1.Samuel 27 | English Standard Version Segond 21

1.Samuel 27 | English Standard Version

David Flees to the Philistines

1 Then David said in his heart, “Now I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.” 2 So David arose and went over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath. 3 And David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, Nabal’s widow. 4 And when it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, he no longer sought him. 5 Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let a place be given me in one of the country towns, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?” 6 So that day Achish gave him Ziklag. Therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day. 7 And the number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months. 8 Now David and his men went up and made raids against the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites, for these were the inhabitants of the land from of old, as far as Shur, to the land of Egypt. 9 And David would strike the land and would leave neither man nor woman alive, but would take away the sheep, the oxen, the donkeys, the camels, and the garments, and come back to Achish. 10 When Achish asked, “Where have you made a raid today?” David would say, “Against the Negeb of Judah,” or, “Against the Negeb of the Jerahmeelites,” or, “Against the Negeb of the Kenites.” 11 And David would leave neither man nor woman alive to bring news to Gath, thinking, “lest they should tell about us and say, ‘So David has done.’” Such was his custom all the while he lived in the country of the Philistines. 12 And Achish trusted David, thinking, “He has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel; therefore he shall always be my servant.”

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Segond 21

David chez les Philistins

1 David se dit: «Je serai un jour supprimé par Saül. Je n'ai rien de mieux à faire que de me réfugier au pays des Philistins afin que Saül renonce à me chercher encore dans tout le territoire d'Israël. Ainsi, je lui échapperai.» 2 David se leva avec ses 600 compagnons, et ils passèrent chez Akish, fils de Maoc, roi de Gath. 3 David et ses hommes restèrent à Gath vers Akish. Ils avaient chacun leur famille et David avait ses deux femmes, Achinoam de Jizreel et Abigaïl de Carmel, la femme de Nabal. 4 Informé que David s'était enfui à Gath, Saül cessa de le chercher. 5 David dit à Akish: «Si j'ai trouvé grâce à tes yeux, qu'on me donne dans l'une des villes du pays un endroit où je puisse habiter. Pourquoi ton serviteur habiterait-il avec toi dans la ville royale?» 6 Ce jour-là, Akish lui donna Tsiklag. C'est pourquoi Tsiklag a appartenu aux rois de Juda jusqu'à aujourd'hui. 7 David resta dans le pays des Philistins durant un an et quatre mois. 8 David et ses hommes montaient et faisaient des raids chez les Gueshuriens, les Guirziens et les Amalécites. Ces nations habitaient la région depuis l'Antiquité, du côté de Shur et jusqu'en Egypte. 9 David dévasta cette région. Il ne laissait en vie ni homme ni femme et il enlevait les brebis, les bœufs, les ânes, les chameaux et les vêtements avant de retourner chez Akish. 10 Akish demandait: «Où avez-vous fait vos coups aujourd'hui?» David répondait: «Dans le sud de Juda, des Jerachmeélites et des Kéniens.» 11 David ne laissait ni homme ni femme en vie pour les amener à Gath. Il pensait en effet: «Ils pourraient parler contre nous et dire: ‘Voilà ce que David a fait.’» Ce fut sa manière d'agir durant tout le temps où il habita dans le pays des Philistins. 12 Akish se fiait à David et se disait: «Il provoque le dégoût d'Israël, son peuple, et il sera pour toujours mon serviteur.»