Liber Primus Samuelis

I Samuelis, chapter 26, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 26 Vulgate

   1 Et venerunt Ziphaei ad Saul in Gabaa dicentes: "Ecce David absconditus est in colle Hachila, quae est ex adverso solitudinis".
   2 Et surrexit Saul et descendit in desertum Ziph, et cum eo tria milia virorum de electis Israel, ut quaereret David in deserto Ziph.
   3 Et castrametatus est Saul in colle Hachila, quae erat ex adverso solitudinis in via. David autem habitabat in deserto; videns autem quod venisset Saul post se in desertum,
   4 misit exploratores et didicit quod illuc venisset certissime.
   5 Et surrexit David et venit ad locum, ubi erat Saul. Cumque vidisset locum, in quo dormiebat Saul et Abner filius Ner princeps militiae eius, Saulem dormientem in carragine et reliquum vulgus per circuitum eius,
   6 ait David ad Achimelech Hetthaeum et Abisai filium Sarviae fratrem Ioab dicens: "Quis descendet mecum ad Saul in castra?". Dixitque Abisai: "Ego descendam tecum".
   7 Venerunt ergo David et Abisai ad populum nocte et invenerunt Saul iacentem et dormientem in carragine et hastam fixam in terra ad caput eius, Abner autem et populum dormientes in circuitu eius.
   8 Dixitque Abisai ad David: "Conclusit Deus hodie inimicum tuum in manus tuas; nunc ergo perfodiam eum lancea in terra semel, et secundo opus non erit".
   9 Et dixit David ad Abisai: "Ne interficias eum; quis enim extendit manum suam in christum Domini et innocens erit?".
   10 Et dixit David: "Vivit Dominus quia Dominus percutiet eum, aut dies eius veniet, ut moriatur, aut in proelium descendens peribit.
   11 Propitius mihi sit Dominus, ne extendam manum meam in christum Domini. Nunc igitur tolle hastam, quae est ad caput eius, et scyphum aquae, et abeamus".
   12 Tulit ergo David hastam et scyphum aquae, qui erat ad caput Saul, et abierunt; et non erat quisquam, qui videret et intellegeret et vigilaret, sed omnes dormiebant, quia sopor Domini irruerat super eos.
   13 Cumque transisset David ex adverso et stetisset in vertice montis de longe, et esset grande intervallum inter eos,
   14 clamavit David ad populum et ad Abner filium Ner dicens: "Nonne respondebis, Abner?". Et respondens Abner ait: "Quis es tu? Clamasti ad regem!".
   15 Et ait David ad Abner: "Numquid non vir tu es? Et quis alius similis tui in Israel? Quare ergo non custodisti dominum tuum regem? Ingressus est enim unus de turba, ut interficeret regem dominum tuum.
   16 Non est bonum hoc, quod fecisti. Vivit Dominus quoniam filii mortis estis vos, qui non custodistis dominum vestrum, christum Domini. Nunc ergo vide, ubi sit hasta regis et ubi scyphus aquae, qui erat ad caput eius".
   17 Cognovit autem Saul vocem David et dixit: "Num vox tua haec est, fili mi David?". Et ait David: "Vox mea, domine mi rex".
   18 Et ait: "Quam ob causam dominus meus persequitur servum suum? Quid feci? Aut quod est in manu mea malum?
   19 Nunc ergo audiat, oro, dominus meus rex verba servi sui: Si Dominus incitat te adversum me, odoretur sacrificium; si autem filii hominum, maledicti sint in conspectu Domini, quia eiecerunt me hodie, ut non habitem in hereditate Domini dicentes: "Vade, servi diis alienis".
   20 Et nunc non effundatur sanguis meus in terra longe a facie Domini; quia egressus est rex Israel, ut quaerat pulicem unum, sicut persequitur quis perdicem in montibus".
   21 Et ait Saul: "Peccavi. Revertere, fili mi David; nequaquam enim ultra malefaciam tibi, eo quod pretiosa fuerit anima mea in oculis tuis hodie; apparet quod stulte egerim et erraverim multum nimis".
   22 Et respondens David ait: "Ecce hasta regis; transeat unus de pueris et tollat eam.
   23 Dominus autem retribuet unicuique secundum iustitiam suam et fidem; tradidit enim te Dominus hodie in manu mea, et nolui extendere manum meam in christum Domini.
   24 Et sicut magnificata est anima tua hodie in oculis meis, sic magnificetur anima mea in oculis Domini, et liberet me de omni angustia".
   25 Ait ergo Saul ad David: "Benedictus tu, fili mi David; et quidem faciens facies et potens poteris". Abiit autem David in viam suam, et Saul reversus est in locum suum.

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

King James Version

   1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
   2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
   3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
   4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
   5 ¶ And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.
   6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.
   7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
   8 Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.
   9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless?
   10 David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
   11 The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
   12 So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.
   13 ¶ Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them:
   14 And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king?
   15 And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.
   16 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD'S anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.
   17 And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.
   18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?
   19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
   20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
   21 ¶ Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
   22 And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.
   23 The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed.
   24 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.
   25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.