1 Samuel 23
1 And they sent word to David, saying, The Philistines are fighting against Keilah and taking the grain from the grain-floors.
Javiše onda Davidu: “Filistejci opsjedaju Keilu i pljačkaju gumna.”
2 So David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go and make an attack on these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go and make an attack on the Philistines so that Keilah may be kept from falling into their hands.
David tada upita Jahvu: “Treba li da idem na Filistejce i hoću li ih potući?” A Jahve odgovori Davidu: “Idi, potući ćeš Filistejce i oslobodit ćeš Keilu.”
3 And David's men said to him, Even here in Judah we are full of fear: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
Ali rekoše Davidu ljudi njegovi: “Gle, mi smo već ovdje, u Judi, u neprestanom strahu; što će tek biti ako odemo u Keilu protiv filistejskih četa!”
4 Then David put the question to the Lord again, and the Lord answering said, Up! go down to Keilah; for I will give the Philistines into your hands.
Zato David još jednom upita Jahvu, a Jahve mu odgovori ovako: “Ustani i siđi u Keilu jer ću predati Filistejce u tvoje ruke!”
5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and had a fight with the Philistines, and took away their cattle, and put them to the sword with great destruction. So David was the saviour of the people of Keilah.
David onda krenu sa svojim ljudima u Keilu, udari na Filistejce, otjera njihovu stoku i zada im težak poraz. Tako je David oslobodio građane Keile. -
6 Now when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, went in flight to David, he came down to Keilah with the ephod in his hand.
Kad je ono Ebjatar, Ahimelekov sin, pobjegao k Davidu, on je došao u Keilu noseći u ruci oplećak.
7 And news was given to Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, Now God has given him into my hands; for by going into a walled town with locked doors, he has let himself be shut in.
Kad su Šaulu javili da je David ušao u Keilu, reče Šaul: “Bog ga je predao u moje ruke jer se sam uhvatio u zamku kad je ušao u grad s vratima i prijevornicama.”
8 And Saul sent for all the people to come to the fight, and go down to Keilah to make an attack on David and his men.
I Šaul sazva sav narod na oružje da ide na Keilu i da opkoli Davida i njegove ljude.
9 And it was clear to David that Saul had evil designs against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Come here with the ephod.
Kad je David doznao da mu Šaul snuje zlo, reče svećeniku Ebjataru: “Donesi oplećak!”
10 Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, news has been given to your servant that it is Saul's purpose to come to Keilah and send destruction on the town because of me.
Nato se David pomoli: “Jahve, Bože Izraelov, tvoj je sluga čuo da Šaul sprema navalu na Keilu da razori grad zbog mene.
11 And now, is it true, as they have said to me, that Saul is coming? O Lord, the God of Israel, give ear to your servant, and say if these things are so. And the Lord said, He is coming down.
Hoće li Šaul doći kao što je tvoj sluga čuo? Jahve, Bože Izraelov, odgovori svome sluzi!” A Jahve odgovori: “Doći će!”
12 Then David said, Will the men of Keilah give me and my men up to Saul? and the Lord said, They will give you up.
David opet upita: “Hoće li me prvaci Keile predati, mene i moje ljude, u Šaulove ruke?” A Jahve odgovori: “Predat će vas!”
13 Then David and his men, about six hundred of them, went out of Keilah, and got away wherever they were able to go. And Saul, hearing that David had got away from Keilah, did not go there.
Tada David ustade sa svojim ljudima, bijaše ih oko šest stotina; iziđoše iz Keile te lutahu kojekuda. A kad su Šaulu javili da je David utekao iz Keile, odusta od vojnog pohoda.
14 And David kept in the waste land, in safe places, waiting in the hill-country in the waste land of Ziph. And Saul was searching for him every day, but God did not give him up into his hands.
David se skloni u pustinju u gorska skloništa; nastani se na gori u pustinji Zifu. Šaul ga je neprestano tražio, ali ga Bog ne predade u njegove ruke.
15 And David was full of fear, in the knowledge that Saul had come out to take his life; and David was in the waste land of Ziph, in Horesh.
David se bojao što je Šaul izišao na vojnu da napadne na njegov život. Zato je David ostao u pustinji Zifu, u Horši.
16 And Saul's son Jonathan went to David in Horesh, and made his hands strong in God;
Tada Šaulov sin Jonatan krenu na put i dođe k Davidu u Horšu i ohrabri ga u ime Božje.
17 And said to him, Have no fear, for Saul my father will not get you into his power; and you will be king of Israel, and I will be by your side, and my father Saul is certain of this.
Reče mu: “Ne boj se, jer te neće stići ruka moga oca Šaula. Ti ćeš kraljevati nad Izraelom, a ja ću biti drugi do tebe; i moj otac Šaul zna to dobro.”
18 And the two of them made an agreement before the Lord: and David went on living in Horesh, and Jonathan went back to his house.
I sklopiše njih dvojica savez pred Jahvom. David osta u Horši, a Jonatan ode svojoj kući.
19 Then the Ziphites came up to Gibeah to see Saul, and said, Is not David living secretly among us in the strong places in Horesh, in the hill of Hachilah to the south of the waste land?
Jednoga dana dođoše Zifejci k Šaulu u Gibeu i javiše mu: “David se krije kod nas u gorskim skloništima u Horši, na brdu Hakili, što je južno od Ješimona.
20 So now, O king, have your soul's desire and come down, and we, for our part, will give him up into the king's hands.
Sada, kralju, kad god zaželiš sići, siđi, a naše je da ga predamo u ruke kralju.”
21 And Saul said, The Lord's blessing will be yours, for you have had pity on me.
A Šaul odgovori: “Blagoslovio vas Jahve što ste me požalili!
22 Go now, and take more steps, and see where he is living: for they say that he is expert in deceit.
Idite, dakle, raspitajte se još i dobro razvidite mjesto kamo ga donesu njegovi hitri koraci; rekli su mi da je vrlo lukav.
23 So take care to get knowledge of all the secret places where he is taking cover, and be certain to come back to me, and I will go with you: and without doubt, if he is anywhere in the land, I will get him, among all the families of Judah.
Zato pretražite sve rupe u koje se zavlači, pa se vratite k meni kad budete pouzdano znali. Tada ću ja poći s vama, pa ako bude gdje u zemlji, ići ću za njegovim tragom po svim Judinim rodovima.”
24 And they went back and came to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the waste land of Maon, in the dry land south of the waste land.
Tada krenuše na put i odoše u Zif, pred Šaulom. David je sa svojim ljudima bio u pustinji Maonu u Arabi, južno od Ješimona.
25 And Saul and his men went in search of him. And David had word of it, so he came down to the rock in the waste land of Maon. And Saul, hearing of this, went after David into the waste land of Maon.
Potom i Šaul pođe sa svojim ljudima da traži Davida. Kad su to javili Davidu, siđe on u klanac koji leži u pustinji Maonu. Šaul to doznade i krenu u potjeru za Davidom u pustinju Maon.
26 And Saul and his men went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men went on the other: and David's purpose was to get away as quickly as possible, for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men were making a circle round David and his men in order to take them.
Šaul je sa svojim ljudima išao jednom stranom planine, a David sa svojim ljudima drugom stranom planine. David se silno žurio da umakne Šaulu. Kad je Šaul sa svojim ljudima htio prijeći na drugu stranu da opkoli Davida i njegove ljude i da ih pohvata,
27 But a man came to Saul saying, Be quick and come; for the Philistines have made an attack on the land.
dođe glasnik Šaulu s porukom: “Dođi brže, Filistejci provališe u zemlju!”
28 So turning back from going after David, Saul went against the Philistines: so that place was named Sela-hammah-lekoth.
Tada Šaul odusta od potjere za Davidom i okrenu se protiv Filistejaca. Zato se prozvalo ono mjesto “Klanac razlaza”.
29 And from there, David went up and took cover in the safe place of En-gedi.
David se odande uspe i nastani u engadskim gorskim skloništima.
