1 Samuel 17
1 Afei, Filistifoɔ boaboaa wɔn akodɔm ano wɔ Soko a ɛwɔ Yuda sɛ wɔrebɛko. Wɔkyeree sraban wɔ Soko ne Aseka ntam wɔ Efes-Damim.
Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and encamped between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
2 Saulo yɛɛ saa ara, boaboaa ne dɔm ano wɔ baabi a ɛbɛn Ela bɔnhwa.
And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped by the valley of Elah, and they set the battle in array against the Philistines.
3 Filistifoɔ faa bepɔ baako, ɛna Israelfoɔ no nso faa baako a bɔnhwa no da wɔn ntam.
And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
4 Ɔbarima tenten hoɔdenfoɔ bi a ne din de Goliat a ɔfiri Gat no pue firii Filistifoɔ no sraban mu baeɛ. Na ne tenten bɛboro anammɔn nkron.
And there went out a champion from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
5 Na ɔhyɛ kɔbere kyɛ, hyɛ kɔbere akotaadeɛ a akodeɛ bobɔ mu, na emu duru yɛ dwetɛ kilogram aduonum nson.
And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
6 Na ne nan nso, kɔbere nkatanan kata ho ɛna kɔbere pea nso sɛn nʼakyi.
And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a gorget of brass between his shoulders.
7 Na ne pea ano dadeɛ no te sɛ ntomanwomfoɔ nsadua mu tonton, na ano dadeɛ no kari dwetɛ bɛyɛ kilogram nson. Na ɛkyɛmkurani di nʼanim.
And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
8 Goliat bɛgyinaa hɔ teaam guu Israelfoɔ no so sɛ, “Akodɔm yi nyinaa na morebɛko anaa? Monyi mo mu baako na ɔmmɛko mma mo, na me nso mɛsi Filistifoɔ anan mu. Yɛbɛko de awie asɛm no ka!
And he stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, Why have ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose for yourselves a man for you, and let him come down to me.
9 Sɛ mo onipa no tumi kum me a, yɛbɛyɛ mo nkoa. Na sɛ mekum no a, mobɛyɛ yɛn nkoa.”
If he shall be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I shall prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
10 Filistini no kaa sɛ, “Memmfa Israel akodɔm nyɛ hwee. Momma me ɔbarima a ɔne me bɛko.”
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
11 Ɛberɛ a Saulo ne Israelfoɔ tee yei no wɔbɔɔ huboa na wɔn ho popoeɛ.
When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
12 Na Dawid yɛ ɔbarima bi a wɔfrɛ no Yisai a ɔyɛ Efratni na ɔfiri Betlehem wɔ Yuda asase so no babarima. Na Yisai wɔ mmammarima baawɔtwe, na Saulo berɛ so no, na wabɔ akɔkoraa a ne mfeɛ a wadi no kɔ anim yie.
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
13 Na Yisai mmammarima mpanimfoɔ baasa na wɔdii Saulo akyi kɔɔ ɔko no. Na abakan no din de Eliab, nʼakyiri ba din de Abinadab, ɛna deɛ ɔtɔ so mmiɛnsa no din de Sama.
And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
14 Dawid deɛ, na ɔno ne akumaa koraa. Mpanimfoɔ baasa no na wɔdii Saulo akyi,
And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
15 nanso, na Dawid di akɔneaba; ɔkɔsom Saulo na wakɔhwɛ nʼagya nnwan wɔ Betlehem nso.
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
16 Filistini yi pue mema ne ho so wɔ Israelfoɔ akodɔm nʼanim anɔpa ne anwummerɛ, saa ara adaduanan.
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
17 Ɛda koro bi, Yisai ka kyerɛɛ Dawid sɛ, “Fa nkyeweɛ lita aduonu mmienu yi ne burodo mua edu yi kɔma wo nuanom mmarima.
And Jesse said to David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this roasted grain, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;
18 Na fa kyiisi edu a wɔatwitwa yi ma ɔsafohene no. Ɛyɛ a hwɛ sɛdeɛ wo nuanom mmarima no ho teɛ, na gye krataa firi wɔn nkyɛn brɛ me.
And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
19 Na Dawid nuanom ne Israel akodɔm no wɔ Ela bɔnhwa no mu a wɔreko tia Filistifoɔ.”
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
20 Adeɛ kyee anɔpa no, Dawid gyaa nnwan no maa odwanhwɛfoɔ bi na ɔfaa akyɛdeɛ no kɔeɛ. Ɔduruu sraban mu hɔ ɛberɛ a na akodɔm no rekɔ mpasua ahodoɔ no so. Wɔrekɔ no, na wɔreteam reto ɔko nnwom.
And David rose early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
21 Ankyɛre na Israel ne Filistifoɔ no bɛnee wɔn ho a wɔdi nhwɛanimu.
For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.
22 Dawid gyaa ne nneɛma maa akodeɛ sohwɛfoɔ no, yɛɛ ntɛm kɔɔ akono hɔ kɔkyeaa ne nuanom.
And David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran into the army, and came and greeted his brethren.
23 Ɛberɛ a Dawid ne wɔn rekasa no, Filistini tenten hoɔdenfoɔ Goliat a ɔfiri Gat, firii Filistifoɔ akodɔm no mu teateaa mu kasatwie so kyerɛɛ Israel akodɔm no.
And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, from the armies of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words: and David heard them.
24 Ɛberɛ a Israelfoɔ no hunuu ɔbarima no, wɔn nyinaa de ehu dwane kɔeɛ.
And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were exceedingly afraid.
25 Afei, na Israelfoɔ keka wɔ wɔn mu sɛ, “Woahunu ɔbrane no? Ɔba bɛkasa tiaa Israel da biara. Na woate akatua a ɔhene ahyɛ sɛ ɔde bɛma obiara a ɔbɛtumi akum noɔ no? Ɔhene ahyɛ sɛ ɔde ne babaa bɛma no aware, na ne fiefoɔ nso, ɔhene remma wɔntua ɛtoɔ biara a wɔgye no Israelman mu.”
And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that hath come up? surely to defy Israel hath he come: and it shall be, that the man who shall kill him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.
26 Dawid bisaa mmarima a wɔgyina ne ho no sɛ, “Ɛdeɛn na mobɛyɛ ama ɔbarima a ɔbɛkum saa Filistini yi, na ɔnam so ayi saa animguaseɛ yi afiri Israel so? Hwan ne saa Filistini ɔbosonsomni yi a ɛsɛ sɛ ɔgu Onyankopɔn Teasefoɔ akodɔm anim ase?”
And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
27 Wɔtii asɛm a wɔaka dada no mu kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Deɛ woate dada no yɛ nokorɛ. Ɛno na yɛbɛyɛ ama onipa a ɔbɛkum ɔbrane no.”
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
28 Ɛberɛ a Dawid nua panin Eliab tee sɛ ɔne mmarima no rekasa saa no, ne bo fuu no, na ɔbisaa sɛ, “Adɛn enti na woaba ha? Na nnwan kakra a wɔwɔ ɛserɛ so no, wode wɔn gyaa hwan? Menim sɛdeɛ wogye wo ho die ne sɛdeɛ wʼakomapirim teɛ. Ɔko yi hwɛ ara enti na wobaeɛ.”
And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down here? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mayest see the battle.
29 Dawid bisaa sɛ, “Mayɛ ɛdeɛn? Nti, ɛnsɛ sɛ mekasa mpo?”
And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
30 Afei, ɔdanee ne ho ne afoforɔ kɔkasaeɛ. Ɔde asɛm korɔ no ara baeɛ, na mmarima no buaa no sɛdeɛ wɔaka dada no.
And he turned from him toward another, and spoke after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
31 Asɛm a Dawid kaeɛ no twaa nnipa bi asom, ma wɔkɔbɔɔ Saulo amanneɛ, enti ɔsoma kɔfrɛɛ no.
And when the words were heard which David spoke, they reported them before Saul: and he sent for him.
32 Dawid ka kyerɛɛ Saulo sɛ, “Mma hwee nha wo. Mɛkɔ na me ne Filistini yi akɔko.”
And David said to Saul, Let no man’s heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
33 Saulo buaa Dawid sɛ, “Nka ahohwisɛm! Worentumi ne saa Filistini yi nko. Woyɛ abarimaa nanso, ɔno deɛ, ɔyɛ ɔsraani firi ne mmɔfraase.”
And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
34 Na Dawid ka tii mu sɛ, “Mahwɛ mʼagya nnwan ara, na sɛ gyata anaa sisi bi ba sɛ ɔrebɛkyere odwan ba bi afiri nnwankuo no mu a,
And David said to Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
35 mede abaa poriwa di nʼakyi gye aboa no firi nʼanom. Na sɛ aboa no dane nʼani ba me hɔ a, mesɔ nʼabɔgye, kyere no, de abaa poriwa no bɔ no, kum no.
And I went after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
36 Mayɛ saa akum gyata ne sisi, na saa na mɛyɛ Filistini ɔbosonsomni no nso, ɛfiri sɛ, wagu Onyankopɔn Teasefoɔ akodɔm ho fi.
Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
37 Awurade a ɔgyee me firii gyata ne sisi mmɔwerɛ ano no, ɔno ara na ɔbɛgye me afiri Filistini yi nsam.” Saulo penee so kaa sɛ, “Ɛyɛ, kɔ. Awurade nka wo ho.”
David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
38 Afei, Saulo de ɔno ankasa akodeɛ maa Dawid. Ɔde kɔbere kyɛ ne akotaadeɛ kaa ne ho.
And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
39 Dawid de hyɛeɛ, de akofena kyekyere taree so, tuu anammɔn bɛyɛ mmienu, kɔɔ nʼanim hwɛɛ sɛdeɛ ɛteɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, na ɔnhyɛɛ biribi a ɛte saa da. Afei, ɔkaa sɛ, “Merentumi mfa yeinom nhyehyɛ me ho nkɔ, ɛfiri sɛ, menhyɛɛ bi saa da.” Enti, ɔworɔɔ ne nyinaa guu hɔ.
And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he tried to go; for he had not proved it. And David said to Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off from him.
40 Ɔfaa kokwaboɔ enum firii asuwa bi mu, de guu ne nnwanhwɛfoɔ kotokuo mu. Ɔfaa ne nnwanhwɛfoɔ poma ne nʼahwimmoɔ nko ara. Afei, ɔsii ɛkwan so sɛ ɔne Goliat rekɔko.
And he took his staff in his hand, and chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a bag; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
41 Goliat twe pinii Dawid a nʼakokyɛmkurafoɔ di nʼanim.
And the Philistine advanced and drew near to David; and the man that bore the shield went before him.
42 Goliat hunuu Dawid no, ɔbuu no abomfiaa.
And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
43 Ɔworoo so kyerɛɛ Dawid sɛ, “Meyɛ ɔkraman na wode poma aba me so?” Na ɔkaa nʼanyame din ntam de domee Dawid.
And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staffs? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
44 Goliat woroo so sɛ, “Bra mʼanim ha, na mede wo ɛnam bɛma nnomaa ne nkekaboa.”
And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh to the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
45 Ɛnna Dawid nso teaam guu ne so sɛ, “Wode, akofena, pea ne bɛmma na ɛreba me so, na me deɛ, mede Awurade Otumfoɔ Israel akodɔm Onyankopɔn a woagu ne din ho fi no din na mede reba wo so.
Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
46 Ɛnnɛ, Awurade bɛdi wo so nkonim, na mɛkum wo, atwa wo ti. Na mede wo mmarima a wɔdi wʼakyi no afunu mama nnomaa ne nkekaboa, na ewiase nyinaa bɛhunu sɛ, Onyankopɔn bi wɔ Israel!
This day will the LORD deliver thee into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from thee; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
47 Na obiara bɛhunu sɛ, Onyankopɔn mfa akodeɛ na ɛgye ne nkurɔfoɔ. Ɛyɛ ne ko, na ɛnyɛ yɛn ko. Awurade de wo bɛma yɛn!”
And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’S, and he will give you into our hands.
48 Goliat yɛɛ sɛ ɔreba Dawid so no, ntɛm ara, na Dawid nso tuu mmirika kɔhyiaa no.
And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew near to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
49 Ɔde ne nsa hyɛɛ nnwanhwɛfoɔ kotokuo no mu, yii kokwaboɔ baako de hyɛɛ nʼahwimmoɔ no mu toeɛ, ma ɛkɔbɔɔ Filistini no moma so. Kokwaboɔ no wuraa Goliat tirim ma ɔbu hweeɛ, maa nʼanim kɔbutuu fam.
And David put his hand in his bag, and took from there a stone, and slung it with his sling, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
50 Enti, Dawid de ahwimmoɔ ne kokwaboɔ baako dii Filistini ɔkwabrane no so. Na ɛsiane sɛ na ɔnni akofena enti,
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
51 ɔkɔɔ Goliat so kɔtwee nʼakofena firii ne bɔha mu. Dawid de akofena no kumm ɔkwabrane no twaa ne ti. Ɛberɛ a Filistifoɔ hunuu sɛ wɔn kwabrane no awuo no, wɔtete sane wɔn akyi, dwaneeɛ.
Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of its sheath, and slew him, and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
52 Afei, Israelfoɔ no bɔɔ ose kɛseɛ nkonimdie so, taa Filistifoɔ no ara kɔduruu Gat ne Ekron apono ano. Na Filistifoɔ a wɔawuwuo no afunu ne apirafoɔ no gugu ɛkwan so, de firi Saaraim de kɔduruu Gat ne Ekron.
And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, to the entrance of the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to Ekron.
53 Afei, Israelfoɔ akodɔm sane wɔn akyi bɛbɔ wuraa Filistifoɔ sraban a wɔadwane afiri hɔ no mu faa wɔn nneɛma.
And the children of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their tents.
54 Dawid faa Goliat ti de kɔɔ Yerusalem, ɛna ɔkoraa Filistini no akodeɛ wɔ ɔno ankasa ne ntomadan mu.
And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
55 Ɛberɛ a Saulo hunuu Dawid sɛ ɔrekɔ Goliat anim no, ɔbisaa Abner a na ɔyɛ nʼakodɔm sahene sɛ, “Abner, hwan ba ne saa aberanteɛ yi?” Abner buaa sɛ, “Nokorɛ nie, mennim.”
And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
56 Ɔhene no ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Ɛyɛ, bisa.”
And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.
57 Dawid kumm Goliat akyire no, Abner de no brɛɛ Saulo a na Filistini no ti da so kura no.
And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
58 Saulo ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Ka biribi a ɛfa wʼagya ho kyerɛ me, me ba.” Na Dawid buaa sɛ, “Ne din de Yisai, na yɛte Betlehem.”
And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
