¹Dia nitsangana Davida ka lasa; fa Jonatana kosa nankany an-tanàna.

¹Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no man with you?”

²[Ny nandosiran'i Davida nankany Noba, sy ny nialany tany nankany Gata] Ary Davida tonga tany Noba, tany amin'i Ahimeleka mpisorona; ary toran-kovitra Ahimeleka, raha nihaona tamin'i Davida, ka nanao taminy hoe: Nahoana no mandeha irery ianao, fa tsy misy manaraka anao?

²David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commanded me a business, and has said to me, ‘Let no man know anything of the business about which I send you, and what I have commanded you; and I have appointed the young men to such and such a place.’

³Dia hoy Davida tamin'i Ahimeleka mpisorona: Ny mpanjaka efa nanome raharaha ahy, ka hoy izy tamiko: Aoka tsy ho fantatr'olona ny raharaha nanirahako sy nandidiako anao; ka dia nasaiko nankary ny zatovoko.

³Now therefore what is under your hand? Give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever there is present.”

⁴Koa inona no misy ato aminao? Omeo mofo dimy aho ho etỳ an-tanako, na izay misy.

⁴The priest answered David, and said, “There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.”

⁵Ary ny mpisorona namaly an'i Davida hoe: Tsy misy mofo fihinana ato amiko, fa mofo masina ihany no ato, ka raha mba nifady vehivavy ahay mantsy ny zatovo.

⁵David answered the priest, and said to him, “Truly, women have been kept from us about these three days. When I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey. How much more then today shall their vessels be holy?”

⁶Ary Davida namaly ny mpisorona ka nanao taminy hoe: Eny, fa hatramin'ny hateloana efa tsy niara-nitoetra tamim-behivavy rahateo izahay; ary tamin'izaho niainga dia masina ny fanaky ny zatovo; ary na dia tsy masina aza ny lalana, dia hohamasinina anio izy noho ny fanaka.

⁶So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the show bread, that was taken from before Yahweh, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

⁷Ary ny mpisorona nanome azy mofo masina; fa tsy nisy mofo teo, afa-tsy ny mofo aseho, izay nalainy teo anatrehan'i Jehovah, mba hasiana mofo mafana tamin'ny andro nanesorana azy.

⁷Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before Yahweh; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the best of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul.

⁸(Nefa nisy anankiray tamin'ny mpanompon'i Saoly teo tamin'izany andro izany, voahazona teo anatrehan'i Jehovah, Doega Edomita no anarany; lehiben'ny mpiandrin'i Saoly izy.)

⁸David said to Ahimelech, “Isn’t there here under your hand spear or sword? For I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.”

⁹Ary hoy Davida tamin'i Ahimeleka: Tsy misy lefona na sabatra va eto aminao? fa izaho tsy nitondra ny sabatro na ny fiadiako etỳ amiko, satria nahamaika ny raharahan'ny mpanjaka.

⁹The priest said, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you will take that, take it; for there is no other except that here.” David said, “There is none like that. Give it to me.”

¹⁰Fa hoy ny mpisorona: Ny sabatr'i Goliata Filistina, ilay novonoinao tao amin'ny lohasaha Elaha, indro, fa mifono lamba ao ivohon'ny efoda izy; ka raha iny no ho entinao, dia ento; fa tsy misy afa-tsy iny eto. Ary hoy Davida: Tsy misy tahaka iny, fa omeo ahy.

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

¹¹Ary Davida niainga nandositra tamin'izany andro izany mba tsy ho azon'i Saoly, dia nankany amin'i Akisy, mpanjakan'i Gata.

¹¹The servants of Achish said to him, “Isn’t this David the king of the land? Didn’t they sing one to another about him in dances, saying, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?’”

¹²Ary hoy ny mpanompon'i Akisy taminy: Tsy ity moa no Davida, mpanjakan'ny tany? Tsy izy va no nandihizany sy nifampihirany hoe: Saoly nahafaty arivoarivo, Fa Davida nahafaty alinalina?

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

¹³Ary dia nalatsak'i Davida tao am-pony izany teny izany, ka natahotra an'i Akisy, mpanjakan'i Gata, indrindra izy.

¹³He changed his behavior before them, and pretended to be mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.

¹⁴Dia nody adala teo anatrehany izy ka nanao tahaka ny olona very saina teo aminy, fa nanoratsoratra teo amin'ny lela-vavahady izy, sady navelany hitsororoka tamin'ny somony ny iviny.

¹⁴Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see the man is mad. Why then have you brought him to me?

¹⁵Ary hoy Akisy tamin'ny mpanompony: He! hitanareo fa very saina io lehilahy io, ka nahoana no nentinareo etỳ amiko izy?Izaho moa mitady olona very saina, no nitondranareo ity olona very saina ity mba hanondrana eto anatrehako? Moa hiditra ato an-tranoko va ilehio?

¹⁵Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?”

¹⁶Izaho moa mitady olona very saina, no nitondranareo ity olona very saina ity mba hanondrana eto anatrehako? Moa hiditra ato an-tranoko va ilehio?