1 Samuel 29

1 Orang Filistin mengumpulkan seluruh tentaranya di Afek, sedang orang Israel berkemah di dekat mata air di Lembah Yizreel.

And the Philistines gather all their armies to Aphec, and Israel encamped in Aendor, which is in Jezrael.

2 Kelima orang raja Filistin maju berbaris dengan kesatuan-kesatuan yang masing-masing terdiri dari seratus dan seribu orang; Daud dan anak buahnya berbaris di belakang bersama-sama dengan raja Akhis.

And the lords of the Philistines went on by hundreds and thousands, and David and his men went on in the rear with Anchus.

3 Para panglima orang Filistin melihat mereka lalu bertanya, "Orang-orang Ibrani itu untuk apa di sini?" Akhis menjawab, "Ini Daud, bekas pegawai Raja Saul dari Israel. Ia sudah agak lama tinggal padaku. Sejak ia datang kepadaku sampai hari ini, belum kudapati ia bersalah."

And the lords of the Philistines said, Who [are] these that pass by? And Anchus said to the captains of the Philistines, [Is] not this David the servant of Saul king of Israel? He has been with us some time, even this second year, and I have not found any fault in him from the day that he attached himself to me even until this day.

4 Tetapi para panglima Filistin itu marah kepada Akhis dan berkata kepadanya, "Suruh orang itu pulang ke kota yang telah kauberikan kepadanya. Ia tidak boleh berperang bersama-sama dengan kita; jangan-jangan dia mengkhianati kita nanti di tengah-tengah pertempuran. Bukankah ini kesempatan yang paling baik baginya untuk mengambil hati rajanya dengan jalan membunuh anak buah kita?

And the captains of the Philistines were displeased at him, and they say to him, Send the man away, and let him return to his place, where you did set him; and let him not come with us to the war, and let him not be a traitor in the camp: and wherewith will he be reconciled to his master? Will it not be with the heads of those men?

5 Dia kan Daud? Untuk dialah para wanita dulu menari-nari sambil bernyanyi begini, 'Saul telah membunuh beribu-ribu musuh, tetapi Daud berpuluh-puluh ribu.'"

[Is] not this David whom they celebrated in dances, saying, Saul has struck his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

6 Lalu Akhis memanggil Daud dan berkata kepadanya, "Aku percaya demi TUHAN yang hidup, bahwa kau setia kepadaku. Aku senang jika kau dapat mendampingiku dalam pertempuran ini. Sebab sejak kau datang kepadaku sampai saat ini, tidak kudapati kesalahanmu. Tetapi raja-raja yang lain itu tidak suka kepadamu.

And Anchus called David, and said to him, [As] the Lord lives, you [are] right and approved in my eyes, and [so is] your going out and your coming in with me in the army, and I have not found [any] evil to charge against you from the day that you came to me until this day: but you are not approved in the eyes of the lords.

7 Sebab itu pulanglah dengan selamat, dan janganlah melakukan sesuatu yang menimbulkan kemarahan mereka."

Now then return and go in peace, thus you shall not do evil in the sight of the lords of the Philistines.

8 Daud menjawab, "Kesalahan apakah yang telah hamba lakukan, Baginda? Jika seperti kata Baginda, Baginda tidak mendapati kesalahan apa pun pada hamba sejak hamba mulai melayani Baginda sampai saat ini, mengapa hamba tidak diizinkan berperang melawan musuh Baginda?"

And David said to Anchus, What have I done to you? and what have you found in your servant from the [first] day that I was before you even until this day, that I should not come and war against the enemies of the lord my king?

9 Akhis menjawab, "Engkau tahu bahwa engkau kuanggap setia seperti malaikat Allah. Tetapi para panglima itu telah memutuskan bahwa kau tidak boleh ikut berperang bersama-sama dengan kami.

And Anchus answered David, I know that you [are] good in my eyes, but the lords of the Philistines say, He shall not come with us to the war.

10 Sebab itu Daud, besok kamu semua yang telah meninggalkan Saul dan datang kepadaku, harus bangun pagi-pagi dan berangkat segera setelah matahari terbit."

Now then rise up early in the morning, you and the servants of your lord that are come with you, and go to the place where I appointed you, and entertain no evil thought in your heart, for you [are] good in my sight: and rise early for your journey when it is light, and depart.

11 Karena itu keesokan harinya pagi-pagi, berangkatlah Daud dan anak buahnya pulang ke negeri Filistin, sedang tentara Filistin itu berangkat ke Yizreel.

So David arose early, he and his men, to depart and guard the land of the Philistines: and the Philistines went up to Jezrael to battle.