1 Samoela 27
1 Aa hoe ty fitsakorean-tro’ i Davide: Indraik’ andro ke ho faopaohem-pità’ i Saole iraho; aa ino ty hahasoa ahy mandikoatse te hibioñe mb’an-tane’ o nte-Pilistio mb’eo; toe hafoe’ i Saole iraho tsy hipay ahy an-tane Israele ao ka; aa le ho poliorako o fità’eo.
But David thought, “Some day Saul will capture me [if I stay around here]. So the best thing that I can do is to escape and go to the Philistia area. If I do that, Saul will stop searching for me here in Israel, and I will be safe.”
2 Niavotse amy zao t’i Davide nitsake mb’eo rekets’ i lahilahy enenjato mpiama’e rey; mb’ amy Akise, ana’ i Maòke, mpanjaka’ i Gate mb’eo.
So David and his 600 men left Israel and went to see Maoch’s son Achish, who was king of Gath [city in the Philistia area].
3 Aa le nindre nimoneñe amy Akise e Gate ao t’i Davide, ie naho ondati’eo, songa an-kasavereña’e naho i Davide rekets’ i vali’e roe rey, i Akinoame nte-Iezreele, vaho i Abigale nte Karmele, nivali’ i Nabaley.
David and his men and their families started to live there in Gath, the city where king Achish lived. David’s two wives were with him—Ahinoam from Jezreel, and Nabal’s widow Abigail, from Carmel.
4 Ie natalily amy Saole te nivoratsake mb’e Gate añe t’i Davide; le tsy nipaia’e ka.
When someone told Saul that David had run away [and was living] in Gath, he stopped searching for David.
5 Le hoe t’i Davide amy Akise: Aa naho nahatrea fañisohañe am-pihaino’o iraho, le anoloro toetse raik’ amo rova an-kalokeo; fa ino ty himoneña’ ty mpitoro’o an-drovam-panjaka mindre ama’o atoa?
[One day] David said to Achish, “If you are pleased with us, give us a place in one of the small villages where we can stay. There is no need [RHQ] for us to stay in the city where you are the king.”
6 Natolo’ i Akise aze ty Tsiklage amy andro zay; aa le atao hanañam-panjaka’ Iehodao pak’ androany ty Tsiklage.
[Achish liked what David suggested]. So that day Achish gave to David Ziklag [town]. As a result, Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah since that time.
7 Le ty hamaro’ ty andro nimoneña’ i Davide an-tane’ o nte-Pilistio: taoñe raike-tsi-efa-bolañe.
David [and his men] lived in the Philistia area for 16 months.
8 Nionjoñe mb’eo amy zao t’i Davide rekets’ o mpiama’eo, naname o nte-Gesorio naho o nte-Gizrio vaho o nte-Amalekeo, amy t’ie nimoneñe an-tane haehae, amy fañaveloa’o boak’e Sore pak’an-tane Mitsraimey.
[During that time] David and his men raided the people who lived [in the areas] where the Geshur, Girzi, and Amalek people-groups lived. Those people had lived there a long time. That area extended [south] from Telam to the Shur [Desert] and to [the border of] Egypt.
9 Zinevo’ i Davide i taney, le tsy napo’e ho veloñe ndra lahilahy ndra ampela, naho tinava’e iaby o añondrio naho o añombeo naho o borìkeo naho o ramevao vaho o saroñeo. Le nimpoly mb’e Akise mb’eo.
Whenever David’s men attacked them, they killed all the men and women, and they took all the people’s sheep and cattle and donkeys and camels, and even their clothes. Then they would bring those things back home, [and David would go to talk] to Achish.
10 Le hoe t’i Akise: Aia ty nañatsafa’o lalañe anindroany? Le hoe t’i Davide: Añ’ila’ Iehodà atimo añe, naho atimo’ o nte-Ierakmileo mb’ atimo’ o nte-Kenio.
Each time Achish would ask David, “Where did you go raiding today?” David [would lie to him]. Sometimes he would reply that they had gone to the southern part of Judah, and sometimes he would say that they had gone to Jerahmeel, or to the area where the Ken people-group lived.
11 Ndra lahilahy ndra ampela tsy nado’ i Davide ho veloñe hera hitaroñeñe amy Gate ty hoe: Zao ty nanoe’ i Davide. Ie ty nanoe’e amo hene andro naha-tan-tane’ o nte-Pilistio azeo.
David’s men never brought back to Gath any man or woman who was left alive. David thought, “If [we do not kill everyone, some of] them [who are still alive] will go and tell Achish [the truth] about what we really did.” David did that all the time that he [and his men] lived in the Philistia area.
12 Niantok’ i Davide t’i Akise, ie nanao ty hoe: Toe nampitrotrotse vatan-dre am’ondati’e Israeleo; aa le ho mpitoroko nainai’e.
So Achish believed [what] David [told him], and said to himself, “[Because of what David has done, ] his own people, the Israelis, must now hate him very much. So he will have to [stay here and] serve me forever.”
