1 Samuel 27
1 But David said to himself, “One of these days Saul is going to get me. I think I'd better run away to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up looking for me all over Israel and he won't catch me.”
Devit ni a lungthung hoi, hnin hnin touh teh Sawl kut hoi kadout han doeh, Filistinnaw koe ka yawng hoehpawiteh kai hanelah ahawinae awm mahoeh. Sawl ni Isarel ram thung pueng na tawng e heh a lungpout vaiteh, a kut dawk hoi ka hlout han telah ati.
2 So David and the six hundred men with him set off, crossed the border, and went to Achish, son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
Hahoi Devit teh a thaw teh, ama hoi ateng kaawm e a tami 600 touh hoi Maok capa Gath siangpahrang Akhish koevah a cei.
3 David and his men settled down with Achish in Gath. All the men had their families with them, and David had his two wives, Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail from Carmel, Nabal's widow.
Devit teh ama hoi a yu roi Jezreel tami Ahinoam hoi Nabal yu Karmel tami Abigail hoi Gath kho Akhish koe a cei awh.
4 When Saul found out that David had run away to Gath, he didn't go on looking for him.
Gath vah Devit a yawng toe tie Sawl koe a dei pouh awh toteh, bout tawng hoeh toe.
5 David said to Achish, “Please do me a favor: assign me somewhere in one of the towns in the countryside so I can live there. I, your servant, don't really deserve to live in the royal city with you.”
Devit ni Akhish koevah na minhmai kahawi ka hmawt pawiteh, na ram thung kho buet touh dawk kho ka sak thai nahanelah, o nahane na poe haw. Bangkongmaw na san ni siangpahrang khopui dawk nang koe kho khuet ka sak thai han vaw telah atipouh.
6 Achish gave him Ziklag right away, and the town still belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.
Hat toteh, hat hnin râw vah Akhish ni, Ziklag kho a poe. Hatdawkvah Ziklag teh atu totouh Judah ram siangpahrangnaw e lah ao.
7 David lived in the country of the Philistines for a year and four months.
Filistin ram thung Devit teh kum touh hoi thapa yung pali touh ao.
8 During that time David and his men were raiding the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. These people had lived in the land as far as Shur and Egypt from ancient times.
Devit hoi a taminaw ni a takhang awh teh, Geshur taminaw hoi Girzi taminaw hoi Amaleknaw hah a tuk awh. Hote miphunnaw teh Shur hoi Zur ram koe lah Izip ram totouh pou kâkuen e doeh.
9 When David attacked a place, he did not leave anybody alive. He took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would go back to Achish.
Devit ni taran a tuk tangkuem napui tongpa a hlung e awm boihoeh. Tu, La, Maito, Kalauk, hoi khohnanaw a la pouh teh a bankhai, hahoi Akhish koe a cei awh.
10 When Achish asked him, “Where have you been raiding today?” David would reply, “In the desert of Judah,” or “the desert of Jerahmeel,” or “the desert of the Kenites.”
Akhish ni, sahnin nâlaenaw maw na tuk awh telah atipouh. Devit ni, Judah akalah, Jerahmeel taminaw, akalae ram hoi Kennaw akalae ramnaw doeh atipouh.
11 David didn't leave anybody alive that could come to Gath because he thought, “They might tell on us and say, ‘David did this.’” This is what he did all the time he lived in the country of the Philistines.
Filistin ram ao nah yunglam, Devit ni hettelah pou a sak tet langvaih a titeh, Devit ni napui tongpa Gath kho ceikhai hanelah hlung boihoeh.
12 Achish trusted David, and said to himself, “He's made himself so offensive to his people the Israelites that he'll have to serve me forever.”
Akhish ni, Devit ni dei e hah a yuem teh, a tami Isarelnaw abuemlah hoi ama kapanuekkung lah a coung sak. Hatdawkvah, kai koe ka san lah pou na o han atipouh.
