1 Sa:miuele 27
1 Da: ibidi da hisu amane sia: i, “Eso afae enoga Solo da na fane legemu. Na hamomu noga: idafa da Filisidini dunu ilia sogega hobeale masunu. Amasea, Solo da Isala: ili soge ganodini na hogolalu yolesimu, amola na da gaga: i dagoi ba: mu.
David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
2 Amaiba: le, Da: ibidi ea 600 dadi gagui dunu ilia da amo galuwane Ga: de moilaia hina bagade A: igise (Ma: ioge egefe) ema asi.
So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
3 Da: ibidi, ea dunu amola ilia sosogo fi huluane da Ga: de moilaiga ha: ini fi. Da: ibidi da ea uda aduna amo Ahinoua: me, (Yeselielega fi uda) amola Gamele amoga misi uda A: biga: ile, Na: iba: le ea didalo, amo ela oule asi.
David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.
4 Solo da Da: ibidi Ga: de moilai bai bagadega hobea: i nababeba: le, e da Da: ibidi hogolalu yolesi.
And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
5 Da: ibidi da A: igisema amane sia: i, “Di da na sama galea, na amo ganodini esalumusa: moilai fonobahadi nama ima. Na da ani moilai bai bagade amo ganodini esalumu da hamedei galebe.”
Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
6 Amaiba: le, A:igise da Sigala: ge moilai ema i. Amohaganini, Yuda hina bagade dunu ilia da gebewane Sigala: ge moilai bai bagade gagulala.
That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.
7 Da: ibidi da Filisidini soge amo ganodini oubi 16 agoane esalu.
And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.
8 Amo esoga, Da: ibidi amola ea gegesu dunu ilia da Gisie, Gesi amola A: malege fi dunu (amo da amo soge ganodini gebewane esalu) ilima doagagala: lu. E da ilia sogega doagagala: lu asili, Sie soge baligili, Idibidi sogega doaga: su.
Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
9 E da dunu amola uda huluane fane lelegele dagole, amalu ilia sibi, bulamagau, dougi, ga: mele amola abula amolawane sasamogene gaguli asi. Amalu e da A: igisema buhagisu.
Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,
10 Amalalu, A:igise da ema adole boba: lusu, “Di da waha habidili doagala: la asibala: ?” Amola Da: ibidi da ema e da Yuda ga (south) sogega o Yilamiele fi ilia sogega o Ginaide fi ilia esalebe sogega doagala: musa: asi, amo bu adole iasu.
who would ask him, “What have you raided today?” And David would reply, “The Negev of Judah,” or “The Negev of Jerahmeel,” or “The Negev of the Kenites.”
11 Da: ibidi ea hou da, e da dunu amola uda huluanedafa fane lelegelalusu. Amalalu, dunu asili, Ga: de fi ilima Da: ibidi ea houdafa hamoi olelemu da hamedafa galu. Da: ibidi da Ga: de sogega esaloba, amo hou gebewane hamonanusu.
David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.
12 Be A: igise da Da: ibidi ea hou da moloidafa dawa: beba: le, hisu amane sia: i, “Hina: dunu fi Isala: ili ilia da Da: ibidi bagadewane higabeba: le, e da eso huluane na hawa: hamosa gebewane esalumu.”
So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”
