1 Samuel 30
1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
Le ŋkeke etɔ̃ megbe esi David kple eƒe amewo ɖo wo nɔƒe le Ziklag du la me la, wokpɔ be Amalekitɔwo va ha du la, tɔ dzoe wòbi keŋkeŋkeŋ
2 And had taken the women captives, that were in it: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
eye wokplɔ woƒe nyɔnuwo kple wo viwo dzoe.
3 So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.
Esi David kple eƒe amewo kpɔ du la ƒe gbagbã kple nu si dzɔ ɖe wo srɔ̃wo kple wo viwo dzi la,
4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
wofa avi va se ɖe esime avifafa glo wo.
5 And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
David srɔ̃ eveawo, Ahinoam tso Yezreel kple Abigail, Nabal ƒe ahosi, tso Karmel hã, nɔ ame siwo wokplɔ dzoe la dome.
6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
Nyadzɔdzɔ sia te ɖe David dzi ŋutɔ, vevietɔ esi David ƒe amewo nɔ nu xam le wo viwo ta la, wode asi gbɔgblɔ me be yewoawui. Ke David tsɔ Yehowa eƒe Mawu do ŋusẽ eɖokui.
7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me here the ephod. And Abiathar brought there the ephod to David.
David gblɔ na nunɔla Abiata, Ahimelek ƒe vi be wòatsɔ eƒe kɔmewu la vɛ eye Abiata wɔ ɖe edzi.
8 And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
David bia Yehowa be, “Mati wo yomea? Mate ŋu alé woa?” Yehowa gblɔ nɛ be, “Ɛ̃, dze wo yome; àxɔ miaƒe nu sia nu si wotsɔ dzoe la le wo si!”
9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind remained.
David kple eƒe ame alafa adeawo va ɖo Besor tɔʋu la to, afi si ame aɖewo tsi
10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, who were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
elabena ɖeɖi te ame alafa eve ŋu ale gbegbe be womate ŋu atso tɔʋu la o. Ke David kple ame alafa ene yi Amalekitɔwo yometiti dzi.
11 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they made him drink water;
Wokpɔ Egipte ŋutsu aɖe le gbe me eye wokplɔe vɛ na David. Wona nui wòɖu eye wona tsii wòno.
12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
Wotsɔ gbotsetsebolo eve kple waintsetse ƒuƒu eve nɛ. Esi wòɖu nu siawo la, egbɔ agbe elabena meɖu naneke alo no tsi ŋkeke etɔ̃ kple zã etɔ̃ o.
13 And David said to him, To whom belongest thou? and from where art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.
David biae be. “Ame kae nènye eye afi ka nètso?” Ɖekakpui la ɖo eŋu be, “Egiptetɔe menye heganye Amalekitɔ aɖe ƒe subɔla. Nye aƒetɔ gblẽm ɖi egbee nye ŋkeke etɔ̃lia eye nye lãme gblẽ.
14 We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the land which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
Míede ɖaha Keretitɔwo ƒe dziehe kple Yuda ƒe anyigba kple Kaleb nyigba ƒe dziehe, míetɔ dzo Ziklag du la eye míetrɔ va yina.”
15 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear to me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
David biae be, “Àte ŋu afia afi si woyi la mía?” Ɖekakpui la ɖo eŋu be, “Ne ètsɔ Mawu ƒe ŋkɔ ka atam nam be yemawum alo atsɔm ade asi na nye aƒetɔ o la, ekema makplɔ wò ayi wo gbɔe.”
16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken from the land of the Philistines, and from the land of Judah.
Ale ɖekakpui la kplɔ wo yi afi si Amalekitɔwo ƒu asaɖa anyi do. Wokaka ɖe gbedzi henɔ nu ɖum, nɔ nu nom eye wonɔ ɣe ɖum kple dzidzɔ le Filistitɔwo kple Yudatɔwo ƒe nu geɖe siwo wokpɔ ha la ta.
17 And David smote them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, except four hundred young men, who rode upon camels, and fled.
David kple eƒe amewo dze wo dzi eye wowu wo katã le zã ma me kple ŋufɔke. Wowu ame sia ame negbe ɖekakpui alafa ene siwo do kposɔwo la koe te ŋu si.
18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
David xɔ nu sia nu si Amalekitɔwo ha. Exɔ srɔ̃a eveawo hã.
19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.
Naneke mebu o; woxɔ ɖevi kple tsitsi, ŋutsuvi kple nyɔnuvi kple nu sia nu si woha. Ale David xɔ nu sia nu gbɔe.
20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.
David ƒe amewo kplɔ Amalekitɔwo ƒe lãhawo dzoe eye wogblɔ na David be, “Esiawo katã nye wò ŋutɔ tɔ abe wò fetu ene.”
21 And David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he greeted them.
Esi wova ɖo Besor tɔʋu la to la, wodo go woƒe ame alafa eve siwo ŋu ɖeɖi te ale gbegbe be womete ŋu tso tɔʋu la yi kpli wo o. David do gbe na wo dzidzɔtɔe.
22 Then answered all the wicked and worthless men, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.
Ke gbevu aɖewo nɔ ame siwo de ɖawɔ aʋa la dome gblɔ be, “Ame siawo mede aʋa la kpli mí o eya ta womaxɔ afunyinuwo dometɔ aɖeke o. Ɖe asi le wo srɔ̃wo kple wo viwo ŋu na wo eye nàna woadzo.”
23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.
Ke David gblɔ be, “Ao, nɔvinyewo, manyo nenema o! Yehowa na míele dedie eye míeɖu míaƒe futɔwo dzi.
24 For who will hearken to you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the baggage: they shall divide alike.
Ame kae alɔ̃ ɖe nya si gblɔm miele la dzi? Míama nuawo eye míama wo sɔsɔe, na ame siwo wɔ aʋa la kple ame siwo dzɔ míaƒe nuwo ŋu.”
25 And it was so from that day onward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
Tso gbe ma gbe dzi la, David wɔ numama alea wònye se kple kɔnu na Israelviwo katã va se ɖe egbe.
26 And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;
Esi wova ɖo Ziklag la, David ɖo afunyinu siwo woha la ƒe akpa aɖe ɖe Yuda ƒe ametsitsiwo. Eŋlɔ agbalẽ kpe ɖe eŋu be, “Esiawo nye nunana siwo mele ɖoɖom ɖe mi tso afunyinu siwo mekpɔ tso Yehowa ƒe futɔwo gbɔ la me.”
27 To them who were in Bethel, and to them who were in south Ramoth, and to them who were in Jattir,
Woɖo nunanawo ɖe ametsitsiwo tso du siawo me: Betel, Dziehe Ramot, Yatir,
28 And to them who were in Aroer, and to them who were in Siphmoth, and to them who were in Eshtemoa,
Aroer, Sifmɔt, Estemoa,
29 And to them who were in Rachal, and to them who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them who were in the cities of the Kenites,
Rakal, Yerameeltɔwo ƒe duwo, Kenitɔwo ƒe duwo,
30 And to them who were in Hormah, and to them who were in Chorashan, and to them who were in Athach,
Horma, Bor Asan, Atak,
31 And to them who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to resort.
kple Hebron. Eɖo nunana ɖe teƒe siwo eya kple eƒe amewo de.
