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 it was told David, saying, behold, the Philistines war in Keila, and they rob, they trample on the threshing-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.

And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the Lord said, Go, and thou shalt smite these Philistines, and shalt save Keila.

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 the men of David said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judea; and how shall it be if we go to Keila? Shall we go after the spoils 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.

And David enquired yet again of the Lord; and the Lord answered him, and said to him, Arise and go down to Keila, for I will deliver the Philistines into thy 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 with him went to Keila, and fought with the Philistines; and they fled from before him, and he carried off their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter, and David rescued the inhabitants of Keila.

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.

And it came to pass when Abiathar the son of Achimelech fled to David, that he went down with David to Keila, having and 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 it was told Saul that David was come to Keila: and Saul said, God has sold him into my hands, for he is shut up, having entered into a city that has gates and bars.

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 charged all the people to go down to war to Keila, to besiege 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 David knew that Saul spoke openly of mischief against him: and David said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod of the Lord.

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.

And David said, Lord God of Israel, thy servant has indeed heard, that Saul seeks to come against Keila to destroy the city on my account.

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.

Will [the place] be shut up? And now will Saul come down, as thy servant has heard? Lord God of Israel, tell thy servant.

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.

And the Lord said, It will be shut 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.

And David arose, and the men with him, in number about four hundred, and they went forth from Keila, and went whithersoever they could go: and it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keila, and he forbore to come.

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 he dwelt in Maserem in the wilderness, in the narrow [passes]; and dwelt in the wilderness in mount Ziph, in the dry country. And Saul sought him continually, but the Lord delivered him not 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 perceived that Saul went forth to seek David; and David was in the dry mountain in the New Ziph.

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 Jonathan son of Saul rose, and went to David to Caene, and strengthened his hands in the Lord.

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 he said to him, Fear not, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be second to thee; and Saul my father knows it.

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.

So they both made a covenant before the Lord; and David dwelt in Caene, and Jonathan went to his home.

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?

And the Ziphites came up out of the dry country to Saul to the hill, saying, Behold, is not David hidden with us in Messara, in the narrows in Caene in the hill of Echela, which is on the right of Jessaemon?

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.

And now [according to] all the king's desire to come down, let him come down to us; they have shut him up into the hands of the king.

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

And Saul said to them, Blessed [be] ye of the Lord, for ye have been grieved on my account.

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, I pray you, and make preparations yet, and notice his place where his foot shall be, quickly, in that place which ye spoke of, lest by any means he should deal craftily.

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.

Take notice, then, and learn, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass that if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Juda.

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 the Ziphites arose, and went before Saul: and David and his men [were] in the wilderness of Maon, westward, to the right of Jessaemon.

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 to seek him: and they brought word to David, and he went down to the rock that was in the wilderness of Maon: and Saul heard, and followed after David to the wilderness 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 go on one side of the mountain, and David and his men are on the other side of the mountain: and David was hiding himself to escape from Saul: and Saul and his men encamped against 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.

And there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come hither, for the Philistines have invaded 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 Saul returned from following after David, and went to meet the Philistines: therefore that place was called The divided Rock.

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

And David rose up from thence, and dwelt in the narrow passes of Engaddi.