1 Samuela 30
1 Pea kuo hoko ʻa Tevita mo hono kau tangata ki Sikilaki ʻi hono tolu ʻoe ʻaho, pea pehē, naʻe tauʻi ʻe he kakai ʻAmaleki ʻae potu tonga, mo Sikilaki, pea kuo taaʻi ʻa Sikilaki, pea tutu ʻaki ʻae afi.
When David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid on the South and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag and burned it with fire,
2 Pea kuo nau maʻu fakapōpula ʻae kau fefine naʻe ʻi ai: naʻe ʻikai tenau tāmateʻi ha tokotaha, ʻae lahi pe ko e siʻi, ka naʻa nau fetuku ʻakinautolu ʻo ʻave, pea ʻalu ʻi honau hala.
and had taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great. They didn’t kill any, but carried them off and went their way.
3 Pea naʻe hoko ʻa Tevita mo hono kau tangata ki he kolo, pea vakai, kuo tutu ia ʻaki ʻae afi, pea kuo ʻave fakapōpula honau ngaahi uaifi, mo ʻenau ngaahi fānau.
When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters were taken captive.
4 Pea ko Tevita mo e kakai naʻe ʻiate ia naʻa nau hiki honau leʻo ʻo tangi, pea naʻa nau tangi ai pe ʻonau vaivai.
Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept until they had no more power to weep.
5 Pea kuo maʻu fakapōpula ʻae ongo uaifi ʻo Tevita, ʻa ʻAhinoami ko e fefine Sesilili, mo ʻApikale naʻe mali mo Napale ko e tangata Kameli.
David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
6 Pea naʻe mamahi lahi ʻa Tevita; he naʻe alea ʻae kakai ke tolongaki ia ʻaki ʻae maka, koeʻuhi kuo mamahi lahi ʻaupito ʻae loto ʻoe kakai kotoa pē, ʻo taki taha ʻae tangata ki hono ngaahi foha, pea ki hono ngaahi ʻofefine: ka naʻe fakafiemālieʻi ia ʻe Tevita ʻia Sihova ko hono ʻOtua.
David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.
7 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita kia ʻApiata ko e taulaʻeiki, ko e foha ʻo ʻAhimeleki, “ʻOku ou kole kiate koe, ʻomi ki heni ʻae ʻefoti.” Pea ʻomi ki ai ʻe ʻApiata ʻae ʻefoti kia Tevita.
David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring the ephod here to me.” Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
8 Pea naʻe fehuʻi ʻe Tevita kia Sihova, ʻo pehē, “Te u tuli ki he kau tau? Te u maʻu ʻakinautolu?” Pea naʻe tala pehē ʻe ia kiate ia, “Tuli: ko e moʻoni te ke maʻu ʻakinautolu, pea ko e moʻoni te ke toe maʻu [kotoa pē].”
David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, will I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and will without fail recover all.”
9 Ko ia naʻe ʻalu ai ʻa Tevita, ʻaia mo e kau tangata ʻe toko onongeau naʻe ʻiate ia, ʻonau hoko ki he vaitafe ko Pisoa, ʻaia naʻe nofo ki ai ʻakinautolu naʻe tuku kimui.
So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.
10 Pea naʻe tuli ʻakinautolu ʻe Tevita, ʻaia mo e kau tangata ʻe toko fāngeau: he naʻe nofo kimui ʻae toko uangeau, ʻaia naʻa nau vaivai lahi ʻo ʻikai tenau faʻa lava ki he kauvai ʻe taha ʻi Pisoa.
But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn’t go over the brook Besor.
11 Pea naʻa nau ʻilo ʻae tangata ʻIsipite ʻi he ngoue, ʻonau ʻomi ia kia Tevita, pea ne ʻatu kiate ia ʻae mā, pea ne kai pea nau fakainu ia ʻi he vai.
They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink.
12 Pea naʻa nau tuku kiate ia ʻae konga fiki naʻe natu; mo e fuhi kālepi mōmoa ʻe ua: pea hili ʻene kai, naʻe toe haʻu hono laumālie kiate ia: he naʻe ʻikai kai ʻe ia ha mā, pe inu ha vai, ʻi he ʻaho ʻe tolu mo e pō ʻe tolu.
They gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. When he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, and drank no water for three days and three nights.
13 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita kiate ia, “ʻOku ke kau koe mo hai? Pea ʻoku haʻu mei fē koe?” Pea pehē ʻe ia, “Ko e tangata talavou au mei ʻIsipite, ko e tamaioʻeiki ʻae tangata ʻAmaleki; pea naʻe liʻaki au ʻe heʻeku ʻeiki ʻi he ʻaho ʻe tolu kuo hili ko e meʻa ʻi he tuia ʻa hoku mahaki.”
David asked him, “To whom do you belong? Where are you from?” He said, “I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I got sick.
14 Naʻa mau hoko atu ʻo tauʻi ʻae potu tonga ʻo Keliti, pea ki he potu ʻoku ʻia Siuta, pea ki he potu tonga ʻo Kelepi pea mau tutu ʻa Sikilaki ʻaki ʻae afi.
We made a raid on the South of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.”
15 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita kiate ia, “ʻOku ke faʻa ʻave au ki he kakai ko ia? Pea pehē ʻe ia, “Fuakava kiate au ʻi he ʻOtua ʻe ʻikai te ke tāmateʻi au, pe tukuange au ki he nima ʻo hoku ʻeiki, pea te u ʻave koe ki he kakai ni.”
David said to him, “Will you bring me down to this troop?” He said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me and not deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this troop.”
16 Pea ʻi heʻene ʻomi ia ki ai, vakai, kuo nau nofo mafola atu mamaʻo ʻi he funga kelekele kotoa pē, ʻoku nau kai mo inu, mo meʻe, ko e meʻa ʻi he ngaahi vete lahi kuo nau maʻu mei he fonua ʻoe kakai Filisitia, pea mei he fonua ʻo Siuta.
When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread around over all the ground, eating, drinking, and dancing, because of all the great plunder that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
17 Pea naʻe teʻia ʻakinautolu ʻe Tevita mei he hengihengi ʻo aʻu atu ki he efiafi ʻoe ʻaho naʻa na feholoi: pea naʻe ʻikai hao ha tangata ʻe tokotaha ʻokinautolu, ka ko e kau talavou ʻe toko fāngeau naʻe heka ʻi he fanga kāmeli naʻe hola.
David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped from there, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.
18 Pea naʻe toe maʻu kotoa pē ʻe Tevita ʻaia naʻe fetuku ʻo ʻave ʻe he kakai ʻAmaleki: pea naʻe toe fakahaofi ʻe Tevita hono ongo uaifi.
David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.
19 Pea naʻe ʻikai ha meʻa kuo mole ʻiate kinautolu, ʻi he meʻa siʻi, pe ʻi he meʻa lahi, pe ʻi he ngaahi foha, pe ʻi he ngaahi ʻofefine, pe ʻi he koloa vete, pe ha meʻa ʻe taha naʻa nau toʻo kiate kinautolu naʻe maʻu kotoa pē ʻe Tevita.
There was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither plunder, nor anything that they had taken. David brought them all back.
20 Pea naʻe ʻave ʻe Tevita ʻae ngaahi fanga manu siʻi mo e fanga manu lahi, ʻaia naʻa nau tekeʻi muʻomuʻa ʻi he ngaahi fanga manu lalahi niʻihi, ʻo ne pehē, “Ko eni ʻae vete ʻa Tevita.”
David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other livestock, and said, “This is David’s plunder.”
21 Pea naʻe haʻu ʻa Tevita ki he kau tangata ʻe toko uangeau ʻaia ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau vaivai naʻe ʻikai tenau faʻa muimui ʻia Tevita, ʻakinautolu naʻa nau pule ke nofo ʻi he vaitafe ko Pisoa: pea naʻa nau ʻalu atu ke fakafetaulaki kia Tevita, pea kenau fakafetaulaki ki he kakai naʻe ʻiate ia: pea ʻi he hoko ʻa Tevita ʻo ofi ki he kakai, naʻe feʻiloaki ʻofa ia mo kinautolu.
David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to stay at the brook Besor; and they went out to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him. When David came near to the people, he greeted them.
22 Pea naʻe lea ai ʻae kau tangata kovi kotoa pē mo e kakai anga fakamaveuveu, ʻio, ʻakinautolu naʻe ʻalu mo Tevita, ʻo pehē, “Ko e meʻa ʻi he ʻikai siʻi tenau ʻalu mo kimautolu, ʻe ʻikai ai te mau ʻatu kiate kinautolu ha meʻa siʻi ʻi he vete ni kuo mau toe maʻu ni, kae ʻatu taki taha ki he tangata hono uaifi, mo ʻene fānau, koeʻuhi ke ne tataki ia ʻo ʻave, pea ʻalu ai.”
Then all the wicked men and worthless fellows of those who went with David answered and said, “Because they didn’t go with us, we will not give them anything of the plunder that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that he may lead them away and depart.”
23 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita, “ʻE hoku kāinga, ʻe ʻikai te mou fai pehē, ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kuo foaki ʻe Sihova kiate kitautolu, ʻaia kuo ne fakamoʻui ʻakitautolu, pea fakahaofi ʻakitautolu mei he kakai naʻe haʻu ke tauʻi ʻakitautolu ʻi hotau fonua.
Then David said, “Do not do so, my brothers, with that which Yahweh has given to us, who has preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.
24 He ko hai ia ʻe tokanga kiate kimoutolu ʻi he meʻa ni? Kae hangē ko e ʻinasi ʻo ia ʻoku ʻalu hifo ki he tau, ʻe pehē pe ʻae ʻinasi ʻo ia ʻoku tatali ʻo leʻohi ʻae ngaʻotoʻota: tenau ʻinasi tatau pe.”
Who will listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who stays with the baggage. They shall share alike.”
25 Pea talu ʻae ʻaho ko ia ʻo fai kimui naʻa ne fokotuʻu ia ko e fono mo e tuʻutuʻuni maʻa ʻIsileli ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ni.
It was so from that day forward that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
26 Pea ʻi he hoko ʻa Tevita ki Sikilaki, naʻe fekau ʻe ia ke ʻatu ʻae koloa vete ki he kau mātuʻa ʻo Siuta, ʻio, ki hono ngaahi kāinga, ʻo pehē, “Vakai, ko e meʻaʻofa maʻamoutolu ʻi he vete mei he ngaahi fili ʻo Sihova;”
When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, “Behold, a present for you from the plunder of Yahweh’s enemies.”
27 Kiate kinautolu naʻe ʻi Peteli, pea kiate kinautolu naʻe ʻi Lemoti ʻi he potu tonga, pea kiate kinautolu naʻe ʻi Satili,
He sent it to those who were in Bethel, to those who were in Ramoth of the South, to those who were in Jattir,
28 Pea kiate kinautolu naʻe ʻi ʻAloeli, pea kiate kinautolu naʻe ʻi Sifimoti, pea kiate kinautolu naʻe ʻi ʻEsitemoa,
to those who were in Aroer, to those who were in Siphmoth, to those who were in Eshtemoa,
29 Pea kiate kinautolu naʻe ʻi Lakali, pea kiate kinautolu naʻe ʻi he ngaahi kolo ʻae kakai Selamili, pea kiate kinautolu naʻe ʻi he ngaahi kolo ʻoe kakai Kena,
to those who were in Racal, to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,
30 Pea kiate kinautolu naʻe ʻi Hoama, pea kiate kinautolu naʻe ʻi Kolasani, pea kiate kinautolu naʻe ʻi ʻAtaki,
to those who were in Hormah, to those who were in Borashan, to those who were in Athach,
31 Pea kiate kinautolu naʻe ʻi Hepeloni, pea ki he ngaahi potu kotoa pē ʻaia naʻe faʻa ʻāunofo ki ai ʻa Tevita mo hono kau tangata.
to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men used to stay.
