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.”
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.
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].
Тада се подиже Давид и отиде са шест стотина људи који беху с њим к Ахису, сину Моаховом, цару гатском.
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.
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.
4 When someone told Saul that David had run away [and was living] in Gath, he stopped searching for David.
И кад јавише Саулу да је Давид утекао у Гат, преста га тражити.
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.”
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?
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.
И даде му Ахис оног дана Сиклаг. Зато Сиклаг припада царевима Јудиним до данашњег дана.
7 David [and his men] lived in the Philistia area for 16 months.
И оста Давид у земљи филистејској годину и четири месеца.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
И Ахис питаше: Где сте данас ударали? А Давид говораше: На јужну страну Јудину, и на јужну страну јерамеилску, и на јужну страну кенејску.
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.
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.
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.”
И Ахис вероваше Давиду, и говораше: Баш се омразио с народом својим Израиљем; зато ће ми бити слуга довека.
