1 Samuelova 27

1 David reče u sebi: “Ipak ću jednoga dana poginuti od Šaulove ruke. Zato nema ništa bolje za me nego da se spasim u zemlju Filistejaca. Tada će Šaul odustati da me dalje traži po svim krajevima Izraelovim i izbavit ću se iz njegove ruke.”

David said in his heart, "I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me except that I 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 shall I escape out of his hand."

2 David se dakle podiže i prijeđe, sa šest stotina ljudi koje je imao, k Akišu, sinu Maokovu, kralju Gata.

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 David se nastani kod Akiša u Gatu, on i njegovi ljudi, svaki sa svojom obitelji, a David sa svoje dvije žene, Ahinoamom Jizreelkom i Abigajilom, Nabalovom ženom iz Karmela.

David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the Carmelite, Nabal's wife.

4 Kad je Šaul doznao da je David pobjegao u Gat, nije ga više progonio.

It was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

5 David reče Akišu: “Ako sam našao milost u tvojim očima, neka mi dadu mjesto u jednom gradu u zemlji da se nastanim u njemu. Zašto da tvoj sluga stanuje kod tebe u kraljevskom gradu?”

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 Akiš mu još istoga dana dade Siklag. Stoga Siklag pripada do današnjega dana kraljevima Jude.

Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: why Ziklag pertains to the kings of Judah to this day.

7 I osta David u filistejskoj zemlji godinu dana i četiri mjeseca.

The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

8 David je sa svojim ljudima izlazio da pljačka Gešurce, Girzijce i Amalečane, jer su to bili stanovnici zemlje od Telama preko Šura sve do egipatske zemlje.

David and his men went up, and made a raid on the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites. And look, the land was inhabited from Telem, going in the direction of Shur, as far as the land of Egypt.

9 David je pustošio zemlju ne ostavljajući na životu ni čovjeka ni žene, otimao je ovce i goveda, magarce, deve i haljine i vraćao se da sve to donese Akišu.

David struck the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the cattle, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the clothing; and he returned, and came to Achish.

10 Akiš bi ga pitao: “Gdje ste danas pljačkali?” A David bi odgovorio da su pljačkali u Negebu Judinu ili u Negebu Jerahmeelskom ili u Negebu Kenijskom.

Achish said, "Against whom have you made a raid today?" David would say, "Against the Negev of Judah," or "Against the Negev of Jerahmeel," or "Against the Negev of the Kenizzites."

11 David nije ostavljao na životu ni čovjeka ni žene da ih dovede u Gat jer mišljaše: “Mogli bi nas optužiti i reći: 'Tako je David radio.'” Takav je imao običaj za sve vrijeme dok je boravio u filistejskoj zemlji.

David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, "Lest they should tell of us, saying, 'David has done this, and this has been his way all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.'"

12 Akiš je vjerovao Davidu i govorio u sebi: “Baš se omrazio svome narodu, Izraelu! Zato će mi biti sluga dovijeka!”

Achish believed David, saying, "He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he shall be my servant forever."