1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors. 2 Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. 3 And David’s men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines? 4 Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand. 5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. 6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
7 ¶ And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars. 8 And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
9 ¶ And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. 10 Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. 11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down. 12 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.
13 ¶ Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.
14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. 15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
16 ¶ And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. 17 And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth. 18 And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
19 ¶ Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? 20 Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king’s hand. 21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me. 22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly. 23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah. 24 And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon. 25 Saul also and his men went to seek him . And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that , he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon. 26 And Saul 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 compassed David and his men round about to take them.
27 ¶ But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land. 28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.
29 ¶ And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi.
Dawuda ye Keyila saatewo tankandi
1 Kabiriŋ Dawuda ye a moyi ko, Filisitinkoolu ka taa Keyila saatewo boyinkaŋ ne, aduŋ ì ka ì la siimaŋ kutoolu suuñaa le, 2 bituŋ a ye Yaawe* ñininkaa ko, “Fo ŋa taa Filisitinkoolu boyinkaŋ baŋ?”
Yaawe ye a jaabi ko, “Taa i ye ì boyinkaŋ, fo i si Keyila saatewo tankandi.”
3 Bari Dawuda la kewolu ko a ye le ko, “Hani Yahuuda jaŋ, ntolu faŋo be silariŋ ne. A be jawuyaa la le, niŋ ǹ taata Keyila, ka taa Filisitinkoolu la kelediŋ kafoolu boyinkaŋ.” 4 Dawuda ye Yaawe ñininkaa kotenke, aduŋ Yaawe ye a jaabi ko, “Taa Keyila, kaatu m be Filisitinkoolu duŋ na i bulu le.” 5 Wo to le Dawuda niŋ a la kewolu taata Keyila, i ye Filisitinkoolu kele, fo ì ye ì noo. Bituŋ ì ye ì la beeyaŋolu samba. Ì ye Filisitinka jamaa le faa, aduŋ ì ye Keyila saatee moolu tankandi le. 6 Kabiriŋ Abiyata Ahimeleki dinkewo borita Dawuda yaa Keyila, a ye efodoo* samba naŋ ñoo la le.
Sawulu ye Dawuda bayindi
7 Ì ye Sawulu kalamutandi ko, “Dawuda taata Keyila le.” Bituŋ a ko a faŋo ye ko, “Alla ye a duŋ m bulu le, kaatu Dawuda maŋ kanadulaa soto, kabiriŋ a dunta saatee tatariŋo kono, meŋ dundaŋ daalu bee be sorondiŋ niŋ bantambiloolu la.” 8 Sawulu ye a la moolu bee kumandi, ka taa keloo la Keyila. A ko, ì si Dawuda niŋ a la kewolu bee muru.
9 Kabiriŋ Dawuda ye a moyi ko, Sawulu ye feeroo le siti, ka taa a boyinkaŋ, a ko piriisoo* Abiyata ye ko, “Efodoo samba naŋ jaŋ.” 10 Bituŋ Dawuda duwaata ko, “Yaawe Banisirayilankoolu la Alla, ŋa a moyi le ko, Sawulu lafita ka naa Keyila le, ka jaŋ kasaara nte i la dookuulaa la kuwo kamma la. 11 Fo Keyilankoolu be n duŋ na Sawulu bulu le baŋ? Fo tooñaa-tooñaa Sawulu be naa la le, ko ŋa a moyi ñaameŋ? Yaawe Banisirayila la Alla, ŋa i daani le, fo i si n danku.”
Yaawe ye a jaabi ko, “Sawulu be naa la le.”
12 Dawuda ye ñininkaaroo ke kotenke ko, “Fo Keyilankoolu be nte niŋ n na kewolu duŋ na Sawulu bulu le baŋ?”
Yaawe ye a jaabi ko, “Ì be ali duŋ na ì bulu le.”
13 Bituŋ Dawuda niŋ a la kewolu, mennu kaañanta moo keme wooro fee, ye Keyila bula, ì be bo la dulaa ì be taa dulaa. Kabiriŋ Sawulu ye a moyi ko, Dawuda bota Keyila le, a maŋ taa jee. 14 Dawuda tuta maaboriŋ tatoolu le kono, mennu be keñewuloo* kono aniŋ konkotundoo* kaŋ Sifu keñewuloo kono. Waati-wo-waati Sawulu ka a kata le, ka a muta, bari Alla maŋ Dawuda duŋ a bulu. 15 Dawuda ye a loŋ ne ko, Sawulu ka a ñini le fo a si a faa.
Kabiriŋ a tarata Horesa, meŋ be Sifu keñewuloo daala, 16 Yonatani taata a yaa jee, ka a so hakili la ko, a si a jikoo loo Alla kaŋ. 17 A ko a ye le ko, “Kana sila. M faamaa Sawulu te feŋ noo la i la. Ite le be ke la Banisirayilankoolu la mansa ti, aduŋ nte le be ke la i noomalankoo ti. Hani m faamaa Sawulu faŋo ye ñiŋ loŋ ne.” 18 Ì moo fuloo ye kambeŋo siti Yaawe ñaatiliŋo la. Bituŋ Yonatani seyita, bari Dawuda tuta Horesa le.
19 Sifunkoolu taata Sawulu yaa Kibeya, aduŋ ì ko, “Dawuda be maaboriŋ ǹ kono le Horesa tatoolu kono Hakila Konkoo kaŋ, meŋ be Yesimoni bulubaa karoo la. 20 Saayiŋ Mansa, waati-wo-waati diyaata i ye, i si naa, aduŋ ntolu be a ke la ǹ na dookuwo ti le, ka a duŋ ite Mansa bulu.”
21 Sawulu ye ì jaabi ko, “Allamaa Yaawe ye neema ke ali ye, kaatu ali ye balafaa le soto n ye. 22 Ali taa siiñaa kiliŋ kotenke, ali ye a juubee, a ka taa daameŋ faŋo to, aniŋ moo jumaa le ye a je jee. Ŋa a moyi le ko, a ñaamenta baake le. 23 A ka tara maaboriŋ dulaalu mennu bee to, ali ye jee kuwolu bee kisikisi, aduŋ ali niŋ kuma koyoo si naa n kaŋ. Bituŋ n niŋ ali si taa ñoo la. Niŋ a be wo maafaŋo la, m be a muta la le, hani a ye a tara, m be ñinindiroo ke la Yahuuda kaabiiloolu bee le kono.”
24 Bituŋ ì ye i paree, ì tambita Sawulu ñaato Sifu. Dawuda niŋ a la kewolu tarata Mawoni keñewuloo le kono, meŋ be Araba* tundoo kaŋ, Yesimoni bulubaa karoo la. 25 Sawulu niŋ a la kewolu ye ñinindiroo dati. Kabiriŋ ì ye wo fo Dawuda ye, a taata fo bere konkoo kaŋ, meŋ be Mawoni keñewuloo kono. Biriŋ Sawulu ye ñiŋ moyi, a taata jee, ka taa Dawuda bayindi.
26 Sawulu be taa kaŋ nuŋ niŋ konkoo kara kiliŋo le la, aduŋ Dawuda niŋ a la kewolu tarata nuŋ kara doo le la, ì ka i tariyaa, fo ì si kana Sawulu ma. Kabiriŋ Sawulu niŋ a la kelediŋolu ka sutiyaa naŋ Dawuda niŋ a la kewolu la ka ì muta, 27 kiilaa doo naata Sawulu yaa, a ko, “Ali naa tariyaake, Filisitinkoolu be boyi kaŋ banku moolu kaŋ ne, ka ì la feŋolu buusi ì la.” 28 Wo to le Sawulu ye i foño ka Dawuda bayindi, a taata Filisitinkoolu kelendi. Wo le ye a tinna ì ka ñiŋ dulaa kumandi Talaadulaa Beroo la. 29 Dawuda bota jee le, a taata sabati Eni-Kedi tatoolu kono.
