1 Samweli 29

1 Basi Wafilisti walikusanya pamoja majeshi yao yote huko Afeki; Waisraeli wakapiga kambi karibu na chemchemi iliyoko Yezreeli.

So the Philistims were gathered together with all their armies in Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by the fountaine, which is in Izreel.

2 Nao wakuu wa Wafilisti wakapitwa na mamia kwa maelfu; Daudi na watu wake wakapita wakiwa wa mwisho pamoja na Akishi.

And the princes of the Philistims went foorth by hundreths and thousandes, but Dauid and his men came behinde with Achish.

3 Kisha wakuu wa Wafilisti wakasema, “Hawa Waebrania wanafanya nini hapa?” Akishi akawaambia wakuu wengine wa Wafilisti, “Huyu si Daudi, mtumishi wa Sauli, mfalme wa Israeli, ambaye amekaa nami kwa siku hizi, au kwa miaka hii, nami nimeona hana kosa tangu aje kwangu hadi leo?”

Then saide the princes of the Philistims, What doe these Ebrewes here? And Achish said vnto the princes of the Philistims, Is not this Dauid the seruant of Saul the King of Israel, who hath bene with me these dayes, or these yeeres, and I haue found nothing in him, since he dwelt with me vnto this day?

4 Lakini wale wakuu wa Wafilisti walimkasirikia Akishi; wakamwabia, Mfukuze mtu huyo, aende kwake kule ulikompatia; usimruhusu aende nasi vitani, ili asiwe adui yetu katika vita. Kwa jinsi gani mtu huyu angeweza kufanya amani na bwana wake? Siyo kwa gharama ya vichwa vya watu wetu?

But the princes of the Philistims were wroth with him, and the princes of the Philistims said vnto him, Sende this fellow backe, that he may goe againe to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not goe downe with vs to battell, least that in the battell he be an aduersarie to vs: for wherewith should he obteine the fauour of his master? shoulde it not be with the heades of these men?

5 Je, huyu siye Daudi ambaye walimuimba kwa kupokezana na kucheza, wakisema: 'Sauli ameua maelfu yake, Na Daudi makumi elfu yake?”'

Is not this Dauid, of whome they sang in daunces, saying, Saul slewe his thousande, and Dauid his ten thousande?

6 Ndipo Akishi alimwita Daudi na kumwambia, “Kama BWANA aishivyo, umekuwa mwema, na kutoka kwako na kuingia kwako pamoja nami katika jeshi ni kwema kama nionavyo mimi; maana sijaona kosa kwako tangu siku unakuja kwangu hadi siku hii ya leo. Hata hivyo, wakuu hawakupendi.

Then Achish called Dauid, and said vnto him, As the Lord liueth, thou hast bene vpright and good in my sight, when thou wentest out and in with mee in the hoste, neither haue I founde euill with thee, since thou camest to me vnto this day, but the princes doe not fauour thee.

7 Basi sasa rudi na uende kwa amani, ili usiwakwaze wakuu wa Wafilisti.”

Wherefore nowe returne, and go in peace, that thou displease not the princes of the Philistims.

8 Daudi akamwambia Akishi, “Lakini nimefanya nini? Kitu gani umekiona kwa mtumishi wako kwa muda ambao nimekuwa mbele yako hadi leo, kiasi kwamba nisiende kupigana na adui za bwana wangu mfalme?”

And Dauid said vnto Achish, But what haue I done? and what hast thou founde in thy seruant as long as I haue bene with thee vnto this day, that I may not goe and fight against the enemies of my lorde the King?

9 Akishi akajibu na kumwambia Daudi, “Najua kwamba hauna lawama mbele zangu kama alivyo malaika wa Mungu; hata hivyo, wale wakuu wa Wafilisti wamesema, Kamwe hatapanda pamoja nasi hadi vitani.'

Achish then answered, and said to Dauid, I knowe thou pleasest mee, as an Angell of God: but the princes of the Philistims haue saide, Let him not goe vp with vs to battell.

10 Basi sasa amka asubuhi na mapema na watumishi wa bwana wako waliokuja pamoja nawe; mara tu muamkapo asubuhi na mapema na kupata mwanga, ondokeni.”

Wherefore now rise vp earely in the morning with thy masters seruants that are come with thee: and when ye be vp earely, assoone as ye haue light, depart.

11 Hivyo Daudi aliamka mapema, yeye pamoja na watu wake, waondoke asubuhi, warudi kule katika nchi ya Wafilisti. Lakini Wafilisti walipanda kwenda Yezreeli.

So Dauid and his men rose vp earely to depart in the morning, and to returne into the lande of the Philistims: and the Philistims went vp to Izreel.