1 Samuel 21

1 Então veio David a Nob, ao sacerdote Achimelech; e Achimelech, tremendo, saiu ao encontro de David, e disse-lhe: Porque vens só, e ninguém contigo?

And David came to Nob to Achimelech the priest; and Achimelech hastened trembling to meet David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man is with thee?

2 E disse David ao sacerdote Achimelech: O rei me encomendou um negócio, e me disse: ninguém saiba deste negócio, pelo qual eu te enviei, e o qual te ordenei: quanto aos mancebos, apontei-lhes tal e tal lugar.

And David said unto Achimelech the priest, The king commanded me a business, and said unto me, Let not any man know the least of the business concerning which I send thee, and which I have commanded thee. And the young men have I appointed to such and such a place.

3 Agora, pois, que tens à mão? dá-me cinco pães na minha mão, ou o que se achar.

And now what hast thou on hand: put five loaves of bread into my hand, or what else can be found.

4 E, respondendo o sacerdote a David, disse: Não tenho pão comum à mão; há porém pão sagrado, se ao menos os mancebos se abstiveram das mulheres.

And the priest answered David, and said, I have no common bread on hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have only withheld themselves from women.

5 E respondeu David ao sacerdote, e lhe disse: Sim, em boa fé, as mulheres se nos vedaram desde ontem: e ante ontem, quando eu saí, os vasos dos mancebos também eram santos: e em alguma maneira é pão comum, quanto mais que hoje se santificará outro nos vasos.

And David answered the priest and said to him, To a certainty women have been denied us yesterday and the day before, when I went forth, and the vessels of the young men were holy: and if this was the custom with unholy things, how much more will it remain this day holy in the vessels.

6 Então o sacerdote lhe deu o pão sagrado, porquanto não havia ali outro pão senão os pães da proposição, que se tiraram de diante do Senhor para se pôr ali pão quente no dia em que aquele se tirasse.

So the priest gave him hallowed bread; for there was no bread there except the showbread, that was removed from before the Lord, so as to put down hot bread on the day when it was taken away.

7 Estava, porém, ali naquele dia um dos criados de Saul, detido perante o Senhor, e era seu nome Doeg, idumeu, o mais poderoso dos pastores de Saul.

Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there on that day, detained before the Lord; and his name was Doeg, the Edomite, the chief of the herdsmen that belonged to Saul.

8 E disse David a Achimelech: Não tens aqui à mão lança ou espada alguma? porque não trouxe à mão nem a minha espada nem as minhas armas, porque o negócio do rei era apressado.

And David said unto Achimelech, Hast thou not also here at hand a spear or sword: for both my sword as also my other weapons have I not brought with me, because the king's business was urgent.

9 E disse o sacerdote: A espada de Goliath, o philisteu, a quem tu feriste no vale do carvalho, eis que aquela aqui está envolta num pano detraz do éfode: se tu a queres tomar, toma-a, porque nenhuma outra há aqui, senão aquela. E disse David: Não há outra semelhante; dá-ma.

And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou didst slay in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped up in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that for thyself, take it; for there is no other save it here. And David said, There is none like that: give it to me.

10 E David levantou-se, e fugiu aquele dia de diante de Saul, e veio a Achis, rei de Gath.

And David arose, and fled on that day from before Saul, and came to Achish the king of Gath.

11 Porém os criados de Achis lhe disseram: Não é este David, o rei da terra? não se cantava deste nas danças, dizendo: Saul feriu os seus milhares, porém David os seus dez milhares?

And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not of this man sing one to another in the dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

12 E David considerou estas palavras no seu ânimo, e temeu muito diante de Achis, rei de Gath.

And David took these words to his heart, and was greatly afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

13 Pelo que se contrafez diante dos olhos deles, e fez-se como doido entre as suas mãos, e esgravatava nas portas do portal, e deixava correr a saliva pela barba.

And he disguised his reason before their eyes, and played the madman in their hands, and scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle run down upon his beard.

14 Então disse Achis aos seus criados: Eis que bem vêdes que este homem está louco; porque mo trouxestes a mim?

Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see, the man is mad: wherefore then will ye bring him to me?

15 Faltam-me a mim doidos, para que trouxesseis a este que fizesse doidices diante de mim? há de este entrar na minha casa?

Have I lack of madmen, that ye have brought this man to play his pranks about me? shall this one come into my house?