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 in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: [there is] nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
2 Daudi akaondoka na kuvuka, akiwa pamoja na watu mia sita hadi kwa Akishi mwana wa Maoki, mfalme wa Gathi.
And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that [were] with him unto 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 dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, [even] David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.
4 Sauli akaambiwa kuwa Daudi amekimbilia Gathi, hivyo hakumtafuta tena.
And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
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?”
And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
6 Hivyo siku hiyo Akishi akampa Daudi Ziklagi; ndiyo sababu mji wa Ziklagi ni mali ya wafalme wa Yuda hadi leo.
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
7 Idadi ya siku ambazo Daudi aliishi katika nchi ya Wafilisti ulikuwa mwaka mmoja na miezi minne.
And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full 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 invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those [nations were] of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of 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 smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came 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 Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against 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.
And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring [tidings] to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so [will be] his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
12 Akishi alimwamini Daudi, akisema, “Amesababisha watu wake Israeli wamchukie kabisa; kwa hiyo atakuwa mtumishi wangu milele.”
And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
