21 — 1 Re (1 Samuele)

1And 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?Or Davidde se n'andò a Nobe a trovare il sacerdote Achimelech: e Achimelech si stupì della venuta di David, e dissegli: perchè sei tu solo, e non hai anima con te?AND Dauid came into Nobe to Achimelech the priest: & Achimelech was astonyed, because Dauid was come. And he said to him: Why thou alone, and none is with thee?Venit autem David in Nobe ad Achimelech sacerdotem: et obstupuit Achimelech, eo quod venisset David. Et dixit ei: Quare tu solus, et nullus est tecum ? 2And 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.E David disse ad Achimelech sacerdote: Il re mi ha dato un'incumbenza, e ha detto: Nissuno sappia il motivo, per cui se' mandato da me, e quello ti ho ordinato: per questo ho detto alla mia gente di trovarsi nel tale, e tale luogo.And Dauid said to Achimelech the priest: The king hath commanded me a word and said: Let no man know the thing, for which thou art sent by me, and what maner precepts I haue geuen thee, for my seruantes also I haue appointed into such and such a place.Et ait David ad Achimelech sacerdotem: Rex præcepit mihi sermonem, et dixit: Nemo sciat rem propter quam missus es a me, et cujusmodi præcepta tibi dederim: nam et pueris condixi in illum et illum locum. 3Now therefore if thou have any thing at hand, though it were but five loaves, give me, or whatsoever thou canst find.Or se hai qualche cosa in pronto, quando non fossero se non cinque pani, dammeli: ovvero qualunque altra cosa potrai trovare.Now therfore if thou haue any thing at hand, yea if but fiue loaues, geue me or whatsoeuer thou shalt finde.Nunc ergo si quid habes ad manum, vel quinque panes, da mihi, aut quidquid inveneris. 4And 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?Ma il sacerdote rispose a David, e gli disse: Io non ho in pronto pane da laici, ma solamente del pane santo: se però la tua gente è pura, particolarmente rispetto a donne.And the priest answered Dauid, saying I haue no lay breads at hand, but only holy bread, if the seruants be cleane, especially from wemen?Et respondens sacerdos ad David, ait illi: Non habeo laicos panes ad manum, sed tantum panem sanctum: si mundi sunt pueri, maxime a mulieribus ?

5And 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.E David rispose al sacerdote, e gli disse: Certamente per quel che aspetta a donne, noi siamo stati continenti jeri, e jeri l'altro quando partimmo, e le vestimenta della mia gente sono state monde: veramente l'uso (di questi pani) ha del profano, ma sarà oggi purificato col lavare le vesti.And Dauid answered the priest, and said to him: And truly, if the matter be concerning wemen, we haue refrained our selues from yesterday and the day before, when we came forth, and the vessels of the seruants were holie. Moreouer this way is polluted, but it also shal be sanctified this day in the vessels.Et respondit David sacerdoti, et dixit ei: Equidem, si de mulieribus agitur: continuimus nos ab heri et nudiustertius quando egrediebamur, et fuerunt vasa puerorum sancta. Porro via hæc polluta est, sed et ipsa hodie sanctificabitur in vasis. 6The 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.Allora il sacerdote diede a lui il pane santificato: perocché altro pane non aveva egli, fuori che i pani della proposizione, i quali erano stati levati dalla presenza del Signore per mettervi i pani freschi.The priest therefore gaue him halowed bread; for neither was anie bread there, but only the loaues of proposition, which had bene taken away from the face of our Lord, that hoate loaues might be sette downe.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. 7Now 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.Or si trovò quivi in quel giorno dentro il tabernacolo del Signore un cert'uomo servo di Saul, che chiamavasi Doeg, Idumeo, il più facoltoso tra' pastori di Saul.And there was there a certaine man of the seruantes of Saul that day, within the tabernacle of our Lord: and his name was Doeg an Idumeite, the mighti•st of Saules pastours.Erat autem ibi vir quidam de servis Saul in die illa, intus in tabernaculo Domini: et nomen ejus Doëg Idumæus, potentissimus pastorum Saul. 8And 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.E Davidde disse ad Achimelech: Hai tu qui pronta una lancia, o una spada? perocché io non ho preso meco la mia spada, nè le mie armi: perchè il comando del re era pressante.And Dauid said to Achimelech: Hast thou here at hand a speare, or a sword? because myn owne sword, and myne owne weapons I tooke not with me. for the kings word hastened forward.Dixit autem David ad Achimelech: Si habes hic ad manum hastam aut gladium ? quia gladium meum et arma mea non tuli mecum: sermo enim regis urgebat.

9And 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 there is no other but this. And David said: There is none like that, give it me.E il sacerdote disse: Ecco qui la spada di Goliath, Filisteo, ucciso da te nella Valle di Terebinto, che è involta in un panno dietro all'Ephod: se vuoi prender questa, prendila: perchè altra fuori di questa non ci è. E David disse: Dammela: non havvene altra simile a questa.And the priest said: Loe here the sword of Goliath the Philistian, whom thou slewest in the Valley of terebinth, is wrapped vp in a mantel behind the Ephod: if thou wilt take this, take it. for neither is here any other beside that. And Dauid said: There is none other like to that, geue me it.Et dixit sacerdos: Ecce hic gladius Goliath Philisthæi, quem percussisti in Valle terebinthi: est involutus pallio post ephod: si istum vis tollere, tolle: neque enim hic est alius absque eo. Et ait David: Non est huic alter similis: da mihi eum. 10And David arose and fled that day from the face of Saul: and came to Achis, the king of Geth:Quindi David partì, e fuggì in quel giorno per timore di Saul, e andò a trovare Achis re di Geth:Dauid therefore arose, and fled that day from the face of Saul: and came to Achis the king of Geth,Surrexit itaque David, et fugit in die illa a facie Saul: et venit ad Achis regem Geth. 11And 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?E i servi di Achis veduto Davidde dissero al re: Non è egli costui quel Davidde re del (suo) paese? Non cantavan eglino in sua lode in mezzo alle danze, dicendo: Saul ne ha uccisi mille, e David dieci mila?and the seruantes of Achis said to him, when they had seene Dauid: Is not this Dauid the king of the land? Did they not sing in dances to this man saying: Saul stroke a thousand, and Dauid ten thousand?Dixeruntque servi Achis ad eum cum vidissent David: Numquid non iste est David rex terræ ? nonne huic cantabant per choros, dicentes: Percussit Saul mille, / et David decem millia ? 12But David laid up these words in his heart, and was exceedingly afraid at the face of Achis, the king of Geth.Ma David fece gran riflessione a queste parole, ed entrò in gran timore di Achis re di Geth.But Dauid put these wordes in his hart, and feared excedingly at the face of Achis the king of Geth.Posuit autem David sermones istos in corde suo, et extimuit valde a facie Achis regis Geth.

13And 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.E contraffece il suo volto dinanzi a coloro, e si lasciava cadere tra le loro mani, e urlava nelle porte, e gli scorrea la saliva per la barba.And he changed his countenance before them, and slipt downe betwen their handes: and he stumbled at the doores of the gate, & his spittle ranne downe vpon his bearde.Et immutavit os suum coram eis, et collabebatur inter manus eorum: et impingebat in ostia portæ, defluebantque salivæ ejus in barbam. 14And Achis said to his servants: You saw the man was mad: why have you brought him to me?E Achis disse a' suoi servi: Avete veduto che costui è uno scemo di cervello: perchè lo avete condotto a me?And Achis said to his seruantes: You haue seene the man madde: why haue you brought him to me?Et ait Achis ad servos suos: Vidistis hominem insanum: quare adduxistis eum ad me ? 15Have we need of mad men, that you have brought in this fellow, to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?Mancano a noi pazzi, che lo avete menato a far follie dinanzi a me? un tal personaggio entrerà egli in mia casa?Doe we lack madde men, that you haue brought in this felowe, to play the madde man in my presence? shal this man enter into my house?an desunt nobis furiosi, quod introduxistis istum, ut fureret me præsente ? hiccine ingredietur domum meam ?