Samuel 1 27
1 Ale David nɔ bubum le eɖokui me be, “Gbe ɖeka la, Saul ƒe asi asu dzinye. Mate Filistitɔwo domenɔnɔ kpɔ va se ɖe esime Saul nadzudzɔ yonyemetiti. Ekema maganɔ dedie.”
And he said David to heart his now I will be swept away a day one by [the] hand of Saul not [belongs] to me good for really I will escape - to [the] land of [the] Philistines and he will desist from me Saul to seek me again in all [the] territory of Israel and I will be delivered from hand his.
2 Ale David kple ame alafa ade siwo le eŋu la dzo heyi Akis, Mayok vi, Gat fia, gbɔ.
And he arose David and he passed over he and six hundred man who [were] with him to Achish [the] son of Maoch [the] king of Gath.
3 David kple eƒe amewo nɔ Gat le fia Akis gbɔ. Ame sia ame kplɔ eƒe aƒemetɔwo ɖe asi eye David hã kplɔ srɔ̃a eveawo: Ahinoam tso Yezreel kple Abigail tso Karmel, ame si nye Nabal ƒe ahosi la ɖe asi.
And he dwelt David with Achish in Gath he and men his each one and household his David and [the] two wives his Ahinoam the Jezreelite [woman] and Abigail [the] wife of Nabal the Carmelite [woman].
4 Esi Saul se be David si yi Gat la, edzudzɔ eyometiti.
And it was told to Saul that he had fled David Gath and not (he repeated *Q(K)*) again to seek him.
5 Gbe ɖeka David gblɔ na Akis be, “Nye aƒetɔ, ne anyo na wò la, ekema nàna míanɔ du sue aɖe me ke menye fiadua me le afii o.”
And he said David to Achish if please I have found favor in view your let people give to me a place in one of [the] cities of the field so I may dwell there and why? will he dwell servant your in [the] city of royalty with you.
6 Ale Fia Akis tsɔ Ziklag na David eye wòzu Yuda fia ƒe du va se ɖe egbe.
And he gave to him Achish on the day that Ziklag therefore it has belonged Ziklag to [the] kings of Judah until the day this.
7 David kple eƒe amewo nɔ Ziklag le Filistitɔwo dome, ƒe ɖeka kple ɣleti ene.
And it was [the] number of the days which he dwelt David in [the] region of [the] Philistines days and four months.
8 Wonɔa Gesuritɔwo, Girzitɔwo kple Amalekitɔwo, ame siwo nɔ Sur gbɔ le Egipte mɔ dzi tso gbe aɖe gbe ke la ham.
And he went up David and men his and they made raids against the Geshurite[s] (and the Gizrite[s] *Q(K)*) and the Amalekite[s] for they [were] dwelling the land which [is] from antiquity coming you Shur towards and to [the] land of Egypt.
9 Womenana ame aɖeke tsia agbe le du siwo dzi wodzena la me o. Wohaa woƒe alẽwo, nyiwo, tedziwo, kposɔwo kple nudodowo hafi trɔ va Akis.
And he struck David the land and not he let live a man and a woman and he took sheep and cattle and donkeys and camels and clothes and he returned and he went to Achish.
10 Akis biaa David be, “Afi ka tɔwo dzi miedze egbea?” David ɖoa eŋu be, “Míedze ame siwo le Yuda ƒe anyigbeme kple Yerameeltɔwo kple Kenitɔwo dzi.”
And he said Achish against [where] did you make a raid this day and he said David on [the] Negev of Judah and on [the] Negev of the Jerahmeelite[s] and against [the] Negev of the Kenite[s].
11 David mena ŋutsu alo nyɔnu aɖeke tsia agbe o, elabena ebu be, ne yekplɔ wo va Gat la, woava ƒo nu le yewo ŋu agblɔ be, “Ale kple ale David wɔ enye esi.” Nu sia dzɔna edziedzi esi wònɔ Filistitɔwo dome.
And a man and a woman not he let live David to bring Gath saying lest they should tell on us saying thus he has done David and [is] thus practice his all the days which he has dwelt in [the] region of [the] Philistines.
12 Fia Akis xɔ David dzi se eye wòbu be Israelviwo alé fui azɔ. Fia la bu be, “Azɔ la, atsi afi sia eye wòasubɔm tegbetegbe.”
And he trusted Achish in David saying certainly he has become odious among people his among Israel and he will become of me a servant of perpetuity.
