| Vers | Afrikaans 1953 † | English: King James Version |
| 1 | Intussen is aan Dawid meegedeel en gesê: Kyk, die Filistyne veg teen Kehíla, en hulle plunder die dorsvloere. | Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors. |
| 2 | Toe raadpleeg Dawid die HERE en vra: Sal ek gaan en daardie Filistyne verslaan? En die HERE sê vir Dawid: Gaan en verslaan die Filistyne en verlos Kehíla. | Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. |
| 3 | Maar die manne van Dawid sê vir hom: Kyk, hier in Juda is ons al bevrees, hoeveel te meer dan as ons na Kehíla trek teen die slagordes van die Filistyne? | And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines? |
| 4 | Toe raadpleeg Dawid die HERE nog weer, en die HERE het hom geantwoord en gesê: Maak klaar, trek af na Kehíla, want Ek gee die Filistyne in jou hand. | Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand. |
| 5 | Daarom het Dawid met sy manne na Kehíla getrek en teen die Filistyne geveg en hulle vee weggedrywe en 'n groot slag onder hulle geslaan. So het Dawid dan die inwoners van Kehíla verlos. | So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. |
| 6 | (By die vlug van Abjatar, die seun van Ahiméleg, na Dawid, het hy na Kehíla afgekom met die skouerkleed by hom.) | And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand. |
| 7 | Daarop kry Saul berig dat Dawid in Kehíla gekom het, en Saul sê: God het hom in my hand oorgelewer, want hy het homself opgesluit deurdat hy in 'n stad met poorte en grendels ingegaan het. | And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars. |
| 8 | Daarom het Saul al die manskappe vir die geveg opgeroep om af te trek na Kehíla ten einde Dawid en sy manne in te sluit. | And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. |
| 9 | Toe Dawid gewaar dat Saul onheil teen hom beraam, sê hy aan die priester Abjatar: Bring die skouerkleed nader. | And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. |
| 10 | En Dawid sê: HERE, God van Israel, u kneg het verseker gehoor dat Saul na Kehíla wil trek om die stad om my ontwil te verwoes. | Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. |
| 11 | Sal die burgers van Kehíla my in sy hand uitlewer? Sal Saul afkom soos u kneg verneem het? HERE, God van Israel, gee u kneg dit tog te kenne! Toe antwoord die HERE: Hy sal afkom. | Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down. |
| 12 | Daarop sê Dawid: Sal die burgers van Kehíla my en my manne in die hand van Saul uitlewer? En die HERE antwoord: Hulle sal uitlewer. | Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up. |
| 13 | En Dawid het klaargemaak met sy manne, omtrent ses honderd man--hulle het uit Kehíla uitgetrek en rondgetrek waar hulle maar kon. Toe Saul berig ontvang dat Dawid uit Kehíla ontsnap het, het hy opgehou om uit te trek. | Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth. |
| 14 | En Dawid het gebly in die woestyn, in die bergvestings, ook op die gebergte in die woestyn Sif; en Saul het hom aldae gesoek, maar God het hom nie in sy hand oorgegee nie. | And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. |
| 15 | Maar Dawid het bemerk dat Saul uittrek om sy lewe te soek. Dawid was naamlik in die woestyn Sif, in Hores. | And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. |
| 16 | Daarop het Jónatan, die seun van Saul, hom klaargemaak en na Dawid in Hores gegaan. En hy het hom bemoedig in God | And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. |
| 17 | en vir hom gesê: Vrees nie, want die hand van Saul, my vader, sal jou nie vind nie, maar jy sal koning word oor Israel, en ek sal die tweede onder jou wees; en my vader Saul weet dit ook goed. | And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth. |
| 18 | Toe sluit hulle twee 'n verbond voor die aangesig van die HERE; en Dawid het in Hores gebly, maar Jónatan het na sy huis gegaan. | And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. |
| 19 | Daarna het daar Sifiete opgegaan na Saul, na Gíbea, en gesê: Steek Dawid hom nie weg by ons in die bergvestings, in Hores, op die heuwel Hagíla wat suid van die wildernis lê nie? | Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? |
| 20 | En is dit nou na u hartelus om af te kom, o koning, kom dan af, en ons sal sorg om hom in die hand van die koning uit te lewer. | Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand. |
| 21 | En Saul sê: Mag julle geseënd wees deur die HERE, omdat julle medelyde met my gehad het. | And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me. |
| 22 | Gaan tog heen, maak verder klaar en ondersoek en bekyk die plek waar sy spoor is, wie hom daar gesien het; want aan my is gesê dat hy baie listig is. | Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly. |
| 23 | Daarom, bekyk en ondersoek al die skuilplekke waar hy hom wegsteek, en kom verseker na my terug, dan sal ek met julle saamgaan; en as hy in die land is, sal ek hom opspoor onder al die geslagte van Juda. | See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughou |
| 24 | En hulle het klaargemaak en voor Saul uit na Sif gegaan, terwyl Dawid en sy manne in die woestyn Maon was, in die Vlakte suid van die wildernis. | And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon. |
| 25 | Toe Saul met sy manne trek om hom te soek, is dit aan Dawid geboodskap; daarom het hy afgetrek na die rots en in die woestyn Maon gebly. Maar Saul het dit gehoor en Dawid agternagejaag, die woestyn Maon in. | Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon. |
| 26 | En Saul het aan hierdie kant van die berg getrek, maar Dawid met sy manne was aan die ander kant van die berg. En toe Dawid in angs vlug om van Saul weg te kom, terwyl Saul en sy manne Dawid en sy manne omsingel om hulle te vang, | And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them. |
| 27 | kom daar 'n boodskapper by Saul en sê: Maak gou en kom, want die Filistyne het 'n inval in die land gedoen. | But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land. |
| 28 | Daarop het Saul omgedraai en Dawid nie meer agternagejaag nie, maar die Filistyne tegemoetgetrek. Daarom noem hulle daardie plek Rots van Skeiding. | Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth. |
| 29 | And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi. |