1 Samuel 17
1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and encamped between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
Afei, Filistifo boaboaa wɔn asraafo ano wɔ Soko a ɛwɔ Yuda sɛ wɔrebɛko. Wɔkyeree nsraban wɔ Soko ne Aseka ntam wɔ Efes-Damim.
2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped by the valley of Elah, and they set the battle in array against the Philistines.
Saulo yɛɛ saa ara, boaboaa ne dɔm ano wɔ baabi a ɛbɛn Ela bon.
3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
Filistifo faa bepɔw baako, na Israelfo no nso faa baako a obon no da wɔn ntam.
4 And there went out a champion from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
Ɔbarima tenten hoɔdenfo bi a ne din de Goliat a ofi Gat no pue fii Filistifo no nsraban mu bae. Na ne tenten bɛboro anammɔn akron.
5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
Na ɔhyɛ kɔbere kyɛw, hyɛ kɔbere akotade a akode bobɔ mu, na emu duru yɛ kilogram aduonum ason.
6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a gorget of brass between his shoulders.
Na nʼanan nso, kɔbere nkatanan kata ho na kɔbere peaw nso sɛn nʼakyi.
7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
Na ne peaw ano dade no te sɛ ntamanwemfo nsadua mu abaa, na ano dade no kari dwetɛ kilogram ason. Na ne nkatabokurafo di nʼanim.
8 And he stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, Why have ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose for yourselves a man for you, and let him come down to me.
Goliat begyinaa hɔ teɛɛ mu guu Israelfo no so se, “Asraafo yi nyinaa na morebɛko ana? Munyi mo mu baako na ɔmmɛko mma mo, na me nso mesi Filistifo anan mu. Yɛbɛko de awie asɛm no ka!
9 If he shall be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I shall prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
Sɛ mo nipa no tumi kum me a, yɛbɛyɛ mo nkoa. Na sɛ mikum no a, mobɛyɛ yɛn nkoa.”
10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
Filistini no kae se, “Memmfa Israel asraafo nyɛ hwee, momma me ɔbarima a ɔne me bɛko.”
11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
Bere a Saulo ne Israelfo tee eyi no wɔbɔɔ huboa na wɔn ho popoe.
12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
Na Dawid yɛ ɔbarima bi a wɔfrɛ no Yisai a ɔyɛ Efratni na ofi Betlehem wɔ Yuda asase so no babarima. Na Yisai wɔ mmabarima baawɔtwe, na Saulo bere so no, na wabɔ akwakoraa a ne mfe a wadi no kɔ anim yiye.
13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
Na Yisai mmabarima mpanyimfo baasa na wodii Saulo akyi kɔɔ ɔko no. Na abakan no din de Eliab, nʼakyi ba din de Abinadab, na nea ɔto so abiɛsa no din de Sama.
14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
Dawid de, na ɔno ne akumaa koraa. Mpanyimfo baasa no na wodii Saulo akyi,
15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
nanso na Dawid di akɔneaba; ɔkɔsom Saulo na wakɔhwɛ nʼagya nguan wɔ Betlehem nso.
16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
Filistini yi pue mema ne ho so wɔ Israelfo asraafo nʼanim anɔpa ne anwummere, saa ara adaduanan.
17 And Jesse said to David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this roasted grain, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;
Da koro bi, Yisai ka kyerɛɛ Dawid se, “Fa nkyewe lita aduonu abien yi ne brodo mua du yi kɔma wo nuabarimanom.
18 And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
Na fa kyiisi du a wɔatwitwa yi ma ɔsafohene no. Ɛyɛ a hwɛ sɛnea wo nuabarimanom no ho te, na gye krataa fi wɔn nkyɛn brɛ me.
19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
Na Dawid nuanom ne Israel asraafo no wɔ Ela bon no mu a wɔreko atia Filistifo.”
20 And David rose early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
Ade kyee anɔpa no, Dawid gyaw nguan no maa oguanhwɛfo bi na ɔfaa akyɛde no kɔe. Oduu nsraban mu hɔ bere a na asraafo no rekɔ mpasua ahorow no so. Wɔrekɔ no, na wɔreto asafonnwom reteɛteɛ mu.
21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.
Na Israel ne Filistifo no rebɛn a wodi nhwɛanim.
22 And David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran into the army, and came and greeted his brethren.
Dawid gyaw ne nneɛma maa akode sohwɛfo no, yɛɛ ntɛm kɔɔ akono hɔ kokyia ne nuanom.
23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, from the armies of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words: and David heard them.
Bere a Dawid ne wɔn rekasa no, Filistini tenten hoɔdenfo Goliat a ofi Gat, fii Filistifo asraafo no mu teɛteɛɛ mu ahantan so kyerɛɛ Israel asraafo no.
24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were exceedingly afraid.
Bere a Israelfo no huu ɔbarima no, wɔn nyinaa de ehu guan kɔe.
25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that hath come up? surely to defy Israel hath he come: and it shall be, that the man who shall kill him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.
Afei, na Israelfo keka wɔ wɔn mu se, “Woahu ɔbran no? Ɔba bɛkasa tia Israel da biara. Na woate akatua a ɔhene ahyɛ sɛ ɔde bɛma obiara a obetumi akum no no? Ɔhene ahyɛ sɛ ɔde ne babea bɛma no aware, na ne fifo nso, ɔhene remma wontua tow biara a wogye no Israelman mu.”
26 And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
Dawid bisaa mmarima a wogyina ne ho no se, “Dɛn na mobɛyɛ ama ɔbarima a obekum saa Filistini yi, na ɔnam so ayi saa animguase yi afi Israel so? Hena ne saa Filistini bosonsomni yi a ɛsɛ sɛ ogu Onyankopɔn Teasefo asraafo anim ase?”
27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
Wotii asɛm a wɔaka dedaw no mu kyerɛɛ no se, “Nea woate dedaw no yɛ nokware. Ɛno na yɛbɛyɛ ama onipa a obekum ɔbran no.”
28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down here? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mayest see the battle.
Bere a Dawid nuapanyin Eliab tee sɛ ɔne mmarima no rekasa saa no, ne bo fuw no, na obisae se, “Adɛn nti na woaba ha? Na nguan kakra a wɔwɔ sare so no, wode wɔn gyaw hena? Minim sɛnea wogye wo ho di ne sɛnea wo komapirim te. Ɔko yi hwɛ ara nti na wobae.”
29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
Dawid bisae se, “Mayɛ dɛn? Nti, ɛnsɛ sɛ mekasa mpo?”
30 And he turned from him toward another, and spoke after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
Afei, ɔdan ne ho ne afoforo kɔkasae. Ɔde asɛm koro no ara bae, na mmarima no buaa no sɛnea wɔaka dedaw no.
31 And when the words were heard which David spoke, they reported them before Saul: and he sent for him.
Asɛm a Dawid kaa no twaa nnipa bi asom, ma wɔkɔbɔɔ Saulo amanneɛ, enti ɔsoma kɔfrɛɛ no.
32 And David said to Saul, Let no man’s heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
Dawid ka kyerɛɛ Saulo se, “Mma hwee nhaw wo. Mɛkɔ na me ne Filistini yi akɔko.”
33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
Saulo buaa Dawid se, “Worentumi ne saa Filistini yi nko. Woyɛ abarimaa, nanso ɔno de, ɔyɛ ɔkofo fi ne mmofraase.”
34 And David said to Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
Na Dawid ka tii mu se, “Mahwɛ mʼagya nguan ara, na sɛ gyata anaa sisi bi ba sɛ ɔrebɛkyere oguan ba bi afi nguankuw no mu a,
35 And I went after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
mede abaa poriwa di nʼakyi gye aboa no fi nʼanom. Na sɛ aboa no dan nʼani ba me hɔ a, miso nʼabogye, kyere no, de abaa poriwa no bɔ no, kum no.
36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Mayɛ saa akum gyata ne sisi, na saa na mɛyɛ Filistini bosonsomni no nso, efisɛ wagu Onyankopɔn Teasefo asraafo ho fi.
37 David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
Awurade a ogyee me fii gyata ne sisi awerɛw ano no, ɔno ara na obegye me afi Filistini yi nsam.” Saulo penee so kae se, “Eye, kɔ. Awurade nka wo ho.”
38 And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
Afei, Saulo de ɔno ankasa akode maa Dawid. Ɔde kɔbere kyɛw ne akotade kaa ho.
39 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he tried to go; for he had not proved it. And David said to Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off from him.
Dawid hyɛe, de afoa kyekyere taree so, tuu anammɔn bɛyɛ abien, kɔɔ nʼanim hwɛɛ sɛnea ɛte, efisɛ na ɔnhyɛɛ biribi a ɛte saa da. Afei, ɔkae se, “Merentumi mfa eyinom nhyehyɛ me ho nkɔ, efisɛ menhyɛɛ bi saa da.” Enti ɔworɔw ne nyinaa guu hɔ.
40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a bag; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
Ɔfaa kokwabo anum fii asuwa bi mu, de guu ne nguanhwɛfo kotoku mu. Ɔfaa ne nguanhwɛfo pema ne nʼahwimmo nko ara. Afei, osii kwan so sɛ ɔne Goliat rekɔko.
41 And the Philistine advanced and drew near to David; and the man that bore the shield went before him.
Goliat twiw pinii Dawid a ne nkatabokurafo di nʼanim.
42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
Goliat huu Dawid no, obuu no abomfiaa.
43 And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staffs? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
Ɔworoo so kyerɛɛ Dawid se, “Meyɛ ɔkraman na wode pema aba me so?” Na ɔkaa nʼanyame din ntam de domee Dawid.
44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh to the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
Goliat kae se, “Bra mʼanim ha, na mede wo nam bɛma nnomaa ne nkekaboa.”
45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Dawid ka kyerɛɛ Filistini no se, “Wode afoa, peaw ne bɛmma na ɛreba me so, na me de, mede Asafo Awurade, Israel asraafo Nyankopɔn a woagu ne din ho fi no din na mede reba wo so.
46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from thee; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
Nnɛ, Awurade bedi wo so nkonim, na mekum wo, atwa wo ti. Na mede Filistifo asraafo no afunu mama nnomaa ne nkekaboa, na wiase nyinaa behu sɛ, Onyankopɔn bi wɔ Israel!
47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’S, and he will give you into our hands.
Na obiara behu sɛ, Onyankopɔn mfa akode na egye ne nkurɔfo. Ɛyɛ ne ko, na ɛnyɛ yɛn ko. Awurade de wo bɛma yɛn!”
48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew near to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
Goliat yɛɛ sɛ ɔreba Dawid so no, ntɛm ara, na Dawid nso tuu mmirika kohyiaa no.
49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took from there a stone, and slung it with his sling, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
Ɔde ne nsa hyɛɛ nguanhwɛfo kotoku no mu, yii kokwabo baako de hyɛɛ nʼahwimmo no mu tow ma ɛkɔbɔɔ Filistini no moma so. Kokwabo no wuraa Goliat tirim ma obu hwee, maa nʼanim kobutuw fam.
50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
Enti Dawid de ahwimmo ne kokwabo baako dii Filistini ɔkwabran no so.
51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of its sheath, and slew him, and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
Dawid tuu mmirika kɔɔ Filistini no so kɔtwee nʼafoa fii ne boha mu. Dawid de afoa no kum no twaa ne ti. Bere a Filistifo huu sɛ wɔn kwabran no awu no, wɔtetew san wɔn akyi, guanee.
52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, to the entrance of the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to Ekron.
Afei, Israelfo no bɔɔ ose kɛse nkonimdi so, taa Filistifo no ara koduu Gat ne Ekron apon ano. Na Filistifo a wɔawuwu no afunu ne apirafo no gugu ɔkwan so, de fi Saaraim de koduu Gat ne Ekron.
53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their tents.
Afei, Israelfo asraafo san wɔn akyi bɛbɔ wuraa Filistifo nsraban a wɔaguan afi hɔ no mu faa wɔn nneɛma.
54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
Dawid faa Goliat ti de kɔɔ Yerusalem, na ɔkoraa Filistini no akode wɔ ɔno ankasa ne ntamadan mu.
55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
Bere a Saulo huu Dawid sɛ ɔrekɔ Goliat anim no, obisaa Abner a na ɔyɛ nʼakofo sahene se, “Abner, hena ba ne saa aberante yi?” Abner buae se, “Nokware ni, minnim.”
56 And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.
Ɔhene no ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Ɛyɛ a, bisa.”
57 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
Dawid kum Goliat akyi no, Abner de no brɛɛ Saulo a na ɔda so kita Filistini no ti no.
58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
Saulo ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Ka biribi a ɛfa wʼagya ho kyerɛ me, me ba.” Na Dawid buae se, “Ne din de Yisai, na yɛte Betlehem.”
