1 Samweli 27
1 Daudi alisema moyoni mwake, “Basi, siku moja nitaangamia kwa mkono wa Sauli; hakuna jambo zuri kwangu kuliko kutoroka hadi nchi ya Wafilisti; Sauli atakata tamaa asinitafute tena ndani ya mipaka yote ya Israeli; kwa njia hii nitaponyoka kutoka mkono wake.”
And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.
2 Daudi akaondoka na kuvuka, akiwa pamoja na watu mia sita hadi kwa Akishi mwana wa Maoki, mfalme wa Gathi.
So David and the six hundred men who were with him went over to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
3 Daudi akaishi na Akishi huko Gathi pamoja na watu wake, na kila mtu na familia yake, na Daudi akiwa na wake zake wawili, Ahinoamu Myezreeli, na Abigaili Mkarmeli aliyekuwa mke wa Nabali.
And David and his men were living with Achish at Gath; every man had his family with him, and David had his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, who had been the wife of Nabal.
4 Sauli akaambiwa kuwa Daudi amekimbilia Gathi, hivyo hakumtafuta tena.
And Saul, hearing that David had gone to Gath, went after him no longer.
5 Daudi akamwambia Akishi, “Kama nimepata kibali machoni pako, wanipatie mahali katika mojawapo ya miji ya nchi, ili nikae huko: kwa nini mtumishi wako akae pamoja na wewe katika mji wa kifalme?”
Then David said to Achish, If now I have grace in your eyes, let me have a place in one of the smaller towns of your land, to be my living-place; for it is not right for your servant to be living with you in the king's town.
6 Hivyo siku hiyo Akishi akampa Daudi Ziklagi; ndiyo sababu mji wa Ziklagi ni mali ya wafalme wa Yuda hadi leo.
So Achish straight away gave him Ziklag: and for that reason Ziklag has been the property of the kings of Judah to this day.
7 Idadi ya siku ambazo Daudi aliishi katika nchi ya Wafilisti ulikuwa mwaka mmoja na miezi minne.
And David was living in the land of the Philistines for the space of a year and four months.
8 Daudi na watu wake walizipiga sehemu mbalimbali, wakiteka nyara Wageshuri, Wagirizi, na Waamaleki; kwa maana mataifa hayo ndio walikuwa wakaaji wa nchi, kwa uelekeo wa kwenda Shuri hadi kufika nchi ya Misri. Walikuwa wamekaa katika nchi hiyo toka nyakati za zamani.
And David and his men went up and made attacks on the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites; for these were the people who were living in the land from Telam on the way to Shur, as far as Egypt.
9 Daudi aliipiga nchi na hakumwacha mwanaume wala mwanamke akiwa hai; akatwaa kondoo, ng'ombe, punda, ngamia, na nguo; kisha alirudi na kufika tena kwa Akishi.
And David again and again made attacks on the land till not a man or a woman was still living; and he took away the sheep and the oxen and the asses and the camels and the clothing; and he came back to Achish.
10 Ndipo Akishi humuuliza, “Je, leo umefanya mashambulizi dhidi ya nani?” Daudi humjibu, “Nimefanya dhidi ya kusini mwa Yuda,” au dhidi ya kusini mwa Wayerameeli,” au “dhidi ya kusini mwa Wakeni.”
And every time Achish said, Where have you been fighting today? David said, Against the South of Judah and the South of the Jerahmeelites and the South of the Kenites.
11 Daudi asingemwacha mwanaume wala mwanamke akiwa hai awalete hadi Gathi, akisema, “ili wasije kututeta, 'Daudi amefanya hivi na vile.”' Hivi ndivyo alivyofanya kwa kipindi chote alichokaa katika nchi ya Wafilisti.
Not one living man or woman did David ever take back with him to Gath, fearing that they might give an account of what had taken place, and say, This is what David did, and so has he been doing all the time while he has been living in the land of the Philistines.
12 Akishi alimwamini Daudi, akisema, “Amesababisha watu wake Israeli wamchukie kabisa; kwa hiyo atakuwa mtumishi wangu milele.”
And Achish had belief in what David said, saying, He has made himself hated by all his people Israel, and so he will be my servant for ever.
