1 Sa:miuele 30
1 Eso aduna baligili, Da: ibidi amola ea dunu da Sigela: ge moilai bai bagadega doaga: i. Be A: malege dunu da Yuda ga (south) soge amola Sigela: ge amoga doagala: le, diasu huluane laluga ulagisili nei dagoi, be uda huluane gaguli gagai dagoi ba: i. Ilia da uda amola mano hame fane legei, be yolesili, ilia da huluane oule asi dagoi.
Three days later, when David and his men arrived at Ziklag, [they discovered that] men of the Amalek people-group had raided Ziklag and [towns in] the southern part of Judah. They had destroyed Ziklag and burned down all the buildings.
They had captured the women [and the children] and everyone else, and had taken them away. But they had not killed anyone.
3 Da: ibidi amola ea dunu da doaga: loba, ilia da moilai amo laluga nei amola ilia uda, dunu mano amola uda mano huluane gaguli asi dagoi ba: i.
When David and his men came to Ziklag, they saw that the town had been burned, and that their wives and sons and daughters had been captured and taken away.
4 Da: ibidi amola ea dunu da muni hedolo mae yolele dinanawane gasa hamedene goaia: igia: i ba: i.
David and his men cried loudly, until [they were so weak that] they could not cry [any more].
5 Da: ibidi ea uda aduna (Ahinoume amola A: biga: ile), ela da ele gaguli asi dagoi ba: i.
David’s two wives, Ahinoam and Abigail, had also been taken away.
6 Bidi hamosu bagadedafa da Da: ibidima doaga: i dagoi. Bai ea dunu da ilia mano fisili gagaiba: le, ilia da baligili da: i dioi galu. Amola ilia Da: ibidi amo igiga fane legemusa: magagi. Da: ibidi da bagadewane da: i dioi, be Hina Gode da ea dogo denesinisi.
David’s men were threatening to [kill him by] throwing stones at him, because they were very angry because their sons and daughters [had been taken away]. David was very distressed, but Yahweh his God gave him strength.
7 Da: ibidi da gobele salasu dunu Abaia: da (Ahimelege egefe) ema amane sia: i, “‘Ifode’ amo nama gaguli misa!” Abaia: da da amo ema gaguli misi.
David [did not know what to do, so he] said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring to me the sacred vest.” So Abiathar brought it,
8 Da: ibidi da Hina Godema amane adole ba: i, “Na da amo ha wa: i dunuma fa: no bobogela: dula: ? Amola na da ili baligiama: bela: ?” Hina Gode da bu adole i, “Ilima fa: no bobogema! Dia da ili baligiamu, amola ili huluane gagulaligili bu sasamogemu.”
and David asked Yahweh, “Should I [and my men] pursue the men [who took our families]? Will we [be able to] catch up to them?” Yahweh answered [by means of the stones in Abiathar’s sacred pouch], “Yes, pursue them. You will catch up to them, and you will be able to rescue [your families].”
9 Amaiba: le, Da: ibidi amola ea dunu 600 agoane da muni asili, Biso Hano amoga doaga: le, ea dunu mogili da amogawi ouesalu.
So David and the 600 men who were with him left, and they came to the Besor Ravine. Some of his men stayed there [with some of their supplies].
10 Da: ibidi amola ea dunu 400 agoane da gebewane ahoanu. Be mogi 200 eno da helebeba: le, hano degemu hamedei ba: i. Amaiba: le, ilia da amogawi ouesalu.
David and 400 men continued to pursue [the men who captured their families]. The other 200 men stayed there at the ravine, because they were so exhausted that they could not cross the ravine.
11 Da: ibidi ea dunu da Idibidi goi sogega esalebe ba: i. Ilia da e amo Da: ibidima oule asi. Ilia da ema ha: i manu amola hano i.
[As David and the 400 men were going], they saw a man from Egypt in a field; so they took him to David. They gave the man some water to drink and some food to eat.
12 Ilia da figi ifa fage hafoga: i amola waini fage hafoga: i gagabu aduna igili i. Be e da eso udiana ha: i hame mai galuba: le, e da amo ha: i manu i, amo nanoba ea gasa da bu denesi dagoi ba: i.
They also gave him a piece of fig cake and two clusters/packs of raisins. The man had not had anything to eat or drink for three days and nights, but [after he ate and drank] he felt refreshed.
13 Da: ibidi da ema amane adole ba: i, “Dia hina da nowala: ? Amola di da habidili misibala: ?” E bu adole i, “Na da Idibidi dunu, amola na da A: malege dunu afae ea udigili hawa: hamosu dunu. Na da oloiba: le, eso udiana baligili, na hina da na yolesiagai.
David asked him, “Who is your master? And where do you come from?” He replied, “I am from Egypt. I am a slave of a man from the Amalek people-group. Three days ago my master left me here, because I was sick [and I was not able to go with them].
14 Amo esoha, ninia da Gelediaide dunu ilia soge (Ga: ilebe fi ilia soge, Yuda ga [south] la: idiga gala) amoga ha wa: i ahoana, Sigela: ge moilai bai bagade amo laluga ulagi.”
We had raided the southern part of Judah where the Kereth people-group live, and some other towns in Judah, and the area south [of Hebron city] where the descendants of Caleb live. We also burned Ziklag [town].”
15 Da: ibidi da ema adole ba: i, “Di da na oule amo ha wa: i dunu asi amo olela masa: bela: ?” Idibidi goi da bu adole i, “Di da Gode Ea Dioba: le na mae fane legele amola na hina ema bu hame imunu ilegele sia: sea, na da bisili dili oule olela masunu.”
David asked him, “Can you lead us to this group of raiders?” He replied, “Yes, [I will do that] if you ask God to listen while you promise that you will not kill me or give me back to my master. If you promise that, I will take you to them.”
16 Amalalu, e da Da: ibidi bisili ilima oule asi. A: malege ha wa: i ahoasu dunu da sogebi bagade amo ganodini ha: i naha amola adini naha amola hahawane hamosa afagogoi ba: i. Bai ilia da liligi bagadedafa Filisidini soge amola Yuda soge amoga lai dagoiba: le.
[David agreed to do that, ] so the man from Egypt led David [and his men] to where the men from the Amalek people-group were. Those men were lying on the ground, eating and drinking and celebrating because of having captured many things from the Philistia and Judah areas.
17 Aya hahabe, eso mabe galu, Da: ibidi da ili doagala: le, ilima gegenana, daeya doaga: i. A: malege goi 400 agoane da ga: mele da: iya fila heda: le, hobea: iba: le, gaga: i dagoi ba: i. Be eno huluane, Da: ibidi amola ea dunu ilia da fane lelegei.
David [and his men] fought against them from sunset that day until the evening of the following day. Four hundred of them escaped and rode away on camels, but none of the others escaped.
18 Da: ibidi da uda, mano amola liligi huluane amo A: malege dunu ilia lai, amo hulu samogei. Ea uda aduna amola da hi samogei.
David rescued his two wives, and he and his men got back everything else that the men of the Amalek people-group had taken.
19 Liligi afae bu hame samogei da hamedafa ba: i. Da: ibidi da ea dunu ilia dunu mano, uda mano amola liligi A: malege dunu ilia lai, amo huluanedafa bu samogei.
Nothing was missing. They took all their people back [to Ziklag]—young people and old people, [their wives], their sons and their daughters. They also recovered all the other things that the men of the Amalek people-group had taken from Ziklag.
20 E da lai ohe wa: i amola huluane bu samogei. Ea dunu da amo ohe wa: i bisilisili sesesela asi. Ilia da amane sia: i, “Amo liligi huluane da Da: ibidi ea: !”
They took with them the sheep and cattle that had been captured, and his men caused those animals to go in front of them, saying, “These are animals that we captured in the battle; they belong to David!”
21 Amalalu, Da: ibidi da dunu 200 amo da helebeba: le, mae gegena asili, Biso Hano bega: esafulu, ilima buhagi. Ilia da Da: ibidi amola ea dunu gousa: musa: misi, amola Da: ibidi da ilima asili, hahawane yosia: i.
David and his men got back to where the other 200 men were waiting, the men who did not go with David because they were very exhausted. They had stayed at Besor Ravine. [When they saw David and his men coming], they went out to greet them. And David [greeted them and] said to them, “I hope that things are going well with you!”
22 Be ea dunu mogili, hedolo mi hahanabe amola hamedei dunu, da Da: ibidima amane sia: i, “Amo dunu 200 da nini hame asiba: le, ninia da ilima liligi lai hame ima: mu. Ilia da ilia uda amola mano amo fawane lale masa: ne sia: ma.”
But some of the men who had gone with David, men who were evil and troublemakers, said, “These 200 men did not go with us. So we should not give to them any of the things that we recovered/captured. Each of them should take only his wife and children and go [back to their homes].”
23 Be Da: ibidi da bu adole i, “Nolalali dilia: ! Hina Gode da amo liligi ninima ia dagoiba: le, dilia sia: i defele hamomu da hamedei. E da nini gaga: i, amola ninia ha wa: i ahoabe dunu amo hasalasima: ne hamoi dagoi.
David replied, “No, my fellow Israelis, it would not be right to divide up like that the things that Yahweh has allowed us to capture. Yahweh has protected us and enabled us to defeat the enemies who attacked our town.
24 Nowa da dilia sia: nabima: bela: ? Dunu huluane da liligi defele lamu. Nowa da ninia liligi ouligili esalu galea, ilia da gegena ahoasu dunu ilia labe defele lamu.”
(Who will pay attention to you if you say things like that?/No one will pay attention to you if you say things like that.) [RHQ] The men who stayed here with our supplies will get the same amount that the men who went into the battle will get. They will all receive the same amount.”
25 Da: ibidi da amo hou Isala: ili soge ganodini sema dialoma: ne sia: i. Amola amogainini amo sema da Isala: ili sogega diala.
David made that to be a law [DOU] for the Israeli people, and that is still a law in Israel.
26 Da: ibidi da Sigela: ge amoga bu misini, e da ea lai liligi mogili amo ea sama Yuda ouligisu dunu ilima i. E da ilima amane sia: si, “Amo da dilima hahawane udigili iasu liligi. Ninia da amo Hina Gode Ea ha lai ilima lai.”
When David [and all the others] arrived in Ziklag, David sent to his friends who were leaders in Judah some of the things that they had captured from the Amalek people-group. He said to them, “Here is a present for you. These are things that we took from Yahweh’s enemies.”
27 E da amo liligi Bedele dunu amola La: ima (Yuda ga [south] sogega diala) amo dunu, amola Ya: da, Aloua, Sifemode, Esiedemoua, Lagale, Homa, Bolasia: ne, A:ida: ge amola Hibalone amo moilai dunuma i. Amola e da Yilamiele fi dunu amola Ginaide fi dunu amolalima i. E da sogebi amoga e amola ea dunu ilia afufulalusu, ilima I.
[Here is a list of the cities and towns to whose leaders David sent gifts: ] Bethel, Ramoth in the southern part of Judah, Jattir,
Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa,
Racal, the cities where the descendants of Jehrameel lived and the cities where the Ken people-group lived,
Hormah, Bor-Ashan, Athach,
Hebron, and all the other places where David and his men had gone [when they were hiding from Saul].
