1 Samuel 27
1 But David thought, “Some day Saul will capture me [if I stay around here]. So the best thing that I can do is to escape and go to the Philistia area. If I do that, Saul will stop searching for me here in Israel, and I will be safe.”
Tetapi Daud berpikir dalam hatinya: "Bagaimanapun juga pada suatu hari aku akan binasa oleh tangan Saul. Jadi tidak ada yang lebih baik bagiku selain meluputkan diri dengan segera ke negeri orang Filistin; maka tidak ada harapan bagi Saul untuk mencari aku lagi di seluruh daerah Israel dan aku akan terluput dari tangannya."
2 So David and his 600 men left Israel and went to see Maoch’s son Achish, who was king of Gath [city in the Philistia area].
Bersiaplah Daud, lalu berjalan ke sana, ia dan keenam ratus orang yang bersama-sama dengan dia itu, kepada Akhis bin Maokh, raja kota Gat.
3 David and his men and their families started to live there in Gath, the city where king Achish lived. David’s two wives were with him—Ahinoam from Jezreel, and Nabal’s widow Abigail, from Carmel.
Daud dan semua orangnya menetap pada Akhis di Gat, masing-masing dengan rumah tangganya; Daud dengan kedua orang isterinya, yakni Ahinoam, perempuan Yizreel, dan Abigail, bekas isteri Nabal, perempuan Karmel.
4 When someone told Saul that David had run away [and was living] in Gath, he stopped searching for David.
Setelah diberitahukan kepada Saul, bahwa Daud telah melarikan diri ke Gat, ia tidak lagi mencarinya.
5 [One day] David said to Achish, “If you are pleased with us, give us a place in one of the small villages where we can stay. There is no need [RHQ] for us to stay in the city where you are the king.”
Berkatalah Daud kepada Akhis: "Jika kiranya aku mendapat belas kasihanmu, biarlah diberikan kepadaku tempat di salah satu kota di tanah datar, supaya aku tinggal di sana. Mengapa hambamu ini tinggal padamu di kota kerajaan ini?"
6 [Achish liked what David suggested]. So that day Achish gave to David Ziklag [town]. As a result, Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah since that time.
Maka pada hari itu Akhis memberikan Ziklag kepadanya; itulah sebabnya Ziklag menjadi kepunyaan raja-raja Yehuda sampai sekarang.
7 David [and his men] lived in the Philistia area for 16 months.
Dan lamanya Daud tinggal di daerah orang Filistin adalah satu tahun empat bulan.
8 [During that time] David and his men raided the people who lived [in the areas] where the Geshur, Girzi, and Amalek people-groups lived. Those people had lived there a long time. That area extended [south] from Telam to the Shur [Desert] and to [the border of] Egypt.
Maka Daud dan orang-orangnya bergerak maju dan menyerbu orang Gesur, orang Girzi dan orang Amalek; sebab orang-orang inilah penduduk negeri itu yang membentang dari Telam ke arah Syur sampai tanah Mesir.
9 Whenever David’s men attacked them, they killed all the men and women, and they took all the people’s sheep and cattle and donkeys and camels, and even their clothes. Then they would bring those things back home, [and David would go to talk] to Achish.
Apabila Daud memusnahkan negeri itu, seorangpun tidak dibiarkannya hidup, baik laki-laki maupun perempuan; ia merampas kambing domba, lembu, keledai, unta dan pakaian, kemudian pulanglah ia dan kembali kepada Akhis.
10 Each time Achish would ask David, “Where did you go raiding today?” David [would lie to him]. Sometimes he would reply that they had gone to the southern part of Judah, and sometimes he would say that they had gone to Jerahmeel, or to the area where the Ken people-group lived.
Jika Akhis bertanya: "Di mana kamu menyerbu pada hari ini?" maka jawab Daud: "Di Tanah Negeb Yehuda," atau: "Di Tanah Negeb orang Yerahmeel," atau: "Di Tanah Negeb orang Keni."
11 David’s men never brought back to Gath any man or woman who was left alive. David thought, “If [we do not kill everyone, some of] them [who are still alive] will go and tell Achish [the truth] about what we really did.” David did that all the time that he [and his men] lived in the Philistia area.
Daud tidak membiarkan hidup seorangpun, baik laki-laki maupun perempuan, untuk dibawa ke Gat, sebab pikirnya: "Jangan-jangan mereka mengabarkan tentang kami, dengan berkata: Beginilah dilakukan Daud." Itulah kebiasaannya, selama ia tinggal di daerah orang Filistin.
12 So Achish believed [what] David [told him], and said to himself, “[Because of what David has done, ] his own people, the Israelis, must now hate him very much. So he will have to [stay here and] serve me forever.”
Tetapi Akhis mempercayai Daud, sebab pikirnya: "Tentulah ia telah membuat diri dibenci di antara orang Israel, bangsanya; ia akan menjadi hambaku sampai selamanya."
