1 Samyèl 27
1 Konsa, David te di nan tèt li: “Alò, yon jou mwen va peri nan men Saül. Nanpwen anyen k ap pi bon pou mwen pase pou m chape ale nan peyi Filisten yo. Konsa, Saül va dekouraje nan chache mwen toujou sou tout teritwa Israël la, e mwen va chape nan men li.”
David said in his heart, "I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me except that I 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 shall I escape out of his hand."
2 Konsa, David te leve e te travèse, li menm avèk sis-san òm ki te avè l yo, kote Akisch, fis a Maoc la, wa a Gath la.
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 Epi David te viv avèk Akisch nan Gath, li menm avèk mesye pa li yo, chak moun avèk tout moun lakay yo. David te avèk de madanm pa li yo, Achinoam Jizreyelit la ak Abigaïl, Kamelit la, vèv a Nabal la.
So David lived with Achish, he and his men, along with his men and their families, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, Nabal's widow.
4 Alò, sa te pale a Saül ke David te sove ale Gath. Konsa, li pa t chache li ankò.
Now it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he no longer searched for him.
5 Alò, David te di a Akisch: “Si koulye a, mwen jwenn favè nan zye ou, kite yo ban mwen yon plas nan youn nan vil andeyò yo, pou m kapab viv la. Paske poukisa sèvitè ou ta viv nan vil wayal la avèk ou?”
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 Konsa, Akisch te bay li Tsiklag nan jou sa a. Konsa, Tsiklag te devni pou wa Juda yo jis rive jodi a.
So he gave him Ziklag that day. (For that reason Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.)
7 Nonb de jou ke David te viv nan peyi a Filisten yo se te 1 nan, kat mwa.
The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
8 Alò, David avèk mesye pa li yo te monte pou te fè atak sou Gechouryen, Gizyen avèk Amalekit yo; paske se yo menm ki te mèt tè sa a depi nan tan ansyen yo, nan wout soti Schur, menm pou rive nan peyi Égypte la.
Now David and his men went up, and made a raid on the Geshurites, and the Amalekites. And look, the land was inhabited from Telem, until you come to Shur, and on toward Egypt.
9 David te atake peyi a, e pa t kite yon gason ni yon fanm vivan. Li te pran tout mouton, bèf, bourik, chamo, avèk rad. Apre, li te retounen kote Akisch.
David struck the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the cattle, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the clothing; and he returned, and came to Achish.
10 Alò, Akisch te di: “Se kibò ou te atake jodi a?” Epi David te reponn: “Kont Negev la nan Juda e kont Negev a Kenyen yo.”
Achish said, "Against whom have you made a raid today?" David would say, "Against the Negev of Judah," or "Against the Negev of Jerahmeel," or "Against the Negev of the Kenizzites."
11 David pa t kite yon mesye ni yon fanm vivan pou mennen yo nan Gath. Li te di: “Otreman, yo va pale afè nou, e di: ‘Se konsa David te fè e se konsa li aji pandan tout tan ke li rete nan peyi Filisten yo.’”
And neither man nor woman would he leave alive to be brought to Gath, thinking, "Otherwise they will tell about us, saying, 'This is what David did,'" and this has been his practice all the time he lived in the country of the Philistines.
12 Konsa, Akisch te kwè David, Li te di: “Anverite, li vin fè tèt li rayisab pami pèp Israël pa l la. Konsa, li va sèvitè pa m jis pou tout tan.”
Achish believed David, saying, "He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he shall be my servant forever."
