1 Samwiri 27
1 Dawudi n’afumiitiriza mu mutima gwe ng’agamba nti, “Luliba lumu Sawulo n’anzita. Ekisinga obulungi kwe kuddukira mu nsi y’Abafirisuuti. Awo nno Sawulo anaalekeraawo okunnoonyeza mu Isirayiri, era bwe ntyo bwe nzija okumuwona.”
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
2 Awo Dawudi n’abasajja lukaaga ne basitula ne bagenda eri kabaka Akisi mutabani wa Mawoki ow’e Gaasi.
And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
3 Dawudi n’abasajja be ne basenga mu Gaasi ewa Akisi, buli musajja ne nnyumba ye yonna, ne Dawudi n’abakyala be bombi, Akinoamu Omuyezuleeri ne Abbigayiri Omukalumeeri, nnamwandu wa Nabali.
And David dwelled 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 Awo Sawulo bwe yategeezebwa nga Dawudi yaddukira e Gaasi n’alekeraawo okumunoonya.
And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
5 Awo Dawudi n’agamba Akisi nti, “Obanga ndabye ekisa mu maaso go, wabeewo ekifo ekiba kimpebwa mu kimu ku bibuga ebitonotono, ntuule eyo. Lwaki omuweereza wo abeera naawe mu kibuga ekikulu eky’obwakabaka?”
And David said to Achish, If I have now found grace in your eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?
6 Awo ku lunaku olwo, Akisi n’amuwa Zikulagi, era kyekyava kibeera ekibuga kya bakabaka ba Yuda, n’okutuusa leero.
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: why Ziklag pertains to the kings of Judah to this day.
7 Dawudi n’abeera mu nsi ey’Abafirisuuti okumala omwaka gumu n’emyezi ena.
And the time that David dwelled in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
8 Mu bbanga eryo, Dawudi n’abasajja be ne bambuka ne balumba Abagesuli, n’Abagiruzi, n’Abamaleki. Okuva edda n’edda abo be bantu abaabeeranga mu nsi eyo okuva e Suuli okutuuka e Misiri.
And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.
9 Dawudi buli lwe yalumbanga ekitundu, teyalekangawo musajja newaakubadde omukazi, naye yatwalanga endiga, n’ente, endogoyi n’eŋŋamira, n’engoye; n’oluvannyuma n’addayo eri Akisi.
And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
10 Awo Akisi yamubuuzanga nti, “Leero walumbye wa?” Dawudi yaddangamu nti, “Ebukiikaddyo obwa Yuda,” oba nti, “Ebukiikaddyo obw’Abayerameeri,” oba nti, “Ebukiikaddyo obw’Abakeeni.”
And Achish said, Where have you made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
11 Teyalekangawo musajja newaakubadde omukazi nga mulamu okubaleeta e Gaasi, kubanga yalowooza nti, “Bakyayinza okutuloopa, nga boogera nti, ‘Dawudi akola kino na kino.’” Era eyo ye yali ng’empisa ye, ebbanga lyonna lye yabeera mu nsi ey’Abafirisuuti.
And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwells in the country of the Philistines.
12 Akisi ne yeesiga Dawudi, n’ayogera mu mutima gwe nti, “Alabika yeetamiddwa abantu be Abayisirayiri, kale kyanaava afuuka omuweereza wange emirembe gyonna.”
And Achish believed David, saying, He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
