1 Hamuera 23

1 Na ka korerotia te korero ki a Rawiri, Nana, kei te whawhai nga Pirihitini ki Keira, a e pahua ana i nga patunga witi.

And they sent word to David, saying, The Philistines are fighting against Keilah and taking the grain from the grain-floors.

2 Na reira i ui ai a Rawiri ki a Ihowa, i mea ai, Me haere ranei ahau ki te patu i enei Pirihitini? Na ka mea a Ihowa ki a Rawiri, Haere, patua nga Pirihitini, whakaorangia hoki a Keira.

So David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go and make an attack on these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go and make an attack on the Philistines so that Keilah may be kept from falling into their hands.

3 Na ka mea nga tangata a Rawiri ki a ia, Nana, e wehi nei tatou i konei i Hura, a tera noa ake ki te haere ki Keira, ki nga taua a nga Pirihitini.

And David's men said to him, Even here in Judah we are full of fear: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

4 Katahi a Rawiri ka ui ano ki a Ihowa; a ka whakahokia mai te korero e Ihowa ki a ia, Whakatika, haere ki raro, ki Keira; kua hoatu hoki nga Pirihitini e ahau ki tou ringa.

Then David put the question to the Lord again, and the Lord answering said, Up! go down to Keilah; for I will give the Philistines into your hands.

5 Na haere ana a Rawiri ratou ko ana tangata ki Keira, a whawhai ana ki nga Pirihitini, a aia mai ana e ia a ratou kararehe, patua iho hoki ratou, he nui te parekura. Na whakaorangia ana nga tangata o Keira e Rawiri.

So David and his men went to Keilah, and had a fight with the Philistines, and took away their cattle, and put them to the sword with great destruction. So David was the saviour of the people of Keilah.

6 Na i te rerenga o Apiatara tama a Ahimerereke ki a Rawiri ki Keira, i maua mai e ia tetahi epora i tona ringa.

Now when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, went in flight to David, he came down to Keilah with the ephod in his hand.

7 A ka korerotia ki a Haora, kua tae a Rawiri ki Keira, a ka mea a Haora, Kua tukua mai ia e te Atua ki toku ringa; ka tutakina nei hoki ia ki roto, i a ia ka tomo nei ki te pa whai tatau, whai tutaki.

And news was given to Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, Now God has given him into my hands; for by going into a walled town with locked doors, he has let himself be shut in.

8 Na ka karangatia te iwi katoa e Haora ki te whawhai, kia haere ki raro, ki Keira, ki te whakapae i a Rawiri ratou ko ana tangata.

And Saul sent for all the people to come to the fight, and go down to Keilah to make an attack on David and his men.

9 Na kua mohio a Rawiri e whakatakoto puku ana a Haora i te kino mona; a ka mea ia ki a Apiatara tohunga, Kawea mai te epora.

And it was clear to David that Saul had evil designs against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Come here with the ephod.

10 Katahi a Rawiri ka mea, E Ihowa, e te Atua o Iharaira, kua tino rongo tau pononga e mea ana a Haora kia haere mai ki Keira ki te whakangaro i te pa, he mea moku.

Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, news has been given to your servant that it is Saul's purpose to come to Keilah and send destruction on the town because of me.

11 Tera ranei e tukua ahau e nga tangata o Keira ki tona ringa? e haere mai ranei a Haora, e pera ranei me ta tau pononga i rongo ai? E Ihowa, e te Atua o Iharaira, tena ra, whakaaturia mai ki tau pononga. Na ka mea a Ihowa, Ka haere mai ano ia.

And now, is it true, as they have said to me, that Saul is coming? O Lord, the God of Israel, give ear to your servant, and say if these things are so. And the Lord said, He is coming down.

12 Ano ra ko Rawiri, Tera ranei nga tangata o Keira e tuku i a matou ko aku tangata ki te ringa o Haora? Na ka mea a Ihowa, Ka tuku ano.

Then David said, Will the men of Keilah give me and my men up to Saul? and the Lord said, They will give you up.

13 Katahi a Rawiri ka whakatika, ratou ko ana tangata me te mea e ono rau a haere atu ana i Keira; i haere ratou i ta ratou haere noa atu. A ka korerotia ki a Haora kua rere atu a Rawiri i Keira, na kihai ia i haere atu.

Then David and his men, about six hundred of them, went out of Keilah, and got away wherever they were able to go. And Saul, hearing that David had got away from Keilah, did not go there.

14 Na ka noho a Rawiri ki te koraha, ki nga pourewa, ka noho ki te whenua pukepuke i te koraha o Tiwhi. A rapua ana ia e Haora i nga ra katoa; otiia kihai ia i tukua e te Atua ki tona ringa.

And David kept in the waste land, in safe places, waiting in the hill-country in the waste land of Ziph. And Saul was searching for him every day, but God did not give him up into his hands.

15 Na kua kite a Rawiri kua puta mai a Haora, e whai ana kia whakamatea ia; i te koraha ano hoki o Tiwhi a Rawiri, i roto i te ngahere.

And David was full of fear, in the knowledge that Saul had come out to take his life; and David was in the waste land of Ziph, in Horesh.

16 Na ka whakatika a Honatana tama a Haora, a haere ana ki a Rawiri ki te ngahere, a whakakahangia ana e ia tona ringa i roto i te Atua.

And Saul's son Jonathan went to David in Horesh, and made his hands strong in God;

17 I mea hoki ia ki a ia, Kaua e wehi; e kore hoki te ringa o Haora, o toku papa e pono ki a koe; a ko koe ano hei kingi mo Iharaira, ko ahau hoki ki muri i a koe; e mohiotia ana ano tenei e Haora, e toku papa.

And said to him, Have no fear, for Saul my father will not get you into his power; and you will be king of Israel, and I will be by your side, and my father Saul is certain of this.

18 Na whakarite kawenata ana raua i te aroaro o Ihowa: a noho ana a Rawiri i te ngahere, ko Honatana hoki i haere ki tona whare.

And the two of them made an agreement before the Lord: and David went on living in Horesh, and Jonathan went back to his house.

19 Katahi nga Tiwhi ka haere ki a Haora ki Kipea, ka mea, He teka ianei kei te piri a Rawiri i roto i a matou, i nga pourewa i te ngahere i Maunga Hakira, i te taha ki te tonga o Hehimono?

Then the Ziphites came up to Gibeah to see Saul, and said, Is not David living secretly among us in the strong places in Horesh, in the hill of Hachilah to the south of the waste land?

20 Na, tena ra, e te kingi, kua hiahia rawa nei hoki tou ngakau ki te haere ki raro; haere ake, a ma matou te tuku i a ia ki te ringa o te kingi.

So now, O king, have your soul's desire and come down, and we, for our part, will give him up into the king's hands.

21 Na ka mea a Haora, Kia manaakitia koutou e Ihowa; mo koutou i aroha ki ahau.

And Saul said, The Lord's blessing will be yours, for you have had pity on me.

22 Na haere, whakatikaia rawatia, kia mohiotia, kia kitea, tona wahi e haereere ai, i kitea hoki ia e wai ki reira; e korerotia ana hoki ki ahau he tupato rawa ia.

Go now, and take more steps, and see where he is living: for they say that he is expert in deceit.

23 Tirohia iho, kia mohio hoki ki nga piringa katoa e piri ai ia, ka hoki mai ai ki ahau ina tino tika, a ka haere tahi atu tatou. Na ki te mea kei te whenua nei ia, maku ia e rapu atu i roto i nga mano katoa o Hura.

So take care to get knowledge of all the secret places where he is taking cover, and be certain to come back to me, and I will go with you: and without doubt, if he is anywhere in the land, I will get him, among all the families of Judah.

24 Na whakatika ana ratou, haere ana ki Tiwhi ki mua i a Haora: i te koraha ia o Maono a Rawiri ratou ko ana tangata, i te mania i te ronga o Hehimono.

And they went back and came to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the waste land of Maon, in the dry land south of the waste land.

25 Na ka haere a Haora ratou ko ana tangata ki te rapu i a ia. A ka korerotia ki a Rawiri, na ka haere atu ia ki raro, ki tetahi kamaka, a noho ana i te koraha o Maono. A ka rongo a Haora, na ka whaia e ia a Rawiri i te koraha o Maono.

And Saul and his men went in search of him. And David had word of it, so he came down to the rock in the waste land of Maon. And Saul, hearing of this, went after David into the waste land of Maon.

26 Na i tenei taha o te maunga a Haora e haere ana, i tera taha hoki o te maunga a Rawiri ratou ko ana tangata: a ka hohoro a Rawiri te haere atu i te wehi a Haora; e karapotia ana hoki a Rawiri ratou ko ana tangata e Haora ratou ko ana tangata, ki a hopukia.

And Saul and his men went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men went on the other: and David's purpose was to get away as quickly as possible, for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men were making a circle round David and his men in order to take them.

27 Otiia ko te taenga mai o te karere ki a Haora hei mea, Kia hohoro te haere mai; kua huaki mai hoki nga Pirihitini ki te whenua.

But a man came to Saul saying, Be quick and come; for the Philistines have made an attack on the land.

28 Heoi ka hoki atu a Haora i te whai i a Rawiri, a haere ana ki te whawhai ki nga Pirihitini; na reira i huaina ai te ingoa o tera wahi, ko te Kohatu o nga wehewehenga.

So turning back from going after David, Saul went against the Philistines: so that place was named Sela-hammah-lekoth.

29 Na haere atu ana a Rawiri i reira, a noho ana i nga pourewa i Enekeri.

And from there, David went up and took cover in the safe place of En-gedi.