Primo libro di Samuele 21

BIBBIA TINTORI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 David andò in Nobe, dal sacerdote Achimelec, il quale, maravigliato di veder David, gli disse: « Perchè sei solo, e non vi è alcuno teco? »	1 Then David went into Nob, to the priest Ahimelech. And Ahimelech was astonished that David had arrived. And he said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one is with you?”
2 David rispose al sacerdote Achimelec: « Il re, dandomi un ordine, disse: Nessuno sappia il motivo per cui ti ho mandato e quali ordini ti abbia dato. Anche ai miei servì ho detto di trovarsi in luoghi determinati.	2 And David said to the priest Ahimelech: “The king has instructed to me a word, and he said: ‘Let no one know the matter about which you have been sent by me, and what type of instructions I have given to you. For I have also summoned servants to one and another place.’
3 Ordunque se hai qualche cosa uà darmi, anche cinque pani soli, dammeli, o qualunque altra cosa che potrai avere ».	3 Now therefore, if you have anything at hand, even five loaves of bread, or whatever you may find, give it to me.”
4 Il sacerdote disse, rispondendo a David:« Non ho a mia disposizione del pane ordinario, ma soltanto del pane sacro. I tuoi servi son puri specialmente riguardo a donne? »	4 And the priest, responding to David, said to him: “I have no common bread at hand, but only holy bread. Are the young men clean, especially from women?”
5 David, rispondendo al sacerdote, disse: « Oh! se si tratta di donne, ce ne siamo astenuti da tre giorni, da quando siamo partiti: i vasi dei miei servi son puri, e se il viaggio è profano, sarà santificato nei vasi ».	5 And David responded to the priest, and said to him: “Indeed, as concerns being with women, we have abstained since yesterday and the day before, when we departed, and so the vessels of the young men have been holy. And although, this journey has been defiled, it will also be sanctified today as concerns the vessels.”
6 Allora il sacerdote gli diede del pane santo, non essendovi altri pani che quelli di proposizione, i quali erano stati levati dalla presenza del Signore, per mettervi i pani caldi.	6 Therefore, the priest gave to him sanctified bread. For there was no bread there, but only the bread of the Presence, which had been taken away from before the face of the Lord, so that fresh loaves might be set up.
7 In quel giorno dentro il Tabernacolo del Signore vi si trovava un uomo dei servi di Saul, un idumeo chiamato Doeg, il quale era capo dei pastori di Saul.	7 Now a certain man among the servants of Saul was there on that day, inside the tabernacle of the Lord. And his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the most powerful among the shepherds of Saul.
8 David disse pure ad Achimelec: Hai tu qui a tua disposizione una lancia o una spada? Non ho portato meco nè ìa mia spada, nè le mie armi, perchè i l'ordine del re urgeva ».	8 Then David said to Ahimelech: “Do you have, here at hand, a spear or a sword? For I did not take my own sword, or my own weapons with me. For the word of the king was urgent.”
9 Il sacerdote rispose: «Ecco qui la spada di Golia, del Filisteo che tu uccidesti nella Valle del Terebinto: essa è inviluppata in un panno dietro l'efod: se vuoi prender questa, prendila; perchè qui non ve ne sono altre ». David disse: «Dammela: non ve n'è un'altra simile a questa ».	9 And the priest said: “Behold, here is the sword of Goliath, the Philistine, whom you struck down in the Valley of Terebinth. It is wrapped up in a cloak behind the ephod. If you wish to take this, take it. For there is nothing else here except this.” And David said, “There is nothing else like this, so give it to me.”
10 David partì nel medesimo giorno, e, per fuggir lontano da Saul, andò da Achis re di Get.	10 And so, David rose up, and he fled on that day from the face of Saul. And he went to Achish, the king of Gath.
11 Ma i servi d'Achis, veduto David, dissero al re: « Non è costui David re della terra? Non era per lui che cantavano a cori: « Saul ne ha uccisi mille e David dieci mila »?	11 And the servants of Achish, when they had seen David, said to him: “Is this not David, the king of the land? Were they not singing about him, while dancing, saying, ‘Saul has struck down a thousand, and David ten thousand?’ ”
12 David pensò bene a queste parole, e, temendo grandemente Achis re di Get,	12 Then David took these words to his heart, and he became exceedingly afraid before the face of Achish, the king of Gath.
13 contraffece dinanzi ad essi il suo volto, si lasciava cadere nelle loro mani, urtava nei battenti delle porte, e faceva colar la saliva per la barba.	13 And he altered his mouth before them, and he slipped down between their hands. And he stumbled against the doors of the gate. And his spit flowed down his beard.
14 E Achis disse ai suoi servi: « Vedete bene che è un pazzo; perchè l'avete condotto da da me?	14 And Achish said to his servants: “You saw that the man is insane. Why did you bring him to me?
15 Ci mancano forse dei pazzi, da menar lui a fare il pazzo davanti a me? Deve venir proprio in casa mia? »	15 Or do we have need of those who are mad, so that you would bring in this one, to behave madly in my presence? How did this man get into my house?”