I Samuelis 30

1 Cumque venissent David et viri eius in Siceleg die tertia, Amalecitæ impetum fecerant ex parte australi in Siceleg, et percusserant Siceleg, et succenderant eam igni.

And it came to pass, when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that, the Amalekites, had made a raid into the South, and into Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

2 Et captivas duxerant mulieres ex ea, a minimo usque ad magnum: et non interfecerant quemquam, sed secum duxerant, et pergebant itinere suo.

and had taken captive the women and all who were therein, from small even unto great, they had not put one to death, —but had driven them forth, and gone their way.

3 Cum ergo venissent David et viri eius ad civitatem, et invenissent eam succensam igni, et uxores suas, et filios suos, et filias ductas esse captivas,

So, when David and his men came to the city, lo! it was burnt with fire, —and, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, had been taken captive.

4 levaverunt David et populus qui erat cum eo voces suas, et planxerunt donec deficerent in eis lacrymæ.

Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice, and wept, —until they had no more strength to weep.

5 Siquidem et duæ uxores David captivæ ductæ fuerant, Achinoam Iezrahelites, et Abigail uxor Nabal Carmeli.

And, the two wives of David, had been taken captive, —Ahinoam, the Jezreelitess, and Abigail, wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

6 Et contristatus est David valde: volebat enim eum populus lapidare, quia amara erat anima uniuscuiusque viri super filiis suis et filiabus: confortatus est autem David in Domino Deo suo.

And David was in sore distress, for the people had spoken of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were embittered, every man for his own sons and for his own daughters, —but David emboldened himself in Yahweh his God.

7 Et ait ad Abiathar sacerdotem filium Achimelech: Applica ad me ephod. Et applicavit Abiathar ephod ad David,

Then said David to Abiathar the priest, son of Ahimelech, Do bring near me, I pray thee, the ephod. So Abiathar brought near the ephod, unto David.

8 et consuluit David Dominum, dicens: Persequar latrunculos hos, et comprehendam eos, an non? Dixitque ei Dominus: Persequere: absque dubio enim comprehendes eos, et excuties prædam.

And David enquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I pursue this troop? shall I overtake it? And he said unto him: Pursue, for thou shalt, overtake, and thou shalt, rescue.

9 Abiit ergo David ipse, et sexcenti viri qui erant cum eo, et venerunt usque ad Torrentem Besor: et lassi quidam substiterunt.

So David went, he, and the six hundred men, who were with him, and they came in as far as the ravine of Besor, —where, they who had to be left behind, stayed.

10 Persecutus est autem David ipse, et quadringenti viri: substiterant enim ducenti, qui lassi transire non poterant Torrentem Besor.

But David pursued, he. and four hundred men, —but the two hundred men stayed, because they were too wearied to cross over the ravine of Besor.

11 Et invenerunt virum Ægyptium in agro, et adduxerunt eum ad David: dederuntque ei panem ut comederet, et biberet aquam,

And they found an Egyptian in the field, and took him unto David, —and gave him food, and he did eat, and they gave him water to drink;

12 sed et fragmen massæ caricarum, et duas ligaturas uvæ passæ. Quæ cum comedisset, reversus est spiritus eius, et refocillatus est: non enim comederat panem, neque biberat aquam, tribus diebus et tribus noctibus.

and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two cakes of raisins, and, when he had eaten, his spirit came back unto him, —for he had neither eaten food, nor drunk water, three days and three nights.

13 Dixit itaque ei David: Cuius es tu? Vel unde? Et quo pergis? Qui ait: Puer Ægyptius ego sum, servus viri Amalecitæ: dereliquit autem me dominus meus, quia ægrotare cœpi nudiustertius.

Then David said to him—Whose art thou? and whence art thou? And he said, A young man of Egypt, am I, servant to an Amalekite, and my lord left me behind, because I fell sick, three days ago.

14 Siquidem nos erupimus ad australem plagam Cerethi, et contra Iudam, et ad meridiem Caleb, et Siceleg succendimus igni.

As for us, we invaded the South of the Cherithites, and against that which pertaineth unto Judah, and against the South of Caleb, —and, Ziklag, burned we with fire.

15 Dixitque ei David: Potes me ducere ad cuneum istum? Qui ait: Iura mihi per Deum, quod non occidas me, et non tradas me in manus domini mei, et ego ducam te ad cuneum istum. Et iuravit ei David.

And David said unto him, Wilt thou bring me down unto this troop? And he said—Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt not put me to death, neither wilt thou surrender me into the hand of my lord, and I will bring thee down unto this troop.

16 Qui cum duxisset eum, ecce illi discumbebant super faciem universæ terræ comedentes et bibentes, et quasi festum celebrantes diem, pro cuncta præda, et spoliis quæ ceperant de Terra Philisthiim, et de Terra Iuda.

So he brought him down, and lo! they were left to themselves over the face of all the land, —eating, and drinking, and dancing around, for all the great spoil which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

17 Et percussit eos David a vespere usque ad vesperam alterius diei, et non evasit ex eis quisquam, nisi quadringenti viri adolescentes, qui ascenderant camelos, et fugerant.

And David smote them, from the closing twilight even unto the evening of the next day, —and there escaped not of them a man, save four hundred young men who rode upon camels, and fled.

18 Eruit ergo David omnia, quæ tulerant Amalecitæ, et duas uxores suas eruit.

And David rescued all whom the Amalekites had taken, —his two wives also, did David rescue;

19 Nec defuit quidquam a parvo usque ad magnum, tam de filiis quam de filiabus, et de spoliis, et quæcumque rapuerant, omnia reduxit David.

and there was nothing missing to them—whether small or great, whether spoil, or sons or daughters, or, any thing which they had taken unto themselves, —the whole, did David recover.

20 Et tulit universos greges et armenta, et minavit ante faciem suam: dixeruntque: Hæc est præda David.

And David took all the flocks and the herds, —they drave them before those other cattle, and they said, This, is David’s spoil.

21 Venit autem David ad ducentos viros, qui lassi subsisterant, nec sequi potuerant David, et residere eos iusserat in Torrente Besor: qui egressi sunt obviam David, et populo qui erat cum eo. Accedens autem David ad populum, salutavit eos pacifice.

And David came unto the two hundred men, who had been too wearied to follow David, and whom they had suffered to remain at the ravine of Besor, —and they came forth to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him, and when David came near unto the people, they enquired of his success.

22 Respondensque omnis vir pessimus, et iniquus de viris, qui ierant cum David, dixit: Quia non venerunt nobiscum, non dabimus eis quidquam de præda, quam eruimus: sed sufficiat unicuique uxor sua et filii: quos cum acceperint, recedant.

Then responded every man who was bad and abandoned, from among the men who had been with David, and said—Because they went not with me there shall not be given them of the spoil that we have rescued, —save, to every man, his wife and his children, let them put them forth, then, and go.

23 Dixit autem David: Non sic facietis fratres mei de his, quæ tradidit nobis Dominus, et custodivit nos, et dedit latrunculos, qui eruperant adversum nos, in manus nostras:

Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, —with that which Yahweh hath given to us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.

24 nec audiet vos quisquam super sermone hoc. Æqua enim pars erit descendentis ad prælium, et remanentis ad sarcinas, et similiter divident.

Who indeed, could hearken unto you, in this mutter? Surely, like the share of him that went down into the battle, even, so, shall be the share of him that remained by the stores—alike, shall they share.

25 Et factum est hoc ex die illa, et deinceps constitutum et præfinitum, et quasi lex in Israel usque in diem hanc.

And so it came to pass, from that day forward, that he appointed it, for a statute and for a custom unto Israel, until this day.

26 Venit ergo David in Siceleg, et misit dona de præda senioribus Iuda proximis suis, dicens: Accipite benedictionem de præda hostium Domini:

And, when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil, unto the elders of Judah, unto his friends, saying, —Lo! for you, a blessing, out of the spoil of the enemies of Yahweh:

27 His, qui erant in Bethel, et qui in Ramoth ad Meridiem, et qui in Iether,

to them who were in Bethel, and to them who were in Ramoth of the South, and to them who were in Jattir,

28 et qui in Aroer, et qui in Sephamoth, et qui in Esthamo,

and to them who were in Aroer, and to them who were in Siphmoth, and to them who were in Eshtemoa,

29 et qui in Rachal, et qui in urbibus Ierameel, et qui in urbibus Ceni,

and to them who were in Racal, and to them who were in the cities of the Jerameelites, and to them who were in the cities of the Kenites,

30 et qui in Arama, et qui in lacu Asan, et qui in Athach,

and to them who were in Hormah, and to them who were in Cor-ashan, and to them who were in Athach,

31 et qui in Hebron, et reliquis qui erant in his locis, in quibus commoratus fuerat David ipse, et viri eius.

and to them who were in Hebron, —and to all the places where David had been to and fro, he and his men.