1 Samuel 17
1 Now the Philistines, gathering their troops for battle, assembled at Socoh of Judah. And they made camp between Socoh and Azekah, within the borders of Dammim.
Congregantes autem Philisthiim agmina sua in praelium, convenerunt in Socho Iudae: et castrametati sunt inter Socho et Azeca in finibus Dommim.
2 But Saul and the sons of Israel, having gathered together, went to the Valley of Terebinth. And they positioned the army so as to fight against the Philistines.
Porro Saul et filii Israel congregati venerunt in Vallem terebinthi, et direxerunt aciem ad pugnandum contra Philisthiim.
3 And the Philistines were standing on a mountain on the one side, and Israel was standing on a mountain on the other side. And there was a valley between them.
Et Philisthiim stabant super montem ex parte hac, et Israel stabat supra montem ex altera parte: vallisque erat inter eos.
4 And there went out from the camp of the Philistines, a man of illegitimate birth, named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a palm.
Et egressus est vir spurius de castris Philisthinorum nomine Goliath, de Geth, altitudinis sex cubitorum et palmi:
5 And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clothed with a breastplate of scales. Moreover, the weight of his breastplate was five thousand shekels of brass.
et cassis aerea super caput eius, et lorica hamata induebatur. porro pondus loricae eius, quinque millia siclorum aeris erat:
6 And he had plates of brass on his lower legs, and a small shield of brass was covering his shoulders.
et ocreas aereas habebat in cruribus: et clypeus aereus tegebat humeros eius.
7 Now the shaft of his spear was like the beam used by a weaver. And the iron of his spear held six hundred shekels of iron. And his armor bearer went before him.
hastile autem hastae eius erat quasi liciatorium texentium. ipsum autem ferrum hastae eius sexcentos siclos habebat ferri: et armiger eius antecedebat eum.
8 And standing still, he cried out to the battle lines of Israel, and he said to them: “Why have you arrived, prepared for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose one man from among you, and let him descend to do battle alone.
Stansque clamabat adversum phalangas Israel, et dicebat eis: Quare venistis parati ad praelium? Numquid ego non sum Philisthaeus, et vos servi Saul? Eligite ex vobis virum, et descendat ad singulare certamen.
9 If he is able to fight with me and to strike me down, we will be your servants. But if I will prevail over him, and strike him down, you will be the servants, and you will serve us.”
si quiverit pugnare mecum, et percusserit me, erimus vobis servi: si autem ego praevaluero, et percussero eum, vos servi eritis, et servietis nobis.
10 And the Philistine was saying: “I have reproached the troops of Israel today. Present a man to me, and let him undertake a fight against me alone.”
Et aiebat Philisthaeus: Ego exprobravi agminibus Israel hodie: Date mihi virum, et ineat mecum singulare certamen.
11 And Saul and all the Israelites, hearing these words of the Philistine in this manner, were stupefied and exceedingly afraid.
Audiens autem Saul, et omnes Israelitae sermones Philisthaei huiuscemodi, stupebant, et metuebant nimis.
12 Now David was the son of an Ephrathite man, the one mentioned above, from Bethlehem of Judah, whose name was Jesse. He had eight sons, and during the days of Saul, he was an elderly man, and of great age among men.
David autem erat filius viri Ephrathaei, de quo supra dictum est, de Bethlehem Iuda, cui nomen erat Isai, qui habebat octo filios, et erat vir in diebus Saul senex, et grandaevus inter viros.
13 Now his three eldest sons followed Saul into battle. And the names of his three sons, who went to the battle, were Eliab, the firstborn, and the second, Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
Abierunt autem tres filii eius maiores post Saul in praelium: et nomina trium filiorum eius, qui perrexerunt ad bellum, Eliab primogenitus, et secundus Abinadab, tertius quoque Samma.
14 But David was the youngest. Therefore, when the three eldest had followed Saul,
David autem erat minimus. Tribus ergo maioribus secutis Saulem,
15 David went away from Saul, and he returned, so that he might pasture the flock of his father at Bethlehem.
abiit David, et reversus est a Saul, ut pasceret gregem patris sui in Bethlehem.
16 Truly, the Philistine advanced morning and evening, and he stood forth, for forty days.
Procedebat vero Philisthaeus mane et vespere, et stabat quadraginta diebus.
17 Now Jesse said to his son David: “Take, for your brothers, an ephah of cooked grain, and these ten loaves, and hurry to the camp, to your brothers.
Dixit autem Isai ad David filium suum: Accipe fratribus tuis ephi polentae, et decem panes istos, et curre in castra ad fratres tuos,
18 And you shall carry these ten little cheeses to the tribune. And visit your brothers, to see if they are doing well. And learn with whom they have been stationed.”
et decem formellas casei has deferes ad tribunum: et fratres tuos visitabis, si recte agant: et cum quibus ordinati sunt, disce.
19 But they were in the valley of Terebinth, with Saul and all the sons of Israel, fighting against the Philistines.
Saul autem, et illi, et omnes filii Israel, in Valle terebinthi pugnabant adversum Philisthiim.
20 And so, David rose up in the morning, and he commended the flock to the caretaker. And he went away burdened, just as Jesse had instructed him. And he went to the place of the battle line, and to the army, which, in going out to fight, was shouting in the conflict.
Surrexit itaque David mane, et commendavit gregem custodi: et onustus abiit, sicut praeceperat ei Isai. Et venit ad locum Magala, et ad exercitum, qui egressus ad pugnam vociferatus erat in certamine.
21 For Israel had positioned their troops, but the Philistines also had prepared themselves against them.
Direxerat enim aciem Israel, sed et Philisthiim ex adverso fuerant praeparati.
22 Then, leaving the items that he had brought under the hand of the keeper of baggage, David ran to the place of the conflict. And he was asking if all was going well with his brothers.
Derelinquens ergo David vasa, quae attulerat, sub manu custodis ad sarcinas, cucurrit ad locum certaminis, et interrogabat si omnia recte agerentur erga fratres suos.
23 And while he was still speaking with them, there appeared the man of spurious descent, whose name was Goliath, the Philistine of Gath, ascending from the camp of the Philistines. And he was speaking in these same words, which David heard.
Cumque adhuc ille loqueretur eis, apparuit vir ille spurius ascendens, Goliath nomine, Philisthaeus, de Geth, de castris Philisthinorum: et loquente eo haec eadem verba audivit David.
24 Then all the Israelites, when they had seen the man, fled from his face, fearing him greatly.
Omnes autem Israelitae, cum vidissent virum, fugerunt a facie eius, timentes eum valde.
25 And someone of Israel said: “Have you seen this man, who has risen up. For he ascended in order to reproach Israel. Therefore, the man who will strike him down, the king will enrich with great wealth, and will give to him his daughter, and will cause his father’s house to be free of tribute in Israel.”
Et dixit unus quispiam de Israel: Num vidistis virum hunc, qui ascendit? ad exprobrandum enim Israeli ascendit. Virum ergo, qui percusserit eum, ditabit rex divitiis magnis, et filiam suam dabit ei, et domum patris eius faciet absque tributo in Israel.
26 And David spoke to the men who were standing with him, saying: “What will be given to the man who will have struck down this Philistine, and who will have taken away the disgrace from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should reproach the soldiers of the living God?”
Et ait David ad viros, qui stabant secum, dicens: Quid dabitur viro, qui percusserit Philisthaeum hunc, et tulerit opprobrium de Israel? quis enim est hic Philisthaeus incircumcisus, qui exprobravit acies Dei viventis?
27 Then the people repeated to him the same words, saying, “These things shall be given to the man who will have struck him down.”
Referebat autem ei populus eumdem sermonem, dicens: Haec dabuntur viro, qui percusserit eum.
28 Now when Eliab, his eldest brother, had heard this, as he was speaking with the others, he became angry against David, and he said: “Why did you come here? And why did you leave behind those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the wickedness of your heart, that you have come down so that you might see the battle.”
Quod cum audisset Eliab frater eius maior, loquente eo cum aliis, iratus est contra David, et ait: Quare venisti, et quare dereliquisti pauculas oves illas in deserto? ego novi superbiam tuam, et nequitiam cordis tui: quia ut videres praelium, descendisti.
29 And David said: “What have I done? Is there any word against me?”
Et dixit David: Quid feci? numquid non verbum est?
30 And he turned away from him a little, toward another. And he asked the same question. And the people responded to him as before.
Et declinavit paululum ab eo ad alium: dixitque eundem sermonem. Et respondit ei populus verbum sicut prius.
31 Now the words that David had spoken were heard and reported in the sight of Saul.
Audita sunt autem verba, quae locutus est David, et annunciata in conspectu Saul.
32 When he had been led to Saul, he said to him: “Let no one lose heart over him. I, your servant, shall go and fight against the Philistine.”
Ad quem cum fuisset adductus, locutus est ei: Non concidat cor cuiusquam in eo: ego servus tuus vadam, et pugnabo adversus Philisthaeum.
33 And Saul said to David: “You are not able to withstand this Philistine, nor to fight against him. For you are a boy, but he has been a warrior from his boyhood.”
Et ait Saul ad David: Non vales resistere Philisthaeo isti, nec pugnare adversus eum: quia puer es, hic autem vir bellator est ab adolescentia sua.
34 And David said to Saul: “Your servant was pasturing the flock of his father. And there approached a lion or a bear, and it took a ram from the midst of the flock.
Dixitque David ad Saul: Pascebat servus tuus patris sui gregem, et veniebat leo, vel ursus, et tollebat arietem de medio gregis:
35 And I pursued after them, and I struck them, and I rescued from their mouth. And they rose up against me. And I caught them by the throat, and I strangled and killed them.
et persequebar eos, et percutiebam, eruebamque de ore eorum: et illi consurgebant adversum me, et apprehendebam mentum eorum, et suffocabam, interficiebamque eos.
36 For I, your servant, have killed both lion and bear. And so this uncircumcised Philistine, too, will be like one of them. Now I will go and take away the reproach of the people. For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, who has dared to curse the army of the living God?”
Nam et leonem, et ursum interfeci ego servus tuus: erit igitur et Philisthaeus hic incircumcisus, quasi unus ex eis. Nunc vadam, et auferam opprobrium populi: quoniam quis est iste Philisthaeus incircumcisus, qui ausus est maledicere exercitui Dei viventis?
37 And David said, “The Lord who rescued me from the hand of the lion, and from the hand of the bear, he himself will free me from the hand of this Philistine.” Then Saul said to David, “Go, and may the Lord be with you.”
Et ait David: Dominus qui eripuit me de manu leonis, et de manu ursi, ipse me liberabit de manu Philisthaei huius. Dixit autem Saul ad David: Vade, et Dominus tecum sit.
38 And Saul clothed David with his garments. And he placed a helmet of brass upon his head, and he clothed him with a breastplate.
Et induit Saul David vestimentis suis, et imposuit galeam aeream super caput eius, et vestivit eum lorica.
39 Then David, having girded his sword over his armor, began to see if he could walk in the armor. But he was not accustomed to it. And David said to Saul: “I cannot move about in this way. For I am not used to it.” And he put them aside.
Accinctus ergo David gladio eius super vestem suam, coepit tentare si armatus posset incedere: non enim habebat consuetudinem. Dixitque David ad Saul: Non possum sic incedere, quia non usum habeo. Et deposuit ea,
40 And he took up his staff, which he held always in his hands. And he chose for himself five very smooth stones from the torrent. And he put them into the shepherd’s bag that he had with him. And he took up a sling in his hand. And he went out against the Philistine.
et tulit baculum suum, quem semper habebat in manibus: et elegit sibi quinque limpidissimos lapides de torrente, et misit eos in peram pastoralem, quam habebat secum, et fundam manu tulit: et processit adversum Philisthaeum.
41 And the Philistine, advancing, went and drew near against David. And his armor bearer was before him.
ibat autem Philisthaeus incedens, et appropinquans adversum David, et armiger eius ante eum.
42 And when the Philistine had seen and considered David, he despised him. For he was a youth, ruddy and of handsome appearance.
Cumque inspexisset Philisthaeus, et vidisset David, despexit eum. Erat autem adolescens: rufus, et pulcher aspectu.
43 And the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you approach against me with a staff?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
Et dixit Philisthaeus ad David: Numquid ego canis sum, quod tu venis ad me cum baculo? Et maledixit Philisthaeus David in diis suis:
44 And he said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth.”
dixitque ad David: Veni ad me, et dabo carnes tuas volatilibus caeli et bestiis terrae.
45 But David said to the Philistine: “You approach me with sword, and spear, and shield. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, which you have reproached.
Dixit autem David ad Philisthaeum: Tu venis ad me cum gladio, et hasta, et clypeo: ego autem venio ad te in nomine Domini exercituum, Dei agminum Israel, quibus exprobrasti
46 Today, the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down. And I will take your head from you. And today, I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth, so that all the earth may know that God is with Israel.
hodie, et dabit te Dominus in manu mea, et percutiam te, et auferam caput tuum a te: et dabo cadavera castrorum Philisthiim hodie volatilibus caeli, et bestiis terrae: ut sciat omnis terra quia est Deus in Israel.
47 And this entire assembly will know that the Lord does not save by sword, nor by spear. For this is his war, and he will deliver you into our hands.”
Et noverit universa ecclesia haec, quia non in gladio, nec in hasta salvat Dominus: ipsius enim est bellum, et tradet vos in manus nostras.
48 Then, when the Philistine had risen up, and was approaching, and was drawing near against David, David hurried and ran to the fight against the Philistine.
Cum ergo surrexisset Philisthaeus, et veniret, et appropinquaret contra David, festinavit David, et cucurrit ad pugnam ex adverso Philisthaei.
49 And he put his hand into his bag, and took out one stone. And swinging it around, he cast it with the sling and struck the Philistine on the forehead. And the stone became imbedded in his forehead. And he fell on his face, upon the ground.
Et misit manum suam in peram, tulitque unum lapidem, et funda iecit, et circumducens percussit Philisthaeum in fronte: et infixus est lapis in fronte eius, et cecidit in faciem suam super terram.
50 And David prevailed against the Philistine with a sling and a stone. And he struck and killed the Philistine. But since David held no sword in his hand,
Praevaluitque David adversum Philisthaeum in funda et lapide, percussumque Philisthaeum interfecit. Cumque gladium non haberet in manu David,
51 he ran and stood over the Philistine, and he took his sword, and withdrew it from the sheath. And he killed him and cut off his head. Then the Philistines, seeing that their strongest man was dead, fled away.
cucurrit, et stetit super Philisthaeum, et tulit gladium eius, et eduxit eum de vagina sua: et interfecit eum, praeciditque caput eius. Videntes autem Philisthiim, quod mortuus esset fortissimus eorum, fugerunt.
52 And the men of Israel and Judah, rising up, shouted and pursued after the Philistines, even until they arrived at the valley and as far as the gates of Ekron. And many wounded among the Philistines fell on the way of Shaaraim, and as far as Gath, and as far as Ekron.
Et consurgentes viri Israel et Iuda vociferati sunt, et persecuti sunt Philisthaeos usque dum venirent in vallem, et usque ad portas Accaron, cecideruntque vulnerati de Philisthiim in via Saraim, usque ad Geth, et usque ad Accaron.
53 And the sons of Israel, returning after they had pursued the Philistines, invaded their camp.
Et revertentes filii Israel postquam persecuti fuerant Philisthaeos, invaserunt castra eorum.
54 Then David, taking up the head of the Philistine, brought it to Jerusalem. Yet truly, he placed his armor in his own tent.
Assumens autem David caput Philisthaei, attulit illud in Ierusalem: arma vero eius posuit in tabernaculo suo.
55 Now at the time that Saul had seen David going out against the Philistines, he said to Abner, the leader of the military, “From what stock is this youth descended, Abner?” And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.”
Eo autem tempore, quo viderat Saul David egredientem contra Philisthaeum, ait ad Abner principem militiae: De qua stirpe descendit hic adolescens? Dixitque Abner: Vivit anima tua, rex, si novi.
56 And the king said, “You shall inquire as to whose son this boy may be.”
Et ait rex: Interroga tu, cuius filius sit iste puer.
57 And when David had returned, after the Philistine had been struck down, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul, having the head of the Philistine in his hand.
Cumque regressus esset David, percusso Philisthaeo, tulit eum Abner, et introduxit coram Saule, caput Philisthaei habentem in manu.
58 And Saul said to him, “Young man, from what ancestry are you?” And David said, “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem.”
Et ait ad eum Saul: De qua progenie es o adolescens? Dixitque David: Filius servi tui Isai Bethlehemitae ego sum.
