1 Samuel 27
1 And David said, unto his own heart, Now, shall I be swept off, in a single day, by the hand of Saul, —there is nothing for me better than that I, escape, into the land of the Philistines, so shall Saul give up seeking for me any more, in any of the bounds of Israel, so shall I escape out of his hand.
Ary Davida nanao anakampo hoe; Mbola ho fatin’ ny tànan’ i Saoly ihany aho indray androany; tsy misy mahasoa ahy afa-tsy ny mandositra haingana any amin’ ny tanin’ ny Filistina, dia hamoy ahy Saoly ka tsy hitady ahy eran’ ny tanin’ ny Isiraely intsony, dia ho afaka amin’ ny tànany aho.
2 And David arose, and he and the six hundred men that were with him passed over, unto Achish son of Maoch, king of Gath.
Ary niainga Davida nandeha mbamin’ ny enin-jato lahy nanaraka azy nankany amin’ i Akisy, zanak’ i Maoka, mpanjakan’ i Gata.
3 And David abode with Achish in Gath, he and his men, each man with his household, —David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal, the Carmelite.
Ary nitoetra tao amin’ i Akisy tao Gata Davida, dia izy sy ny olony, samy nomban’ ny ankohonany avy, ary Davida mbamin’ ny adiny roa, dia Ahinoama Jezirelita sy Abigaila Karmelita, ilay novinadin’ i Nabala.
4 And, when it was told Saul, that David had fled to Gath, he added no more, to seek him.
Ary nambara tamin’ i Saoly fa Davida efa nandositra nankany Gata, ka dia tsy nitady azy intsony izy.
5 Then said David unto Achish—If, I pray thee, 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?
Ary hoy Davida tamin’ i Akisy: Raha mahita fitia eo imasonao aho, aoka mba homena fonenana ao amin’ ny tanàna anankiray any an-tsaha aho mba honenako any, fa nahoana ny mpanomponao no hitoetra aminao eto amin’ ny renivohitry ny fanjakana?
6 So Achish gave him, on that day, Ziklag, —wherefore Ziklag hath pertained unto the kings of Judah, unto this day.
Dia nomen’ i Akisy azy androtrizay Ziklaga; ka dia an’ ny mpanjakan’ ny Joda ambaraka androany Ziklaga.
7 And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines became a year and four months.
Ary ny andro nitoeran’ i Davida tany amin’ ny tanin’ ny Filistina dia herintaona sy efa-bolana.
8 And David and his men went up, and made a raid against the Geshurites and the Gizrites and the Amalekites, —for, they, were the inhabitants of the land who had been from age-past times, as thou enterest Shur, even as far as the land of Egypt.
Ary Davida sy ny olony niakatra ka nanafika ny Gesorita sy ny Gizrita ary ny Amalekita; fa ireo nonina tamin’ ny tany hatrizay ela izay, dia hatrany akaikin’ i Sora, hatramin’ ny tany Egypta.
9 Now, when David would smite a land, he used to save alive neither man nor woman, —but took sheep and oxen, and asses and camels, and apparel, and returned, and came in unto Achish.
Ary Davida namely ny tany, ka tsy nisy novelominy na lehilahy na vehivavy, sady namabo ondry aman’ osy sy omby sy boriky sy rameva ary fitafiana izy, dia niverina nankany amin’ i Akisy.
10 Then said Achish, Whither have ye made a raid, to-day? And David said—Against the South of Judah, or against the South of the Jerahmeelites, or as far as the South of the Kenites.
Ary hoy Akisy: Moa tsy nanafika va ianareo androany? Dia hoy Davida: Nanafika ny tany atsimo izay an’ i Joda sy izay an’ ny Jeramelita ary izay an’ ny Kenita izahay.
11 But, neither man nor woman, used David to save alive, to bring into Gath, for he said, Lest they tell of us, saying, —So, hath David done, and, such, his manner, all the days that he hath dwelt in the country of the Philistines.
Ary tsy nisy novelomin’ i Davida ho entiny any Gata, na lehilahy na vehivavy; fa hoy izy: Andrao izahay lazainy hoe: Toy izany no nataon’ i Davida, ary toy izany no fanaony tamin’ ny andro rehetra nitoerany tany amin’ ny tanin’ ny Filistina.
12 And Achish believed in David, saying, —He hath made himself, odious, unto his own people, unto Israel, therefore shall he be my servant all his life long.
Ary Akisy nino an’ i Davida ka nanao hoe: Efa nampangidy hoditra ny tenany any amin’ ny Isiraely olony izy, ka dia ho mpanompoko mandrakizay.
