1David said in his heart, “I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So shall I escape out of his hand.”
1 Amma Dawda ne nga bina ra: «Han fo kulu ay ga bu Sawulu kambe ra. Hay kulu mana bisa ay se ya zuru ka yana ka koy Filistancey laabo ra. Sawulu mo ga nga laakalo kaa ay gaa. A si ye k'ay ceeci koyne Israyla me-a-me ra. Yaadin gaa no ay ga faaba a kambe ra d'a.»
1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
2David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
2 Dawda binde tun ka daŋandi, nga nda boro zangu iddo kaŋ yaŋ go a banda, ka koy Acis Mayok ize do, kaŋ ga ti Gat koyo.
2And David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, unto Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
3David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.
3 Dawda goro mo Acis do Gat ra, nga nda nga jama, boro kulu nda nga almayaali, Dawda mo da nga wande hinka Ahinowam, Yezreyel waybora, da Abigayil, Karmel waybora, Nabal wande zeena.
3And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
4It was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
4 I ci Sawulu se ka ne: «Dawda zuru ka koy Gat.» A mana ye k'a ceeci koyne mo.
4And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
5David said to Achish, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”
5 Dawda ne Acis se: «Hala day sohõ ay du gaakuri ni jine, ma yadda k'ay no nangoray saajo ra haray kwaara fo ra, zama ay ma goro noodin. Ifo no ga naŋ ay, ni bannya ma goro koytaray kwaara ra ni banda?»
5And David said unto Achish, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
6Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: why Ziklag pertains to the kings of Judah to this day.
6 Acis binde n'a no Ziklag han din hane, woodin se no Ziklag ciya Yahuda bonkooney wane hala hunkuna.
6Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
7The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
7 Gora kaŋ Dawda te Filistancey laabo ra, jiiri fo da handu taaci no.
7And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
8David and his men went up, and made a raid on the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.
8 Dawda nda nga alborey binde ga tun ka konda wurrandi Gesurancey da Jirzancey da Amalekancey do haray, zama za doŋ woodin yaŋ no ga ti laabo gorokoy, da ni ga gana Sur kala ma kaa hala Misira laabu.
8And David and his men went up, and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those [nations] were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
9David struck the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the cattle, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the clothing; and he returned, and came to Achish.
9 Dawda na laabo kar mo. A mana alboro wala wayboro naŋ da fundi. A na feejey da hawey da farkayey da yoy da bankaarayey mo ku. A bare koyne ka ye Acis do.
9And David smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel; and he returned, and came to Achish.
10Achish said, “Against whom have you made a raid today?” David said, “Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.”
10 Acis ne: «Man gaa no araŋ na wurrandi te hunkuna?» Dawda ne: «Yahuda se Negeb* haray, da Yera-Melancey se Negeb haray, da Kenancey se Negeb haray.»
10And Achish said, Against whom have ye made a raid to-day? And David said, Against the South of Judah, and against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.
11David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, “Lest they should tell of us, saying, ‘David this, and this has been his way all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.’”
11 Dawda mana alboro wala wayboro naŋ da fundi kaŋ ga kande baaru Gat ra. A ne: «I ma si konda iri baaru ka ne: ‹Ya-cine no Dawda te.› » Yaadin cine mo no a bara a jirbey kulu, waati kaŋ a goro Filistancey laabu.
11And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David, and so hath been his manner all the while he hath dwelt in the country of the Philistines.
12Achish believed David, saying, “He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he shall be my servant forever.”
12 Acis mo na Dawda cimandi ka ne: «A na nga borey Israyla daŋ i m'a fanta gumo. Woodin se no a ga ciya ay tamo hal abada.»
12And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.