1 Samuel 22:1-23
22 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, David je lejɛ ɔ nɛ e tu fo kɛ ho Adulam tɛ puɔ ɔ mi ya. Benɛ e nyɛminyumu ɔmɛ kɛ e tsɛ we ɔ tsuo nu he ɔ, a kple kɛ ya e ngɔ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ.
2 Nɛ nihi nɛ a kɛ haomi ngɛ kpee, kɛ nihi nɛ a hɛɛ hiɔ, kɛ nihi nɛ a pee mɛ nidɔ níhi* tsuo bua a he nya kɛ ba e ngɔ, nɛ e pee a nya dalɔ. Nyumuhi maa pee 400 lɛ a kɛ lɛ ngɛ.
3 Pee se ɔ, David je lejɛ ɔ kɛ ho Mizpa ngɛ Moab ya, nɛ e ya de Moab matsɛ ɔ ke: “I kpa mo pɛɛ nɛ o ha nɛ ye tsɛ kɛ ye nyɛ nɛ a hi o ngɔ kɛ ya si be nɛ ma le nɔ́ nɛ Mawu maa pee ha mi.”
4 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, e si mɛ kɛ ha Moab matsɛ ɔ, nɛ a hi e ngɔ be tsuo nɛ David kɛ hi he piɛ pomi he ɔ.
5 Pee se ɔ, gbalɔ Gad de David ke: “Koo hi he piɛ pomi he ɔ. Jee lejɛ ɔ kɛ ho Yuda zugba a nɔ ya.” Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, David je kɛ ho Heret hue tso ɔ mi ya.
6 Saul nu kaa a na David kɛ nyumuhi nɛ a piɛɛ e he ɔ. Jamɛ a be ɔ, Saul hii si ngɛ tamarisk tso ɔ nɛ ngɛ he nɛ ya hiɔwe ɔ sisi, nɛ e hɛɛ e we akplɔ ɔ ngɛ e dɛ mi, nɛ e sɔmɔli ɔmɛ tsuo daa si kɛ bɔle lɛ.
7 Kɛkɛ nɛ Saul de e sɔmɔli ɔmɛ nɛ a daa si kɛ bɔle lɛ ɔ ke: “I kpa nyɛ pɛɛ nɛ nyɛɛ bu tue, nyɛ Benyamin bi. Anɛ Ishai binyumu ɔ hu ma ha nyɛ tsuo ngmɔhi kɛ wai ngmɔhi lo? Anɛ e maa hla nyɛ tsuo kaa nimli akpehi a nya dali kɛ nimli lafahi a nya dali lo?
8 Nyɛ tsuo nyɛ so kɛ wo ye he! Benɛ imi nitsɛ ye binyumu ɔ kɛ Ishai binyumu ɔ so somi ko ɔ, nyɛ ti nɔ ko nɔ ko ba bɔɛ mi amaniɛ! Nyɛ ti nɔ kake po be nɛ ye sane dɔɔ lɛ nɛ e ma ba de mi kaa imi nitsɛ ye binyumu wo imi nitsɛ ye sɔmɔlɔ he wami konɛ e te si kɛ wo mi nɛ e wo ye he ka kaa bɔ nɛ e ji amlɔ nɛ ɔ.”
9 Kɛkɛ nɛ Doeg, Edom no ɔ nɛ a ngɔ lɛ kɛ da Saul sɔmɔli ɔmɛ a nya ngɛ lejɛ ɔ ha heto ke: “I na Ishai binyumu ɔ nɛ e ba Ahitub binyumu Ahimelek ngɔ ngɛ Nob.
10 Nɛ e bi Yehowa juɛmi ha lɛ, nɛ e ha lɛ niye ní. E ngɔ Goliat, Filisti no ɔ klaate ɔ po kɛ ha lɛ.”
11 Oya nɔuu nɛ matsɛ ɔ tsɔ nɛ a ya ngɔ osɔfo Ahimelek, Ahitub binyumu ɔ kɛ osɔfohi tsuo nɛ a ngɛ e tsɛ we ɔ ngɛ Nob ɔ kɛ ba. Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, mɛ tsuo a ba matsɛ ɔ ngɔ.
12 Jehanɛ ɔ, Saul de ke: “Ahitub binyumu, i kpa mo pɛɛ nɛ o bu tue!” kɛkɛ nɛ e he nɔ ke: “I ngɛ hiɛ ɔ, ye nyɔmtsɛ.”
13 Saul de lɛ ke: “Mɛni he je nɛ o kɛ Ishai binyumu ɔ nyɛ so kɛ wo ye he kɛ gu abolo kɛ klaate nɛ o ha lɛ kɛ Mawu juɛmi nɛ o bi ha lɛ ɔ nɔ ɔ? E te si kɛ wo mi, nɛ e wo ye he ka kaa bɔ nɛ e ji amlɔ nɛ ɔ.”
14 Kɛkɛ nɛ Ahimelek ha matsɛ ɔ heto ke: “O sɔmɔli ɔmɛ tsuo a kpɛti mɛnɔ lɛ a ma nyɛ maa fĩa kɛ fɔ e nɔ* pe David? E ji matsɛ ɔ ngatsɛ, kɛ o he buli a nya dalɔ, nɛ a buɔ lɛ ngɛ o we ɔ mi.
15 Anɛ mwɔnɛ ɔ ji kekleekle be nɛ i bi Mawu juɛmi ha lɛ lo? Kpaoo kaa ma pee nɔ́ nɛ o ngɛ dee nɛ ɔ! Matsɛ ɔ nɛ e ko po sane kɛ fɔ e sɔmɔlɔ ɔ nɔ, kɛ ye tsɛ we ɔ tsuo nɔ, ejakaa o sɔmɔlɔ ɔ li nɔ́ nɛ ɔ he nɔ́ ko nɔ́ ko.”
16 Se matsɛ ɔ de ke: “Ahimelek, o ma gbo kokooko, mo kɛ o tsɛ we ɔ tsuo.”
17 Kɛkɛ nɛ matsɛ ɔ de buli* ɔmɛ nɛ a daa si kɛ bɔle lɛ ɔ ke: “Nyɛ plɛ nɛ nyɛɛ gbe Yehowa we osɔfo ɔmɛ, ejakaa a fĩ David se! A le kaa e ngɛ fo tue, nɛ a ba de we mi!” Se matsɛ ɔ sɔmɔli ɔmɛ sume kaa a ma wo a nine nɔ ngɛ Yehowa we osɔfo ɔmɛ a nɔ nɛ a gbe mɛ.
18 Kɛkɛ nɛ matsɛ ɔ de Doeg ke: “Mo plɛ nɛ o gbe osɔfo ɔmɛ!” Amlɔ nɔuu nɛ Doeg, Edom no ɔ ya nɛ lɛ nitsɛ e ya gbe osɔfo ɔmɛ. Jamɛ a ligbi ɔ, e gbe nyumuhi 85 nɛ́ a wo klala efɔd.
19 Jehanɛ hu ɔ, e kɛ klaate ya kpata Nob, nɛ ji osɔfo ɔmɛ a ma a hɛ mi; e kɛ klaate gbe nyumuhi kɛ yihi tsuo, jokuɛwi kɛ bimwɔwi tsuo, na kuhi, tejihi, kɛ jijɔhi tsuo.
20 Se Ahitub binyumu Ahimelek binyumu ɔmɛ a ti nɔ kake nɛ a tsɛɛ lɛ ke Abiatar a lɛɛ a nine sui e nɔ, nɛ e tu fo kɛ ya nyɛɛ David se.
21 Abiatar de David ke: “Saul gbe Yehowa we osɔfo ɔmɛ.”
22 Kɛkɛ nɛ David de Abiatar ke: “Benɛ i na Doeg, Edom no ɔ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ jamɛ a ligbi ɔ, i le kaa bɔ fɛɛ bɔ nɛ ji ɔ, e ma ya de Saul. Imi lɛ i pee nɛ a gbe nɔ fɛɛ nɔ* ngɛ o tsɛ we ɔ nɛ.
23 Moo hi ye ngɔ. Koo ye gbeye, ejakaa nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ e ngɛ hlae nɛ e gbe mo ɔ,* ngɛ hlae nɛ e gbe mi;* ma po o he piɛ.”
Sisi Ningmahi
^ Aloo “nihi nɛ a klaa hao.”
^ Aloo “yeɔ anɔkuale.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “fo tuli.”
^ Aloo “klaa fɛɛ klaa.”
^ Aloo “o klaa hlae ɔ.”
^ Aloo “ye klaa hlae.”
