1 Samuel 21

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1 And David came to Nobe to Achimelech the priest: and Achimelech was astonished at David's coming. And he said to him: Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?	1 Et surrexit David et abiit; sed et Ionathan ingressus est civitatem.
2 And David said to Achimelech the priest: The king hath commanded me a business, and said: Let no man know the thing for which thou art sent by me, and what manner of commands I have given thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.	2 Venit autem David in Nob ad Achimelech sacerdotem, et obstupuit Achimelech eo quod venisset David, et dixit ei: “ Quare tu solus et nullus est tecum? ”.
3 Now therefore if thou have any thing at hand, though it were but five loaves, give me, or whatsoever thou canst find.	3 Et ait David ad Achimelech sacerdotem: “ Rex praecepit mihi negotium et dixit: “Nemo sciat rem, propter quam a me missus es, et cuiusmodi tibi praecepta dederim”; pueris vero condixi in illum et illum locum.
4 And the priest answered David, saying: I have no common bread at hand, but only holy bread, if the young men be clean, especially from women?	4 Nunc igitur, si habes ad manum quinque panes, da mihi, aut quidquid inveneris ”.
5 And David answered the priest, and said to him: Truly, as to what concerneth women, we have refrained ourselves from yesterday and the day before, when we came out, and the vessels of the young men were holy. Now this way is defiled, but it shall also be sanctified this day in the vessels.	5 Et respondens sacerdos David ait ei: “ Non habeo panes laicos ad manum, sed tantum panem sanctum; si mundi sunt pueri maxime a mulieribus? ”.
6 The priest therefore gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there, but only the loaves of proposition, which had been taken away from before the face of the Lord, that hot loaves might be set up.	6 Et respondit David sacerdoti et dixit ei: “ Equidem, si de mulieribus agitur, continuimus nos ab heri et nudiustertius. Quando egrediebar, fuerunt corpora puerorum sancta, quamvis iter esset profanum. Quanto magis hodie sunt sancti quoad corpora ”.
7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, within the tabernacle of the Lord: and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of Saul's herdsmen.	7 Dedit ergo ei sacerdos sanctificatum panem; neque enim erat ibi panis, nisi tantum panes propositionis, qui sublati fuerant a facie Domini, ut ponerentur panes calidi.
8 And David said to Achimelech: Hast thou here at hand a spear, or a sword? for I brought not my own sword, nor my own weapons with me, for the king's business required haste.	8 Erat autem ibi vir de servis Saul in die illa retentus ante Dominum; et nomen eius Doeg Idumaeus, potentissimus pastorum Saul.
9 And the priest said: Lo, here is the sword of Goliath the Philistine whom thou slewest in the valley of Terebinth, wrapped up in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take this, take it, for here is no other but this. And David said: There is none like that, give it me.	9 Dixit autem David ad Achimelech: “ Si habes hic ad manum hastam aut gladium? Quia gladium meum et arma mea non tuli mecum; negotium enim regis urgebat ”.
10 And David arose and fled that day from the face of Saul: and came to Achis the king of Geth:	10 Et dixit sacerdos: “ Ecce hic gladius Goliath Philisthaei, quem percussisti in valle Terebinthi; est involutus pallio post ephod. Si istum vis tollere, tolle, neque enim est alius hic absque eo ”. Et ait David: “ Non est huic alter similis; da mihi eum ”.
11 And the servants of Achis, when they saw David, said to him: Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing to him in their dances, saying: Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?	11 Surrexit itaque David et fugit in die illa a facie Saul et venit ad Achis regem Geth.
12 But David laid up these words in his heart, and was exceedingly afraid at the face of Achis the king of Geth.	12 Dixeruntque ei servi Achis: “ Numquid non iste est David rex terrae? Nonne huic cantabant per choros dicentes: “Percussit Saul milia sua, et David decem milia sua”? ”.
13 And he changed his countenance before them, and slipt down between their hands: and he stumbled against the doors of the gate, and his spittle ran down upon his beard.	13 Posuit autem David sermones istos in corde suo et extimuit valde a facie Achis regis Geth.
14 And Achis said to his servants: You saw the man was mad: why have you brought him to me?	14 Et immutavit os suum coram eis; et insaniebat inter manus eorum et impingebat in ostia portae, defluebantque salivae in barbam.
15 Have we need of madmen, that you have brought in this fellow, to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?	15 Et ait Achis ad servos suos: “ Vidistis hominem insanum. Quare adduxistis eum ad me?
	16 An desunt nobis furiosi, quod introduxistis istum, ut fureret, me praesente? Hicine ingredietur domum meam? ”.