¹Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no man with you?”

¹Ja Taavet võttis kätte ja läks ära, aga Joonatan tuli tagasi linna.

²David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commanded me a business, and has said to me, ‘Let no man know anything of the business about which I send you, and what I have commanded you; and I have appointed the young men to such and such a place.’

²Ja Taavet jõudis Noobi preester Ahimeleki juurde. Aga Ahimelek tuli värisedes Taavetile vastu ja küsis temalt: 'Mispärast sa oled üksi ega ole kedagi koos sinuga?'

³Now therefore what is under your hand? Give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever there is present.”

³Ja Taavet vastas preester Ahimelekile: 'Kuningas käskis mind asja pärast ja ütles mulle: Ärgu saagu ükski midagi teada sellest asjast, mille pärast ma sind läkitan ja mida ma olen sind käskinud teha! Seepärast ma juhatasin poisid ühte ja teise paika.

⁴The priest answered David, and said, “There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.”

⁴Anna nüüd mulle, mis sul käepärast on, viis leiba või muud, mis leidub!'

⁵David answered the priest, and said to him, “Truly, women have been kept from us about these three days. When I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey. How much more then today shall their vessels be holy?”

⁵Aga preester kostis Taavetile ja ütles: 'Tavalist leiba pole mul käepärast, küll aga on pühitsetud leiba, kui ainult poisid oleksid naistest hoidunud!'

⁶So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the show bread, that was taken from before Yahweh, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

⁶Taavet kostis preestrile ja ütles talle: 'Muidugi on naised meile keelatud olnud nagu varasematel retkedel; siis oli poiste ihu pühitsetud, kuigi oli tavaline teekond. Seda enam peaks olema täna pühitsetud, mis ihusse puutub.'

⁷Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before Yahweh; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the best of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul.

⁷Siis andis preester temale pühitsetut, sest seal ei olnud muud leiba kui ohvrileivad, mis võetakse Issanda eest ära, kui äravõtmise päeval värske leib asemele pannakse.

⁸David said to Ahimelech, “Isn’t there here under your hand spear or sword? For I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.”

⁸Aga seal oli sel päeval Issanda ees kinnipeetuna üks Sauli sulaseist, edomlane Doeg, Sauli karjaste ülem.

⁹The priest said, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you will take that, take it; for there is no other except that here.” David said, “There is none like that. Give it to me.”

⁹Ja Taavet ütles Ahimelekile: 'Kas sul on siin käepärast piiki või mõõka? Ma ei ole ju oma mõõka ega muid sõjariistu kaasa võtnud, sest kuninga käsk oli rutuline.'

¹⁰David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

¹⁰Ja preester ütles: 'Vaata, vilist Koljati, kelle sa Tammeorus maha lõid, tema mõõk on siin riidesse mähituna õlarüü taga. Kui sa tahad selle enesele võtta, siis võta, sest muud siin ei ole kui see!' Ja Taavet ütles: 'Teist sellesarnast ei ole, anna see mulle!'

¹¹The servants of Achish said to him, “Isn’t this David the king of the land? Didn’t they sing one to another about him in dances, saying, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?’”

¹¹Ja Taavet võttis kätte ja põgenes selsamal päeval Sauli eest ning tuli Gati kuninga Aakise juurde.

¹²David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

¹²Aga Aakisele ütlesid tema sulased: 'Eks see ole Taavet, maa kuningas? Eks see ole tema, kellest nad tantsides vastastikku laulsid ja ütlesid: 'Saul lõi maha oma tuhat, aga Taavet oma kümme tuhat!'?'

¹³He changed his behavior before them, and pretended to be mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.

¹³Taavet võttis need sõnad südamesse ja kartis väga Gati kuningat Aakist.

¹⁴Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see the man is mad. Why then have you brought him to me?

¹⁴Ta tegi ennast nende silmis rumalaks ja käitus hullumeelsena nende käes, tegi märke väravate peale ja laskis ila habemesse voolata.

¹⁵Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?”

¹⁵Siis ütles Aakis oma sulastele: 'Vaata, te näete, et mees on hull! Mispärast te toote ta minu juurde?

¹⁶Kas mul on puudus hulludest, et tõite selle minu juurde hullutempe tegema? Kas niisugune peaks tulema minu kotta?'