1 Samuel 30

1 Three days later, when David and his men arrived at Ziklag, [they discovered that] men of the Amalek people-group had raided Ziklag and [towns in] the southern part of Judah. They had destroyed Ziklag and burned down all the buildings.

Ketika Daud serta orang-orangnya sampai ke Ziklag pada hari yang ketiga, orang Amalek telah menyerbu Tanah Negeb dan Ziklag; Ziklag telah dikalahkan oleh mereka dan dibakar habis.

2 They had captured the women [and the children] and everyone else, and had taken them away. But they had not killed anyone.

Perempuan-perempuan dan semua orang yang ada di sana, tua dan muda, telah ditawan mereka, dengan tidak membunuh seorangpun; mereka menggiring sekaliannya, kemudian meneruskan perjalanannya.

3 When David and his men came to Ziklag, they saw that the town had been burned, and that their wives and sons and daughters had been captured and taken away.

Ketika Daud dan orang-orangnya sampai ke kota itu, tampaklah kota itu terbakar habis, dan isteri mereka serta anak mereka yang laki-laki dan perempuan telah ditawan.

4 David and his men cried loudly, until [they were so weak that] they could not cry [any more].

Lalu menangislah Daud dan rakyat yang bersama-sama dengan dia itu dengan nyaring, sampai mereka tidak kuat lagi menangis.

5 David’s two wives, Ahinoam and Abigail, had also been taken away.

Juga kedua isteri Daud ditawan, yakni Ahinoam, perempuan Yizreel, dan Abigail, bekas isteri Nabal, orang Karmel itu.

6 David’s men were threatening to [kill him by] throwing stones at him, because they were very angry because their sons and daughters [had been taken away]. David was very distressed, but Yahweh his God gave him strength.

Dan Daud sangat terjepit, karena rakyat mengatakan hendak melempari dia dengan batu. Seluruh rakyat itu telah pedih hati, masing-masing karena anaknya laki-laki dan perempuan. Tetapi Daud menguatkan kepercayaannya kepada TUHAN, Allahnya.

7 David [did not know what to do, so he] said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring to me the sacred vest.” So Abiathar brought it,

Lalu Daud memberi perintah kepada imam Abyatar bin Ahimelekh: "Bawalah efod itu kepadaku." Maka Abyatar membawa efod itu kepada Daud.

8 and David asked Yahweh, “Should I [and my men] pursue the men [who took our families]? Will we [be able to] catch up to them?” Yahweh answered [by means of the stones in Abiathar’s sacred pouch], “Yes, pursue them. You will catch up to them, and you will be able to rescue [your families].”

Kemudian bertanyalah Daud kepada TUHAN, katanya: "Haruskah aku mengejar gerombolan itu? Akan dapatkah mereka kususul?" Dan Ia berfirman kepadanya: "Kejarlah, sebab sesungguhnya, engkau akan dapat menyusul mereka dan melepaskan para tawanan."

9 So David and the 600 men who were with him left, and they came to the Besor Ravine. Some of his men stayed there [with some of their supplies].

Lalu pergilah Daud beserta keenam ratus orang yang bersama-sama dengan dia, dan sampailah mereka ke sungai Besor. Sementara orang-orang yang mau tinggal di belakang berhenti di sana,

10 David and 400 men continued to pursue [the men who captured their families]. The other 200 men stayed there at the ravine, because they were so exhausted that they could not cross the ravine.

maka Daud melanjutkan pengejaran itu beserta empat ratus orang. Dua ratus orang yang terlalu lelah untuk menyeberangi sungai Besor itu, berhenti di sana.

11 [As David and the 400 men were going], they saw a man from Egypt in a field; so they took him to David. They gave the man some water to drink and some food to eat.

Kemudian mereka menemui seorang Mesir di padang lalu membawanya kepada Daud. Mereka memberi dia roti, lalu makanlah ia, kemudian mereka memberi dia minum air,

12 They also gave him a piece of fig cake and two clusters/packs of raisins. The man had not had anything to eat or drink for three days and nights, but [after he ate and drank] he felt refreshed.

dan memberikan kepadanya sepotong kue ara dan dua buah kue kismis, dan setelah dimakannya, ia segar kembali, sebab ia tidak makan dan minum selama tiga hari tiga malam.

13 David asked him, “Who is your master? And where do you come from?” He replied, “I am from Egypt. I am a slave of a man from the Amalek people-group. Three days ago my master left me here, because I was sick [and I was not able to go with them].

Kemudian bertanyalah Daud kepadanya: "Budak siapakah engkau dan dari manakah engkau?" Jawabnya: "Aku ini seorang pemuda Mesir, budak kepunyaan seorang Amalek. Tuanku meninggalkan aku, karena tiga hari yang lalu aku jatuh sakit.

14 We had raided the southern part of Judah where the Kereth people-group live, and some other towns in Judah, and the area south [of Hebron city] where the descendants of Caleb live. We also burned Ziklag [town].”

Kami telah menyerbu Tanah Negeb orang Kreti dan daerah Yehuda dan Tanah Negeb Kaleb, dan Ziklag telah kami bakar habis."

15 David asked him, “Can you lead us to this group of raiders?” He replied, “Yes, [I will do that] if you ask God to listen while you promise that you will not kill me or give me back to my master. If you promise that, I will take you to them.”

Daud bertanya kepadanya: "Dapatkah engkau menunjuk jalan kepadaku ke gerombolan itu?" Katanya: "Bersumpahlah kepadaku demi Allah, bahwa engkau tidak akan membunuh aku, dan tidak akan menyerahkan aku ke dalam tangan tuanku itu, maka aku akan menunjuk jalan kepadamu ke gerombolan itu."

16 [David agreed to do that, ] so the man from Egypt led David [and his men] to where the men from the Amalek people-group were. Those men were lying on the ground, eating and drinking and celebrating because of having captured many things from the Philistia and Judah areas.

Ia menunjuk jalan kepada Daud ke sana, dan tampaklah orang-orang itu berpencar-pencar di atas seluruh daerah itu, sambil makan, minum dan mengadakan perayaan karena jarahan yang besar, yang telah dirampas mereka dari tanah orang Filistin dan dari tanah Yehuda.

17 David [and his men] fought against them from sunset that day until the evening of the following day. Four hundred of them escaped and rode away on camels, but none of the others escaped.

Dan pada keesokan harinya Daud menghancurkan mereka dari pagi-pagi buta sampai matahari terbenam; tidak ada seorangpun dari mereka yang lolos, kecuali empat ratus orang muda yang melarikan diri dengan menunggang unta.

18 David rescued his two wives, and he and his men got back everything else that the men of the Amalek people-group had taken.

Daud melepaskan semua apa yang dirampas oleh orang Amalek itu; juga kedua isterinya dapat dilepaskan Daud.

19 Nothing was missing. They took all their people back [to Ziklag]—young people and old people, [their wives], their sons and their daughters. They also recovered all the other things that the men of the Amalek people-group had taken from Ziklag.

Tidak ada yang hilang pada mereka, dari hal yang kecil sampai hal yang besar, sampai anak laki-laki dan anak perempuan, dan dari jarahan sampai segala sesuatu yang telah dirampas mereka; semuanya itu dibawa Daud kembali.

20 They took with them the sheep and cattle that had been captured, and his men caused those animals to go in front of them, saying, “These are animals that we captured in the battle; they belong to David!”

Daud mengambil segala kambing domba dan lembu; semuanya itu digiring mereka di hadapannya, serta berkata: "Inilah jarahan Daud."

21 David and his men got back to where the other 200 men were waiting, the men who did not go with David because they were very exhausted. They had stayed at Besor Ravine. [When they saw David and his men coming], they went out to greet them. And David [greeted them and] said to them, “I hope that things are going well with you!”

Ketika Daud sampai kepada kedua ratus orang yang telah terlalu lelah untuk mengikuti Daud, yang telah dibiarkannya tinggal di dekat sungai Besor, maka keluarlah orang-orang ini menyongsong Daud dan menyongsong rakyat yang bersama-sama dengan dia. Daud mendekati orang-orang itu dan memberi salam kepada mereka.

22 But some of the men who had gone with David, men who were evil and troublemakers, said, “These 200 men did not go with us. So we should not give to them any of the things that we recovered/captured. Each of them should take only his wife and children and go [back to their homes].”

Kemudian mulailah berbicara semua orang jahat dan orang dursila di antara orang-orang, yang ikut pergi bersama-sama dengan Daud itu, katanya: "Karena mereka tidak ikut pergi bersama-sama dengan kita, janganlah kita berikan kepada mereka apa-apa dari jarahan yang kita selamatkan itu, kecuali kepada masing-masing mereka isterinya dan anak-anaknya. Itu boleh mereka bawa, dan biarlah mereka pergi!"

23 David replied, “No, my fellow Israelis, it would not be right to divide up like that the things that Yahweh has allowed us to capture. Yahweh has protected us and enabled us to defeat the enemies who attacked our town.

Tetapi Daud berkata: "Janganlah kamu, saudara-saudaraku, berbuat demikian, dengan apa yang diberikan TUHAN kepada kita; sebab Ia telah melindungi kita, dan menyerahkan ke dalam tangan kita gerombolan yang menyerang kita.

24 (Who will pay attention to you if you say things like that?/No one will pay attention to you if you say things like that.) [RHQ] The men who stayed here with our supplies will get the same amount that the men who went into the battle will get. They will all receive the same amount.”

Siapa yang mau mendengarkan kamu dalam perkara ini? Sebab, bagian orang yang tinggal di dekat barang-barang adalah sama seperti bagian orang yang pergi berperang; itu akan dibagi sama-sama."

25 David made that to be a law [DOU] for the Israeli people, and that is still a law in Israel.

Dan demikianlah halnya sejak hari itu dan seterusnya; hal itu ditentukannya menjadi ketetapan dan peraturan bagi orang Israel sampai sekarang.

26 When David [and all the others] arrived in Ziklag, David sent to his friends who were leaders in Judah some of the things that they had captured from the Amalek people-group. He said to them, “Here is a present for you. These are things that we took from Yahweh’s enemies.”

Ketika Daud sampai ke Ziklag, dikirimnyalah sebagian dari jarahan itu kepada para tua-tua di Yehuda, kepada teman-temannya, dengan pesan: "Inilah pemberian kepadamu dari jarahan yang dirampas dari musuh TUHAN,"

27 [Here is a list of the cities and towns to whose leaders David sent gifts: ] Bethel, Ramoth in the southern part of Judah, Jattir,

yakni kepada yang di Betel, kepada yang di Ramot di Tanah Selatan, kepada yang di Yatir,

28 Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa,

kepada yang di Aroer, kepada yang di Sifmot, kepada yang di Estemoa,

29 Racal, the cities where the descendants of Jehrameel lived and the cities where the Ken people-group lived,

kepada yang di Rakhal, kepada yang di kota-kota orang Yerahmeel, kepada yang di kota-kota orang Keni,

30 Hormah, Bor-Ashan, Athach,

kepada yang di Horma, kepada yang di Bor-Asan, kepada yang di Atakh,

31 Hebron, and all the other places where David and his men had gone [when they were hiding from Saul].

kepada yang di Hebron dan kepada segala tempat di mana Daud dengan orang-orangnya mengembara.