¹David was told, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.”

¹Ja Taavetile teatati ning öeldi: 'Vaata, vilistid sõdivad Keila vastu ja riisuvad rehealuseid.'

²Therefore David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go and strike these Philistines?” Yahweh said to David, “Go strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.”

²Siis küsis Taavet Issandalt, öeldes: 'Kas pean minema neid vilisteid lööma?' Ja Issand vastas Taavetile: 'Mine ja löö vilisteid ja päästa Keila!'

³David’s men said to him, “Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”

³Aga Taaveti mehed ütlesid temale: 'Vaata, me kardame juba siin Juudas, mis veel siis, kui läheksime Keilasse vilistite võitlusridade vastu!'

⁴Then David inquired of Yahweh yet again. Yahweh answered him, and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

⁴Siis küsis Taavet taas Issandalt ja Issand kostis temale ning ütles: 'Tõuse, mine alla Keilasse, sest ma annan vilistid sinu kätte!'

⁵David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their livestock, and killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

⁵Ja Taavet läks oma meestega Keilasse ning sõdis vilistite vastu; ta viis ära nende karjad ja tekitas neile suure kaotuse; nõnda päästis Taavet Keila elanikud.

⁶It happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

⁶Kui Ebjatar, Ahimeleki poeg, põgenes Taaveti juurde Keilasse, tõi ta õlarüü kaasa.

⁷It was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that has gates and bars.”

⁷Saulile teatati, et Taavet oli tulnud Keilasse. Ja Saul ütles: 'Jumal on ta minu kätte andnud, sest ta on ise ennast pannud tõkkesse, minnes väravate ja riividega linna.'

⁸Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

⁸Ja Saul hüüdis kogu rahva sõtta, et minna alla Keilasse piirama Taavetit ja tema mehi.

⁹David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”

⁹Aga Taavet sai teada, et Saul kavatses tema vastu kurja, ja ta ütles preester Ebjatarile: 'Too õlarüü siia!'

¹⁰Then David said, “O Yahweh, the God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

¹⁰Ja Taavet ütles: 'Issand, Iisraeli Jumal! Su sulane on tõesti kuulnud, et Saul püüab tulla Keilasse hävitama linna minu pärast.

¹¹Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? Yahweh, the God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant.” Yahweh said, “He will come down.”

¹¹Kas Keila kodanikud annavad mu tema kätte? Kas Saul tuleb alla, nagu su sulane on kuulnud? Issand, Iisraeli Jumal, ilmuta ometi oma sulasele!' Ja Issand vastas: 'Ta tuleb.'

¹²Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?” Yahweh said, “They will deliver you up.”

¹²Ja Taavet küsis veel: 'Kas Keila kodanikud annavad minu ja mu mehed Sauli kätte?' Ja Issand vastas: 'Annavad küll.'

¹³Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. It was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he gave up going there.

¹³Siis Taavet ja ta mehed, ligi kuussada meest, võtsid kätte ja läksid Keilast välja ning hulkusid paigast teise. Ja kui Saulile teatati, et Taavet oli Keilast pääsenud, siis ta loobus oma retkest.

¹⁴David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn’t deliver him into his hand.

¹⁴Ja Taavet asus kõrbes mäelinnustesse, jäädes mäestikku Siifi kõrbes. Saul otsis teda taga kogu aja, aga Jumal ei andnud teda tema kätte.

¹⁵David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.

¹⁵Taavet aga nägi küll, et Saul läks nõudma tema hinge. Kui Taavet oli Siifi kõrbes metsakurus,

¹⁶Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose, and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.

¹⁶võttis Joonatan, Sauli poeg, kätte ja läks Taaveti juurde metsakurusse ning kinnitas tema kätt Jumalas.

¹⁷He said to him, “Don’t be afraid; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; and you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you; and that also Saul my father knows.”

¹⁷Ja ta ütles temale: 'Ära karda, sest mu isa Sauli käsi ei leia sind, vaid sina saad Iisraeli kuningaks ja mina olen sinust järgmine! Ka mu isa Saul teab seda.'

¹⁸They both made a covenant before Yahweh: and David stayed in the woods, and Jonathan went to his house.

¹⁸Ja nad mõlemad tegid Issanda ees liidu. Ja Taavet jäi metsakurusse, aga Joonatan läks koju.

¹⁹Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?

¹⁹Aga siiflased läksid Gibeasse Saulile ütlema: 'Eks Taavet varja ennast meie juures metsakurus, mäelinnustes Hakila kõrgendikul, mis on lõuna pool tühja maad.

²⁰Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king’s hand.”

²⁰Ja nüüd, kuningas, tule, millal iganes su hing igatseb tulla, ja me anname tema kuninga kätte!'

²¹Saul said, “You are blessed by Yahweh; for you have had compassion on me.

²¹Ja Saul ütles: 'Issand õnnistagu teid, et teil on olnud kaastunnet minu vastu!

²²Please go make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtly.

²²Minge nüüd ja tehke veel rohkem kindlaks, uurige ja vaadake paika, kus ta jalg liigub ja kes teda seal on näinud; sest mulle on öeldud, et ta on väga kaval.

²³See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself, and come again to me with certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall happen, if he is in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.”

²³Vaadake ja uurige kõiki peidupaiku, kuhu ta võiks pugeda; ja kui on kindlaks tehtud, siis tulge tagasi minu juurde ja ma lähen siis koos teiega! Kui ta on maal, siis ma otsin tema üles kõigi Juuda tuhandete hulgast.'

²⁴They arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.

²⁴Ja nad võtsid kätte ning läksid Sauli eel Siifi; aga Taavet ja tema mehed olid Maoni kõrbes, lagendikul lõuna pool tühja maad.

²⁵Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told, he went down to the rock, and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard that, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.

²⁵Kui Saul oma meestega läks otsima, siis teatati Taavetile ja tema läks alla Selani ning jäi Maoni kõrbe; kui Saul seda kuulis, siis ta ajas Taavetit taga Maoni kõrbes.

²⁶Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men to take them.

²⁶Aga Saul käis ühel pool mäge ja Taavet oma meestega teisel pool mäge. Ja kui Taavet ruttas minema Sauli eest ning Saul ja ta mehed piirasid Taavetit ja ta mehi, et neid kinni võtta,

²⁷But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come; for the Philistines have made a raid on the land!”

²⁷siis sündis, et käskjalg tuli Sauli juurde, öeldes: 'Tõtta ja tule, sest vilistid on valgunud maale!'

²⁸So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela Hammahlekoth.

²⁸Siis Saul loobus Taavetit taga ajamast ja läks vilistite vastu. Sellepärast hüütakse seda paika 'Lahutuskaljuks'.

²⁹David went up from there, and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.