1 Samuel 21
1 Dawid kɔɔ Nob sɔfo Ahimelek nkyɛn. Bere a ɔsɔfo Ahimelek huu no no, ne ho popoe. Obisaa no se, “Adɛn nti na aka wo nko? Adɛn nti na obi nka wo ho?”
Then came Dauid to Nob, to Ahimelech the Priest, and Ahimelech was astonied at the meeting of Dauid, and saide vnto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
2 Dawid buaa ɔsɔfo Ahimelek se, “Ɔhene somaa me kokoamsɛm bi ho. Ɔka kyerɛɛ me se, mennka nea enti a mewɔ ha nkyerɛ obiara. Makyerɛ faako a me mmarima no nhyia me.
And Dauid saide to Ahimelech the Priest, The King hath commanded mee a certaine thing, and hath sayd vnto me, Let no man know whereabout I sende thee, and what I haue commanded thee: and I haue appointed my seruants to such and such places.
3 Afei, dɛn na wowɔ? Ma me brodo mua anum anaa biribiara a wowɔ.”
Nowe therefore if thou hast ought vnder thine hande, giue me fiue cakes of bread, or what commeth to hand.
4 Na ɔsɔfo no buaa Dawid se, “Minni brodo teta yi bi wɔ ha. Brodo kronkron de, bi wɔ ha, nanso gye sɛ mmarima no ne mmea bi nnae nnansa yi.”
And the Priest answered Dauid, and saide, There is no common bread vnder mine hande, but here is halowed bread, if the yong men haue kept themselues, at least from women.
5 Dawid buae se, “Mma hwee nhaw wo. Sɛ me mmarima no kodi dwuma bi baabi a, memmma wɔn kwan mma wɔmmfa wɔn ho nka mmea. Na sɛ wɔtena ase kronkron wɔ akwantu teta mu a, adɛn nti na saa dwumadi a ɛho hia yiye yi, wontumi ntena kronkronyɛ mu.”
Dauid then answered the Priest, and sayde vnto him, Certainely women haue bene separarate from vs these two or three dayes since I came out: and the vessels of the yong men were holy, though the way were prophane, and how much more then shall euery one be sanctified this day in the vessell?
6 Na esiane sɛ aduan foforo biara nni hɔ no nti, ɔsɔfo no de brodo kronkron a wɔde abodoohyew asi anan mu wɔ Awurade hyiadan no mu maa Dawid.
So the Priest gaue him halowed bread: for there was no bread there, saue the shewe bread that was taken from before the Lord, to put hote bread there, the day that it was taken away.
7 Doeg, Edomni a ɔyɛ Saulo nantwikafo panyin no kodwiraa ne ho wɔ hɔ da no.
(And there was the same day one of the seruants of Saul abiding before the Lord, named Doeg the Edomite, the chiefest of Sauls heardmen)
8 Dawid bisaa Ahimelek se, “Wowɔ peaw anaa afoa? Ɔhene adwuma no ho hia a na ehia nti, mannya bere amfa akode biara.”
And Dauid said vnto Ahimelech, Is there not here vnder thine hand a speare or a sworde? for I haue neither brought my sworde nor mine harnesse with me, because the Kings businesse required haste.
9 Ɔsɔfo no buae se, “Afoa a mewɔ ara yɛ Filistini Goliat a wukum no wɔ Ela bon mu no dea. Wɔde ntama akyekyere ho da asɔfotade no akyi. Sɛ wopɛ a, fa ɛno, efisɛ biribiara nni ha bio.” Dawid buae se, “Biribiara nkyɛn no. Fa ma me.”
And the Priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistim, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is wrapt in a cloth behinde the Ephod: if thou wilt take that to thee, take it: for there is none other saue that here: And Dauid sayd, There is none to that, giue it me.
10 Da no, Dawid guan fii Saulo hɔ, kɔɔ Gathene Akis nkyɛn.
And Dauid arose and fled the same day from the presence of Saul, and went to Achish the King of Gath.
11 Nanso na Akis mpanyimfo no ho ntɔ wɔn sɛ ɔwɔ hɔ. Wobisae se, “Ɛnyɛ saa Dawid yi na ɔyɛ asase yi so hene no? Ɛnyɛ ɔno na nnipa nam asaw ne nnwonto so hyɛɛ no anuonyam se, ‘Saulo akum ne apem apem na Dawid nso akum mpem du du no?’”
And the seruants of Achish said vnto him, Is not this Dauid the King of the land? did they not sing vnto him in daunces, saying, Saul hath slayne his thousand, and Dauid his ten thousande?
12 Dawid tee saa akekakeka yi no, osuroo sɛ ebia ɔhene Akis bɛyɛ no biribi.
And Dauid considered these wordes, and was sore afraide of Achish the King of Gath.
13 Ɛno nti, ɔhyɛɛ da yɛɛ ne ho sɛ bɔdamfo, ɔwerɛwerɛw apon ho maa ntasu sen faa nʼabogyesɛ mu.
And hee changed his behauiour before them, and fayned him selfe mad in their handes, and scrabled on the doores of the gate, and let his spettel fall downe vpon his beard.
14 Nea edi akyi ne sɛ, ɔhene Akis ka kyerɛɛ ne mmarima se, “Ɔbɔdamfo na ɛsɛ sɛ mode no brɛ me?
Then said Achish vnto his seruants, Lo, ye see the man is beside him selfe, wherefore haue ye brought him to me?
15 Yɛwɔ pii wɔ ha dedaw! Adɛn nti na ɛsɛ sɛ mema obi a ɔte sɛɛ yi bɛyɛ me hɔho?”
Haue I neede of mad men, that ye haue brought this fellowe to play the mad man in my presence? shall he come into mine house?
