1 Samueli 21
1 Davide anapita ku Nobi kwa wansembe Ahimeleki. Ahimelekiyo ankanjenjemera pamene ankamuchingamira, ndipo anafunsa kuti, “Muli nokha chifukwa chiyani? Chifukwa chiyani mulibe wokuperekezani?”
And David comes to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech trembles at meeting David and says to him, “Why [are] you alone, and no man [is] with you?”
2 Davide anayankha Ahimeleki kuti, “Mfumu yandituma zinthu zina ndipo yandiwuza kuti, ‘Munthu aliyense asadziwe za zimene ndakutumazo.’ Kunena za anthu anga, ndawawuza kuti tikakumane pamalo pena pake.
And David says to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commanded me [on] a matter, and he says to me, Let no man know anything of the matter about which I send you, and which I have commanded you; and [my] young men know [to go] to such and such a place.
3 Kodi muli ndi chakudya? Patseniko malofu a buledi asanu, kapena chilichonse muli nacho.”
And now, what is there under your hand? Give five loaves into my hand, or that which is found.”
4 Koma wansembeyo anamuyankha Davide kuti, “Ine ndilibe buledi wamba woti ndikupatseni. Koma pali buledi wachipembedzo yekha. Ngati anthu amene muli nawo sanagone ndi akazi awo mukhoza kudya.”
And the priest answers David and says, “There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the youths have been kept from women.”
5 Davide anayankha kuti, “Kunena zoona sitinakhudzane ndi mkazi monga timachitira nthawi zonse tikakhala pa ulendo. Anthu anga salola kudziyipitsa ndi mkazi ngakhale pa ulendo wamba. Nanji lero tili pa ulendo woterewu!”
And David answers the priest and says to him, “Surely, if women have been restrained from us as before in my going out, then the vessels of the young men are holy, and it [is] a common way; and also, surely it is sanctified today in the vessel.”
6 Choncho wansembe uja anamupatsa buledi wachipembedzo popeza kunalibeko buledi wina aliyense koma yekhayo amene amaperekedwa kwa Yehova. Uyu ndi amene anachotsedwa tsiku limenelo kuti ayikepo wina wotentha.
And the priest gives the holy thing to him, for there was no bread there except the Bread of the Presentation, which is turned aside from the presence of YHWH to put hot bread [there] in the day of its being taken away.
7 Koma tsiku limenelo mmodzi wa antchito a Sauli anali pomwepo kudikirira kuti achite mwambo wa chipembedzo mʼnyumba ya Mulungu. Munthuyu dzina lake anali Doegi Mwedomu, munthu wamphamvu pakati pa abusa a Sauli.
And there [is] a man of the servants of Saul detained before YHWH on that day, and his name [is] Doeg the Edomite, chief of the shepherds whom Saul has.
8 Davide anafunsa Ahimeleki kuti, “Kodi muli ndi mkondo kapena lupanga pano? Ine sindinatenge lupanga langa kapena chida china chilichonse chifukwa zimene andituma amfumu ndi zamsangamsanga.”
And David says to Ahimelech, “And is there not spear or sword here under your hand? For I have taken neither my sword nor my vessels in my hand, for the matter of the king was urgent.”
9 Wansembeyo anayankha kuti, “Kuno kuli lupanga la Goliati Mfilisiti uja amene unamupha mʼchigwa cha Ela, lakulungidwa mʼnsalu paseli pa Efodi. Ngati mufuna kulitenga, tengani popeza kuno kulibe lina koma lokhalo.” Davide anati, “Palibe lina lofanana nalo. Ndipatseni lomwelo.”
And the priest says, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck in the Valley of Elah, behold, it is wrapped in a garment behind the ephod, if you take it to yourself, take; for there is none other except it in this [place].” And David says, “There is none like it—give it to me.”
10 Tsiku lomwelo Davide ananyamuka kuthawa Sauli ndipo anapita kwa Akisi, mfumu wa ku Gati.
And David rises and flees on that day from the face of Saul, and comes to Achish king of Gath;
11 Koma nduna za Akisi zinafunsa mfumuyo kuti, “Kodi uyu si Davide mfumu ya dzikoli? Kodi iyeyu si uja pomuvinira ankayimba kuti, “Sauli wapha 1,000, koma Davide wapha miyandamiyanda?”
and the servants of Achish say to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Is it not of this one [that] they sing in dances, saying, Saul struck among his thousands, and David among his myriads?”
12 Mawu amenewa anamulowa kwambiri Davide mu mtima ndipo anayamba kuopa kwambiri Akisi mfumu ya ku Gati.
And David lays these words in his heart, and is exceedingly afraid of the face of Achish king of Gath,
13 Choncho anasintha makhalidwe ake pamaso pawo, nʼkudzisandutsa ngati wamisala. Iye ankangolembalemba pa zitseko za chipata ndi kumangotuluka dovi, nʼkumayenderera mʼndevu zake.
and changes his behavior before their eyes, and feigns himself mad in their hand, and scribbles on the doors of the gate, and lets down his spittle to his beard.
14 Akisi anawuza nduna zake kuti, “Mukumuona munthu uyu kuti ndi wamisala! Nʼchifukwa chiyani mukubwera naye kwa ine?
And Achish says to his servants, “Behold, you see a man acting as a madman; why do you bring him to me?
15 Kodi ine ndikusowa anthu amisala kuti muzibwera naye munthuyu kwa ine kuti azidzachita zamisala zake pamaso panga? Kodi munthu ameneyu nʼkulowa mʼnyumba mwanga?”
Am I lacking madmen, that you have brought in this one to act as a madman before me? Does this one come into my house?”
