1 Samuel 23
1 Pada suatu hari diberitahukan kepada Daud bahwa orang Filistin menyerang kota Kehila dan merampas gandum yang baru dipotong.
David was told, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.”
2 Lalu bertanyalah ia kepada TUHAN, "Haruskah aku pergi menyerang orang Filistin?" "Ya," jawab TUHAN, "seranglah mereka dan selamatkanlah penduduk Kehila."
Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go and strike these Philistines?” The LORD said to David, “Go strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.”
3 Tetapi anak buah Daud berkata kepadanya, "Sedangkan di sini, di Yehuda, kita sudah sangat ketakutan; apalagi kalau kita harus pergi menyerang tentara Filistin di Kehila."
David’s men said to him, “Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
4 Sebab itu sekali lagi Daud meminta petunjuk dari TUHAN, dan TUHAN menjawab, "Jangan khawatir. Seranglah kota Kehila, karena tentara Filistin itu akan Kuserahkan kepadamu."
Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. The LORD answered him, and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
5 Maka pergilah Daud dan anak buahnya ke Kehila lalu diserangnya serta dibunuhnya banyak orang Filistin, dan dirampasnya ternak mereka. Demikianlah Daud membebaskan penduduk kota itu.
David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their livestock, and killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
6 Ketika Abyatar anak Ahimelekh melarikan diri kepada Daud, dan menyertai Daud ke Kehila, ia juga membawa efod.
When Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.
7 Ketika diberitahukan kepada Saul bahwa Daud ada di Kehila, pikir Saul, "Daud telah diserahkan Allah kepadaku. Ia terjebak karena telah masuk ke dalam kota yang bertembok dan berpintu gerbang."
Saul was told that David had come to Keilah. Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he is shut in by entering into a town that has gates and bars.”
8 Lalu Saul mengerahkan tentaranya dan berangkat ke Kehila untuk mengepung Daud bersama semua anak buahnya.
Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men.
9 Tetapi Daud sudah tahu bahwa Saul berniat jahat terhadapnya. Sebab itu ia berkata kepada Imam Abyatar, "Bawalah efod itu ke mari."
David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him. He said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”
10 Lalu berdoalah Daud, "TUHAN, Allah Israel, aku mendengar bahwa Saul berniat untuk datang ke Kehila dan menghancurkan kota itu karena aku, hamba-Mu.
Then David said, “O LORD, the God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah to destroy the city for my sake.
11 Benarkah kabar yang kudengar itu? TUHAN, Allah Israel, sudilah beritahukan kepadaku." TUHAN menjawab, "Ya, Saul akan datang." Lalu tanya Daud lagi, "Apakah warga kota Kehila akan menyerahkan aku dan anak buahku kepada Saul?" Maka TUHAN menjawab, "Ya."
Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? LORD, the God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant.” The LORD said, “He will come down.”
Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?” The LORD said, “They will deliver you up.”
13 Lalu Daud serta anak buahnya kira-kira 600 orang, segera meninggalkan Kehila dan mengembara dari satu tempat ke tempat yang lain. Ketika Saul mendengar bahwa Daud telah pergi dari Kehila, ia membatalkan rencana penyerangannya.
Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah and went wherever they could go. Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah; and he gave up going there.
14 Setelah itu Daud tinggal di gua-gua pegunungan di padang gurun Zif. Ia selalu dikejar-kejar oleh Saul, tetapi TUHAN tidak menyerahkannya kepada raja itu.
David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn’t deliver him into his hand.
15 Meskipun demikian Daud takut juga, karena Saul berniat hendak membunuhnya. Pada suatu waktu Daud ada di Hores, di padang gurun Zif.
David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the woods.
16 Yonatan pergi menemuinya ke situ untuk menguatkan kepercayaannya bahwa ia akan dilindungi Allah.
Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.
17 Kata Yonatan kepadanya, "Jangan takut, engkau tidak akan jatuh ke tangan ayahku. Beliau tahu benar bahwa engkaulah yang akan menjadi raja Israel dan bahwa aku akan mendapat kedudukan di bawahmu."
He said to him, “Don’t be afraid, for the hand of Saul my father won’t find you; and you will be king over Israel, and I will be next to you; and Saul my father knows that also.”
18 Kemudian Daud dan Yonatan mengikat perjanjian persahabatan di hadapan TUHAN. Sesudah itu Yonatan pulang ke rumahnya, sedangkan Daud tetap tinggal di Hores.
They both made a covenant before the LORD. Then David stayed in the woods and Jonathan went to his house.
19 Kemudian beberapa orang dari Zif menghadap Saul di Gibea dan berkata, "Daud bersembunyi di daerah kami dalam gua-gua dekat Hores, di atas Bukit Hakhila sebelah selatan padang gurun Yehuda.
Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the woods, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
20 Kami tahu, bahwa Baginda ingin sekali menangkap dia; sebab itu, datanglah ke daerah kami. Kami menjamin bahwa Baginda pasti dapat menyergapnya."
Now therefore, O king, come down. According to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part will be to deliver him up into the king’s hand.”
21 Saul menjawab, "Semoga kamu diberkati TUHAN karena berbuat baik kepadaku!
Saul said, “You are blessed by the LORD, for you have had compassion on me.
22 Pergilah dan pastikan lagi; periksalah dengan sungguh-sungguh di mana Daud berada dan siapa yang telah melihatnya di sana. Aku mendengar bahwa ia sangat cerdik.
Please go make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for I have been told that he is very cunning.
23 Jadi periksalah dengan teliti gua-gua yang pernah menjadi tempat persembunyiannya, dan kembalilah ke mari untuk melaporkan kepadaku. Lalu aku akan pergi bersama-sama dengan kamu, dan jika ia masih ada di wilayah itu, pasti akan kucari, walaupun harus kuobrak-abrik seluruh Yehuda!"
See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself; and come again to me with certainty, and I will go with you. It shall happen, if he is in the land, that I will search him out amongst all the thousands of Judah.”
24 Maka berangkatlah orang-orang itu kembali ke Zif mendahului Saul. Pada waktu itu Daud dan anak buahnya ada di padang gurun Maon, di lembah yang sunyi di daerah selatan padang gurun Yehuda.
They arose, and went to Ziph before Saul; but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.
25 Saul dan tentaranya datang hendak mencari Daud, tetapi orang memberitahukan hal itu kepada Daud, sehingga ia pergi ke gunung batu di padang gurun Maon dan tinggal di situ. Setelah Saul mengetahui hal itu, ia segera mengejar Daud.
Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told, he went down to the rock, and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard that, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.
26 Saul dan tentaranya berjalan di pinggir gunung sebelah sini sedangkan Daud dan anak buahnya di pinggir sebelah sana. Daud cepat-cepat meloloskan diri dari Saul yang sudah mulai mengepung hendak menangkap mereka.
Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David hurried to get away for fear of Saul, for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men to take them.
27 Tetapi tiba-tiba datanglah seorang utusan menghadap Saul dan berkata, "Hendaknya Baginda segera kembali! Orang Filistin telah menyerbu negeri kita!"
But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land!”
28 Lalu Saul menghentikan pengejaran terhadap Daud, dan pergi untuk berperang melawan orang Filistin. Itulah sebabnya tempat itu disebut Gunung Pemisahan.
So Saul returned from pursuing David, and went against the Philistines. Therefore they called that place Sela Hammahlekoth.
29 Dari situ Daud pergi ke wilayah En-Gedi, dan bersembunyi di gua-gua.
David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.
