Samuelis I 23

VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Et annuntiaverunt David, dicentes : Ecce Philisthiim oppugnant Ceilam et diripiunt areas.	1 News was then brought to David, 'The Philistines are besieging Keilah and plundering the threshing-floors'.
2 Consuluit ergo David Dominum, dicens : Num vadam, et percutiam Philisthæos istos ? Et ait Dominus ad David : Vade, et percuties Philisthæos, et Ceilam salvabis.	2 David consulted Yahweh, 'Shal I go and fight these Philistines?' Yahweh replied to David, 'Go andfight the Philistines and save Keilah.'
3 Et dixerunt viri qui erant cum David ad eum : Ecce nos hic in Judæa consistentes timemus : quanto magis si ierimus in Ceilam adversum agmina Philisthinorum ?	3 But David's men said to him, 'We are already afraid here in Judah; how much more, then, if we go toKeilah to fight the Philistine troops!'
4 Rursum ergo David consuluit Dominum. Qui respondens, ait ei : Surge, et vade in Ceilam : ego enim tradam Philisthæos in manu tua.	4 So David consulted Yahweh again and Yahweh replied, 'Be on your way; go down to Keilah, since Ishall give the Philistines into your power.'
5 Abiit ergo David et viri ejus in Ceilam, et pugnavit adversum Philisthæos : et abegit jumenta eorum, et percussit eos plaga magna : et salvavit David habitatores Ceilæ.	5 So David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines and carried off their cattle and inflicteda great defeat on them. Thus David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
6 Porro eo tempore quo fugiebat Abiathar filius Achimelech ad David in Ceilam, ephod secum habens descenderat.	6 When Abiathar son of Ahimelech took refuge with David, he went down to Keilah with the ephod in hishand.
7 Nuntiatum est autem Sauli quod venisset David in Ceilam : et ait Saul : Tradidit eum Deus in manus meas, conclususque est introgressus urbem, in qua portæ et seræ sunt.	7 When word was brought to Saul that David had gone to Keilah he said, 'God has delivered him intomy power: he has trapped himself by going into a town with gates and bars.'
8 Et præcepit Saul omni populo ut ad pugnam descenderet in Ceilam, et obsideret David et viros ejus.	8 Saul called all the people to arms, to go down to Keilah and besiege David and his men.
9 Quod cum David rescisset quia præpararet ei Saul clam malum, dixit ad Abiathar sacerdotem : Applica ephod.	9 David, however, was aware that Saul was plotting evil against him, and said to Abiathar the priest,'Bring the ephod.'
10 Et ait David : Domine Deus Israël, audivit famam servus tuus, quod disponat Saul venire in Ceilam, ut evertat urbem propter me :	10 David said, 'Yahweh, God of Israel, your servant has heard that Saul is preparing to come to Keilahand destroy the town because of me.
11 si tradent me viri Ceilæ in manus ejus ? et si descendet Saul, sicut audivit servus tuus ? Domine Deus Israël, indica servo tuo. Et ait Dominus : Descendet.	11 Wil Saul come down as your servant has heard? Yahweh, God of Israel, I beg you, let your servantknow.' Yahweh replied, 'He wil come down.'
12 Dixitque David : Si tradent me viri Ceilæ, et viros qui sunt mecum, in manus Saul ? Et dixit Dominus : Tradent.	12 David then went on to ask, 'Wil the notables of Keilah hand me and my men over to Saul?' Yahwehreplied, 'They wil hand you over.'
13 Surrexit ergo David et viri ejus quasi sexcenti, et egressi de Ceila, huc atque illuc vagabantur incerti : nuntiatumque est Sauli quod fugisset David de Ceila, et salvatus esset : quam ob rem dissimulavit exire.	13 At this, David made off with his men, about six hundred in number; they left Keilah and went wherethey could. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he abandoned the expedition.
14 Morabatur autem David in deserto in locis firmissimis, mansitque in monte solitudinis Ziph, in monte opaco : quærebat eum tamen Saul cunctis diebus, et non tradidit eum Deus in manus ejus.	14 David stayed in the desert, in the strongholds; he stayed in the mountains, in the desert of Ziph; Saulkept looking for him day after day, but God did not deliver him into his power.
15 Et vidit David quod egressus esset Saul ut quæreret animam ejus. Porro David erat in deserto Ziph in silva.	15 David was aware that Saul had mounted an expedition to take his life. David was then at Horesh inthe desert of Ziph.
16 Et surrexit Jonathas filius Saul, et abiit ad David in silvam, et confortavit manus ejus in Deo : dixitque ei :	16 Jonathan son of Saul set off and went to David at Horesh and encouraged him in the name of God.
17 Ne timeas : neque enim inveniet te manus Saul patris mei, et tu regnabis super Israël, et ego ero tibi secundus : sed et Saul pater meus scit hoc.	17 'Do not be afraid,' he said, 'for my father Saul's hand wil not reach you. You are to reign over Israel,and I shall be second to you. Saul my father is himself aware of this.'
18 Percussit ergo uterque fœdus coram Domino : mansitque David in silva, Jonathas autem reversus est in domum suam.	18 And the two made a pact before Yahweh. David stayed at Horesh and Jonathan went home.
19 Ascenderunt autem Ziphæi ad Saul in Gabaa, dicentes : Nonne ecce David latitat apud nos in locis tutissimis silvæ, in colle Hachila, quæ est ad dexteram deserti ?	19 Some men from Ziph then went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, 'Look, David is hiding among us inthe strongholds at Horesh, on the Hil of Hachilah to the south of the wastelands.
20 Nunc ergo, sicut desideravit anima tua ut descenderes, descende : nostrum autem erit ut tradamus eum in manus regis.	20 Now whenever you wish to go down, my lord king, do so; we shal make it our task to hand him overto the king.'
21 Dixitque Saul : Benedicti vos a Domino, quia doluistis vicem meam.	21 Saul replied, 'May you be blessed by Yahweh for sympathising with me.
22 Abite ergo, oro, et diligentius præparate, et curiosius agite, et considerate locum ubi sit pes ejus, vel quis viderit eum ibi : recogitat enim de me, quod callide insidier ei.	22 Go and make doubly sure, find out exactly what place he frequents, for I have been told that he isvery cunning.
23 Considerate, et videte omnia latibula ejus in quibus absconditur : et revertimini ad me ad rem certam, ut vadam vobiscum. Quod si etiam in terram se abstruserit, perscrutabor eum in cunctis millibus Juda.	23 Take careful note of al the hiding places where he lurks, and come back to me when you are certain.I shal then come with you and, if he is in the country, I shall track him down through every clan in Judah!'
24 At illi surgentes abierunt in Ziph ante Saul : David autem et viri ejus erant in deserto Maon, in campestribus ad dexteram Jesimon.	24 Setting off they went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Meanwhile, David and his men were in the desert ofMaon, in the plain to the south of the wastelands.
25 Ivit ergo Saul et socii ejus ad quærendum eum. Et nuntiatum est David : statimque descendit ad petram, et versabatur in deserto Maon : quod cum audisset Saul, persecutus est David in deserto Maon.	25 When Saul and his men set out in search, David was told and went down to the gorge runningthrough the desert of Maon.
26 Et ibat Saul ad latus montis ex parte una : David autem et viri ejus erant in latere montis ex parte altera. Porro David desperabat se posse evadere a facie Saul : itaque Saul et viri ejus in modum coronæ cingebant David et viros ejus, ut caperent eos.	26 Saul and his men proceeded along one side of the mountain, David and his men along the other.David was hurrying to escape from Saul, while Saul and his men were trying to cross over to David and hismen's side, to capture them,
27 Et nuntius venit ad Saul, dicens : Festina, et veni, quoniam infuderunt se Philisthiim super terram.	27 when a messenger came to Saul and said, 'Come at once, the Philistines have invaded the country.'
28 Reversus est ergo Saul desistens persequi David, et perrexit in occursum Philisthinorum : propter hoc vocaverunt locum illum, Petram dividentem.	28 So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to oppose the Philistines. That is why the place iscal ed the Gorge of Separations.