1 Samuel 21

1 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?

Então veiu David a Nob, ao sacerdote Achimelech; e Achimelech, tremendo, saiu ao encontro de David, e disse-lhe: Porque vens só, e ninguem comtigo?

2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know anything of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed the young men to such and such a place.

E disse David ao sacerdote Achimelech: O rei me encommendou um negocio, e me disse: Ninguem saiba d'este negocio, pelo qual eu te enviei, e o qual te ordenei: quanto aos mancebos, apontei-lhes tal e tal logar.

3 Now therefore what is under thy hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatsoever there is present.

Agora, pois, que tens á mão? dá-me cinco pães na minha mão, ou o que se achar.

4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.

E, respondendo o sacerdote a David, disse: Não tenho pão commum á mão; ha porém pão sagrado, se ao menos os mancebos se abstiveram das mulheres.

5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days; when I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey; how much more then to-day shall their vessels be holy?

E respondeu David ao sacerdote, e lhe disse: Sim, em boa fé, as mulheres se nos vedaram desde hontem: e ante hontem, quando eu sahi, os vasos dos mancebos tambem eram sanctos: e em alguma maneira é pão commum, quanto mais que hoje se sanctificará outro nos vasos.

6 So the priest gave him holy [bread]; for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before Jehovah, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

Então o sacerdote lhe deu o pão sagrado, porquanto não havia ali outro pão senão os pães da proposição, que se tiraram de diante do Senhor para se pôr ali pão quente no dia em que aquelle se tirasse.

7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before Jehovah; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chiefest of the herdsmen that belonged to Saul.

Estava, porém, ali n'aquelle dia um dos creados de Saul, detido perante o Senhor, e era seu nome Doeg, idumeo, o mais poderoso dos pastores de Saul.

8 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thy hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.

E disse David a Achimelech: Não tens aqui á mão lança ou espada alguma? porque não trouxe á mão nem a minha espada nem as minhas armas, porque o negocio do rei era apressado.

9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the vale of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it; for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

E disse o sacerdote: A espada de Goliath, o philisteo, a quem tu feriste no valle do carvalho, eis que aquella aqui está envolta n'um panno detraz do ephod: se tu a queres tomar, toma-a, porque nenhuma outra ha aqui, senão aquella. E disse David: Não ha outra similhante; dá-m'a.

10 And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

E David levantou-se, e fugiu aquelle dia de diante de Saul, e veiu a Achis, rei de Gath.

11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands?

Porém os creados de Achis lhe disseram: Não é este David, o rei da terra? não se cantava d'este nas danças, dizendo: Saul feriu os seus milhares, porém David os seus dez milhares?

12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

E David considerou estas palavras no seu animo, e temeu muito diante d'Achis, rei de Gath.

13 And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.

Pelo que se contrafez diante dos olhos d'elles, e fez-se como doido entre as suas mãos, e esgravatava nas portas do portal, e deixava correr a saliva pela barba.

14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad; wherefore then have ye brought him to me?

Então disse Achis aos seus creados: Eis que bem vêdes que este homem está louco; porque m'o trouxestes a mim?

15 Do I lack madmen, that ye have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?

Faltam-me a mim doidos, para que trouxesseis a este que fizesse doidices diante de mim? ha de este entrar na minha casa?