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 David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any part of Israel: so shall I escape from his hand.

2 Ale David kple ame alafa ade siwo le eŋu la dzo heyi Akis, Mayok vi, Gat fia, gbɔ.

And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him to Achish, the son of Maoch, 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 David dwelt 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.

4 Esi Saul se be David si yi Gat la, edzudzɔ eyometiti.

And it was told to Saul that David had fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for 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 David said to Achish, If I have now found grace in thy eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

6 Ale Fia Akis tsɔ Ziklag na David eye wòzu Yuda fia ƒe du va se ɖe egbe.

Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: therefore Ziklag pertaineth to the kings of Judah to this day.

7 David kple eƒe amewo nɔ Ziklag le Filistitɔwo dome, ƒe ɖeka kple ɣleti ene.

And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year 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 David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even 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 David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came 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 Achish said, Where have ye plundered to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

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 David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should inform against us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country 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 Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.