¹[Ny nirenirenen'i Davida tany Joda sy Moaba, ary ny namonoan'i Saoly ny mpisorona maro] Ary Davida niala teo ka nandositra nankany amin'ny zohin'i Adolama; ary nony nandre izany ny rahalahiny sy ny mpianakavin-drainy, dia nidina tany aminy ireo.

¹David therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down there to him.

²Ary izay mahantra rehetra sy izay mpitrosa rehetra ary izay manana alahelo am-po rehetra dia nivory tao aminy, ary izy no tonga mpifehy azy; ka dia tonga tokony ho efa-jato lahy ny tao aminy.

²Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented, gathered themselves to him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

³Ary Davida niala tao nankany Mizpa any Moaba ka nanao tamin'ny mpanjakan'i Moaba hoe: Masìna ianao, avelao ny raiko sy ny reniko ho avy atỳ hitoetra etỳ aminao ambara-pahafantatro izay hataon'Andriamanitra amiko.

³David went there to Mizpeh of Moab, and he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and my mother come out with you, until I know what God will do for me.”

⁴Ary dia nentiny ho eo anatrehan'ny mpanjakan'i Moaba izy ireo ka nonina teo aminy tamin'ny andro rehetra nitoeran'i Davida tao amin'ny batery fiarovana.

⁴He brought them before the king of Moab; and they lived with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.

⁵Ary hoy Gada mpaminany tamin'i Davida: Aza mitoetra ao amin'ny batery fiarovana; fa mialà, ka mankanesa any amin'ny tanin'ny Joda. Dia nandeha Davida ka tonga tany an'ala Hareta.

⁵The prophet Gad said to David, “Don’t stay in the stronghold. Depart, and go into the land of Judah.” Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.

⁶Ary ren'i Saoly fa hita Davida sy ny olona nanaraka azy (nipetraka tao Gibea teo ambanin'ny hazo tamariska teo an-kavoana Saoly tamin'izay, sady nisy lefona teny an-tànany, ary ny mpanompony rehetra nitsangana teo anoloany),

⁶Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men who were with him. Now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him.

⁷dia hoy Saoly tamin'ny mpanompony izay teo anoloany: Henoy kely, ry taranak'i Benjamina: Moa ianareo rehetra koa mba homen'ny zanak'i Jese saha sy tanim-boaloboka, ary mba hataony mpifehy arivo sy mpifehy zato ianareo rehetra,

⁷Saul said to his servants who stood about him, “Hear now, you Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,

⁸no dia miray tetika hanohitra ahy ianareo rehetra, ka tsy nisy nanambara tamiko fa ny zanako nanao fanekena tamin'ny zanak'i Jese, ary tsy nisy nalahelo ahy akory ianareo, na nanambara tamiko fa ny zanako efa nanome fo ny mpanompoko ho mpanotrika ahy tahaka ny amin'izao anio izao?

⁸that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none who discloses to me when my son makes a treaty with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you who is sorry for me, or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?”

⁹Ary Doega Edomita, mpifehy ny mpanompon'i Saoly, namaly ka nanao hoe: Nahita ny zanak'i Jese tonga tany Noba aho tany amin'i Ahimeleka, zanak'i Ahitoba.[Na: izay nitsangana teo amin']

⁹Then Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, answered and said, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

¹⁰Ary Ahimeleka nanontany ho azy tamin'i Jehovah sady nanome azy vatsy; ary nomeny azy koa ny sabatr'i Goliata Filistina.

¹⁰He inquired of Yahweh for him, gave him food, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”

¹¹Ary ny mpanjaka dia naniraka naka an'i Ahimeleka mpisorona, zanak'i Ahitoba, sy ny tarana-drainy rehetra, izay mpisorona, tao Noba; ka dia tonga tany amin'ny mpanjaka izy rehetra.

¹¹Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests who were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.

¹²Ary hoy Saoly: Mba mihainoa ianao, ry zanak'i Ahitoba. Ary izy namaly hoe: Inty aho, tompoko.

¹²Saul said, “Hear now, you son of Ahitub.” He answered, “Here I am, my lord.”

¹³Ary hoy Saoly taminy: Nahoana ianareo no niray tetika hanohitra ahy, dia ianao sy ny zanak'i Jese, tamin'ilay nanomezanao azy mofo sy sabatra ary nanontanianao ho azy tamin'Andriamanitra hahatongavany ho mpanotrika ahy tahaka ny amin'izao anio izao?

¹³Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?”

¹⁴Ary Ahimeleka namaly ny mpanjaka hoe: Iza moa amin'ny mpanomponao rehetra no mba mahatoky tahaka an'i Davida, izay vinanton'ny mpanjaka sady mpanolo-tsaina anao sy malaza ao an-tranonao?

¹⁴Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, “Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, and is taken into your council, and is honorable in your house?

¹⁵Ary vao izay va no nanontaniako ho azy tamin'Andriamanitra? Sanatria ahy izany! Aoka ny mpanjaka tsy hanome tsiny ny mpanompony na ny tarana-draiko rehetra; fa ny mpanomponao tsy nahalala na inona na inona ny amin'izany rehetra izany, na kely na be.

¹⁵Have I today begun to inquire of God for him? Be it far from me! Don’t let the king impute anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for your servant knows nothing of all this, less or more.”

¹⁶Fa hoy ny mpanjaka: Hatao maty tokoa ianao, ry Ahimeleka, dia ianao sy ny tarana-drainao rehetra.

¹⁶The king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father’s house.”

¹⁷Ary hoy ny mpanjaka tamin'ny mpiambina izay teo anoloany: Mihodina, ka vonoy ny mpisoron'i Jehovah; fa ny tànan'ireo koa momba an'i Davida, satria fantany ihany fa nandositra izy, nefa tsy nambarany tamiko izany. Fa ny mpanompon'ny mpanjaka tsy nety naninjitra ny tànany hamely ny mpisoron'i Jehovah.[Heb. mpihazakazaka]

¹⁷The king said to the guard who stood about him, “Turn, and kill the priests of Yahweh; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and didn’t disclose it to me.” But the servants of the king wouldn’t put forth their hand to fall on the priests of Yahweh.

¹⁸Ary hoy ny mpanjaka tamin'i Doega: Mihodina ianao, ka asio ny mpisorona. Ary Doega Edomita nihodina ka namely ny mpisorona, dia nahafaty olona dimy amby valo-polo izay nisalotra efoda rongony fotsy.

¹⁸The king said to Doeg, “Turn and attack the priests!” Doeg the Edomite turned, and he attacked the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five people who wore a linen ephod.

¹⁹Dia nasiany tamin'ny lelan-tsabatra koa Noba, tanànan'ny mpisorona, dia ny lehilahy sy ny vehivavy, ny ankizy madinika sy ny zaza minono, ny omby sy ny boriky ary ny ondry aman'osy.

¹⁹He struck Nob, the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing babies, and cattle and donkeys and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

²⁰Ary ny anankiray tamin'ny zanak'i Ahimeleka, zanak'i Ahitoba, Abiatara no anarany, dia afa-nandositra ka nanaraka an'i Davida.

²⁰One of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.

²¹Ary Abiatara nanambara tamin'i Davida ny namonoan'i Saoly ny mpisoron'i Jehovah.

²¹Abiathar told David that Saul had slain Yahweh’s priests.

²²Ary hoy Davida tamin'i Abiatara: Fantatro androtr'iny ihany fa tao Doega Edomita ka hilaza amin'i Saoly tokoa; koa izaho no anton'ny nahafaty ny olona rehetra tamin'ny tarana-drainao.Tomoera etỳ amiko, ka aza matahotra; fa izay mikatsaka ny aiko no mikatsaka ny ainao koa; fa eto amiko no hahavoavonjy anao.

²²David said to Abiathar, “I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I am responsible for the death of all the persons of your father’s house.

²³Tomoera etỳ amiko, ka aza matahotra; fa izay mikatsaka ny aiko no mikatsaka ny ainao koa; fa eto amiko no hahavoavonjy anao.

²³Stay with me, don’t be afraid; for he who seeks my life seeks your life. For with me you shall be in safeguard.”