1 Samũeli 27
1 No rĩrĩ, Daudi agĩĩciiria atĩrĩ, “Mũthenya ũmwe nĩndĩrĩniinwo nĩ guoko gwa Saũlũ. Ũndũ ũrĩa mwega ingĩĩka nĩ kũũrĩra bũrũri wa Afilisti. Hĩndĩ ĩyo Saũlũ nĩagatiga kũnjaria kũndũ o na kũ thĩinĩ wa Isiraeli, na niĩ nĩngehonokia guoko-inĩ gwake.”
And David says to his heart, “Now I am consumed by the hand of Saul one day; there is nothing better for me than that I diligently escape to the land of the Philistines, and Saul has been despairing of me—of seeking me anymore in all the border of Israel, and I have escaped out of his hand.”
2 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Daudi na andũ magana matandatũ arĩa maarĩ nake makiuma, magĩthiĩ kũrĩ Akishi mũrũ wa Maoku, mũthamaki wa Gathu.
And David rises, and passes over, he and six hundred men who [are] with him, to Achish son of Maoch king of Gath;
3 Daudi na andũ ake magĩtũũrania na Akishi kũu Gathu. Mũndũ o mũndũ aarĩ na andũ a nyũmba yake, na Daudi aarĩ na atumia ake eerĩ: Ahinoamu wa Jezireeli, na Abigaili wa Karimeli, mũtumia wa ndigwa wa Nabali.
and David dwells with Achish in Gath, he and his men, each one with his household, [even] David and his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelitess.
4 Rĩrĩa Saũlũ eerirwo atĩ Daudi nĩorĩire Gathu, ndaacookire kũmũcaria rĩngĩ.
And it is declared to Saul that David has fled to Gath, and he has not added to seek him anymore.
5 Ningĩ Daudi akĩĩra Akishi atĩrĩ, “Angĩkorwo nĩnjĩtĩkĩrĩkĩte maitho-inĩ maku-rĩ, reke heo handũ itũũra-inĩ rĩmwe rĩa bũrũri ũyũ, ngatũũre kuo. Nĩ kĩĩ gĩgũtũma ndungata yaku ĩtũũre itũũra rĩa ũthamaki hamwe nawe?”
And David says to Achish, “Now if I have found grace in your eyes, they give a place to me in one of the cities of the field, and I dwell there, indeed, why does your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”
6 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Akishi akĩmũhe Zikilagi mũthenya o ro ũcio, narĩo rĩtũire rĩrĩ rĩa athamaki a Juda kuuma hĩndĩ ĩyo.
And Achish gives Ziklag to him in that day, therefore Ziklag has been for the kings of Judah until this day.
7 Daudi agĩikara bũrũri wa Afilisti mwaka ũmwe na mĩeri ĩna.
And the number of the days which David has dwelt in the field of the Philistines [is one year] of days and four months;
8 Na rĩrĩ, Daudi na andũ ake makĩambata magĩthiĩ magĩtharĩkĩra andũ a Geshuru, na Agirizi na Aamaleki. (Kuuma tene andũ acio maatũũraga thĩinĩ wa bũrũri ũrĩa ũthiĩte ũgakinya Shuri na Misiri.)
and David and his men go up, and they push toward the Geshurite, and the Gerizite, and the Amalekite (for they are inhabitants of the land from of old), as you come to Shur and to the land of Egypt,
9 Rĩrĩa rĩothe Daudi aatharĩkagĩra kũndũ, ndaatigagia mũndũ mũrũme kana mũndũ-wa-nja muoyo, aamoragaga agataha ngʼondu na ngʼombe, na ndigiri na ngamĩĩra, na nguo. Thuutha ũcio agacooka agathiĩ kũrĩ Akishi.
and David has struck the land, and does not keep alive man and woman, and has taken sheep, and oxen, and donkeys, and camels, and garments, and turns back, and comes to Achish.
10 Rĩrĩa Akishi aamũũria atĩrĩ, “Uuma gũtharĩkĩra kũ ũmũthĩ?” Daudi akamwĩra atĩrĩ, “Nyuma gũtharĩkĩra Negevu kũu Juda,” kana “Gũtharĩkĩra Negevu ya Jerameeli,” kana “Gũtharĩkĩra Negevu ya Akeni.”
And Achish says, “To where have you pushed today?” And David says, “Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelite, and to the south of the Kenite.”
11 Ndaatigirie mũndũ mũrũme kana mũndũ-wa-nja muoyo nĩguo matwarwo Gathu, nĩ ũndũ eeciiririe atĩrĩ, “Maahota gũtũcuukanĩrĩra moige atĩrĩ, ‘Ũũ nĩguo Daudi ekĩte.’” Na ũcio nĩguo warĩ mũtugo wake hĩndĩ ĩrĩa yothe aatũũrire bũrũri wa Afilisti.
David keeps alive neither man nor woman, to bring in [word] to Gath, saying, “Lest they declare [it] against us, saying, Thus David has done, and thus [is] his custom all the days that he has dwelt in the fields of the Philistines.”
12 Nake Akishi nĩehokete Daudi na akeĩraga atĩrĩ, “Nĩatuĩkĩte kĩndũ gĩthũũre kũrĩ andũ ake a Isiraeli, na egũtuĩka ndungata yakwa nginya tene.”
And Achish believes in David, saying, “He has made himself utterly abhorred among his people in Israel, and has been for a perpetual servant to me.”
