I Samuelis 17
1 Congregantes autem Philisthiim agmina sua in praelium, convenerunt in Socho Iudae: et castrametati sunt inter Socho et Azeca in finibus Dommim.
Now the Philistines got their armies together for war, and came together at Socoh in the land of Judah, and took up their position between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.
2 Porro Saul et filii Israel congregati venerunt in Vallem terebinthi, et direxerunt aciem ad pugnandum contra Philisthiim.
And Saul and the men of Israel came together and took up their position in the valley of Elah, and put their forces in order 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 were stationed on the mountain on one side and Israel 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:
And a fighter came out from the tents of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath; he was more than six cubits tall.
5 et cassis aerea super caput eius, et lorica hamata induebatur. porro pondus loricae eius, quinque millia siclorum aeris erat:
And he had a head-dress of brass on his head, and he was dressed in a coat of metal, the weight of which was five thousand shekels of brass.
6 et ocreas aereas habebat in cruribus: et clypeus aereus tegebat humeros eius.
His legs were covered with plates of brass and hanging on his back was a javelin of brass.
7 hastile autem hastae eius erat quasi liciatorium texentium. ipsum autem ferrum hastae eius sexcentos siclos habebat ferri: et armiger eius antecedebat eum.
The stem of his spear was as long as a cloth-worker's rod, and its head was made of six hundred shekels' weight of iron: and one went before him with his body-cover.
8 Stansque clamabat adversum phalangas Israel, et dicebat eis: Quare venistis parati ad praelium? Numquid ego non sum Philisthaeus, et vos servi Saul? Eligite ex vobis virum, et descendat ad singulare certamen.
He took up his position and in a loud voice said to the armies of Israel, Why have you come out to make war? Am I not a Philistine and you servants of Saul? Send out 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 praevaluero, et percussero eum, vos servi eritis, et servietis nobis.
If he is able to have a fight with me and overcome me, then we will be your servants: but if I am able to overcome him, then you will be our servants and do work for us.
10 Et aiebat Philisthaeus: Ego exprobravi agminibus Israel hodie: Date mihi virum, et ineat mecum singulare certamen.
And the Philistine said, I have put to shame the armies of Israel this day; give me a man so that we may have a fight together.
11 Audiens autem Saul, et omnes Israelitae sermones Philisthaei huiuscemodi, stupebant, et metuebant nimis.
And Saul and all Israel, hearing those words of the Philistine, were troubled and full of fear.
12 David autem erat filius viri Ephrathaei, de quo supra dictum est, de Bethlehem Iuda, cui nomen erat Isai, qui habebat octo filios, et erat vir in diebus Saul senex, et grandaevus inter viros.
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah named Jesse, who had eight sons; and he was an old man in Saul's day, and far on in years.
13 Abierunt autem tres filii eius maiores post Saul in praelium: et nomina trium filiorum eius, qui perrexerunt ad bellum, Eliab primogenitus, et secundus Abinadab, tertius quoque Samma.
And the three oldest sons of Jesse had gone with Saul to the fight: the names of the three who went to the fight were Eliab, the oldest, and Abinadab the second, and Shammah the third.
14 David autem erat minimus. Tribus ergo maioribus secutis Saulem,
And David was the youngest: and the three oldest were with Saul's army.
15 abiit David, et reversus est a Saul, ut pasceret gregem patris sui in Bethlehem.
Now David went to and from Saul, looking after his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.
16 Procedebat vero Philisthaeus mane et vespere, et stabat quadraginta diebus.
And the Philistine came near every morning and evening for forty days.
17 Dixit autem Isai ad David filium suum: Accipe fratribus tuis ephi polentae, et decem panes istos, et curre in castra ad fratres tuos,
And Jesse said to his son David, Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dry grain and these ten cakes of bread, and go quickly with them to the tents 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 take these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are and come back with a sign to say how they are.
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 praeceperat ei Isai. Et venit ad locum Magala, et ad exercitum, qui egressus ad pugnam vociferatus erat in certamine.
And David got up early in the morning, and, giving the sheep into the care of a keeper, took the things and went as Jesse had said; and he came to the lines where the carts were, when the army was going out to the fight giving their war-cry.
21 Direxerat enim aciem Israel, sed et Philisthiim ex adverso fuerant praeparati.
And Israel and the Philistines had put their forces in position, army against army.
22 Derelinquens ergo David vasa, quae attulerat, sub manu custodis ad sarcinas, cucurrit ad locum certaminis, et interrogabat si omnia recte agerentur erga fratres suos.
And David gave his parcels into the hands of the keeper of the army stores, and went running to the army and came to his brothers to get knowledge about them.
23 Cumque adhuc ille loqueretur eis, apparuit vir ille spurius ascendens, Goliath nomine, Philisthaeus, de Geth, de castris Philisthinorum: et loquente eo haec eadem verba audivit David.
And while he was talking to them, the fighter, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came out from the Philistines' lines and said the same words, in David's hearing.
24 Omnes autem Israelitae, cum vidissent virum, fugerunt a facie eius, timentes eum valde.
And all the men of Israel, when they saw him, went in flight, overcome with fear.
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.
And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man? Clearly he has come out to put shame on Israel: and it is certain that if any man overcomes him, the king will give that man great wealth, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's family free in Israel.
26 Et ait David ad viros, qui stabant secum, dicens: Quid dabitur viro, qui percusserit Philisthaeum hunc, et tulerit opprobrium de Israel? quis enim est hic Philisthaeus incircumcisus, qui exprobravit acies Dei viventis?
And David said to the men near him, What will be done to the man who overcomes this Philistine and takes away the shame from Israel? for who is this Philistine, a man without circumcision, that he has put shame on the armies of the living God?
27 Referebat autem ei populus eumdem sermonem, dicens: Haec dabuntur viro, qui percusserit eum.
And the people gave him this answer, So it will be done to the man who overcomes 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 praelium, descendisti.
And Eliab, his oldest brother, hearing what David said to the men, was moved to wrath against David, and said, Why have you come here? Into whose care have you given that little flock of sheep in the waste land? I have knowledge of your pride and the evil of your heart, you have come down to see the fight.
29 Et dixit David: Quid feci? numquid non verbum est?
And David said, What have I done now? was it not only a word?
30 Et declinavit paululum ab eo ad alium: dixitque eundem sermonem. Et respondit ei populus verbum sicut prius.
And turning away from him to one of the other men, he said the same words: and the people gave him the same answer.
31 Audita sunt autem verba, quae locutus est David, et annunciata in conspectu Saul.
And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: 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 Philisthaeum.
And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart become feeble because of him; I, your servant, will go out and have a fight with this Philistine.
33 Et ait Saul ad David: Non vales resistere Philisthaeo isti, nec pugnare adversus eum: quia puer es, hic autem vir bellator est ab adolescentia sua.
And Saul said to David, You are not able to go out against this Philistine and have a fight with him: for you are only a boy, and he has been a man of war from his earliest days.
34 Dixitque David ad Saul: Pascebat servus tuus patris sui gregem, et veniebat leo, vel ursus, et tollebat arietem de medio gregis:
And David said to Saul, Your servant has been keeper of his father's sheep; and if a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from 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, and overcame him, and took it out of his mouth: and if, turning on me, he came at me, I took him by the hair and overcame him and put him to death.
36 Nam et leonem, et ursum interfeci ego servus tuus: erit igitur et Philisthaeus hic incircumcisus, quasi unus ex eis. Nunc vadam, et auferam opprobrium populi: quoniam quis est iste Philisthaeus incircumcisus, qui ausus est maledicere exercitui Dei viventis?
Your servant has overcome lion and bear: and the fate of this Philistine, who is without circumcision, will be like theirs, seeing that he has put shame on 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 Philisthaei huius. Dixit autem Saul ad David: Vade, et Dominus tecum sit.
And David said, The Lord, who kept me safe from the grip of the lion and the bear, will be my saviour from the hands of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go! and may the Lord be with you.
38 Et induit Saul David vestimentis suis, et imposuit galeam aeream super caput eius, et vestivit eum lorica.
Then Saul gave David his clothing of war, and put a head-dress of brass on his head and had him clothed with a coat of metal.
39 Accinctus ergo David gladio eius super vestem suam, coepit tentare si armatus posset incedere: non enim habebat consuetudinem. Dixitque David ad Saul: Non possum sic incedere, quia non usum habeo. Et deposuit ea,
And David took Saul's sword and put the band round him over the metal coat, and was unable to go forward; for he was not used to them. Then David said to Saul, It is not possible for me to go out with these, for I am not used to them. So 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 Philisthaeum.
Then he took his stick in his hand, and got five smooth stones from the bed of the stream and put them in a bag such as is used by sheep-keepers; and in his hand was a leather band used for sending stones: and so he went in the direction of the Philistine.
41 ibat autem Philisthaeus incedens, et appropinquans adversum David, et armiger eius ante eum.
And the Philistine came nearer to David; and the man who had his body-cover went before him.
42 Cumque inspexisset Philisthaeus, et vidisset David, despexit eum. Erat autem adolescens: rufus, et pulcher aspectu.
And when the Philistine, taking note, saw David, he had a poor opinion of him: for he was only a boy, red-haired and good-looking.
43 Et dixit Philisthaeus ad David: Numquid ego canis sum, quod tu venis ad me cum baculo? Et maledixit Philisthaeus David in diis suis:
And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come out to me with sticks? And the Philistine put curses on David by all his gods.
44 dixitque ad David: Veni ad me, et dabo carnes tuas volatilibus caeli et bestiis terrae.
And the Philistine said to David, Come here to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field.
45 Dixit autem David ad Philisthaeum: 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 and a spear and a javelin: but I come to you in the name of the Lord of armies, the God of the armies of Israel on which you have put shame.
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 caeli, et bestiis terrae: ut sciat omnis terra quia est Deus in Israel.
This day the Lord will give you up into my hands, and I will overcome you, and take your head off you; and I will give the bodies of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth today, so that all the earth may see that Israel has a God;
47 Et noverit universa ecclesia haec, quia non in gladio, nec in hasta salvat Dominus: ipsius enim est bellum, et tradet vos in manus nostras.
And all these people who are here today may see that the Lord does not give salvation by sword and spear: for the fight is the Lord's, and he will give you up into our hands.
48 Cum ergo surrexisset Philisthaeus, et veniret, et appropinquaret contra David, festinavit David, et cucurrit ad pugnam ex adverso Philisthaei.
Now when the Philistine made a move and came near to David, David quickly went at a run in the direction of the army, meeting the Philistine face to face.
49 Et misit manum suam in peram, tulitque unum lapidem, et funda iecit, et circumducens percussit Philisthaeum in fronte: et infixus est lapis in fronte eius, et cecidit in faciem suam super terram.
And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and sent it from his leather band straight at the Philistine, and the stone went deep into his brow, and he went down to the earth, falling on his face.
50 Praevaluitque David adversum Philisthaeum in funda et lapide, percussumque Philisthaeum interfecit. Cumque gladium non haberet in manu David,
So David overcame the Philistine with his leather band and a stone, wounding the Philistine and causing his death: but David had no sword in his hand.
51 cucurrit, et stetit super Philisthaeum, et tulit gladium eius, et eduxit eum de vagina sua: et interfecit eum, praeciditque caput eius. Videntes autem Philisthiim, quod mortuus esset fortissimus eorum, fugerunt.
So running up to the Philistine and putting his foot on him, David took his sword out of its cover, and put him to death, cutting off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their fighter was dead, they went in flight.
52 Et consurgentes viri Israel et Iuda vociferati sunt, et persecuti sunt Philisthaeos usque dum venirent in vallem, et usque ad portas Accaron, cecideruntque vulnerati de Philisthiim in via Saraim, usque ad Geth, et usque ad Accaron.
And the men of Israel and of Judah got up, and gave a cry, and went after the Philistines as far as Gath and the town doors of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines were falling down by the road from Shaaraim all the way to Gath and Ekron.
53 Et revertentes filii Israel postquam persecuti fuerant Philisthaeos, invaserunt castra eorum.
Then the children of Israel came back from going after the Philistines, and took their goods from the tents.
54 Assumens autem David caput Philisthaei, attulit illud in Ierusalem: arma vero eius posuit in tabernaculo suo.
And David took the head of the Philistine to Jerusalem, but the metal war-dress and the arms he put in his tent.
55 Eo autem tempore, quo viderat Saul David egredientem contra Philisthaeum, ait ad Abner principem militiae: De qua stirpe descendit hic adolescens? Dixitque Abner: Vivit anima tua, rex, si novi.
And when Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this young man? And Abner said, On your life, O king, I have no idea.
56 Et ait rex: Interroga tu, cuius filius sit iste puer.
And the king said, Make search and see whose son this young man is.
57 Cumque regressus esset David, percusso Philisthaeo, tulit eum Abner, et introduxit coram Saule, caput Philisthaei habentem in manu.
And when David was coming back after the destruction of the Philistine, Abner took him to 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 Bethlehemitae ego sum.
And Saul said to him, Young man, whose son are you? And David in answer said, I am the son of your servant Jesse of Beth-lehem.
