1 Samuel 27
1 Devid chere nʼime onwe ya sị, “Otu ụbọchị Sọl ga-enweta m, bibie m. Ihe ka mma m ga-eme bụ ịgbaga nʼala ndị Filistia. Nke a ga-eme ka Sọl kwụsị ịchọgharị m ebe ọbụla nʼIzrel. Aga m esikwa otu a, nwere onwe m site nʼaka ya.”
David said in his heart, “I will now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should 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 I will escape out of his hand.”
2 Ya mere, Devid na narị ndị ikom isii ya, na ezinaụlọ ha, biliri jekwuru Akish nwa Maok, eze ndị Gat.
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 Devid na ndị agha ya sooro Akish biri na Gat. Onye ọbụla du ezinaụlọ ya. Devid nʼonwe ya du ndị inyom abụọ ya: Ahinoam onye Jezril, na Abigel onye Kamel, nwunye ochie Nebal.
David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.
4 Ọ dịghị anya, Sọl nụrụ na Devid agbalaala Gat, nʼihi ya ọ kwụsịrị ịchụso ya.
Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped looking for him.
5 Devid gwara Akish sị ya, “Ọ bụrụ na m anatala amara nʼebe ị nọ, ọ ga-adị mma ka enye m otu obodo nʼime obodo nke ala a, ka m biri. Nʼihi gịnị ka ohu gị ga-eji soro gị biri nʼobodo eze?”
David said to Achish, “If now I have found favour 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 Akish nyere ya Ziklag, nʼihi ya, Ziklag bụ obodo ndị eze Juda ruo taa.
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.
7 Devid biri nʼoke ala ndị Filistia otu afọ na ọnwa anọ.
The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
8 Devid na ndị ikom ya nọgidere oge ahụ niile na-emegide ndị Geshua, ndị Gizi na ndị Amalek. (Site na mgbe ochie ndị a bi nʼala ahụ gbatịrị ruo Shua na Ijipt)
David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land who were of old, on the way to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.
9 Mgbe ọbụla Devid wakporo akụkụ ọbụla, ọ dịghị ahapụ nwoke maọbụ nwanyị ndụ. Ma ọ na-akpụrụ atụrụ ha, na ehi ha, na ịnyịnya ibu ha, na ịnyịnya kamel ha, nakwa uwe ha. Emesịa, ọ na-alọghachikwuru Akish.
David struck the land, and saved no man or woman alive, and took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned, and came to Achish.
10 Ọ bụrụ na Akish ajụọ Devid ajụjụ sị, “Ndị ole ka unu busoro agha taa?” Devid ga-aza sị, “Ọ bụ ndị bi na ndịda Juda”, maọbụ “ndị ndịda Jerahmel”, maọbụ “ndị ndịda Ken.”
Achish said, “Against whom have you made a raid today?” David said, “Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.”
11 Ma ọ dịghị nwoke maọbụ nwanyị onye ọ hapụrụ ndụ, nke a ga-akpọta na Gat, nʼihi na o chere nʼobi ya sị, “Ha nwere ike ịbịa kwuo megide anyị, sị, ‘Otu a ka Devid mere.’” Otu a ka ọ na-emekwa ọtụtụ oge ahụ niile o bi nʼetiti ndị Filistia.
David saved neither man nor woman alive to bring them to Gath, saying, “Lest they should tell about us, saying, ‘David did this, and this has been his way all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.’”
12 Akish kwenyere Devid, kwuo nʼobi ya sị, “Devid abụrụla ihe a kpọrọ asị nʼebe ndị nke ya bụ ndị Izrel nọ. Ọ ga-abụkwara m ohu ruo mgbe niile.”
Achish believed David, saying, “He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he will be my servant forever.”
