¹Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?

¹ Waato din gaa no Dawda kaa Nob, Alfa Ahimelek do. Ahimelek mo kaa zama nga ma Dawda kubay se, a go ga jijiri. A ne a se: «Ifo ka te, kaŋ ni go ni hinne, boro kulu si ni banda?»

²And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.

² Kala Dawda ne Alfa Ahimelek se: «Bonkoono no k'ay lordi nda samba fo ka ne ay se mo: ‹Boro fo kulu ma si hay fo bay muraado wo ra kaŋ ay na ni donton d'a, da haŋ kaŋ ay na ni lordi.› Ay mo na arwasey donton nangu ya-cine nda ya-cine.

³Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.

³ Sohõ binde, ifo no ka bara ni kambe ra? Kala ni m'ay no buuru kunkuni gu ay kambe ra, wala haŋ kaŋ go no kulu day.»

⁴And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.

⁴ Alfaga mo tu Dawda se ka ne: «}waari fo kulu si no ay kambe ra, kala buuru hananta hinne kaŋ go no, hala day arwasey na ngey boŋ haggoy da wayboro.»

⁵And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.

⁵ Dawda mo tu alfaga se ka ne a se: «Daahir iri n'iri boŋ gaay wayboro gaa jirbi hinza wo ra, za kaŋ ay fatta ka kaa. Arwasey jinayey ya hananteyaŋ no, ba day kaŋ dirawo wo manti itiŋo fo no. Sanku fa hunkuna i ga jaŋ hananyaŋ?»

⁶So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

⁶ Alfaga binde n'a no buuru hananta, zama buuru fo si noodin kala jisiyaŋ buuro kaŋ i sambu Rabbi jine zama i ma buuro barmay da idungo, sanda a sambuyaŋo hane cine.

⁷Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.

⁷ Amma Sawulu borey ra afo go noodin han din hane. I n'a gaay Rabbi jine. A maa Doweg, Edom boro no, Sawulu hawjiyey jine boro no.

⁸And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.

⁸ Dawda mo ne Ahimelek se: «Ni sinda yaaji wala takuba neewo ni kambe ra? Zama ay mana kande ay takuba wala ay yaajo ay banda, zama bonkoono samba ya cahãyaŋ wane no.»

⁹And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

⁹ Kala alfaga ne: «Goliyat, Filistanca kaŋ ni wi Ela gooro ra din, guna a takuba go ne. A go no didijante zaara fo ra efod* kwaayo banda. Da ni ga ba, kala ni m'a sambu, zama afo si no ne kala nga hinne.» Dawda ne: «A cine si no. Kala ni m'ay no nd'a.»

¹⁰And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

¹⁰ Dawda tun noodin koyne Sawulu humburkumay se ka zuru han din ka koy Acis, Gat koyo do.

¹¹And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

¹¹ Acis bannyey binde ne a se: «Woone manti Dawda no, laabo bonkoono? Manti a se no i na doono din te i gaano do, i go ga ne: ‹Sawulu na nga zambarey wi, Dawda mo nga wane zambar-zambarey.› »

¹²And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

¹² Dawda binde soobay ka joote nda sanney din. A binde humburu Acis, Gat koyo, gumo.

¹³And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.

¹³ Kal a bare ka nga alhaalo barmay i jine, ka nga boŋ ciya sanda follokom i kambe ra. A soobay ka jeeri-jeeri yaŋ te windi me daabirjey gaa ka yollo taŋ nga kaaba gaa.

¹⁴Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?

¹⁴ Kala Acis ne nga bannyey se: «Guna, araŋ di boro wo follokom no. Ifo se no araŋ kand'a ay do binde?

¹⁵Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?

¹⁵ Ay wo jaŋ follokom no, hala araŋ ma kande ay se boro woone wo a ma nga folla te ay jine? Boro wo no ga hin ka furo ay windo ra?»