1 Saamuʼeel 21
1 Daawit gara magaalaa Noob Abiimelek lubicha bira dhaqe. Ahiimelekis yeroo isa argetti hollatee, “Ati maaliif kophaa kee deemta? Maaliif namni tokko illee si wajjin hin jirru?” jedhee gaafate.
Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said to him, Why are you alone, and no man with you?
2 Daawitis Ahiimelek lubichaan akkana jedhe; “Mootichi, ‘Namni tokko iyyuu waaʼee ergama keetiitii fi qajeelfama keetii beekuu hin qabu’ jedhee na ajajeera. Namoota koo immoo akka isaan iddoo tokkotti na eegan itti himeera.
And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me a business, and has said to me, Let no man know any thing of the business about which I send you, and what I have commanded you: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
3 Egaa isin maal of harkaa qabdu? Buddeena shan yookaan waanuma argachuu dandeessan naa kennaa.”
Now therefore what is under your hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or what there is present.
4 Lubichi garuu Daawitiin, “Ani buddeena namni kam iyyuu nyaachuu dandaʼu asii hin qabu; taʼus buddeenni qulqullaaʼaan namoonni dubartii bira hin gaʼin qofti nyaachuu dandaʼan as jira” jedhe.
And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
5 Daawitis, “Dhugumaan akkuma yeroo ani baʼu hunda taʼaa ture sana dubartoonni nurraa dhowwamaniiru. Ergama qulqulluu hin taʼin irratti iyyuu miʼi dargaggootaa qulqulluu dha. Harʼa immoo hammam caalaatti haa qulqullaaʼuu ree!” jedhee deebise.
And David answered the priest, and said to him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yes, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
6 Kanaafuu lubichi buddeena qulqulleeffame sana isaaf kenne; buddeena ilaalchaa kan gaafas buddeena hoʼaadhaan iddoo buufamuuf fuula Waaqayyoo duraa fuudhame sana malee buddeenni biraa achi hin turreetii.
So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the show bread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
7 Gaafasis tajaajiltoota Saaʼol keessaa tokko akka fuula Waaqayyoo dura turu dirqisiifamee ture; innis Dooʼeeg namicha Edoom, itti gaafatamaa tiksee Saaʼol ture.
Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the most chief of the herdsmen that belonged to Saul.
8 Daawitis, “Ati eeboo yookaan goraadee asii hin qabduu? Ani sababii hojiin mootichaa ariifachiisaa taʼeef goraadee yookaan miʼa lolaa tokko illee hin fidannee?” jedhee Ahiimelekin gaafate.
And David said to Ahimelech, And is there not here under your hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.
9 Lubichis deebisee akkana jedhe; “Goraadeen Gooliyaad Filisxeemichaa kan ati Sulula Eelaa keessatti ajjeefte sanaa as jira; innis huccuudhaan maramee dirataan duuba jira. Yoo barbaadde fudhadhu; isa malee goraadeen biraa as hin jiru” jedheen. Daawitis, “Kan akka isaa hin jiruutii naa kenni” jedhe.
And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you slew in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if you will take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
10 Daawit gaafas Saaʼol duraa baqatee gara Aakiish mooticha Gaati dhaqe.
And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
11 Tajaajiltoonni Aakiish garuu, “Daawit kun mooticha biyyattii mitii?” Inni kan isaan: “‘Saaʼol kumaatama ajjeese; Daawit immoo kuma kumaatama ajjeese’ jedhanii faarfatanii sirbaniif sana mitii?”
And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
12 Daawitis waan kana garaatti qabatee Aakiish mooticha Gaati akka malee sodaate.
And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
13 Kanaafuu fuula isaanii duratti akka waan maraatee taʼe; utuma harka isaanii keessa jiruus cufaa karraa hooqee areeda isaa irra gorora yaasee akka nama maraatee of godhe.
And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.
14 Aakiishis tajaajiltoota isaatiin akkana jedhe; “Mee namicha kana ilaalaa! Inni maraatuu dha! Maaliif gara koo isa fiddan?
Then said Achish to his servants, See, you see the man is mad: why then have you brought him to me?
15 Akka inni fuula koo duratti akkana taʼuuf isa as fiduun keessan ani nama maraate dhabeetii? Namichi kun mana koo dhufuu qabaa?”
Have I need of mad men, that you have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
