1 C înd a ajuns David cu oamenii lui a treia zi la Ţiclag, Amaleciţii năvăliseră în partea de miazăzi şi în Ţiclag. Ei nimiciseră şi arseseră Ţiclagul,

Then it happened when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the Negev and on Ziklag, and had overthrown Ziklag and burned it with fire;

2 d upă ce luaseră prinşi pe femei şi pe tot cei ce se aflau acolo, mici şi mari. Nu omorîseră pe nimeni, dar luaseră totul şi plecaseră.

and they took captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great, without killing anyone, and carried them off and went their way.

3 D avid şi oamenii lui au ajuns în cetate, şi iată că era arsă; şi nevestele, fiii şi fiicele lor, fuseseră luate prinse.

When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captive.

4 A tunci David şi poporul care era cu el au ridicat glasul, şi au plîns pînă n'au mai putut plînge.

Then David and the people who were with him lifted their voices and wept until there was no strength in them to weep.

5 C ele două neveste ale lui David: Ahinoam din Izreel, şi Abigail din Carmel, nevasta lui Nabal, fuseseră luate şi ele.

Now David’s two wives had been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite.

6 D avid a fost în mare strîmtroare, căci poporul vorbea să -l ucidă cu pietre, pentru că toţi erau amărîţi în suflet, fiecare din pricina fiilor şi fetelor lui. Dar David s'a îmbărbătat, sprijinindu-se pe Domnul, Dumnezeul lui.

Moreover David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, for all the people were embittered, each one because of his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.

7 E l a zis preotului Abiatar, fiul lui Ahimelec:,, Adu-mi efodul!`` Abiatar a adus efodul la David.

Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

8 Ş i David a întrebat pe Domnul:,, Să urmăresc oastea aceasta? O voi ajunge?`` Domnul i -a răspuns:,, Urmăreşte -o, căci o vei ajunge şi vei izbăvi totul.``

David inquired of the Lord, saying, “ Shall I pursue this band? Shall I overtake them?” And He said to him, “Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and you will surely rescue all.”

9 Ş i David a pornit, el şi cei şase sute de oameni cari erau cu el. Au ajuns la pîrîul Besor, unde s'au oprit cei ce rămîneau la coadă.

So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those left behind remained.

10 D avid i -a urmărit mai departe, cu patru sute de oameni; dar două sute de oameni s'au oprit, fiind prea obosiţi ca să mai treacă pîrîul Besor.

But David pursued, he and four hundred men, for two hundred who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor remained behind.

11 P e cîmp au dat peste un om Egiptean, pe care l-au adus la David. I-au dat să mănînce pîne şi să bea apă,

Now they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David, and gave him bread and he ate, and they provided him water to drink.

12 ş i i-au mai dat şi o legătură de smochine şi două legături de stafide. După ce a mîncat, i-au venit iarăş puterile, căci nu mîncase şi nu băuse apă de trei zile şi trei nopţi.

They gave him a piece of fig cake and two clusters of raisins, and he ate; then his spirit revived. For he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights.

13 D avid i -a zis:,, Al cui eşti, şi de unde eşti?`` El a răspuns:,, Sînt un băiat egiptean, în slujba unui Amalecit, şi de trei zile stăpînul meu m'a părăsit pentrucă eram bolnav.

David said to him, “To whom do you belong? And where are you from?” And he said, “I am a young man of Egypt, a servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me behind when I fell sick three days ago.

14 A m năvălit în partea de miazăzi a Cheretiţilor, pe ţinutul lui Iuda şi la miazăzi de Caleb, şi am ars Ţiclagul.``

We made a raid on the Negev of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the Negev of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire.”

15 D avid i -a zis:,, Vrei să mă duci la oastea aceasta?`` Şi el a zis:,, Jură-mi pe Numele lui Dumnezeu că nu mă vei omorî şi nu mă vei da pe mîna stăpînului meu, şi te voi pogorî la oastea aceasta.``

Then David said to him, “Will you bring me down to this band?” And he said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this band.”

16 E l i -a slujit astfel de călăuză. Şi Amaleciţii erau risipiţi pe tot ţinutul, mîncînd, bînd şi jucînd, de bucuria prăzii celei mari pe care o luaseră din ţara Filistenilor şi din ţara lui Iuda.

When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing because of all the great spoil that they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

17 D avid i -a bătut din zorii zilei pînă a doua zi seara, şi n'a scăpat niciunul din ei, afară de patru sute de tineri, cari au încălecat pe cămile şi au fugit.

David slaughtered them from the twilight until the evening of the next day; and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.

18 D avid a scăpat astfel tot ce luaseră Amaleciţii, şi a scăpat şi pe cele două neveste ale lui.

So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and rescued his two wives.

19 N u le -a lipsit nimeni, dela mic pînă la mare, nici fiu, nici fiică, nici un lucru din pradă, nimic din ce li se luase: David a adus înpoi totul.

But nothing of theirs was missing, whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that they had taken for themselves; David brought it all back.

20 Ş i David a luat toate oile şi toţi boii; şi cei ce mînau turma aceasta şi mergeau în fruntea ei, ziceau:,, Aceasta este prada lui David!``

So David had captured all the sheep and the cattle which the people drove ahead of the other livestock, and they said, “ This is David’s spoil.” The Spoils Are Divided

21 D avid a ajuns la cei două sute de oameni cari fuseseră prea obosiţi ca să mai meargă după el şi pe cari -i lăsase la pîrîul Besor. Ei au ieşit înaintea lui David şi înaintea poporului care era cu el. David s'a apropiat de ei, şi i -a întrebat de sănătate.

When David came to the two hundred men who were too exhausted to follow David, who had also been left at the brook Besor, and they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him, then David approached the people and greeted them.

22 T oţi oamenii răi şi de nimic dintre cei ce merseseră cu David au luat cuvîntul şi au zis:,, Fiindcă n'au venit cu noi, să nu le dăm nimic din prada pe care am scăpat -o, ci doar să-şi ia fiecare nevasta şi copiii, şi să plece.``

Then all the wicked and worthless men among those who went with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away and depart.”

23 D ar David a zis:,, Să nu faceţi aşa, fraţilor, cu ce ne -a dat Domnul; căci El ne -a păzit şi a dat în mînile noastre ceata care venise împotriva noastră.

Then David said, “You must not do so, my brothers, with what the Lord has given us, who has kept us and delivered into our hand the band that came against us.

24 Ş i cine v'ar asculta în privinţa aceasta? Partea trebuie să fie aceeaş atît pentru cel ce s'a pogorît pe cîmpul de bătaie cît şi pentru cel ce a rămas la calabalîcuri; s'o împartă deopotrivă.

And who will listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage; they shall share alike.”

25 L ucrul acesta a rămas de atunci şi pînă în ziua de azi o lege şi un obicei în Israel.

So it has been from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

26 C înd s'a întors la Ţiclag, David a trimes o parte din pradă bătrînilor lui Iuda, prietenilor săi, spunîndu-le aceste cuvinte:,, Iată darul pe care vi -l fac din prada luată dela vrăjmaşii Domnului!``

Now when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, “Behold, a gift for you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord:

27 A trimes celor din Betel, celor din Ramot dela miază zi, celor din Iatir,

to those who were in Bethel, and to those who were in Ramoth of the Negev, and to those who were in Jattir,

28 c elor din Aroer, celor din Sifmot, celor din Eştemoa,

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

29 c elor din Racal, celor din cetăţile Ierahmeeliţilor, celor din cetăţile Cheniţilor,

and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,

30 c elor din Horma, celor din Cor-Aşan, celor din Atac,

and to those who were in Hormah, and to those who were in Bor-ashan, and to those who were in Athach,

31 c elor din Hebron, şi în toate locurile pe cari le străbătuse David cu oamenii lui.

and to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to go.”