1 Samyèl 21
1 Alò, David te rive Nob, vè Achimélec, prèt la. Achimélec te parèt tou tranble lè l te rankontre David, e li te mande li: “Poukisa se ou sèl e pa gen moun avèk ou?”
Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said to him, Why are you alone, and no man with you?
2 David te di a Achimélec, prèt la: “Wa a te ban m yon komisyon konsènan yon afè e li te di mwen: ‘Pa kite pèsòn konnen anyen sou afè ke m ap voye ou a. Se sou sila mwen ap pase ba ou lòd la; mwen te dirije mesye yo a yon sèten plas.’
And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me a business, and has said to me, Let no man know any thing of the business about which I send you, and what I have commanded you: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
3 Konsa, kisa ou gen nan men ou? Ban m senk moso pen oswa nenpòt sa ou kab twouve.”
Now therefore what is under your hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or what there is present.
4 Prèt la te reponn David, e te di: “Nanpwen pen òdinè, men gen pen konsakre; si sèlman mesye yo te kenbe tèt yo lwen fanm.”
And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
5 David te reponn prèt la e te di li: “Asireman, fanm yo te kenbe lwen de nou kòm dabitid lè m konn pati. Kò a mesye yo te sen, malgre li te yon vwayaj òdinè. Konbyen anplis jodi a kò yo va sen?”
And David answered the priest, and said to him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yes, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
6 Konsa, prèt la te ba li pen konsakre a, paske pa t gen pen la sof ke pen Prezans ki te retire soti devan SENYÈ a, pou l ta kab ranplase li avèk pen cho menm lè ke li te retire.
So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the show bread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
7 Alò, youn nan sèvitè a Saül yo te la nan jou sa a, fèmen devan SENYÈ a. Non li se te Doëg, Edomit la, chèf a bèje Saül yo.
Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the most chief of the herdsmen that belonged to Saul.
8 David te di a Achimélec: “Alò, èske pa gen yon frenn oswa yon nepe ki disponib? Paske mwen pa t mennen ni nepe mwen, ni zam mwen avè m, akoz afè wa a te tèlman ijan.”
And David said to Ahimelech, And is there not here under your hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.
9 Alò, prèt la te di: “Nepe Goliath la, Filisten an, ke ou te touye nan vale Ela a. Gade byen, li vlope nan yon twal dèyè efòd la. Si ou vle li, pran l. Paske nanpwen lòt sof ke li menm isit la.” Epi David te di: “Nanpwen lòt tankou li. Ban mwen li.”
And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you slew in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if you will take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
10 Alò, David te leve e te sove ale kite Saül nan jou sa a pou te ale vè Akisch, wa a Gath la.
And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
11 Men sèvitè a Akisch yo te di li: “Èske sa se pa David, wa a peyi a? Èske yo pa t konn chante a sila a pandan yo t ap danse, e t ap di: ‘Saül te touye dè milye pa li e David dè di-milye pa li?’”
And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
12 David te swiv pawòl sa yo nan kè l e te pè Akisch, wa Gath la anpil.
And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
13 Konsa, li te kache bon tèt li devan yo e te aji tankou moun fou pandan li te nan men yo. Li te ekri pa aza yon bann mak sou pòtay avèk pòt yo e te kite krache desann sou bab li.
And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.
14 Akisch te di a sèvitè li yo: “Gade byen, ou wè mesye a ap aji tankou yon moun fou. Poukisa ou mennen li kote mwen?
Then said Achish to his servants, See, you see the man is mad: why then have you brought him to me?
15 Èske mwen manke moun fou, pou ou te mennen sila a pou aji tankou moun fou nan prezans mwen? Èske sila a va antre lakay mwen?”
Have I need of mad men, that you have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
