1 Samuel 21
1 Devid jere nʼobodo Nob ịhụ Ahimelek, onye nchụaja. Ahimelek mara jijiji mgbe ọ hụrụ Devid. Ọ sịrị Devid, “Gịnị mere naanị gị ji bịa? Gịnị mere o nweghị onye so gị?”
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 Devid zara Ahimelek, onye nchụaja sị, “Eze ziri m ozi dị mkpa, ma sị m, ‘Ka onye ọbụla ghara ịma ihe ọbụla banyere ozi a m na-eziga gị.’ Ma banyere ụmụ okorobịa m, agwala m ha ebe ha ga-ezute m.
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 Ugbu a, olee ihe oriri i nwere? Nye m ogbe achịcha ise maọbụ ihe ọzọ i nwere.”
Now therefore, if you have anything at hand, even five loaves of bread, or whatever you may find, give it to me.”
4 Onye nchụaja ahụ zara Devid sị, “Enweghị m achịcha ana edoghị nsọ nʼebe a. Ma otu ọ dị, e nwere ụfọdụ achịcha e doro nsọ nʼebe a, ma ọ bụrụ na ụmụ okorobịa gị na ha so debere onwe ha ọcha, na-emetụghị nwanyị ahụ.”
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 Devid zara sị ya, “Nʼezie, anyị ekwebeghị ka ụmụ nwanyị bịa anyị nso, dịka anyị dị mbụ eme ma anyị na-eje ozi. Ndị ikom ndị a na-edo onwe ha nsọ ọ bụladị mgbe njem anyị na-adịghị nsọ ka ọfọdụzie njem nke taa.”
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 Ebe nri ọzọ na-adịghị, onye nchụaja ahụ nyere Devid achịcha nsọ, bụ achịcha nke iche nʼIhu Onyenwe anyị, nke ewepụtara site nʼihu Onyenwe anyị nʼime ebe ịchụ aja, debekwa achịcha ọhụrụ nke e ji gbanwee nke ochie dị nʼebe ahụ.
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 Ma otu onye odibo Sọl nọ nʼebe ahụ nʼụbọchị ahụ, onye e jigidere nʼihu Onyenwe anyị. Ọ bụ Doeg, onye Edọm onyeisi ndị na-azụ anụ ụlọ Sọl.
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 Devid jụrụ Ahimelek ajụjụ sị ya, “I nweghị ùbe maọbụ mma agha nʼebe a? Ewetaghị m mma agha m maọbụ ngwa agha ọzọ, nʼihi na ozi eze ziri anyị dị oke ngwangwa.”
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 Onye nchụaja zaghachiri, “Mma agha Golaịat, onye Filistia, onye ahụ i tigburu na ndagwurugwu Ịla dị nʼebe a, a fụchiri ya nʼakwa nʼazụ efọọd. Ọ bụrụ na ị chọrọ ya, were ya, nʼihi na ọ dịghị mma agha ọzọ dị nʼebe a ma ọ bụghị nke ahụ.” Devid sịrị, “Ọ dịghị nke dịka ya, nye m ya.”
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 Nʼụbọchị ahụ, Devid gbapụrụ ọsọ site nʼebe Sọl nọ gbakwuru Akish eze ndị 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 Ma ndị ozi Akish sịrị ya, “Onye a ọ bụghị Devid, eze nke ala ahụ? Ọ bụghị ya bụ isi abụ ha na-abụ mgbe ha na-ete egwu na-asị: “‘Sọl egbuola ọtụtụ puku ndị iro ya, Devid egbukwaala iri puku kwụrụ puku ndị iro nke ya’?”
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 Mgbe Devid nụrụ okwu ndị a, ọ tụrụ egwu ihe Akish eze Gat ga-eme ya.
Then David took these words to his heart, and he became exceedingly afraid before the face of Achish, the king of Gath.
13 Nʼihi ya ọ gbanwere omume ya, bido ime dịka onyeisi na-adịghị mma. O bidokwara ịka akara nʼibo, bidokwa na-agụsasị ọnụ mmiri nʼahụọnụ ya.
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 gwara ndị ozi ya okwu sị ha, “Leenụ nwoke a! Ọ bụ onyeisi mebiri! Gịnị mere unu ji kpọtara m ya?
And Achish said to his servants: “You saw that the man is insane. Why did you bring him to me?
15 Ndị na-ayị ara ha kọrọ m, nke mere unu ji kpọtara m nwoke a nʼebe a ka ọ bịa na-eme ka onye na-ayị ara nʼihu m? O kwesiri ka onye dị otu a bata nʼụlọ m?”
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?”
