¹Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.

¹Filistejci pa zbero vojske svoje na boj in se skupijo pri Soku, ki je Judovo, in se ušatorijo med Sokom in Azeko, v Efesdamimu.

²Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.

²Tudi Savel in možje Izraelovi se zbero in se utabore ob Hrastovi dolini, in se pripravljajo za boj zoper Filistejce.

³The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.

³In Filistejci so stali na gori po tej strani, Izraelci pa so stali na gori po oni strani, in dolina je bila med njimi.

⁴There went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

⁴In iz tabora Filistejcev stopi dvobojnik, po imenu Goliat, iz Gata, visok šest komolcev in dlan.

⁵He had a helmet of brass on his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.

⁵In je imel bronasto čelado na glavi in luskinast oklep na sebi, in teža oklepa njegovega je bila pet tisoč seklov brona.

⁶He had brass shin armor on his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.

⁶In na nogah je imel bronaste škornje in bronast ščit na plečih;

⁷The staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and his shield bearer went before him.

⁷in njegovo suličišče je bilo kakor tkalsko vratilo, in bodalo njegove sulice je imelo šeststo seklov železa; in tisti, ki mu je nosil ščit, je stopal pred njim.

⁸He stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, “Why have you come out to set your battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.

⁸In se ustopi in kliče proti vojnim vrstam Izraelovim in jim reče: Čemu ste se šli pripravljat na boj? Nisem li jaz Filistejec in vi hlapci Savlovi? Izvolite moža za sebe, naj pride sem doli k meni!

⁹If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then you will be our servants, and serve us.”

⁹Ako se more boriti z menoj in me ubije, bodemo vam hlapci; ako pa ga jaz premorem in ubijem, bodete nam hlapci in nam morate služiti.

¹⁰The Philistine said, “I defy the armies of Israel this day! Give me a man, that we may fight together!”

¹⁰Še reče Filistejec: Danes sem spravil v sramoto vojne vrste Izraelove; dajte mi moža, da se skupaj bojujeva!

¹¹When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

¹¹In ko Savel in vsi Izraelci slišijo te besede Filistejca, se prestrašijo in se silno bojé.

¹²Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken among men.

¹²David pa je bil sin tistega Efratejca iz Betlehema na Judovem, ki mu je bilo ime Jesej in je imel osem sinov; in ta mož je bil že starec v Savlovih dnevih in prileten med možmi.

¹³The three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

¹³In trije starejši sinovi Jesejevi so bili šli za Savlom na vojsko; in imena treh sinov njegovih, ki so šli na vojsko, so bila: Eliab prvenec, in po njem Abinadab, drugi, in tretji Sama.

¹⁴David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul.

¹⁴David pa je bil najmlajši. In ko so bili šli trije starejši za Savlom,

¹⁵Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

¹⁵je šel zopet David od Savla past očeta svojega ovce v Betlehemu.

¹⁶The Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

¹⁶A Filistejec je prihajal zjutraj in na večer in se je kazal štirideset dni.

¹⁷Jesse said to David his son, “Now take for your brothers an ephah 1 ephah is about 22 litres or about 2/3 of a bushel of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers;

¹⁷Tedaj veli Jesej Davidu, sinu svojemu: Vzemi za brate svoje to efo prepraženega zrnja in teh deset hlebov, in teci k bratom svojim v tabor.

¹⁸and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are doing, and bring back news.”

¹⁸In teh deset svežih sirov donesi poveljniku njih tisoča, in obišči svoje brate in poglej, ali se jim dobro godi, in prinesi znamenje od njih.

¹⁹Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

¹⁹Savel pa in oni in vsi možje Izraelovi so bili v Hrastovi dolini, vojskujoč se s Filistejci.

²⁰David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the place of the wagons, as the army which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.

²⁰David torej vstane zgodaj zjutraj in izroči ovce varuhu in vzame darila ter odrine, kakor mu je Jesej zapovedal, in pride do vozne zagrade; vojska pa, ki je ravnokar šla ven v boj, je zagnala bojni krik.

²¹Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.

²¹Kajti Izraelci so se razvrstili za boj in tudi Filistejci, vojne čete proti četam.

²²David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers.

²²David pa pusti svoje stvari v roki čuvaja prtljage in teče v vojne vrste ter dospe in pozdravi svoje brate.

²³As he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words: and David heard them.

²³In ko govori ž njimi, glej, dvobojnik, Filistejec iz Gata, po imenu Goliat, pride iz vrst Filistejcev in govori kakor poprej; in David je slišal.

²⁴All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were terrified.

²⁴Vsi možje Izraelovi pa, videč tega moža, so bežali pred njim in se silno bali.

²⁵The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? He has surely come up to defy Israel. It shall be, that the man who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.”

²⁵In možje Izraelovi pravijo: Ste li videli tega moža, ki je stopal sem gori? Res, da postavi na sramoto Izraela, je stopil gori proti nam. Zatorej kdor ga ubije, njega kralj silno obogati in mu da hčer svojo in svobodno naredi njegovega očeta hišo v Izraelu.

²⁶David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

²⁶In David vpraša može, ki so stali okoli njega, rekoč: Kaj dobi mož, ki ubije tega Filistejca in sramote reši Izraela? Kdo je pač Filistejec, ta neobrezanec, da sme v sramoto spravljati živega Boga vojne vrste?

²⁷The people answered him in this way, saying, “So shall it be done to the man who kills him.”

²⁷In ljudstvo mu odgovori kakor poprej, rekoč: To dobi mož, ki ga ubije.

²⁸Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.”

²⁸Ali Eliab, najstarejši brat njegov, ga je slišal govoriti z možmi; in razvname se Eliabu jeza zoper Davida, in reče: Zakaj si prišel doli? In pri kom si pustil tistih malo ovac v puščavi? Dobro poznam tvojo prevzetnost in srca tvojega hudobnost! Kajti prišel si doli, da gledaš bitko.

²⁹David said, “What have I now done? Is there not a cause?”

²⁹David pa reče: Kaj sem storil zdaj? Ni li mi razloga za to?

³⁰He turned away from him toward another, and spoke like that again; and the people answered him again the same way.

³⁰In obrne se od njega proti drugemu in govori kakor poprej; in ljudstvo mu zopet odgovori kakor prvikrat.

³¹When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

³¹In ko so slišali besede, ki jih je govoril David, jih povedo pred Savlom; in Savel pošlje ponj.

³²David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”

³²In David reče Savlu: Nikomur naj ne upade srčnost zaradi njega; hlapec tvoj pojde in se bo bojeval s tem Filistejcem.

³³Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.”

³³A Savel reče Davidu: Ne moreš iti proti temu Filistejcu, da se bojuješ ž njim; zakaj ti si mladenič, a on je vojščak od mladosti svoje.

³⁴David said to Saul, “Your servant was keeping his father’s sheep; and when a lion or a bear came, and took a lamb out of the flock,

³⁴David odgovori Savlu: Hlapec tvoj je pasel ovce očeta svojega; in kadar je prišel lev ali medved in odnesel ovčico iz črede,

³⁵I went out after him, and struck him, and rescued it out of his mouth. When he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him.

³⁵sem šel za njim in ga udaril, in sem jo otel iz žrela njegovega. In ako se je postavil zoper mene, sem ga popadel za brado in ga udaril in ubil.

³⁶Your servant struck both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.”

³⁶I leva i medveda je ubil hlapec tvoj: bodi torej ta Filistejec, neobrezanec, kakor teh eden, zato ker je kidal sramoto na živega Boga vojne vrste.

³⁷David said, “Yahweh who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.” Saul said to David, “Go; and Yahweh shall be with you.”

³⁷Še reče David: GOSPOD, ki me je otel iz krempljev levu in medvedu, me otme iz tega Filistejca roke. In Savel veli Davidu: Pojdi, GOSPOD bodi s teboj!

³⁸Saul dressed David with his clothing. He put a helmet of brass on his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail.

³⁸In Savel obleče Davida v svoje oblačilo ter mu posadi bronasto čelado na glavo in ga obda z oklepom.

³⁹David strapped his sword on his clothing, and he tried to move; for he had not tested it. David said to Saul, “I can’t go with these; for I have not tested them.” David took them off.

³⁹Potem si David pripaše njegov meč čez obleko in poskusi iti; kajti ni bil vajen temu. Pa reče David Savlu: Ne morem iti v tem, zakaj nisem se privadil. Sleče torej to David.

⁴⁰He took his staff in his hand, and chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd’s bag which he had, even in his wallet. His sling was in his hand; and he drew near to the Philistine.

⁴⁰In vzame svojo palico v roko in si izbere pet gladkih kamenov iz potoka ter jih dene v pastirsko spravo, ki jo je imel, v torbo, in vzame pračo svojo v roko in gre proti Filistejcu.

⁴¹The Philistine came on and drew near to David; and the man who bore the shield went before him.

⁴¹Tudi Filistejec prikoraka in se približa Davidu, in mož, ki mu je nosil ščit, gre pred njim.

⁴²When the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and withal of a fair face.

⁴²In ko se Filistejec ozre in ugleda Davida, ga zaničuje; zakaj bil je mladenček in rdečkast, pa lepega obraza.

⁴³The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” The Philistine cursed David by his gods.

⁴³In Filistejec reče Davidu: Sem li mar pes, da greš s palico k meni? In Filistejec preklinja Davida pri bogovih svojih;

⁴⁴The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the field.”

⁴⁴in reče Davidu: Pridi k meni, in dam meso tvoje pticam pod nebom in zverem na polju.

⁴⁵Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of Armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

⁴⁵Tedaj reče David Filistejcu: Ti greš k meni z mečem, s sulico in s kopjem, a jaz grem k tebi v imenu GOSPODA nad vojskami, Boga vojnih vrst Izraelovih, ki si jih sramotil.

⁴⁶Today, Yahweh will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you, and take your head from off you. I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,

⁴⁶Današnji dan te GOSPOD izda v roko mojo, in udarim te in ti vzamem glavo, in dam danes trupla filistejske vojske pticam pod nebom in zverinam na zemlji; in vsa zemlja spozna, da je Bog v Izraelu.

⁴⁷and that all this assembly may know that Yahweh doesn’t save with sword and spear: for the battle is Yahweh’s, and he will give you into our hand.”

⁴⁷In ves ta zbor spozna, da GOSPOD rešuje, a ne z mečem, ne s sulico; zakaj GOSPODOV je boj, in on vas da v roko našo!

⁴⁸It happened, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.

⁴⁸In ko se je vzdignil Filistejec in šel bliže proti Davidu, pohiti David in teče k bojnim vrstam Filistejcu nasproti.

⁴⁹David put his hand in his bag, took a stone, and slung it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead; and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.

⁴⁹In David seže z roko v torbo in vzame iz nje kamen in ga zaluči ter zadene Filistejca v čelo; in kamen mu predere čelo, in pade z obrazom na zemljo.

⁵⁰So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine, and killed him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.

⁵⁰Tako je David premogel Filistejca s pračo in s kamenom in ga je udaril in umoril; in ni bilo meča v roki Davidovi.

⁵¹Then David ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of its sheath, and killed him, and cut off his head therewith. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

⁵¹In David priteče in stopi na Filistejca, in zgrabi meč njegov in ga potegne iz nožnice, ter ga usmrti in mu ž njim odseka glavo. In ko Filistejci vidijo, da je njih junak mrtev, zbeže.

⁵²The men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until you come to Gai, and to the gates of Ekron. The wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to Ekron.

⁵²Možje Izraelovi in Judovi pa vstanejo in zaženo bojni krik in pode Filistejce tja do doline in do vrat v Ekron. In padali so ranjeni izmed Filistejcev po poti do Saraima, do Gata in do Ekrona.

⁵³The children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they plundered their camp.

⁵³In ko so sinovi Izraelovi bili pregnali Filistejce, so se vrnili in oplenili njih taborišče.

⁵⁴David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.

⁵⁴David pa je vzel glavo Filistejčevo in jo prinesel v Jeruzalem, njegovo orožje pa je zložil v šatoru svojem.

⁵⁵When Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I can’t tell.”

⁵⁵Ko pa je videl Savel Davida gredočega proti Filistejcu, reče Abnerju, poveljniku vojske: Abner, čigav sin je ta mladenič? Abner pa reče: Kakor res živi duša tvoja, o kralj, ne vem.

⁵⁶The king said, “Inquire whose son the young man is!”

⁵⁶In kralj veli: Vprašaj torej, čigav sin je ta mladenič!

⁵⁷As David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

⁵⁷Ko se vrne David po uboju Filistejca, ga vzame Abner in ga pripelje pred Savla, ko je še držal glavo Filistejčevo v roki.In Savel mu reče: Čigav sin si, mladenič? David odgovori: Sin sem tvojega hlapca, Jeseja Betlehemskega.

⁵⁸Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, you young man?” David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”

⁵⁸In Savel mu reče: Čigav sin si, mladenič? David odgovori: Sin sem tvojega hlapca, Jeseja Betlehemskega.