1 Samuel 29

1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their hosts to Aphek; and the Israelites pitched by the fountain which is in Jezreel.

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

2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands; and David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish.

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

3 Then said the princes of the Philistines: 'What do these Hebrews here?' And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines: 'Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who hath been with me these days or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away unto me unto this day?'

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?«

4 But the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him: 'Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us; for wherewith should this fellow reconcile himself unto his lord? should it not be with the heads of these men?

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?«

5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying: Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?'

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

6 Then Achish called David, and said unto him: 'As the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day; nevertheless the lords favour thee not.

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.

7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.'

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

8 And David said unto Achish: 'But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been before thee unto this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?'

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?«

9 And Achish answered and said to David: 'I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God; notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said: He shall not go up with us to the battle.

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.‹

10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with the servants of thy lord that are come with thee; and as soon as ye are up early in the morning, and have light, depart.'

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.«

11 So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

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