1David was told, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.”
1 I go no yaadin, kal i ci Dawda se ka ne: «Guna, Filistancey neeya, i goono ga Keyla wongu. I goono g'i kom alkama karayaŋ do.»
2Therefore David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go and strike these Philistines?” Yahweh said to David, “Go strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.”
2 Dawda binde na Rabbi hã ka ne: «Ya koy ka Filistancey wo kar no?» Rabbi ne Dawda se: «Ma koy ka Filistancey kar ka Keyla faaba.»
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?”
3 Dawda alborey binde ne a se: «Guna, baa ne Yahuda ra iri goono ga humburu, sanku fa binde d'iri koy Keyla ka gaaba nda Filistancey wongu marga?»
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.”
4 Kala Dawda ye ka Rabbi hã koyne. Rabbi mo na sanno yeti a se ka ne: «Tun ka zulli ka koy Keyla, zama ay ga Filistancey daŋ ni kambe ra.»
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.
5 Dawda nda nga alborey binde koy Keyla. I na Filistancey wongu k'i hawey ku. I n'i kar mo da halaciyaŋ bambata. Yaadin no Dawda na Keyla gorokoy faaba nd'a.
6It happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
6 A go mo waato kaŋ Abiyatar, Ahimelek izo zuru ka kaa Dawda do Keyla, a kande efod* kwaay nga kambe ra.
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.”
7 Koyne i ye ka ci Sawulu se ka ne Dawda kaa Keyla. Sawulu mo ne: «Irikoy n'a daŋ ay kambe ra, zama daabante no a go, za kaŋ a furo kwaara ra kaŋ gonda me daabirji nda karangaleyaŋ.»
8Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
8 Kala Sawulu na jama kulu ce i ma kaa wongo do, i ma koy Keyla, zama i ma Dawda nda nga alborey kulu daŋ game k'i windi.
9David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”
9 Amma Dawda bay kaŋ Sawulu goono ga hasaraw dabari soola nga se. A binde ne Alfa Abiyatar se: «Ma kande efod* kwaayo neewo.»
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.
10 Waato din gaa no Dawda ne: «Ya Rabbi, Israyla Irikoyo, ni tamo maa baaru, haciika Sawulu goono ga ceeci nga ma kaa ne Keyla ka kwaara halaci ay sabbay se.
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.”
11 Keyla borey g'ay daŋ a kambe ra no? Wala cimi no Sawulu ga zulli ka kaa sanda mate kaŋ ay, ni tamo maa baaru? Ya Rabbi Irikoy, Israyla wano, ay ga ni ŋwaaray, ma ci ay, ni tamo se.» Rabbi ne a se: «A ga zulli ka kaa.»
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.”
12 Waato din gaa no Dawda ne: «Keyla borey binde ga in d'ay alborey daŋ Sawulu kambe ra no?» Rabbi ne: «I ga ni nooyandi.»
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.
13 Dawda nda nga alborey binde, boro zangu iddu cine no, i tun ka fun Keyla ra ka koy naŋ kaŋ ngey du a koyyaŋ daama. I ci Sawulu se ka ne Dawda kooma ka fun Keyla, kala nga mo fay da nga dirawo.
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.
14 Dawda na nga goray te saajo ra wongu fuwey ra. A goro mo Safela* ra, Zif saajo ra. Sawulu soobay k'a ceeci zaari kulu, amma Irikoy man'a daŋ Sawulu kambe ra.
15David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.
15 Dawda faham mo kaŋ Sawulu fatta nga fundo ceeciyaŋ se. Kala Dawda mo goro Zif saaji fimbo ra.
16Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose, and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.
16 Yonata, Sawulu izo mo tun ka koy Dawda do saaji fimbo ra. A n'a kamba gaabandi Irikoy ra.
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.”
17 A ne: «Ma si humburu, zama ay baaba Sawulu kamba si du nin bo. Ni ga ciya bonkooni Israyla boŋ, ay mo ga ciya ni se ihinkanta. Ay baaba Sawulu mo bay kaŋ yaadin no.»
18They both made a covenant before Yahweh: and David stayed in the woods, and Jonathan went to his house.
18 I boro hinka binde na sarti sambu Rabbi jine. Dawda goro saaji fimbo ra, Yonata ye ka koy nga kwaara.
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?
19 Waato din gaa Zif borey, ngey mo kaa Sawulu do Jibeya ka ne: «E! Manti iri do no Dawda bara ga tugu, saajo wongu fuwey ra Hacila tudo boŋ, kaŋ go saajo se dandi kambe?
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.”
20 Sohõ binde, ya nin bonkoono, ma zumbu ka koy mate kaŋ ni fundo ga ba koyyaŋo. Iri mo, iri wane ga ti iri m'a daŋ bonkoono kambe ra.»
21Saul said, “You are blessed by Yahweh; for you have had compassion on me.
21 Sawulu ne: «Albarkanteyaŋ no araŋ wo, Rabbi waney, zama araŋ ga bakar ay se.
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.
22 Wa koy, ay g'araŋ ŋwaaray. Araŋ ma tabbatandi ka tonton, araŋ ma bay. Araŋ m'a tuguyaŋo do bay mo, da bora kaŋ di a noodin, zama i ci ay se ka ne a ga caram gumo.
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.”
23 Araŋ binde ma faham da lokotey kulu kaŋ yaŋ ra a ga tugu, gaa araŋ ma ye ka kaa ay do da tabbat, ay mo ma koy araŋ banda. A ga ciya mo, d'a go laabo ra, kala ay m'a ce gana, y'a kaa taray Yahudiya dumey kulu ra.»
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.
24 Kala i tun ka Sawulu jin ka koy Zif. Amma Dawda nda nga borey go Mawon saajo ra, Gooru Beero ra, taasi beero se dandi kamba.
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.
25 Sawulu nda nga alborey koy ka Dawda ceeci. I ci Dawda se, woodin se binde a zulli ka koy tondey do. A goro mo Mawon saajo ra. Saaya kaŋ cine Sawulu maa baaru, kala a na Dawda gana Mawon saajo ra.
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.
26 Kala Sawulu koy tudo caraw kambu fa gaa. Dawda nda nga borey mo go tudo ya-haray kambo gaa. Dawda waasu mo ka fun nga nango ra Sawulu humburkumay sabbay se, Zama Sawulu nda nga borey na Dawda nda nga borey windi k'i daŋ game, zama ngey m'i di.
27But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come; for the Philistines have made a raid on the land!”
27 Kala diya fo mo kaa Sawulu do ka ne: «Ma waasu ka kaa, zama Filistancey kande wurrandi laabo ra.»
28So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela Hammahlekoth.
28 Sawulu binde bare ka fay da Dawda ganayaŋ. A koy zama nga ma wongu nda Filistancey. Woodin se no i ga ne nango din se Sela-Hammalekot.
29David went up from there, and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.