1 Samoela 27
1 Ary Davida nanao anakampo hoe; Mbola ho fatin’ ny tànan’ i Saoly ihany aho indray androany; tsy misy mahasoa ahy afa-tsy ny mandositra haingana any amin’ ny tanin’ ny Filistina, dia hamoy ahy Saoly ka tsy hitady ahy eran’ ny tanin’ ny Isiraely intsony, dia ho afaka amin’ ny tànany aho.
But David said to himself, “One of these days Saul is going to get me. I think I'd better run away to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up looking for me all over Israel and he won't catch me.”
2 Ary niainga Davida nandeha mbamin’ ny enin-jato lahy nanaraka azy nankany amin’ i Akisy, zanak’ i Maoka, mpanjakan’ i Gata.
So David and the six hundred men with him set off, crossed the border, and went to Achish, son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
3 Ary nitoetra tao amin’ i Akisy tao Gata Davida, dia izy sy ny olony, samy nomban’ ny ankohonany avy, ary Davida mbamin’ ny adiny roa, dia Ahinoama Jezirelita sy Abigaila Karmelita, ilay novinadin’ i Nabala.
David and his men settled down with Achish in Gath. All the men had their families with them, and David had his two wives, Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail from Carmel, Nabal's widow.
4 Ary nambara tamin’ i Saoly fa Davida efa nandositra nankany Gata, ka dia tsy nitady azy intsony izy.
When Saul found out that David had run away to Gath, he didn't go on looking for him.
5 Ary hoy Davida tamin’ i Akisy: Raha mahita fitia eo imasonao aho, aoka mba homena fonenana ao amin’ ny tanàna anankiray any an-tsaha aho mba honenako any, fa nahoana ny mpanomponao no hitoetra aminao eto amin’ ny renivohitry ny fanjakana?
David said to Achish, “Please do me a favor: assign me somewhere in one of the towns in the countryside so I can live there. I, your servant, don't really deserve to live in the royal city with you.”
6 Dia nomen’ i Akisy azy androtrizay Ziklaga; ka dia an’ ny mpanjakan’ ny Joda ambaraka androany Ziklaga.
Achish gave him Ziklag right away, and the town still belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.
7 Ary ny andro nitoeran’ i Davida tany amin’ ny tanin’ ny Filistina dia herintaona sy efa-bolana.
David lived in the country of the Philistines for a year and four months.
8 Ary Davida sy ny olony niakatra ka nanafika ny Gesorita sy ny Gizrita ary ny Amalekita; fa ireo nonina tamin’ ny tany hatrizay ela izay, dia hatrany akaikin’ i Sora, hatramin’ ny tany Egypta.
During that time David and his men were raiding the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. These people had lived in the land as far as Shur and Egypt from ancient times.
9 Ary Davida namely ny tany, ka tsy nisy novelominy na lehilahy na vehivavy, sady namabo ondry aman’ osy sy omby sy boriky sy rameva ary fitafiana izy, dia niverina nankany amin’ i Akisy.
When David attacked a place, he did not leave anybody alive. He took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would go back to Achish.
10 Ary hoy Akisy: Moa tsy nanafika va ianareo androany? Dia hoy Davida: Nanafika ny tany atsimo izay an’ i Joda sy izay an’ ny Jeramelita ary izay an’ ny Kenita izahay.
When Achish asked him, “Where have you been raiding today?” David would reply, “In the desert of Judah,” or “the desert of Jerahmeel,” or “the desert of the Kenites.”
11 Ary tsy nisy novelomin’ i Davida ho entiny any Gata, na lehilahy na vehivavy; fa hoy izy: Andrao izahay lazainy hoe: Toy izany no nataon’ i Davida, ary toy izany no fanaony tamin’ ny andro rehetra nitoerany tany amin’ ny tanin’ ny Filistina.
David didn't leave anybody alive that could come to Gath because he thought, “They might tell on us and say, ‘David did this.’” This is what he did all the time he lived in the country of the Philistines.
12 Ary Akisy nino an’ i Davida ka nanao hoe: Efa nampangidy hoditra ny tenany any amin’ ny Isiraely olony izy, ka dia ho mpanompoko mandrakizay.
Achish trusted David, and said to himself, “He's made himself so offensive to his people the Israelites that he'll have to serve me forever.”
