Primo libro di Samuele 27

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Et ait David in corde suo: “ Aliquando incidam in uno die in manu Saul; nonne melius est ut fugiam et salver in terra Philisthinorum, ut desperet Saul cessetque me quaerere in cunctis finibus Israel? Fugiam ergo manus eius ”.	1 'One of these days,' David thought, 'I shal perish at the hand of Saul. The best thing that I can do is toget away into the country of the Philistines; then Saul will give up tracking me through the length and breadth ofIsrael and I shal be safe from him.'
2 Et surrexit David et abiit ipse et sescenti viri cum eo ad Achis filium Maoch regem Geth.	2 So David set off and went over, he and his six hundred men, to Achish son of Maoch, king of Gath.
3 Et habitavit David cum Achis in Geth ipse et viri eius unusquisque cum domo sua; David et duae uxores eius, Achinoam Iezrahelites et Abigail uxor Nabal de Carmel.	3 He settled at Gath with Achish, he and his men, each with his family and David with his two wives,Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail widow of Nabal of Carmel.
4 Et nuntiatum est Saul quod fugisset David in Geth, et non addidit ultra ut quaereret eum.	4 When news reached Saul that David had fled to Gath, he stopped searching for him.
5 Dixit autem David ad Achis: “ Si inveni gratiam in oculis tuis, detur mihi locus in una urbium regionis huius, ut habitem ibi. Cur enim manet servus tuus in civitate regis tecum? ”.	5 David said to Achish, 'If I have won your favour, let me be given a place in one of the outlying towns,where I can live. Why should your servant live in the royal city with you?'
6 Dedit itaque ei Achis in die illa Siceleg; propter quam causam facta est Siceleg regum Iudae usque in diem hanc.	6 That very day Achish gave him Ziklag; and this is why Ziklag has been the property of the kings ofJudah to the present day.
7 Fuit autem numerus dierum, quibus habitavit David in regione Philisthinorum, annus et quattuor menses.	7 The time that David stayed in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.
8 Et ascendit David et viri eius et agebant praedas de Gesuri et de Gerzi et de Amalecitis; hae enim gentes habitabant terram, quae est a Telem in via Sur et usque ad terram Aegypti.	8 David and his men went out on raids against the Geshurites, Girzites and Amalekites, for these arethe tribes inhabiting the region which, from Telam, goes in the direction of Shur, as far as Egypt.
9 Et percutiebat David omnem terram nec relinquebat viventem virum et mulierem; tollensque oves et boves et asinos et camelos et vestes revertebatur et veniebat ad Achis.	9 David laid the countryside waste and left neither man nor woman alive; he carried off the sheep andcattle, the donkeys, camels and clothing, and then came back again to Achish.
10 Dicebat autem ei Achis: “ In quem irruistis hodie? ”. Respondebatque David: “ Contra Nageb Iudae vel contra Nageb Ierameel vel contra Nageb Ceni ”.	10 Achish would ask, 'Where did you go raiding today?' David would reply, 'Against the Negeb ofJudah,' or 'the Negeb of Jerahmeel,' or 'the Negeb of the Kenites.'
11 Viro et mulieri non parcebat David nec adducebat in Geth dicens: “ Ne forte loquantur adversum nos: “Haec fecit David” ”. Et hoc erat decretum illi omnibus diebus, quibus habitavit in regione Philisthinorum.	11 David spared neither man nor woman to bring back alive to Gath, 'in case', as he thought, 'theyinform on us and say, "David did such and such." ' This was the way David conducted his raids al the time hestayed in Philistine territory.
12 Credidit ergo Achis David dicens: “ Valde odiosum se fecit populo suo Israel; erit igitur mihi servus sempiternus ”.	12 Achish trusted David. 'He has made himself detested by his own people Israel,' he thought, 'and sowil be my servant for ever.'