1 Samuel 30
1 Three days later, when David and his men arrived at Ziklag, [they discovered that] men of the Amalek people-group had raided Ziklag and [towns in] the southern part of Judah. They had destroyed Ziklag and burned down all the buildings.
Και ότε ο Δαβίδ και οι άνδρες αυτού εισήλθον εις Σικλάγ την τρίτην ημέραν, οι Αμαληκίται είχον κάμει εισδρομήν εις το μεσημβρινόν και εις Σικλάγ, και είχον πατάξει την Σικλάγ και κατακαύσει αυτήν εν πυρί·
2 They had captured the women [and the children] and everyone else, and had taken them away. But they had not killed anyone.
και είχον αιχμαλωτίσει τας γυναίκας τας εν αυτή, από μικρού έως μεγάλου· δεν εθανάτωσαν ουδένα, αλλά έλαβον αυτούς και υπήγαν εις την οδόν αυτών.
3 When David and his men came to Ziklag, they saw that the town had been burned, and that their wives and sons and daughters had been captured and taken away.
Ο δε Δαβίδ και οι άνδρες αυτού ήλθον εις την πόλιν, και ιδού, ήτο πυρπολημένη· και αι γυναίκες αυτών και οι υιοί αυτών και αι θυγατέρες αυτών ηχμαλωτισμένοι.
4 David and his men cried loudly, until [they were so weak that] they could not cry [any more].
Τότε ύψωσεν ο Δαβίδ και ο λαός ο μετ' αυτού την φωνήν αυτών και έκλαυσαν, εωσού δεν έμεινε πλέον εν αυτοίς δύναμις να κλαίωσι.
5 David’s two wives, Ahinoam and Abigail, had also been taken away.
Και αμφότεραι αι γυναίκες του Δαβίδ ηχμαλωτίσθησαν, Αχινοάμ η Ιεζραηλίτις, και Αβιγαία η γυνή Νάβαλ του Καρμηλίτου.
6 David’s men were threatening to [kill him by] throwing stones at him, because they were very angry because their sons and daughters [had been taken away]. David was very distressed, but Yahweh his God gave him strength.
Και εθλίβη ο Δαβίδ σφόδρα· διότι ο λαός έλεγε να λιθοβολήσωσιν αυτόν, επειδή η ψυχή παντός του λαού ήτο κατάπικρος, έκαστος διά τους υιούς αυτού και διά τας θυγατέρας αυτού· ο Δαβίδ όμως εκραταιώθη εν Κυρίω τω Θεώ αυτού.
7 David [did not know what to do, so he] said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring to me the sacred vest.” So Abiathar brought it,
Και είπεν ο Δαβίδ προς Αβιάθαρ τον ιερέα, υιόν του Αχιμέλεχ, Φέρε μοι ενταύθα, παρακαλώ, το εφόδ. Και έφερεν ο Αβιάθαρ το εφόδ προς τον Δαβίδ.
8 and David asked Yahweh, “Should I [and my men] pursue the men [who took our families]? Will we [be able to] catch up to them?” Yahweh answered [by means of the stones in Abiathar’s sacred pouch], “Yes, pursue them. You will catch up to them, and you will be able to rescue [your families].”
Και ηρώτησεν ο Δαβίδ τον Κύριον, λέγων, Να καταδιώξω όπισθεν τούτων των ληστών; θέλω προφθάσει αυτούς; Ο δε είπε προς αυτόν, Καταδίωξον· διότι θέλεις βεβαίως προφθάσει και αφεύκτως θέλεις ελευθερώσει πάντα.
9 So David and the 600 men who were with him left, and they came to the Besor Ravine. Some of his men stayed there [with some of their supplies].
Τότε υπήγεν ο Δαβίδ, αυτός και οι εξακόσιοι άνδρες οι μετ' αυτού, και ήλθον έως του χειμάρρου Βοσόρ, όπου οι απομένοντες εστάθησαν.
10 David and 400 men continued to pursue [the men who captured their families]. The other 200 men stayed there at the ravine, because they were so exhausted that they could not cross the ravine.
Ο δε Δαβίδ, αυτός και τετρακόσιοι άνδρες, κατεδίωκον, επειδή έμειναν οπίσω διακόσιοι, οίτινες αποκαμόντες δεν ηδύναντο να διαβώσι τον χείμαρρον Βοσόρ.
11 [As David and the 400 men were going], they saw a man from Egypt in a field; so they took him to David. They gave the man some water to drink and some food to eat.
Και εύρηκαν άνθρωπον Αιγύπτιον εν αγρώ και έφεραν αυτόν προς τον Δαβίδ· και έδωκαν εις αυτόν άρτον, και έφαγε, και επότισαν αυτόν ύδωρ·
12 They also gave him a piece of fig cake and two clusters/packs of raisins. The man had not had anything to eat or drink for three days and nights, but [after he ate and drank] he felt refreshed.
και έδωκαν εις αυτόν τμήμα πήττας σύκων και δύο βότρυς σταφίδων· και έφαγε, και επανήλθε το πνεύμα αυτού εις αυτόν· διότι δεν είχε φάγει άρτον ουδέ είχε πίει ύδωρ, τρεις ημέρας και τρεις νύκτας.
13 David asked him, “Who is your master? And where do you come from?” He replied, “I am from Egypt. I am a slave of a man from the Amalek people-group. Three days ago my master left me here, because I was sick [and I was not able to go with them].
Και είπε προς αυτόν ο Δαβίδ, Τίνος είσαι; και πόθεν είσαι; Και είπεν, Είμαι νέος Αιγύπτιος, δούλος τινός Αμαληκίτου· και με αφήκεν ο κύριός μου, επειδή ηρρώστησα τρεις ημέρας τώρα·
14 We had raided the southern part of Judah where the Kereth people-group live, and some other towns in Judah, and the area south [of Hebron city] where the descendants of Caleb live. We also burned Ziklag [town].”
ημείς εκάμαμεν εισδρομήν εις το μεσημβρινόν των Χερεθαίων και εις τα μέρη της Ιουδαίας και εις το μεσημβρινόν του Χάλεβ· και επυρπολήσαμεν την Σικλάγ.
15 David asked him, “Can you lead us to this group of raiders?” He replied, “Yes, [I will do that] if you ask God to listen while you promise that you will not kill me or give me back to my master. If you promise that, I will take you to them.”
Και είπε προς αυτόν ο Δαβίδ, Δύνασαι να με οδηγήσης κάτω προς τους ληστάς τούτους; Ο δε είπεν, Ομοσόν μοι εις τον Θεόν, ότι δεν θέλεις με θανατώσει ούτε θέλεις με παραδώσει εις την χείρα του κυρίου μου, και θέλω σε οδηγήσει κάτω προς τούτους τους ληστάς.
16 [David agreed to do that, ] so the man from Egypt led David [and his men] to where the men from the Amalek people-group were. Those men were lying on the ground, eating and drinking and celebrating because of having captured many things from the Philistia and Judah areas.
Και ότε ώδήγησεν αυτόν κάτω, ιδού, ήσαν διεσκορπισμένοι επί το πρόσωπον παντός του τόπου, τρώγοντες και πίνοντες και χορεύοντες, διά πάντα τα λάφυρα τα μεγάλα, τα οποία έλαβον εκ της γης των Φιλισταίων και εκ της γης του Ιούδα.
17 David [and his men] fought against them from sunset that day until the evening of the following day. Four hundred of them escaped and rode away on camels, but none of the others escaped.
Και επάταξεν αυτούς ο Δαβίδ από της αυγής μέχρι της εσπέρας της επιούσης· και δεν διεσώθη ουδέ εις εξ αυτών, πλην τετρακοσίων νέων, οίτινες εκάθηντο επί καμήλων και έφυγον.
18 David rescued his two wives, and he and his men got back everything else that the men of the Amalek people-group had taken.
Και ηλευθέρωσεν ο Δαβίδ όσα ήρπασαν οι Αμαληκίται· και τας δύο γυναίκας αυτού ηλευθέρωσεν ο Δαβίδ.
19 Nothing was missing. They took all their people back [to Ziklag]—young people and old people, [their wives], their sons and their daughters. They also recovered all the other things that the men of the Amalek people-group had taken from Ziklag.
Και δεν έλειψεν εις αυτούς ούτε μικρόν ούτε μέγα, ούτε υιοί ούτε θυγατέρες ούτε λάφυρον ούτε ουδέν εκ των όσα ήρπασαν απ' αυτών· τα πάντα επανέλαβεν ο Δαβίδ.
20 They took with them the sheep and cattle that had been captured, and his men caused those animals to go in front of them, saying, “These are animals that we captured in the battle; they belong to David!”
Και έλαβεν ο Δαβίδ πάντα τα πρόβατα και τους βόας, και φέροντες αυτά έμπροσθεν των άλλων κτηνών, έλεγον, Ταύτα είναι τα λάφυρα του Δαβίδ.
21 David and his men got back to where the other 200 men were waiting, the men who did not go with David because they were very exhausted. They had stayed at Besor Ravine. [When they saw David and his men coming], they went out to greet them. And David [greeted them and] said to them, “I hope that things are going well with you!”
Και ήλθεν ο Δαβίδ προς τους διακοσίους άνδρας, οίτινες είχον αποκάμει ώστε δεν ηδυνήθησαν να ακολουθήσωσι τον Δαβίδ, όθεν εκάθισεν αυτούς εις τον χείμαρρον Βοσόρ· και εξήλθον εις συνάντησιν του Δαβίδ και εις συνάντησιν του λαού του μετ' αυτού· και ότε επλησίασεν ο Δαβίδ εις τον λαόν, εχαιρέτησεν αυτούς.
22 But some of the men who had gone with David, men who were evil and troublemakers, said, “These 200 men did not go with us. So we should not give to them any of the things that we recovered/captured. Each of them should take only his wife and children and go [back to their homes].”
Και απεκρίθηααν πάντες οι πονηροί και διεστραμμένοι εκ των ανδρών, οίτινες υπήγαν μετά του Δαβίδ, και είπον, Επειδή ούτοι δεν ήλθον μεθ' ημών, δεν θέλομεν δώσει εις αυτούς εκ των λαφύρων, τα οποία ανελάβομεν, παρά εις έκαστον την γυναίκα αυτού και τα τέκνα αυτού· και ας λάβωσιν αυτά και ας φύγωσιν.
23 David replied, “No, my fellow Israelis, it would not be right to divide up like that the things that Yahweh has allowed us to capture. Yahweh has protected us and enabled us to defeat the enemies who attacked our town.
Αλλ' ο Δαβίδ είπε, Δεν θέλετε κάμει ούτως, αδελφοί μου, εις εκείνα τα οποία ο Κύριος έδωκεν εις ημάς, όστις εφύλαξεν ημάς και παρέδωκεν εις την χείρα ημών τους ληστάς τους ελθόντας εναντίον ημών·
24 (Who will pay attention to you if you say things like that?/No one will pay attention to you if you say things like that.) [RHQ] The men who stayed here with our supplies will get the same amount that the men who went into the battle will get. They will all receive the same amount.”
και τις θέλει σας εισακούσει εις ταύτην την υπόθεσιν; αλλά κατά την μερίδα του καταβαίνοντος εις τον πόλεμον, ούτω θέλει είσθαι η μερίς του καθημένου πλησίον της αποσκευής· ίσα θέλουσι μοιράζεσθαι.
25 David made that to be a law [DOU] for the Israeli people, and that is still a law in Israel.
Και έγεινεν ούτως απ' εκείνης της ημέρας και εις το εξής· και έκαμε τούτο νόμον και διάταγμα εν τω Ισραήλ έως της ημέρας ταύτης.
26 When David [and all the others] arrived in Ziklag, David sent to his friends who were leaders in Judah some of the things that they had captured from the Amalek people-group. He said to them, “Here is a present for you. These are things that we took from Yahweh’s enemies.”
Ότε δε ήλθεν ο Δαβίδ εις Σικλάγ, έπεμψεν εκ των λαφύρων προς τους πρεσβυτέρους Ιούδα τους φίλους αυτού, λέγων, Ιδού εις εσάς ευλογία, εκ των λαφύρων των εχθρών του Κυρίου.
27 [Here is a list of the cities and towns to whose leaders David sent gifts: ] Bethel, Ramoth in the southern part of Judah, Jattir,
προς τους εν Βαιθήλ, και προς τους εν Ραμώθ τη μεσημβρινή, και προς τους εν Ιαθείρ,
28 Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa,
και προς τους εν Αροήρ, και προς τους εν Σιφμώθ, και προς τους εν Εσθεμωά,
29 Racal, the cities where the descendants of Jehrameel lived and the cities where the Ken people-group lived,
και προς τους εν Ραχάλ, και προς τους εν ταις πόλεσι των Ιεραμεηλιτών, και προς τους εν ταις πόλεσι των Κεναίων,
30 Hormah, Bor-Ashan, Athach,
και προς τους εν Ορμά, και προς τους εν Χωρ-ασάν, και προς τους εν Αθάχ,
31 Hebron, and all the other places where David and his men had gone [when they were hiding from Saul].
και προς τους εν Χεβρών, και προς πάντας τους τόπους, εις τους οποίους ο Δαβίδ περιήρχετο, αυτός και οι άνδρες αυτού.
