Samuelis I 24

VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Ascendit ergo David inde : et habitavit in locis tutissimis Engaddi.	1 From there David went up and installed himself in the strongholds of En-Gedi.
2 Cumque reversus esset Saul, postquam persecutus est Philisthæos, nuntiaverunt ei, dicentes : Ecce David in deserto est Engaddi.	2 Once Saul was back from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, 'David is now in the desert of En-Gedi.'
3 Assumens ergo Saul tria millia electorum virorum ex omni Israël, perrexit ad investigandum David et viros ejus, etiam super abruptissimas petras, quæ solis ibicibus perviæ sunt.	3 Saul thereupon took three thousand men selected from al Israel and went in search of David and hismen east of the Rocks of the Mountain Goats.
4 Et venit ad caulas ovium, quæ se offerebant vianti : eratque ibi spelunca, quam ingressus est Saul ut purgaret ventrem : porro David et viri ejus in interiore parte speluncæ latebant.	4 He came to the sheepfolds along the route, where there was a cave, and went in to cover his feet.Now David and his men were sitting in the recesses of the cave;
5 Et dixerunt servi David ad eum : Ecce dies de qua locutus est Dominus ad te : Ego tradam tibi inimicum tuum, ut facias ei sicut placuerit in oculis tuis. Surrexit ergo David, et præcidit oram chlamydis Saul silenter.	5 David's men said to him, 'Today is the day of which Yahweh said to you, "I shall deliver your enemyinto your power; do what you like with him." ' David got up and, unobserved, cut off the border of Saul's cloak.
6 Post hæc percussit cor suum David, eo quod abscidisset oram chlamydis Saul.	6 Afterwards David reproached himself for having cut off the border of Saul's cloak.
7 Dixitque ad viros suos : Propitius sit mihi Dominus, ne faciam hanc rem domino meo, christo Domini, ut mittam manum meam in eum : quia christus Domini est.	7 He said to his men, 'Yahweh preserve me from doing such a thing to my lord as to raise my handagainst him, since he is Yahweh's anointed.'
8 Et confregit David viros suos sermonibus, et non permisit eos ut consurgerent in Saul : porro Saul exsurgens de spelunca, pergebat cœpto itinere.	8 By these words David restrained his men and would not let them attack Saul.
9 Surrexit autem et David post eum : et egressus de spelunca, clamavit post tergum Saul, dicens : Domine mi rex. Et respexit Saul post se : et inclinans se David pronus in terram adoravit,	9 Saul then left the cave and went on his way. After this, David too left the cave and cal ed after Saul,'My lord king!' Saul looked behind him and David, bowing to the ground, prostrated himself.
10 dixitque ad Saul : Quare audis verba hominum loquentium : David quærit malum adversum te ?	10 David then said to Saul, 'Why do you listen to people who say, "David intends your ruin"?
11 Ecce hodie viderunt oculi tui quod tradiderit te Dominus in manu mea in spelunca : et cogitavi ut occiderem te, sed pepercit tibi oculus meus : dixi enim : Non extendam manum meam in dominum meum, quia christus Domini est.	11 This very day you have seen for yourself how Yahweh put you in my power in the cave and how,refusing to kil you, I spared you saying, "I wil not raise my hand against my lord, since he is Yahweh'sanointed."
12 Quin potius pater mi, vide, et cognosce oram chlamydis tuæ in manu mea : quoniam cum præscinderem summitatem chlamydis tuæ, nolui extendere manum meam in te : animadverte, et vide, quoniam non est in manu mea malum, neque iniquitas, neque peccavi in te : tu autem insidiaris animæ meæ ut auferas eam.	12 Look, father, look at the border of your cloak in my hand. Since, although I cut the border off yourcloak, I did not kil you, surely you realise that I intend neither mischief nor crime. I have not wronged you, andyet you hunt me down to take my life.
13 Judicet Dominus inter me et te, et ulciscatur me Dominus ex te : manus autem mea non sit in te.	13 May Yahweh be judge between me and you, and may Yahweh avenge me on you; but I shall neverlay a hand on you!
14 Sicut et in proverbio antiquo dicitur : Ab impiis egredietur impietas : manus ergo mea non sit in te.	14 (As the old proverb says: Wickedness comes out of wicked people, but I shal never lay a hand onyou!)
15 Quem persequeris, rex Israël ? quem persequeris ? canem mortuum persequeris, et pulicem unum.	15 On whose trail is the king of Israel campaigning? Whom are you pursuing? On the trail of a deaddog, of a flea!
16 Sit Dominus judex, et judicet inter me et te : et videat, et judicet causam meam, et eruat me de manu tua.	16 May Yahweh be the judge and decide between me and you; may he examine and defend my causeand give judgement for me by rescuing me from your clutches!'
17 Cum autem complesset David loquens sermones hujuscemodi ad Saul, dixit Saul : Numquid vox hæc tua est, fili mi David ? Et levavit Saul vocem suam, et flevit :	17 When David had finished saying this to Saul, Saul said, 'Is that your voice, my son David?' And Saulbegan to weep aloud.
18 dixitque ad David : Justior tu es quam ego : tu enim tribuisti mihi bona, ego autem reddidi tibi mala.	18 'You are upright and I am not,' he said to David, 'since you have behaved wel to me, whereas I havebehaved badly to you.
19 Et tu indicasti hodie quæ feceris mihi bona : quomodo tradiderit me Dominus in manum tuam, et non occideris me.	19 And today you have shown how well you have behaved to me, since Yahweh had put me in yourpower but you did not kil me.
20 Quis enim cum invenerit inimicum suum, dimittet eum in via bona ? sed Dominus reddat tibi vicissitudinem hanc pro eo quod hodie operatus es in me.	20 When a man comes on his enemy, does he let him go unmolested? May Yahweh reward you for thegood you have done me today!
21 Et nunc quia scio quod certissime regnaturus sis, et habiturus in manu tua regnum Israël :	21 Now I know that you wil indeed reign and that the sovereignty in Israel wil pass into your hands.
22 jura mihi in Domino, ne deleas semen meum post me, neque auferas nomen meum de domo patris mei.	22 Now swear to me by Yahweh that you wil not suppress my descendants once I am gone, or blot myname out of my family.'
23 Et juravit David Sauli. Abiit ergo Saul in domum suam : et David et viri ejus ascenderunt ad tutiora loca.	23 This David swore to Saul, and Saul went home while David and his men went back to the stronghold.