Sie Samuel 27

1 David el sifacna nunku insial, “Sie len Saul el ac mau uniyuwi. Wona nga in kaingla nu Philistia, na Saul el ac tia sifil sukyu in facl Israel, ac nga fah moul in misla.”

David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”

2 Ke ma inge, David ac mwet onfoko lal elos tuyak ac som nu yorol Achish, wen natul Maoch, su tokosra fin acn Gath.

So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.

3 David ac mwet lal wi sou lalos, elos oakwuki muta in facl Gath. El us mutan luo kial welul: Ahinoam mutan Jezreel se, ac Abigail mutan Carmel se su katinmas kial Nabal.

David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.

4 Ke Saul el lohng lah David el kaingla nu Gath, el tila sokol.

And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.

5 David el fahk nu sel Tokosra Achish, “Fin pwaye lah nga kom kawuk, ase sie siti srisrik nga in muta we. Nga tia enenu nga in wi kom muta in siti lun tokosra.”

Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”

6 Ouinge Tokosra Achish el sang siti srisrik se Ziklag nu sel, ac pa inge sripa se sis acn Ziklag ma na lun tokosra lun mwet Judah nwe misenge.

That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.

7 David el muta in facl lun mwet Philistia malem singoul onkosr.

And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.

8 In pulan pacl sac, David ac mwet lal elos mweun lain mwet Geshur, mwet Girzi, ac mwet Amalek. Mwet inge elos nu muta inge in pacl loeloes somla nwe in pacl se inge. David el mweuni acn inge som na nwe sun acn Shur, ac fahla pac nwe Egypt,

Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)

9 ac onela mukul ac mutan, ac sruokya sheep, cow, donkey, camel, ac oayapa nuknuk. Na elos ac folok nu yorol Tokosra Achish,

Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,

10 ac el ac siyuk sel David, “Ku kom som mweun oya misenge?” Ac David el ac fahk nu sel lah elos som layen nu eir in acn Judah, ku el ac fahk mu elos som nwe in facl sin sou lal Jerahmeel, ku nu in facl sin mwet Ken.

who would ask him, “What have you raided today?” And David would reply, “The Negev of Judah,” or “The Negev of Jerahmeel,” or “The Negev of the Kenites.”

11 David el ac onela mwet nukewa, mukul ac mutan. El oru ouinge in mau wangin mwet folok nu Gath ac srumun ma el, ac mwet lal inge, oru uh. David el oru na lumah se inge ke lusen pacl se el muta Philistia ah.

David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.

12 Tuh Tokosra Achish el lulalfongel David, ac el sifacna nunku insial, “David el srungayuk na pwaye sin mwet lal sifacna, mwet Israel. Ke ma inge el ac fah enenu elan kulansupweyu in moul lal nufon.”

So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”