1 Samuel 21
Ang Dating Biblia (1905)
21 Nang magkagayo'y naparoon si David sa Nob kay Ahimelech na saserdote: at sinalubong si David ni Ahimelech na nanginginig, at sinabi sa kaniya, Bakit ka nagiisa, at walang taong kasama ka?
2 At si David ay nagsabi kay Ahimelech na saserdote, Inutusan ako ng hari ng isang bagay, at sinabi sa akin, Huwag maalaman ng sinoman ang bagay na aking isinusugo sa iyo, at ang aking iniutos sa iyo: at aking inilagay ang mga bataan sa gayo't gayong dako.
3 Ngayon nga anong mayroon ka sa iyong kamay? Bigyan mo ako ng limang tinapay sa aking kamay, o anomang mayroon ka.
4 At sumagot ang saserdote kay David, at nagsabi, Walang karaniwang tinapay sa aking kamay, nguni't mayroong banal na tinapay; kung disin ang mga bataan ay magpakalayo lamang sa mga babae.
5 At sumagot si David sa saserdote, at nagsabi sa kaniya, Sa katotohanan ang mga babae ay nalayo sa amin humigit kumulang sa tatlong araw na ito; nang ako'y lumabas ang mga daladalahan ng mga bataan ay banal, bagaman isang karaniwang paglalakad; gaano pa kaya kabanal ngayon ang kanilang mga daladalahan?
6 Sa gayo'y binigyan siya ng saserdote ng banal na tinapay: sapagka't walang tinapay roon, kundi tinapay na handog, na kinuha sa harap ng Panginoon, upang lagyan ng tinapay na mainit sa araw ng pagkuha.
7 Isang lalake nga sa mga lingkod ni Saul ay naroon nang araw na yaon, na pinigil sa harap ng Panginoon: at ang kaniyang pangalan ay Doeg na Idumeo, na pinakapuno ng mga pastor na nauukol kay Saul.
8 At sinabi ni David kay Ahimelech, At wala ka ba sa iyong kamay na sibat o tabak? sapagka't hindi ko nadala kahit ang aking tabak o ang aking mga sandata man, dahil sa ang bagay ng hari ay madalian.
9 At sinabi ng saserdote, Ang tabak ni Goliath na Filisteo, na iyong pinatay sa libis ng Ela, narito, nabibilot sa isang kayo na nasa likod ng epod: kung iyong kukunin yaon, kunin mo: sapagka't walang iba rito liban yaon. At sinabi ni David, Walang ibang gaya niyaon; ibigay mo sa akin.
10 At tumindig si David, at tumakas nang araw na yaon dahil sa takot kay Saul, at naparoon kay Achis na hari sa Gath.
11 At sinabi ng mga lingkod ni Achis sa kaniya, Hindi ba ito'y si David na hari sa lupain? Hindi ba pinagaawitanan siya sa mga sayaw, na sinasabi, Pinatay ni Saul ang kaniyang libolibo, At ni David ang kaniyang laksalaksa?
12 At iningatan ni David ang mga salitang ito sa kaniyang puso, at natakot na mainam kay Achis na hari sa Gath.
13 At kaniyang binago ang kaniyang kilos sa harap nila at nagpakunwaring ulol sa kanilang mga kamay, at nagguhit sa mga pinto ng pintuang-daan, at pinatulo ang kaniyang laway sa kaniyang balbas.
14 Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ni Achis sa kaniyang mga lingkod, Narito, tingnan ninyo ang lalake ay ulol: bakit nga ninyo dinala siya sa akin?
15 Kulang ba ako ng mga ulol, na inyong dinala ang taong ito upang maglaro ng kaululan sa aking harapan? papasok ba ang taong ito sa aking bahay?
1 Samuel 21
New International Version
David at Nob
21 [a]David went to Nob,(A) to Ahimelek the priest. Ahimelek trembled(B) when he met him, and asked, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”
2 David answered Ahimelek the priest, “The king sent me on a mission and said to me, ‘No one is to know anything about the mission I am sending you on.’ As for my men, I have told them to meet me at a certain place. 3 Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever you can find.”
4 But the priest answered David, “I don’t have any ordinary bread(C) on hand; however, there is some consecrated(D) bread here—provided the men have kept(E) themselves from women.”
5 David replied, “Indeed women have been kept from us, as usual(F) whenever[b] I set out. The men’s bodies are holy(G) even on missions that are not holy. How much more so today!” 6 So the priest gave him the consecrated bread,(H) since there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence that had been removed from before the Lord and replaced by hot bread on the day it was taken away.
7 Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the Lord; he was Doeg(I) the Edomite,(J) Saul’s chief shepherd.
8 David asked Ahimelek, “Don’t you have a spear or a sword here? I haven’t brought my sword or any other weapon, because the king’s mission was urgent.”
9 The priest replied, “The sword(K) of Goliath(L) the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah,(M) is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want it, take it; there is no sword here but that one.”
David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”
David at Gath
10 That day David fled from Saul and went(N) to Achish king of Gath. 11 But the servants of Achish said to him, “Isn’t this David, the king of the land? Isn’t he the one they sing about in their dances:
“‘Saul has slain his thousands,
and David his tens of thousands’?”(O)
12 David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish king of Gath. 13 So he pretended to be insane(P) in their presence; and while he was in their hands he acted like a madman, making marks on the doors of the gate and letting saliva run down his beard.
14 Achish said to his servants, “Look at the man! He is insane! Why bring him to me? 15 Am I so short of madmen that you have to bring this fellow here to carry on like this in front of me? Must this man come into my house?”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 21:1 In Hebrew texts 21:1-15 is numbered 21:2-16.
- 1 Samuel 21:5 Or from us in the past few days since
1 Samuel 21
New King James Version
David and the Holy Bread
21 Now David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And (A)Ahimelech was (B)afraid when he met David, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one is with you?”
2 So David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has ordered me on some business, and said to me, ‘Do not let anyone know anything about the business on which I send you, or what I have commanded you.’ And I have directed my young men to such and such a place. 3 Now therefore, what have you on hand? Give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever can be found.”
4 And the priest answered David and said, “There is no [a]common bread on hand; but there is (C)holy[b] bread, (D)if the young men have at least kept themselves from women.”
5 Then David answered the priest, and said to him, “Truly, women have been kept from us about three days since I came out. And [c]the (E)vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in effect common, even though it was consecrated (F)in the vessel this day.”
6 So the priest (G)gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the showbread (H)which had been taken from before the Lord, in order to put hot bread in its place on the day when it was taken away.
7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord. And his name was (I)Doeg, an Edomite, the chief of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul.
8 And David said to Ahimelech, “Is there not here on hand a spear or a sword? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.”
9 So the priest said, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in (J)the Valley of Elah, (K)there it is, wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you will take that, take it. For there is no other except that one here.”
And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”
David Flees to Gath
10 Then David arose and fled that day from before Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. 11 And (L)the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing of him to one another in dances, saying:
(M)‘Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands’?”
12 Now David (N)took these words [d]to heart, and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath. 13 So (O)he changed his behavior before them, pretended [e]madness in their hands, [f]scratched on the doors of the gate, and let his saliva fall down on his beard. 14 Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see the man is insane. Why have you brought him to me? 15 Have I need of madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 21:4 ordinary
- 1 Samuel 21:4 consecrated
- 1 Samuel 21:5 The young men are ceremonially undefiled
- 1 Samuel 21:12 Lit. in his heart
- 1 Samuel 21:13 insanity
- 1 Samuel 21:13 scribbled
1 Samuel 21
King James Version
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?
2 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.
3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
4 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.
5 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.
6 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.
7 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.
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.
9 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.
10 And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
11 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?
12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
13 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.
14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
15 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?
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