1 Samuel 24
1 Ketika Saul pulang sesudah memburu orang Filistin itu, diberitahukanlah kepadanya, demikian: "Ketahuilah, Daud ada di padang gurun En-Gedi."
After Saul [and his soldiers] returned [home] after fighting against the Philistia army, someone reported to Saul that David [and his men] had gone into the desert near En-Gedi.
2 Kemudian Saul mengambil tiga ribu orang yang terpilih dari seluruh orang Israel, lalu pergi mencari Daud dan orang-orangnya di gunung batu Kambing Hutan.
[When] Saul [heard that, he] chose 3,000 men from various areas in Israel, and they went to search for David and his men at a place named Rocks of Wild Goats.
3 Ia sampai ke kandang-kandang domba di tepi jalan. Di sana ada gua dan Saul masuk ke dalamnya untuk membuang hajat, tetapi Daud dan orang-orangnya duduk di bagian belakang gua itu.
At a place where the road was alongside some sheep pens, Saul [left the road and] entered a cave to defecate [EUP]. [He did not know that] David and his men were hiding further inside that same cave!
4 Lalu berkatalah orang-orangnya kepada Daud: "Telah tiba hari yang dikatakan TUHAN kepadamu: Sesungguhnya, Aku menyerahkan musuhmu ke dalam tanganmu, maka perbuatlah kepadanya apa yang kaupandang baik." Maka Daud bangun, lalu memotong punca jubah Saul dengan diam-diam.
David’s men [saw Saul and] whispered to David, “Today is the day that Yahweh spoke about when he said, ‘I will enable you to defeat your enemy.’ You can do to him whatever you want to!” So David crept toward the entrance of the cave and [with his knife] he cut off a piece of Saul’s robe.
5 Kemudian berdebar-debarlah hati Daud, karena ia telah memotong punca Saul;
[And then he returned to his men]. But then David felt guilty for having cut off a piece of Saul’s robe.
6 lalu berkatalah ia kepada orang-orangnya: "Dijauhkan Tuhanlah kiranya dari padaku untuk melakukan hal yang demikian kepada tuanku, kepada orang yang diurapi TUHAN, yakni menjamah dia, sebab dialah orang yang diurapi TUHAN."
He said to his men, “I should not have done that to the king! I hope/desire that Yahweh will never allow me to attack the one whom God has appointed, because Yahweh is the one who chose him [to be the king].”
7 Dan Daud mencegah orang-orangnya dengan perkataan itu; ia tidak mengizinkan mereka bangkit menyerang Saul. Sementara itu Saul telah bangun meninggalkan gua itu hendak melanjutkan perjalanannya.
By saying that, David restrained his men, and did not allow them to kill Saul.
8 Kemudian bangunlah Daud, ia keluar dari dalam gua itu dan berseru kepada Saul dari belakang, katanya: "Tuanku raja!" Saul menoleh ke belakang, lalu Daud berlutut dengan mukanya ke tanah dan sujud menyembah.
After Saul left the cave and started to walk on the road again, David came out of the cave and shouted to Saul, “King Saul!” Saul turned around and looked, and David bowed down with his face touching the ground.
9 Lalu berkatalah Daud kepada Saul: "Mengapa engkau mendengarkan perkataan orang-orang yang mengatakan: Sesungguhnya Daud mengikhtiarkan celakamu?
Then he said to Saul, “(Why do you pay attention to people when they say ‘David wants to harm you’?/You should not pay attention to people when they say ‘David wants to harm you’.) [RHQ]
10 Ketahuilah, pada hari ini matamu sendiri melihat, bahwa TUHAN sekarang menyerahkan engkau ke dalam tanganku dalam gua itu; ada orang yang telah menyuruh aku membunuh engkau, tetapi aku merasa sayang kepadamu karena pikirku: Aku tidak akan menjamah tuanku itu, sebab dialah orang yang diurapi TUHAN.
Today you can see with your own eyes that [what they say is not true]. Yahweh put you in a place where my men and I could have killed you when you were in this cave. Some of my men told me that I should do that, but I did not do that. I said to them, ‘I will not harm my master, because he is the king whom Yahweh appointed.’
11 Lihatlah dahulu, ayahku, lihatlah kiranya punca jubahmu dalam tanganku ini! Sebab dari kenyataan bahwa aku memotong punca jubahmu dengan tidak membunuh engkau, dapatlah kauketahui dan kaulihat, bahwa tanganku bersih dari pada kejahatan dan pengkhianatan, dan bahwa aku tidak berbuat dosa terhadap engkau, walaupun engkau ini mengejar-ngejar aku untuk mencabut nyawaku.
Your majesty, look at this piece of your robe that is in my hand! I cut it from your robe, but I did not kill you. So now you should be able to understand that I am not planning to do anything evil to you. I have not done anything wrong to you, but you are searching for me to kill me.
12 TUHAN kiranya menjadi hakim di antara aku dan engkau, TUHAN kiranya membalaskan aku kepadamu, tetapi tanganku tidak akan memukul engkau;
I hope/desire that Yahweh will judge and decide which of us ([is doing what is right/pleases him]). And I hope/desire that he will punish you for the wrong things that you have done to me. But I will not try to harm you.
13 seperti peribahasa orang tua-tua mengatakan: Dari orang fasik timbul kefasikan. Tetapi tanganku tidak akan memukul engkau.
There is a proverb that has the words, ‘Evil things are done by evil people.’ But [I am not evil, so] I will not do evil things to you.
14 Terhadap siapakah raja Israel keluar berperang? Siapakah yang kaukejar? Anjing mati! Seekor kutu saja!
“You are the king of Israel. So (why are you pursuing me?/you should not be pursuing me.) [RHQ] I am [as harmless as] [MET] a dead dog or a flea.
15 Sebab itu TUHAN kiranya menjadi hakim yang memutuskan antara aku dan engkau; Dia kiranya memperhatikannya, memperjuangkan perkaraku dan memberi keadilan kepadaku dengan melepaskan aku dari tanganmu."
I hope/desire that Yahweh will judge which of us [is doing what (he wants/is right)]. I trust that he will [act like a lawyer and] judge (my case/what I have done), and that he will rescue me from your power [MTY].”
16 Setelah Daud selesai menyampaikan perkataan itu kepada Saul, berkatalah Saul: "Suaramukah itu, ya anakku Daud?" Sesudah itu dengan suara nyaring menangislah Saul.
When David finished speaking, Saul [called out to him and] asked, “My son David, is that your voice [that I am hearing]?” Then he began to cry loudly.
17 Katanya kepada Daud: "Engkau lebih benar dari pada aku, sebab engkau telah melakukan yang baik kepadaku, padahal aku melakukan yang jahat kepadamu.
He said, “You are a better man than I am. You have done something very good to me when I tried to do something very bad to you.
18 Telah kautunjukkan pada hari ini, betapa engkau telah melakukan yang baik kepadaku: walaupun TUHAN telah menyerahkan aku ke dalam tanganmu, engkau tidak membunuh aku.
When Yahweh put me in a place [in that cave] where you could have easily killed me, you did not do that.
19 Apabila seseorang mendapat musuhnya, masakan dilepaskannya dia berjalan dengan selamat? TUHAN kiranya membalaskan kepadamu kebaikan ganti apa yang kaulakukan kepadaku pada hari ini.
(Who else would/No one else would) find his enemy and allow his enemy to escape [when he could kill him instead] [RHQ]. I hope/desire that Yahweh will reward you for being kindly to me today.
20 Oleh karena itu, sesungguhnya aku tahu, bahwa engkau pasti menjadi raja dan jabatan raja Israel akan tetap kokoh dalam tanganmu.
I know that [some day] you will surely become the king, and that your kingdom will prosper as you rule the Israeli people.
21 Oleh sebab itu, bersumpahlah kepadaku demi TUHAN, bahwa engkau tidak akan melenyapkan keturunanku dan tidak akan menghapuskan namaku dari kaum keluargaku."
Now while Yahweh is listening, solemnly promise to me that you will not kill my family and get rid of all my descendants.”
22 Lalu bersumpahlah Daud kepada Saul. Kemudian pulanglah Saul ke rumahnya, sedang Daud dan orang-orangnya pergi ke kubu gunung.
David solemnly promised Saul that he would not [harm Saul’s family]. Then Saul went back home, and David and his men went back up into the place where they had been hiding.
