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 together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephesdammim.
2 Porro Saul et filii Israel congregati venerunt in Vallem Terebinthi, et direxerunt aciem ad pugnandum contra Philisthiim.
Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against 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 the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
4 Et egressus est vir spurius de castris Philisthinorum nomine Goliath, de Geth, altitudinis sex cubitorum et palmi:
A champion out of the camp of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span went out.
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 wore a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.
6 et ocreas æreas habebat in cruribus: et clypeus æreus tegebat humeros eius.
He had bronze shin armour on his legs and a bronze javelin 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 like a weaver’s beam; and 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 cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, “Why have you come out to set your battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and you servants to 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 prevail against 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.
The Philistine said, “I defy the armies of Israel today! Give me a man, that we may fight together!”
11 Audiens autem Saul, et omnes Israelitæ sermones Philisthæi huiuscemodi, stupebant, et metuebant nimis.
When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed 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 that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons. The man was an elderly old man in the days of Saul.
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 gone after Saul to the battle; and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
14 David autem erat minimus. Tribus ergo maioribus secutis Saulem,
David was the youngest; and 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 from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
16 Procedebat vero Philisthæus mane et vespere, et stabat quadraginta diebus.
The Philistine came near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
17 Dixit autem Isai ad David filium suum: Accipe fratribus tuis ephi polentæ, et decem panes istos, et curre in castra ad fratres tuos,
Jesse said to David his son, “Now take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers;
18 et decem formellas casei has deferes ad tribunum: et fratres tuos visitabis, si recte agant: et cum quibus ordinati sunt, disce.
and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand; and see how your brothers are doing, and bring back news.”
19 Saul autem, et illi, et omnes filii Israel, in Valle terebinthi pugnabant adversum Philisthiim.
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with 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 rose up early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper, and took the provisions and went, as Jesse had commanded him. He came to the place of the wagons as the army which was going out to the fight shouted for the battle.
21 Direxerat enim aciem Israel, sed et Philisthiim ex adverso fuerant præparati.
Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, 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 baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage and ran to the army, and came 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, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines, and said the same words; and David heard them.
24 Omnes autem Israelitæ, cum vidissent virum, fugerunt a facie eius, timentes eum valde.
All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were terrified.
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 surely come up to defy Israel. The king will give great riches to the man who kills him, and will give him his daughter, and will make his father’s house tax-free 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 spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For 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.
The people answered him in this way, saying, “So shall it be done to 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; and Eliab’s anger burnt against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the evil of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.”
29 Et dixit David: Quid feci? Numquid non verbum est?
David said, “What have I now done? Is there not a cause?”
30 Et declinavit paululum ab eo ad alium: dixitque eundem sermonem. Et respondit ei populus verbum sicut prius.
He turned away from him towards another, and spoke like that again; and the people answered him again the same way.
31 Audita sunt autem verba, quæ locutus est David, et annunciata in conspectu Saul.
When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.
32 Ad quem cum fuisset adductus, locutus est ei: Non concidat cor cuiusquam in eo: ego servus tuus vadam, et pugnabo adversus Philisthæum.
David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him. 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 but 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:
David said to Saul, “Your servant was keeping his father’s sheep; and 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 went out after him, struck him, and rescued it out of his mouth. When he arose 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 struck both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, since he has defied 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, “The LORD, who delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.” Saul said to David, “Go! The LORD will be with you.”
38 Et induit Saul David vestimentis suis, et imposuit galeam æream super caput eius, et vestivit eum lorica.
Saul dressed David with his clothing. He put a helmet of bronze on his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail.
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 clothing and he tried to move, for he had not tested it. David said to Saul, “I can’t go with these, for I have not tested them.” Then David took 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 for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag which he had. His sling was in his hand; and he came near to the Philistine.
41 Ibat autem Philisthæus incedens, et appropinquans adversum David, et armiger eius ante eum.
The Philistine walked and came near to David; and the man who bore the shield went before 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 disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and had a good looking face.
43 Et dixit Philisthæus ad David: Numquid ego canis sum, quod tu venis ad me cum baculo? Et maledixit Philisthæus David in diis suis:
The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” 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 sky and to the animals 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:
Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to you in the name of the LORD of Armies, 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, the LORD will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you and take your head from off you. I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines today to the birds of the sky and to the wild animals of the earth, 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 assembly may know that the LORD doesn’t save with sword and spear; for the battle is the LORD’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 arose, and walked and came near to meet David, David hurried and ran towards the army to meet the Philistine.
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 and slung it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.
50 Prævaluitque David adversum Philisthæum in funda et lapide, percussumque Philisthæum interfecit. Cumque gladium non haberet in manu David,
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him; but 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, stood over the Philistine, took his sword, drew it out of its sheath, killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion 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.
The men of Israel and of Judah arose and shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as Gai and to the gates of Ekron. The wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and to Ekron.
53 Et revertentes filii Israel postquam persecuti fuerant Philisthæos, invaserunt castra eorum.
The children of Israel returned from chasing after 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 armour 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 your soul lives, O king, I can’t tell.”
56 Et ait rex: Interroga tu, cuius filius sit iste puer.
The king said, “Enquire whose son the young man is!”
57 Cumque regressus esset David, percusso Philisthæo, tulit eum Abner, et introduxit coram Saule, caput Philisthæi habentem in manu.
As David returned from the slaughter of 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, you young man?” David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”
