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.”
Na ka mea a Rawiri i roto i tona ngakau, Katahi ahau ka ngaro i te ringa o Haora a tetahi ra; kahore atu he mea pai moku i te hohoro o toku mawhiti atu ki te whenua o nga Pirihitini, kia ngakaukore ai a Haora ki te rapu ano i ahau i nga rohe kato a o Iharaira: penei ka mawhiti atu ahau i roto i tona ringa.
2 So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
Na whakatika ana a Rawiri, a haere ana ratou ko ona hoa e ono rau ki a Akihi tama a Maoko, ki te kingi o Kata.
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.
Na ka noho a Rawiri ki a Akihi ki Kata, a ia me ana tangata, me te whare ano o tenei, o tenei, a Rawiri hoki ratou ko ana wahine tokorua, ko Ahinoama o Ietereere, ko Apikaira o Karamere, wahine a Napara.
4 And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
A ka korerotia ki a Haora, kua rere a Rawiri ki Kata, na mutu ake tana rapu i a ia.
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?”
Na ka mea a Rawiri ki a Akihi, Ki te mea kua manakohia nei ahau e koe, kia homai e ratou tetahi wahi ki ahau i roto i tetahi o nga pa i te koraha, hei nohoanga moku: he aha hoki tau pononga i noho ai ki a koe i roto i te pa kingi?
6 That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.
Na ka homai e Akihi ki a ia i taua ra a Tikiraka: na reira nga kingi o Hura i whiwhi ai ki Tikiraka a mohoa noa nei.
7 And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.
Na, ko te maha o nga ra i noho ai a Rawiri ki te whenua o nga Pirihitini, kotahi tau, e wha marama.
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.)
Katahi a Rawiri ka haere, ratou ko ana tangata, ka whakaeke i nga Kehuri, i nga Kireti, i nga Amareki; ko era hoki nga iwi kua noho noa ake ki tera whenua i tou haerenga ki Huru a te whenua o Ihipa atu ana.
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,
Na patua iho e Rawiri tera whenua; kihai hoki i whakaorangia tetahi tane, wahine ranei; a tangohia ana e ia nga hipi, nga kau, nga kaihe, nga kamera, me nga kakahu, a hoki ana, haere ana ki a Akihi.
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.”
Na ka mea a Akihi, Ko hea i whakaekea e koutou i tenei ra? Ano ra ko Rawiri, Ko te tonga o Hura, ko te tonga o nga Ierameeri, ko te taha ano ki te tonga o nga 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.
Kihai hoki i whakaorangia e Rawiri tetahi tane, wahine ranei, hei kawe i a ratou ki Kata; i mea hoki, Kei korero ratou i ta tatou, kei mea, I penei a Rawiri, a ko tana hanga ano tenei i nga ra katoa i noho ai ia ki te whenua o nga Pirihitini.
12 So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”
Na whakapono tonu a Akihi ki ta Rawiri, a ka mea, Kua tino mea rawa ia i a ia kia whakariharihangia e tona iwi, e Iharaira: na reira hei tangata tuturu ia maku ake, ake.
