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 came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech was shaking in fear when he met David, and said to him, "Why are you alone, and no one 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, "The king has given me orders, and he instructed me, 'No one must know of the matter about which I send you, or about your orders; and I have arranged to meet the young men at a certain place.'

3 Ugbu a, olee ihe oriri i nwere? Nye m ogbe achịcha ise maọbụ ihe ọzọ i nwere.”

Now, if there are five loaves of bread under your control, give them into my hand, or whatever there is."

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 answered David, and said, "There is no common bread in my control, but there is holy bread. If the young men have kept themselves from women, they may eat of it."

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 answered the priest, and said to him, "Truly women have been kept from us as always when I set out. All the young men are holy, even when it is an ordinary mission. So how much more today will their vessels be holy?"

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.

So the priest gave him what had been consecrated, for there was no bread there but the show bread, that had been removed before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

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 of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the best of the herdsmen who belonged to 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.”

David said to Ahimelech, "Isn't there here under your control spear or sword? For I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste."

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.”

The priest said, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, look, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind an ephod. If you will take that, take it; for there is no other except that here." David said, "There is none like that. Give it to me."

10 Nʼụbọchị ahụ, Devid gbapụrụ ọsọ site nʼebe Sọl nọ gbakwuru Akish eze ndị Gat.

David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and 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’?”

The servants of Achish said to him, "Isn't this David the king of the land? Did they not sing one to another about him in dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?'"

12 Mgbe Devid nụrụ okwu ndị a, ọ tụrụ egwu ihe Akish eze Gat ga-eme ya.

David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid 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.

He changed his behavior before them, and pretended to be mad in their hands, and drummed on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle run 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?

Then Achish said to his servants, "Look, you see the man is mad. Why then have you brought 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?”

Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?"