1 Књига Самуилова 27
1 Али Давид рече у срцу свом: Погинућу кадгод од руке Саулове; нема боље за ме него да побегнем у земљу филистејску, те ће ме се Саул оканити и неће ме више тражити по крајевима Израиљевим; тако ћу се избавити из руку његових.
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 Тада се подиже Давид и отиде са шест стотина људи који беху с њим к Ахису, сину Моаховом, цару гатском.
So David and the six hundred men who were with him went over to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
3 И оста Давид код Ахиса у Гату и људи његови, сваки са својом породицом, Давид са две жене своје, Ахиноамом из Језраела и Авигејом из Кармила, женом Наваловом.
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 И кад јавише Саулу да је Давид утекао у Гат, преста га тражити.
And Saul, hearing that David had gone to Gath, went after him no longer.
5 А Давид рече Ахису: Ако сам нашао милост пред тобом, нека ми даду место у коме граду ове земље, да седим онде, јер зашто да седи слуга твој с тобом у царском граду?
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 И даде му Ахис оног дана Сиклаг. Зато Сиклаг припада царевима Јудиним до данашњег дана.
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 И оста Давид у земљи филистејској годину и четири месеца.
And David was living in the land of the Philistines for the space of a year and four months.
8 И излажаше Давид са својим људима, и удараше на Гесуреје и Герзеје и на Амалике; јер ти народи живљаху од старине у оној земљи од Сура па до земље мисирске.
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 И пустошаше Давид ону земљу не остављајући у животу ни човека ни жене, и отимаше овце и волове и магарце и камиле и рухо, и враћајући се долажаше к Ахису.
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 И Ахис питаше: Где сте данас ударали? А Давид говораше: На јужну страну Јудину, и на јужну страну јерамеилску, и на јужну страну кенејску.
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 Али не остављаше Давид у животу ни човека ни жене да доведе у Гат говорећи: Да нас не туже говорећи: Тако је урадио Давид. И такав му беше обичај за све време докле беше у земљи филистејској.
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 И Ахис вероваше Давиду, и говораше: Баш се омразио с народом својим Израиљем; зато ће ми бити слуга довека.
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.
