1 Hamuera 27
1 Na ka mea a Rawiri i roto i tona ngakau, Katahi ahau ka ngaro i te ringa o Haora a tetahi ra; kahore atu he mea pai moku i te hohoro o toku mawhiti atu ki te whenua o nga Pirihitini, kia ngakaukore ai a Haora ki te rapu ano i ahau i nga rohe kato a o Iharaira: penei ka mawhiti atu ahau i roto i tona ringa.
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 Na whakatika ana a Rawiri, a haere ana ratou ko ona hoa e ono rau ki a Akihi tama a Maoko, ki te kingi o Kata.
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 Na ka noho a Rawiri ki a Akihi ki Kata, a ia me ana tangata, me te whare ano o tenei, o tenei, a Rawiri hoki ratou ko ana wahine tokorua, ko Ahinoama o Ietereere, ko Apikaira o Karamere, wahine a Napara.
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 A ka korerotia ki a Haora, kua rere a Rawiri ki Kata, na mutu ake tana rapu i a ia.
Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped looking for him.
5 Na ka mea a Rawiri ki a Akihi, Ki te mea kua manakohia nei ahau e koe, kia homai e ratou tetahi wahi ki ahau i roto i tetahi o nga pa i te koraha, hei nohoanga moku: he aha hoki tau pononga i noho ai ki a koe i roto i te pa kingi?
David said to Achish, “If now I have found favor 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 Na ka homai e Akihi ki a ia i taua ra a Tikiraka: na reira nga kingi o Hura i whiwhi ai ki Tikiraka a mohoa noa nei.
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.
7 Na, ko te maha o nga ra i noho ai a Rawiri ki te whenua o nga Pirihitini, kotahi tau, e wha marama.
The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
8 Katahi a Rawiri ka haere, ratou ko ana tangata, ka whakaeke i nga Kehuri, i nga Kireti, i nga Amareki; ko era hoki nga iwi kua noho noa ake ki tera whenua i tou haerenga ki Huru a te whenua o Ihipa atu ana.
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 Na patua iho e Rawiri tera whenua; kihai hoki i whakaorangia tetahi tane, wahine ranei; a tangohia ana e ia nga hipi, nga kau, nga kaihe, nga kamera, me nga kakahu, a hoki ana, haere ana ki a Akihi.
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 Na ka mea a Akihi, Ko hea i whakaekea e koutou i tenei ra? Ano ra ko Rawiri, Ko te tonga o Hura, ko te tonga o nga Ierameeri, ko te taha ano ki te tonga o nga Keni.
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 Kihai hoki i whakaorangia e Rawiri tetahi tane, wahine ranei, hei kawe i a ratou ki Kata; i mea hoki, Kei korero ratou i ta tatou, kei mea, I penei a Rawiri, a ko tana hanga ano tenei i nga ra katoa i noho ai ia ki te whenua o nga Pirihitini.
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 Na whakapono tonu a Akihi ki ta Rawiri, a ka mea, Kua tino mea rawa ia i a ia kia whakariharihangia e tona iwi, e Iharaira: na reira hei tangata tuturu ia maku ake, ake.
Achish believed David, saying, “He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he will be my servant forever.”
