1 Samuel 17
1 And the Philistines gather their camps to battle, and are gathered to Shochoh, which [is] to Judah, and encamp between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-Dammim;
Afei, Filistifoɔ boaboaa wɔn akodɔm ano wɔ Soko a ɛwɔ Yuda sɛ wɔrebɛko. Wɔkyeree sraban wɔ Soko ne Aseka ntam wɔ Efes-Damim.
2 and Saul and the men of Israel have been gathered, and encamp by the Valley of Elah, and set in array [for] battle to meet the Philistines.
Saulo yɛɛ saa ara, boaboaa ne dɔm ano wɔ baabi a ɛbɛn Ela bɔnhwa.
3 And the Philistines are standing on the mountain on this [side], and Israel is standing on the mountain on that [side], and the valley [is] between them.
Filistifoɔ faa bepɔ baako, ɛna Israelfoɔ no nso faa baako a bɔnhwa no da wɔn ntam.
4 And a man goes out, the champion from the camps of the Philistines, his name [is] Goliath, from Gath; his height [is] six cubits and a span [[or four cubits and a span]],
Ɔbarima tenten hoɔdenfoɔ bi a ne din de Goliat a ɔfiri Gat no pue firii Filistifoɔ no sraban mu baeɛ. Na ne tenten bɛboro anammɔn nkron.
5 and a helmet of bronze [is] on his head, and he is clothed [with] a scaled coat of mail, and the weight of the coat of mail [is] five thousand shekels of bronze,
Na ɔhyɛ kɔbere kyɛ, hyɛ kɔbere akotaadeɛ a akodeɛ bobɔ mu, na emu duru yɛ dwetɛ kilogram aduonum nson.
6 and a frontlet of bronze [is] on his feet, and a javelin of bronze between his shoulders,
Na ne nan nso, kɔbere nkatanan kata ho ɛna kɔbere pea nso sɛn nʼakyi.
7 and the wood of his spear [is] like a weavers’ beam, and the flame of his spear [is] six hundred shekels of iron, and the bearer of the buckler is going before him.
Na ne pea ano dadeɛ no te sɛ ntomanwomfoɔ nsadua mu tonton, na ano dadeɛ no kari dwetɛ bɛyɛ kilogram nson. Na ɛkyɛmkurani di nʼanim.
8 And he stands and calls to the ranks of Israel, and says to them, “Why do you come out to set in array for battle? [Am] I not the Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me;
Goliat bɛgyinaa hɔ teaam guu Israelfoɔ no so sɛ, “Akodɔm yi nyinaa na morebɛko anaa? Monyi mo mu baako na ɔmmɛko mma mo, na me nso mɛsi Filistifoɔ anan mu. Yɛbɛko de awie asɛm no ka!
9 if he is able to fight with me, and has struck me, then we have been for servants to you; and if I prevail against him, and have struck him, then you have been for servants to us, and have served us.”
Sɛ mo onipa no tumi kum me a, yɛbɛyɛ mo nkoa. Na sɛ mekum no a, mobɛyɛ yɛn nkoa.”
10 And the Philistine says, “I have reproached the ranks of Israel this day; give a man to me and we fight together!”
Filistini no kaa sɛ, “Memmfa Israel akodɔm nyɛ hwee. Momma me ɔbarima a ɔne me bɛko.”
11 And Saul hears—and all Israel—these words of the Philistine, and they are broken down and greatly afraid.
Ɛberɛ a Saulo ne Israelfoɔ tee yei no wɔbɔɔ huboa na wɔn ho popoeɛ.
12 And David [is] son of this Ephraimite of Beth-Lehem-Judah, whose name [is] Jesse, and he has eight sons, and the man has become aged among men in the days of Saul;
Na Dawid yɛ ɔbarima bi a wɔfrɛ no Yisai a ɔyɛ Efratni na ɔfiri Betlehem wɔ Yuda asase so no babarima. Na Yisai wɔ mmammarima baawɔtwe, na Saulo berɛ so no, na wabɔ akɔkoraa a ne mfeɛ a wadi no kɔ anim yie.
13 and the three eldest sons of Jesse go, they have gone after Saul to battle; and the name of his three sons who have gone into battle [are] Eliab the firstborn, and his second Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
Na Yisai mmammarima mpanimfoɔ baasa na wɔdii Saulo akyi kɔɔ ɔko no. Na abakan no din de Eliab, nʼakyiri ba din de Abinadab, ɛna deɛ ɔtɔ so mmiɛnsa no din de Sama.
14 And David is the youngest, and the three eldest have gone after Saul,
Dawid deɛ, na ɔno ne akumaa koraa. Mpanimfoɔ baasa no na wɔdii Saulo akyi,
15 and David is going and returning from Saul, to feed the flock of his father at Beth-Lehem.
nanso, na Dawid di akɔneaba; ɔkɔsom Saulo na wakɔhwɛ nʼagya nnwan wɔ Betlehem nso.
16 And the Philistine draws near, morning and evening, and stations himself [for] forty days.
Filistini yi pue mema ne ho so wɔ Israelfoɔ akodɔm nʼanim anɔpa ne anwummerɛ, saa ara adaduanan.
17 And Jesse says to his son David, “Now take an ephah of this roasted [grain] and these ten loaves for your brothers, and run to the camp to your brothers;
Ɛda koro bi, Yisai ka kyerɛɛ Dawid sɛ, “Fa nkyeweɛ lita aduonu mmienu yi ne burodo mua edu yi kɔma wo nuanom mmarima.
18 and take these ten cuttings of the cheese to the head of the one thousand, and inspect your brothers for welfare, and receive their pledge.”
Na fa kyiisi edu a wɔatwitwa yi ma ɔsafohene no. Ɛyɛ a hwɛ sɛdeɛ wo nuanom mmarima no ho teɛ, na gye krataa firi wɔn nkyɛn brɛ me.
19 And Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, [are] in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
Na Dawid nuanom ne Israel akodɔm no wɔ Ela bɔnhwa no mu a wɔreko tia Filistifoɔ.”
20 And David rises early in the morning, and leaves the flock to a keeper, and lifts up, and goes, as Jesse commanded him, and he comes to the path, and to the force which is going out to the rank, and they have shouted for battle;
Adeɛ kyee anɔpa no, Dawid gyaa nnwan no maa odwanhwɛfoɔ bi na ɔfaa akyɛdeɛ no kɔeɛ. Ɔduruu sraban mu hɔ ɛberɛ a na akodɔm no rekɔ mpasua ahodoɔ no so. Wɔrekɔ no, na wɔreteam reto ɔko nnwom.
21 and Israel and the Philistines set in array rank to meet rank.
Ankyɛre na Israel ne Filistifoɔ no bɛnee wɔn ho a wɔdi nhwɛanimu.
22 And David lets down the goods from off him on the hand of a keeper of the goods, and runs into the rank, and comes and asks of his brothers of [their] welfare.
Dawid gyaa ne nneɛma maa akodeɛ sohwɛfoɔ no, yɛɛ ntɛm kɔɔ akono hɔ kɔkyeaa ne nuanom.
23 And he is speaking with them, and behold, a man, the champion, is coming up, his name [is] Goliath the Philistine, from Gath, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and he speaks according to those words, and David hears;
Ɛberɛ a Dawid ne wɔn rekasa no, Filistini tenten hoɔdenfoɔ Goliat a ɔfiri Gat, firii Filistifoɔ akodɔm no mu teateaa mu kasatwie so kyerɛɛ Israel akodɔm no.
24 and all the men of Israel, when they see the man, flee from his presence, and are greatly afraid.
Ɛberɛ a Israelfoɔ no hunuu ɔbarima no, wɔn nyinaa de ehu dwane kɔeɛ.
25 And the men of Israel say, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? For he is coming up to reproach Israel, and it has been—the man who strikes him, the king enriches him with great riches, and he gives his daughter to him, and makes his father’s house free in Israel.”
Afei, na Israelfoɔ keka wɔ wɔn mu sɛ, “Woahunu ɔbrane no? Ɔba bɛkasa tiaa Israel da biara. Na woate akatua a ɔhene ahyɛ sɛ ɔde bɛma obiara a ɔbɛtumi akum noɔ no? Ɔhene ahyɛ sɛ ɔde ne babaa bɛma no aware, na ne fiefoɔ nso, ɔhene remma wɔntua ɛtoɔ biara a wɔgye no Israelman mu.”
26 And David speaks to the men who are standing by him, saying, “What is done to the man who strikes this Philistine, and has turned aside reproach from Israel? For who [is] this uncircumcised Philistine that he has reproached the ranks of the living God?”
Dawid bisaa mmarima a wɔgyina ne ho no sɛ, “Ɛdeɛn na mobɛyɛ ama ɔbarima a ɔbɛkum saa Filistini yi, na ɔnam so ayi saa animguaseɛ yi afiri Israel so? Hwan ne saa Filistini ɔbosonsomni yi a ɛsɛ sɛ ɔgu Onyankopɔn Teasefoɔ akodɔm anim ase?”
27 And the people speak to him according to this word, saying, “Thus it is done to the man who strikes him.”
Wɔtii asɛm a wɔaka dada no mu kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Deɛ woate dada no yɛ nokorɛ. Ɛno na yɛbɛyɛ ama onipa a ɔbɛkum ɔbrane no.”
28 And Eliab, his eldest brother, hears when he speaks to the men, and the anger of Eliab burns against David, and he says, “Why [is] this—[that] you have come down? And to whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I have known your pride, and the evil of your heart—for you have come down to see the battle.”
Ɛberɛ a Dawid nua panin Eliab tee sɛ ɔne mmarima no rekasa saa no, ne bo fuu no, na ɔbisaa sɛ, “Adɛn enti na woaba ha? Na nnwan kakra a wɔwɔ ɛserɛ so no, wode wɔn gyaa hwan? Menim sɛdeɛ wogye wo ho die ne sɛdeɛ wʼakomapirim teɛ. Ɔko yi hwɛ ara enti na wobaeɛ.”
29 And David says, “What have I done now? Is it not a word?”
Dawid bisaa sɛ, “Mayɛ ɛdeɛn? Nti, ɛnsɛ sɛ mekasa mpo?”
30 And he turns around from him to another, and says according to this word, and the people return him word as the first word.
Afei, ɔdanee ne ho ne afoforɔ kɔkasaeɛ. Ɔde asɛm korɔ no ara baeɛ, na mmarima no buaa no sɛdeɛ wɔaka dada no.
31 And the words which David has spoken are heard, and they declare [them] before Saul, and he receives him;
Asɛm a Dawid kaeɛ no twaa nnipa bi asom, ma wɔkɔbɔɔ Saulo amanneɛ, enti ɔsoma kɔfrɛɛ no.
32 and David says to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fall because of him, your servant goes, and has fought with this Philistine.”
Dawid ka kyerɛɛ Saulo sɛ, “Mma hwee nha wo. Mɛkɔ na me ne Filistini yi akɔko.”
33 And Saul says to David, “You are not able to go to this Philistine, to fight with him, for you [are] a youth, and he [has been] a man of war from his youth.”
Saulo buaa Dawid sɛ, “Nka ahohwisɛm! Worentumi ne saa Filistini yi nko. Woyɛ abarimaa nanso, ɔno deɛ, ɔyɛ ɔsraani firi ne mmɔfraase.”
34 And David says to Saul, “Your servant has been a shepherd among the sheep for his father, and the lion has come—and the bear—and has taken away a sheep out of the drove,
Na Dawid ka tii mu sɛ, “Mahwɛ mʼagya nnwan ara, na sɛ gyata anaa sisi bi ba sɛ ɔrebɛkyere odwan ba bi afiri nnwankuo no mu a,
35 and I have gone out after him, and struck him, and delivered [it] out of his mouth, and he rises against me, and I have taken hold on his beard, and struck him, and put him to death.
mede abaa poriwa di nʼakyi gye aboa no firi nʼanom. Na sɛ aboa no dane nʼani ba me hɔ a, mesɔ nʼabɔgye, kyere no, de abaa poriwa no bɔ no, kum no.
36 Your servant has struck both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine has been as one of them, for he has reproached the ranks of the living God.”
Mayɛ saa akum gyata ne sisi, na saa na mɛyɛ Filistini ɔbosonsomni no nso, ɛfiri sɛ, wagu Onyankopɔn Teasefoɔ akodɔm ho fi.
37 And David says, “YHWH, who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, He delivers me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul says to David, “Go, and YHWH is with you.”
Awurade a ɔgyee me firii gyata ne sisi mmɔwerɛ ano no, ɔno ara na ɔbɛgye me afiri Filistini yi nsam.” Saulo penee so kaa sɛ, “Ɛyɛ, kɔ. Awurade nka wo ho.”
38 And Saul clothes David with his long robe, and has put a helmet of bronze on his head, and clothes him with a coat of mail.
Afei, Saulo de ɔno ankasa akodeɛ maa Dawid. Ɔde kɔbere kyɛ ne akotaadeɛ kaa ne ho.
39 And David girded his sword above his long robe, and begins to go, for he has not tried [it]; and David says to Saul, “I am not able to go with these, for I had not tried”; and David turns them aside from off him.
Dawid de hyɛeɛ, de akofena kyekyere taree so, tuu anammɔn bɛyɛ mmienu, kɔɔ nʼanim hwɛɛ sɛdeɛ ɛteɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, na ɔnhyɛɛ biribi a ɛte saa da. Afei, ɔkaa sɛ, “Merentumi mfa yeinom nhyehyɛ me ho nkɔ, ɛfiri sɛ, menhyɛɛ bi saa da.” Enti, ɔworɔɔ ne nyinaa guu hɔ.
40 And he takes his staff in his hand, and chooses five smooth stones for himself from the brook, and puts them in the shepherds’ vessel that he has, even in the leather pouch, and his sling [is] in his hand, and he draws near to the Philistine.
Ɔfaa kokwaboɔ enum firii asuwa bi mu, de guu ne nnwanhwɛfoɔ kotokuo mu. Ɔfaa ne nnwanhwɛfoɔ poma ne nʼahwimmoɔ nko ara. Afei, ɔsii ɛkwan so sɛ ɔne Goliat rekɔko.
41 And the Philistine goes on, going and drawing near to David, and the man carrying the buckler [is] before him,
Goliat twe pinii Dawid a nʼakokyɛmkurafoɔ di nʼanim.
42 and the Philistine looks attentively, and sees David, and despises him, for he was a youth, and ruddy, with a handsome appearance.
Goliat hunuu Dawid no, ɔbuu no abomfiaa.
43 And the Philistine says to David, “Am I a dog that you are coming to me with sticks?” And the Philistine reviles David by his gods,
Ɔworoo so kyerɛɛ Dawid sɛ, “Meyɛ ɔkraman na wode poma aba me so?” Na ɔkaa nʼanyame din ntam de domee Dawid.
44 and the Philistine says to David, “Come to me, and I give your flesh to the bird of the heavens, and to the beast of the field.”
Goliat woroo so sɛ, “Bra mʼanim ha, na mede wo ɛnam bɛma nnomaa ne nkekaboa.”
45 And David says to the Philistine, “You are coming to me with sword, and with spear, and with buckler, and I am coming to you in the Name of YHWH of Hosts, God of the ranks of Israel, which you have reproached!
Ɛnna Dawid nso teaam guu ne so sɛ, “Wode, akofena, pea ne bɛmma na ɛreba me so, na me deɛ, mede Awurade Otumfoɔ Israel akodɔm Onyankopɔn a woagu ne din ho fi no din na mede reba wo so.
46 This day YHWH shuts you up into my hand—and I have struck you, and turned aside your head from off you, and given the carcass of the camp of the Philistines this day to the bird of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth, and all the earth knows that God is for Israel!
Ɛnnɛ, Awurade bɛdi wo so nkonim, na mɛkum wo, atwa wo ti. Na mede wo mmarima a wɔdi wʼakyi no afunu mama nnomaa ne nkekaboa, na ewiase nyinaa bɛhunu sɛ, Onyankopɔn bi wɔ Israel!
47 And all this assembly knows that YHWH does not save by sword and by spear, for the battle [is] YHWH’s, and He has given you into our hand.”
Na obiara bɛhunu sɛ, Onyankopɔn mfa akodeɛ na ɛgye ne nkurɔfoɔ. Ɛyɛ ne ko, na ɛnyɛ yɛn ko. Awurade de wo bɛma yɛn!”
48 And it has come to pass, that the Philistine has risen, and goes, and draws near to meet David, and David hurries and runs to the rank to meet the Philistine,
Goliat yɛɛ sɛ ɔreba Dawid so no, ntɛm ara, na Dawid nso tuu mmirika kɔhyiaa no.
49 and David puts forth his hand into the vessel, and takes a stone from there, and slings, and strikes the Philistine on his forehead, and the stone sinks into his forehead, and he falls on his face to the earth.
Ɔde ne nsa hyɛɛ nnwanhwɛfoɔ kotokuo no mu, yii kokwaboɔ baako de hyɛɛ nʼahwimmoɔ no mu toeɛ, ma ɛkɔbɔɔ Filistini no moma so. Kokwaboɔ no wuraa Goliat tirim ma ɔbu hweeɛ, maa nʼanim kɔbutuu fam.
50 And David is stronger than the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and strikes the Philistine, and puts him to death, and there is no sword in the hand of David,
Enti, Dawid de ahwimmoɔ ne kokwaboɔ baako dii Filistini ɔkwabrane no so. Na ɛsiane sɛ na ɔnni akofena enti,
51 and David runs and stands over the Philistine, and takes his sword, and draws it out of its sheath, and puts him to death, and cuts off his head with it; and the Philistines see that their hero [is] dead, and flee.
ɔkɔɔ Goliat so kɔtwee nʼakofena firii ne bɔha mu. Dawid de akofena no kumm ɔkwabrane no twaa ne ti. Ɛberɛ a Filistifoɔ hunuu sɛ wɔn kwabrane no awuo no, wɔtete sane wɔn akyi, dwaneeɛ.
52 And the men of Israel rise—also Judah—and shout, and pursue the Philistines until you enter the valley, and to the gates of Ekron, and the wounded of the Philistines fall in the way of Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to Ekron,
Afei, Israelfoɔ no bɔɔ ose kɛseɛ nkonimdie so, taa Filistifoɔ no ara kɔduruu Gat ne Ekron apono ano. Na Filistifoɔ a wɔawuwuo no afunu ne apirafoɔ no gugu ɛkwan so, de firi Saaraim de kɔduruu Gat ne Ekron.
53 and the sons of Israel return from burning after the Philistines, and spoil their camps.
Afei, Israelfoɔ akodɔm sane wɔn akyi bɛbɔ wuraa Filistifoɔ sraban a wɔadwane afiri hɔ no mu faa wɔn nneɛma.
54 And David takes the head of the Philistine, and brings it to Jerusalem, and he has put his weapons in his own tent.
Dawid faa Goliat ti de kɔɔ Yerusalem, ɛna ɔkoraa Filistini no akodeɛ wɔ ɔno ankasa ne ntomadan mu.
55 And when Saul sees David going out to meet the Philistine, he has said to Abner, head of the host, “Whose son [is] this—the youth, Abner?” And Abner says, “Your soul lives, O king, I have not known.”
Ɛberɛ a Saulo hunuu Dawid sɛ ɔrekɔ Goliat anim no, ɔbisaa Abner a na ɔyɛ nʼakodɔm sahene sɛ, “Abner, hwan ba ne saa aberanteɛ yi?” Abner buaa sɛ, “Nokorɛ nie, mennim.”
56 And the king says, “Ask whose son this [is]—the young man.”
Ɔhene no ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Ɛyɛ, bisa.”
57 And when David turns back from striking the Philistine, then Abner takes him and brings him in before Saul, and the head of the Philistine [is] in his hand;
Dawid kumm Goliat akyire no, Abner de no brɛɛ Saulo a na Filistini no ti da so kura no.
58 and Saul says to him, “Whose son [are] you, O youth?” And David says, “Son of your servant Jesse, the Beth-Lehemite.”
Saulo ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Ka biribi a ɛfa wʼagya ho kyerɛ me, me ba.” Na Dawid buaa sɛ, “Ne din de Yisai, na yɛte Betlehem.”
