1 Samũeli 21
1 Na rĩrĩ, Daudi agĩthiĩ Nobu, kũrĩ Ahimeleku ũrĩa mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai. Ahimeleku aamũtũnga akĩinaina, akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Kaĩ ũrĩ wiki nĩkĩ? Nĩ kĩĩ mũtarĩ na mũndũ ũngĩ?”
Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no man with you?”
2 Daudi agĩcookeria Ahimeleku ũcio mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai atĩrĩ, “Nĩ mũthamaki ũnjathĩte ngeke ũndũ mũna na akanjĩĩra atĩrĩ, ‘Mũndũ o na ũ ndakamenye ũndũ ũrĩa ngũtũmĩte na ũrĩa ngwathĩte.’ No andũ akwa-rĩ, nĩ ndĩmerĩte tũcemanie handũ hana.
David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commanded me to do something, and has said to me, ‘Let no one know anything about the business about which I send you, and what I have commanded you. I have sent the young men to a certain place.’
3 Na rĩrĩ, nĩ kĩĩ ũrĩ nakĩo gĩa kũrĩa? He mĩgate ĩtano, kana o kĩrĩa gĩothe ũngĩhota kuona.”
Now therefore what is under your hand? Please give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever is available.”
4 No mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai ũcio agĩcookeria Daudi atĩrĩ, “Ndirĩ na mĩgate ĩrĩa ĩhũthĩirwo kũrĩĩo, no rĩrĩ, haha nĩ harĩ mĩgate ĩrĩa mĩamũre, angĩkorwo andũ acio matihutanĩtie na andũ-a-nja.”
The priest answered David, and said, “I have no common bread, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.”
5 Daudi agĩcookia atĩrĩ, “Ti-itherũ tũtikoretwo hamwe na andũ-a-nja, o ta ũrĩa arĩ mũtugo witũ rĩrĩa rĩothe ngumagara. Indo cia andũ aya nĩ theru o na gũtuĩka marĩ mawĩra-inĩ matarĩ maamũre. Ũmũthĩ indo ciao itikĩrĩ nyamũre makĩria!”
David answered the priest, and said to him, “Truly, women have been kept from us as usual these three days. When I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was only a common journey. How much more then today shall their vessels be holy?”
6 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai ũcio akĩmũnengera mĩgate ĩyo mĩamũre, nĩgũkorwo hau hatiarĩ na mĩgate ĩngĩ tiga mĩgate ĩrĩa yaigagwo mbere ya Jehova, na nĩyeheretio mbere ya Jehova mũthenya ũcio, na hakaigwo mĩgate ĩngĩ mĩhiũ.
So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the show bread that was taken from before the LORD, to be replaced with hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
7 Na rĩrĩ, mũthenya ũcio, haarĩ na mũndũ ũmwe warĩ ndungata ya Saũlũ, aahingĩrĩirio hau mbere ya Jehova; nake eetagwo Doegu ũrĩa Mũedomu, ũrĩa warĩ mũnene wa arĩithi a Saũlũ.
Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the best of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul.
8 Daudi akĩũria Ahimeleku atĩrĩ, “Kaĩ ũtarĩ na itimũ kana rũhiũ rwa njora haha? Ndinooka na rũhiũ rwakwa rwa njora kana kĩndũ kĩngĩ kĩa mbaara, nĩ ũndũ wĩra wa mũthamaki uuma wa ihenya.”
David said to Ahimelech, “Isn’t there here under your hand spear or sword? For I haven’t brought my sword or my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.”
9 Mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai ũcio agĩcookia atĩrĩ, “Rũhiũ rwa njora rwa Goliathũ, Mũfilisti ũrĩa woragĩire Gĩtuamba-inĩ kĩa Ela, rũrĩ haha; naruo ruohetwo na taama rũkaigwo thuutha wa ebodi. Angĩkorwo nĩũkũrwenda-rĩ, ruoe; gũtirĩ na rũhiũ rũngĩ rwa njora tiga o rũu.” Daudi akiuga atĩrĩ, “Gũtirĩ rũhiũ rũngĩ taruo; kĩrũũnengere.”
The priest said, “Behold, the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you would like to take that, take it, for there is no other except that here.” David said, “There is none like that. Give it to me.”
10 Mũthenya ũcio Daudi akĩũrĩra Saũlũ, agĩthiĩ kũrĩ Akishi mũthamaki wa Gathu.
David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
11 No ndungata cia Akishi ikĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Githĩ ũyũ ti Daudi, ũrĩa mũthamaki wa bũrũri? Githĩ tiwe mainagĩra nyĩmbo-inĩ ciao atĩrĩ: “‘Saũlũ nĩeyũragĩire andũ ngiri nyingĩ, na Daudi akeyũragĩra andũ ngiri makũmi maingĩ’?”
The servants of Achish said to him, “Isn’t this David the king of the land? Didn’t they sing to one another about him in dances, saying, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?”
12 Nake Daudi akĩiga ũhoro ũcio ngoro-inĩ na agĩĩtigĩra Akishi mũthamaki wa Gathu mũno.
David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
13 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio akĩĩgũrũkithia mbere yao; na rĩrĩa aarĩ moko-inĩ mao, agĩĩtua ta mũndũ mũgũrũki, akĩharaga mĩrango ya kĩhingo, agĩitaga rũta rũikũrũkanĩtie na nderu ciake.
He changed his behavior before them and pretended to be insane in their hands, and scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.
14 Akishi akĩĩra ndungata ciake atĩrĩ, “Ta rorai mũndũ ũyũ! Nĩ mũgũrũku! Mwakĩmũrehe kũrĩ niĩ nĩkĩ?
Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see the man is insane. Why then have you brought him to me?
15 Kaĩ nyiihĩtie agũrũki atĩ nĩguo mũndehere mũndũ ũyũ haha eke maũndũ ta maya mbere yakwa? Mũndũ ũyũ no nginya oke nyũmba yakwa?”
Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Should this fellow come into my house?”
