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.”
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.”
2 Ale David kple ame alafa ade siwo le eŋu la dzo heyi Akis, Mayok vi, Gat fia, gbɔ.
David arose and passed over, he and the six hundred men who 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.
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.
4 Esi Saul se be David si yi Gat la, edzudzɔ eyometiti.
Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped looking 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.”
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?”
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 belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.
7 David kple eƒe amewo nɔ Ziklag le Filistitɔwo dome, ƒe ɖeka kple ɣleti ene.
The number of the days that David lived 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.”
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.
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.’”
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.”
Achish believed David, saying, “He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he will be my servant forever.”
