1 Samuel 29

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

Now the Philistines gathered together all their army at Aphek; the Israelites camped by the spring that is in Jezreel.

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.

The princes of the Philistines passed on by hundreds and by thousands; David and his men passed on in the rear guard with Achish.

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."

Then the princes of the Philistines said, “What are these Hebrews doing here?” Achish said to the other princes of the Philistines, “Is not this David, the servant of Saul, the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found no fault with him since he came away to me to 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?

But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him and said, “Send the man back, that he may return to the place you assigned him. He will not go down with us into battle, for he will turn against us during the fighting. For how else could he make himself acceptable to his master than by taking the heads of our own 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 this not David of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, 'Saul has slain 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.

Then Achish called David and said to him, “As Yahweh lives, you have been good, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my view; for I have found nothing wrong with you since the day of your coming to me to this very day. Nevertheless, the princes are not favorable to you.

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

So now return and go in peace, so that you do not displease the princes 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?"

David said to Achish, “But what have I done? What have you found in your servant as long as I have been before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my master the 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.

Achish answered and said to David, “I know that you are as blameless in my sight as an angel of God; nevertheless, the princes of the Philistines have said, 'He must not go up with us to the battle.'

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

So now rise up early in the morning with the servants of your master who have come with you; as soon as you are up early in the morning and have light, go away.”

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 rose up early, he and his men, to leave in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. But the Philistines went up to Jezreel.