1 Samuel 23
1 Then they tolde Dauid, saying, Beholde, the Philistims fight against Keilah, and spoyle the barnes.
Na rĩrĩ, Daudi akĩĩrwo atĩrĩ, “Atĩrĩrĩ, Afilisti nĩmararũa na itũũra rĩa Keila, na magatunyana ngano ĩrĩa ĩrĩ mahuhĩro-inĩ.”
2 Therfore Dauid asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shal I goe and smite these Philistims? And the Lord answered Dauid, Go and smite the Philistims, and saue Keilah.
Nake agĩtuĩria ũhoro harĩ Jehova, akĩũria atĩrĩ, “Nĩnjagĩrĩirwo nĩgũthiĩ gũtharĩkĩra Afilisti acio?” Nake Jehova akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Thiĩ ũgatharĩkĩre Afilisti nĩguo ũhonokie Keila.”
3 And Dauids men said vnto him, See, we be afrayde here in Iudah, howe much more if we come to Keilah against the hoste of ye Philistims?
No andũ a Daudi makĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Gũkũ Juda nĩtũretigĩra. Githĩ tũtigũgĩĩtigĩra makĩria twathiĩ Keila tũkarũe na mbũtũ cia Afilisti!”
4 Then Dauid asked counsell of the Lord againe. And the Lord answered him, and sayd, Arise, go downe to Keilah: for I wil deliuer the Philistims into thine hand.
O rĩngĩ Daudi agĩtuĩria ũhoro harĩ Jehova, nake Jehova akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Ikũrũka ũthiĩ Keila, nĩ ũndũ nĩngũneana Afilisti guoko-inĩ gwaku.”
5 So Dauid and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistims, and brought away their cattel, and smote them with a great slaughter: thus Dauid saued the inhabitants of Keilah.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Daudi na andũ ake magĩthiĩ Keila, makĩrũa na Afilisti, na makĩmataha mahiũ mao. Akĩrehera Afilisti hathara nene, na akĩhonokia andũ a Keila.
6 (And when Abiathar the sonne of Ahimelech fled to Dauid to Keilah, he brought an Ephod with him)
(Na rĩrĩ, Abiatharu mũrũ wa Ahimeleku nĩokĩte akuuĩte ebodi rĩrĩa aikũrũkire, akĩũrĩra kũrĩ Daudi kũu Keila.)
7 And it was tolde Saul that Dauid was come to Keilah, and Saul sayd, God hath deliuered him into mine hand: for he is shut in, seeing he is come into a citie that hath gates and barres.
Saũlũ akĩĩrwo atĩ Daudi nĩathiĩte Keila, nake akiuga atĩrĩ, “Ngai nĩamũneanĩte kũrĩ niĩ, nĩgũkorwo Daudi nĩehingĩrĩirie na ũndũ wa gũtoonya itũũra rĩrĩ na ihingo na mĩgĩĩko.”
8 Then Saul called all the people together to warre, for to go downe to Keilah, and to besiege Dauid and his men.
Nake Saũlũ agĩĩta mbũtũ ciake ciothe mathiĩ mbaara, nĩguo maikũrũke Keila makahingĩrĩrie Daudi na andũ ake.
9 And Dauid hauing knowledge that Saul imagined mischiefe against him, saide to Abiathar the Priest, Bring the Ephod.
Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa Daudi aamenyire atĩ Saũlũ nĩaciirĩire kũmwĩka ũũru-rĩ, akĩĩra Abiatharu mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai atĩrĩ, “Rehe ebodi ĩyo.”
10 Then sayde Dauid, O Lord God of Israel, thy seruat hath heard, that Saul is about to come to Keilah to destroy the citie for my sake.
Daudi akiuga atĩrĩ, “Wee Jehova, Ngai wa Isiraeli, ndungata yaku nĩ ĩiguĩte hatarĩ nganja atĩ Saũlũ nĩarooka Keila aniine itũũra rĩĩrĩ nĩ ũndũ wakwa.
11 Wil the lordes of Keilah deliuer me vp into his hand? and will Saul come downe, as thy seruant hath heard? O Lord God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy seruant. And the Lord sayde, He will come downe.
Hihi aikari a Keila nĩmekũũneana kũrĩ we? Hihi Saũlũ nĩegũikũrũka gũkũ, ta ũrĩa ndungata yaku ĩiguĩte? Wee Jehova, Ngai wa Isiraeli, menyithia ndungata yaku ũhoro.” Nake Jehova akiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩegũikũrũka.”
12 Then said Dauid, Will the lords of Keilah deliuer me vp, and the men that are with me, into the hand of Saul? And the Lord sayde, They will deliuer thee vp.
O rĩngĩ Daudi akĩũria atĩrĩ, “Hihi aikari a Keila nĩmekũneana, niĩ na andũ akwa, kũrĩ Saũlũ?” Nake Jehova akiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩmegũkũneana.”
13 Then Dauid and his men, which were about sixe hundreth, arose, and departed out of Keilah, and went whither they coulde. And it was tolde Saul, that Dauid was fled from Keilah, and he left off his iourney.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Daudi na andũ ake, andũ ta magana matandatũ, makiuma Keila, na magĩikara magĩcangacangaga kũndũ na kũndũ. Rĩrĩa Saũlũ eerirwo atĩ Daudi nĩorĩte akoima Keila, agĩtiga gũthiĩ kuo.
14 And Dauid abode in the wildernesse in holdes, and remayned in a mountaine in the wildernes of Ziph. And Saul sought him euery day, but God deliuered him not into his hand.
Nake Daudi agĩikara ciĩhitho cia werũ-inĩ na irĩma-inĩ cia Werũ wa Zifu. O mũthenya Saũlũ nĩamũcaragia, no Ngai ndaaneanire Daudi moko-inĩ make.
15 And Dauid sawe that Saul was come out for to seeke his life: and Dauid was in the wildernes of Ziph in the wood.
Rĩrĩa Daudi aarĩ Horeshu kũu Werũ wa Zifu, akĩmenya atĩ Saũlũ okĩte nĩguo amũũrage.
16 And Ionathan Sauls sonne arose and went to Dauid into the wood, and comforted him in God,
Nake Jonathani mũrũ wa Saũlũ agĩthiĩ kũrĩ Daudi kũu Horeshu na akĩmũteithia kwĩyũmĩrĩria thĩinĩ wa Ngai.
17 And said vnto him, Feare not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not finde thee, and thou shalt be King ouer Israel, and I shalbe next vnto thee: and also Saul my father knoweth it.
Nake akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Tiga gwĩtigĩra, Baba Saũlũ ndagakũhutia na guoko gwake. Wee nĩũgathamakĩra Isiraeli, na niĩ nduĩke mũnini waku. O na Baba Saũlũ, nĩoĩ ũguo.”
18 So they twaine made a couenant before ye Lord: and Dauid did remaine in the wood: but Ionathan went to his house.
Nao eerĩ makĩgĩa kĩrĩkanĩro mbere ya Jehova. Thuutha ũcio Jonathani akĩinũka, no Daudi agĩtigwo kũu Horeshu.
19 Then came vp the Ziphims to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doeth not Dauid hide himselfe by vs in holdes, in the wood in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the right side of Ieshimon?
Nao andũ a Azifu makĩambata magĩthiĩ kũrĩ Saũlũ kũu Gibea makĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Githĩ Daudi ndehithĩte gatagatĩ-inĩ gaitũ ciĩhitho-inĩ cia gũkũ Horeshu, kĩrĩma-igũrũ kĩa Hakila, mwena wa gũthini wa Jeshimoni?
20 Nowe therefore, O King, come downe according to all that thine heart can desire, and our part shall be to deliuer him into the Kinges handes.
Na rĩrĩ, wee mũthamaki, ikũrũka ũũke o rĩrĩa rĩothe ũngĩenda gũũka, na ithuĩ nĩ igũrũ riitũ kũmũneana kũrĩ mũthamaki.”
21 Then Saul said, Be ye blessed of the Lord: for ye haue had compassion on mee.
Saũlũ akĩmacookeria atĩrĩ, “Jehova aromũrathima nĩ ũndũ wa kwĩĩnjiiria.
22 Goe, I pray you, and prepare ye yet better: know and see his place where he haunteth, and who hath seene him there: for it is sayd to me, He is subtile, and craftie.
Thiĩi mũkehaarĩrie makĩria. Tuĩriai nĩ kũ Daudi amenyerete gũthiiaga, na nũũ ũmuonete kuo. Njĩrĩĩtwo atĩ nĩ mũndũ mwara mũno.
23 See therefore and know all the secret places where he hideth himselfe, and come ye againe to me with the certaintie, and I will goe with you: and if he be in the lande, I will searche him out throughout all the thousands of Iudah.
Tuĩriai ũhoro wa kũrĩa guothe ehithaga na mũndehere ũhoro mũkinyanĩru. Na niĩ nĩngũcooka thiĩ na inyuĩ; angĩkorwo arĩ kũndũ gũkũ-rĩ, nĩngamũcaria mĩhĩrĩga-inĩ yothe ya Juda.”
24 Then they arose and went to Ziph before Saul, but Dauid and his men were in the wildernesse of Maon, in the playne on the right hande of Ieshimon.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio makiumagara magĩthiĩ kũu Zifu, magĩkinya mbere ya Saũlũ. Na rĩrĩ, Daudi na andũ ake maarĩ kũu Werũ-inĩ wa Maoni, kũu Araba mwena wa gũthini wa Jeshimoni.
25 Saul also and his men went to seeke him, and they told Dauid: wherefore he came downe vnto a rocke, and abode in the wildernesse of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he folowed after Dauid in the wildernes of Maon.
Nake Saũlũ na andũ ake makĩambĩrĩria kũmacaria, na rĩrĩa Daudi eerirwo ũhoro ũcio, agĩikũrũka agĩthiĩ rwaro-inĩ rwa ihiga, agĩikara kũu Werũ-inĩ wa Maoni. Rĩrĩa Saũlũ aiguire ũhoro ũcio-rĩ, o nake agĩthiĩ kũu Werũ-inĩ wa Maoni aingatithĩtie Daudi na ihenya.
26 And Saul and his men went on the one side of the mountaine, and Dauid and his men on the other side of the mountaine: and Dauid made haste to get from the presence of Saul: for Saul and his men compassed Dauid and his men round about, to take them.
Saũlũ aagerete mwena ũmwe wa kĩrĩma, nake Daudi na andũ ake makagerera mwena ũrĩa ũngĩ, mahiũhĩte nĩguo morĩre Saũlũ. Na rĩrĩa Saũlũ na thigari ciake maakuhagĩrĩria Daudi na andũ ake nĩguo mamanyiite-rĩ,
27 But there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come: for the Philistims haue inuaded the land.
hagĩũka mũndũ watũmĩtwo kũrĩ Saũlũ, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Ũka na ihenya! Afilisti nĩmatharĩkĩire bũrũri.”
28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing Dauid, and went against the Philistims. Therefore they called that place, Sela-hammahlekoth.
Hĩndĩ ĩyo Saũlũ agĩtiga kũrũmĩrĩra Daudi, agĩthiĩ agacemanie na Afilisti. Nĩkĩo metaga handũ hau Sela-Hamalekothu.
29 And Dauid went thence, and dwelt in holdes at En-gedi.
Nake Daudi akĩambata akiuma kũu agĩthiĩ gũtũũra ciĩhitho-inĩ cia Eni-Gedi.
