1 Samuel 27
1 But David thought, “Some day Saul will capture me [if I stay around here]. So the best thing that I can do is to escape and go to the Philistia area. If I do that, Saul will stop searching for me here in Israel, and I will be safe.”
Ary Davida nanao anakampo hoe; Mbola ho fatin’ ny tànan’ i Saoly ihany aho indray androany; tsy misy mahasoa ahy afa-tsy ny mandositra haingana any amin’ ny tanin’ ny Filistina, dia hamoy ahy Saoly ka tsy hitady ahy eran’ ny tanin’ ny Isiraely intsony, dia ho afaka amin’ ny tànany aho.
2 So David and his 600 men left Israel and went to see Maoch’s son Achish, who was king of Gath [city in the Philistia area].
Ary niainga Davida nandeha mbamin’ ny enin-jato lahy nanaraka azy nankany amin’ i Akisy, zanak’ i Maoka, mpanjakan’ i Gata.
3 David and his men and their families started to live there in Gath, the city where king Achish lived. David’s two wives were with him—Ahinoam from Jezreel, and Nabal’s widow Abigail, from Carmel.
Ary nitoetra tao amin’ i Akisy tao Gata Davida, dia izy sy ny olony, samy nomban’ ny ankohonany avy, ary Davida mbamin’ ny adiny roa, dia Ahinoama Jezirelita sy Abigaila Karmelita, ilay novinadin’ i Nabala.
4 When someone told Saul that David had run away [and was living] in Gath, he stopped searching for David.
Ary nambara tamin’ i Saoly fa Davida efa nandositra nankany Gata, ka dia tsy nitady azy intsony izy.
5 [One day] David said to Achish, “If you are pleased with us, give us a place in one of the small villages where we can stay. There is no need [RHQ] for us to stay in the city where you are the king.”
Ary hoy Davida tamin’ i Akisy: Raha mahita fitia eo imasonao aho, aoka mba homena fonenana ao amin’ ny tanàna anankiray any an-tsaha aho mba honenako any, fa nahoana ny mpanomponao no hitoetra aminao eto amin’ ny renivohitry ny fanjakana?
6 [Achish liked what David suggested]. So that day Achish gave to David Ziklag [town]. As a result, Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah since that time.
Dia nomen’ i Akisy azy androtrizay Ziklaga; ka dia an’ ny mpanjakan’ ny Joda ambaraka androany Ziklaga.
7 David [and his men] lived in the Philistia area for 16 months.
Ary ny andro nitoeran’ i Davida tany amin’ ny tanin’ ny Filistina dia herintaona sy efa-bolana.
8 [During that time] David and his men raided the people who lived [in the areas] where the Geshur, Girzi, and Amalek people-groups lived. Those people had lived there a long time. That area extended [south] from Telam to the Shur [Desert] and to [the border of] Egypt.
Ary Davida sy ny olony niakatra ka nanafika ny Gesorita sy ny Gizrita ary ny Amalekita; fa ireo nonina tamin’ ny tany hatrizay ela izay, dia hatrany akaikin’ i Sora, hatramin’ ny tany Egypta.
9 Whenever David’s men attacked them, they killed all the men and women, and they took all the people’s sheep and cattle and donkeys and camels, and even their clothes. Then they would bring those things back home, [and David would go to talk] to Achish.
Ary Davida namely ny tany, ka tsy nisy novelominy na lehilahy na vehivavy, sady namabo ondry aman’ osy sy omby sy boriky sy rameva ary fitafiana izy, dia niverina nankany amin’ i Akisy.
10 Each time Achish would ask David, “Where did you go raiding today?” David [would lie to him]. Sometimes he would reply that they had gone to the southern part of Judah, and sometimes he would say that they had gone to Jerahmeel, or to the area where the Ken people-group lived.
Ary hoy Akisy: Moa tsy nanafika va ianareo androany? Dia hoy Davida: Nanafika ny tany atsimo izay an’ i Joda sy izay an’ ny Jeramelita ary izay an’ ny Kenita izahay.
11 David’s men never brought back to Gath any man or woman who was left alive. David thought, “If [we do not kill everyone, some of] them [who are still alive] will go and tell Achish [the truth] about what we really did.” David did that all the time that he [and his men] lived in the Philistia area.
Ary tsy nisy novelomin’ i Davida ho entiny any Gata, na lehilahy na vehivavy; fa hoy izy: Andrao izahay lazainy hoe: Toy izany no nataon’ i Davida, ary toy izany no fanaony tamin’ ny andro rehetra nitoerany tany amin’ ny tanin’ ny Filistina.
12 So Achish believed [what] David [told him], and said to himself, “[Because of what David has done, ] his own people, the Israelis, must now hate him very much. So he will have to [stay here and] serve me forever.”
Ary Akisy nino an’ i Davida ka nanao hoe: Efa nampangidy hoditra ny tenany any amin’ ny Isiraely olony izy, ka dia ho mpanompoko mandrakizay.
