¹[Ny namonjen'i Davida an'i Keila] Ary nisy nanambara tamin'i Davida hoe: Indro, ny Filistina mamely an'i Keila ka mamabo ny ao amin'ny famoloana.

¹And they declare to David, saying, `Lo, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are spoiling the threshing-floors.`

²Ary Davida nanontany tamin'i Jehovah hoe: Handeha hamely izao Filistina izao va aho? Ary hoy Jehovah tamin'i Davida: Mandehana, asio ny Filistina, ka vonjeo Keila.

²And David asketh at Jehovah, saying, `Do I go? — and have I smitten among these Philistines?` And Jehovah saith unto David, `Go, and thou hast smitten among the Philistines, and saved Keilah.`

³Ary hoy ny olon'i Davida taminy: He! atỳ Joda aza isika matahotra, koa mainka raha mankany Keila hiady amin'ny miaramilan'ny Filistina?

³And David`s men say unto him, `Lo, we here in Judah are afraid; and how much more when we go to Keilah, unto the ranks of the Philistines?`

⁴Dia nanontany tamin'i Jehovah indray Davida. Ary Jehovah namaly azy hoe: Miaingà, midìna hankany Keila, fa Izaho no hanolotra ny Filistina ho eo an-tananao.

⁴And David addeth again to ask at Jehovah, and Jehovah answereth him, and saith, `Rise, go down to Keilah, for I am giving the Philistines into thy hand.`

⁵Dia lasa Davida sy ny olony nankany Keila ary niady tamin'ny Filistina ka namabo ny ombiny sady nahafaty olona be dia be. Ary dia voavonjin'i Davida ny mponina tao Keila.

⁵And David goeth, and his men, to Keilah, and fighteth with the Philistines, and leadeth away their cattle, and smiteth among them — a great smiting, and David saveth the inhabitants of Keilah.

⁶Ary raha nandositra nankany amin'i Davida tany Keila Abiatara, zanak'i Ahimeleka, dia nitondra efoda teny an-tànany izy.

⁶And it cometh to pass, in the fleeing of Abiathar son of Ahimelech unto David, to Keilah, an ephod came down in his hand.

⁷Ary nambara tamin'i Saoly fa tonga tao Keila Davida. Dia hoy Saoly: Andriamanitra efa nanolotra azy ho eo an-tanako, satria efa voahidy izy izao noho ny nidirany amin'ny tanàna misy vavahady mihidy.

⁷And it is declared to Saul that David hath come in to Keilah, and Saul saith, `God hath made him known for my hand, for he hath been shut in, to enter into a city of doors and bar.`

⁸Ary Saoly namory ny olona rehetra hidina hankany Keila hanafika ka hanao fahirano an'i Davida sy ny olony.

⁸And Saul summoneth the whole of the people to battle, to go down to Keilah, to lay siege unto David and unto his men.

⁹Ary fantatr'i Davida fa Saoly namorona sain-dratsy hamelezana azy; dia hoy izy tamin'i Abiatara mpisorona: Ento etỳ ny efoda.

⁹And David knoweth that against him Saul is devising the evil, and saith unto Abiathar the priest, `Bring nigh the ephod.`

¹⁰Dia hoy Davida: Ry Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely ô, efa ren'ny mpanomponao tokoa fa Saoly mitady hankatỳ Keila mba handrava ny tanana noho ny amiko.

¹⁰And David saith, `Jehovah, God of Israel, Thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul is seeking to come in unto Keilah, to destroy the city on mine account.

¹¹Ka moa ny mponina etỳ Keila hanolotra ahy ho eo an-tànany va? Hidina etỳ va Saoly toy ny efa ren'ny mpanomponao? Ry Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely ô, mifona aminao aho, ambarao amin'ny mpanomponao. Ary hoy Jehovah: Hidina izy.

¹¹Do the possessors of Keilah shut me up into his hand? doth Saul come down as Thy servant hath heard? Jehovah, God of Israel, declare, I pray Thee, to Thy servant.` And Jehovah saith, `He doth come down.`

¹²Dia hoy Davida: Ny mponina etỳ Keila hanolotra ahy sy ny oloko ho eo an-tànan'i Saoly va? Ary hoy Jehovah Hanolotra anao izy.

¹²And David saith, `Do the possessors of Keilah shut me up, and my men, into the hand of Saul?` And Jehovah saith, `They shut [thee] up.`

¹³Ary dia niainga Davida sy ny olony tokony ho enin-jato lahy ka niala tao Keila ary nandeha tamin'izay azony naleha. Ary nolazaina tamin'i Saoly fa efa nandositra niala tao Keila Davida, dia nijanona tsy nandeha izy.

¹³And David riseth — and his men — about six hundred men, and they go out from Keilah, and go up and down where they go up and down; and to Saul it hath been declared that David hath escaped from Keilah, and he ceaseth to go out.

¹⁴Ary Davida nitoetra tany an-efitra tao amin'ny batery fiarovana sy nitoetra tany amin'ny tany havoana tany an-efitr'i Zifa. Ary Saoly nitady azy isan'andro, fa Andriamanitra tsy nanolotra azy ho eo an-tànany.

¹⁴And David abideth in the wilderness, in fortresses, and abideth in the hill-country, in the wilderness of Ziph; and Saul seeketh him all the days, and God hath not given him into his hand.

¹⁵[Ny nitoeran'i Davida tany an-efitr'i Zifa sy Maona, ary ny hevitra nataon'ny Zifita hahazoan'i Saoly azy] Ary hitan'i Davida fa Saoly nivoaka hitady ny ainy; fa Davida dia tany an-efitr'i Zifa tany anaty ala.

¹⁵And David seeth that Saul hath come out to seek his life, and David [is] in the wilderness of Ziph, in a forest.

¹⁶Ary Jonatana, zanak'i Saoly, niainga, dia nankany amin'i Davida tany an'ala ka nampahery ny tànany tamin'Andriamanitra.

¹⁶And Jonathan son of Saul riseth, and goeth unto David to the forest, and strengtheneth his hand in God,

¹⁷Ary hoy izy tamin'i Davida: Aza matahotra, fa tsy hahazo anao ny tànan'i Saoly raiko; fa ianao no ho mpanjaka amin'ny Isiraely, ary izaho no hanarakaraka anao, ary fantatr'i Saoly raiko koa izany.

¹⁷and saith unto him, `Fear not, for the hand of Saul my father doth not find thee, and thou dost reign over Israel, and I am to thee for second, and also so knoweth Saul my father.`

¹⁸Ary nanao fanekena teo anatrehan'i Jehovah izy roa lahy; ary Davida dia nitoetra tany an'ala, fa Jonatana kosa nankany an-tranony.

¹⁸And they make a covenant both of them before Jehovah; and David abideth in the forest, and Jonathan hath gone to his house.

¹⁹Ary niakatra nankany amin'i Saoly tany Gibea ny Zifita ka nanao hoe: Tsy miery any aminay ao amin'ny batery fiarovana any an'ala, any amin'ny havoana Hakila, izay atsimon'ny efitra, va Davida?

¹⁹And the Ziphites go up unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, `Is not David hiding himself with us in fortresses, in the forest, in the height of Hachilah, which [is] on the south of the desolate place?

²⁰Koa ankehitriny, ry mpanjaka, araka ny fanirian'ny fonao hidina, dia midìna ianao, fa azonay hatolotra eo an-tànan'ny mpanjaka izy.

²⁰And, now, by all the desire of thy soul, O king, to come down, come down, and ours [is] to shut him up into the hand of the king.`

²¹Ary hoy Saoly: Hotahin'i Jehovah anie ianareo; fa ianareo namindra fo tamiko.

²¹And Saul saith, `Blessed [are] ye of Jehovah, for ye have pity on me;

²²Masìna ianareo, mandehana, hevero indray, ka tsongoy tsara ny diany, ary fantaro izay nahita azy tany; fa manao saina lalina dia lalina, hono, izy.

²²go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his foot is; who hath seen him there? for [one] hath said unto me, He is very subtile.

²³Koa izahao sy fantaro tsara ny fierena rehetra izay iereny, dia miverena etỳ amiko indray hilaza marimarina, ary izaho dia hiaraka aminareo; koa raha mitoetra amin'ny tany izy, dia hotadiaviko eran'ny arivon'i Joda rehetra.

²³And see and know of all the hiding-places where he hideth himself, and ye have turned back unto me prepared, and I have gone with you, and it hath been, if he is in the land, that I have searched him out through all the thousands of Judah.`

²⁴Dia niainga nankany Zifa ireo hialoha an'i Saoly; fa Davida sy ny olony dia tany amin'ny efitr'i Maona, tamin'ny tani-hay atsimon'ny efitra.[Heb. Arabà]

²⁴And they rise and go to Ziph before Saul, and David and his men [are] in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain, at the south of the desolate place.

²⁵Ary nandeha Saoly sy ny mpanompony hitady azy. Ary nolazaina tamin'i Davida izany, ka dia nidina tany amin'ny harambato izy ka nitoetra tany an-efitr'i Maona. Ary nony ren'i Saoly izany, dia nanenjika an'i Davida tany an-efitr'i Maona izy.

²⁵And Saul and his men go to seek, and they declare to David, and he goeth down the rock, and abideth in the wilderness of Maon; and Saul heareth, and pursueth after David [to] the wilderness of Maon.

²⁶Ary Saoly nandeha tamin'ny ilan'ny tendrombohitra iray, fa Davida sy ny olony tamin'ny ilany kosa; ary niezaka mafy handositra Davida noho ny tahony an'i Saoly; fa Saoly sy ny olony saiky nahodidina an'i Davida sy ny olony hisambotra azy.

²⁶And Saul goeth on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain, and David is hastened to go from the face of Saul, and Saul and his men are compassing David and his men, to catch them.

²⁷Dia nisy iraka tonga tao amin'i Saoly nanao hoe: Avia haingana ianao, fa ny Filistina efa manafika ny tany.Dia niverina Saoly tamin'ny nanenjehany an'i Davida ary nandeha niady tamin'ny Filistina; ary ny anaran'izany tany izany dia nataony hoe: Sela-hamalekota.[Sela-hamalekota = Harambato fandosirana]

²⁷And a messenger hath come in unto Saul, saying, `Haste, and come, for the Philistines have pushed against the land.`

²⁸Dia niverina Saoly tamin'ny nanenjehany an'i Davida ary nandeha niady tamin'ny Filistina; ary ny anaran'izany tany izany dia nataony hoe: Sela-hamalekota.[Sela-hamalekota = Harambato fandosirana]

²⁸And Saul turneth back from pursuing after David, and goeth to meet the Philistines, therefore they have called that place `The Rock of Divisions.`

²⁹And David goeth up thence, and abideth in fortresses [at] En-gedi.