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.
The Philistine armies gathered for battle at Socoh in Judah. They set up camp 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.
Saul and the Israelites gathered and camped in the Valley of Elah and took up their positions to engage in battle with 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 on one hill and the Israelites on another with the valley between them.
4 Et egressus est vir spurius de castris Philisthinorum nomine Goliath, de Geth, altitudinis sex cubitorum et palmi:
Then a champion came out of the Philistine camp. His name was Goliath from Gath, and he was six cubits and a span tall.
5 et cassis aerea super caput eius, et lorica hamata induebatur. porro pondus loricae eius, quinque millia siclorum aeris erat:
He had on his head a bronze helmet and he wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels.
6 et ocreas aereas habebat in cruribus: et clypeus aereus tegebat humeros eius.
On his legs he wore bronze armor, and he carried a javelin slung between his shoulders.
7 hastile autem hastae eius erat quasi liciatorium texentium. ipsum autem ferrum hastae eius sexcentos siclos habebat ferri: et armiger eius antecedebat eum.
The shaft of his spear was as thick as weaver's beam, with an iron tip that weighed six hundred shekels. His shield-bearer walked ahead of him carrying his shield.
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.
Goliath stood and shouted at the lines of Israelite soldiers, “Why have you come and lined for battle? I am the Philistine, and you're Saul's servants. Pick one of your men and have him come down and fight 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 can fight me and kill me, then we will be your slaves. But if I beat him and kill him, then you'll be our slaves and work for us.”
10 Et aiebat Philisthaeus: Ego exprobravi agminibus Israel hodie: Date mihi virum, et ineat mecum singulare certamen.
Then the Philistine said, “I mock the battle lines of Israel today! Give me a man so we can fight each other!”
11 Audiens autem Saul, et omnes Israelitae sermones Philisthaei huiuscemodi, stupebant, et metuebant nimis.
Saul and all the Israelite soldiers were shattered and absolutely terrified when they heard what the Philistine said.
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.
David was the son of a man named Jesse. He was an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons. At the time Saul was king, Jesse was very old.
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.
Jesse's three oldest sons had joined Saul's army war. These were Eliab (the firstborn), Abinadab (second), and Shammah (third).
14 David autem erat minimus. Tribus ergo maioribus secutis Saulem,
David was the youngest. The three oldest were with Saul,
15 abiit David, et reversus est a Saul, ut pasceret gregem patris sui in Bethlehem.
while David went to Saul and then back again to look after his father's sheep.
16 Procedebat vero Philisthaeus mane et vespere, et stabat quadraginta diebus.
Every morning and evening for forty days the Philistine came out to take his stand.
17 Dixit autem Isai ad David filium suum: Accipe fratribus tuis ephi polentae, et decem panes istos, et curre in castra ad fratres tuos,
Jesse told his son David, “Please take your brothers this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers. Take them quickly to your brothers' camp.
18 et decem formellas casei has deferes ad tribunum: et fratres tuos visitabis, si recte agant: et cum quibus ordinati sunt, disce.
Take these ten cheese pieces to their commander. Check carefully to see how your brothers are doing and bring back their news.”
19 Saul autem, et illi, et omnes filii Israel, in Valle terebinthi pugnabant adversum Philisthiim.
They were with Saul and the whole Israelite army in the Valley of Elah, fighting 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.
David got up early in the morning and left the flock with a shepherd. He took the supplies and set out as Jesse had told him to. He arrived at the camp just as the army was marching out to its battle line, shouting the war cry.
21 Direxerat enim aciem Israel, sed et Philisthiim ex adverso fuerant praeparati.
The Israelites took up their battle line and the Philistines took up their battle line on the opposite side.
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.
David left his supplies with the one responsible and ran to the battle line. When he got there he asked his brothers how they were.
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.
While he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, came up out of his lines and shouted his challenge as he had before, and David heard what he said.
24 Omnes autem Israelitae, cum vidissent virum, fugerunt a facie eius, timentes eum valde.
All the Israelite soldiers ran away when they saw him because they were terribly 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.
“Have you seen this man who keeps on coming out to mock Israel?” they asked. “The king will make the man who kills him really rich. He will also give him his daughter in marriage, and his family will live tax-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?
David asked the men who were standing beside him, “What will the man receive who kills this Philistine and removes this shame from Israel? Who does this heathen Philistine think he is, mocking the armies of the living God?”
27 Referebat autem ei populus eumdem sermonem, dicens: Haec dabuntur viro, qui percusserit eum.
The soldiers repeated what they had said, telling him, “This is what the man who kills him will receive.”
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.
When David's oldest brother Eliab heard him talking with the men, he got angry with him. “What are you doing here?” he asked. “Who have you left those few sheep with in the wilderness? I know how proud and wicked you are! You've just come to watch the battle!”
29 Et dixit David: Quid feci? numquid non verbum est?
“What have I done now?” David asked. “Can't I even ask a question?”
30 Et declinavit paululum ab eo ad alium: dixitque eundem sermonem. Et respondit ei populus verbum sicut prius.
He went over to some others and asked the same question, and they gave the same answer as before.
31 Audita sunt autem verba, quae locutus est David, et annunciata in conspectu Saul.
Someone overheard what David said and reported it to Saul who 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.
David told Saul, “No one should lose heart because of this Philistine. I, your servant, will go and fight him!”
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.
“You can't go out and fight this Philistine,” Saul replied. “You're just a boy, and he's a warrior trained 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 replied, “Your servant has been looking after his father's sheep. When 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 would chase after it, knock it down, and save the lamb from its mouth. If it turned to attack me, I would grab its hair, hit it, and kill it.
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?
I have killed lions and bears, and this heathen Philistine will be just like one of them, for he has mocked 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.
David concluded, “The Lord who saved me from the claws of the lion and the bear will save me from this Philistine.” “Go, and may the Lord be with you,” Saul responded.
38 Et induit Saul David vestimentis suis, et imposuit galeam aeream super caput eius, et vestivit eum lorica.
Saul gave David his own battle clothes to wear, placed a bronze helmet on his head, and put armor on him.
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,
David strapped his sword on over the armor but he couldn't walk because he wasn't used to it. “I can't walk in all this,” David told Saul. “I ‘m not used to it.” So David took all the armor 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.
He picked up his stick, chose five smooth stones from the stream, and put them in his shepherd's bag. Carrying his sling in his hand, he approached the Philistine.
41 ibat autem Philisthaeus incedens, et appropinquans adversum David, et armiger eius ante eum.
The Philistine came towards David, closer and closer, with his shield-bearer in front of him.
42 Cumque inspexisset Philisthaeus, et vidisset David, despexit eum. Erat autem adolescens: rufus, et pulcher aspectu.
When the Philistine looked closely he could see that David was just a red-faced handsome youth, and so he treated David with contempt.
43 Et dixit Philisthaeus ad David: Numquid ego canis sum, quod tu venis ad me cum baculo? Et maledixit Philisthaeus David in diis suis:
“Do you think I'm a dog, coming to fight me with a stick?” the Philistine asked David, and he cursed David by his gods.
44 dixitque ad David: Veni ad me, et dabo carnes tuas volatilibus caeli et bestiis terrae.
Then the Philistine shouted at David, “Come over here, and I'll feed your flesh to the birds and the wild animals.”
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
David replied to the Philistine, “You come to attack me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin. But I come to attack you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel—the one you have mocked.
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.
Today the Lord will hand you over to me, and I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the dead bodies of the Philistine soldiers to the birds and the wild animals. Then all the world will know that there is a God who acts for Israel.
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.
Everyone gathered here will realize that the Lord saves, but not with sword and spear. For the battle is the Lord's, and he will hand all of you over to us.”
48 Cum ergo surrexisset Philisthaeus, et veniret, et appropinquaret contra David, festinavit David, et cucurrit ad pugnam ex adverso Philisthaei.
As the Philistine moved forward to attack him, David raced toward the battle line to confront him.
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.
David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and fired it from his sling, hitting the Philistine on the forehead. The stone went into his forehead, and he collapsed facedown on the ground.
50 Praevaluitque David adversum Philisthaeum in funda et lapide, percussumque Philisthaeum interfecit. Cumque gladium non haberet in manu David,
This is how David defeated the Philistine with just a sling and a stone; with no sword in his hand David knocked the Philistine down and killed him.
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.
David ran and stood over the Philistine. He took the Philistine's sword and pulled it out of its sheath. He killed him and then he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they turned and ran away.
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.
Then the men of Israel and Judah rushed forward shouting the war-cry and chased the Philistines all the way to Gath and to the gates of Ekron. Their bodies were scattered along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.
53 Et revertentes filii Israel postquam persecuti fuerant Philisthaeos, invaserunt castra eorum.
When the Israelites returned from their hot pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.
54 Assumens autem David caput Philisthaei, attulit illud in Ierusalem: arma vero eius posuit in tabernaculo suo.
David took the Philistine's head and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put the Philistine's weapons in his own 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.
When Saul had watched David going out to fight the Philistine, he'd asked Abner the army commander, “Abner, whose son is that young man?” “On your life, Your Majesty, I do not know,” Abner replied.
56 Et ait rex: Interroga tu, cuius filius sit iste puer.
“Find out whose son this young man is,” the king ordered.
57 Cumque regressus esset David, percusso Philisthaeo, tulit eum Abner, et introduxit coram Saule, caput Philisthaei habentem in manu.
As soon as David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul. David was still clutching the Philistine's head in his hand.
58 Et ait ad eum Saul: De qua progenie es o adolescens? Dixitque David: Filius servi tui Isai Bethlehemitae ego sum.
“Whose son are you, young man?” Saul asked. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.
