1 Samuel 30
1 And it comes to pass, in the coming in of David and his men to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites have pushed toward the south, and to Ziklag, and strike Ziklag, and burn it with fire,
Nnansa so, Dawid ne ne mmarima kɔduruu Siklag. Na Amalekfoɔ abɛto ahyɛ Negeb so ahye Siklag pasaa.
2 and they take the women who [are] in it captive; they have not put anyone to death from small to great, and they lead [them] away, and go on their way.
Wɔkyekyeree mmaa ne wɔn a wɔwɔ mu nyinaa a ɛyɛ mmɔfra ne mpanin. Wɔankum wɔn mu biara, na mmom, wɔsoaa wɔn de wɔn kɔeɛ.
3 And David comes in—and his men—to the city, and behold, [it is] burned with fire, and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters have been taken captive.
Ɛberɛ a Dawid ne ne mmarima no hunuu sɛdeɛ Siklag asɛeɛ ne asɛm a ato wɔn abusuafoɔ no,
4 And David lifts up—and the people who [are] with him—their voice and weep, until they have no power to weep.
wɔtwaa agyaadwoɔ ara kɔsii sɛ afei na wɔntumi ntwa agyaadwoɔ no bio.
5 And the two wives of David have been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelite;
Dawid yerenom baanu a wɔne Yesreelni Ahinoam ne Karmelni Abigail a na ɔyɛ Nabal yere no ka wɔn a wɔsoaa wɔn kɔeɛ no ho.
6 and David has great distress, for the people have said to stone him, for the soul of all the people has been bitter, each for his sons and for his daughters; and David strengthens himself in his God YHWH.
Dawid ho yeraa no yie, ɛfiri sɛ, na mmarima no adwene ho sɛ wɔbɛsi no aboɔ, ɛsiane, wɔn mmammarima ne wɔn mmammaa a wɔakyekye wɔn no enti. Nanso, Dawid nyaa ahoɔden wɔ Awurade, ne Onyankopɔn mu.
7 And David says to Abiathar the priest, son of Ahimelech, “Please bring the ephod near to me”; and Abiathar brings the ephod near to David,
Na Dawid ka kyerɛɛ ɔsɔfoɔ Abiatar, sɛ, “Fa asɔfotadeɛ no brɛ me.” Na Abiatar de baeɛ.
8 and David inquires of YHWH, saying, “I pursue after this troop—do I overtake it?” And He says to him, “Pursue, for you certainly overtake, and certainly deliver.”
Na Dawid bisaa Awurade sɛ, “Menti ɛdɔm no anaa? Mɛto wɔn anaa?” Awurade buaa no sɛ, “Aane, ti wɔn. Na biribiara a wɔafa afiri mo nkyɛn no, mo nsa bɛka ne nyinaa.”
9 And David goes on, he and six hundred men who [are] with him, and they come to the Brook of Besor, and those left have stood still,
Enti, Dawid ne ne mmarima ahansia no sii ɛkwan so. Ankyɛre biara na wɔduruu Besor asuwa no so.
10 and David pursues, he and four hundred men (and two hundred men stand still who have been too faint to pass over the Brook of Besor),
Nanso, mmarima no mu ahanu deɛ, na wɔabrɛbrɛ yie enti, wɔantumi antwa asuo no. Ɛno enti, Dawid de akodɔm ahanan a wɔaka no toaa so.
11 and they find a man, an Egyptian, in the field, and take him to David, and give bread to him, and he eats, and they cause him to drink water,
Dawid akodɔm no bi hunuu Misraimni barima bi wɔ wiram hɔ na wɔde no brɛɛ Dawid. Wɔmaa no burodo sɛ ɔnni ne nsuo sɛ ɔnnom.
12 and give to him a piece of a bunch of dried figs, and two bunches of raisins, and he eats, and his spirit returns to him, for he has not eaten bread nor drunk water [for] three days and three nights.
Wɔsane maa no borɔdɔma ɔfam sin bi ne bobe aba abɔnta, ɛfiri sɛ, na hwee nkaa nʼano nnansa awia ne anadwo. Ankyɛre na ɔnyaa ahoɔden.
13 And David says to him, “Whose [are] you? And where [are] you from?” And he says, “I [am] an Egyptian youth, servant to a man, an Amalekite, and my lord forsakes me, for I have been sick [for] three days,
Dawid bisaa no sɛ, “Hwan onipa ne wo, na wofiri he?” Ɔbuaa sɛ, “Meyɛ Misraimni, na Amalekni bi akoa ne me. Nnansa ni na me wura gyaa me hɔ, ɛfiri sɛ, na meyare.
14 we pushed [to] the south of the Cherethite, and against that which [is] to Judah, and against the south of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire.”
Yɛkɔtuaa Keretifoɔ wɔ Negeb a ɛyɛ Yudaman wɔ Kaleb asase so, na yɛhyee Siklag nkyɛreeɛ.”
15 And David says to him, “Do you bring me down to this troop?” And he says, “Swear to me by God [that] you do not put me to death, nor do you shut me up into the hand of my lord, and I bring you down to this troop.”
Dawid bisaa no sɛ, “Enti, wobɛdi mʼanim akɔ wɔn nkyɛn?” Aberanteɛ no buaa sɛ, “Sɛ wode Onyankopɔn din bɛka ntam sɛ worenkum me anaa worensane mfa me mma me wura deɛ a, ɛnneɛ, mɛdi wʼanim de wo akɔ.”
16 And he brings him down, and behold, they are spread out over the face of all the earth, eating, and drinking, and celebrating, with all the great spoil which they have taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
Na Misraimni no dii wɔn anim kɔɔ Amalekfoɔ no atenaeɛ. Ɛberɛ a Dawid ne ne mmarima no duruu hɔ no, na Amalekfoɔ no ahwete wɔ ɛserɛ no so a wɔredidi nom na wɔde ahosɛpɛ resa, ɛfiri sɛ, na wɔanya asadeɛ bebree afiri Filistifoɔ nkyɛn ne Yuda asase so.
17 And David strikes them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day, and there has not escaped of them a man, except four hundred young men who have ridden on the camels and flee.
Dawid ne ne mmarima to hyɛɛ wɔn so, kunkumm wɔn wɔ akofena ano anadwo mu no nyinaa, kɔsii adekyeeɛ no anwummerɛ. Amalekfoɔ no mu biara antumi annwane, agye mmarima ahanan a wɔtenatenaa nyoma so dwaneeɛ no.
18 And David delivers all that the Amalekites have taken; David has also delivered his two wives.
Dawid gyee biribiara a Amalekfoɔ no faeɛ, sane gyee ne yerenom baanu no.
19 And nothing of theirs has lacked, from small to great, and to sons and daughters, and from the spoil, even to all that they had taken to themselves, David has brought back the whole,
Biribiara anyera: sɛ ɛyɛ ketewa anaa kɛseɛ, ɔbabarima anaa ɔbabaa anaa biribiara a wɔfom faeɛ no, Dawid de ne nyinaa sane baeɛ.
20 and David takes the whole of the flock and of the herd [that] they have led on before these livestock, and they say, “This [is] David’s spoil.”
Nʼakodɔm no kaa nnwan ne anantwie no so, de wɔn baeɛ. Na wɔkaa sɛ, “Yeinom nyinaa wɔ Dawid sɛ nʼadwuma pa so akatua.”
21 And David comes to the two hundred men who were too faint to go after David, and whom they cause to abide at the Brook of Besor, and they go out to meet David, and to meet the people who [are] with him, and David approaches the people, and asks of them of welfare.
Na wɔduruu Besor asuwa no so na wɔhunuu mmarima ahanu a ɔbrɛ dodoɔ enti, wɔantumi ne wɔn ankɔ no. Dawid kyeaa wɔn anigyeɛ so.
22 And every bad and worthless man, of the men who have gone with David, answers, indeed, they say, “Because that they have not gone with us we do not give to them of the spoil which we have delivered, except each his wife and his children, and they lead away and go.”
Nanso, Dawid mmarima no mu asɛmpɛfoɔ bi kaa sɛ, “Wɔne yɛn ankɔ enti, wɔrennya asadeɛ no bi. Momfa wɔn yerenom ne wɔn mma mma wɔn, na monka nkyerɛ wɔn sɛ, wɔmfiri yɛn ani so nkɔ.”
23 And David says, “You do not do so, my brothers, with that which YHWH has given to us, and He preserves us, and gives the troop which comes against us into our hand;
Nanso, Dawid kaa sɛ, “Dabi, anuanom! Monnyɛ deɛ Awurade de ama yɛn no ho pɛsɛmenkomenya. Wakora yɛn so, aboa yɛn ama yɛadi yɛn atamfoɔ so nkonim.
24 and who listens to you in this thing? For as the portion of him who was brought down into battle, so also [is] the portion of him who is abiding by the vessels—they share alike.”
Mogye di sɛ sɛ moka no saa a, obi bɛtie mo? Sɛ yɛrekyɛ a, momma yɛnkyɛ no pɛ mma wɔn a wɔkɔ sa ne wɔn a wɔhwɛ akodeɛ so nyinaa.”
25 And it comes to pass from that day and forward, that he appoints it for a statute and for an ordinance for Israel to this day.
Ɛfiri saa ɛberɛ no, Dawid yɛɛ yei mmara, maa Israel nyinaa na wɔgu so di so saa ara de bɛsi ɛnnɛ.
26 And David comes to Ziklag, and sends of the spoil to [the] elderly of Judah, to his friends, saying, “Behold, a blessing for you of the spoil of the enemies of YHWH,”
Ɛberɛ a Dawid duruu Siklag no, ɔsoma maa wɔde asadeɛ no bi kɔmaa Yuda mpanimfoɔ a na wɔyɛ ne nnamfonom kaa sɛ, “Mo akyɛdeɛ a yɛfa firi Awurade atamfoɔ nsam nie.”
27 to those in Beth-El, and to those in South Ramoth, and to those in Jattir,
Wɔde akyɛdeɛ no kɔmaa ntuanofoɔ a wɔwɔ Bet-El, Ramot a ɛwɔ anafoɔ fam, Yatir.
28 and to those in Aroer, and to those in Siphmoth, and to those in Eshtemoa,
Aroer, Sifmot, Estemoa,
29 and to those in Rachal, and to those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those in the cities of the Kenites,
Rakal ne wɔn a wɔwɔ Yerahmeelfoɔ nkuro mu ne wɔn a wɔwɔ Kenifoɔ kuro mu,
30 and to those in Hormah, and to those in Chor-Ashan, and to those in Athach,
ne wɔn a wɔwɔ Horma, Bor-Asan, Atak,
31 and to those in Hebron, and to all the places where David—he and his men—had gone up and down.
Hebron ne mmeaemmeae a Dawid ne ne mmarima kyinkyinii hɔ nyinaa.
