1 Samuel 23

1 And they declare to David, saying, 'Lo, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are spoiling the threshing-floors.'

Tada javiše Davidu govoreæi: evo Filisteji udariše na Keilu, i haraju gumna.

2 And David asketh at Jehovah, saying, 'Do I go? — and have I smitten among these Philistines?' And Jehovah saith unto David, 'Go, and thou hast smitten among the Philistines, and saved Keilah.'

I upita David Gospoda govoreæi: hoæu li iæi i udariti na te Filisteje? A Gospod reèe Davidu: idi, i pobiæeš Filisteje i izbaviti Keilu.

3 And David's men say unto him, 'Lo, we here in Judah are afraid; and how much more when we go to Keilah, unto the ranks of the Philistines?'

A Davidu rekoše ljudi njegovi: evo nas je strah ovdje u Judinoj zemlji, a šta æe biti kad poðemo u Keilu na oko Filistejski.

4 And David addeth again to ask at Jehovah, and Jehovah answereth him, and saith, 'Rise, go down to Keilah, for I am giving the Philistines into thy hand.'

Zato David opet upita Gospoda, a Gospod mu odgovori i reèe: ustani, idi u Keilu, jer æu ja predati Filisteje u ruke tvoje.

5 And David goeth, and his men, to Keilah, and fighteth with the Philistines, and leadeth away their cattle, and smiteth among them — a great smiting, and David saveth the inhabitants of Keilah.

Tada otide David sa svojim ljudima u Keilu, i udari na Filisteje, i otjera im stoku, i pobi ih ljuto; tako izbavi David stanovnike Keilske.

6 And it cometh to pass, in the fleeing of Abiathar son of Ahimelech unto David, to Keilah, an ephod came down in his hand.

A kad Avijatar sin Ahimelehov pobježe k Davidu u Keilu, donese sobom opleæak.

7 And it is declared to Saul that David hath come in to Keilah, and Saul saith, 'God hath made him known for my hand, for he hath been shut in, to enter into a city of doors and bar.'

Potom javiše Saulu da je David došao u Keilu; i reèe Saul: dao ga je Bog u moje ruke, jer se zatvorio ušavši u grad, koji ima vrata i prijevornice.

8 And Saul summoneth the whole of the people to battle, to go down to Keilah, to lay siege unto David and unto his men.

I sazva Saul sav narod na vojsku da ide na Keilu i opkoli Davida i ljude njegove.

9 And David knoweth that against him Saul is devising the evil, and saith unto Abiathar the priest, 'Bring nigh the ephod.'

Ali David doznavši da mu Saul zlo kuje, reèe Avijataru svešteniku: uzmi na se opleæak.

10 And David saith, 'Jehovah, God of Israel, Thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul is seeking to come in unto Keilah, to destroy the city on mine account.

I reèe David: Gospode Bože Izrailjev! èuo je sluga tvoj da se Saul sprema da doðe na Keilu da raskopa grad mene radi.

11 Do the possessors of Keilah shut me up into his hand? doth Saul come down as Thy servant hath heard? Jehovah, God of Israel, declare, I pray Thee, to Thy servant.' And Jehovah saith, 'He doth come down.'

Hoæe li me Keiljani predati u njegove ruke? hoæe li doæi Saul kao što je èuo sluga tvoj? Gospode Bože Izrailjev! kaži sluzi svojemu. A Gospod odgovori: doæi æe.

12 And David saith, 'Do the possessors of Keilah shut me up, and my men, into the hand of Saul?' And Jehovah saith, 'They shut [thee] up.'

Opet reèe David: Keiljani hoæe li predati mene i moje ljude u ruke Saulove? A Gospod odgovori: predaæe.

13 And David riseth — and his men — about six hundred men, and they go out from Keilah, and go up and down where they go up and down; and to Saul it hath been declared that David hath escaped from Keilah, and he ceaseth to go out.

Tada se David podiže sa svojim ljudima, oko šest stotina ljudi, i otidoše iz Keile, i idoše kuda mogoše. A kad Saulu javiše da je David pobjegao iz Keile, tada on ne htje iæi.

14 And David abideth in the wilderness, in fortresses, and abideth in the hill-country, in the wilderness of Ziph; and Saul seeketh him all the days, and God hath not given him into his hand.

A David se bavljaše u pustinji po tvrdijem mjestima, i namjesti se na jednom brdu u pustinji Zifu. A Saul ga tražaše jednako, ali ga Gospod ne dade u njegove ruke.

15 And David seeth that Saul hath come out to seek his life, and David [is] in the wilderness of Ziph, in a forest.

I David videæi da je Saul izašao te traži dušu njegovu, osta u pustinji Zifu, u šumi.

16 And Jonathan son of Saul riseth, and goeth unto David to the forest, and strengtheneth his hand in God,

A Jonatan sin Saulov podiže se i doðe k Davidu u šumu, i ukrijepi mu ruku u Gospodu;

17 and saith unto him, 'Fear not, for the hand of Saul my father doth not find thee, and thou dost reign over Israel, and I am to thee for second, and also so knoweth Saul my father.'

I reèe mu: ne boj se, jer te neæe stignuti ruka cara Saula oca mojega; nego æeš carovati nad Izrailjem, a ja æu biti drugi za tobom; i Saul otac moj zna to.

18 And they make a covenant both of them before Jehovah; and David abideth in the forest, and Jonathan hath gone to his house.

I uèiniše njih dvojica vjeru pred Gospodom; i David osta u šumi, a Jonatan otide kuæi svojoj.

19 And the Ziphites go up unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, 'Is not David hiding himself with us in fortresses, in the forest, in the height of Hachilah, which [is] on the south of the desolate place?

Tada doðoše Zifeji k Saulu u Gavaju, i rekoše: ne krije li se David kod nas po tvrdijem mjestima u šumi na brdu Eheli nadesno od Gesimona?

20 And, now, by all the desire of thy soul, O king, to come down, come down, and ours [is] to shut him up into the hand of the king.'

Sada dakle po svoj želji duše svoje, care, izidi, a naše æe biti da ga predamo u ruke caru.

21 And Saul saith, 'Blessed [are] ye of Jehovah, for ye have pity on me;

A Saul reèe: Gospod da vas blagoslovi, što me požaliste.

22 go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his foot is; who hath seen him there? for [one] hath said unto me, He is very subtile.

Idite sada i doznajte još bolje i razberite i promotrite gdje se sakrio i ko ga je ondje vidio; jer mi kažu da je vrlo lukav.

23 And see and know of all the hiding-places where he hideth himself, and ye have turned back unto me prepared, and I have gone with you, and it hath been, if he is in the land, that I have searched him out through all the thousands of Judah.'

Promotrite i vidite sva mjesta gdje se krije, pa opet doðite k meni kad dobro doznate, i ja æu poæi s vama; i ako bude u zemlji, tražiæu ga po svijem tisuæama Judinijem.

24 And they rise and go to Ziph before Saul, and David and his men [are] in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain, at the south of the desolate place.

Tada ustaše i otidoše u Zif prije Saula; a David i ljudi njegovi bijahu u pustinji Maonu u ravnici nadesno od Gesimona.

25 And Saul and his men go to seek, and they declare to David, and he goeth down the rock, and abideth in the wilderness of Maon; and Saul heareth, and pursueth after David [to] the wilderness of Maon.

I Saul izide sa svojim ljudima da ga traži; a Davidu javiše, te on siðe sa stijene i stade u pustinji Maonu. A Saul kad to èu, otide za Davidom u pustinju Maon.

26 And Saul goeth on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain, and David is hastened to go from the face of Saul, and Saul and his men are compassing David and his men, to catch them.

I Saul iðaše jednom stranom planine, a David sa svojim ljudima drugom stranom planine; i David hiæaše da uteèe Saulu, jer Saul sa svojim ljudima opkoljavaše Davida i njegove ljude da ih pohvata.

27 And a messenger hath come in unto Saul, saying, 'Haste, and come, for the Philistines have pushed against the land.'

U tom doðe glasnik Saulu govoreæi: brže hodi; jer Filisteji udariše na zemlju.

28 And Saul turneth back from pursuing after David, and goeth to meet the Philistines, therefore they have called that place 'The Rock of Divisions.'

Tada se vrati Saul ne tjerajuæi dalje Davida, i otide pred Filisteje. Otuda se prozva ono mjesto Sela-Amalekot.

29 And David goeth up thence, and abideth in fortresses [at] En-gedi.

A David otišavši odande stade na tvrdijem mjestima Engadskim.