David visas bort av filisteernas hövdingar

29 Filisteerna samlade nu alla sina härar i Afek, medan israeliterna hade slagit läger vid källan i Jisreel. Filisteernas furstar tågade fram med avdelningar på hundra och tusen man, och David och hans män tågade fram sist tillsammans med Akish. Då sade filisteernas furstar: "Vad har dessa hebreer här att göra?" Men Akish svarade dem: "Det här är David, den israelitiske kungen Sauls tjänare. Han har nu varit hos mig mer än ett år och jag har inte funnit något ont hos honom från den dag han gick över till mig ända till nu." Då blev filisteernas furstar förargade på honom och sade till honom: "Låt den där mannen vända tillbaka till den plats du har anvisat honom. Han får inte dra ut i strid med oss, han kan ju under striden bli vår motståndare. På vad sätt skulle han bättre kunna glädja sin herre än genom dessa mäns huvuden? Är det inte den David som man under dansen sjöng om:

Saul har slagit sina tusen,
    David sina tiotusen."

Då kallade Akish till sig David och sade till honom: "Så sant Herren lever, du är en hederlig man och att du går ut och in här hos mig i lägret gläder mig, för jag har inte funnit något ont hos dig från den dag du kom till mig ända till denna dag. Men furstarna ser inte på dig med blida ögon. Vänd därför nu tillbaka och gå i frid, så att du inte gör något som filisteernas furstar ogillar." "Vad har jag då gjort?" frågade David. "Vad har du funnit hos din tjänare från den dag jag kom i din tjänst ända till denna dag, eftersom jag inte får gå ut och strida mot min herre konungens fiender?" Akish svarade David: "Jag vet, du är lika god i mina ögon som en Guds ängel. Men filisteernas furstar säger: Han får inte dra ut i strid med oss. 10 Stig därför nu upp tidigt i morgon tillsammans med din herres tjänare, som har kommit hit med dig, och när ni har stigit upp i morgon, bör ni ge er i väg så snart det blir ljust.

11 Då steg David tidigt upp tillsammans med sina män för att på morgonen vända tillbaka till filisteernas land. Men filisteerna drog upp till Jisreel.

Davide allontanato dall'esercito dei Filistei

29 (A)I *Filistei riunirono tutte le loro truppe ad Afec[a] e gli *Israeliti si accamparono vicino alla sorgente di Iz
reel.
I príncipi dei Filistei marciavano alla testa delle loro centinaia e delle loro migliaia, mentre *Davide e la sua gente marciavano alla retroguardia con Achis. Allora i capi dei Filistei dissero: «Che fanno qui questi *Ebrei?» Achis rispose ai capi dei Filistei: «Ma questi è Davide, servo di *Saul re d'Israele, che è stato con me da giorni, anzi da anni, e contro il quale non ho avuto nulla da ridire dal giorno della sua diserzione a oggi!» Ma i capi dei Filistei si adirarono contro di lui, e gli dissero: «Rimanda indietro costui! Ritorni nel luogo che tu gli hai assegnato e non scenda con noi alla battaglia, affinché non sia per noi un nemico durante la battaglia. Infatti come potrebbe costui riacquistare il favore del suo signore, se non a prezzo delle teste di questi nostri uomini? Egli non è forse quel Davide di cui si cantava nelle danze:
“Saul ha ucciso i suoi mille
e Davide i suoi diecimila!?»

Allora Achis chiamò Davide e gli disse: «Com'è vero che il Signore vive, tu sei un uomo retto. Vedo con piacere il tuo andare e venire con me nell'accampamento, poiché non ho trovato in te nulla di male dal giorno che arrivasti da me fino a oggi; ma tu non piaci ai príncipi. Ora dunque, torna indietro e vattene in pace, per non rischiare di far qualcosa che sia sgradito ai príncipi dei Filistei». Davide disse ad Achis: «Ma che ho mai fatto? Che cosa hai trovato nel tuo servo, in tutto il tempo che sono stato con te fino a oggi, perché io non debba andare a combattere contro i nemici del re, mio signore?» Achis rispose a Davide, e disse: «Lo so; tu sei caro agli occhi miei come un angelo di Dio; ma i príncipi dei Filistei hanno detto: “Egli non deve salire con noi alla battaglia!” 10 Ora dunque, àlzati domani mattina di buon'ora, con i servi del tuo signore che sono venuti con te; alzatevi di buon mattino e, appena farà giorno, andatevene».

11 Davide dunque con la sua gente si alzò di buon'ora, per partire al mattino e tornare nel paese dei Filistei. E i Filistei salirono a Izreel.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuele 29:1 Afec, con questo termine vengono nominate tre città nell'Antico Testamento: una nel territorio d'Issacar (Gs 12:18), una in quello d'Aser (Gs 19:30), e una alla frontiera di Giuda (Gs 15:53). Probabilmente, qui si tratta della prima.

Achish Sends David Back to Ziklag

29 The Philistines gathered(A) all their forces at Aphek,(B) and Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.(C) As the Philistine rulers marched with their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men were marching at the rear(D) with Achish. The commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?”

Achish replied, “Is this not David,(E) who was an officer of Saul king of Israel? He has already been with me for over a year,(F) and from the day he left Saul until now, I have found no fault in him.”

But the Philistine commanders were angry with Achish and said, “Send(G) the man back, that he may return to the place you assigned him. He must not go with us into battle, or he will turn(H) against us during the fighting. How better could he regain his master’s favor than by taking the heads of our own men? Isn’t this the David they sang about in their dances:

“‘Saul has slain his thousands,
    and David his tens of thousands’?”(I)

So Achish called David and said to him, “As surely as the Lord lives, you have been reliable, and I would be pleased to have you serve with me in the army. From the day(J) you came to me until today, I have found no fault in you, but the rulers(K) don’t approve of you. Now turn back and go in peace; do nothing to displease the Philistine rulers.”

“But what have I done?” asked David. “What have you found against your servant from the day I came to you until now? Why can’t I go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”

Achish answered, “I know that you have been as pleasing in my eyes as an angel(L) of God; nevertheless, the Philistine commanders(M) have said, ‘He must not go up with us into battle.’ 10 Now get up early, along with your master’s servants who have come with you, and leave(N) in the morning as soon as it is light.”

11 So David and his men got up early in the morning to go back to the land of the Philistines, and the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

29 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.

And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.

Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?

And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?

Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the Lord liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.

Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.

And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.

11 So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.