1 Samuel 17
1 The Philistines gathered their army [to fight the Israeli army]. They gathered together near Socoh, in the area where the descendants of Judah lived. They set up their tents at Ephes-Dammim, which is between Socoh and Azekah.
И собираша иноплеменницы полки своя на брань, и собрашася в Сокхофе Иудейстем, и ополчишася среде Сокхофа и среди Азика во Афесдоммине.
2 Saul gathered the Israeli army near Elah Valley, and they set up their tents. Then they all took their places, ready to fight the Philistines.
Саул же и мужие Израилевы собрашася и ополчишася во удоли Теревинфа и устрояхуся на брань противу иноплеменником.
3 So the Philistine and Israeli armies faced each other. They were on two hills, with a valley between them.
И иноплеменницы стояху на горе отсюду особь, Израиль же стояше на горе отюнуду, и удоль между ими бяше.
4 Then Goliath, from Gath [city], came out from the Philistine camp. He was a champion warrior/soldier. He was (over 9 feet/3 meters) tall.
И изыде муж силен из полка иноплеменнича, имя ему Голиаф от Гефа, высота его шесть лакот и пядь:
5 He wore a helmet made of bronze [to protect his head], and he wore a coat made of metal plates [to protect his body]. The coat weighed (125 pounds/56 kg.).
и шлем медян на главе его, и в броню кольчату той оболчен бяше: и вес брони его пять тысящ сикль меди и железа:
6 He wore bronze guards/protectors on his legs. He had a long bronze dagger fastened on his back.
и поножы медяны верху голений его, и щит медян на плещах его:
7 He also had a big spear. It had a cord on it to enable him to throw it better (OR, which was as thick as a weaver’s beam). The tip of the spear was made of iron and weighed (15 pounds/almost 7 kg.). A soldier carrying a huge shield walked in front of him.
и ратовище копия его аки орудие ткущих, и копие его шесть сот сикль железа: и носяй оружие его идяше пред ним.
8 Goliath stood there and shouted to the Israeli army, “Why are you all lined up for battle? I am the great Philistine [soldier], and I think [RHQ] you are [merely] Saul’s slaves. Choose one man to fight for all of you, and send him down here to me!
И ста и возопи пред полки Израилевыми и рече им: почто изыдосте, ополчитися ли на брань противу нам? Несмь ли аз иноплеменник, вы же Еврее Сауловы? Изберите себе мужа, и да снидет ко мне:
9 If he fights with me and kills me, then my fellow Philistines will all be your slaves. But if I defeat him and kill him, then you Israelis will all be our slaves.
и аще возможет со мною братися и одолеет ми, будем вам раби: аще же аз возмогу одолети ему, будете вы нам раби и поработаете нам.
10 I defy/challenge you men of the Israeli army. Send me a man who will fight with me!”
И рече иноплеменник: се, аз днесь уничижих полк Израилев в сей день: дадите ми мужа, иже поборется со мною един.
11 When Saul and all the Israeli soldiers heard that, they were extremely terrified [DOU].
И слыша Саул и весь Израиль глаголы иноплеменничи сия и ужасошася и убояшася зело.
12 David was the son of Jesse. Jesse was from the clan of Ephrath. He lived in Bethlehem, in the area where the descendants of Judah lived. Jesse had eight sons. When Saul [was king], Jesse had already become a very old man [DOU].
Давид же Ефрафеев, сей бе от Вифлеема Иудина, имя же отцу его Иессей, емуже бе осмь сынов. Во дни же Сауловы бе муж той состареся в мужех.
13 Jesse’s three oldest sons, Eliab and Abinadab and Shammah, had gone with Saul to fight [the Philistines].
И идоша три сыны Иессеевы старейшии на брань с Саулом: имена же сынов его пошедших на брань, Елиав первородный его, и вторый Аминадав, и третий Самма.
14 David was Jesse’s youngest son. While his three oldest brothers were with Saul,
Давид же бе юнейший, и три болшии его идоша вслед Саула.
15 David went back and forth: Sometimes he went to Saul’s camp, and sometimes he stayed in Bethlehem to take care of his father’s sheep.
Давид же возвратився от Саула, отиде пасти овцы отца своего в Вифлеем.
16 For 40 days Goliath came out from the Philistine camp and stood there [taunting the Israeli army/telling the Israelis to choose one man to fight with him]. He did it twice each day, once in the morning and once in the evening.
И прихождаше иноплеменник утро и в вечер, являяся пред Израилем четыредесять дний.
17 [One day], Jesse said to David, “Here is a sack of roasted grain and ten loaves of bread. Take these quickly to your [older] brothers.
И рече Иессей Давиду сыну своему: возми убо братиям твоим меру ефи муки и десять хлеб сих, и иди в полк, и даждь братиям твоим:
18 And here are ten large chunks of cheese. Take them to their commander. And see how things are going with your [older] brothers. Then [if they are okay, ] bring back something to show they are all right.”
и десять сыров от млека сего, и даждь тысящнику: и братию свою посети в мире, и еликих аще требуют, увеси, субботствовати же будеши со мною.
19 His brothers were with Saul and all the other Israeli soldiers, camped alongside Elah Valley, [preparing to] fight the Philistines.
Саул же и вси людие бяху во удоли дуба ратующеся со иноплеменники.
20 So David arranged for another shepherd to take care of the sheep. Early the next morning he took the food and went to the Israeli camp, as Jesse told him to do. He arrived there just as the Israeli soldiers were forming their ranks and going out to the battlefield. As they went, they were shouting a war cry.
И воста Давид рано, овцы же остави со стражею, и взя, и отиде, якоже заповеда ему отец его Иессей: и прииде на место, идеже исхождаху сильнии на брань и вопияху в полцех.
21 The Philistine army and the Israeli army stood [on the hillsides], facing each other, ready for the battle.
Занеже вооружашеся Израиль противу иноплеменником, и иноплеменницы вооружахуся противу Израиля.
22 David gave the food to the man who was taking care of the war equipment. [He told him to take care of the food that he brought], and then he went and greeted his older brothers.
И положи Давид бремя свое в руках стража, и тече в полк, и пришед вопроси братию свою в мире.
23 While he was talking with them, he saw Goliath coming out from among the Philistine soldiers, shouting [to the Israelis], challenging them [to send a man to fight him]. David heard what Goliath was saying.
Глаголющу же ему с ними, и се, муж месейский, емуже имя Голиаф, Филистимлянин от Гефы, изыде от полков иноплеменничих и глагола по словесем сим, и услыша Давид.
24 When all the Israeli soldiers saw Goliath, they were terrified and started to ran away.
И вси мужие Израилевы егда увидеша мужа, и бежаша от лица его и убояшася зело.
25 They were saying to each other, “Look at him coming up toward us! And listen to him as he defies us Israelis! The king says that he will give a big reward to whoever kills this man. He also says that he will give his daughter to that man for him to marry her, and that he will no longer require that man’s family to pay taxes.”
И реша мужие Израилтестии: видесте ли мужа сего восходяща, яко поносити Израиля прииде? И аще будет муж, иже убиет его, обогатит его царь богатством велиим, и дщерь свою даст ему, и дом отца его сотворит свободен во Израили.
26 David talked to some of the men who were standing near him. He said, “What will be given to whoever kills this Philistine and frees us Israelis from this shame/disgrace? And who [does] this heathen Philistine [think he] is, defying/ridiculing the army that serves the all-powerful God?”
И рече Давид к мужем стоящым с ним, глаголя: что сотворите мужу, иже убиет иноплеменника онаго и отимет поношение от Израиля? Яко кто есть иноплеменник необрезанный сей, иже поносит полку Бога живаго?
27 They told him the same thing that the other men had said, about what the king would do for anyone who killed Goliath.
И рекоша ему людие по словеси сему, глаголюще: тако сотворится мужу, иже убиет его.
28 But when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard David talking to the men, he was angry. He said to David, “Why have you come down here? Is someone taking care of those few sheep that you left in the desert? I know you are just a (smart-aleck/brat)! You just want to watch the battle!”
И услыша Елиав брат его болший, внегда глаголати ему к мужем: и разгневася яростию Елиав на Давида и рече: почто семо пришел еси? И кому оставил еси малыя овцы оны в пустыни? Вем аз гордость твою и злобу сердца твоего, яко видения ради брани пришел еси.
29 David replied, “Have I done something wrong? I was merely asking a question!”
И рече Давид: что сотворих ныне? Несть ли речь?
30 Then he walked over to another man and asked him the same question, but the man gave him the same answer. Each time he asked someone, he received the same answer.
И отвратися от него ко иному и рече по словеси сему. И отвещаша ему людие по словеси прежнему.
31 Finally, someone told king Saul what David had asked, and Saul sent someone to bring David to him.
И слышаны быша глаголы, ихже глагола Давид, и возвестиша пред Саулом: и пояша его людие и приведоша его пред Саула.
32 David told king Saul, “No one should (worry/become a coward) because of that Philistine man. I will go and fight with him!”
И рече Давид к Саулу: да не ужасается сердце господину моему о сем, раб твой пойдет и поборется со иноплеменником сим.
33 Saul said to David, “You are only a young man, and he has been a very capable soldier all his life. So you are not able to go and fight with him!”
И рече Саул к Давиду: не возможеши пойти ко иноплеменнику сему братися с ним, яко ты детищь еси, сей же муж борец есть от юности своея.
34 David replied, “I have been taking care of my father’s sheep [for many years]. Whenever a lion or a bear came and carried away a lamb,
И рече Давид к Саулу: егда пасяше раб твой отца своего стадо, и егда прихождаше лев или медведица и восхищаше от стада овцу едину:
35 I went after the lion or the bear and attacked it and rescued the lamb from the wild animal’s mouth. Then I grabbed the animal by its jaw/throat and struck it and killed it.
и аз вслед его исхождах и поражах его, и исторгах из уст его (взятое): и аще воспротивляшеся ми, то взем за гортань его, поражах и умерщвлях его:
36 I have killed both lions and bears. And [I will do] the same to this heathen Philistine, because he has defied/ridiculed the army of the all-powerful God!
и льва и медведицу бияше раб твой, и будет иноплеменник необрезанный сей яко един от сих: не поиду ли, и поражу его, и отиму днесь поношение от Израиля? Понеже кто необрезанный сей, иже уничижи полк Бога жива?
37 Yahweh has rescued me from paws of lions and bears, and he will rescue me from this Philistine!” Then Saul said to David, “All right, go [and fight him], and [I hope/desire] that Yahweh will help you!”
И рече Давид: Господь иже изят мя от руки львовы и от руки медведицы, той измет мя от руки иноплеменника сего необрезаннаго. И рече Саул к Давиду: иди, и да будет Господь с тобою.
38 Then Saul gave to David his own clothes that he always wore in battles, and he gave him a bronze helmet and a coat made of metal plates.
И облече Саул Давида одеждею, и шлем медян возложи на главу его,
39 David [put these things on. Then he] fastened his sword over them, and tried to walk. But he could not walk, because he was not accustomed to wearing those things. So David said to Saul, “I cannot fight wearing all these things, because I am not accustomed to [wearing] them!” So he took them off.
и препояса Давида оружием своим верху одежды его. Давид же походив (во оружии) семо и овамо, утрудися, яко не обыче. И рече Давид Саулу: не могу ити в сих, яко не обыкох. И взяша от него сия.
40 Then he took his walking/shepherd’s stick, and he picked up five smooth stones from the brook/stream. He put them in the pouch of his shoulder-bag. Then he put his sling in his hand and started walking toward Goliath.
И взя палицу свою в руку свою, и избра себе пять камений гладких от потока, и вложи я в тоболец пастырский егоже ношаше, и пращу свою имый в руце своей, и иде к мужу иноплеменнику.
41 Goliath walked toward David, with the soldier who was carrying his shield walking in front of him. When he got near David,
И идяше иноплеменник приближаяся к Давиду, и носяй оружие его пред ним (идяше).
42 he looked at David closely. He saw that David had a handsome face and healthy body, but that he was only a young man. So he sneered at David.
И виде Голиаф иноплеменник Давида и обезчествова его, зане той детищь бе, и чермен и леп очима.
43 He said to David, “Are you coming to me with a stick because [you think that] I am a dog?” Then he called out to his gods to harm David.
И рече иноплеменник к Давиду: еда пес аз есмь, яко ты идеши противу мене с палицею и камением? И рече Давид: ни, но и хуждший пса. И прокля иноплеменник Давида боги своими.
44 He said to David, “Come here to me, and I will [kill you and] give your dead body to the birds and wild animals to eat!”
И рече иноплеменник к Давиду: гряди ко мне, и дам плоть твою птицам небесным и зверем земным.
45 David replied, “You are coming to me with a sword and a dagger and a spear. But I am coming to you (in the name/with the authority) of almighty Yahweh. He is the God whom the army of Israel [worships], and he is the God whom you have defied/ridiculed.
И рече Давид иноплеменнику: ты идеши на мя с мечем и с копием и щитом, аз же иду на тя во имя Господа Бога Саваофа, Бога ополчения Израилева, егоже ты уничижил еси днесь:
46 Today Yahweh will enable me to defeat you. I will strike you down and cut off your head. And [we Israelis will kill] many Philistine [soldiers and] give their bodies to the birds and wild animals to eat. And everyone in the world will [hear about it and] know that we Israeli people worship an [all-powerful] God.
и предаст тя Господь днесь в руце мои, и убию тя, и отиму главу твою от тебе, и дам тело твое и телеса полка иноплеменнича в день сей птицам небесным и зверем земным: и уразумеет вся земля, яко есть Господь Бог во Израили,
47 And everyone here will know that Yahweh can rescue people without a sword or a spear. Yahweh always wins his battles, and he will enable us to defeat all of you [Philistines].”
и уразумеет весь сонм сей, яко не мечем ни копием спасает Господь, яко Господня брань, и предаст Господь вас в руки нашя.
48 As Goliath came closer to attack David, David ran quickly toward him.
И воста иноплеменник и иде во сретение Давиду. И ускори Давид и тече на сражение во сретение иноплеменнику.
49 He put his hand into his shoulder-bag and took out one stone. He [put it in his sling and] hurled it toward Goliath. The stone hit Goliath on the forehead and penetrated his skull, and he fell face down onto the ground.
И простре Давид руку свою в тоболец, и изя из него камень един, (и вложи в пращу, ) и верже пращею, и порази иноплеменника в чело его, и унзе камень под шлемом его в чело его, и паде (Голиаф) на лицы своем на землю.
50 Then David ran and stood over Goliath. He pulled Goliath’s sword from its sheath and killed him with it, and then cut off his head. In that way David defeated the Philistine without having his own sword. He used [only] a sling and a stone! When the other Philistines saw that their great warrior was dead, they ran away.
И укрепися Давид над иноплеменником пращею и каменем, и порази иноплеменника, и умертви его: оружия же не бе в руце Давидове.
И тече скоро Давид, и ста над ним, и взя мечь его, и извлече его от недр его, и умертви его, и отсече им главу его. И видеша иноплеменницы, яко умре сильный их, и бежаша.
52 The Israeli men shouted and ran after them. They pursued them all the way to Gath and to the gates of Ekron [city]. They struck them as they went, with the result that dead/wounded Philistines were lying on the road all the way from Shaaraim to Gath and Ekron [towns].
И восташа мужие Израилевы и Иудины и воскликнуша, и погнаша созади их даже до входа Гефова и до врат Аскалонских: и падоша уязвленни (мнози) иноплеменницы по пути врат и даже до Гефа и Аккарона.
53 When the Israelis returned from chasing the Philistines, they (plundered/took everything from) the Philistine camp.
И возвратишася мужие Израилевы гнавшии вслед иноплеменник, и потопташа полки их.
54 David later took the head of Goliath to Jerusalem, but he kept Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.
И взя Давид главу иноплеменника и внесе ю во Иерусалим, и оружие его положи во храмине своей.
55 As Saul watched David going toward Goliath, he said to Abner, the commanded of his army, “Abner, whose son is that young man?” Abner replied, “(As sure as you are alive/Truly) [IDM], I do not know.”
И егда виде Саул Давида исходяща во сретение иноплеменника, рече ко Авениру князю силы: чий есть сын юноша сей, Авенире? И рече Авенир: да живет душа твоя, царю, яко не вем.
56 Then the king said, “Find out whose son he is!”
И рече царь: вопроси убо ты, чий есть сын юноша сей?
57 [Later, ] as David returned from killing Goliath, Abner took him to Saul. David was carrying Goliath’s head.
Егда же возвратися Давид по убиении иноплеменника, взя его Авенир и приведе его пред Саула: глава же иноплеменнича бе в руце его.
58 Saul asked him, “Young man, whose son are you?” David replied, “[Sir, perhaps you have forgotten that] I am the son of your servant Jesse, who has served you faithfully, who lives in Bethlehem.”
И рече к нему Саул: чий еси сын, юноше? И рече Давид: сын раба твоего Иессеа от Вифлеема.
