< 1 Samuel 21 >

1 Then came David to Nob, unto Ahimelech, the priest, —and Ahimelech trembled when he met David, and said unto him—Why art thou, alone, and, no man, with thee?
Ary Davida tonga tany Noba, tany amin’ i Ahimeleka mpisorona; ary toran-kovitra Ahimeleka, raha nihaona tamin’ i Davida, ka nanao taminy hoe: Nahoana no mandeha irery ianao, fa tsy misy manaraka anao?
2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest—The king, hath charged me with a matter, and hath said unto me—Let, no man, know aught of the business on which I am sending thee, and with which I have charged thee, —But, unto the young men, have I appointed, such and such a place.
Dia hoy Davida tamin’ i Ahimeleka mpisorona: Ny mpanjaka efa nanome raharaha ahy, ka hoy izy tamiko: Aoka tsy ho fantatr’ olona ny raharaha nanirahako sy nandidiako anao; ka dia nasaiko nankary ny zatovoko.
3 Now, therefore, what is there under thy hand? Five loaves, give thou into my hand, —or, whatever can be found.
Koa inona no misy ato aminao? Omeo mofo dimy aho ho etỳ an-tanako, na izay misy.
4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, —but, hallowed bread, there is, if the young men have kept themselves, at least from women.
Ary ny mpisorona namaly an’ i Davida hoe: Tsy misy mofo fihinana ato amiko, fa mofo masìna ihany no ato, ka raha mba nifady vehivavy ahay mantsy ny zatovo.
5 And David answered the priest and said to him—Of a truth, women, have been withheld from us, of late, through my coming out, and the wallets of the young men have become hallowed, —while [the bread], itself, is in a manner common, and the more so since, to-day, [there are other loaves] to be hallowed, in the vessel.
Ary Davida namaly ny mpisorona ka nanao taminy hoe: Eny, fa hatramin’ ny hateloana efa tsy niara-nitoetra tamim-behivavy rahateo izahay; ary tamin’ izaho niainga dia masìna ny fanaky ny zatovo; ary na dia tsy masìna aza ny lalana, dia hohamasinina anio izy noho ny fanaka.
6 So the priest gave him hallowed [bread], —because there was there no bread, save the Presence-Bread, which had to be removed from before Yahweh, to put hot bread, on the day when it should be taken away.
Ary ny mpisorona nanome azy mofo masìna; fa tsy nisy mofo teo, afa-tsy ny mofo aseho, izay nalainy teo anatrehan’ i Jehovah, mba hasiana mofo mafana tamin’ ny andro nanesorana azy.
7 Now, in that very place, was a man of the servants of Saul, on that day, detained before Yahweh, whose name, was Doeg the Edomite, —chief of the shepherds that belonged unto Saul.
(Nefa nisy anankiray tamin’ ny mpanompon’ i Saoly teo tamin’ izany andro izany, voahazona teo anatrehan’ i Jehovah, Doega Edomita no anarany; lehiben’ ny mpiandrin’ i Saoly izy.)
8 Then said David to Ahimelech, See whether there is here, under thy hand, a spear or a sword? for, neither my sword, nor my other weapons, did I take in my hand, for, the king’s business, was, urgent.
Ary hoy Davida tamin’ i Ahimeleka: Tsy misy lefona na sabatra va eto aminao? fa izaho tsy nitondra ny sabatro na ny fiadiako etỳ amiko, satria nahamaika ny raharahan’ ny mpanjaka.
9 And the priest said: The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou didst smite in the vale of Elah, lo! that, is wrapped up in a cloth, behind the ephod, if, that, thou wilt take to thee, take it, for there is no other, save that, here. And David said—There is none, like it, give it me.
Fa hoy ny mpisorona: Ny sabatr’ i Goliata Filistina, ilay novonoinao tao amin’ ny lohasaha Elaha, indro, fa mifono lamba ao ivohon’ ny efoda izy; ka raha iny no ho entinao, dia ento; fa tsy misy afa-tsy iny eto. Ary hoy Davida: Tsy misy tahaka iny, fa omeo ahy.
10 Then arose David, and fled, that day, from the face of Saul, —and came in unto Achish, king of Gath.
Ary Davida niainga nandositra tamin’ izany andro izany mba tsy ho azon’ i Saoly, dia nankany amin’ i Akisy, mpanjakan’ i Gata.
11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not, this, David, king of the land? Was it not, of this man, that they kept responding in the dances, saying, Saul, hath smitten his, thousands, but, David, his, tens of thousands?
Ary hoy ny mpanompon’ i Akisy taminy: Tsy ity moa no Davida, mpanjakan’ ny tany? Tsy izy va no nandihizany sy nifampihirany hoe: Saoly nahafaty arivoarivo, Fa Davida nahafaty alinalina?
12 And David laid up these words in his heart, —and feared greatly, because of Achish king of Gath.
Ary dia nalatsak’ i Davida tao am-pony izany teny izany, ka natahotra an’ i Akisy, mpanjakan’ i Gata, indrindra izy.
13 So he feigned himself mad, in their sight, and raged in their hand, —and struck against the doors of the gate, and let his spittle run down upon his beard.
Dia nody adala teo anatrehany izy ka nanao tahaka ny olona very saina teo aminy, fa nanoratsoratra teo amin’ ny lela-vavahady izy, sady navelany hitsororoka tamin’ ny somony ny iviny.
14 Then said Achish unto his servants, —Lo! ye can see, a madman playing his pranks, wherefore should ye bring him in, unto me?
Ary hoy Akisy tamin’ ny mpanompony: He! hitanareo fa very saina io lehilahy io, ka nahoana no nentinareo etỳ amiko izy?
15 Lacking of madmen, am I that ye should bring in this one to play his mad pranks, unto me? Shall, this, one enter my household?
Izaho moa mitady olona very saina, no nitondranareo ity olona very saina ity mba hanondrana eto anatrehako? Moa hiditra ato an-tranoko va ilehio?

< 1 Samuel 21 >