1 Samuel 27
1 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.”
To Daudi noparo e chunye owuon niya, “Chiengʼ moro natho e lwet Saulo. Gima ber monego atim en ni onego atony karingo adhi e piny jo-Filistia. Eka Saulo nowe manya e Israel duto kendo natony e lwete.”
2 So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
Omiyo Daudi gi ji mia auchiel mane ni kode nowuok modhi ir Akish wuod Maok ma ruodh Gath.
3 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.
Daudi kod joge nodak Gath ka gin gi Akish. Ngʼato ka ngʼato ne nigi joode, Daudi bende ne nigi monde ariyo: Ahinoam ma nyar Jezreel gi Abigael moa Karmel mane chi Nabal manosetho.
4 And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
Kane onyis Saulo ni Daudi oseringo odhi Gath, ne ok ochako omanye.
5 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?”
Eka Daudi nowachone Akish niya, “Ka aseyudo ngʼwono e wangʼi, to miya kamoro e achiel kuom mier matindo manie piny, mondo mi adag kuno. Angʼo momiyo jatichni didag kodi e dala maduongʼ mar ruoth?”
6 That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.
Kochakore odiechiengʼno Akish nomiye Ziklag, mosebet ka osiko e lwet ruodhi Juda nyaka chil kawuono.
7 And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.
Daudi nodak e piny Filistia kuom higa achiel gi dweche angʼwen.
8 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.)
Koro Daudi gi joge nodhi momonjo jo-Geshur, jo-Girzi, gi jo-Amalek. Kochakore chon jogi nodak e piny mochopo Shur nyaka Misri.
9 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,
E kinde ka kinda mane Daudi omonjo pinjego ne ok oweyo dichwo kata dhako kangima, to noyako rombe, dhok, punde, gi ngamia gi lewni. Eka nodok ir Akish.
10 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.”
Kane Akish openje niya, “Tinde ne idhi monjo kanye?” Daudi to ne jawacho niya, “Aa monjo Negev e piny Juda, kata ni Negev mar Jeramel kata ni Negev mar jo-Keni.”
11 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.
Ne ok owe dichwo kata dhako kangima mane inyalo kel Gath, nimar noparo e chunye niya, “Ginyalo hulowa kagiwacho ni, ‘Ma e gima Daudi notimo.’” Kendo ma netimne e kinde duto mane odak e piny Filistia.
12 So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”
Akish nogeno Daudi kendo nowacho e chunye owuon niya, “Osebedo tik marach ne ogandane ma jo-Israel, omiyo obiro bedo jatichna nyaka chiengʼ.”
