfare.

²²Tedaj izpregovore vsi hudobni in Belijalovi možje med temi, ki so bili šli z Davidom, in reko: Ker niso šli z nami, ne dajmo jim nič plena, ki smo ga oteli; samo naj vzame sleherni svojo ženo in otroke svoje, pa naj odidejo!

²²And every bad and worthless man, of the men who have gone with David, answereth, yea, they say, `Because that they have not gone with us we do not give to them of the spoil which we have delivered, except each his wife and his children, and they lead away and go.

²³Nato veli David: Ne ravnajte tako, bratje moji, s tem, kar nam je dal GOSPOD, ki nas je obvaroval in nam dal v roke roparsko druhal, ki je bila prišla zoper nas.

²³And David saith, `Ye do not do so, my brethren, with that which Jehovah hath given to us, and He doth preserve us, and doth give the troop which cometh against us into our hand;

²⁴In kdo bi vas v tem poslušal? Marveč kakršen je del tistega, ki je šel v boj, takšen bodi del tega, ki je ostal pri prtljagi: po enako naj si razdelijo.

²⁴and who doth hearken to you in this thing? for as the portion of him who was brought down into battle, so also [is] the portion of him who is abiding by the vessels — alike they share.`

²⁵In tako je bilo od tega časa in poslej, da je to ustanovil kot postavo in pravilo v Izraelu, do tega dne.

²⁵And it cometh to pass from that day and forward, that he appointeth it for a statute and for an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

²⁶In ko je David prišel v Ziklag, pošlje od plena starejšinam Judovim, prijateljem svojim, rekoč: Glejte, to vam je blagodar od plena sovražnikov GOSPODOVIH.

²⁶And David cometh in unto Ziklag, and sendeth of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, (saying, `Lo, for you a blessing, of the spoil of the enemies of Jehovah),`

²⁷Namreč tem v Betelu in tem, ki so bili v Ramotu na jugu, in tem v Jatirju

²⁷to those in Beth-El, and to those in South Ramoth, and to those in Jattir,

²⁸in tem v Aroerju in tem v Sifmotu in tem v Estemoi

²⁸and to those in Aroer, and to those in Siphmoth, and to those in Eshtemoa,

²⁹in tem v Rahalu in tem, ki so bili v mestih Jerahmelijcev in v mestih Kenejcev,

²⁹and to those in Rachal, and to those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those in the cities of the Kenites,

³⁰in tem v Hormi in tem v Korašanu in v Atahu,in tem v Hebronu in v vseh mestih, v katera je kdaj zahajal David in možje njegovi.

³⁰and to those in Hormah, and to those in Chor-Ashan, and to those in Athach,

³¹in tem v Hebronu in v vseh mestih, v katera je kdaj zahajal David in možje njegovi.

³¹and to those in Hebron, and to all the places where David had gone up and down, he and his men.