ዳዊት ወደ ኖብ ሄደ
1ዳዊትም ካህኑ አቢሜሌክ ወዳለበት ወደ ኖብ ሄደ። አቢሜሌክም እየተንቀጠቀጠ ዳዊትን ሊገናኘው መጣና፣ “ምነው ብቻህን? ሰውስ ለምን አብሮህ የለም?” ሲል ጠየቀው።
2ዳዊት፣ ካህኑን አቢሜሌክን እንዲህ አለው፤ “ንጉሡ፣ ‘ስለ ላክሁህ ነገርና ስለ ሰጠሁህ መመሪያ ማንም ሰው ምንም ነገር አይወቅ’ ብሎ አዞኛል። ሰዎቼንም የት እንደምንገናኝ ነግሬያቸዋለሁ። 3ታዲያ አሁን በእጅህ ምን አለ? አምስት እንጀራ ወይም የተገኘውን ማንኛውንም ነገር ስጠኝ።”
4ካህኑም፣ “ሰው ሁሉ የሚበላው እንጀራ የለኝም፤ ነገር ግን ሰዎቹ በቅርቡ ከሴት የተጠበቁ ከሆነ፣ የተቀደሰ እንጀራ በዚህ አለ” አለው።
5ዳዊትም “እንደ ተለመደው ሁሉ ከወጣሁ ጊዜ ጀምሮ ሴቶች ከእኛ ተጠብቀዋል፤ ባልተቀደሰ ተልእኮ ውስጥ እንኳ የሰዎቹ ዕቃዎች21፥5 ወይም አካል የተቀደሱ ናቸው፤ ታዲያ ዛሬማ እንዴት!” ሲል መለሰ። 6ስለዚህ ካህኑ የተቀደሰውን እንጀራ ለዳዊት ሰጠው፤ ከእግዚአብሔር ፊት ተነሥቶ በትኵስ እንጀራ ከተተካው ከገጸ ኅብስቱ በስተቀር በዚያ ሌላ እንጀራ አልነበረምና።
7በዚያችም ዕለት ከሳኦል አገልጋዮች አንዱና የእረኞቹ አለቃ የሆነው ኤዶማዊው ዶይቅ እዚያው በእግዚአብሔር ፊት እንዲቈይ ተገዶ ነበር።
8ዳዊት አቢሜሌክን፣ “የንጉሡ ጕዳይ ስላስቸኰለኝ፣ ሰይፌንም ሆነ ሌላ የጦር መሣሪያ አላመጣሁም፤ እዚህ ካንተ ዘንድ ጦር ወይም ሰይፍ አይገኝምን?” ሲል ጠየቀው።
9ካህኑም፣ “በኤላ ሸለቆ አንተ የገደልኸው የፍልስጥኤማዊው የጎልያድ ሰይፍ እዚህ አለ፤ ከኤፉዱ በስተ ኋላ በጨርቅ ተጠቅልሏል ከፈለግህ ውሰደው፤ ከእርሱ በስተቀር ሌላ ሰይፍ እዚህ የለም” ብሎ መለሰለት።
ዳዊትም “እንደ እርሱ ያለ የለምና እርሱኑ ስጠኝ” አለው።
ዳዊት ወደ ጌት ሄደ
10በዚያች ዕለት ዳዊት ከሳኦል ሸሽቶ ወደ ጌት ንጉሥ ወደ አንኩስ ሄደ። 11የአንኩስ አገልጋዮችም፣ “የምድሪቱ ንጉሥ ዳዊት ይህ አይደለምን? ደግሞስ፣
“ ‘ሳኦል ሺሕ ገደለ፤ ዳዊት ግን ዐሥር ሺሕ ገደለ’
ብለው በጭፈራቸው የዘፈኑለትስ እርሱ አይደለምን?” አሉት።
12ዳዊት ነገሩን በልቡ አኖረ፤ የጌትን ንጉሥ አንኩስንም እጅግ ፈራው። 13ስለዚህ በፊታቸው አእምሮውን እንደ ሳተ ሰው ሆነ፤ በያዙትም ጊዜ የከተማዪቱን ቅጥሮች እየቦጫጨረ፣ ልጋጉንም በጢሙ ላይ እያዝረበረበ እንደ እብድ ሆነ።
14አንኩስም አገልጋዮቹን እንዲህ አላቸው፤ “ሰውየውን እስቲ ተመልከቱት፤ እብድ እኮ ነው! ታዲያ ወደ እኔ ያመጣችሁት ለምንድን ነው? 15በፊቴ እንዲህ ይሆን ዘንድ ይህን ሰው እዚህ ያመጣችሁት እብድ ዐጥቼ ነውን? እንዲህ ያለውስ ሰው ወደ ቤቴ መግባት ይገባዋልን?”
1Then 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?21.1 Ahimelech: also called Ahiah 2And 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. 3Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.21.3 present: Heb. found 4And 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. 5And 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.21.5 yea…: or, especially when this day there is other sanctified in the vessel 6So 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. 7Now 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.
8¶ 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. 9And 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.
10¶ And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. 11And 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? 12And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. 13And 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.21.13 scrabbled: or, made marks 14Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?21.14 is mad: or, playeth the mad man 15Have 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?
