1 Samuel 21

1 Maka pergilah Daud kepada Imam Ahimelekh di Nob. Dengan terkejut Ahimelekh ke luar menemui Daud dan bertanya kepadanya, "Mengapa engkau ke mari sendirian saja?"

Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why [art] thou alone, and no man with thee?

2 Daud menjawab, "Aku telah diserahi sebuah tugas oleh baginda dan dilarang memberitahu kepada seorang pun tentang tugas itu. Sebab itu anak buahku telah kusuruh menunggu di suatu tempat.

And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed [my] servants to such and such a place.

3 Maaf, sekarang aku ingin bertanya, makanan apa yang ada pada Bapak? Berikanlah kepadaku lima buah roti atau apa saja yang ada di sini."

Now therefore what is under thine hand? give [me] five [loaves of] bread in mine hand, or what there is present.

4 Lalu kata imam itu, "Aku tidak punya roti biasa, hanya roti persembahan yang ada; engkau boleh mengambilnya, asal saja anak buahmu tidak melakukan persetubuhan baru-baru ini."

And the priest answered David, and said, [There is] no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.

5 Daud menjawab, "Tentu saja mereka tidak melakukannya. Selalu jika kami bertugas, anak buahku menjaga agar mereka bersih menurut agama, padahal biasanya itu hanya untuk tugas-tugas biasa; apalagi tugas yang khusus seperti sekarang ini!"

And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women [have been] kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and [the bread is] in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.

6 Lalu imam itu memberikan kepada Daud roti persembahan itu, sebab yang ada padanya hanyalah roti yang dipersembahkan kepada Allah, dan telah diangkat dari mezbah untuk digantikan dengan roti baru.

So the priest gave him hallowed [bread: ] for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

7 (Kebetulan, Doeg orang Edom, kepala gembala ternak Saul ada di situ pada hari itu untuk memenuhi suatu kewajiban agama.)

Now a certain man of the servants of Saul [was] there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name [was] Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that [belonged] to Saul.

8 Kemudian bertanyalah Daud kepada Ahimelekh, "Apakah Bapak menyimpan tombak atau pedang yang dapat kupakai? Perintah baginda itu sangat mendadak sehingga aku berangkat dengan tergesa-gesa sekali dan tak sempat lagi mengambil pedang ataupun senjata yang lain."

And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.

9 Lalu Ahimelekh menjawab, "Aku menyimpan pedang Goliat, orang Filistin yang kaubunuh di Lembah Ela itu; pedang itu ada di belakang efod, terbungkus dalam kain. Jika kau mau, ambil saja, sebab hanya itulah senjata yang ada di sini." Kata Daud, "Pedang itu pedang yang terbaik di seluruh negeri, berikanlah itu kepadaku!"

And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it [is here] wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take [it: ] for [there is] no other save that here. And David said, [There is] none like that; give it me.

10 Pada hari itu juga Daud melarikan diri dari Saul, lalu sampai kepada Akhis raja kota Gat.

And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

11 Kepada Akhis diberitahu oleh para pegawainya demikian, "Bukankah dia ini Daud, raja di negerinya? Dan bukankah untuk dialah para wanita waktu itu menari-nari sambil bernyanyi begini, 'Saul membunuh beribu-ribu musuh, tetapi Daud berpuluh-puluh ribu?'"

And the servants of Achish said unto him, [Is] not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

12 Kata-kata itu mengganggu pikiran Daud, dan ia menjadi takut sekali kepada Raja Akhis.

And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

13 Sebab itu, di depan umum Daud berpura-pura gila. Ketika mereka mencoba menahannya, ia seolah-olah kurang waras; ia menggaruk-garuk pintu kota dan membiarkan air liurnya meleleh ke janggutnya.

And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.

14 Lalu Akhis berkata kepada para pegawainya, "Apakah kamu tidak melihat bahwa orang itu gila? Mengapa kamu bawa kemari?

Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore [then] have ye brought him to me?

15 Masih kurangkah orang tak waras di sekitarku, sehingga kamu bawa seorang gila lagi ke rumahku ini?"

Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this [fellow] to play the mad man in my presence? shall this [fellow] come into my house?