< 1 Samuel 27 >

1 And David said in his heart: 'I shall now be swept away one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel; so shall I escape out of his hand.'
Aa hoe ty fitsakorean-tro’ i Davide: Indraik’ andro ke ho faopaohem-pità’ i Saole iraho; aa ino ty hahasoa ahy mandikoatse te hibioñe mb’an-tane’ o nte-Pilistio mb’eo; toe hafoe’ i Saole iraho tsy hipay ahy an-tane Israele ao ka; aa le ho poliorako o fità’eo.
2 And David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, unto Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
Niavotse amy zao t’i Davide ­nitsake mb’eo rekets’ i lahilahy enenjato mpi­ama’e rey; mb’ amy Akise, ana’ i Maòke, mpanjaka’ i Gate mb’eo.
3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
Aa le nindre nimoneñe amy Akise e Gate ao t’i Davide, ie naho ondati’eo, songa an-kasavereña’e naho i Davide rekets’ i vali’e roe rey, i Akinoame nte-Iezreele, vaho i Abigale nte Karmele, nivali’ i Nabaley.
4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath; and he sought no more again for him.
Ie natalily amy Saole te nivoratsake mb’e Gate añe t’i Davide; le tsy nipaia’e ka.
5 And David said unto Achish: 'If now I have found favour in thine eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there; for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?'
Le hoe t’i Davide amy Akise: Aa naho nahatrea fañisohañe am-pihaino’o iraho, le anoloro toetse raik’ amo rova an-kalokeo; fa ino ty himoneña’ ty mpitoro’o an-drovam-panjaka mindre ama’o atoa?
6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day; wherefore Ziklag belongeth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
Natolo’ i Akise aze ty Tsiklage amy andro zay; aa le atao hanañam-panjaka’ Iehodao pak’ androany ty Tsiklage.
7 And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
Le ty hamaro’ ty andro nimoneña’ i Davide an-tane’ o nte-Pilistio: taoñe raike-tsi-efa-bolañe.
8 And David and his men went up, and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Gizrites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
Nionjoñe mb’eo amy zao t’i Davide rekets’ o mpiama’eo, naname o nte-Gesorio naho o nte-Gizrio vaho o nte-Amalekeo, amy t’ie nimoneñe an-tane haehae, amy fañaveloa’o boak’e Sore pak’an-tane Mitsraimey.
9 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel. And he returned, and came to Achish.
Zinevo’ i Davide i taney, le tsy napo’e ho veloñe ndra lahilahy ndra ampela, naho tinava’e iaby o añondrio naho o añombeo naho o borìkeo naho o ramevao vaho o saroñeo. Le nimpoly mb’e Akise mb’eo.
10 And Achish said: 'Whither have ye made a raid to-day?' And David said: 'Against the South of Judah, and against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.'
Le hoe t’i Akise: Aia ty nañatsafa’o lalañe anindroany? Le hoe t’i Davide: Añ’ila’ Iehodà atimo añe, naho atimo’ o nte-Ierakmileo mb’ atimo’ o nte-Kenio.
11 And David left neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying: 'Lest they should tell on us, saying: So did David, and so hath been his manner all the while he hath dwelt in the country of the Philistines.'
Ndra lahilahy ndra ampela tsy nado’ i Davide ho veloñe hera hitaroñeñe amy Gate ty hoe: Zao ty nanoe’ i Davide. Ie ty nanoe’e amo hene andro naha-tan-tane’ o nte-Pilistio azeo.
12 And Achish believed David, saying: 'He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.'
Niantok’ i Davide t’i Akise, ie nanao ty hoe: Toe nampitrotrotse vatan-dre am’ondati’e Israeleo; aa le ho mpitoroko nainai’e.

< 1 Samuel 27 >