< 1 Sama’ila 21 >

1 Dawuda ya tafi Nob a wurin Ahimelek firist. Da Ahimelek ya gan shi sai ya firgita ya ce, “Me ya sa kai kaɗai ne? Me ya sa ba wani tare da kai?”
Then David went into Nob, to the priest Ahimelech. And Ahimelech was astonished that David had arrived. And he said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one is with you?”
2 Dawuda ya ce wa Ahimelek firist, “Na zo aikin sarki ne, ya kuwa ce kada in sanar wa kowa abin da ya sa in yi. Na faɗa wa mutanena inda za su same ni.
And David said to the priest Ahimelech: “The king has instructed to me a word, and he said: ‘Let no one know the matter about which you have been sent by me, and what type of instructions I have given to you. For I have also summoned servants to one and another place.’
3 Yanzu, me kake da shi a hannu? Ka ba ni burodi guda biyar, ko wani abu da kake da shi a nan.”
Now therefore, if you have anything at hand, even five loaves of bread, or whatever you may find, give it to me.”
4 Amma firist ya ce wa Dawuda, “Ba ni da burodi iri na kowa da kowa, sai dai akwai burodin da aka tsarkake. Za ka iya ɗauka ku ci idan mutanenka ba su kwana da mata ba.”
And the priest, responding to David, said to him: “I have no common bread at hand, but only holy bread. Are the young men clean, especially from women?”
5 Dawuda ya ce, “Lalle ne a keɓe muke daga mata. Mutanena sukan keɓe kansu a koyaushe suka tashi’yar tafiya, balle fa a yau!”
And David responded to the priest, and said to him: “Indeed, as concerns being with women, we have abstained since yesterday and the day before, when we departed, and so the vessels of the young men have been holy. And although, this journey has been defiled, it will also be sanctified today as concerns the vessels.”
6 Don haka firist ya ba shi keɓaɓɓen burodi, tun da yake babu wani burodi a can sai dai burodin Kasancewa da aka cire daga gaban Ubangiji, aka sa burodi mai zafi a maimakon wanda aka cire a ranar.
Therefore, the priest gave to him sanctified bread. For there was no bread there, but only the bread of the Presence, which had been taken away from before the face of the Lord, so that fresh loaves might be set up.
7 A ranar kuwa, ɗaya daga cikin bayin Shawulu yana can, a tsare a gaban Ubangiji, sunansa Doyeg, mutumin Edom, shugaban makiyayan Shawulu.
Now a certain man among the servants of Saul was there on that day, inside the tabernacle of the Lord. And his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the most powerful among the shepherds of Saul.
8 Dawuda ya ce wa Ahimelek, “Ba ka da māshi ko takobi a nan? Ban kawo māshina ko wani makami ba gama saƙon sarki ya zo mini da gaggawa.”
Then David said to Ahimelech: “Do you have, here at hand, a spear or a sword? For I did not take my own sword, or my own weapons with me. For the word of the king was urgent.”
9 Sai firist ya ce, “Takobin Goliyat Bafilistin nan wanda ka kashe a Kwarin Ela yana nan. An naɗe shi da ƙyallen aka ajiye a bayan Efod, in kana so, sai ka ɗauka. Ba wani takobi kuma sai wancan.” Dawuda ya ce, “Ba ni shi, ai, ba wani kamar sa.”
And the priest said: “Behold, here is the sword of Goliath, the Philistine, whom you struck down in the Valley of Terebinth. It is wrapped up in a cloak behind the ephod. If you wish to take this, take it. For there is nothing else here except this.” And David said, “There is nothing else like this, so give it to me.”
10 A ranar, Dawuda ya gudu daga wajen Shawulu ya tafi wuri Akish sarkin Gat.
And so, David rose up, and he fled on that day from the face of Saul. And he went to Achish, the king of Gath.
11 Amma bayin Akish suka ce masa, “Wannan ba shi ne Dawuda sarkin ƙasar ba? Ashe, ba shi ne aka yi ta yin waƙoƙi a kansa, ana raye-raye, ana cewa, “Shawulu ya kashe dubbai, Dawuda kuwa ya kashe dubun dubbai?”
And the servants of Achish, when they had seen David, said to him: “Is this not David, the king of the land? Were they not singing about him, while dancing, saying, ‘Saul has struck down a thousand, and David ten thousand?’”
12 Dawuda ya riƙe waɗannan kalmomi a zuciyarsa, ya kuma ji tsoron Akish sarkin Gat sosai.
Then David took these words to his heart, and he became exceedingly afraid before the face of Achish, the king of Gath.
13 Don haka sai ya yi kamar ya taɓu a gabansu. A duk lokacin da yake tare da su, sai yă yi kamar ya haukace. Ya yi ta zāne-zāne a ƙofofi, ya bar miyau yana ta bin gemunsa.
And he altered his mouth before them, and he slipped down between their hands. And he stumbled against the doors of the gate. And his spit flowed down his beard.
14 Akish ya ce wa bayinsa, “Duba, wannan mutum yana hauka. Me ya sa kuka kawo shi a wurina?
And Achish said to his servants: “You saw that the man is insane. Why did you bring him to me?
15 Na rasa masu hauka ne da za ku kawo mini wannan mutum yă yi ta hauka a gabana? Dole ne wannan mutum yă shiga gidana?”
Or do we have need of those who are mad, so that you would bring in this one, to behave madly in my presence? How did this man get into my house?”

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