In case of necessity Achimelech the priest giveth hallowed bread to David, 8. also the sword which he had taken from Goliath. 10. then David going to Achis king of Geth, is forced to feign himself mad.In case of necessitie Achimelech the priest giueth halowed bread to Dauid, 8. also the sword which he had taken from Goliath. 10. then Dauid going to Achis king of Geth, is forced to faine himself madde.✦
And David came into Nobe to Achimelech the priest: & Achimelech was astonished, because David was come. And he said to him: Why thou alone, and none is with thee?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 word and said: Let no man know the thing, for which thou art sent by me, and what manner precepts I have given thee, for my servants also I have appointed into such and such a place.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 giuen 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, yea if but five loaves, give me, or whatsoever thou shalt find.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 laicos: common, not consecrated, not clergy breads at hand, but only holy bread, if the servants be clean, especially from women?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: And truly, if the matter be concerning women, we have refrained ourselves from yesterday and the day before, when we came forth, and the vessels of the servants were holy. Moreover this way is polluted, but it also shall be sanctified this day in the vessels.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 neither was any bread there, but only the loaves of propositionis: the loaves of shewbread set forth before the Lord, which had been taken away from the face of our Lord, that hot loaves might be set down.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 hote 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.
7And there was then a certain man of the servants of Saul that day, within the tabernacle of our Lord: and his name was Doeg an Idumean, the mightiest of Saul's pastorum: herdsmen, keepers of livestock, not clergy.And there was then a certaine man of the seruantes of Saul that day, within the tabernacle of our Lord: and his name was Doeg an Idumeite, the mightiest of Saules pastoures.✦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? because I took not with me mine own sword, and mine own weapons: for the king's word hastened forward.And Dauid said to Achimelech: Hast thou here at hand a speare, or a sword? because I tooke not with me myn owne sword, and myne owne weapons: 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 the sword of Goliath the Philisthian, whom thou slewest in the Valley of terebinth, is wrapped up in a mantle behind the Ephod: if thou wilt take this, take it. for neither is here any other beside that. And David said: There is none other like to that, give me it.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.
10David therefore arose, and fled that day from the face of Saul: and came to Achis the king of 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 said to him, when they had seen David: Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing in dances to this man saying: Saul stroke a thousand, and David ten thousand?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 put these words in his heart, and feared exceedingly at the face of Achis the king of Geth.But Dauid put these wordes in his hart, and feared exceedingly 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 slipped down between their hands: and he stumbled at the doors of the gate, & his spittle ran down upon his beard.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 have seen the man mad: why have you brought him to 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 ?
15Do we lack mad men, that you have brought in this fellow, to play the mad man in my presence? shall this man enter into my house?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 ?
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.