Samuel 1 22
1 Ale David dzo le Gat eye wòsi yi Adulam ƒe agado me; le ɣeyiɣi kpui aɖe megbe la, nɔviawo kple ƒometɔwo va tsi egbɔ le afi ma.
And David goes from there, and escapes to the cave of Adullam, and his brothers hear, and all the house of his father, and they go down to him there;
2 Tete ame siwo nɔ hiãkame aɖe me abe fenyilawo ene alo ame siwo nu tɔxɛ aɖe nɔ fu ɖem na la de asi egbɔ vava me va se ɖe esime wòva zu tatɔ na ame abe alafa ene ene.
and every man in distress gathers themselves to him, and every man who has an exactor, and every man bitter in soul, and he is for head over them, and there are about four hundred men with him.
3 Emegbe la, David yi Mizpa le Moab nyigba dzi be yeabia mɔfiala ale be ye fofo kple ye dada nava nɔ afi ma le fia la ƒe dzikpɔkpɔ te, va se ɖe esime yeanya nu si Mawu le wɔwɔ ge na ye.
And David goes from there to Mizpeh of Moab and says to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and my mother come out with you, until I know what God does for me”;
4 Ale wonɔ Moab nyigba dzi le David ƒe agado la me nɔɣi la katã.
and he leads them before the king of Moab, and they dwell with him all the days of David’s being in the fortress.
5 Gbe ɖeka la, Nyagblɔɖila Gad gblɔ na David be wòadzo le agado la me eye wòatrɔ ayi Yuda. Ale David yi ave aɖe me le Heret.
And the prophet Gad says to David, “You do not abide in a fortress, go, and you have entered the land of Judah for yourself”; and David goes and enters the forest of Hareth.
6 Esi wòva ɖo afi ma tetee ko la, Saul se be eva ɖo Yudanyigba dzi elabena Saul nɔ Gibea ɣe ma ɣi. Enɔ anyi ɖe oɖumti aɖe te nɔ fefem kple eƒe yi eye eƒe aʋafiawo ƒo xlãe.
And Saul hears that David has become known, and the men who [are] with him, and Saul is abiding in Gibeah, under the grove in Ramah, and his spear [is] in his hand, and all his servants [are] standing by him.
7 Esi wòse nya sia la, egblɔ be, “Miɖo tom, mi Benyaminviwo! Ɖe David do ŋugbe na mi be yeana agbledenyigbawo kple waingblewo mi eye yeado mi ɖe ŋgɔ le aʋakɔ la mea?
And Saul says to his servants who are standing by him, “Now hear, sons of Benjamin; does the son of Jesse also give fields and vineyards to all of you? Does he appoint all of you [to be] heads of thousands and heads of hundreds?
8 Esia tae mietsi tsitre ɖe ŋunyea? Mia dometɔ aɖeke megblɔ nam kpɔ be nye ŋutɔ vinye le David dzi o. Miexa nu ɖe nunye gɔ̃ hã o. Mibu eŋu kpɔ! Nye ŋutɔ vinye nado ŋusẽ David be woade xa ɖe ŋunye abe ale si wòwɔ egbea ene.”
For all of you have conspired against me, and there is none uncovering my ear about my son’s cutting [a covenant] with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you grieving for me, and uncovering my ear, that my son has raised up my servant against me, to lie in wait as [at] this day.”
9 Ke Doeg, Edomtɔ, si nɔ tsitre kple Saul ƒe amewo le afi ma la gblɔ be, “Esi menɔ Nɔb la, mekpɔ Yese viŋutsu la wònɔ dze ɖom kple Ahimelek, Ahitub viŋutsu la.
And Doeg the Edomite answers, who is set over the servants of Saul, and says, “I have seen the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech son of Ahitub,
10 Abimelek bia nu Yehowa nɛ, ena nuɖuɖui eye wòtsɔ Goliat, Filistitɔ la, ƒe yi hã nɛ.”
and he inquires of YHWH for him, and has given provision to him, and has given the sword of Goliath the Philistine to him.”
11 Ale Fia Saul ɖo du ɖe nunɔla Ahimelek, Ahitub viŋutsu kple eƒe ƒometɔwo katã, ame siwo nye nunɔlawo le Nɔb eye wova fia la gbɔ.
And the king sends to call Ahimelech son of Ahitub, the priest, and all the house of his father, the priests, who [are] in Nob, and all of them come to the king;
12 Saul gblɔ na Abimelek be, “Ɖo tom, wò Ahitub viŋutsu!” Abimelek ɖo eŋu be, “Mele to ɖom nye aƒetɔ.”
and Saul says, “Now hear, son of Ahitub”; and he says, “Here I [am], my lord.”
13 Saul biae be, “Nu ka tae wò kple David, miebla ɖe ŋunye? Nu ka ta wò Yese vi nèna nuɖuɖui, tsɔ yi de asi nɛ eye nèbia gbe Mawu tso eŋu gblɔ nɛ? Nu ka ta nèdo ŋusẽe be wòatso ɖe ŋunye eye wòava afi sia, aho aʋa ɖe ŋunye?”
And Saul says to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, by your giving bread and a sword to him, and to inquire of God for him, to rise against me, to lie in wait, as [at] this day?”
14 Ahimelek ɖo eŋu be, “Nye aƒetɔ, ɖe ame ɖeka aɖe le wò subɔlawo katã dome si nye nuteƒewɔla na wò abe wò toyɔvi, David enea? Eyae nye ŋuwòmewo ƒe amegã eye wòganye wò aƒemetɔ si amewo buna la.
And Ahimelech answers the king and says, “And who among all your servants [is] as David—faithful, and son-in-law of the king, and has turned aside to your council, and is honored in your house?
15 Menye esiae nye zi gbãtɔ si mebia nya Mawu tso eŋu o! Menyo be nàtsɔ nya ɖe nye kple nye ƒometɔwo ŋu alea o elabena míenya naneke tso nya sia si nètsɔ ɖe mía ŋu la ŋu o.”
Today have I begun to inquire of God for him? Far be it from me! Do not let the king lay anything against his servant, against any of the house of my father, for your servant has known nothing of all this, little or much.”
16 Fia Saul do ɣli be, “Wò, Ahimelek kple wò ƒometɔwo katã miaku!”
And the king says, “You surely die, Ahimelech, you and all the house of your father.”
17 Eɖe gbe na eƒe asrafowo be, “Miwu nunɔla siawo katã elabena wobla kple David ɖe ŋunye; wonya be ele sisim le nunye, ke womegblɔe nam o!” Ke asrafoawo gbe womewu Yehowa ƒe nunɔlawo o.
And the king says to the runners, those standing by him, “Turn around, and put the priests of YHWH to death, because their hand [is] also with David, and because they have known that he is fleeing, and have not uncovered my ear”; and the servants of the king have not been willing to put forth their hand to come against the priests of YHWH.
18 Fia la ɖe gbe na Doeg be, “Wò ŋutɔ wu wo!” Ale Doeg, Edomtɔ la wu nunɔla blaenyi-vɔ-atɔ̃wo le esime wonɔ nunɔlawo ƒe awu me.
And the king says to Doeg, “Turn around, and come against the priests”; and Doeg the Edomite turns around, and comes against the priests himself, and in that day puts to death eighty-five men bearing a linen ephod,
19 Le esia yome la, eyi Nɔb, nunɔlawo ƒe du me eye wòwu nunɔlawo ƒe ƒometɔwo, ŋutsuwo, nyɔnuwo, ɖeviwo kple vidzĩwo hekpe ɖe woƒe nyiwo, tedziwo kple alẽwo ŋu.
and Nob, the city of the priests, he has struck by the mouth of the sword, from man and to woman, from infant and to suckling, and ox, and donkey, and sheep, by the mouth of the sword.
20 Eye Ahitub vi, Ahimelek ƒe vi ɖeka si ŋkɔ nye Abiata la si dze David yome.
And one son of Ahimelech, son of Ahitub, escapes, and his name [is] Abiathar, and he flees after David,
21 Esi Abiata gblɔ nu si Saul wɔ na David la,
and Abiathar declares to David that Saul has slain the priests of YHWH.
22 David do ɣli gblɔ na Abiata be, “Menya nenema! Esi mekpɔ Doeg, Edomtɔ la le afi ma la, menya be agblɔe na Saul. Azɔ la, mehe ku vɛ na fofowò ƒe ƒometɔwo katã.
And David says to Abiathar, “I have known on that day when Doeg the Edomite [is] there, that he certainly declares [it] to Saul; I have brought [it] around to every person of the house of your father;
23 Nɔ gbɔnye le afi sia. Mègavɔ̃ o elabena ame si le nye ku dim lae le wò hã tɔ di ge; ànɔ dedie le gbɔnye.”
dwell with me; do not fear; for he who seeks my life seeks your life; for you [are my] charge with me.”
