1 Samuel 23
1 One day someone told David, “You need to know that the Philistia army is attacking Keilah [town] and they are stealing grain from where men are threshing it.”
तिनीहरूले दाऊदलाई भने, “हेर्नुहोस्, पलिश्तीहरूले कीलाह विरुद्ध लडिरहेका छन् र अन्नका खलाहरू लूटिरहेका छन् ।”
2 David asked Yahweh, “Should my men and I go to fight against those men from the Philistia people-group?” Yahweh answered, “Yes, go. Attack them, and rescue the people of Keilah.”
त्यसैले दाऊदले परमप्रभुसँग सहायताको निम्ति प्रार्थना गरे र उहाँलाई भने, “के म जाऊँ र पलिश्तीहरूलाई आक्रमण गरूँ?” परमप्रभुले दाऊदलाई भन्नुभयो, “जा, पलिश्तीहरूलाई आक्रमण गर् र कीलाहलाई बचा ।”
3 But David’s men said to him, “We are afraid [that Saul will attack us] here in Judah. We will be more afraid if we go to Keilah where the Philistia army is!”
दाऊदका मानिसहरूले तिनलाई भने, “हे्र्नुहोस्, हामी यहाँ यहूदामा डराएका छौं । हामी कीलाहमा पलिश्तीहरूका फौजको विरुद्धमा गयौं भने झन् कति धेरै डराउनेछौं?
4 So David asked Yahweh again [if they should go to Keilah]. Yahweh answered, “Yes, go down to Keilah. I will help you to defeat the men of the Philistia people-group.”
तब दाऊदले परमप्रभुसँग सहायताको निम्ति फेरि प्रार्थना गरे । परमप्रभुले तिनलाई भन्नुभयो, “उठ्, तल कीलाहमा जा । किनकि म तँलाई पलिश्तीहरूमाथि विजय दिनेछु ।”
5 So David and his men went to Keilah. They fought against the men of the Philistia people-group and captured many of their cattle. David and his men killed many of the Philistia men and rescued the people of Keilah.
दाऊद र तिनका मानिसहरू कीलाहमा गए र पलिश्तीहरूसँग लडे । तिनले उनीहरूका गाईवस्तुहरू लगे र ठुलो संहारसहित तिनीहरूलाई प्रहार गरे । यसरी दाऊदले कीलाहका बासिन्दाहरूलाई बचाए ।
6 Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, fled to be with David at Keilah, and he brought the sacred vest with him [to use it to determine what God wanted to be done].
जब अहीमेलेकका छोरा अबीयाथार भागेर कीलाहमा दाऊदकहाँ जाँदा, तिनी एपोदसहित तल आएका थिए ।
7 Soon Saul found out that David was at Keilah. So he said, “That is good! God is enabling me to capture him! He has trapped himself in that town, because it has high walls with gates around it.”
दाऊद कीलाहमा गएका थिए भनी शाऊललाई भनियो । शाऊलले भने, “परमेश्वरले उसलाई मेरो हातमा दिनुभएको छ । किनकि ऊ थुनिएको छ, किनभने ढोकाहरू र बारहरू भएको सहरमा ऊ पसेको छ
8 So Saul summoned his army, and they prepared to go down to Keilah to attack David and his men.
युद्धको निम्ति तल कीलाहमा जान, दाऊद र तिनका मानिसहरूलाई घेरा हाल्न शाऊलले आफ्ना सबै फौजलाई बोलाए ।
9 But David found out that Saul was planning [for his army] to attack him. So he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring [here] the sacred vest.”
शाऊलले आफ्नो विरुद्धमा षड्यान्त्र गरिरहेका कुरा दाऊदलाई थाहा थियो । तिनले पुजारी अबीयाथारलाई भने, “एपोद यहाँ ल्याऊ ।”
10 [So when Abiathar brought it, ] David prayed, “Yahweh, God of us Israelis, I have heard that Saul is planning to come here [with his army] and destroy Keilah because I am here.
तब दाऊदले भने, “हे परमप्रभु, इस्राएलका परमेश्वर, शाऊल मेरो कारणले सहरलाई नाश पार्न कीलाहमा आउन खोज्छ भन्ने तपाईंको दासले सुनेको छ ।
11 Will Saul come down [here to Keilah], as people reported to me? Will the leaders of Keilah enable Saul to capture me? Yahweh, God of us Israelis, please tell me!” Yahweh answered, “Yes, Saul will come down.”
के कीलाहका मानिसहरूले मलाई तिनको हातमा सुम्पनेछन्? के तपाईंको दासले सुनेजस्तै शाऊल तल आउनेछन्? हे परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वर, म तपाईंसँग बिन्ती गर्छु, कृपया आफ्नो दासलाई भन्नुहोस् ।” परमप्रभुले भन्नुभयो, “ऊ तल आउनेछ ।”
12 Then David asked, “Will the leaders of Keilah enable Saul’s army to capture me and my men [if we stay here]?” [By means of the stones in the sacred vest], Yahweh replied, “Yes, they will.”
तब दाऊदले भने, “के कीलाहका मानिसहरूले मलाई र मेरा मानिसहरूलाई शाऊलको हातमा सुम्पनेछन्?” परमप्रभुले भन्नुभयो, “तिनीहरूले तिमीहरूलाई सुम्पनेछन् ।”
13 So David and his 600 men left Keilah. They continued to move from one place to another, [wherever they thought that Saul would not find them]. And when Saul found out that David had escaped from Keilah, he did not go there.
तब दाऊद र तिनीसँग भएका करिब छ सय जना मानिसहरू उठे र कीलाहबाट टाढा गए र तिनीहरू ठाउँ-ठाउँमा गए । दाऊद कीलाहबाट उम्के भनी शाऊललाई भनियो र तिनलले पिछा गर्न छोडे ।
14 David and his men stayed in hiding places in the desert and in the hills of Ziph Desert. Every day Saul [sent men to] search for David, but Yahweh did not allow them to capture David.
दाऊद उजाड-स्थान भएका किल्लाहरूमा, जीपको उजाड-स्थानको पडाडी देशमा बसे । शाऊलले तिनलाई हरेक दिन खोजे, तर परमेश्वरले तिनलाई उनको हातमा दिनुभएन ।
15 While David and his men were at [a place named] Horesh in Ziph desert, he found out that Saul was coming there to kill him.
शाऊलले तिनको ज्यान खोज्दै आएका कुरा दाऊदले देखे । यति बेला दाऊद जीपमा भएको होरेशको उजाड-स्थान थिए ।
16 But Saul’s son Jonathan went to David at Horesh, and encouraged him to continue to trust [God].
तब शाऊलका छोरा जोनाथन उठे र होरेशमा दाऊदकहाँ गए र परमेश्वरमा तिनको हातलाई बलियो बनाए ।
17 Jonathan told him, “Do not be afraid, because my father will not be able to harm [IDM] you. [Some day] you will be the king of Israel, and I will be the second [most important man in Israel]. My father Saul also knows that.”
उनले तिनलाई भने, “नडराउनुहोस् । किनकि मेरा बुबा शाऊलका हातले तपाईंलाई भेट्टाउनेछैन । तपाईं इस्राएलको राजा हुनुहुनेछ र म तपाईंको दोस्रो हुनेछु । मेरा बुबा शाऊललाई पनि यो कुरा थाहा छ ।”
18 Then the two of them repeated their solemn promise that Yahweh [had heard them make previously, that they would always be loyal to each other]. Then Jonathan went home, but David stayed at Horesh.
तिनीहरूले परमप्रभुको सामु करार गरे । दाऊद होरेशमा नै रहे र जोनाथन घर गए ।
19 Some people from Ziph went to Saul when he was at Gibeah, and they told him, “David [and his men] are hiding in our land [RHQ]! They are hiding in places at Horesh on Hakilah Hill, south of [a place named] Jeshimon.
त्यसपछि जीपीहरू गिबामा शाऊलकहाँ आए र भने, “के दाऊद यशीमोनको दक्षिणतिरका हकीला पहाडको होरेशका किल्लाहरू लुकिरहेका छैन र?
20 So, O king, come down there any time that you want to. It is our duty to capture him and turn him over to you.”
अब हे राजा तल आउनुहोस्, तपाईंको इच्छाअनुसार तल आउनुहोस् । हाम्रो काम भनेको तिनलाई राजाको हातमा सुम्पने हुनेछ ।”
21 Saul replied, “I hope/desire that Yahweh will bless you [for telling that to me].
शाऊलले भने, “तिमीहरूलाई परमप्रभुले आशिष् देऊन् । किनकि तिमीहरूले ममाथि दया गरेका छौ ।
22 Go back and find out more about him. Find out exactly where he is staying, and find out who has seen him there. People tell me that he is very clever, [so we need to be clever also to be able to capture him].
जाओ, अझै पक्का गर । तिनको लुक्ने ठाउँ कहाँ छ अनि त्यहाँ उसलाई कसले देखेको हो थाहा पाओ र पत्ता लगाओ । ऊ धेरै चतुर छ भनी मलाई भनिएको छ ।
23 Find out all the places where he and his men hide. Then come back and tell me everything that you have found out. Then I will [take my army and] go there with you. If David is in any of the clans/caves of Judah, we will search for him [and find him]!”
त्यसैले हेर र उसले आफूलाई कहाँ लुकाउँछ सबै ठाउँ पत्ता लगाओ । पक्का सूचना लिएर मकहाँ फर्की आओ, अनि त्यसपछि तिमीहरूसँगै म फर्केर जानेछु । ऊ त्यस ठाउँमा छ भने, म उसलाई हजारौं यहूदाका माझमा सबैतिर खोज्नेछु ।”
24 So those people went back to Ziph before Saul went there. At that time David and his men were in Maon Desert, south of Jeshimon.
तब तिनीहरू उठे र शाऊलभन्दा अगि जीपमा गए । दाऊद र तिनीसँग भएका मानिसहरू यशीमोनको दक्षिणतिरको अराबाको माओनको उजाड-स्थानमा थिए ।
25 Saul and his soldiers went to search for David, but David heard about that. So he and his men went further [south] to a rocky hill/peak in the Maon Desert. When Saul heard about that, he and his men followed David and his men to the Maon Desert.
शाऊल र उनका मानिसहरू तिनलाई खोज्न गए । तर दाऊदलाई यो कुरा भनिएको थियो, त्यसैले तिनी तल चट्टानको पहाडतिर गए र माओनको उजाड-स्थानमा बसे । जब शाऊलले त्यो कुरा सुने, तब तिनले दाऊदलाई माओनको उजाड-स्थानमा लखेटे ।
26 Saul and his soldiers were walking along one side of the hill/peak, and David and his men were on the other side. David and his men were hurrying to escape from Saul’s soldiers, because Saul and his soldiers were coming much closer.
शाऊल पहाडको एकपट्टि हिंडे र दाऊद र तिनका मानिसहरू पहाडको अर्कोपट्टि हिंडिरहेका थिए । शाऊलबाट टाढा जानलाई दाऊद हतारिए । जसै शाऊल र तिनका मानिसहरूले दाऊद र तिनका मानिसहरूलाई समात्न घेरा लगाउँदै थिए,
27 But then a messenger came to Saul and said to him, “Come quickly! The Philistia army is attacking the people in our land!”
एक जना दूत शाऊलकहाँ आयो र भन्यो, “छिटो गर्नुहोस् र आउनुहोस्, किनकि पलिश्तीहरूले देश लुटेका छन् ।”
28 So Saul stopped pursuing David, and he [and his soldiers] went to fight against the Philistia army. That is the reason that people call that place ‘Escape Rock’.
त्यसैले शाऊल दाउदलाई खेद्न छोडेर फर्के र पलिश्तीहरूका विरुद्ध लड्न गए । यसकारण त्यस ठाउँलाई बाँचेको चट्टान भनियो ।
29 David and his men also left the Maon Desert and went to places to hide safely at En-Gedi.
त्यहाँबाट दाऊद माथि गए र एन-गदीका किल्लाहरूमा बसे ।
