¹It happened, when David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the South, and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire,

¹В третий день после того, как Давид и люди его пошли в Секелаг, Амаликитяне напали с юга на Секелаг и взяли Секелаг и сожгли егоогнем,

²and had taken captive the women and all who were therein, both small and great. They didn’t kill any, but carried them off, and went their way.

²а женщин и всех , бывших в нем, от малого до большого, не умертвили, но увели в плен, и ушли своим путем.

³When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.

³И пришел Давид и люди его к городу, и вот, он сожжен огнем, а жены их и сыновья их и дочери их взяты в плен.

⁴Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

⁴И поднял Давид и народ, бывший с ним, вопль, и плакали, доколе не стало в них силы плакать.

⁵David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

⁵Взяты были в плен и обе жены Давида: Ахиноама Изреелитянка и Авигея, бывшая жена Навала, Кармилитянка.

⁶David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.

⁶Давид сильно был смущен, так как народ хотел побить его камнями; ибо скорбел душею весьнарод, каждый о сыновьях своих и дочерях своих.

⁷David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring me here the ephod.” Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

⁷Но Давид укрепился надеждою на Господа Бога своего, и сказал Давид Авиафару священнику, сыну Ахимелехову: принеси мне ефод. И принес Авиафар ефод к Давиду.

⁸David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue; for you shall surely overtake them, and shall without fail recover all.”

⁸И вопросил Давид Господа, говоря: преследовать ли мне это полчище, и догоню ли их? И сказано ему: преследуй, догонишь и отнимешь.

⁹So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.

⁹И пошел Давид сам и шестьсот мужей, бывших с ним; и пришли к потоку Восор и усталые остановились там.

¹⁰But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn’t go over the brook Besor.

¹⁰И преследовал Давид сам и четыреста человек; двести же человек остановились, потому что были не в силах перейти поток Восорский.

¹¹They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink.

¹¹И нашли Египтянина в поле, и привели его к Давиду, и дали ему хлеба, и он ел, и напоили его водою;

¹²They gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins. when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

¹²и дали ему часть связки смокв и две связки изюму, и он ел и укрепился, ибо он не ел хлеба и не пил воды три дня и три ночи.

¹³David asked him, “To whom do you belong? Where are you from?” He said, “I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.

¹³И сказал ему Давид: чей ты и откуда ты? И сказал он: я – отрок Египтянина, раб одного Амаликитянина, и бросил меня господин мой, ибо уже три дня, как я заболел;

¹⁴We made a raid on the South of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.”

¹⁴мы вторгались в полуденную часть Керети и в область Иудину и в полуденную часть Халева, а Секелаг сожгли огнем.

¹⁵David said to him, “Will you bring me down to this troop?” He said, “Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this troop.”

¹⁵И сказал ему Давид: доведешь ли меня до этого полчища? И сказал он:поклянись мне Богом, что ты не умертвишь меня и не предашь меня в руки господина моего, и я доведу тебя до этого полчища.

¹⁶When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread around over all the ground, eating, drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

¹⁶и он повел его; и вот, Амаликитяне , рассыпавшись по всей той стране, едят и пьют и празднуют по причине великой добычи, которую они взяли из земли Филистимской и из земли Иудейской.

¹⁷David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped from there, except four hundred young men, who rode on camels and fled.

¹⁷и поражал их Давид от сумерек до вечера другого дня, и никто из них не спасся, кроме четырехсот юношей, которые сели на верблюдов и убежали.

¹⁸David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.

¹⁸И отнял Давид все, что взяли Амаликитяне, и обеих жен своих отнял Давид.

¹⁹There was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor anything that they had taken to them. David brought back all.

¹⁹И не пропало у них ничего, ни малого, ни большого, ни из сыновей, ни из дочерей, ни из добычи, ни из всего, что Амаликитяне взяли у них; все возвратил Давид,

²⁰David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other livestock, and said, “This is David’s spoil.”

²⁰и взял Давид весь мелкий и крупный скот, и гнали его пред своим скотом и говорили: это – добыча Давида.

²¹David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to stay at the brook Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him. When David came near to the people, he greeted them.

²¹И пришел Давид к тем двум стам человек, которые не были в силах идти за ним, и которых он оставил у потока Восор, и вышли они навстречу Давиду и навстречу людям, бывшим с ним. И подошел Давид к этим людями приветствовал их.

²²Then all the wicked men and base fellows, of those who went with David, answered and said, “Because they didn’t go with us, we will not give them anything of the spoil that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that he may lead them away, and depart.”

²²Тогда злые и негодные из людей, ходивших с Давидом, стали говорить: за то, что они не ходили с нами, не дадим им из добычи, которую мы отняли; пусть каждый возьмет только свою жену и детей и идет.

²³Then David said, “You shall not do so, my brothers, with that which Yahweh has given to us, who has preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.

²³Но Давид сказал: не делайте так, братья мои, после того, как Господь дал нам это и сохранил нас и предал в руки наши полчище, приходившее против нас.

²⁴Who will listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who tarries by the baggage: they shall share alike.”

²⁴И кто послушает вас в этом деле? Какова часть ходившим на войну, такова часть должна быть и оставшимся при обозе: на всех должно разделить.

²⁵It was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

²⁵Так было с этого времени и после; и поставил он это в закон и в правило для Израилядо сего дня.

²⁶When David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, “Behold, a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Yahweh.”

²⁶И пришел Давид в Секелаг и послал из добычи к старейшинам Иудиным, друзьям своим, говоря: „вот вам подарок из добычи, взятой у врагов Господних", –

²⁷He sent it to those who were in Bethel, and to those who were in Ramoth of the South, and to those who were in Jattir,

²⁷тем, которые в Вефиле, и в Рамофе южном, и в Иаттире.

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

²⁸и в Ароере, и в Шифмофе, и в Естемоа,

²⁹and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,

²⁹и в Рахале, и в городах Иерахмеельских, и в городах Кенейских,

³⁰and to those who were in Hormah, and to those who were in Borashan, and to those who were in Athach,

³⁰и в Хорме, и в Хорашане, и в Атахе,

³¹and to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men used to stay.

³¹и в Хевроне, и во всех местах, где ходил Давид сам и люди его.