१ शमूएल 23
1 तिनीहरूले दाऊदलाई भने, “हेर्नुहोस्, पलिश्तीहरूले कीलाह विरुद्ध लडिरहेका छन् र अन्नका खलाहरू लूटिरहेका छन् ।”
Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Ke'ilah, and they are plundering the threshing-floors.
2 त्यसैले दाऊदले परमप्रभुसँग सहायताको निम्ति प्रार्थना गरे र उहाँलाई भने, “के म जाऊँ र पलिश्तीहरूलाई आक्रमण गरूँ?” परमप्रभुले दाऊदलाई भन्नुभयो, “जा, पलिश्तीहरूलाई आक्रमण गर् र कीलाहलाई बचा ।”
Thereupon David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite among these Philistines? And the Lord said unto David, Go and smite among the Philistines, and deliver Ke'ilah.
3 दाऊदका मानिसहरूले तिनलाई भने, “हे्र्नुहोस्, हामी यहाँ यहूदामा डराएका छौं । हामी कीलाहमा पलिश्तीहरूका फौजको विरुद्धमा गयौं भने झन् कति धेरै डराउनेछौं?
And David's men said unto him, Behold, here in Judah are we afraid: how much more then if we should go to Ke'ilah against the battle-arrays of the Philistines?
4 तब दाऊदले परमप्रभुसँग सहायताको निम्ति फेरि प्रार्थना गरे । परमप्रभुले तिनलाई भन्नुभयो, “उठ्, तल कीलाहमा जा । किनकि म तँलाई पलिश्तीहरूमाथि विजय दिनेछु ।”
Then David asked yet again counsel of the Lord. And the Lord answered him and said, Arise, Go down to Ke'ilah; for I [will] deliver the Philistines into thy hand.
5 दाऊद र तिनका मानिसहरू कीलाहमा गए र पलिश्तीहरूसँग लडे । तिनले उनीहरूका गाईवस्तुहरू लगे र ठुलो संहारसहित तिनीहरूलाई प्रहार गरे । यसरी दाऊदले कीलाहका बासिन्दाहरूलाई बचाए ।
So David and his men went to Ke'ilah; and he fought with the Philistines, and lead away their cattle, and smote among them a great slaughter. So David delivered the inhabitants of Ke'ilah.
6 जब अहीमेलेकका छोरा अबीयाथार भागेर कीलाहमा दाऊदकहाँ जाँदा, तिनी एपोदसहित तल आएका थिए ।
And it came to pass, when Ebyathar the son of Achimelech, fled over to David, to Ke'ilah, that the ephod came down with him.
7 दाऊद कीलाहमा गएका थिए भनी शाऊललाई भनियो । शाऊलले भने, “परमेश्वरले उसलाई मेरो हातमा दिनुभएको छ । किनकि ऊ थुनिएको छ, किनभने ढोकाहरू र बारहरू भएको सहरमा ऊ पसेको छ
And it was told to Saul that David was come to Ke'ilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
8 युद्धको निम्ति तल कीलाहमा जान, दाऊद र तिनका मानिसहरूलाई घेरा हाल्न शाऊलले आफ्ना सबै फौजलाई बोलाए ।
And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Ke'ilah, to besiege David and his men.
9 शाऊलले आफ्नो विरुद्धमा षड्यान्त्र गरिरहेका कुरा दाऊदलाई थाहा थियो । तिनले पुजारी अबीयाथारलाई भने, “एपोद यहाँ ल्याऊ ।”
And David understood that Saul secretly devised mischief against him; and he said to Ebyathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
10 तब दाऊदले भने, “हे परमप्रभु, इस्राएलका परमेश्वर, शाऊल मेरो कारणले सहरलाई नाश पार्न कीलाहमा आउन खोज्छ भन्ने तपाईंको दासले सुनेको छ ।
Then said David, O Lord, God of Israel, thy servant hath heard for certain that Saul seeketh to come to Ke'ilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
11 के कीलाहका मानिसहरूले मलाई तिनको हातमा सुम्पनेछन्? के तपाईंको दासले सुनेजस्तै शाऊल तल आउनेछन्? हे परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वर, म तपाईंसँग बिन्ती गर्छु, कृपया आफ्नो दासलाई भन्नुहोस् ।” परमप्रभुले भन्नुभयो, “ऊ तल आउनेछ ।”
Will the men of Ke'ilah surrender me into his hand? will Saul come down as thy servant hath heard? O Lord, God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, He will come down.
12 तब दाऊदले भने, “के कीलाहका मानिसहरूले मलाई र मेरा मानिसहरूलाई शाऊलको हातमा सुम्पनेछन्?” परमप्रभुले भन्नुभयो, “तिनीहरूले तिमीहरूलाई सुम्पनेछन् ।”
Then said David, Will the men of Ke'ilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul! And the Lord said, They will surrender.
13 तब दाऊद र तिनीसँग भएका करिब छ सय जना मानिसहरू उठे र कीलाहबाट टाढा गए र तिनीहरू ठाउँ-ठाउँमा गए । दाऊद कीलाहबाट उम्के भनी शाऊललाई भनियो र तिनलले पिछा गर्न छोडे ।
Then arose David and his men, about six hundred men, and departed out of Ke'ilah, and wandered about whithersoever they could go. And when it was told to Saul that David was escaped from Ke'ilah, he forbore to go forth.
14 दाऊद उजाड-स्थान भएका किल्लाहरूमा, जीपको उजाड-स्थानको पडाडी देशमा बसे । शाऊलले तिनलाई हरेक दिन खोजे, तर परमेश्वरले तिनलाई उनको हातमा दिनुभएन ।
And David remained in the wilderness in strong-holds, and abode on the mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him all the time, but God delivered him not into his hand.
15 शाऊलले तिनको ज्यान खोज्दै आएका कुरा दाऊदले देखे । यति बेला दाऊद जीपमा भएको होरेशको उजाड-स्थान थिए ।
And David saw that Saul was gone forth to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the forest.
16 तब शाऊलका छोरा जोनाथन उठे र होरेशमा दाऊदकहाँ गए र परमेश्वरमा तिनको हातलाई बलियो बनाए ।
And Jonathan, the son of Saul, arose and went to David into the forest, and strengthened his hand in God.
17 उनले तिनलाई भने, “नडराउनुहोस् । किनकि मेरा बुबा शाऊलका हातले तपाईंलाई भेट्टाउनेछैन । तपाईं इस्राएलको राजा हुनुहुनेछ र म तपाईंको दोस्रो हुनेछु । मेरा बुबा शाऊललाई पनि यो कुरा थाहा छ ।”
And he said unto him, Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father will not find thee; and thou wilt be king over Israel, and I will be next unto thee; and also Saul my father knoweth this.
18 तिनीहरूले परमप्रभुको सामु करार गरे । दाऊद होरेशमा नै रहे र जोनाथन घर गए ।
And they made, both of them, a covenant before the Lord: and David remained in the forest; but Jonathan went to his house.
19 त्यसपछि जीपीहरू गिबामा शाऊलकहाँ आए र भने, “के दाऊद यशीमोनको दक्षिणतिरका हकीला पहाडको होरेशका किल्लाहरू लुकिरहेका छैन र?
Then came up the Ziphites unto Saul to Gib'ah, saying, Behold, David is hiding himself with us in the strong-holds in the forest, on the hill of Chachilah, which is on the right of the desert.
20 अब हे राजा तल आउनुहोस्, तपाईंको इच्छाअनुसार तल आउनुहोस् । हाम्रो काम भनेको तिनलाई राजाको हातमा सुम्पने हुनेछ ।”
And now in accordance with all the longing of thy soul, O king, to come down, come down; and our part shall be to surrender him into the king's hand.
21 शाऊलले भने, “तिमीहरूलाई परमप्रभुले आशिष् देऊन् । किनकि तिमीहरूले ममाथि दया गरेका छौ ।
And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the Lord; for ye have pity on me.
22 जाओ, अझै पक्का गर । तिनको लुक्ने ठाउँ कहाँ छ अनि त्यहाँ उसलाई कसले देखेको हो थाहा पाओ र पत्ता लगाओ । ऊ धेरै चतुर छ भनी मलाई भनिएको छ ।
Go, I pray you, make yet more preparations, and remark and see his place where his foot may be, who hath seen him there; for I am told that he dealeth with great subtilty.
23 त्यसैले हेर र उसले आफूलाई कहाँ लुकाउँछ सबै ठाउँ पत्ता लगाओ । पक्का सूचना लिएर मकहाँ फर्की आओ, अनि त्यसपछि तिमीहरूसँगै म फर्केर जानेछु । ऊ त्यस ठाउँमा छ भने, म उसलाई हजारौं यहूदाका माझमा सबैतिर खोज्नेछु ।”
See therefore, and remark every one of all the lurking-places where he usually hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
24 तब तिनीहरू उठे र शाऊलभन्दा अगि जीपमा गए । दाऊद र तिनीसँग भएका मानिसहरू यशीमोनको दक्षिणतिरको अराबाको माओनको उजाड-स्थानमा थिए ।
And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul; but David and his men were in the wilderness of Ma'on, in the plain on the right of the desert.
25 शाऊल र उनका मानिसहरू तिनलाई खोज्न गए । तर दाऊदलाई यो कुरा भनिएको थियो, त्यसैले तिनी तल चट्टानको पहाडतिर गए र माओनको उजाड-स्थानमा बसे । जब शाऊलले त्यो कुरा सुने, तब तिनले दाऊदलाई माओनको उजाड-स्थानमा लखेटे ।
And Saul and his men went to make a search. And they told it to David: wherefore he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Ma'on. And when Saul heard this, he pursued after David into the wilderness of Ma'on.
26 शाऊल पहाडको एकपट्टि हिंडे र दाऊद र तिनका मानिसहरू पहाडको अर्कोपट्टि हिंडिरहेका थिए । शाऊलबाट टाढा जानलाई दाऊद हतारिए । जसै शाऊल र तिनका मानिसहरूले दाऊद र तिनका मानिसहरूलाई समात्न घेरा लगाउँदै थिए,
And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David made haste to get away from before Saul; and Saul and his men were compassing David and his men to seize them.
27 एक जना दूत शाऊलकहाँ आयो र भन्यो, “छिटो गर्नुहोस् र आउनुहोस्, किनकि पलिश्तीहरूले देश लुटेका छन् ।”
But a messenger came unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.
28 त्यसैले शाऊल दाउदलाई खेद्न छोडेर फर्के र पलिश्तीहरूका विरुद्ध लड्न गए । यसकारण त्यस ठाउँलाई बाँचेको चट्टान भनियो ।
Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammachlekoth.
29 त्यहाँबाट दाऊद माथि गए र एन-गदीका किल्लाहरूमा बसे ।
And David went up from there, and dwelt in strong-holds of 'En-gedi.
