1 Samweli 30
1 Ikawa, Daudi na watu wake walipokuwa wamefika Ziklagi siku ya tatu, Waamaleki walifanya mashambulizi katika Negevu na Ziklagi. Waliupiga Ziklagi, wakauchoma moto mji,
When David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid on the South and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag and burned it with fire,
2 na kuwachukua mateka wanawake na kila mmoja aliyekuwa ndani yake, mkubwa kwa mdogo. Wao hawakuua hata mmoja, lakini waliwachukua watu na kuondoka nao.
and had taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great. They did not kill any, but carried them off and went their way.
3 Daudi na watu wake walipofika kwenye mji, ulikuwa umechomwa moto - na wake zao, watoto wao wakiume na wakike walichukuliwa mateka.
When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters were taken captive.
4 Ndipo Daudi na watu aliokuwa nao wakapaza sauti zao na kulia hadi walipokuwa hawana nguvu zaidi za kulia.
Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept until they had no more power to weep.
5 Wake wawili wa Daudi walichukuliwa mateka, yaani Ahinoamu Myezreeli, na Abigaili aliyekuwa mke wa Nabali Mkarmeli.
David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
6 Daudi aliguswa sana, maana watu walikuwa wanaongea kuhusu kumpiga mawe, kwa sababu roho za watu wote walihuzunika, kila mtu kwa ajili ya mtoto wake wakiume na wakike, lakini Daudi alijiimarisha katika BWANA, Mungu wake.
David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.
7 Daudi akamwambia Abiathari, kuhani, mwana wa Ahimeleki, “Tafadhali, niletee hapa ile naivera.”Abiathari akaileta hiyo naivera kwa Daudi.
David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring the ephod here to me.” Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
8 Daudi akamwomba BWANA kwa ajili ya mwongozo, akisema, “Je, kama nikiliandama jeshi hili, nitalipata?” BWANA akamjibu, “Wafuate, maana kweli utawapata, na kwa hakika utarudisha kila kitu.”
David inquired of the LORD, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, will I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and will without fail recover all.”
9 Kwa hiyo Daudi akaenda, yeye na wale watu mia sita waliokuwa pamoja naye; nao wakafika katika kijito cha Bethori, mahali walipokaa wale walioachwa nyuma.
So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.
10 Lakini Daudi aliendelea kuwafuata, yeye na watu mia nne; maana wale mia mbili walibaki nyuma, wakiwa wamechoka kiasi cha kutoweza kuvuka kijito cha Besori.
But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
11 Nao walimkuta Mmisri shambani na wakamleta kwa Daudi; wakampatia mkate, na akala; wakampa maji ya kunywa;
They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink.
12 kisha walimpa kipande cha keki ya tini na vishada viwili vya zabibu. Alipomaliza kula, akapata nguvu tena, kwa kuwa alikuwa hajala mkate wala kunywa maji, siku tatu mchana na usiku.
They gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. When he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, and drank no water for three days and three nights.
13 Ndipo Daudi akamuuliza, “Wewe ni mtu wa nani? Je, unatoka wapi?” Naye akajibu, “Mimi ni kijana wa Misri, mtumishi wa Mwamaleki mmoja; bwana wangu aliniacha, kwa sababu siku tatu zilizopita nilikuwa mgonjwa.
David asked him, “To whom do you belong? Where are you from?” He said, “I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I got sick.
14 Tulifanya mashambulizi dhidi ya Negevu ya Wakerethi, na iliyochini ya Yuda, na ile Negevu ya Kalebu, na kuichoma moto Ziklagi.”
We made a raid on the South of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.”
15 Daudi akamwambia, “Je, utanipeleka hadi kwa jeshi lililofanya mashabulizi?” Huyo Mmisri akasema, “Uniapie kwa Mungu kwamba hautaniua au kunisaliti na kuniweka katika mikono ya bwana wangu, nami nitakupeleka liliko hilo jeshi.”
David said to him, “Will you bring me down to this troop?” He said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me and not deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this troop.”
16 Yule Mmisri alipompeleka huko Daudi, hao wateka nyara walikuwa wametawanyika kila sehemu, wakila na kunywa, na wakicheza, kwa sababu ya nyara zote walizokuwa wamezitwaa kutoka nchi ya Wafilisti na kutoka nchi ya Yuda.
When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread around over all the ground, eating, drinking, and dancing, because of all the great plunder that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
17 Daudi akawashambulia tangu jua lilipozama hadi jioni ya siku ya pili. Hakuna mtu aliyeponyoka isipokuwa vijana mia nne, waliopanda ngamia na kukimbia.
David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped from there, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.
18 Daudi akarudisha vyote ambavyo Waamaleki walikuwa wamevichukua; na Daudi akawaokoa wake zake wawili.
David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.
19 Hakuna kilichopotea, si kidogo wala kikubwa, si watoto wa kiume wala wa kike, si mali iliyotekwa, wala chochote ambacho wavamizi alikichukuwa kwa ajili yao. Daudi akawa amerejesha kila kitu.
There was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither plunder, nor anything that they had taken. David brought them all back.
20 Akachukua makundi yote ya kondoo na ng'ombe, ambayo watu waliyatanguliza mbele ya ng'ombe wengine. Wakisema, “Hizi ni nyara za Daudi.”
David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other livestock, and said, “This is David’s plunder.”
21 Daudi akafika kwa wale watu mia mbili waliokuwa wamechoka kufuatana naye, wale walioachwa wakae katika kijito cha Besori. Watu hawa wakajitokeza kumlaki na watu waliokuwa naye.
David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to stay at the brook Besor; and they went out to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him. When David came near to the people, he greeted them.
22 Ndipo watu wote waovu na wasiofaa miongoni mwa waliokwenda na Daudi wakasema, “Kwa sababu watu hawa hawakwenda nasi, hatutawapa chochote kutoka katika nyara tulizorudisha. Isipokuwa kila mtu aweza kuchukuwa mke na watoto wake, wawatoe na kwenda zao.”
Then all the wicked men and worthless fellows of those who went with David answered and said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not give them anything of the plunder that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that he may lead them away and depart.”
23 Ndipo Daudi akasema, “Ndugu zangu, msifanye hivyo, kwa vitu ambavyo BWANA ametupatia. Ametuhifadhi na kuwaweka mkononi mwetu wavamizi waliotuinukia.
Then David said, “Do not do so, my brothers, with that which the LORD has given to us, who has preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.
24 Ni nani atawasikiliza kuhusu jambo hili? Kwa maana mgawo ni kwa yeyote aendae vitani, basi pia mgawo ni kwa yeyote aliyelinda mizigo; Nao watapata tena kilicho sawa.”
Who will listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who stays with the baggage. They shall share alike.”
25 Ilikuwa hivyo tangu siku hiyo hadi leo, maana Daudi aliamua iwe sheria na amri kwa Israeli.
It was so from that day forward that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
26 Daudi alipofika Ziklagi, alituma sehemu ya nyara kwa wazee wa Yuda, kwa rafiki zake, akisema, “Tazama, hii ni zawadi yenu kutokana na nyara za adui wa BWANA.”
When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, “Behold, a present for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”
27 Zawadi zilienda kwa wazee waliokuwa Bethueli, na kwa hao waliokuwa Ramothi iliyoko kusini, na kwa hao waliokuwa Yatiri,
He sent it to those who were in Bethel, to those who were in Ramoth of the South, to those who were in Jattir,
28 na kwa hao waliokuwa Aroeri, na kwa hao waliokuwa Sifmothi, na kwa hao waliokuwa Eshtemoa
to those who were in Aroer, to those who were in Siphmoth, to those who were in Eshtemoa,
29 Pia kwa wazee waliokuwa Rakali, na kwa hao waliokuwa katika miji ya Wayerameeli, na kwa hao waliokuwa katika miji ya Wakeni,
to those who were in Racal, to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,
30 na kwa hao waliokuwa Horma, na kwa hao waliokuwa Borashani, na kwa hao waliokuwa Athaki,
to those who were in Hormah, to those who were in Borashan, to those who were in Athach,
31 na kwa hao waliokuwa Hebroni, na kwa sehemu zote ambazo Daudi mwenyewe na watu wake walizoea kwenda.
to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men used to stay.
