1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me to seek me any more within all the limits of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.
1[Ny nitoeran'i Davida tany Ziklaga tany amin'ny Filistina] Ary Davida nanao anakampo hoe; Mbola ho fatin'ny tànan'i Saoly ihany aho indray androany; tsy misy mahasoa ahy afa-tsy ny mandositra haingana any amin'ny tanin'ny Filistina, dia hamoy ahy Saoly ka tsy hitady ahy eran'ny tanin'ny Isiraely intsony, dia ho afaka amin'ny tànany aho.
2And David arose and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
2Ary niainga Davida nandeha mbamin'ny enin-jato lahy nanaraka azy nankany amin'i Akisy, zanak'i Maoka, mpanjakan'i Gata.
3And David abode with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household; David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jizreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
3Ary nitoetra tao amin'i Akisy tao Gata Davida, dia izy sy ny olony, samy nomban'ny ankohonany avy, ary Davida mbamin'ny adiny roa, dia Ahinoama Jezirelita sy Abigaila Karmelita, ilay novinadin'i Nabala.
4And it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath; and he sought no more for him.
4Ary nambara tamin'i Saoly fa Davida efa nandositra nankany Gata, ka dia tsy nitady azy intsony izy.
5And David said to Achish, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some country-town, that I may abide there; for why should thy servant abide in the royal city with thee?
5Ary hoy Davida tamin'i Akisy: Raha mahita fitia eo imasonao aho, aoka mba homena fonenana ao amin'ny tanàna anankiray any an-tsaha aho mba honenako any, fa nahoana ny mpanomponao no hitoetra aminao eto amin'ny renivohitry ny fanjakana?
6And Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.
6Dia nomen'i Akisy azy androtrizay Ziklaga; ka dia an'ny mpanjakan'ny Joda ambaraka androany Ziklaga.
7And the time that David abode in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.
7Ary ny andro nitoeran'i Davida tany amin'ny tanin'ny Filistina dia herintaona sy efa-bolana.
8And David and his men went up and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Gerzites, and the Amalekites: for those were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, and as far as the land of Egypt.
8Ary Davida sy ny olony niakatra ka nanafika ny Gesorita sy ny Gizrita ary ny Amalekita; fa ireo nonina tamin'ny tany hatrizay ela izay, dia hatrany akaikin'i Sora, hatramin'ny tany Egypta.
9And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
9Ary Davida namely ny tany, ka tsy nisy novelominy na lehilahy na vehivavy, sady namabo ondry aman'osy sy omby sy boriky sy rameva ary fitafiana izy, dia niverina nankany amin'i Akisy.
10So Achish said, Have ye not made a raid to-day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
10Ary hoy Akisy: Moa tsy nanafika va ianareo androany? Dia hoy Davida: Nanafika ny tany atsimo izay an'i Joda sy izay an'ny Jeramelita ary izay an'ny Kenita izahay.
11And David left neither man nor woman alive, to bring [them] to Gath, for he said, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David. And such was his custom as long as he abode in the country of the Philistines.
11Ary tsy nisy novelomin'i Davida ho entiny any Gata, na lehilahy na vehivavy; fa hoy izy: Andrao izahay lazainy hoe: Toy izany no nataon'i Davida, ary toy izany no fanaony tamin'ny andro rehetra nitoerany tany amin'ny tanin'ny Filistina.Ary Akisy nino an'i Davida ka nanao hoe: Efa nampangidy hoditra ny tenany any amin'ny Isiraely olony izy, ka dia ho mpanompoko mandrakizay.[Heb. nanamaimbo]
12And Achish trusted David, saying, He has made himself utterly odious among his people Israel; and he shall be my servant for ever.
12Ary Akisy nino an'i Davida ka nanao hoe: Efa nampangidy hoditra ny tenany any amin'ny Isiraely olony izy, ka dia ho mpanompoko mandrakizay.[Heb. nanamaimbo]