1 Samuel 27

1 Tetapi Daud berpikir dalam hatinya: "Bagaimanapun juga pada suatu hari aku akan binasa oleh tangan Saul. Jadi tidak ada yang lebih baik bagiku selain meluputkan diri dengan segera ke negeri orang Filistin; maka tidak ada harapan bagi Saul untuk mencari aku lagi di seluruh daerah Israel dan aku akan terluput dari tangannya."

And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.

2 Bersiaplah Daud, lalu berjalan ke sana, ia dan keenam ratus orang yang bersama-sama dengan dia itu, kepada Akhis bin Maokh, raja kota Gat.

So David and the six hundred men who were with him went over to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

3 Daud dan semua orangnya menetap pada Akhis di Gat, masing-masing dengan rumah tangganya; Daud dengan kedua orang isterinya, yakni Ahinoam, perempuan Yizreel, dan Abigail, bekas isteri Nabal, perempuan Karmel.

And David and his men were living with Achish at Gath; every man had his family with him, and David had his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, who had been the wife of Nabal.

4 Setelah diberitahukan kepada Saul, bahwa Daud telah melarikan diri ke Gat, ia tidak lagi mencarinya.

And Saul, hearing that David had gone to Gath, went after him no longer.

5 Berkatalah Daud kepada Akhis: "Jika kiranya aku mendapat belas kasihanmu, biarlah diberikan kepadaku tempat di salah satu kota di tanah datar, supaya aku tinggal di sana. Mengapa hambamu ini tinggal padamu di kota kerajaan ini?"

Then David said to Achish, If now I have grace in your eyes, let me have a place in one of the smaller towns of your land, to be my living-place; for it is not right for your servant to be living with you in the king's town.

6 Maka pada hari itu Akhis memberikan Ziklag kepadanya; itulah sebabnya Ziklag menjadi kepunyaan raja-raja Yehuda sampai sekarang.

So Achish straight away gave him Ziklag: and for that reason Ziklag has been the property of the kings of Judah to this day.

7 Dan lamanya Daud tinggal di daerah orang Filistin adalah satu tahun empat bulan.

And David was living in the land of the Philistines for the space of a year and four months.

8 Maka Daud dan orang-orangnya bergerak maju dan menyerbu orang Gesur, orang Girzi dan orang Amalek; sebab orang-orang inilah penduduk negeri itu yang membentang dari Telam ke arah Syur sampai tanah Mesir.

And David and his men went up and made attacks on the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites; for these were the people who were living in the land from Telam on the way to Shur, as far as Egypt.

9 Apabila Daud memusnahkan negeri itu, seorangpun tidak dibiarkannya hidup, baik laki-laki maupun perempuan; ia merampas kambing domba, lembu, keledai, unta dan pakaian, kemudian pulanglah ia dan kembali kepada Akhis.

And David again and again made attacks on the land till not a man or a woman was still living; and he took away the sheep and the oxen and the asses and the camels and the clothing; and he came back to Achish.

10 Jika Akhis bertanya: "Di mana kamu menyerbu pada hari ini?" maka jawab Daud: "Di Tanah Negeb Yehuda," atau: "Di Tanah Negeb orang Yerahmeel," atau: "Di Tanah Negeb orang Keni."

And every time Achish said, Where have you been fighting today? David said, Against the South of Judah and the South of the Jerahmeelites and the South of the Kenites.

11 Daud tidak membiarkan hidup seorangpun, baik laki-laki maupun perempuan, untuk dibawa ke Gat, sebab pikirnya: "Jangan-jangan mereka mengabarkan tentang kami, dengan berkata: Beginilah dilakukan Daud." Itulah kebiasaannya, selama ia tinggal di daerah orang Filistin.

Not one living man or woman did David ever take back with him to Gath, fearing that they might give an account of what had taken place, and say, This is what David did, and so has he been doing all the time while he has been living in the land of the Philistines.

12 Tetapi Akhis mempercayai Daud, sebab pikirnya: "Tentulah ia telah membuat diri dibenci di antara orang Israel, bangsanya; ia akan menjadi hambaku sampai selamanya."

And Achish had belief in what David said, saying, He has made himself hated by all his people Israel, and so he will be my servant for ever.