1 Samuel 23
1 And they declare to David, saying, 'Lo, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are spoiling the threshing-floors.'
Javiše onda Davidu: “Filistejci opsjedaju Keilu i pljačkaju gumna.”
2 And David asketh at Jehovah, saying, 'Do I go? — and have I smitten among these Philistines?' And Jehovah saith unto David, 'Go, and thou hast smitten among the Philistines, and saved Keilah.'
David tada upita Jahvu: “Treba li da idem na Filistejce i hoću li ih potući?” A Jahve odgovori Davidu: “Idi, potući ćeš Filistejce i oslobodit ćeš Keilu.”
3 And David's men say unto him, 'Lo, we here in Judah are afraid; and how much more when we go to Keilah, unto the ranks of the Philistines?'
Ali rekoše Davidu ljudi njegovi: “Gle, mi smo već ovdje, u Judi, u neprestanom strahu; što će tek biti ako odemo u Keilu protiv filistejskih četa!”
4 And David addeth again to ask at Jehovah, and Jehovah answereth him, and saith, 'Rise, go down to Keilah, for I am giving the Philistines into thy hand.'
Zato David još jednom upita Jahvu, a Jahve mu odgovori ovako: “Ustani i siđi u Keilu jer ću predati Filistejce u tvoje ruke!”
5 And David goeth, and his men, to Keilah, and fighteth with the Philistines, and leadeth away their cattle, and smiteth among them — a great smiting, and David saveth the inhabitants of Keilah.
David onda krenu sa svojim ljudima u Keilu, udari na Filistejce, otjera njihovu stoku i zada im težak poraz. Tako je David oslobodio građane Keile. -
6 And it cometh to pass, in the fleeing of Abiathar son of Ahimelech unto David, to Keilah, an ephod came down in his hand.
Kad je ono Ebjatar, Ahimelekov sin, pobjegao k Davidu, on je došao u Keilu noseći u ruci oplećak.
7 And it is declared to Saul that David hath come in to Keilah, and Saul saith, 'God hath made him known for my hand, for he hath been shut in, to enter into a city of doors and bar.'
Kad su Šaulu javili da je David ušao u Keilu, reče Šaul: “Bog ga je predao u moje ruke jer se sam uhvatio u zamku kad je ušao u grad s vratima i prijevornicama.”
8 And Saul summoneth the whole of the people to battle, to go down to Keilah, to lay siege unto David and unto his men.
I Šaul sazva sav narod na oružje da ide na Keilu i da opkoli Davida i njegove ljude.
9 And David knoweth that against him Saul is devising the evil, and saith unto Abiathar the priest, 'Bring nigh the ephod.'
Kad je David doznao da mu Šaul snuje zlo, reče svećeniku Ebjataru: “Donesi oplećak!”
10 And David saith, 'Jehovah, God of Israel, Thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul is seeking to come in unto Keilah, to destroy the city on mine account.
Nato se David pomoli: “Jahve, Bože Izraelov, tvoj je sluga čuo da Šaul sprema navalu na Keilu da razori grad zbog mene.
11 Do the possessors of Keilah shut me up into his hand? doth Saul come down as Thy servant hath heard? Jehovah, God of Israel, declare, I pray Thee, to Thy servant.' And Jehovah saith, 'He doth come down.'
Hoće li Šaul doći kao što je tvoj sluga čuo? Jahve, Bože Izraelov, odgovori svome sluzi!” A Jahve odgovori: “Doći će!”
12 And David saith, 'Do the possessors of Keilah shut me up, and my men, into the hand of Saul?' And Jehovah saith, 'They shut [thee] up.'
David opet upita: “Hoće li me prvaci Keile predati, mene i moje ljude, u Šaulove ruke?” A Jahve odgovori: “Predat će vas!”
13 And David riseth — and his men — about six hundred men, and they go out from Keilah, and go up and down where they go up and down; and to Saul it hath been declared that David hath escaped from Keilah, and he ceaseth to go out.
Tada David ustade sa svojim ljudima, bijaše ih oko šest stotina; iziđoše iz Keile te lutahu kojekuda. A kad su Šaulu javili da je David utekao iz Keile, odusta od vojnog pohoda.
14 And David abideth in the wilderness, in fortresses, and abideth in the hill-country, in the wilderness of Ziph; and Saul seeketh him all the days, and God hath not given him into his hand.
David se skloni u pustinju u gorska skloništa; nastani se na gori u pustinji Zifu. Šaul ga je neprestano tražio, ali ga Bog ne predade u njegove ruke.
15 And David seeth that Saul hath come out to seek his life, and David [is] in the wilderness of Ziph, in a forest.
David se bojao što je Šaul izišao na vojnu da napadne na njegov život. Zato je David ostao u pustinji Zifu, u Horši.
16 And Jonathan son of Saul riseth, and goeth unto David to the forest, and strengtheneth his hand in God,
Tada Šaulov sin Jonatan krenu na put i dođe k Davidu u Horšu i ohrabri ga u ime Božje.
17 and saith unto him, 'Fear not, for the hand of Saul my father doth not find thee, and thou dost reign over Israel, and I am to thee for second, and also so knoweth Saul my father.'
Reče mu: “Ne boj se, jer te neće stići ruka moga oca Šaula. Ti ćeš kraljevati nad Izraelom, a ja ću biti drugi do tebe; i moj otac Šaul zna to dobro.”
18 And they make a covenant both of them before Jehovah; and David abideth in the forest, and Jonathan hath gone to his house.
I sklopiše njih dvojica savez pred Jahvom. David osta u Horši, a Jonatan ode svojoj kući.
19 And the Ziphites go up unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, 'Is not David hiding himself with us in fortresses, in the forest, in the height of Hachilah, which [is] on the south of the desolate place?
Jednoga dana dođoše Zifejci k Šaulu u Gibeu i javiše mu: “David se krije kod nas u gorskim skloništima u Horši, na brdu Hakili, što je južno od Ješimona.
20 And, now, by all the desire of thy soul, O king, to come down, come down, and ours [is] to shut him up into the hand of the king.'
Sada, kralju, kad god zaželiš sići, siđi, a naše je da ga predamo u ruke kralju.”
21 And Saul saith, 'Blessed [are] ye of Jehovah, for ye have pity on me;
A Šaul odgovori: “Blagoslovio vas Jahve što ste me požalili!
22 go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his foot is; who hath seen him there? for [one] hath said unto me, He is very subtile.
Idite, dakle, raspitajte se još i dobro razvidite mjesto kamo ga donesu njegovi hitri koraci; rekli su mi da je vrlo lukav.
23 And see and know of all the hiding-places where he hideth himself, and ye have turned back unto me prepared, and I have gone with you, and it hath been, if he is in the land, that I have searched him out through all the thousands of Judah.'
Zato pretražite sve rupe u koje se zavlači, pa se vratite k meni kad budete pouzdano znali. Tada ću ja poći s vama, pa ako bude gdje u zemlji, ići ću za njegovim tragom po svim Judinim rodovima.”
24 And they rise and go to Ziph before Saul, and David and his men [are] in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain, at the south of the desolate place.
Tada krenuše na put i odoše u Zif, pred Šaulom. David je sa svojim ljudima bio u pustinji Maonu u Arabi, južno od Ješimona.
25 And Saul and his men go to seek, and they declare to David, and he goeth down the rock, and abideth in the wilderness of Maon; and Saul heareth, and pursueth after David [to] the wilderness of Maon.
Potom i Šaul pođe sa svojim ljudima da traži Davida. Kad su to javili Davidu, siđe on u klanac koji leži u pustinji Maonu. Šaul to doznade i krenu u potjeru za Davidom u pustinju Maon.
26 And Saul goeth on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain, and David is hastened to go from the face of Saul, and Saul and his men are compassing David and his men, to catch them.
Šaul je sa svojim ljudima išao jednom stranom planine, a David sa svojim ljudima drugom stranom planine. David se silno žurio da umakne Šaulu. Kad je Šaul sa svojim ljudima htio prijeći na drugu stranu da opkoli Davida i njegove ljude i da ih pohvata,
27 And a messenger hath come in unto Saul, saying, 'Haste, and come, for the Philistines have pushed against the land.'
dođe glasnik Šaulu s porukom: “Dođi brže, Filistejci provališe u zemlju!”
28 And Saul turneth back from pursuing after David, and goeth to meet the Philistines, therefore they have called that place 'The Rock of Divisions.'
Tada Šaul odusta od potjere za Davidom i okrenu se protiv Filistejaca. Zato se prozvalo ono mjesto “Klanac razlaza”.
29 And David goeth up thence, and abideth in fortresses [at] En-gedi.
David se odande uspe i nastani u engadskim gorskim skloništima.
