1 Samuel 30

1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the South, and upon Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

Sesudah Daud dan pasukannya meninggalkan pasukan Akis, mereka berjalan dua hari penuh dan tiba di kampung Ziklag pada hari ketiga. Tetapi satu atau dua hari sebelum mereka tiba, orang-orang Amalek sudah menjarah wilayah selatan itu. Mereka sudah menyerang Ziklag dan membakarnya sampai habis.

2 and had taken captive the women and all that were therein, both small and great; they slew not any, but carried them off, and went their way.

Mereka juga sudah menawan para perempuan di Ziklag, dari yang paling muda sampai yang paling tua. Tidak ada seorang pun yang dibunuh tetapi mereka membawa semua pergi sebagai tawanan.

3 And when 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 captives.

Saat Daud dan pasukannya tiba di situ, mereka mendapati kampung mereka sudah terbakar. Para istri, anak-anak mereka yang laki-laki dan perempuan sudah menjadi tawanan.

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

Maka Daud dan tentara-tentaranya menangis dengan suara keras, dan terus menangis sampai tidak mampu menangis lagi.

5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

Kedua istri Daud, yaitu Ahinoam orang Yisreel dan Abigail orang Karmel (janda dari Nabal), juga ikut ditawan.

6 And David 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 the LORD his God.

Tetapi situasi segera menjadi berbahaya untuk Daud, karena pasukannya sangat marah dan berduka karena kehilangan keluarga mereka sehingga ada di antara mereka yang mulai mengancam melempari Daud dengan batu. Namun Daud tetap percaya kepada TUHAN yang memberinya kekuatan.

7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech: 'I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod.' And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.

Lalu Daud berkata kepada Imam Abiatar, “Bawalah efod itu ke sini.” Maka Abiatar membawakannya,

8 And David inquired of the LORD, saying: 'Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them?' And He answered him: 'Pursue; for thou shalt surely overtake them, and shalt without fail recover all.'

dan Daud bertanya kepada TUHAN, “Apakah saya sebaiknya mengejar para penjarah ini? Apakah saya akan berhasil menyusul mereka?” TUHAN menjawabnya, “Kejarlah, karena kamu pasti akan menyusul mereka dan menyelamatkan para tawanan.”

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

Maka Daud bersama enam ratus tentaranya mengejar para penjarah itu. Saat mereka sampai di tepi sungai Besor, dua ratus orang anggota pasukannya terlalu capek untuk menyeberang sungai. Daud memutuskan untuk mereka tinggal di situ. Lalu Daud dan keempat ratus orang lainnya melanjutkan pengejaran para penjarah itu.

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

11 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they gave him water to drink;

Dalam perjalanan, pasukan Daud menemukan seorang Mesir di sebuah ladang, dan membawanya kepada Daud. Mereka memberinya makanan dan minuman,

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

sepotong kue ara dan dua bungkus kismis, karena orang itu belum makan dan minum selama tiga hari dan tiga malam. Sesudah makan dan minum tenaganya pulih kembali.

13 And David said unto him: 'To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou?' And he said: 'I am a young Egyptian, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.

Daud bertanya kepada orang itu, “Kamu orang mana dan siapa majikanmu?” Lalu dia menjawab, “Saya orang Mesir. Saya adalah budak dari seorang Amalek. Tiga hari lalu tuan saya meninggalkan saya karena saya terlalu sakit untuk berjalan.

14 We made a raid upon the South of the Cherethites, and upon that which belongeth to Judah, and upon the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.'

Kami sudah menjarah bagian selatan Yehuda, di mana orang-orang Kreti tinggal, dan beberapa bagian lain di Yehuda, lalu di bagian selatan kota Hebron, tempat tinggal orang-orang keturunan Kaleb. Terakhir kami juga membakar Ziklag.”

15 And David said to him: 'Wilt thou bring me down to this troop?' And he said: 'Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop.'

Daud berkata kepadanya, “Bisakah kamu mengantarkan kami kepada para penjarah itu?” Kata orang itu, “Saya bisa, tetapi bersumpahlah kepada Allah bahwa Tuan tidak akan membunuh saya atau menyerahkan saya kepada tuan saya, maka saya akan mengantarmu kepada mereka.”

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

Daud pun setuju, maka orang Mesir itu mengantarkan Daud dan pasukannya ke tempat orang-orang Amalek itu berada. Mereka tersebar di mana-mana dan sedang berpesta makan dan minum karena mereka mendapatkan banyak barang jarahan dari daerah Filistin dan Yudea.

17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day; and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels and fled.

Mulai dari permulaan malam itu sampai ketika matahari terbenam lagi, Daud dan pasukannya membantai mereka. Tidak ada seorang pun dari mereka yang lolos, kecuali empat ratus orang yang berhasil melarikan diri dengan menunggang unta.

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

Daud merebut kembali semua yang sudah diambil oleh orang-orang Amalek itu, termasuk menyelamatkan kedua istrinya.

19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them; David brought back all.

Daud dan pasukannya berhasil mendapat segala sesuatu yang diambil, termasuk semua anggota keluarga dan barang jarahan. Lalu mereka memulai membawa semuanya kembali ke Ziklag.

20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other cattle, and said: 'This is David's spoil.'

Mereka mengumpulkan seluruh kawanan dan ternak dan menggiring mereka di depan rombongan semua orang. Ada yang bersukacita dengan berkata, “Ini adalah barang jarahan Daud!”

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

Kemudian, Daud sampai di Sungai Besor, tempat kedua ratus anggota pasukannya yang sebelumnya terlalu capek untuk lanjut mengejar para penjarah masih menunggu di sana. Saat mereka keluar untuk menyambut Daud dan semua rombongan itu, Daud menyambut mereka dengan sukacita.

22 Then answered all the wicked men and base fellows, of those that went with David, and said: 'Because they went not with us, we will not give them aught of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.'

Tetapi beberapa orang jahat dan pengacau di antara pasukan Daud berkata, “Karena kedua ratus orang itu tidak ikut bersama dengan kita, maka kita tidak akan membagikan hasil jarahan ini dengan mereka. Mereka hanya boleh mengambil istri dan anak-anak mereka, lalu pergi!”

23 Then said David: 'Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given unto us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.

Tetapi Daud berkata kepada mereka, “Tidak! Sadarilah bahwa segala sesuatu ini adalah pemberian dari TUHAN! Dia sudah melindungi kita dan menyerahkan musuh kita itu ke dalam tangan kita.

24 And who will hearken unto you in this matter? for as is the share of him that goeth down to the battle, so shall be the share of him that tarrieth by the baggage; they shall share alike.'

Tidak seorang pun akan setuju dengan perkataanmu tadi! Baik anggota kita yang ikut bertempur, maupun yang tinggal menjaga perbekalan, akan mendapat bagian jarahan yang sama banyak.”

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

Bahkan Daud membuat keputusan tersebut menjadi undang-undang untuk bangsa Israel yang masih berlaku sampai hari ini.

26 And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying: 'Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD';

Sesudah tiba di Ziklag, Daud mengirim sebagian dari jarahan itu kepada para tua-tua Yehuda, yaitu kepada teman-temannya yang sudah mendukungnya. Dia memberi pesan kepada mereka, “Ini hadiah-hadiah bagi kalian yang kami rampas dari musuh-musuh TUHAN!”

27 to them that were in Beth-el, and to them that were in Ramoth of the South, and to them that were in Jattir;

Inilah daftar kota dan wilayah tempat para penduduk menerima hadiah-hadiah dari Daud: Betel, Ramot yang di padang belantara selatan, dan beberapa kota di daerah Yatir.

28 and to them that were in Aroer, and to them that were in Siphmoth, and to them that were in Eshtemoa;

Hadiah-hadiah juga dikirim kepada kota Arur, Sifmot, Estemoa,

29 and to them that were in Racal, and to them that were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them that were in the cities of the Kenites;

Rakal, dan beberapa kota di daerah suku Yerahmel dan Keni.

30 and to them that were in Hormah, and to them that were in Bor-ashan, and to them that were in Athach;

Hadiah-hadiah juga dikirim kepada kota Horma, Bor Asan, Atak,

31 and to them that were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.

dan Hebron, dan kepada beberapa daerah lain yang pernah Daud kunjungi bersama pasukannya.