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.

¹David was told, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing 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.

²Therefore David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go and strike these Philistines?” Yahweh said to David, “Go strike the Philistines, and save 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?

³David’s men said to him, “Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies 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.

⁴Then David inquired of Yahweh yet again. Yahweh answered him, and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your 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.

⁵David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their livestock, and killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

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

⁶It happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod 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.

⁷It was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that has gates and bars.”

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

⁸Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

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

⁹David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”

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.

¹⁰Then David said, “O Yahweh, the God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

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.

¹¹Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? Yahweh, the God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant.” Yahweh said, “He will 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.

¹²Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?” Yahweh said, “They will deliver you 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.

¹³Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. It was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he gave up going there.

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.

¹⁴David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn’t deliver 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.

¹⁵David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.

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

¹⁶Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose, and went to David into the woods, and strengthened 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.

¹⁷He said to him, “Don’t be afraid; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; and you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you; and that also Saul my father knows.”

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

¹⁸They both made a covenant before Yahweh: and David stayed in the woods, and Jonathan went 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?

¹⁹Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?

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

²⁰Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king’s hand.”

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

²¹Saul said, “You are blessed by Yahweh; for you have had compassion 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.

²²Please go make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtly.

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.

²³See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself, and come again to me with certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall happen, if he is in the land, that I will search him out among 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]

²⁴They arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.

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.

²⁵Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told, he went down to the rock, and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard that, he pursued David in 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.

²⁶Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men to take 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]

²⁷But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come; for the Philistines have made a raid on 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]

²⁸So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela Hammahlekoth.

²⁹David went up from there, and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.