1 Samuele 23
1 Tango bayebisaki Davidi ete bato ya Filisitia bazali kobundisa engumba Keila mpe bazali kozwa na makasi ble na bilanga na yango,
Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
2 Davidi atunaki Yawe, alobaki: — Nakoki na ngai kokende kobundisa bato oyo ya Filisitia? Yawe azongiselaki ye: — Kende, bundisa bato ya Filisitia mpe bikisa engumba Keila.
Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said to David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
3 Kasi basoda ya Davidi bayebisaki ye: — Soki awa kati na Yuda, tozali kobanga, ekozala boni soki tokeyi na Keila kobundisa bato ya Filisitia?
And David’s men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
4 Davidi atunaki lisusu Yawe, mpe Yawe azongiselaki ye: — Telema, kende na Keila, pamba te nazali kokaba bato ya Filisitia na maboko na yo.
Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hand.
5 Boye Davidi elongo na basoda na ye bakendeki na engumba Keila mpe babundisaki bato ya Filisitia, babotolaki biloko mpe bibwele na bango. Davidi abetaki makasi bato ya Filisitia, mpe, na bongo, abikisaki bato ya Keila.
So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
6 Nzokande, tango Abiatari, mwana mobali ya Ayimeleki, akimaki epai ya Davidi, na engumba Keila, amemaki elongo na ye efode oyo basalelaka mpo na kotuna Yawe makambo.
And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
7 Tango bayebisaki Saulo ete Davidi akomi na Keila, Saulo alobaki: « Nzambe akabi ye na maboko na ngai, pamba te lokola Davidi akoti na engumba oyo ezali na bikuke mpe bikangelo, amikotisi ye moko na boloko. »
And it was told to Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
8 Saulo asangisaki mampinga na ye nyonso mpo na bitumba, mpo ete bakende na Keila kozingela Davidi elongo na bato na ye.
And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
9 Tango Davidi ayokaki sango ya mabe oyo Saulo azali kobongisa mpo na ye, alobaki na Nganga-Nzambe Abiatari ete amema efode oyo basalelaka mpo na kotuna Yawe makambo.
And David knew that Saul secretly devised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod.
10 Davidi alobaki: — Oh Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, mosali na Yo ayoki malamu ete Saulo azali komibongisa mpo na koya na Keila, mpo na kobebisa engumba likolo na ngai.
Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
11 Boni, bakambi ya Keila bakokaba ngai penza na maboko na ye? Saulo akoya solo ndenge mosali na Yo ayoki yango? Oh Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, yebisa mosali na yo. Yawe alobaki: — Iyo, akoya penza.
Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.
12 Davidi atunaki lisusu: — Bakambi ya Keila bakokaba penza ngai mpe bato na ngai na maboko ya bato ya Saulo? Yawe alobaki: — Iyo, bakokaba yo.
Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.
13 Boye, Davidi mpe bato na ye pene nkama motoba balongwaki na engumba Keila mpe batambolaki bipai na bipai. Tango bayebisaki Saulo ete Davidi alongwaki na Keila, Saulo akendeki lisusu kuna te.
Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and went wherever they could go. And it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah; and he did not go there.
14 Davidi avandaki na bisambelo ya likolo ya bangomba kati na esobe, mpe avandaki na likolo ya ngomba kati na esobe ya Zifi. Saulo alukaki ye mikolo nyonso, kasi Nzambe akabaki Davidi te na maboko na ye.
And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
15 Wana Davidi azalaki na Oreshi kati na esobe ya Zifi, ayokaki ete Saulo abimaki mpo na koluka koboma ye.
And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
16 Jonatan, mwana mobali ya Saulo, akendeki na Oreshi epai ya Davidi mpo na kolendisa ye na Kombo ya Nzambe.
And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
17 Alobaki na ye: « Kobanga te! Loboko ya tata na ngai, Saulo, ekozwa yo te. Okozala mokonzi ya Isalaele, mpe ngai nakozala molandi na yo; ezala tata na ngai, Saulo, ayebi yango. »
And he said to him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next to thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.
18 Bango mibale basalaki boyokani liboso ya Yawe. Jonatan azongaki epai na ye, mpe Davidi atikalaki na Oreshi.
And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
19 Bato ya Zifi bakendeki na Gibea epai ya Saulo mpe balobaki na ye: — Boni, Davidi abombami te kati na biso, na bisambelo ya likolo ya bangomba ya Oreshi, kati na esobe, na likolo ya ngomba moke ya Akila oyo ezali na ngambo ya sude ya Yeshimoni?
Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
20 Sik’oyo, oh mokonzi, tango nyonso okosepela kokita, kita na yo; mpe biso moko tozwi mokumba ya kokaba ye na maboko ya mokonzi.
Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king’s hand.
21 Saulo azongisaki: — Tika ete Yawe apambola bino mpo na mawa na bino epai na ngai!
And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
22 Bokende, botala lisusu malamu, bononga mpe boluka koyeba esika nini Davidi akendaka mikolo nyonso mpe nani amonaki ye kuna; pamba te bayebisaka ngai ete azali na mayele mabe makasi.
Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told to me that he dealeth very subtilly.
23 Botala mpe boyeba bisika nyonso epai wapi abombamaka, mpe bozongela ngai mpo na koyebisa ngai makambo nyonso ndenge yango ezali. Bongo na sima, soki azali kati na mboka, ngai nakokende elongo na bino mpe nakolukisa ye kati na bituka nyonso ya Yuda.
See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he is in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
24 Boye, batelemaki mpe bakendeki na Zifi liboso na Saulo. Nzokande Davidi elongo na bato na ye bazalaki kati na esobe ya Maoni, na etando ya Araba, na ngambo ya sude ya Yeshimoni.
And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
25 Saulo elongo na bato na ye bakomaki koluka Davidi. Tango bayebisaki Davidi ete bazali koluka ye, akitaki kati na libanga monene mpe avandaki kati na esobe ya Maoni. Mpe tango Saulo ayokaki bongo, akotaki kati na esobe yango ya Moani mpo na kolanda Davidi.
Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: therefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
26 Saulo azalaki kotambola na ngambo moko ya ngomba, bongo Davidi mpe bato na ye bazalaki kotambola na ngambo mosusu mpe kokima mbangu mosika na Saulo. Lokola Saulo mpe mampinga na ye bazalaki koluka kozingela Davidi mpe bato na ye mpo na kokanga bango,
And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men on all sides to take them.
27 momemi sango moko ayaki epai ya Saulo mpe alobaki na ye: « Yaka noki! Bato ya Filisitia bakoti na mokili. »
But there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.
28 Mbala moko, Saulo atikaki kolanda Davidi mpo na kokende kokutana na bato ya Filisitia. Yango wana babengaka esika yango « Sela-Amalekoti » oyo elakisi « Libanga ya bokabwani. »
Therefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth.
29 Davidi alongwaki wana mpe akendeki kovanda na ebombamelo kati na mabanga ya Eyini-Gedi.
Then David went up from there, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.
