Rotherham(i)
1 Then came David to Nob, unto Ahimelech, the priest,––and Ahimelech trembled when he met David, and said unto him––Why art thou, alone, and, no man, with thee?
2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest––The king, hath charged me with a matter, and hath said unto me––Let, no man, know aught of the business on which I am sending thee, and with which I have charged thee,––But, unto the young men, have I appointed, such and such a place.
3 Now, therefore, what is there under thy hand? Five loaves, give thou into my hand,––or, whatever can be found.
4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand,––but, hallowed bread, there is, if the young men have kept themselves, at least from women.
5 And David answered the priest and said to him––Of a truth, women, have been withheld from us, of late, through my coming out, and the wallets of the young men have become hallowed,––while [the bread], itself, is in a manner common, and the more so since, today, [there are other loaves] to be hallowed, in the vessel.
6 So the priest gave him hallowed [bread], ––because there was there no bread, save the Presence–Bread, which had to be removed from before Yahweh, to put hot bread, on the day when it should be taken away.
7 Now, in that very place, was a man of the servants of Saul, on that day, detained before Yahweh, whose name, was Doeg the Edomite,––chief of the shepherds that belonged unto Saul.
8 Then said David to Ahimelech, See whether there is here, under thy hand, a spear or a sword? for, neither my sword, nor my other weapons, did I take in my hand, for, the king’s business, was, urgent.
9 And the priest said: The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou didst smite in the vale of Elah, lo! that, is wrapped up in a cloth, behind the ephod, if, that, thou wilt take to thee, take it, for there is no other, save that, here. And David said––There is none, like it, give it me.