1 Samuel 30
1 Sesudah Daud dan pasukannya meninggalkan pasukan Akis, mereka berjalan dua hari penuh dan tiba di kampung Ziklag pada hari ketiga. Tetapi satu atau dua hari sebelum mereka tiba, orang-orang Amalek sudah menjarah wilayah selatan itu. Mereka sudah menyerang Ziklag dan membakarnya sampai habis.
And it came to pass, when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that, the Amalekites, had made a raid into the South, and into Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
2 Mereka juga sudah menawan para perempuan di Ziklag, dari yang paling muda sampai yang paling tua. Tidak ada seorang pun yang dibunuh tetapi mereka membawa semua pergi sebagai tawanan.
and had taken captive the women and all who were therein, from small even unto great, they had not put one to death, —but had driven them forth, and gone their way.
3 Saat Daud dan pasukannya tiba di situ, mereka mendapati kampung mereka sudah terbakar. Para istri, anak-anak mereka yang laki-laki dan perempuan sudah menjadi tawanan.
So, when David and his men came to the city, lo! it was burnt with fire, —and, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, had been taken captive.
4 Maka Daud dan tentara-tentaranya menangis dengan suara keras, dan terus menangis sampai tidak mampu menangis lagi.
Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice, and wept, —until they had no more strength to weep.
5 Kedua istri Daud, yaitu Ahinoam orang Yisreel dan Abigail orang Karmel (janda dari Nabal), juga ikut ditawan.
And, the two wives of David, had been taken captive, —Ahinoam, the Jezreelitess, and Abigail, wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
6 Tetapi situasi segera menjadi berbahaya untuk Daud, karena pasukannya sangat marah dan berduka karena kehilangan keluarga mereka sehingga ada di antara mereka yang mulai mengancam melempari Daud dengan batu. Namun Daud tetap percaya kepada TUHAN yang memberinya kekuatan.
And David was in sore distress, for the people had spoken of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were embittered, every man for his own sons and for his own daughters, —but David emboldened himself in Yahweh his God.
7 Lalu Daud berkata kepada Imam Abiatar, “Bawalah efod itu ke sini.” Maka Abiatar membawakannya,
Then said David to Abiathar the priest, son of Ahimelech, Do bring near me, I pray thee, the ephod. So Abiathar brought near the ephod, unto David.
8 dan Daud bertanya kepada TUHAN, “Apakah saya sebaiknya mengejar para penjarah ini? Apakah saya akan berhasil menyusul mereka?” TUHAN menjawabnya, “Kejarlah, karena kamu pasti akan menyusul mereka dan menyelamatkan para tawanan.”
And David enquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I pursue this troop? shall I overtake it? And he said unto him: Pursue, for thou shalt, overtake, and thou shalt, rescue.
9 Maka Daud bersama enam ratus tentaranya mengejar para penjarah itu. Saat mereka sampai di tepi sungai Besor, dua ratus orang anggota pasukannya terlalu capek untuk menyeberang sungai. Daud memutuskan untuk mereka tinggal di situ. Lalu Daud dan keempat ratus orang lainnya melanjutkan pengejaran para penjarah itu.
So David went, he, and the six hundred men, who were with him, and they came in as far as the ravine of Besor, —where, they who had to be left behind, stayed.
But David pursued, he. and four hundred men, —but the two hundred men stayed, because they were too wearied to cross over the ravine of Besor.
11 Dalam perjalanan, pasukan Daud menemukan seorang Mesir di sebuah ladang, dan membawanya kepada Daud. Mereka memberinya makanan dan minuman,
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and took him unto David, —and gave him food, and he did eat, and they gave him water to drink;
12 sepotong kue ara dan dua bungkus kismis, karena orang itu belum makan dan minum selama tiga hari dan tiga malam. Sesudah makan dan minum tenaganya pulih kembali.
and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two cakes of raisins, and, when he had eaten, his spirit came back unto him, —for he had neither eaten food, nor drunk water, three days and three nights.
13 Daud bertanya kepada orang itu, “Kamu orang mana dan siapa majikanmu?” Lalu dia menjawab, “Saya orang Mesir. Saya adalah budak dari seorang Amalek. Tiga hari lalu tuan saya meninggalkan saya karena saya terlalu sakit untuk berjalan.
Then David said to him—Whose art thou? and whence art thou? And he said, A young man of Egypt, am I, servant to an Amalekite, and my lord left me behind, because I fell sick, three days ago.
14 Kami sudah menjarah bagian selatan Yehuda, di mana orang-orang Kreti tinggal, dan beberapa bagian lain di Yehuda, lalu di bagian selatan kota Hebron, tempat tinggal orang-orang keturunan Kaleb. Terakhir kami juga membakar Ziklag.”
As for us, we invaded the South of the Cherithites, and against that which pertaineth unto Judah, and against the South of Caleb, —and, Ziklag, burned we with fire.
15 Daud berkata kepadanya, “Bisakah kamu mengantarkan kami kepada para penjarah itu?” Kata orang itu, “Saya bisa, tetapi bersumpahlah kepada Allah bahwa Tuan tidak akan membunuh saya atau menyerahkan saya kepada tuan saya, maka saya akan mengantarmu kepada mereka.”
And David said unto him, Wilt thou bring me down unto this troop? And he said—Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt not put me to death, neither wilt thou surrender me into the hand of my lord, and I will bring thee down unto this troop.
16 Daud pun setuju, maka orang Mesir itu mengantarkan Daud dan pasukannya ke tempat orang-orang Amalek itu berada. Mereka tersebar di mana-mana dan sedang berpesta makan dan minum karena mereka mendapatkan banyak barang jarahan dari daerah Filistin dan Yudea.
So he brought him down, and lo! they were left to themselves over the face of all the land, —eating, and drinking, and dancing around, for all the great spoil which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
17 Mulai dari permulaan malam itu sampai ketika matahari terbenam lagi, Daud dan pasukannya membantai mereka. Tidak ada seorang pun dari mereka yang lolos, kecuali empat ratus orang yang berhasil melarikan diri dengan menunggang unta.
And David smote them, from the closing twilight even unto the evening of the next day, —and there escaped not of them a man, save four hundred young men who rode upon camels, and fled.
18 Daud merebut kembali semua yang sudah diambil oleh orang-orang Amalek itu, termasuk menyelamatkan kedua istrinya.
And David rescued all whom the Amalekites had taken, —his two wives also, did David rescue;
19 Daud dan pasukannya berhasil mendapat segala sesuatu yang diambil, termasuk semua anggota keluarga dan barang jarahan. Lalu mereka memulai membawa semuanya kembali ke Ziklag.
and there was nothing missing to them—whether small or great, whether spoil, or sons or daughters, or, any thing which they had taken unto themselves, —the whole, did David recover.
20 Mereka mengumpulkan seluruh kawanan dan ternak dan menggiring mereka di depan rombongan semua orang. Ada yang bersukacita dengan berkata, “Ini adalah barang jarahan Daud!”
And David took all the flocks and the herds, —they drave them before those other cattle, and they said, This, is David’s spoil.
21 Kemudian, Daud sampai di Sungai Besor, tempat kedua ratus anggota pasukannya yang sebelumnya terlalu capek untuk lanjut mengejar para penjarah masih menunggu di sana. Saat mereka keluar untuk menyambut Daud dan semua rombongan itu, Daud menyambut mereka dengan sukacita.
And David came unto the two hundred men, who had been too wearied to follow David, and whom they had suffered to remain at the ravine of Besor, —and they came forth to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him, and when David came near unto the people, they enquired of his success.
22 Tetapi beberapa orang jahat dan pengacau di antara pasukan Daud berkata, “Karena kedua ratus orang itu tidak ikut bersama dengan kita, maka kita tidak akan membagikan hasil jarahan ini dengan mereka. Mereka hanya boleh mengambil istri dan anak-anak mereka, lalu pergi!”
Then responded every man who was bad and abandoned, from among the men who had been with David, and said—Because they went not with me there shall not be given them of the spoil that we have rescued, —save, to every man, his wife and his children, let them put them forth, then, and go.
23 Tetapi Daud berkata kepada mereka, “Tidak! Sadarilah bahwa segala sesuatu ini adalah pemberian dari TUHAN! Dia sudah melindungi kita dan menyerahkan musuh kita itu ke dalam tangan kita.
Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, —with that which Yahweh hath given to us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.
24 Tidak seorang pun akan setuju dengan perkataanmu tadi! Baik anggota kita yang ikut bertempur, maupun yang tinggal menjaga perbekalan, akan mendapat bagian jarahan yang sama banyak.”
Who indeed, could hearken unto you, in this mutter? Surely, like the share of him that went down into the battle, even, so, shall be the share of him that remained by the stores—alike, shall they share.
25 Bahkan Daud membuat keputusan tersebut menjadi undang-undang untuk bangsa Israel yang masih berlaku sampai hari ini.
And so it came to pass, from that day forward, that he appointed it, for a statute and for a custom unto Israel, until this day.
26 Sesudah tiba di Ziklag, Daud mengirim sebagian dari jarahan itu kepada para tua-tua Yehuda, yaitu kepada teman-temannya yang sudah mendukungnya. Dia memberi pesan kepada mereka, “Ini hadiah-hadiah bagi kalian yang kami rampas dari musuh-musuh TUHAN!”
And, when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil, unto the elders of Judah, unto his friends, saying, —Lo! for you, a blessing, out of the spoil of the enemies of Yahweh:
27 Inilah daftar kota dan wilayah tempat para penduduk menerima hadiah-hadiah dari Daud: Betel, Ramot yang di padang belantara selatan, dan beberapa kota di daerah Yatir.
to them who were in Bethel, and to them who were in Ramoth of the South, and to them who were in Jattir,
28 Hadiah-hadiah juga dikirim kepada kota Arur, Sifmot, Estemoa,
and to them who were in Aroer, and to them who were in Siphmoth, and to them who were in Eshtemoa,
29 Rakal, dan beberapa kota di daerah suku Yerahmel dan Keni.
and to them who were in Racal, and to them who were in the cities of the Jerameelites, and to them who were in the cities of the Kenites,
30 Hadiah-hadiah juga dikirim kepada kota Horma, Bor Asan, Atak,
and to them who were in Hormah, and to them who were in Cor-ashan, and to them who were in Athach,
31 dan Hebron, dan kepada beberapa daerah lain yang pernah Daud kunjungi bersama pasukannya.
and to them who were in Hebron, —and to all the places where David had been to and fro, he and his men.
