1 Samuel 29
1 Filistifo no boaboaa wɔn asraafo nyinaa ano wɔ Afek, na Israelfo nso kɔkyeree nsraban wɔ asuti bi ho wɔ Yesreel.
And the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek; and Israel encamped by the spring that is in Jizreel.
2 Bere a Filistifo ntuanofo de wɔn asraafo akuwakuw ɔha ɔha mu ne mpempem retu ɔsa no, na Dawid nso ne ne dɔm retu ɔsa wɔ wɔn akyi a, Akis ka wɔn ho.
And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds and by thousands; and David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish.
3 Filistifo asahene no bisae se, “Dɛn na Hebrifo yi reyɛ wɔ ha?” Akis buae se, “Oyi ne Dawid, ɔbarima a oguan fii Israelhene Saulo anim no. Waba me nkyɛn ha ne me abɛtena bɛboro afe ni. Na efi bere a ogyaw Saulo hɔ besi nnɛ yi, minhuu ne ho mfomso biara.”
And the princes of the Philistines said, What are these Hebrews? And Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or these years, and I have found nothing in him since the day of his falling away [to me] to this day?
4 Na Filistifo asahene no bo fuw no kae se, “Ma ɔbarima no nsan nkɔ, sɛnea ɔbɛkɔ faako a wode maa no no. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔka yɛn ho kɔ ɔko no, efisɛ sɛ anhwɛ a, ɔbɛdan nʼani ako atia yɛn wɔ ɔko no mu. Ɔkwan foforo bi nni hɔ a ɔbɛfa so ne ne wura Saulo aka abɔ mu a ɛbɛma no ako atia yɛn ana?
But the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, Make the man return, that he may go again to his place where thou hast appointed him, that he go not down with us to the battle, that in the battle he be not an adversary to us; for wherewith should this [fellow] reconcile himself to his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?
5 Ɛnyɛ saa Dawid yi na wɔtoo dwom faa ne ho wɔ wɔn asaw mu se: “Saulo akum ne apem apem na Dawid de, wakum mpem du du no?”
Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul smote his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
6 Na Akis frɛɛ Dawid ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Mmere dodow a Awurade te ase yi, minhyiaa mmarima a wɔte sɛ mo, anka mepɛ sɛ mo ne yɛn kɔ ɔko, nanso Filistifo asodifo a wɔaka no mpene so.
And Achish called David, and said to him, [As] Jehovah liveth, thou art upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the camp is acceptable to me; for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming to me to this day; but thou art not acceptable to the lords.
7 Enti san wʼakyi na kɔ no asomdwoe mu. Ɛno nti, nyɛ biribiara a ɛbɛhaw Filistifo no.”
And now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
8 Dawid bisae se, “Dɛn na mayɛ a ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde me fa saa ɔkwan yi so? Adɛn nti na ɛnsɛ sɛ meko tia me wura ɔhene no atamfo?”
And David said to Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee to this day, that I should not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
9 Nanso Akis gyinaa mu pintinn kae se, “Me nko ara me fa mu de, woyɛ pɛpɛ te sɛ Onyankopɔn bɔfo. Nanso asahene no suro sɛ wɔde wo bɛka wɔn ho wɔ ɔko mu.
And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art acceptable to me, as an angel of God; nevertheless the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
10 Enti sɔre anɔpahema, na wo ne wo mmarima no nkɔ bere a anim retetew no.”
And now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee; and rise ye early in the morning, and when ye have daylight, depart.
11 Na Dawid san kɔɔ Filistifo asase so, na Filistifo asraafo no nso kɔɔ Yesreel.
And David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jizreel.
