1David said in his heart, “I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So shall I escape out of his hand.”
1David pa reče v srcu svojem: Nekega dne pa vendar poginem pod roko Savlovo. Najbolje zame, da naglo zbežim v deželo Filistejcev, in Savel me neha iskati po vseh pokrajinah Izraelovih, in tako se rešim roke njegove.
2David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
2David torej vstane in gre na ono stran, on in šeststo mož, ki so bili ž njim, k Ahisu, sinu Maokovemu, kralju v Gatu.
3David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.
3In David je prebival z Ahisom v Gatu, on in možje njegovi, vsak z družino svojo, tudi David z dvema ženama svojima, z Ahinoamo Jezreelsko in Abigailo Karmelsko, bivšo Nabalovo ženo.
4It was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
4In ko so povedali Savlu, da je David pobegnil v Gat, ga ni več iskal.
5David said to Achish, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”
5In David reče Ahisu: Ako sem, prosim, našel milost v očeh tvojih, naj mi dado prostora v kakem mestu na deželi, da bi v njem prebival; kajti čemu naj prebiva hlapec tvoj pri tebi v kraljevem mestu?
6Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: why Ziklag pertains to the kings of Judah to this day.
6Tedaj mu da Ahis Ziklag tisti dan. Odtod je Ziklag last kraljev Judovih do tega dne.
7The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
7In število dni, kar jih je David prebil v deželi Filistejcev, je bilo leto in štiri mesece.
8David and his men went up, and made a raid on the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.
8David pa in možje njegovi so hodili gori in so naskakovali Gesurske in Girzejce in Amalekovce, zakaj ti so bili prebivalci te dežele od starodavna, do tja, koder se gre v Sur in do Egiptovske dežele.
9David struck the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the cattle, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the clothing; and he returned, and came to Achish.
9In David je pustošil deželo ter ni dal živeti ne možu, ne ženi, in ko je bil pobral ovce, goveda, osle, velblode in oblačila, se je vrnil in prišel k Ahisu.
10Achish said, “Against whom have you made a raid today?” David said, “Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.”
10In ko je Ahis vprašal: Kam ste vdrli danes? je rekel David: V južno stran Judovo, in v južno stran Jerahmelijcev, in v južno stran Kenejcev.
11David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, “Lest they should tell of us, saying, ‘David this, and this has been his way all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.’”
11David pa ni ohranil živega ne moža, ne žene, da bi ju pripeljal v Gat, rekoč: Da bi nas ne ovadili in ne rekli: Tako je storil David! Tako je navadno delal, dokler je prebival v deželi Filistejcev.Zato je Ahis veroval Davidu in menil: Omrzil se je pri ljudstvu svojem Izraelu, zato bode hlapec moj vekomaj.
12Achish believed David, saying, “He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he shall be my servant forever.”
12Zato je Ahis veroval Davidu in menil: Omrzil se je pri ljudstvu svojem Izraelu, zato bode hlapec moj vekomaj.