1 Samuel 21
1 Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was full of fear at meeting David, and said to him, Why are you by yourself, having no man with you?
Davide anapita ku Nobi kwa wansembe Ahimeleki. Ahimelekiyo ankanjenjemera pamene ankamuchingamira, ndipo anafunsa kuti, “Muli nokha chifukwa chiyani? Chifukwa chiyani mulibe wokuperekezani?”
2 And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has given me orders and has said to me, Say nothing to anyone about the business on which I am sending you and the orders I have given you: and a certain place has been fixed to which the young men are to go.
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.
3 So now, if you have here five cakes of bread, give them into my hand, or whatever you have.
Kodi muli ndi chakudya? Patseniko malofu a buledi asanu, kapena chilichonse muli nacho.”
4 And the priest, answering David, said, I have no common bread here but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.
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.”
5 And David in answer said to the priest, Certainly women have been kept from us; and as has been done before when I have gone out the arms of the young men were made holy, even though it was a common journey; how much more today will their arms be made holy.
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!”
6 So the priest gave him the holy bread: there was no other, only the holy bread which had been taken from before the Lord, so that new bread might be put in its place on the day when it was taken away.
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.
7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, kept back before the Lord; his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the strongest of Saul's runners.
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.
8 And David said to Ahimelech, Have you no sword or spear with you here? for I have come without my sword and other arms, because the king's business had to be done quickly.
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.”
9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you put to death in the valley of Elah, is here folded in a cloth at the back of the ephod: take that, if you will, for there is no other sword here. And David said, there is no other sword like that; give it to me.
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.”
10 Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.
Tsiku lomwelo Davide ananyamuka kuthawa Sauli ndipo anapita kwa Akisi, mfumu wa ku Gati.
11 And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David, the king of the land? did they not make songs about him in their dances, saying, Saul has put to death thousands, and David tens of thousands?
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?”
12 And David took these words to heart, fearing Achish, the king of Gath.
Mawu amenewa anamulowa kwambiri Davide mu mtima ndipo anayamba kuopa kwambiri Akisi mfumu ya ku Gati.
13 So changing his behaviour before them, he made it seem as if he was off his head, hammering on the doors of the town, and letting the water from his mouth go down his chin.
Choncho anasintha makhalidwe ake pamaso pawo, nʼkudzisandutsa ngati wamisala. Iye ankangolembalemba pa zitseko za chipata ndi kumangotuluka dovi, nʼkumayenderera mʼndevu zake.
14 Then Achish said to his servants, Look! the man is clearly off his head; why have you let him come before me?
Akisi anawuza nduna zake kuti, “Mukumuona munthu uyu kuti ndi wamisala! Nʼchifukwa chiyani mukubwera naye kwa ine?
15 Are there not enough unbalanced men about me, that you have let this person come and do such tricks before me? is such a man to come into my house?
Kodi ine ndikusowa anthu amisala kuti muzibwera naye munthuyu kwa ine kuti azidzachita zamisala zake pamaso panga? Kodi munthu ameneyu nʼkulowa mʼnyumba mwanga?”
