David going with the Philistines towards the war, 4. the princes urge and force the king to send him back.Dauid going with the Philistiims towards the warre, 4. the princes vrge and force the king to send him back.✦
Therefore all the companies of the Philistines were gathered together into Aphec: and Israel also camped upon the fountain, which was in Jezrahel.THEREFORE all the companies of the Philistijms were gathered together into Aphec: and Israel also camped vpon the fountaine, which was in Iezrahel.Congregata sunt ergo Philisthiim universa agmina in Aphec : sed et Israël castrametatus est super fontem qui erat in Jezrahel.
2And the princes indeed of the Philistines marched in hundreds and thousands: but David and his men were in the last company with Achis.And the princes in dede of the Philistijms marched in hundreds and thousandes: but Dauid and his men were in the last companie with Achis.Et satrapæ quidem Philisthiim incedebant in centuriis et millibus : David autem et viri ejus erant in novissimo agmine cum Achis.
3And the princes of the Philistines said to Achis: What mean these Hebrews? And Achis said to the princes of the Philistines: Do you not know David, which was the servant of Saul the king of Israel, and is with me many days, or years, and I have not found any thing in him, since the day that he fled to me, until this day?And the princes of the Philistijms sayd to Achis: What meane these Hebrewes? And Achis sayd to the princes of the Philistijms: Doe you not knowe Dauid, which was the seruant of Saul the king of Israel, and is with me manie daies, or yeares, and I haue not found any thing in him, since the day that he fled to me, vntil this day?✦Dixeruntque principes Philisthiim ad Achis : Quid sibi volunt Hebræi isti ? Et ait Achis ad principes Philisthiim : Num ignoratis David, qui fuit servus Saul regis Israël, et est apud me multis diebus, vel annis, et non inveni in eo quidquam ex die qua transfugit ad me usque ad diem hanc ?
4But the princes of the Philistines were angry against him, and said to him: Let this man return, and abide in his place, wherein thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us into battle, lest he become an adversary to us, when we shall begin to fight: for how can he otherwise pacify his lord, but in our capitibus: i.e. at the cost of our lives, by our severed heads?But the princes of the Philistijms were angrie against him, and sayd to him: Let this man returne, and abide in his place, wherein thou hast appointed him, and let him not goe downe with vs into battel, lest he become an aduersarie to vs, when we shal beginne to fight: for how can he otherwise pacifie his lord, but in our heades?✦Irati sunt autem adversus eum principes Philisthiim, et dixerunt ei : Revertatur vir iste, et sedeat in loco suo in quo constituisti eum, et non descendat nobiscum in prælium, ne fiat nobis adversarius, cum præliari cœperimus : quomodo enim aliter poterit placare dominum suum, nisi in capitibus nostris ?
5Is not this David, to whom they sang in dances, saying: Saul hath percussit: struck, smote his thousands, and David his ten thousands?Is not this Dauid, to whom they sang in dances, saying: Saul hath strooke his thousandes, & Dauid his ten thousandes?Nonne iste est David, cui cantabant in choris, dicentes : Percussit Saul in millibus suis, et David in decem millibus suis ?
6Achis therefore called David, and said to him: The Lord liveth, thou art just, and good in my sight: and thy going out, and thy coming in is with me in the camp: and I have not found in thee any evil, since the day thou camest to me until this day: but thou pleasest not the nobles.Achis therefore called Dauid, and sayd to him: The Lord liueth, thou art iust, and good in my sight: and thy going out, & thy coming in is with me in the campe: and I haue not found in thee any euil, since the day thou camest to me vntil this day: but thou pleasest not the nobles.Vocavit ergo Achis David, et ait ei : Vivit Dominus, quia rectus es tu, et bonus in conspectu meo : et exitus tuus, et introitus tuus mecum est in castris : et non inveni in te quidquam mali ex die qua venisti ad me usque in diem hanc : sed satrapis non places.
7Return therefore, and go in peace, and offend not the eyes of the princes of the Philistines.Returne therefore, and goe in peace, and offend not the eyes of the princes of the Philistijms.Revertere ergo, et vade in pace, et non offendas oculos satraparum Philisthiim.
8And David said to Achis: For what have I done, and what hast thou found in me thy servant, since the day that I have been in thy sight, until this day, that I may not come, and fight against the enemies of my lord the King?And Dauid sayd to Achis: For what haue I done, and what hast thou found in me thy seruant, since the day that I haue beene in thy sight, vntil this day, that I may not come, and fight against the enemies of my lord the King?Dixitque David ad Achis : Quid enim feci, et quid invenisti in me servo tuo, a die qua fui in conspectu tuo usque in diem hanc, ut non veniam et pugnem contra inimicos domini mei regis ?
9And Achis answering spake to David: I know that thou art good in my sight, as an Angel of God: but the princes of the Philistines have said: He shall not go up with us into battle.And Achis answering spake to Dauid: I knowe that thou art good in my sight, as an Angel of God: but the princes of the Philistijms haue sayd: He shal not goe vp with vs into battel.✦Respondens autem Achis, locutus est ad David : Scio quia bonus es tu in oculis meis, sicut angelus Dei : sed principes Philisthinorum dixerunt : Non ascendet nobiscum in prælium.
10Therefore arise in the morning, thou, and the servants of thy lord, which came with thee: and when you are risen in the night, and it shall begin to wax light, go forward.Therefore arise in the morning, thou, and the seruantes of thy lord, which came with thee: and when you are risen in the night, and it shal beginne to waxe light, goe forward.Igitur consurge mane tu, et servi domini tui qui venerunt tecum : et cum de nocte surrexeritis, et cœperit dilucescere, pergite.
11David therefore arose in the night, he and his men, that they might set forward in the morning, and return to the land of the Philistines: and the Philistines went up into Jezrahel.Dauid therefore arose in the night, he and his men, that they might sette forward in the morning, and returne to the land of the Philistijms: and the Philistijms went vp into Iezrahel.Surrexit itaque de nocte David, ipse et viri ejus, ut proficiscerentur mane, et reverterentur ad terram Philisthiim : Philisthiim autem ascenderunt in Jezrahel.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.