1 Samuel 30
1 Dua hari kemudian, Daud dan anak buahnya kembali ke kota Ziklag. Ketika tiba di sana, mereka mendapati bahwa orang Amalek telah menyerbu bagian selatan negeri Yehuda dan menyerang Ziklag. Mereka tidak membunuh seorang pun. Tetapi mereka membakar habis kota itu dan meneruskan perjalanan mereka dengan membawa serta para wanita, anak-anak dan penduduk lainnya. Mereka juga telah menawan keluarga Daud dan keluarga anak buahnya, termasuk kedua istri Daud, Ahinoam dan Abigail. Daud dan anak buahnya begitu sedih, sehingga mereka mulai menangis tak henti-hentinya sampai kepayahan.
And it came to pass when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the 'Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burnt it with fire;
And had taken captive the women that were therein, both great and small: they had not slain any one, but had led them off, and gone on their way.
When therefore David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burnt with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, had been taken captive.
And David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
And the two wives of David were also taken captive, Achino'am the Yizre'elitess, and Abigayil the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
6 Anak buah Daud sangat susah karena telah kehilangan anak istri mereka. Sebab itu mereka hendak melempari Daud dengan batu. Jadi Daud berada dalam kesulitan besar, tetapi hatinya dikuatkan lagi oleh TUHAN Allahnya.
And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was imbittered, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David fortified himself in the Lord his God.
7 Lalu Daud berkata kepada Imam Abyatar anak Ahimelekh, "Bawalah efod itu ke mari!" Maka Abyatar membawa efod itu kepadanya.
And David said to Ebyathar the priest, the son of Achimelech, Bring hither, I pray thee, unto me the ephod. And Ebyathar brought the ephod near unto David.
8 Kemudian bertanyalah Daud kepada TUHAN, "Haruskah kukejar gerombolan penyerbu itu? Dapatkah aku menyusul mereka?" Jawab TUHAN, "Ya, kejarlah; engkau akan menyusul mereka dan membebaskan para tawanan."
And David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop! shall I overtake them? And he said to him, Pursue; for thou wilt surely overtake them, and certainly recover [all].
9 Lalu berangkatlah Daud bersama-sama dengan keenam ratus anak buahnya. Ketika mereka sampai di Sungai Besor, Daud meneruskan perjalanannya bersama-sama dengan 400 orang; sedang yang 200 orang lainnya tinggal di situ. Karena sudah terlalu lelah dan tak sanggup menyeberangi Sungai Besor.
So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came up to the brook Bessor, where those that were left behind stayed.
But David pursued on, he and four hundred men; and there stayed behind two hundred men, who were too fatigued to go over the brook Bessor.
11 Dalam perjalanan itu anak buah Daud bertemu dengan seorang anak laki-laki Mesir di padang, lalu ia dibawa kepada Daud. Ia diberi makan dan minum,
And they found an Egyptian man in the field, and took him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
12 juga kue buah ara, dan dua rangkai anggur kering. Setelah ia makan, kekuatannya pulih kembali; ternyata sudah tiga hari ia tidak makan dan tidak minum!
And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins, and he ate, and then his spirit returned to him; for he had not eaten any bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
13 Kemudian Daud bertanya kepadanya, "Siapa tuanmu, dan dari mana engkau?" Jawab anak itu, "Aku orang Mesir, budak seorang Amalek. Aku ditinggalkan tuanku tiga hari yang lalu sebab aku sakit.
And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young Egyptian man, the servant to an 'Amalekite; and my master left me behind, because I fell sick, today three days ago.
14 Kami telah menyerbu wilayah orang Kreti di bagian selatan Yehuda dan wilayah marga Kaleb, dan kami telah membakar habis kota Ziklag."
We made an invasion upon the south of the Kerethites, and upon that which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and Ziklag did we burn with fire.
15 Lalu tanya Daud kepadanya, "Maukah engkau mengantarkan aku ke tempat gerombolan itu?" Jawabnya, "Aku mau, asal Tuan berjanji kepadaku demi nama Allah, bahwa aku tidak Tuan bunuh atau Tuan serahkan kepada tuanku."
And David said to him, Wilt thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt not kill me, and that thou wilt not surrender me into the hand of my master, and then will I bring thee down to this troop.
16 Lalu dia mengantarkan mereka ke tempat gerombolan itu. Pada waktu itu gerombolan itu berpencar-pencar di seluruh tempat itu, sambil makan, minum dan berpesta pora karena banyaknya barang rampasan yang telah mereka bawa dari negeri Filistin dan Yehuda.
And he brought him down; and behold, they were scattered over the face of all the country, eating and drinking, and dancing for joy, because of all the great spoil which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
17 Pada waktu fajar menyingsing keesokan harinya, mereka diserang oleh Daud, dan pertempuran berlangsung sampai malam. Selain dari empat ratus orang muda yang melarikan diri dengan menunggang unta, tak seorang pun dari musuh yang dapat lolos.
And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day; and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels, and fled.
18 Daud berhasil membebaskan segalanya yang telah dirampas oleh orang Amalek, termasuk kedua istrinya;
And David recovered all that the 'Amalekites had taken away; and his two wives also did David rescue.
19 tidak ada sesuatu pun yang hilang. Semua anak laki-laki dan perempuan serta segala barang rampasan yang telah diambil oleh orang Amalek, diambil kembali oleh Daud.
And there was nothing missing to them, from small to great, as also sons and daughters, and spoil, down to every thing that they had taken from them: the whole did David bring back.
20 Di samping itu Daud juga merampas semua domba dan ternak. Binatang-binatang itu digiring oleh anak buah Daud di depan, terpisah dari segala barang rampasan yang lain, dan mereka berkata, "Ini bagian untuk Daud!"
And David took all the flocks and the herds: these they drove before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.
21 Setelah itu Daud kembali kepada kedua ratus orang yang terlalu lelah untuk mengikuti dia, dan yang telah ditinggalkannya di pinggir Sungai Besor. Mereka menyongsong Daud serta anak buahnya, dan Daud mendekati serta menyalami mereka.
And David came to the two hundred men, who had been too fatigued to follow after David, and whom they had left to remain at the brook Bessor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him; and David came near to the people, and asked them after their well-being.
22 Tetapi di antara anak buah Daud yang bersama-sama mengikuti dia, ada yang jahat dan tamak. Mereka berkata, "Orang-orang ini tidak ikut; jadi mereka tak berhak mendapat apa-apa dari barang rampasan itu. Mereka hanya boleh mengambil anak istri mereka, dan pergi."
Then exclaimed every wicked and worthless man, of those that had gone with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them aught of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, and these they may lead away, and go.
23 Tetapi Daud menjawab, "Saudara-saudaraku, janganlah kamu berbuat demikian dengan apa yang telah diberikan TUHAN kepada kita! Bukankah kita telah dilindunginya dan diberinya kemenangan atas gerombolan perampok itu?
Then said David, Ye must not do so, my brethren; since the Lord hath given us this, and guarded us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.
24 Jadi seorang pun tidak boleh menyetujui usul itu! Semuanya harus mendapat bagian yang sama banyaknya: orang yang tinggal untuk menjaga barang-barang harus mendapat bagian yang sama seperti orang yang maju berperang."
And who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as is the part of him that went down to the battle, so shall be the part of him that remained with the baggage: together must they share.
25 Kemudian hal itu dibuat menjadi sebuah peraturan oleh Daud, dan ditaati di Israel sampai sekarang.
And it happened from that day and forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel until this day.
26 Ketika Daud kembali ke Ziklag, ia mengirim sebagian dari barang-barang rampasan itu kepada para pemimpin kota-kota Yehuda yang telah mendukungnya, katanya, "Inilah hadiah untukmu dari barang rampasan yang kami ambil dari musuh TUHAN."
And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, Behold, here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord:
27 Kota-kota itu ialah: Betel dan Rama di bagian selatan Yehuda, Yatir, Aroer, Sifmot, Estemoa, Rakhal, juga kota-kota orang Yerahmeel, kota-kota orang Keni, Horma, Bor-Asan, Atakh dan Hebron. Semua kota di mana Daud dan anak buahnya pernah mengembara, dikirimnya hadiah itu.
To those who were in Beth-el, and to those who were in south Ramoth, and to those who were in Yattir,
And to those who were in 'Aro'er, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa',
And to those who were in Rachal, and to those who were in the cities of Yerach-meelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,
And to those who were in Chormah, and to those who were in Kor-'ashan, and to those who were in 'Athach,
And to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men had wandered about.
