I Samuel 21

Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?

Nato David usta i ode, a Jonatan se vrati u grad.

And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.

David dođe u Nob k svećeniku Ahimeleku. Ovaj dršćući pođe u susret Davidu i upita ga: "Zašto si sam i nema nikoga s tobom?"

Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.

A David odgovori svećeniku Ahimeleku: "Kralj mi je dao nalog i rekao mi: 'Nitko neka ništa ne dozna zašto te šaljem i što sam ti zapovjedio!' A momke sam poslao da me dočekaju na tom i tom mjestu.

And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.

A sada, ako imaš pri ruci pet hljebova, daj mi ih, ili što god se nađe!"

And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.

A svećenik odgovori Davidu: "Nemam pri ruci običnoga kruha nego samo svetoga kruha; ali samo ako su se tvoji momci uzdržali od žena."

So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

David odgovori svećeniku ovako: "Sasvim pouzdano! Žene su nam bile uskraćene, kao uvijek kad izlazimo na vojni pohod, i tijela su u momaka čista. Iako je ovo običan put, uistinu su danas čisti tijelom."

Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.

Tada mu svećenik dade svetoga kruha, jer nije bilo drugoga kruha ondje osim žrtvenoga, onoga koji se uklanjao ispred Jahve da se zamijeni toplim kruhom u dan kad se uzima.

And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.

Ondje je istoga dana bio jedan od Šaulovih slugu, zadržao se pred Jahvom; zvao se Doeg Edomac, a bio je nadglednik Šaulovih pastira.

And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

David upita Ahimeleka: "A nemaš li ovdje pri ruci kakvo koplje ili mač? Nisam uzeo sa sobom ni svoga mača ni svoga oružja, jer je kraljev nalog bio hitan."

And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

A svećenik mu odgovori: "Ovdje je mač Filistejca Golijata, onoga koga si ubio u Terebintskoj dolini; zamotan je u plašt i položen iza oplećka; ako ga hoćeš uzeti, uzmi ga samo, jer drugoga osim njega nema ovdje." A David odvrati: "Takva više nema, daj mi ga!"

And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

Potom David ustade i pobježe onaj dan daleko od Šaula i dođe Akišu, kralju Gata.

And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

A dvorani Akiševi rekoše svome kralju: "Nije li to David, kralj zemlje? To je onaj o kome su plešući pjevali: 'Pobi Šaul svoje tisuće, David na desetke tisuća.'"

And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.

David se zamisli o tim riječima i silno se uplaši gatskoga kralja Akiša.

Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?

Tada se David poče pretvarati pred njima kao da je umobolan i vladati se kao luđak u njihovim rukama: bubnjao je po vratima i puštao da mu teče slina niz bradu.

Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?

Tada Akiš reče svojim dvoranima: "Vidite dobro da je čovjek lud! Zašto ga dovodite k meni? [ (I Samuel 21:16) Zar nemam dosta budala te mi dovodite ovoga da mi dosađuje svojim ludilom? Zar će taj ući u moju kuću?" ]