1 Samuel, 21

1. Then David went into Nob, to the priest Ahimelech. And Ahimelech was astonished that David had arrived. And he said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one is with you?”

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

2. And David said to the priest Ahimelech: “The king has instructed to me a word, and he said: ‘Let no one know the matter about which you have been sent by me, and what type of instructions I have given to you. For I have also summoned servants to one and another place.’

2. David doðe u Nob k sveæeniku Ahimeleku. Ovaj dršæuæi poðe u susret Davidu i upita ga: "Zašto si sam i nema nikoga s tobom?"

3. Now therefore, if you have anything at hand, even five loaves of bread, or whatever you may find, give it to me.”

3. A David odgovori sveæeniku 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 doèekaju na tom i tom mjestu.

4. And the priest, responding to David, said to him: “I have no common bread at hand, but only holy bread. Are the young men clean, especially from women?”

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

5. And David responded to the priest, and said to him: “Indeed, as concerns being with women, we have abstained since yesterday and the day before, when we departed, and so the vessels of the young men have been holy. And although, this journey has been defiled, it will also be sanctified today as concerns the vessels.”

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

6. Therefore, the priest gave to him sanctified bread. For there was no bread there, but only the bread of the Presence, which had been taken away from before the face of the Lord, so that fresh loaves might be set up.

6. David odgovori sveæeniku ovako: "Sasvim pouzdano! Žene su nam bile uskraæene, kao uvijek kad izlazimo na vojni pohod, i tijela su u momaka èista. Iako je ovo obièan put, uistinu su danas èisti tijelom."

7. Now a certain man among the servants of Saul was there on that day, inside the tabernacle of the Lord. And his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the most powerful among the shepherds of Saul.

7. Tada mu sveæenik 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.

8. Then David said to Ahimelech: “Do you have, here at hand, a spear or a sword? For I did not take my own sword, or my own weapons with me. For the word of the king was urgent.”

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

9. And the priest said: “Behold, here is the sword of Goliath, the Philistine, whom you struck down in the Valley of Terebinth. It is wrapped up in a cloak behind the ephod. If you wish to take this, take it. For there is nothing else here except this.” And David said, “There is nothing else like this, so give it to me.”

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

10. And so, David rose up, and he fled on that day from the face of Saul. And he went to Achish, the king of Gath.

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

11. And the servants of Achish, when they had seen David, said to him: “Is this not David, the king of the land? Were they not singing about him, while dancing, saying, ‘Saul has struck down a thousand, and David ten thousand?’ ”

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

12. Then David took these words to his heart, and he became exceedingly afraid before the face of Achish, the king of Gath.

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

13. And he altered his mouth before them, and he slipped down between their hands. And he stumbled against the doors of the gate. And his spit flowed down his beard.

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

14. And Achish said to his servants: “You saw that the man is insane. Why did you bring him to me?

14. Tada se David poèe pretvarati pred njima kao da je umobolan i vladati se kao luðak u njihovim rukama: bubnjao je po vratima i puštao da mu teèe slina niz bradu.

15. Or do we have need of those who are mad, so that you would bring in this one, to behave madly in my presence? How did this man get into my house?”

15. Tada Akiš reèe svojim dvoranima: "Vidite dobro da je èovjek lud! Zašto ga dovodite k meni?

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16. Zar nemam dosta budala te mi dovodite ovoga da mi dosaðuje svojim ludilom? Zar æe taj uæi u moju kuæu?"