1 Samuele 19
1 Saulo ayebisaki mabongisi na ye ya koboma Davidi epai ya mwana na ye, Jonatan, mpe epai ya basali na ye nyonso. Nzokande Jonatan, mwana mobali ya Saulo, azalaki kolinga Davidi makasi.
Then Saul urged all his servants and his son Jonathan to kill David. But Jonathan liked David very much.
2 Jonatan ayebisaki Davidi: « Tata na ngai, Saulo, azali koluka libaku ya koboma yo. Nabondeli yo, lobi na tongo, zala penza na ekenge! Kende na yo komibomba mpe vanda kuna.
So he warned David, “My father Saul is seeking for a way to kill you. So be careful. Tomorrow morning go and find a place to hide [in the field].
3 Ngai nakobima mpe nakozala elongo na tata na ngai kati na zamba epai wapi yo okozala. Nakoloba na tina na yo epai ya tata na ngai, nakoluka koyeba makambo ndenge ezali mpe nakoyebisa yo. »
I will ask my father to go out there with me. [While we are out there], I will talk to him about you. Then I will tell you everything that he tells me.” [So David did what Jonathan told him to do].
4 Jonatan alobaki malamu na tina na Davidi epai ya tata na ye, Saulo: « Tika ete mokonzi asala mabe te na mosali na ye, Davidi, pamba te asali yo mabe te. Yo nde kutu moto ozwi lisungi monene na makambo oyo ye asali.
[The next morning], Jonathan spoke with his father, saying many good things about David. He said, “You should never do anything to harm your servant David! He has never done anything to harm you! Everything that he has done has helped you very much.
5 Andimaki kobungisa bomoi na ye tango abomaki moto ya Filisitia, mpe, na mokolo yango, Yawe azwaki elonga monene mpo na Isalaele mobimba. Omonaki yango mpe osepelaki na yango makasi. Sik’oyo, mpo na nini olingi na yo kosala lisumu na tina moko te, na koboma moto lokola Davidi oyo asali na ye likambo te? »
He was in danger of being killed when he fought against [Goliath, the champion of] the Philistia [army. By enabling David to kill him], Yahweh won a great victory for all the people of Israel. You were very happy when you saw that. Why would you want to do anything now to harm David [RHQ]? There is no reason for you to kill him, because he has not done anything wrong!”
6 Saulo ayokaki Jonatan mpe alapaki ndayi boye: « Na Kombo na Yawe, bakoboma Davidi te. »
Saul listened to what Jonathan said. Then Saul said, “I solemnly promise that just as certain as Yahweh lives, I will not kill David.”
7 Bongo Jonatan abengaki Davidi mpe ayebisaki ye makambo nyonso oyo basololaki na tata na ye. Jonatan amemaki Davidi epai ya Saulo, mpe Davidi asalelaki Saulo lokola na ebandeli.
Afterward, Jonathan summoned David and told him what he and Saul had said. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and David served Saul as he had done before.
8 Lokola bitumba ezongelaki, Davidi abimaki mpo na kobundisa bato ya Filisitia mpe alongaki bango na elonga monene, mpe bato ya Filisitia bakimaki liboso na ye.
One day a war started again, and David [led his soldiers to] fight against the Philistia army. David’s [army] attacked them very furiously, with the result that the Philistia army ran away.
9 Kasi molimo moko ya mabe kowuta na Yawe ekitelaki Saulo, wana avandaki kati na ndako na ye mpe asimbaki likonga na loboko na ye. Lokola Davidi azalaki kobeta lindanda,
But one day when sitting in his house, an evil spirit [sent] from Yahweh [suddenly] came upon Saul. While David was playing his harp [for Saul],
10 Saulo alukaki koboma ye na nzela ya likonga na ye. Kasi Davidi akimaki ye, mpe likonga ekotaki na mir. Na butu wana, Davidi alongaki kokima mpe abikaki.
Saul hurled his spear at David to try to fasten him to the wall. David (dodged/jumped to one side), and the spear did not hit him. The spear stuck in the wall, but that night David escaped.
11 Saulo atindaki mibali kozonga na ndako ya Davidi mpo na kokengela ye mpe koboma ye na tongo. Kasi mwasi na ye, Mikali, ayebisaki ye: « Soki okimi te na pokwa ya lelo mpo na kobatela bomoi na yo, bakoboma yo lobi! »
Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house. He told them to watch the house and to kill David [while he was leaving the house] the following morning. But David’s wife Michal [saw them and] warned him, “To survive, you must run away tonight, because if you do not do that, you will be killed tomorrow!”
12 Boye Mikali akitisaki Davidi na nzela ya lininisa, mpe Davidi akimaki mpe abikaki.
So she enabled David to climb out through a window, and he ran away and escaped.
13 Bongo Mikali azwaki nzambe ya ekeko oyo ezalaki na lolenge ya moto; alalisaki yango na mbeto, afinikaki yango elamba mpe atiaki yango bapwale ya bantaba na moto.
Then Michal took an idol and put it in the bed. She covered it with some [of David’s] clothes, and put some goat’s hair on the head of the idol.
14 Tango Saulo atindaki bato kokanga Davidi, Mikali alobaki: « Azali kobela. »
When the messengers came [to the house the next morning], she told them that David was sick [and could not get out of bed].
15 Saulo azongisaki bato mpo ete batala Davidi mpe alobaki na bango: « Bomemela ngai ye na mbeto na ye mpo ete naboma ye. »
[When they reported that to] Saul, he told them to go back to David’s house. He said to them, “Bring him to me lying on his bed, in order that I can kill him!”
16 Kasi tango mibali bakotaki, bamonaki, na likolo ya mbeto, nzambe ya ekeko oyo ezalaki lokola moto mpe ezalaki na bapwale ya bantaba na moto na yango.
But when those men entered David’s house, they saw that there was only an idol in the bed, with goat’s hair on its head.
17 Saulo alobaki na Mikali: — Mpo na nini oyokisi ngai soni mpe okimisi monguna na ngai, mpe sik’oyo abiki? Mikali alobaki na Saulo: — Davidi alobaki na ngai: « Tika ngai nakima, noki te nakoboma yo. »
[When they reported that to Saul, ] Saul [summoned] Michal [and] said to her, “Why did you trick me like that? You allowed my enemy to escape!” Michal replied to Saul, “David told me that if I did not help him escape, he would kill me!” [RHQ]
18 Tango Davidi akimaki mpe amibikisaki, akendeki epai ya Samuele, na Rama, mpe ayebisaki ye makambo nyonso oyo Saulo asalaki ye. Bongo ye mpe Samuele bakendeki kovanda na Nayoti, pene ya Rama.
After David had escaped from Saul, he went to Samuel, who was [at his home] at Ramah. He told Samuel everything that Saul had done to [try to kill] him. Then David and Samuel went to Naioth, [which was a section] of [Ramah city], and they stayed there.
19 Sango ekomaki epai ya Saulo: « Davidi azali na Nayoti ya Rama. »
Someone told Saul that David was in Naioth.
20 Saulo atindaki bato kokende kokanga Davidi. Kasi tango bamonaki lisanga ya basakoli kosakola mpe Samuele atelemi wana lokola mokambi na bango, Molimo na Nzambe akitelaki bato oyo Saulo atindaki, mpe bakomaki bango mpe kosakola.
So Saul sent some messengers to capture David. [When] those messengers [arrived in Ramah, they] met some men who were proclaiming ecstatic messages, and Samuel was there, as their leader. When Saul’s messengers met them, the Spirit of God took control of Saul’s men, and they also spoke ecstatically.
21 Sango ekomaki epai ya Saulo, mpe ye atindaki bato mosusu; kasi bango mpe basakolaki. Saulo atindaki bato mosusu na mbala ya misato, kasi bango mpe basakolaki.
When Saul heard about that, he sent messengers a third time, but they also started to speak ecstatically.
22 Sima, ye moko Saulo akendeki na Rama mpe akomaki na libulu monene ya mayi, na Seku. Atunaki: — Samuele mpe Davidi bazali wapi? Bazongiselaki ye: — Bazali na Nayoti ya Rama.
Finally, Saul himself went to Ramah. When he arrived at the well at [a place named] Secu, he asked people there, “Where are Samuel and David?” The people replied, “They are at Naioth in Ramah [city].”
23 Boye Saulo akendeki na Nayoti ya Rama. Kasi ye mpe, wana azalaki kokoba nzela na ye, Molimo na Nzambe akitelaki ye, mpe akomaki kosakola kino akomaki na Nayoti ya Rama.
While Saul was walking toward Naioth, the Spirit of God also took control of him. [While he walked on], he continued speaking ecstatic messages until he came to Naioth.
24 Ye mpe alongolaki bilamba na ye mpe asakolaki liboso ya Samuele; akweyaki mpe atikalaki bolumbu mokolo yango mobimba mpe butu mobimba. Yango wana bato batunaka: « Boni, Saulo mpe azali moko kati na basakoli? »
There he took off his clothes, and he spoke messages from God in front of Samuel. He lay on the ground doing that all day and all night. That is the reason that [when people see someone doing something that is very unexpected, they think about what happened to Saul, and] they say, “We are surprised, like the people were surprised to see Saul [acting like] a prophet?” [RHQ]
