1 Samuel 23
1 Wọ́n sì wí fún Dafidi pé, “Sá wò ó, àwọn ará Filistini ń bá ará Keila jagun, wọ́n sì ja àwọn ilẹ̀ ìpakà lólè.”
And they told David, saying: Behold the Philistines fight against Ceila, and they rob the barns.
2 Dafidi sì béèrè lọ́dọ̀ Olúwa pé, “Ṣé kí èmi ó lọ kọlu àwọn ará Filistini wọ̀nyí bí?” Olúwa sì wí fún Dafidi pé, “Lọ kí o sì kọlu àwọn ará Filistini kí o sì gba Keila sílẹ̀.”
Therefore David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the Lord said to David: Go, and thou shalt smite the Philistines, and shalt save Ceila.
3 Àwọn ọmọkùnrin tí ó wà lọ́dọ̀ Dafidi sì wí fún un pé, “Wò ó, àwa ń bẹ̀rù níhìn-ín yìí ní Juda; ǹjẹ́ yóò ti rí nígbà ti àwa bá dé Keila láti fi ojú ko ogun àwọn ara Filistini?”
And the men that were with David, said to him: Behold we are in fear here in Judea, how much more if we go to Ceila against the hands of the Philistines?
4 Dafidi sì tún béèrè lọ́dọ̀ Olúwa. Olúwa sì dá a lóhùn, ó sì wí pé, “Dìde, kí o sọ̀kalẹ̀ lọ sí Keila, nítorí pé èmi ó fi àwọn ará Filistini náà lé ọ lọ́wọ́.”
Therefore David consulted the Lord again. And he answered and said to him: Arise, and go to Ceila: for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hand.
5 Dafidi àti àwọn ọmọkùnrin rẹ̀ sì lọ sí Keila, wọ́n sì bá àwọn ará Filistini jà, wọ́n sì kó ohun ọ̀sìn wọn, wọ́n sì fi ìparun ńlá pa wọ́n. Dafidi sì gba àwọn ará Keila sílẹ̀.
David therefore, and his men, went to Ceila, and fought against the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and made a great slaughter of them: and David saved the inhabitants of Ceila.
6 Ó sì ṣe, nígbà tí Abiatari ọmọ Ahimeleki fi sá tọ Dafidi lọ ní Keila, ó sọ̀kalẹ̀ òun pẹ̀lú efodu kan lọ́wọ́ rẹ̀.
Now at that time, when Abiathar the son of Achimelech fled to David to Ceila, he came down having an ephod with him.
7 A sì sọ fún Saulu pé Dafidi wá sí Keila. Saulu sì wí pé, “Ọlọ́run ti fi í lé mi lọ́wọ́; nítorí tí ó ti sé ara rẹ̀ mọ́ ní ti wíwá tí ó wá sí ìlú tí ó ní ìlẹ̀kùn àti kẹrẹ.”
And it was told Saul that David was come to Ceila: and Saul said: The Lord hath delivered him into my hands, and he is shut up, being come into a city, that hath gates and bars.
8 Saulu sì pe gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn náà jọ sí ogun, láti sọ̀kalẹ̀ lọ sí Keila, láti ká Dafidi mọ́ àti àwọn ọmọkùnrin rẹ̀.
And Saul commanded all the people to go down to fight against Ceila, and to besiege David, and his men.
9 Dafidi sì mọ̀ pé Saulu ti gbèrò búburú sí òun; ó sì wí fún Abiatari àlùfáà náà pé, “Mú efodu náà wá níhìn-ín yìí!”
Now when David understood, that Saul secretly prepared evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest: Bring hither the ephod.
10 Dafidi sì wí pé, “Olúwa Ọlọ́run Israẹli, lóòótọ́ ni ìránṣẹ́ rẹ ti gbọ́ pé Saulu ń wá ọ̀nà láti wá sí Keila, láti wá fọ́ ìlú náà nítorí mi.
And David said: O Lord God of Israel, thy servant hath heard a report, that Saul designeth to come to Ceila, to destroy the city for my sake:
11 Àwọn àgbà ìlú Keila yóò fi mí lé e lọ́wọ́ bí? Saulu yóò ha sọ̀kalẹ̀, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìránṣẹ́ rẹ ti gbọ́ bí?” Olúwa Ọlọ́run Israẹli, èmi bẹ̀ ọ́, wí fún ìránṣẹ́ rẹ. Olúwa sì wí pé, “Yóò sọ̀kalẹ̀ wá.”
Will the men of Ceila deliver me into his hands? and will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Lord God of Israel, tell thy servant. And the Lord said: He will come down.
12 Dafidi sì wí pé, “Àwọn àgbà ìlú Keila yóò fi èmi àti àwọn ọmọkùnrin mi lé Saulu lọ́wọ́ bí?” Olúwa sì wí pé, “Wọn ó fi ọ́ lé wọn lọ́wọ́.”
And David said: Will the men of Ceila deliver me, and my men, into the hands of Saul? And the Lord said: They will deliver thee up.
13 Dafidi àti àwọn ọmọkùnrin rẹ̀ tí wọ́n tó ẹgbẹ̀ta ènìyàn sì dìde, wọ́n lọ kúrò ní Keila, wọ́n sì lọ sí ibikíbi tí wọ́n lè rìn lọ. A sì wí fún Saulu pé, “Dafidi ti sá kúrò ní Keila; kò sì lọ sí Keila mọ́.”
Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose, and departing from Ceila, wandered up and down uncertain where they should stay: and it was told Saul that David was fled from Ceila, and had escaped: wherefore he forbore to go out.
14 Dafidi sì ń gbé ní aginjù, níbi tí ó ti sá pamọ́ sí, ó sì ń gbé níbi òkè ńlá kan ní aginjù Sifi. Saulu sì ń wá a lójoojúmọ́, ṣùgbọ́n Ọlọ́run kò fi lé e lọ́wọ́.
But David abode in the desert in strong holds, and he remained in a mountain of the desert of Ziph, in a woody hill. And Saul sought him always: but the Lord delivered him not into his hands.
15 Nígbà tí Dafidi wà ní Horeṣi ní aginjù Sifi, Dafidi sì rí i pé, Saulu ti jáde láti wá ẹ̀mí òun kiri.
And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life. And David was in the desert of Ziph, in a wood.
16 Jonatani ọmọ Saulu sì dìde, ó sì tọ Dafidi lọ nínú igbó Horeṣi, ó sì gbà á ní ìyànjú nípa ti Ọlọ́run.
And Jonathan the son of Saul arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hands in God: and he said to him:
17 Òun sì wí fún un pé, “Má ṣe bẹ̀rù, nítorí tí ọwọ́ Saulu baba mi kì yóò tẹ̀ ọ́. Ìwọ ni yóò jẹ ọba lórí Israẹli, èmi ni yóò sì ṣe ibìkejì rẹ. Saulu baba mi mọ̀ bẹ́ẹ̀ pẹ̀lú.”
Fear not: for the hand of my father Saul shall not find thee, and thou shalt reign over Israel, and I shall be next to thee, yea, and my father knoweth this.
18 Àwọn méjèèjì sì ṣe àdéhùn níwájú Olúwa; Dafidi sì jókòó nínú igbó Horeṣi. Jonatani sì lọ sí ilé rẹ̀.
And the two made a covenant before the Lord: and David abode in the wood: but Jonathan returned to his house.
19 Àwọn ará Sifi sì gòkè tọ Saulu wá sí Gibeah, wọ́n sì wí pé, “Ṣé Dafidi ti fi ara rẹ̀ pamọ́ sọ́dọ̀ wa ní ibi gíga ìsápamọ́sí ní Horeṣi, ní òkè Hakila, tí ó wà níhà gúúsù ti Jeṣimoni.
And the Ziphites went up to Saul in Gabaa, saying: Lo, doth not David lie hid with us in the strong holds of the wood, in mount Hachila, which is on the right hand of the desert.
20 Ǹjẹ́ nísinsin yìí, ọba, sọ̀kalẹ̀ wá gẹ́gẹ́ bi gbogbo ìfẹ́ tí ó wà ní ọkàn rẹ láti sọ̀kalẹ̀: ipa tí àwa ní láti fi lé ọba lọ́wọ́.”
Now therefore come down, as thy soul hath desired to come down: and it shall be our business to deliver him into the king’s hands.
21 Saulu sì wí pé, “Alábùkún fún ni ẹ̀yin nípa Olúwa; nítorí pé ẹ̀yin ti káàánú fún mi.
And Saul said: Blessed be ye of the Lord, for you have pitied my case.
22 Lọ, èmi bẹ̀ yín, ẹ tún múra, kí ẹ sì mọ̀ ki ẹ si rí ibi tí ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀ gbé wà, àti ẹni tí ó rí níbẹ̀: nítorí tí a ti sọ fún mi pé, ọgbọ́n ni ó ń lò jọjọ.
Go therefore, I pray you, and use all diligence, and curiously inquire, and consider the place where his foot is, and who hath seen him there: for he thinketh of me, that I lie craftily in wait for him.
23 Ẹ sì wò, kí ẹ sì mọ ibi ìsápamọ́ tí ó máa ń sá pamọ́ sí, kí ẹ sì tún padà tọ̀ mí wá, kí èmi lè mọ̀ dájú; èmi ó sì bá yín lọ: yóò sì ṣe bí ó bá wà ní ilẹ̀ Israẹli, èmi ó sì wá a ní àwárí nínú gbogbo ẹgbẹ̀rún Juda!”
Consider and see all his lurking holes, wherein he is bid, and return to me with the certainty of the thing, that I may go with you. And if be should even go down into the earth to hide himself, I will search him out in all the thousands of Juda.
24 Wọ́n sì dìde, wọ́n sì ṣáájú Saulu lọ sí Sifi, ṣùgbọ́n Dafidi àti àwọn ọmọkùnrin rẹ̀ wà ní aginjù Maoni, ní pẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀ níhà gúúsù ti Jeṣimoni.
And they arose and went to Ziph before Saul: and David and his men were in the desert of Maon, in the plain at the right hand of Jesimon.
25 Saulu àti àwọn ọmọkùnrin rẹ̀ sì lọ ń wá a. Wọ́n sì sọ fún Dafidi: ó sì sọ̀kalẹ̀ wá sí ibi òkúta kan, ó sì jókòó ní aginjù ti Maoni. Saulu sì gbọ́, ó sì lépa Dafidi ní aginjù Maoni.
Then Saul and his men went to seek him: and it was told David, and forthwith he went down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon: and when Saul had heard of it he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
26 Saulu sì ń rin apá kan òkè kan, Dafidi àti àwọn ọmọkùnrin rẹ̀ ní apá kejì òkè náà. Dafidi sì yára láti sá kúrò níwájú Saulu; nítorí pé Saulu àti àwọn ọmọkùnrin rẹ̀ ti rọ̀gbà yí Dafidi àti àwọn ọmọkùnrin rẹ̀ ká láti mú wọn.
And Saul went on this side of the mountain: and David and his men were on the other side of the mountain: and David despaired of being able to escape from the face of Saul: and Saul and his men encompassed David and his men round about to take them.
27 Ṣùgbọ́n oníṣẹ́ kan sì tọ Saulu wá ó sì wí pé, “Ìwọ yára kí o sì wá, nítorí tí àwọn Filistini ti gbé ogun ti ilẹ̀ wa.”
And a messenger came to Saul, saying: Make haste to come, for the Philistines have poured in themselves upon the land.
28 Saulu sì padà kúrò ní lílépa Dafidi, ó sì lọ pàdé àwọn Filistini nítorí náà ni wọ́n sì ṣe ń pe ibẹ̀ náà ní Selahamalekoti (èyí tí ó túmọ̀ sí “Òkúta Ìpinyà”).
Wherefore Saul returned, leaving the pursuit of David, and went to meet the Philistines. For this cause they called that place, the Rock of division.
29 Dafidi sì gòkè láti ibẹ̀ lọ, ó sì jókòó níbi tí ó sá pamọ́ sí ní En-Gedi.
Then David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds of Engaddi.
