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.
David said in his heart, “I will now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So I will escape out of his hand.”
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.
David arose and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
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 lived 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 Ie natalily amy Saole te nivoratsake mb’e Gate añe t’i Davide; le tsy nipaia’e ka.
Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped looking for him.
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?
David said to Achish, “If now I have found favour in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”
6 Natolo’ i Akise aze ty Tsiklage amy andro zay; aa le atao hanañam-panjaka’ Iehodao pak’ androany ty Tsiklage.
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.
7 Le ty hamaro’ ty andro nimoneña’ i Davide an-tane’ o nte-Pilistio: taoñe raike-tsi-efa-bolañe.
The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four 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.
David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land who were of old, on the way to Shur, even to the land 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.
David struck the land, and saved no man or woman alive, and took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned, and came 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.
Achish said, “Against whom have you made a raid today?” David said, “Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.”
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 saved neither man nor woman alive to bring them to Gath, saying, “Lest they should tell about us, saying, ‘David did this, and this has been his way all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.’”
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.
Achish believed David, saying, “He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he will be my servant forever.”
