1 Samuel 27
1 But David thought, “Some day Saul will capture me [if I stay around here]. So the best thing that I can do is to escape and go to the Philistia area. If I do that, Saul will stop searching for me here in Israel, and I will be safe.”
David reče u sebi: “Ipak ću jednoga dana poginuti od Šaulove ruke. Zato nema ništa bolje za me nego da se spasim u zemlju Filistejaca. Tada će Šaul odustati da me dalje traži po svim krajevima Izraelovim i izbavit ću se iz njegove ruke.”
2 So David and his 600 men left Israel and went to see Maoch’s son Achish, who was king of Gath [city in the Philistia area].
David se dakle podiže i prijeđe, sa šest stotina ljudi koje je imao, k Akišu, sinu Maokovu, kralju Gata.
3 David and his men and their families started to live there in Gath, the city where king Achish lived. David’s two wives were with him—Ahinoam from Jezreel, and Nabal’s widow Abigail, from Carmel.
David se nastani kod Akiša u Gatu, on i njegovi ljudi, svaki sa svojom obitelji, a David sa svoje dvije žene, Ahinoamom Jizreelkom i Abigajilom, Nabalovom ženom iz Karmela.
4 When someone told Saul that David had run away [and was living] in Gath, he stopped searching for David.
Kad je Šaul doznao da je David pobjegao u Gat, nije ga više progonio.
5 [One day] David said to Achish, “If you are pleased with us, give us a place in one of the small villages where we can stay. There is no need [RHQ] for us to stay in the city where you are the king.”
David reče Akišu: “Ako sam našao milost u tvojim očima, neka mi dadu mjesto u jednom gradu u zemlji da se nastanim u njemu. Zašto da tvoj sluga stanuje kod tebe u kraljevskom gradu?”
6 [Achish liked what David suggested]. So that day Achish gave to David Ziklag [town]. As a result, Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah since that time.
Akiš mu još istoga dana dade Siklag. Stoga Siklag pripada do današnjega dana kraljevima Jude.
7 David [and his men] lived in the Philistia area for 16 months.
I osta David u filistejskoj zemlji godinu dana i četiri mjeseca.
8 [During that time] David and his men raided the people who lived [in the areas] where the Geshur, Girzi, and Amalek people-groups lived. Those people had lived there a long time. That area extended [south] from Telam to the Shur [Desert] and to [the border of] Egypt.
David je sa svojim ljudima izlazio da pljačka Gešurce, Girzijce i Amalečane, jer su to bili stanovnici zemlje od Telama preko Šura sve do egipatske zemlje.
9 Whenever David’s men attacked them, they killed all the men and women, and they took all the people’s sheep and cattle and donkeys and camels, and even their clothes. Then they would bring those things back home, [and David would go to talk] to Achish.
David je pustošio zemlju ne ostavljajući na životu ni čovjeka ni žene, otimao je ovce i goveda, magarce, deve i haljine i vraćao se da sve to donese Akišu.
10 Each time Achish would ask David, “Where did you go raiding today?” David [would lie to him]. Sometimes he would reply that they had gone to the southern part of Judah, and sometimes he would say that they had gone to Jerahmeel, or to the area where the Ken people-group lived.
Akiš bi ga pitao: “Gdje ste danas pljačkali?” A David bi odgovorio da su pljačkali u Negebu Judinu ili u Negebu Jerahmeelskom ili u Negebu Kenijskom.
11 David’s men never brought back to Gath any man or woman who was left alive. David thought, “If [we do not kill everyone, some of] them [who are still alive] will go and tell Achish [the truth] about what we really did.” David did that all the time that he [and his men] lived in the Philistia area.
David nije ostavljao na životu ni čovjeka ni žene da ih dovede u Gat jer mišljaše: “Mogli bi nas optužiti i reći: 'Tako je David radio.'” Takav je imao običaj za sve vrijeme dok je boravio u filistejskoj zemlji.
12 So Achish believed [what] David [told him], and said to himself, “[Because of what David has done, ] his own people, the Israelis, must now hate him very much. So he will have to [stay here and] serve me forever.”
Akiš je vjerovao Davidu i govorio u sebi: “Baš se omrazio svome narodu, Izraelu! Zato će mi biti sluga dovijeka!”
