1 Samwiri 29
1 Awo Abafirisuuti ne bakuŋŋaanyiza eggye lyabwe lyonna e Afeki, n’Abayisirayiri ne basiisira ku luzzi oluli mu Yezuleeri.
Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which [is] in Jezreel.
2 Abakulembeze b’Abafirisuuti bwe baali nga bakumba n’ebibinja byabwe eby’ebikumi n’eby’enkumi, Dawudi n’abasajja be ne babagoberera nga babavaako emabega wamu ne Akisi.
And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.
3 Abaduumizi b’Abafirisuuti ne babuuza nti, “Ate bano Abaebbulaniya bakola ki wano?” Akisi n’abaddamu nti, “Oyo ye Dawudi, omukungu wa Sawulo kabaka wa Isirayiri. Abadde nange okusukka mu mwaka, era okuva ku lunaku lwe yayabulira Sawulo n’okutuusa leero, sirabanga nsonga ku ye.”
Then said the princes of the Philistines, What [do] these Hebrews [here]? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, [Is] not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell [unto me] unto this day?
4 Naye abaduumizi b’Abafirisuuti ne bamunyiigira ne bamugamba nti, “Sindika omusajja oyo addeyo mu kifo kye wamuwa. Tasaanye kugenda naffe mu lutalo, si kulwa nga atwefuukira wakati mu lutalo. Olowooza waliwo ekkubo eddala erisinga lino okumusobozesa okufuna okuganja eri mukama we bw’amutwalira emitwe gy’abasajja baffe?
And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? [should it] not [be] with the heads of these men?
5 Oyo si ye Dawudi gwe baayimbangako, nga bazina, nga boogera nti, “‘Sawulo asse enkumi ze, ne Dawudi asse emitwalo gye?’”
[Is] not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
6 Awo Akisi n’ayita Dawudi n’amugamba nti, “Amazima ddala nga Mukama bw’ali omulamu, obadde mwesimbu era eyeesigibwa, era nandyagadde oweerereze wamu nange mu magye. Okuva ku lunaku lwe wajja gye ndi n’okutuusa leero sirabanga bukyamu mu ggwe, naye abakulu tebakusiimye.
Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, [as] the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host [is] good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.
7 Noolwekyo ddayo kaakano, ogende mirembe oleme okwemulugunyizisa abafuzi b’Abafirisuuti.”
Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
8 Awo Dawudi n’amubuuza nti, “Naye nkoze ki? Nsonga ki gy’olabye etali nnungi mu muweereza wo okuva ku lunaku lwe natandika okukuweereza n’okutuusa leero? Kiki ekindobera okugenda okulwanyisa abalabe ba mukama wange kabaka?”
And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
9 Akisi n’amuddamu nti, “Mmanyi nga tolina nsonga n’emu mu maaso gange nga malayika wa Katonda, naye abaduumizi b’Abafirisuuti bagambye nti, ‘Tosaana kugenda naffe mu lutalo.’
And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou [art] good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
10 Kaakano obudde bwe bunaakya onoogolokoka ggwe wamu n’abasajja ba mukama wo, be wazze nabo, mugende ku makya obudde nga bwakalaba.”
Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master’s servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.
11 Awo Dawudi ne basajja be ne bagolokoka ku makya nnyo ne baddayo mu nsi ey’Abafirisuuti, Abafirisuuti bo ne bambuka e Yezuleeri.
So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
