1 Samweli 23
1 Wakamwambia Daudi, “Tazama, Wafilisti wanaupiga Keila na wanapora nafaka inayopurwa.”
And they declare to David, saying, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are spoiling the threshing-floors.”
2 Hivyo Daudi akamwomba BWANA kwa ajili ya msaada, na akamuuliza,” Je, niondoke niwapige hawa Wafilisti? BWANA akamwambia Daudi, “Nenda ukawapige Wafilisti na kuokoa Keila.”
And David inquires of YHWH, saying, “Do I go? And have I struck among these Philistines?” And YHWH says to David, “Go, and you have struck among the Philistines, and saved Keilah.”
3 Daudi akaambiwa na watu wake, “Angalia, hapa Yuda tunaogopa. Je, si zaidi sana kama tutaenda Keila kupambana na majeshi ya Wafilisti?”
And David’s men say to him, “Behold, we here in Judah are afraid; and how much more when we go to Keilah, to the ranks of the Philistines?”
4 Ndipo Daudi akamwomba BWANA kwa ajili ya msaada, bado tena, BWANA akamjibu, “Amka, uteremke hadi Keila. Maana nitakupatia ushindi dhidi ya Wafilisti.”
And David adds again to inquire of YHWH, and YHWH answers him and says, “Rise, go down to Keilah, for I am giving the Philistines into your hand.”
5 Daudi na watu wake wakaenda Keila na kupigana na Wafilisti. Wakahamisha ng'ombe wao na kuwapiga kwa mauaji makubwa mno. Hivyo Daudi akawaokoa wenyeji wa Keila.
And David goes, and his men, to Keilah, and fights with the Philistines, and leads away their livestock, and strikes among them [with] a great striking, and David saves the inhabitants of Keilah.
6 Abiathari mwana wa Ahimeleki alipokuwa amekimbilia kwa Daudi huko Keila, alibeba naivera mkononi mwake.
And it comes to pass, in the fleeing of Abiathar son of Ahimelech to David, to Keilah, an ephod came down in his hand.
7 Sauli aliambiwa kwamba Daudi amekwenda Keila. Sauli akasema, “Mungu amemweka mkononi mwangu. Bila shaka amefungiwa ndani kwa sababu ameingia katika mji ulio na malango na makomeo.”
And it is declared to Saul that David has come to Keilah, and Saul says, “God has made him known for my hand, for he has been shut in, to enter into a city of doors and bar.”
8 Sauli akayaita majeshi yake yote kwa ajili ya vita, waende hadi Keila, wamteke Daudi na watu wake.
And Saul summons all the people to the battle, to go down to Keilah, to lay siege to David and to his men.
9 Daudi alijua kwamba Sauli alikuwa anapanga njama za kumdhuru yeye. Ndipo akamwambia kuhani Abiathari kuhani, “Ulete hapa naivera.”
And David knows that Saul is devising the evil against him and says to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod near.”
10 Kisha Daudi akasema, “BWANA, Mungu wa Israeli, mtumishi wako hakika amesikia kwamba Sauli anatafuta namna ya kuja Keila, ili auteketeze mji kwa ajili yangu.
And David says, “YHWH, God of Israel, Your servant has certainly heard that Saul is seeking to come to Keilah, to destroy the city on my account.
11 Je, watu wa Keila watanisalimisha mkononi mwake? Je, Sauli atashuka hadi huko, kama mtumishi wako alivyosikia? BWANA, Mungu wa Israeli, nakusihi, tafadhali mwambie mtumishi wako. “BWANA akasema, “Atakuja huko.”
Do the possessors of Keilah shut me up into his hand? Does Saul come down as Your servant has heard? YHWH, God of Israel, please declare [it] to Your servant.” And YHWH says, “He comes down.”
12 Kisha Daudi akauliza, “Je, watu wa Keila watanisalimisha mimi na watu wangu katika mkono wa Sauli?” BWANA akasema, “Watu hao watawasalimisha kwao.”
And David says, “Do the possessors of Keilah shut up me and my men into the hand of Saul?” And YHWH says, “They shut [you] up.”
13 Kisha Daudi na watu wake, waliokuwa kama mia sita, walitoka na kwenda mbali na Keila, na wakazunguka kila sehemu. Kisha Sauli akaambiwa kwamba Daudi ametoroka kutoka Keila, hivyo akasitisha kumfuatia.
And David rises—and his men—about six hundred men, and they go out from Keilah, and go up and down where they go up and down; and it has been declared to Saul that David has escaped from Keilah, and he ceases to go out.
14 Daudi alikaa ngomeni katika jangwa, kwenye nchi ya milima katika jangwa la Zifu. Kila siku Sauli alimtafuta, lakini Mungu hakumweka mkononi mwake.
And David abides in the wilderness, in fortresses, and abides in the hill-country, in the wilderness of Ziph; and Saul seeks him [for] all the days, and God has not given him into his hand.
15 Daudi aliona kwamba Sauli amejitokeza kuangamiza maisha yake; basi Daudi alikuwa katika jjangwa la Zifu huko Horeshi.
And David sees that Saul has come out to seek his life, and David [is] in the wilderness of Ziph, in a forest.
16 Kisha Yonathani, mwana wa Sauli, akaamuka akaenda kwa Daudi huko Horshi, naye akamtia moyo amtumainie Mungu.
And Jonathan son of Saul rises, and goes to David [in the] forest, and strengthens his hand in God,
17 Akamwambia, “Usiogope. Kwa maana mkono wa baba yangu Sauli hautakupata. Utakuwa mfalme juu ya Israeli, na mimi nitakuwa msaidizi wako. Baba yangu Sauli pia anajua hivyo.”
and says to him, “Do not fear, for the hand of my father Saul does not find you, and you reign over Israel, and I am to you for second, and also so knows my father Saul.”
18 Basi wote wawili wakafanya agano mbele za BWANA. Kisha Daudi alibaki Horeshi, na Yonathani akaenda nyumbani.
And both of them make a covenant before YHWH; and David abides in the forest, and Jonathan has gone to his house.
19 Nndipo Wazifi wakamwendea Sauli huko Gibea wakisema, “Je, Daudi hakujificha kati yetu kwenye ngome huko Horeshi, juu ya mlima wa Hakila, ulioko kusini mwa Yeshimoni?
And the Ziphites go up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is David not hiding himself with us in fortresses, in the forest, in the height of Hachilah, which [is] on the south of the desolate place?
20 Basi uje, mfalme! Kulingana na matakwa yako, uje! Kazi yetu itakuwa kumtia katika mkono wa mfalme.”
And now, by all the desire of your soul, O king, to come down, come down, and ours [is] to shut him up into the hand of the king.”
21 Sauli akasema, “Mbarikiwe na BWANA. Kwa sababu mmenihurumia.
And Saul says, “Blessed [are] you of YHWH, for you have pity on me;
22 Nendeni, mhakikishe sawasawa. Tafuteni na kujua maficho yake yako wapi na ni nani amemwona huko. Nimeambiwa kwamba yeye ni mjanja sana.
now go prepare yet, and know and see his place where his foot is; who has seen him there? For [one] has said to me, He is very cunning.
23 Kwa hiyo chunguzeni, mjue sehemu zote anakojificha. Baadaye rudini kwangu mkiwa na taarifa kamili, na kisha nitaongozana nanyi. Ikiwa yupo katika nchi, nitamtafuta kutoka miongoni mwa elfu zote za Yuda.”
And see and know of all the hiding places where he hides himself, and you have turned back prepared to me, and I have gone with you, and it has been, if he is in the land, that I have searched him out through all the thousands of Judah.”
24 Ndipo wakaamka na kwenda hadi Zifu mbele ya Sauli. Wakati huo Daudi na watu wake walikuwa katika jangwa la Maoni, huko Araba upande wa kusini mwa Yeshimoni.
And they rise and go to Ziph before Saul, and David and his men [are] in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain, at the south of the desolate place.
25 Sauli na watu wake wakaenda kumtafuta Daudi. Na Daudi akaambiwa habari hiyo, hivyo akateremka hadi kwenye mlima wa miamba na akakaa katika jangwa la Maoni. Sauli aliposikia hivyo, akamfukuza Daudi katika Jangwa la Maoni.
And Saul and his men go to seek, and they declare [it] to David, and he goes down the rock, and abides in the wilderness of Maon; and Saul hears, and pursues after David [to] the wilderness of Maon.
26 Sauli akaenda akawa upande mmoja wa mlima, na Daudi na watu wake walikuwa wakienda upande mwingine wa mlima. Daudi kwa haraka akatoweka akae mbali na Sauli. Kwa sababu Sauli na watu wake walikuwa wakimzunguka Daudi na watu wake wawakamate,
And Saul goes on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain, and David is hurried to go from the face of Saul, and Saul and his men are surrounding David and his men, to catch them.
27 mjumbe mmoja akaja kwa Sauli na kusema, “Njoo, harakisha maana Wafilisti wamepanga uvamizi juu ya nchi.”
And a messenger has come to Saul, saying, “Hurry, and come, for the Philistines have pushed against the land.”
28 Kwa hiyo Sauli akarudi asimfuatie Daudi na akaenda kupambana na Wafilisti. Kwa hiyo sehemu ile iliitwa Mwamba wa Maficho.
And Saul turns back from pursuing after David, and goes to meet the Philistines, therefore they have called that place “The Rock of Divisions.”
29 Daudi akapanda kutoka huko na kukaa katika ngome ya Engedi.
And David goes up there, and abides in fortresses [at] En-gedi.
