1 Samuel 29
1 And the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek; and Israel encamped by the spring that is in Jizreel.
Filistifoɔ no boaboaa wɔn akodɔm nyinaa ano wɔ Afek, na Israelfoɔ nso kɔkyeree sraban wɔ asutire bi ho wɔ Yesreel.
2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds and by thousands; and David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish.
Ɛberɛ a Filistifoɔ ntuanofoɔ de wɔn nsraadɔm akuakuo ɔha ɔha mu ne mpempem retu ɔsa no, na Dawid nso ne ne dɔm retu sa wɔ wɔn akyi a, Akis ka wɔn ho.
3 And the princes of the Philistines said, What are these Hebrews? And Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or these years, and I have found nothing in him since the day of his falling away [to me] to this day?
Filistifoɔ asahene no bisaa sɛ, “Ɛdeɛn na Hebrifoɔ yi reyɛ wɔ ha?” Akis buaa sɛ, “Ɔyi ne Dawid, ɔbarima a ɔdwane firii Israelhene Saulo anim no. Waba me nkyɛn ha ne me abɛtena bɛboro afe nie. Na ɛfiri ɛberɛ a ɔgyaa Saulo hɔ bɛsi ɛnnɛ yi, menhunuu ne ho mfomsoɔ biara.”
4 But the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, Make the man return, that he may go again to his place where thou hast appointed him, that he go not down with us to the battle, that in the battle he be not an adversary to us; for wherewith should this [fellow] reconcile himself to his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?
Na Filistifoɔ asahene no bo fuu no kaa sɛ, “Ma ɔbarima no nsane nkɔ, sɛdeɛ ɔbɛkɔ baabi a wode maa no no. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔka yɛn ho kɔ ɔko no, ɛfiri sɛ, sɛ anhwɛ a, ɔbɛdane nʼani ako atia yɛn wɔ ɔko no mu. Ɛkwan foforɔ bi wɔ hɔ a ɔbɛfa so ne ne wura Saulo aka abɔ mu a ɛsene sɛ ɔbɛko atia yɛn anaa?
5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul smote his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
Ɛnyɛ saa Dawid yi na wɔtoo dwom faa ne ho wɔ wɔn asa mu sɛ: “Saulo akum ne mpempem na Dawid deɛ, wakum ɔpedu ɔpedu no?”
6 And Achish called David, and said to him, [As] Jehovah liveth, thou art upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the camp is acceptable to me; for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming to me to this day; but thou art not acceptable to the lords.
Na Akis frɛɛ Dawid ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Mmerɛ dodoɔ a Awurade te ase yi, menhyiaa mmarima a wɔte sɛ mo, anka mepɛ sɛ mo ne yɛn kɔ ɔko, nanso Filistifoɔ sodifoɔ a aka no mpene so.
7 And now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
Enti, sane wʼakyi na kɔ no asomdwoeɛ mu. Ɛno enti, nyɛ biribiara a ɛbɛha Filistifoɔ no.”
8 And David said to Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee to this day, that I should not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
Dawid bisaa sɛ, “Ɛdeɛn na mayɛ a ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde me fa saa ɛkwan yi so? Adɛn enti na ɛnsɛ sɛ meko tia me wura ɔhene no atamfoɔ?”
9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art acceptable to me, as an angel of God; nevertheless the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
Nanso, Akis gyinaa mu pintinn kaa sɛ, “Me nko ara me fa mu deɛ, woyɛ pɛpɛ te sɛ Onyankopɔn ɔbɔfoɔ. Nanso, asahene no suro sɛ wɔde wo bɛka wɔn ho wɔ ɔko mu.
10 And now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee; and rise ye early in the morning, and when ye have daylight, depart.
Enti, sɔre anɔpahema, na wo ne wo mmarima no nkɔ ɛberɛ a animu retete no.”
11 And David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jizreel.
Na Dawid sane kɔɔ Filistifoɔ asase so, na Filistifoɔ akodɔm no nso kɔɔ Yesreel.
