I Samuelis 17
1 Congregantes autem Philisthiim agmina sua in prælium, convenerunt in Socho Iudæ: et castrametati sunt inter Socho et Azeca in finibus Dommim.
Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle. They were gathered at Sokoh, which belongs to Judah. They had encamped between Sokoh and Azekah, in Ephes Dammim.
2 Porro Saul et filii Israel congregati venerunt in Vallem Terebinthi, et direxerunt aciem ad pugnandum contra Philisthiim.
Saul and the men of Israel gathered and encamped in the Valley of Elah, and drew up their battle line to meet the Philistines.
3 Et Philisthiim stabant super montem ex parte hac, et Israel stabat supra montem ex altera parte: vallisque erat inter eos.
The Philistines stood on a mountain on one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side with a valley between them.
4 Et egressus est vir spurius de castris Philisthinorum nomine Goliath, de Geth, altitudinis sex cubitorum et palmi:
A strong man came out of the Philistines' camp, a man named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
5 et cassis ærea super caput eius, et lorica squamata induebatur. Porro pondus loricæ eius, quinque millia siclorum æris erat:
He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he was armed with a coat of chainmail. The coat weighed five thousand shekels of bronze.
6 et ocreas æreas habebat in cruribus: et clypeus æreus tegebat humeros eius.
He had bronze armor on his legs and a javelin of bronze between his shoulders.
7 Hastile autem hastæ eius erat quasi liciatorium texentium. Ipsum autem ferrum hastæ eius sexcentos siclos habebat ferri: et armiger eius antecedebat eum.
The staff of his spear was large, with a loop of cord for throwing it like the cord on a weaver's beam. His spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. His shield bearer went before him.
8 Stansque clamabat adversum phalangas Israel, et dicebat eis: Quare venistis parati ad prælium? Numquid ego non sum Philisthæus, et vos servi Saul? Eligite ex vobis virum, et descendat ad singulare certamen.
He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why have you come out to draw up for battle? Am not I a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves and let him come down to me.
9 Si quiverit pugnare mecum, et percusserit me, erimus vobis servi: si autem ego prævaluero, et percussero eum, vos servi eritis, et servietis nobis.
If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then will we be your servants. But if I defeat him and kill him, then you will be our servants and serve us.”
10 Et aiebat Philisthæus: Ego exprobravi agminibus Israel hodie: Date mihi virum, et ineat mecum singulare certamen.
Again the Philistine said, “I challenge the ranks of Israel today. Give me a man so we may fight together.”
11 Audiens autem Saul, et omnes Israelitæ sermones Philisthæi huiuscemodi, stupebant, et metuebant nimis.
When Saul and all Israel heard what the Philistine said, they were discouraged and greatly afraid.
12 David autem erat filius viri Ephrathæi, de quo supra dictum est, de Bethlehem Iuda, cui nomen erat Isai, qui habebat octo filios, et erat vir in diebus Saul senex, et grandævus inter viros.
Now David was the son of the Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, whose name was Jesse. He had eight sons. Jesse was an old man in the days of Saul, very old among men.
13 Abierunt autem tres filii eius maiores post Saul in prælium: et nomina trium filiorum eius, qui perrexerunt ad bellum, Eliab primogenitus, et secundus Abinadab, tertiusque Samma.
The three oldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle. The names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, second to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
14 David autem erat minimus. Tribus ergo maioribus secutis Saulem,
David was the youngest. The three oldest followed Saul.
15 abiit David, et reversus est a Saul, ut pasceret gregem patris sui in Bethlehem.
Now David went back and forth between Saul's army and his father's sheep at Bethlehem, in order to feed them.
16 Procedebat vero Philisthæus mane et vespere, et stabat quadraginta diebus.
For forty days the Philistine strong man came near morning and evening to present himself for battle.
17 Dixit autem Isai ad David filium suum: Accipe fratribus tuis ephi polentæ, et decem panes istos, et curre in castra ad fratres tuos,
Then Jesse said to his son David, “Take to your brothers an ephah of this roasted grain and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp for your brothers.
18 et decem formellas casei has deferes ad tribunum: et fratres tuos visitabis, si recte agant: et cum quibus ordinati sunt, disce.
Also bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand. See how your brothers are doing and bring back some proof that they are doing well.
19 Saul autem, et illi, et omnes filii Israel, in Valle terebinthi pugnabant adversum Philisthiim.
Your brothers are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting the Philistines.”
20 Surrexit itaque David mane, et commendavit gregem custodi: et onustus abiit, sicut præceperat ei Isai. Et venit ad locum Magala, et ad exercitum, qui egressus ad pugnam vociferatus erat in certamine.
David got up early in the morning and left the flock in the care of a shepherd. He took the supplies and left, as Jesse commanded him. He came to the camp as the army was going out to the battlefield shouting the war cry.
21 Direxerat enim aciem Israel, sed et Philisthiim ex adverso fuerant præparati.
Then Israel and the Philistines lined up for battle, army against army.
22 Derelinquens ergo David vasa, quæ attulerat, sub manu custodis ad sarcinas, cucurrit ad locum certaminis, et interrogabat si omnia recte agerentur erga fratres suos.
David left his belongings with the keeper of supplies, ran to the army, and greeted his brothers.
23 Cumque adhuc ille loqueretur eis, apparuit vir ille spurius ascendens, Goliath nomine, Philisthæus, de Geth, de castris Philisthinorum: et loquente eo hæc eadem verba audivit David.
As he talked with them, the strong man, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, and he came out of the ranks of the Philistines, and said the same words as before, and David heard them.
24 Omnes autem Israelitæ, cum vidissent virum, fugerunt a facie eius, timentes eum valde.
When all the men of Israel saw the man, they fled from him and were very afraid.
25 Et dixit unus quispiam de Israel: Num vidistis virum hunc, qui ascendit? Ad exprobrandum enim Israeli ascendit. Virum ergo, qui percusserit eum, ditabit rex divitiis magnis, et filiam suam dabit ei, et domum patris eius faciet absque tributo in Israel.
The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? He has come to challenge Israel. The king will give great riches to the man who kills him, and he will give his daughter to him in marriage, and will make his father's house free from taxation in Israel.”
26 Et ait David ad viros, qui stabant secum, dicens: Quid dabitur viro, qui percusserit Philisthæum hunc, et tulerit opprobrium de Israel? Quis enim est hic Philisthæus incircumcisus, qui exprobravit acies Dei viventis?
David said to the men who stood by him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
27 Referebat autem ei populus eumdem sermonem, dicens: Hæc dabuntur viro, qui percusserit eum.
Then the people repeated what they had been saying and told him, “So it will be done for the man who kills him.”
28 Quod cum audisset Eliab frater eius maior, loquente eo cum aliis, iratus est contra David, et ait: Quare venisti, et quare dereliquisti pauculas oves illas in deserto? Ego novi superbiam tuam, et nequitiam cordis tui: quia ut videres prælium, descendisti.
Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men. Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, “Why did you come down here? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the mischief in your heart; for you have come down here so that you might see the battle.”
29 Et dixit David: Quid feci? Numquid non verbum est?
David said, “What have I done now? Was it not just a question?”
30 Et declinavit paululum ab eo ad alium: dixitque eundem sermonem. Et respondit ei populus verbum sicut prius.
He turned away from him toward another, and spoke in the same way. The people answered the same thing as before.
31 Audita sunt autem verba, quæ locutus est David, et annunciata in conspectu Saul.
When the words that David said were heard, soldiers repeated them to Saul, and he sent for David.
32 Ad quem cum fuisset adductus, locutus est ei: Non concidat cor cuiusquam in eo: ego servus tuus vadam, et pugnabo adversus Philisthæum.
Then David said to Saul, “Let no man's heart fail because of that Philistine; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”
33 Et ait Saul ad David: Non vales resistere Philisthæo isti, nec pugnare adversus eum: quia puer es, hic autem vir bellator est ab adolescentia sua.
Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are only a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.”
34 Dixitque David ad Saul: Pascebat servus tuus patris sui gregem, et veniebat leo, vel ursus, et tollebat arietem de medio gregis:
But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep his father's sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock,
35 et persequebar eos, et percutiebam, eruebamque de ore eorum: et illi consurgebant adversum me, et apprehendebam mentum eorum, et suffocabam, interficiebamque eos.
I chased after him and attacked him, and rescued it out of his mouth. When he rose up against me, I caught him by his beard, struck him, and killed him.
36 Nam et leonem, et ursum interfeci ego servus tuus: erit igitur et Philisthæus hic incircumcisus, quasi unus ex eis. Nunc vadam, et auferam opprobrium populi: quoniam quis est iste Philisthæus incircumcisus, qui ausus est maledicere exercitui Dei viventis?
Your servant has killed both a lion and a bear. This uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has challenged the armies of the living God.”
37 Et ait David: Dominus qui eripuit me de manu leonis, et de manu ursi, ipse me liberabit de manu Philisthæi huius. Dixit autem Saul ad David: Vade, et Dominus tecum sit.
David said, “Yahweh rescued me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear. He will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.” Then Saul said to David, “Go, and may Yahweh be with you.”
38 Et induit Saul David vestimentis suis, et imposuit galeam æream super caput eius, et vestivit eum lorica.
Saul clothed David with his armor. He put a helmet of bronze upon his head, and he clothed him with a coat of chainmail.
39 Accinctus ergo David gladio eius super vestem suam, cœpit tentare si armatus posset incedere: non enim habebat consuetudinem. Dixitque David ad Saul: Non possum sic incedere, quia non usum habeo. Et deposuit ea,
David strapped his sword on his armor. But he was not able to walk, because he had not trained with them. Then David said to Saul, “I cannot go out to fight with these, for I have not trained with them.” So David put them off.
40 et tulit baculum suum, quem semper habebat in manibus: et elegit sibi quinque limpidissimos lapides de torrente, et misit eos in peram pastoralem, quam habebat secum, et fundam manu tulit: et processit adversum Philisthæum.
He took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones out of the brook; he put them in his shepherd's pouch. His sling was in his hand as he approached the Philistine.
41 Ibat autem Philisthæus incedens, et appropinquans adversum David, et armiger eius ante eum.
The Philistine came and approached David, with his shield bearer in front of him.
42 Cumque inspexisset Philisthæus, et vidisset David, despexit eum. Erat enim adolescens: rufus, et pulcher aspectu.
When the Philistine looked around and saw David, he despised him, for he was only a boy, and ruddy, with a handsome appearance.
43 Et dixit Philisthæus ad David: Numquid ego canis sum, quod tu venis ad me cum baculo? Et maledixit Philisthæus David in diis suis:
Then the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?,” and the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
44 dixitque ad David: Veni ad me, et dabo carnes tuas volatilibus cæli et bestiis terræ.
The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the heavens and to the beasts of the field.”
45 Dixit autem David ad Philisthæum: Tu venis ad me cum gladio, et hasta, et clypeo: ego autem venio ad te in nomine Domini exercituum, Dei agminum Israel, quibus exprobrasti:
David replied to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin. But I come to you in the name of Yahweh of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
46 hodie, et dabit te Dominus in manu mea, et percutiam te, et auferam caput tuum a te: et dabo cadavera castrorum Philisthiim hodie volatilibus cæli, et bestiis terræ: ut sciat omnis terra quia est Deus in Israel.
Today Yahweh will give me victory over you, and I will kill you and remove your head from your body. Today I will give the dead bodies of the Philistine army to the birds of the heavens and to the wild beasts of the earth, so that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
47 Et noverit universa ecclesia hæc, quia non in gladio, nec in hasta salvat Dominus: ipsius enim est bellum, et tradet vos in manus nostras.
and that all this gathering may know that Yahweh does not give victory with sword or spear. For the battle is Yahweh's, and he will give you into our hand.”
48 Cum ergo surrexisset Philisthæus, et veniret, et appropinquaret contra David, festinavit David, et cucurrit ad pugnam ex adverso Philisthæi.
When the Philistine rose and approached David, then David ran quickly toward the enemy army to meet him.
49 Et misit manum suam in peram, tulitque unum lapidem, et funda iecit, et circumducens percussit Philisthæum in fronte: et infixus est lapis in fronte eius, et cecidit in faciem suam super terram.
David put his hand in his bag, took a stone from it, slung it, and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The stone sank into the Philistine's forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.
50 Prævaluitque David adversum Philisthæum in funda et lapide, percussumque Philisthæum interfecit. Cumque gladium non haberet in manu David,
David defeated the Philistine with a sling and with a stone. He hit the Philistine and killed him. There was no sword in David's hand.
51 cucurrit, et stetit super Philisthæum, et tulit gladium eius, et eduxit eum de vagina sua: et interfecit eum, præciditque caput eius. Videntes autem Philisthiim, quod mortuus esset fortissimus eorum, fugerunt.
Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword, drew it out of the sheath, killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their strong man was dead, they fled.
52 Et consurgentes viri Israel et Iuda vociferati sunt, et persecuti sunt Philisthæos usque dum venirent in vallem, et usque ad portas Accaron, cecideruntque vulnerati de Philisthiim in via Saraim, et usque ad Geth, et usque ad Accaron.
Then the men of Israel and of Judah rose with a shout, and chased after the Philistines as far as the valley and the gates of Ekron. The dead Philistines lay along the way to Shaaraim, all the way to Gath and Ekron.
53 Et revertentes filii Israel postquam persecuti fuerant Philisthæos, invaserunt castra eorum.
The people of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their camp.
54 Assumens autem David caput Philisthæi, attulit illud in Ierusalem: arma vero eius posuit in tabernaculo suo.
David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.
55 Eo autem tempore, quo viderat Saul David egredientem contra Philisthæum, ait ad Abner principem militiæ: De qua stirpe descendit hic adolescens, Abner? Dixitque Abner: Vivit anima tua, rex, si novi.
When Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” Abner said, “As you live, king, I do not know.”
56 Et ait rex: Interroga tu, cuius filius sit iste puer.
The king said, “Ask those who might know, whose son the boy is.”
57 Cumque regressus esset David, percusso Philisthæo, tulit eum Abner, et introduxit coram Saule, caput Philisthæi habentem in manu.
When David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
58 Et ait ad eum Saul: De qua progenie es, o adolescens? Dixitque David: Filius servi tui Isai Bethlehemitæ ego sum.
Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”
