1 Samuel 27
1 David said in his heart, “I will now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So I will escape out of his hand.”
Daudi alisema moyoni mwake, “Basi, siku moja nitaangamia kwa mkono wa Sauli; hakuna jambo zuri kwangu kuliko kutoroka hadi nchi ya Wafilisti; Sauli atakata tamaa asinitafute tena ndani ya mipaka yote ya Israeli; kwa njia hii nitaponyoka kutoka mkono wake.”
2 David arose and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
Daudi akaondoka na kuvuka, akiwa pamoja na watu mia sita hadi kwa Akishi mwana wa Maoki, mfalme wa Gathi.
3 David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.
Daudi akaishi na Akishi huko Gathi pamoja na watu wake, na kila mtu na familia yake, na Daudi akiwa na wake zake wawili, Ahinoamu Myezreeli, na Abigaili Mkarmeli aliyekuwa mke wa Nabali.
4 Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped looking for him.
Sauli akaambiwa kuwa Daudi amekimbilia Gathi, hivyo hakumtafuta tena.
5 David said to Achish, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”
Daudi akamwambia Akishi, “Kama nimepata kibali machoni pako, wanipatie mahali katika mojawapo ya miji ya nchi, ili nikae huko: kwa nini mtumishi wako akae pamoja na wewe katika mji wa kifalme?”
6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.
Hivyo siku hiyo Akishi akampa Daudi Ziklagi; ndiyo sababu mji wa Ziklagi ni mali ya wafalme wa Yuda hadi leo.
7 The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
Idadi ya siku ambazo Daudi aliishi katika nchi ya Wafilisti ulikuwa mwaka mmoja na miezi minne.
8 David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land who were of old, on the way to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.
Daudi na watu wake walizipiga sehemu mbalimbali, wakiteka nyara Wageshuri, Wagirizi, na Waamaleki; kwa maana mataifa hayo ndio walikuwa wakaaji wa nchi, kwa uelekeo wa kwenda Shuri hadi kufika nchi ya Misri. Walikuwa wamekaa katika nchi hiyo toka nyakati za zamani.
9 David struck the land, and saved no man or woman alive, and took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned, and came to Achish.
Daudi aliipiga nchi na hakumwacha mwanaume wala mwanamke akiwa hai; akatwaa kondoo, ng'ombe, punda, ngamia, na nguo; kisha alirudi na kufika tena kwa Akishi.
10 Achish said, “Against whom have you made a raid today?” David said, “Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.”
Ndipo Akishi humuuliza, “Je, leo umefanya mashambulizi dhidi ya nani?” Daudi humjibu, “Nimefanya dhidi ya kusini mwa Yuda,” au dhidi ya kusini mwa Wayerameeli,” au “dhidi ya kusini mwa Wakeni.”
11 David saved neither man nor woman alive to bring them to Gath, saying, “Lest they should tell about us, saying, ‘David did this, and this has been his way all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.’”
Daudi asingemwacha mwanaume wala mwanamke akiwa hai awalete hadi Gathi, akisema, “ili wasije kututeta, 'Daudi amefanya hivi na vile.”' Hivi ndivyo alivyofanya kwa kipindi chote alichokaa katika nchi ya Wafilisti.
12 Achish believed David, saying, “He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he will be my servant forever.”
Akishi alimwamini Daudi, akisema, “Amesababisha watu wake Israeli wamchukie kabisa; kwa hiyo atakuwa mtumishi wangu milele.”
