1 Samuel 29
1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their army at Aphek; the Israelites camped by the spring that is in Jezreel.
Azɔ la, Filistitɔwo ƒe aʋakɔ kpe ta ɖe Afek eye Israelviwo ƒe aʋakɔ ƒu asaɖa anyi ɖe vudoawo gbɔ le Yezreel.
2 The princes of the Philistines passed on by hundreds and by thousands; David and his men passed on in the rear guard with Achish.
Esime Filistitɔwo ƒe aʋakplɔlawo nɔ woƒe aʋalɔgowo kplɔm va yina la, David kple eƒe amewo nɔ wo megbe kple Fia Akis.
3 Then the princes of the Philistines said, “What are these Hebrews doing here?” Achish said to the other princes of the Philistines, “Is not this David, the servant of Saul, the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found no fault with him since he came away to me to this day?”
Filistitɔwo ƒe aʋakplɔlawo bia be, “Nu ka wɔm Israelviwo le le afi sia?” Fia Akis gblɔ na wo be, “Ame siae nye David, Israel fia Saul ƒe subɔla ame si si le egbɔ. Ƒe aɖewo nye esi wòle gbɔnye eye nyemekpɔ vodada aɖeke le eŋu kpɔ tso esime wòva gbɔnye o.”
4 But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him and said, “Send the man back, that he may return to the place you assigned him. He will not go down with us into battle, for he will turn against us during the fighting. For how else could he make himself acceptable to his master than by taking the heads of our own men?
Ke Filistitɔwo ƒe kplɔlawo do dɔmedzoe eye wogblɔ be, “Na woatrɔ adzo, womele aʋa yi ge kpli mí o. Woava trɔ le mía yome. Mɔ nyui aɖe li si dzi wòato awɔ ɖeka kple eƒe aƒetɔ, Saul, wu tɔtrɔ ɖe mía ŋu le aʋa la mea?
5 Is this not David of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands'?”
Ame sia ŋue nyɔnuwo dzi ha le, le woƒe ɣeɖuɖuwo me be, “Saul wu akpe eye David wu akpewo!”
6 Then Achish called David and said to him, “As Yahweh lives, you have been good, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my view; for I have found nothing wrong with you since the day of your coming to me to this very day. Nevertheless, the princes are not favorable to you.
Ale Fia Akis yɔ David kple eƒe amewo eye wògblɔ na wo be, “Metsɔ Yehowa ka atam be miawoe nye ame nyuitɔ siwo medo goe kpɔ eye mebu be miayi aʋa kpli mí ke nye aʋafiawo melɔ̃ ɖe edzi o.
7 So now return and go in peace, so that you do not displease the princes of the Philistines.”
Meɖe kuku, migawɔ nu si ado dɔmedzoe na wo o, ke boŋ mitrɔ dzo kpoo!”
8 David said to Achish, “But what have I done? What have you found in your servant as long as I have been before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my master the king?”
David bia Akis be, “Nu ka mewɔ eye nu ka nèkpɔ le wò dɔla ŋu tso gbesigbe meva gbɔwò va se ɖe egbe, si na be miawɔm ale? Nu ka ta nyemekpɔ mɔ aɖawɔ aʋa kple nye aƒetɔ ƒe futɔwo o?”
9 Achish answered and said to David, “I know that you are as blameless in my sight as an angel of God; nevertheless, the princes of the Philistines have said, 'He must not go up with us to the battle.'
Akis metrɔ eƒe tameɖoɖo o. Egagblɔ be, “Le nye ɖeka gome la, èle abe mawudɔla ene, ke nye aʋafiawo le vɔvɔ̃m na wò kpekpe ɖe mía ŋu le aʋawɔwɔ me.
10 So now rise up early in the morning with the servants of your master who have come with you; as soon as you are up early in the morning and have light, go away.”
Mifɔ ŋdi kanya eye miadzo ne agu dze ko.”
11 So David rose up early, he and his men, to leave in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. But the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
Ale David kple eƒe amewo fɔ ŋdi kanya be yewoatrɔ ayi Filistitɔwo ƒe anyigba dzi eye Filistitɔwo hã dzo yi Yezreel.
