1 Samuel 29
1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek; and the Israelites encamped by the spring which is in Jezreel.
Basi Wafilisti walikusanya pamoja majeshi yao yote huko Afeki; Waisraeli wakapiga kambi karibu na chemchemi iliyoko Yezreeli.
2 The lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds and by thousands; and David and his men passed on in the rear with Achish.
Nao wakuu wa Wafilisti wakapitwa na mamia kwa maelfu; Daudi na watu wake wakapita wakiwa wa mwisho pamoja na Akishi.
3 Then the princes of the Philistines said, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, “Isn’t this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather these years? I have found no fault in him since he fell away until today.”
Kisha wakuu wa Wafilisti wakasema, “Hawa Waebrania wanafanya nini hapa?” Akishi akawaambia wakuu wengine wa Wafilisti, “Huyu si Daudi, mtumishi wa Sauli, mfalme wa Israeli, ambaye amekaa nami kwa siku hizi, au kwa miaka hii, nami nimeona hana kosa tangu aje kwangu hadi leo?”
4 But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, “Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where you have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For with what should this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Should it not be with the heads of these men?
Lakini wale wakuu wa Wafilisti walimkasirikia Akishi; wakamwabia, Mfukuze mtu huyo, aende kwake kule ulikompatia; usimruhusu aende nasi vitani, ili asiwe adui yetu katika vita. Kwa jinsi gani mtu huyu angeweza kufanya amani na bwana wake? Siyo kwa gharama ya vichwa vya watu wetu?
5 Isn’t this David, of whom people sang to one another in dances, saying, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?”
Je, huyu siye Daudi ambaye walimuimba kwa kupokezana na kucheza, wakisema: 'Sauli ameua maelfu yake, Na Daudi makumi elfu yake?”'
6 Then Achish called David and said to him, “As Yahweh lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, the lords don’t favor you.
Ndipo Akishi alimwita Daudi na kumwambia, “Kama BWANA aishivyo, umekuwa mwema, na kutoka kwako na kuingia kwako pamoja nami katika jeshi ni kwema kama nionavyo mimi; maana sijaona kosa kwako tangu siku unakuja kwangu hadi siku hii ya leo. Hata hivyo, wakuu hawakupendi.
7 Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you not displease the lords of the Philistines.”
Basi sasa rudi na uende kwa amani, ili usiwakwaze wakuu wa Wafilisti.”
8 David said to Achish, “But what have I done? What have you found in your servant so long as I have been before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”
Daudi akamwambia Akishi, “Lakini nimefanya nini? Kitu gani umekiona kwa mtumishi wako kwa muda ambao nimekuwa mbele yako hadi leo, kiasi kwamba nisiende kupigana na adui za bwana wangu mfalme?”
9 Achish answered David, “I know that you are good in my sight, as an angel of God. Notwithstanding, the princes of the Philistines have said, ‘He shall not go up with us to the battle.’
Akishi akajibu na kumwambia Daudi, “Najua kwamba hauna lawama mbele zangu kama alivyo malaika wa Mungu; hata hivyo, wale wakuu wa Wafilisti wamesema, Kamwe hatapanda pamoja nasi hadi vitani.'
10 Therefore now rise up early in the morning with the servants of your lord who have come with you; and as soon as you are up early in the morning and have light, depart.”
Basi sasa amka asubuhi na mapema na watumishi wa bwana wako waliokuja pamoja nawe; mara tu muamkapo asubuhi na mapema na kupata mwanga, ondokeni.”
11 So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines; and the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
Hivyo Daudi aliamka mapema, yeye pamoja na watu wake, waondoke asubuhi, warudi kule katika nchi ya Wafilisti. Lakini Wafilisti walipanda kwenda Yezreeli.
