1 Sa:miuele 17
1 Filisidini dunu da Isala: ili dunuma gegemusa: , Sougou moilai, Yuda soge ganodini, amoga gilisi. Ilia da Sougou moilaigale Asiga moilai bai bagadegale, sogebi dio Ifesida: mine amogai awalia wa: i fi.
The Philistines gathered their army [to fight the Israeli army]. They gathered together near Socoh, in the area where the descendants of Judah lived. They set up their tents at Ephes-Dammim, which is between Socoh and Azekah.
2 Solo amola Isala: ili dunu da mogodigili asili, Ila fago amogai awalia asi wa: i fi. Amogai ilia da Filisidini dunuma gegemusa: momagei.
Saul gathered the Israeli army near Elah Valley, and they set up their tents. Then they all took their places, ready to fight the Philistines.
3 Filisidini dunu ilia da na: iyado goaga dadalele aliligi amola Isala: ili dunu ilia da la: idi goa amoga dadalei. Ili dogoa amogai da hano fago dialu.
So the Philistine and Israeli armies faced each other. They were on two hills, with a valley between them.
4 Dunu ea dio amo Goulaia: de (Ga: de moilai bai bagade fi dunu), e da Filisidini awalia wa: i amogainini misini, Isala: ili dunuma gegemusa: manebe ba: i. E da dunu sedadedafa, 3 mida defei gadenene ba: i.
Then Goliath, from Gath [city], came out from the Philistine camp. He was a champion warrior/soldier. He was (over 9 feet/3 meters) tall.
5 Amola e da balasega hamoi da: igene ga: su ea dioi defei 57 gilougala: me agoane ga: i, amola balasega hamoi habuga figisi.
He wore a helmet made of bronze [to protect his head], and he wore a coat made of metal plates [to protect his body]. The coat weighed (125 pounds/56 kg.).
6 Ea emo gia: ni da balasega hamoi liligi amoga ga: i amola e da balasega hamoi goge agei gisawane ahoanebe ba: i.
He wore bronze guards/protectors on his legs. He had a long bronze dagger fastened on his back.
7 Ea goge agei ea gadugagi defei da abula amunasu masini fanu ea defei amo defele galu, amola goge agei si da gulaga hamoi amo ea dioi defei da7gilogala: me agoane ba: i. Dadi gagui dunu afae da ea da: igene ga: su hamoi gisawane hina midududi ahoanebe ba: i.
He also had a big spear. It had a cord on it to enable him to throw it better (OR, which was as thick as a weaver’s beam). The tip of the spear was made of iron and weighed (15 pounds/almost 7 kg.). A soldier carrying a huge shield walked in front of him.
8 Goulaia: de da amoi aligili, Isala: ili dunuma wele sia: i, “Dilia da gogai adi hamonanebela: ? Abuli ludumusa: dadalebela: ? Na da Filisidini dunu, be dilia da Solo ea udigili hawa: hamosu dunu fawane. Dilia dunu afae nama gegena misa: ne ilegema.”
Goliath stood there and shouted to the Israeli army, “Why are you all lined up for battle? I am the great Philistine [soldier], and I think [RHQ] you are [merely] Saul’s slaves. Choose one man to fight for all of you, and send him down here to me!
9 E da na hasalawene medole legesea, ninia da dilia udigili hawa: hamosu dunu esalumu. Be na da e hasalawene medole legesea, dilia da ninia udigili hawa: hamosu dunu esalumu.
If he fights with me and kills me, then my fellow Philistines will all be your slaves. But if I defeat him and kill him, then you Israelis will all be our slaves.
10 Waha na da Isala: ili dadi gagui dunuma gegemusa: lelebe wea. Dilia dunu afae ani dabemusa: misa: ne ilegema.”
I defy/challenge you men of the Israeli army. Send me a man who will fight with me!”
11 Solo amola ea dunu ilia da amo sia: nababeba: le, bagadewane beda: gia: i.
When Saul and all the Israeli soldiers heard that, they were extremely terrified [DOU].
12 Da: ibidi da Yesi ea mano galu. Amola Yesi da Efala: de fi dunu. Ea moilai da Bedeleheme, amo da Yuda soge ganodini. Yesi egefelali da godoane galu. Amola Solo ea Isala: ili ouligibi galu, Yesi da da: i hamoi ba: i.
David was the son of Jesse. Jesse was from the clan of Ephrath. He lived in Bethlehem, in the area where the descendants of Judah lived. Jesse had eight sons. When Saul [was king], Jesse had already become a very old man [DOU].
13 Ea magobo mano udiana da Solo ili galu gegena asi. Ea magobo mano da Ilaia: be. Amo baligia da Abinada: be amola amo baligia da Siama.
Jesse’s three oldest sons, Eliab and Abinadab and Shammah, had gone with Saul to fight [the Philistines].
14 Da: ibidi da ufidafa mano galu, be yolalali udiana da Sololali esalu.
David was Jesse’s youngest son. While his three oldest brothers were with Saul,
15 Da: ibidi da ili yolesili, Bedelehemega eda ea sibi mano fofoia ouligila afufulalusu.
David went back and forth: Sometimes he went to Saul’s camp, and sometimes he stayed in Bethlehem to take care of his father’s sheep.
16 Goulaia: de da Isala: ili dunuma eso huluane hahabe amola daeya gebewane gegena afufulala eso 40 agoane baligi.
For 40 days Goliath came out from the Philistine camp and stood there [taunting the Israeli army/telling the Israelis to choose one man to fight with him]. He did it twice each day, once in the morning and once in the evening.
17 Ha afaega Yesi da Da: ibidima amane sia: i, “Di da widi ha: i manu egegele gobei dabaga sali ea dioi defei10 gilougala: me amola agi ga: gi gobei nabuane agoane, go gaguli hedolo diolalalima awalia fi diasua masa.
[One day], Jesse said to David, “Here is a sack of roasted grain and ten loaves of bread. Take these quickly to your [older] brothers.
18 Amola dodo maga: mega hamoi gou nabuane gala, amo dadi gagui ouligisu dunuma ima: ne gaguli masa. Diolalali ilia hamonanebe hou ba: lu, ilia hamonanebe hou na dawa: digima: ne, liligi nama gaguli misa.
And here are ten large chunks of cheese. Take them to their commander. And see how things are going with your [older] brothers. Then [if they are okay, ] bring back something to show they are all right.”
19 Isala: ili hina bagade Solo, yolalali amola eno Isala: ili dunu huluane ilia da Ila fago amo gudu Filisidini dunu bisili gegenana.”
His brothers were with Saul and all the other Israeli soldiers, camped alongside Elah Valley, [preparing to] fight the Philistines.
20 Da: ibidi da golale, hahabedafa wa: legadole, sibi enoga ouligima: ne yolesilalu, Yesi ea sia: i defele, ha: i manu adoi amo gaguli asi. E da Isala: ili awali fia amogai doaga: loba, Isala: ili dadi gagui hulududusa gegena ahoanebe ba: i.
So David arranged for another shepherd to take care of the sheep. Early the next morning he took the food and went to the Israeli camp, as Jesse told him to do. He arrived there just as the Israeli soldiers were forming their ranks and going out to the battlefield. As they went, they were shouting a war cry.
21 Isala: ili dadi gagui dunu amola Filisidini dadi gagui dunu ilia da gegemusa: , soge lale gagale, sisima: sodole lelefulubi ba: i.
The Philistine army and the Israeli army stood [on the hillsides], facing each other, ready for the battle.
22 Da: ibidi da ha: i manu gagui, amo ha: i manu ouligisu ilima iasilalu, gegesu alalo da: iya gusu hehenane asili, yolalali defea esalabela: le naba ba: i.
David gave the food to the man who was taking care of the war equipment. [He told him to take care of the food that he brought], and then he went and greeted his older brothers.
23 E da ilima sia: nanoba, Goulaia: de da hi musa: amasu amane misini, Isala: ili dunu ema dabemusa: , dunu afae ilegema: ne sia: i. Amola, amo sia: Da: ibidi da nabi.
While he was talking with them, he saw Goliath coming out from among the Philistine soldiers, shouting [to the Israelis], challenging them [to send a man to fight him]. David heard what Goliath was saying.
24 Isala: ili dunu da Goulaia: de ba: beba: le, beda: ga hobeale afia: i.
When all the Israeli soldiers saw Goliath, they were terrified and started to ran away.
25 Ilia da ilisu amane adosa: i, “Ema ba: ma! Ea dabemusa: sia: amo nabima! Hina Solo da nowa dunu Goulaia: de goma medole legesea, amogili bidi bagade imunusa: ilegei diala. Amola e da amo dunuma idiwi imunu, amola ea eda ea fi dunuma su (‘da: gisi’) hame edegemu.”
They were saying to each other, “Look at him coming up toward us! And listen to him as he defies us Israelis! The king says that he will give a big reward to whoever kills this man. He also says that he will give his daughter to that man for him to marry her, and that he will no longer require that man’s family to pay taxes.”
26 Da: ibidi da dunu e gadenene lelu ilima adole ba: i, “Nowa dunu da amo Filisidini dunu fane legele, Isala: ili dunu ilia gogosiasu we fadegalesisia, adi bidi lama: bela: ? Amo Filisidini dunu da Gode Ea hou hamedafa dawa: E da abuliba: le Esalebe Gode Ea dadi gagui wa: i ilima hasalimusa: sia: sala: ?”
David talked to some of the men who were standing near him. He said, “What will be given to whoever kills this Philistine and frees us Israelis from this shame/disgrace? And who [does] this heathen Philistine [think he] is, defying/ridiculing the army that serves the all-powerful God?”
27 Amalalu, ilia da ema nowa dunu da Goulaia: de fane legesea, bidi lamu amo adodole i.
They told him the same thing that the other men had said, about what the king would do for anyone who killed Goliath.
28 Ilaia: be, Da: ibidi eaola magobo da Da: ibidi eno dunuma sia: dalebe nabi. E da Da: ibidima ougili amane sia: i, “Di da goega: i adi hamonanebela: ? Dia sibi hisu wadela: ia lelefulubi amo nowa da ouligisala: ? Di da sia: lelesu mano agoai! Di da gegebe ba: musa: fawane misi!”
But when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard David talking to the men, he was angry. He said to David, “Why have you come down here? Is someone taking care of those few sheep that you left in the desert? I know you are just a (smart-aleck/brat)! You just want to watch the battle!”
29 Da: ibidi da amane sia: i, “Na da waha adi hamobela: ? Na da adole ba: su hame adole ba: mu galula: ?”
David replied, “Have I done something wrong? I was merely asking a question!”
30 E da dunu enoma ba: leganone, ea musa: sia: i defele adole ba: i. Amola dunu huluane e da ilima adole ba: loba, ilia da musa: nabi sia: i amo defele ema bu adole i.
Then he walked over to another man and asked him the same question, but the man gave him the same answer. Each time he asked someone, he received the same answer.
31 Dunu oda ilia da Da: ibidi ea sia: i nabalu, Soloma adoi. Solo da Da: ibidi ema misa: ne sia: si.
Finally, someone told king Saul what David had asked, and Saul sent someone to bring David to him.
32 Da: ibidi da Soloma amane sia: i, “Hina noga: i bagade! Dunu da amo Filisidini dunuba: le beda: mu da defea hame. Na da ema gegena masunu.”
David told king Saul, “No one should (worry/become a coward) because of that Philistine man. I will go and fight with him!”
33 Solo bu adole i, “Hame amamu! Dia da ema habodane gegema: bela: ? Di da goi fonobahadidafa. Be e da musa: ganini dadi gagui dunu esalusu.”
Saul said to David, “You are only a young man, and he has been a very capable soldier all his life. So you are not able to go and fight with him!”
34 Da: ibidi da amane sia: i, “Hina noga: i bagade! Na da nada ea sibi ouligilala. Laione wa: me o bea wa: me da na sibi mano mini ahoa,
David replied, “I have been taking care of my father’s sheep [for many years]. Whenever a lion or a bear came and carried away a lamb,
35 na da fa: no bobogele asili, doagala: le, amola sibi mano amo samogesa. Amola laione wa: me o bea da na doagala: sea, na da ea galogoa gaguli fane legesa.
I went after the lion or the bear and attacked it and rescued the lamb from the wild animal’s mouth. Then I grabbed the animal by its jaw/throat and struck it and killed it.
36 Na da laione wa: me amola bea wa: me fane legesu dawa: Amola na da amanewane amo Gode Ea hou higa: i Filisidini dunu (e da Esalebe Godedafa Ea dadi gagui wa: i amo hasalimusa: halale sia: sa) amo defele fane legemu.
I have killed both lions and bears. And [I will do] the same to this heathen Philistine, because he has defied/ridiculed the army of the all-powerful God!
37 Hina Gode da na laione wa: me amola bea wa: me amo na fasa: besa: le noga: le gaga: i. Amaiba: le, e da na Filisidini dunu amo ea fasa: besa: le amanewane gaga: mu.” Solo da amane sia: i, “Amai galea defea! Masa! Hina Gode ali masunu da defea.”
Yahweh has rescued me from paws of lions and bears, and he will rescue me from this Philistine!” Then Saul said to David, “All right, go [and fight him], and [I hope/desire] that Yahweh will help you!”
38 Solo da hina da: igene ga: su salasu amo gigisa: le, Da: ibidi ea ga: ma: ne i. E da balasega hamoi habuga Da: ibidi ea dialuma da: iya figisi.
Then Saul gave to David his own clothes that he always wore in battles, and he gave him a bronze helmet and a coat made of metal plates.
39 Da: ibidi da Solo ea gegesu gobihei sedade amo lale, sogoha: bisini adoba: le, ahoa ba: i. Be hamedeiba: le, bu gigisa: le fasi. Bai e da afae amai hame gaga: suba: le. E da Soloma amane sia: i, “Na da welawane gegemu hame wea. Na da goai hame dawa: digi.” Amaiba: le, e da hulu gigisa: le fasi.
David [put these things on. Then he] fastened his sword over them, and tried to walk. But he could not walk, because he was not accustomed to wearing those things. So David said to Saul, “I cannot fight wearing all these things, because I am not accustomed to [wearing] them!” So he took them off.
40 E da hi sibi ouligisu galiamo lale gadole, amo gele fofoloi biyale hanoa dialebe lalegadole, hina esaga sali. E da ea ga: muga: dadi gaguli, Goulaia: dema gagadenena heda: i.
Then he took his walking/shepherd’s stick, and he picked up five smooth stones from the brook/stream. He put them in the pouch of his shoulder-bag. Then he put his sling in his hand and started walking toward Goliath.
41 Filisidini dunu da muni Da: ibidima gagadenena manebe ba: i, amola ea da: igene ga: su gagusu dunu da bisili ahoanebe ba: i. E da gebewane gagadenena manu.
Goliath walked toward David, with the soldier who was carrying his shield walking in front of him. When he got near David,
42 Goulaia: de da Da: ibidi noga: le ba: loba, e da Da: ibidi higale ba: i. Bai e da goi ayeligi noga: idafa ba: i.
he looked at David closely. He saw that David had a handsome face and healthy body, but that he was only a young man. So he sneered at David.
43 E Da: ibidima amane sia: i, “Ifa agoega da abulimusa: la: ? Di adi dawa: bela: ? Na da wa: mela: ?” Amola e da Da: ibidima ea ogogosu ‘gode’ ea dioba: le gogosele gagabuli sia: i.
He said to David, “Are you coming to me with a stick because [you think that] I am a dog?” Then he called out to his gods to harm David.
44 E da Da: ibidima amane sia: i, “Misa! Na da dia da: i hodo sio amola ohe ilia moma: ne imunu.”
He said to David, “Come here to me, and I will [kill you and] give your dead body to the birds and wild animals to eat!”
45 Da: ibidi da bu adole i, “Di da nama gegesu gobihei sedade, goge agei bagade amola goge agei fonobahadi gagaguli gegena maha. Be na da Hina Gode Bagadedafa, Isala: ili dadi gagui wa: i amo di da hidale hasalimusa: sia: i, amo Ea Dioba: le dima gegena maha.
David replied, “You are coming to me with a sword and a dagger and a spear. But I am coming to you (in the name/with the authority) of almighty Yahweh. He is the God whom the army of Israel [worships], and he is the God whom you have defied/ridiculed.
46 Wali esogawane, Hina Gode da Ea gasaga di na lobo da: iya legela heda: mu. Na da di hasalasimu amola dia dialuma damuni fasimu. Amola na da Filisidini dadi gagui dunu ilia da: i hodo sio fi amola ohe fi ilia moma: ne imunu. Amalalu, osobo bagade fifi asi gala huluane da Isala: ili dunu da Gode galebeya dawa: mu.
Today Yahweh will enable me to defeat you. I will strike you down and cut off your head. And [we Israelis will kill] many Philistine [soldiers and] give their bodies to the birds and wild animals to eat. And everyone in the world will [hear about it and] know that we Israeli people worship an [all-powerful] God.
47 Amola dunu huluane goeguda: esalebe da Hina Gode da Ea fi gaga: musa: gegesea, gegesu gobihei sedade amola goge agei amoga hame gegesa. E da gegesea, Ea fawane da hasalasa. Amola E da dili huluane ninia lobo da: iya legela heda: mu.”
And everyone here will know that Yahweh can rescue people without a sword or a spear. Yahweh always wins his battles, and he will enable us to defeat all of you [Philistines].”
48 Goulaia: de da bu Da: ibidima gadenena heda: i, amola Da: ibidi da hedolowane Filisidini gegesu alalo da: iya gusu hehenane ema gegemusa: heda: i.
As Goliath came closer to attack David, David ran quickly toward him.
49 E da hina: esa gelaba lobo sa: ili, gele lale gadole, amoga ga: muga: dadi dili Goulaia: dema fisia gusui. Gele da heda: le, Goulaia: de ea odagia ludawene, gasa fili, e da mi guduli gala: la sa: i.
He put his hand into his shoulder-bag and took out one stone. He [put it in his sling and] hurled it toward Goliath. The stone hit Goliath on the forehead and penetrated his skull, and he fell face down onto the ground.
50 Amaimo, gegesu gobihei amoga mae gegene, Da: ibidi da hasalawene ga: muga: dadiga gala: le legei.
Then David ran and stood over Goliath. He pulled Goliath’s sword from its sheath and killed him with it, and then cut off his head. In that way David defeated the Philistine without having his own sword. He used [only] a sling and a stone! When the other Philistines saw that their great warrior was dead, they ran away.
51 Da: ibidi da ema hehenane gusuli, e da: iya aligila heda: le, Goulaia: de ea gegesu gobihei ea salasu amoga duga: le gadole, Goulaia: de ea dialuma damuni fasili, medole legei. Filisidini dunu da ilia bisilua da bogoi dagoi ba: beba: le, ilia da hobeale afia: i.
52 Isala: ili amola Yuda dunu da halale ili se bobogei. Ilia da Filisidini dunu da faiga amola helega logoba: le sidigia: i. Gegesu da misini Sia: iala: ime moilai doaga: mu logoga ahoana, Ga: de moilai bai bagade amola Egelone moilai bai bagadega doaga: i.
The Israeli men shouted and ran after them. They pursued them all the way to Gath and to the gates of Ekron [city]. They struck them as they went, with the result that dead/wounded Philistines were lying on the road all the way from Shaaraim to Gath and Ekron [towns].
53 Isala: ili dunu da Filisidini dunu se bobogelalu misini, Filisidini ilia ha wa: i fisisu liligi huluane halale lidi.
When the Israelis returned from chasing the Philistines, they (plundered/took everything from) the Philistine camp.
54 Da: ibidi da Goulaia: de ea dialuma lale gadole, Yelusaleme moilai bai bagadega gaguli asi. Be Goulaia: de ea gegesu liligi, e da ea abula diasu amo ganodini ligisi.
David later took the head of Goliath to Jerusalem, but he kept Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.
55 Solo da Da: ibidi amo Goulaia: dema gegemusa: ahoanebe ba: loba, e da ea dadi gagui ouligisu dunu A: benama amane adole ba: i, “A: bena! Amo da nowa ea manola: ?” A: bena da bu adole i, “Hina noga: idafa! Na da hame dawa: !”
As Saul watched David going toward Goliath, he said to Abner, the commanded of his army, “Abner, whose son is that young man?” Abner replied, “(As sure as you are alive/Truly) [IDM], I do not know.”
56 Solo da amane sia: i, “Amai galea, naba masa!”
Then the king said, “Find out whose son he is!”
57 Amaiba: le, Da: ibidi da Goulaia: de medole legelalu, fisisu amoga buhagisia, A:bena da e Soloma oule asi. Da: ibidi da Goulaia: de ea dialuma gaguli ahoanebe ba: i.
[Later, ] as David returned from killing Goliath, Abner took him to Saul. David was carrying Goliath’s head.
58 Solo da ema adole ba: i, “Goi ayeligi dunu! Di da nowa ea manola: ? Da: ibidi da bu adole i, “Na da dia hawa: hamosu dunu, Bedeleheme dunu Yesi amo ea mano wea!”
Saul asked him, “Young man, whose son are you?” David replied, “[Sir, perhaps you have forgotten that] I am the son of your servant Jesse, who has served you faithfully, who lives in Bethlehem.”
