1 Hamuera 29

1 Na ka huihuia e nga Pirihitini a ratou taua katoa ki Apeke, i te noho hoki a Iharaira ki te puna i Ietereere.

So the Philistims were gathered together with all their armies in Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by the fountaine, which is in Izreel.

2 A ka haere nga rangatira o nga Pirihitini me o ratou rau, me o ratou mano, ka haere atu ano a Rawiri ratou ko ana tangata, me Akihi, i te hiku.

And the princes of the Philistims went foorth by hundreths and thousandes, but Dauid and his men came behinde with Achish.

3 Katahi nga rangatira o nga Pirihitini ka mea, He aha ta enei Hiperu i konei? Ano ra ko Akihi ki nga rangatira o nga Pirihitini, Ehara ianei tenei i a Rawiri, i te tangata a Haora kingi o Iharaira i noho nei ki ahau i enei ra, i enei tau ranei, a kahore ahau i kite i tetahi he ona, o te ra ano i riro mai ai ia ki ahau a mohoa noa nei?

Then saide the princes of the Philistims, What doe these Ebrewes here? And Achish said vnto the princes of the Philistims, Is not this Dauid the seruant of Saul the King of Israel, who hath bene with me these dayes, or these yeeres, and I haue found nothing in him, since he dwelt with me vnto this day?

4 Otiia ka riri nga rangatira o nga Pirihitini ki a ia, a ka mea nga rangatira o nga Pirihitini ki a ia, Whakahokia tenei tangata kia hoki ki te wahi i whakaritea e koe mona; a kaua ia e haere tahi tatou ki te whawhai; kei whawhai ia ki a tatou i t e tatauranga; he aha hoki tana mea hei whakamarie mo tona rangatira? he teka ianei ko nga upoko o enei tangata?

But the princes of the Philistims were wroth with him, and the princes of the Philistims said vnto him, Sende this fellow backe, that he may goe againe to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not goe downe with vs to battell, least that in the battell he be an aduersarie to vs: for wherewith should he obteine the fauour of his master? shoulde it not be with the heades of these men?

5 Ehara ianei tenei i a Rawiri i waiata ra ratou tetahi ki tetahi, i nga kanikani, i mea ra, Na Haora ana mano i patu, na Rawiri ko ana tekau mano?

Is not this Dauid, of whome they sang in daunces, saying, Saul slewe his thousande, and Dauid his ten thousande?

6 Katahi a Akihi ka karanga ki a Rawiri, ka mea ki a ia, E ora ana a Ihowa, tika tonu tau, pai tonu hoki ki taku titiro tou haerenga atu me tou haerenga mai i a taua nei i te ope; kahore nei hoki i mau i ahau tetahi he ou, o te ra ano i haere mai a i koe ki ahau a taea noatia tenei ra: otiia ki te titiro a nga rangatira kahore ou pai.

Then Achish called Dauid, and said vnto him, As the Lord liueth, thou hast bene vpright and good in my sight, when thou wentest out and in with mee in the hoste, neither haue I founde euill with thee, since thou camest to me vnto this day, but the princes doe not fauour thee.

7 Na hoki atu aianei, haere hoki i runga i te rangimarie; kei kino tau mahi ki te titiro a nga rangatira o nga Pirihitini.

Wherefore nowe returne, and go in peace, that thou displease not the princes of the Philistims.

8 Na ka mea a Rawiri ki a Akihi, I aha hoki ahau? ko te aha hoki a tau pononga i kitea e koe, o te ra i noho ai ahau ki tou aroaro a taea noatia tenei ra, ka kore ai ahau e haere ki te whawhai ki nga hoariri o toku ariki, o te kingi?

And Dauid said vnto Achish, But what haue I done? and what hast thou founde in thy seruant as long as I haue bene with thee vnto this day, that I may not goe and fight against the enemies of my lorde the King?

9 Na ka whakahoki a Akihi, ka mea ki a Rawiri, E mohio ana ano ahau he pai koe ki taku titiro, rite tonu ano ki te anahera a te Atua: otiia ko nga rangatira o nga Pirihitini hei ki mai, Kaua tenei e haere tahi tatou ki te whawhai.

Achish then answered, and said to Dauid, I knowe thou pleasest mee, as an Angell of God: but the princes of the Philistims haue saide, Let him not goe vp with vs to battell.

10 Heoi maranga wawe i te ata, me nga tangata ano a tou ariki i haere tahi mai nei koutou, a ka maranga wawe koutou i te ata, ka marama, haere.

Wherefore now rise vp earely in the morning with thy masters seruants that are come with thee: and when ye be vp earely, assoone as ye haue light, depart.

11 Heoi ka maranga wawe a Rawiri, ratou ko ana tangata, a haere ana i te ata, hoki ana ki te whenua o nga Pirihitini. Ko nga Pirihitini ia i haere ki runga, ki Ietereere.

So Dauid and his men rose vp earely to depart in the morning, and to returne into the lande of the Philistims: and the Philistims went vp to Izreel.