I Samuelis 27
1 Et ait David in corde suo: Aliquando incidam una die in manus Saul: nonne melius est ut fugiam, et salver in Terra Philisthinorum, ut desperet Saul, cessetque me quaerere in cunctis finibus Israel? fugiam ergo manus eius.
David said in his heart, “I will now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So I will escape out of his hand.”
2 Et surrexit David, et abiit ipse, et sexcenti viri cum eo, ad Achis filium Maoch regem Geth.
David arose and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
3 Et habitavit David cum Achis in Geth, ipse et viri eius; et domus eius; et David, et duae uxores eius, Achinoam Iezrahelitis, et Abigail uxor Nabal Carmeli.
David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.
4 Et nunciatum est Sauli quod fugisset David in Geth, et non addidit ultra quaerere eum.
Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped looking for him.
5 Dixit autem David ad Achis: Si inveni gratiam in oculis tuis, detur mihi locus in una urbium regionis huius, ut habitem ibi: cur enim manet servus tuus in civitate regis tecum?
David said to Achish, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”
6 Dedit itaque ei Achis in die illa Siceleg: propter quam causam facta est Siceleg regum Iuda, usque in diem hanc.
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.
7 Fuit autem numerus dierum, quibus habitavit David in regione Philisthinorum, quattuor mensium.
The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
8 Et ascendit David, et viri eius, et agebant praedas de Gessuri, et de Gerzi, et de Amalecitis: hi enim pagi habitabantur in terra antiquitus, euntibus Sur usque ad Terram Aegypti.
David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land who were of old, on the way to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.
9 Et percutiebat David omnem terram, nec relinquebat viventem virum et mulierem: tollensque oves, et boves, et asinos, et camelos, et vestes, revertebatur, et veniebat ad Achis.
David struck the land, and saved no man or woman alive, and took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned, and came to Achish.
10 Dicebat autem ei Achis: In quem irruisti hodie? Respondebat David: Contra meridiem Iudae, et contra meridiem Ierameel, et contra meridiem Ceni.
Achish said, “Against whom have you made a raid today?” David said, “Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.”
11 Virum et mulierem non vivificabat David, nec adducebat in Geth, dicens: Ne forte loquantur adversum nos: Haec fecit David: et hoc erat decretum illi omnibus diebus quibus habitavit in regione Philisthinorum.
David saved neither man nor woman alive to bring them to Gath, saying, “Lest they should tell about us, saying, ‘David did this, and this has been his way all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.’”
12 Credidit ergo Achis David, dicens: Multa mala operatus est contra populum suum Israel: erit igitur mihi servus sempiternus.
Achish believed David, saying, “He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he will be my servant forever.”
