1 Samuel 29

1 Filistejci so torej vse svoje vojske zbrali skupaj k Aféku, Izraelci pa so se utaborili pri studencu, ki je v Jezreélu.

Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites camped by the spring which is in Jezreel.

2 Knezi izmed Filistejcev so šli mimo po stotnijah in po tisočnijah, toda David in njegovi možje so šli mimo v zadnji straži z Ahíšem.

The lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands; and David and his men passed on in the rear with Achish.

3 Potem so princi Filistejcev rekli: »Kaj počnejo tukaj ti Hebrejci?« Ahíš je rekel princem Filistejcev: » Ali ni to David, služabnik Savla, Izraelovega kralja, ki je bil z menoj te dni ali ta leta in v njem nisem našel nobenega madeža, odkar je pripadel k meni, do tega dne?«

Then the leaders of the Philistines said, "What about these Hebrews?" And Achish said to the leaders of the Philistines, "Isn't this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found no fault in him since he defected to me until this day?"

4 Filistejski princi pa so bili ogorčeni nad njim in filistejski princi so mu rekli: »Primoraj tega pajdaša, da se vrne, da bo lahko ponovno šel na svoj kraj, ki si mu ga določil in naj ne gre z nami dol v bitko, da nam v bitki ne bi bil nasprotnik, kajti s čim se bo prikupil svojemu gospodarju? Ali naj to ne bi bilo z glavami teh ljudi?«

But the leaders of the Philistines were angry with him, and said to him, "Send that man back to the place where you have assigned him, and he must not go down with us to battle, or in the battle he may become an adversary. For how could this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Should it not be with the heads of these men?

5 Ali ni to David, o katerem so druga drugi pele v plesih, rekoč: »Savel je usmrtil svoje tisoče, David pa svoje deset tisoče?«

Is not this David about whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?'"

6 Potem je Ahíš poklical Davida in mu rekel: »Zagotovo, kakor Gospod živi, si bil pošten in tvoje odhajanje in tvoje prihajanje z menoj v vojsko je dobro v mojem pogledu, kajti nisem našel zla v tebi od dneva tvojega prihoda k meni, do tega dne, pa vendar ti knezi niso naklonjeni.

Then Achish called David, and said to him, "As the LORD lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, the lords do not favor you.

7 Zato se sedaj vrni in pojdi v miru, da ne razžališ filistejskih knezov.«

Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you not displease the lords of the Philistines."

8 David je rekel Ahíšu: »Toda kaj sem storil? Kaj si našel na svojem služabniku, dokler sem bil s teboj, do tega dne, da se ne smem iti bojevat zoper sovražnike svojega gospoda kralja?«

David said to Achish, "But what have I done? What have you found in your servant so long as I have been before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?"

9 Ahíš je odgovoril in Davidu rekel: »Vem, da si dober v mojih očeh, kakor Božji angel. Vendar so princi Filistejcev rekli: ›Ta ne bo šel z nami gor v bitko.‹

Then Achish answered David, "I know that you are good in my sight. However, the leaders of the Philistines have said, 'He must not go up with us to the battle.'

10 Zato sedaj vstani zgodaj zjutraj s služabniki svojega gospoda, ki so prišli s teboj in takoj, ko boste zgodaj zjutraj pokonci in imeli svetlobo, odidite.«

So get up early in the morning, you and the servants of your lord who have come with you, and go to the place which I allotted to you. As for evil remarks, take none to heart; for you are good in my sight. And as soon as you are up early in the morning, and have light, depart."

11 Tako so David in njegovi možje zgodaj zjutraj vstali, da odrinejo, da se vrnejo v deželo Filistejcev. Filistejci pa so šli gor k Jezreélu.

So David and his men got up early to return to the land of the Philistines. But the Philistines went up to Jezreel.