1 ሳሙኤል 29:3
ኣለቃታት ፍልስጥዓማን እንዲ ብሉ፡ ‘እዚኦም እብራውያን ኣብዚ ምንባር ይግበሩ?’ ኣኪሽ ደጊም ለኣለቃታት ፍልስጥዓማን ኣመለሰ፡ ‘እዚ እንተ ሳኦል ንጉስ እስራኤል ኣገልጋሊ ዳዊት ኣይኮነን? እዚ መዓልታት ወይ ዓመታት ምስኣነ እዩ ዝነበረ፤ ከመ መዓልቲ ናተይ ዝመጸ ክሳብ ሎሚ ክፉ ነገር ኣብ እሱ ኣይረኽብኩን።’
ኣለቃታት ፍልስጥዓማን እንዲ ብሉ፡ ‘እዚኦም እብራውያን ኣብዚ ምንባር ይግበሩ?’ ኣኪሽ ደጊም ለኣለቃታት ፍልስጥዓማን ኣመለሰ፡ ‘እዚ እንተ ሳኦል ንጉስ እስራኤል ኣገልጋሊ ዳዊት ኣይኮነን? እዚ መዓልታት ወይ ዓመታት ምስኣነ እዩ ዝነበረ፤ ከመ መዓልቲ ናተይ ዝመጸ ክሳብ ሎሚ ክፉ ነገር ኣብ እሱ ኣይረኽብኩን።’
ከዚያ የፍልስጥኤማውያን አለቆች፣ “እነዚህ ዕብራውያን እዚህ ምን እያደረጉ ናቸው?” አሉ። አኪስም ለአለቆቹ አለ፦ “ይህ የእስራኤል ንጉሥ የሳኦል ባሪያ ዳዊት አይደለምን? እነዚህ ቀናት ወይም ዓመታት ከኔ ጋር ነበረ፤ ወደ እኔ ከመጣበት ቀን ጀምሮ እስከ ዛሬ ድረስ በእርሱ ላይ ምንም ክፉ አላገኘሁበትም።”
ሽዑ እቶም ሹማምቲ ፍልስጥኤማውያን፡ እዞም እብራውያን እዚኣቶም ኣብዚ እንታይ ይገብሩ ኣለው በሉ። ኣኪሽ ድማ ንሸማምቲ ፍልስጥኤማውያን፡ እዝስ እቲ በዘን መዓልትታት ወይ በዘን ዓመታት እዚኤን ምሳይ ዝነበረ ዳዊት፡ ጊልያ ሳኦል ንጉስ እስራኤልዶ ኣይኰነን ካብታ ናባይ እተጸግዓላ መዓልቲ ኽሳዕ ሎሚ ገለ እኳ ኣይረኸብኩሉን፡ በሎም።
The Philistine commanders asked, "What are these Hebrews doing here?" Achish replied to the Philistine commanders, "Isn't this David, the servant of Saul, king of Israel, who has been with me for days or years? I have found no fault in him from the day he defected to me until now."
Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?
Then the princes of the Philistines said, What are these Hebrews doing here? And Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, Is this not David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he defected to me until this day?
Then said the princes of the Philistines, What [do] these Hebrews [here]? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who hath been with me these days, or [rather] these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away [unto me] unto this day?
Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?
The sayde the prynces of the Philistynes: What shal these Hebrues do? Achis saide vnto the: Is not this Dauid ye seruaunt of Saul kynge of Israel, which hath bene with me now yeares and dayes, & I haue founde no euell in him sence the tyme that he fell to me vnto this daye?
Then saide the princes of the Philistims, What doe these Ebrewes here? And Achish said vnto the princes of the Philistims, Is not this Dauid the seruant of Saul the King of Israel, who hath bene with me these dayes, or these yeeres, and I haue found nothing in him, since he dwelt with me vnto this day?
The sayd the princes of the Philistines, what do these Ebrues here? Achis said vnto the princes of the Philistines: Is not this Dauid, the seruaunt of Saul the king of Israel, which hath ben with me these dayes, or these yeres, and I haue found no fault in him, since he fell vnto me, vnto this day?
Then said the princes of the Philistines, What [do] these Hebrews [here]? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, [Is] not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell [unto me] unto this day?
Then said the princes of the Philistines, What [do] these Hebrews [here]? Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, Isn't this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or [rather] these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away [to me] to this day?
And the heads of the Philistines say, `What `are' these Hebrews?' and Achish saith unto the heads of the Philistines, `Is not this David servant of Saul king of Israel, who hath been with me these days or these years, and I have not found in him anything `wrong' from the day of his falling away till this day.'
Then said the princes of the Philistines, What `do' these Hebrews `here'? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who hath been with me these days, or `rather' these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away `unto me' unto this day?
Then said the princes of the Philistines, What [do] these Hebrews [here] ? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who hath been with me these days, or [rather] these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away [unto me] unto this day?
Then the rulers of the Philistines said, What are these Hebrews doing here? And Achish said to the rulers of the Philistines, Is this not David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me for a year or two, and I have never seen any wrong in him from the time when he came to me till now?
Then the princes of the Philistines said, "What about these Hebrews?" Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, "Isn't this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away to this day?"
The leaders of the Philistines asked,“What about these Hebrews?” Achish said to the leaders of the Philistines,“Isn’t this David, the servant of King Saul of Israel, who has been with me for quite some time? I have found no fault with him from the day of his defection until the present time!”
እዚኦም ጥቅሳት ብAI ዝተሓዘ ስምናዊ ተመሳሳሊነት ብመርሓ ኣብ ፍርሓትን ኣብ ኣእምሮን ዝመስሉ ተረኺቡ እዮም። እቶም ውጽኢታት እንተገናእ ዘይመርቱ ግንኙነታት ክኾኑ ይኽእሉ።
4ኣለቃታት ፍልስጥዓማን ተቈጥቈጥዑ ብኣኪሽ፤ እንዲ ብሉለት፡ ‘እዚ ሰብ ንክመለስ ግበር፣ ናብ ቦታ ዝመደብካሉ ምስ ድሕሪኡ ክምለስ ከይንክዲ ከውን፤ ኣብ ጦርነት ምስና ኣይርከብናን፣ እንኳ ኣብ ጦር ተኸላእ ሎና ክህብ ይከኣል። ንመምህሩ ክምረስ ብምንታይ ይግባእዎ? ኣይኮነን ብራእሳት እዚኦም ሰባት?’
5‘እዚ እንተ ዳዊት ኣይኮነን? ብዘፈን እርስ እርሳቶም እንዳበሉ ዝዘፈኑ፡ ሳኦል ሽሕ ገደለ፣ ዳዊት ዓስር ሽሕ ገደለ’?’
6ኣኪሽ ዳዊት ደው ኣለዎ እንተ ነገረው፡ ‘ብእሙን እንተ ሕያው እዩ እግዚኣብሔር፣ ቅኑዕ ነበርካ፤ ምውጻእካን ምግባእካን ምስኣነ ኣብ ሠራዊት ብዓይነይ ጽቡቕ እዩ ተረኸበ። ከመ መዓልቲ ናተይ ዝመጽካ ክሳብ ሎሚ ክፉ ነገር ኣብካ ኣይረኽብኩን፤ ግን ኣለቃታት ኣይሓዙካን።’
7‘ስለዚ ሕጂ ተመለስ እና ብሰላም ኰፍ፣ ኣለቃታት ፍልስጥዓማን ክቆልሱኻ ኣይግባእካን።’
8ዳዊት ለኣኪሽ መለሰ እንተ ነገረው፡ ‘ግን እንታይ ገበርኩ? ክሳብ ሎሚ ምስኣኻ ዝነበርኩ ጊዜ ኣብ እኔ ምንታይ ጉድኣት ረኽበካ እንዳታገንዘብ፣ ስለ ምኽንያት ኣብ ጠላታት ጌታይ ንጉስ ምስ ክንዋጋ ኣይፈቀድኩም?’
9ኣኪሽ መለሰ ለዳዊት እንተ ነገረው፡ ‘እወ፣ ብዓይነይ እንደ መልአኽ እግዚኣብሔር ጽቡቕ ኢካ ዝተረኸበ። ቢሆንም ኣለቃታት ፍልስጥዓማን “ምስና ናብ ጦርነት ኣይውጽእ” ብለው ኣለዉ።’
10‘ስለዚ ንጽባሕ ቀድሞ ተነስካ ምስ ጌታኻ ዝኾኑ ኣገልጋሊ እዞም ምስኻ ዝመጹ፤ ንጽባሕ ቀድሞ እንተ ተነሱኩም ብርሃን እንተ ነበረ ፈሊዩ።’
2ኣለቃታት ፍልስጥዓማን ብመቶታትን ብሽሕታትን ይለፉ ነበሩ፤ ዳዊት ግን ሰባቱ ምስ ኣኪሽ ኣብ ጀርባ ሓይሊ ይለፉ ነበሩ።
1እቲ መዓልቲ ፍልስጥማውያን ሰራዊታቶም ስለ ሰልፍ ንምዝጋሬ ተሰባሰቡ እስራኤል ምስ ይዋጉ። ኣኪሽ ለዳዊት እንተበለ፦ ብርግጽ ዕርግጠኛ ሆን፤ ኣንተን ሰባስካን ምስኣነ ናብ ሰልፍ ትወጽእ ትኽእል ኢኻ።
2ዳዊት ለኣኪሽ እንተበለ፦ እውን ሰራሒ እንታይ ክደርግ እንዳለኒ ትረክብ። ኣኪሽ ለዳዊት እንተበለ፦ ስለዚ ርእሰይ ለዘለዎ ጊዜ መጠባቕ እንዲኹን ኣደርግካ።
10እቲ መዓልቲ ዳዊት ተነሲኡ ካብ ፍርሒ ሳኦል ሸረቀ ኣለዎ፣ ናብ ጋት ንጉስ ኣኪሽ ከይድ ነበረ።
11ኣገልጋልት ኣኪሽ ንሰማዕታ ኣለዉ፦ እዚ ዳዊት ድዩ ንጉስ ናይ ምድሪ? ሰባት ምስ ይዘፍኡ ዝበሉ ‘ሳኦል ሽሕታት ኣታይ፣ ዳዊት ዓሰርተ ሽሕታት’ ኣይተዘፊኡን ነበር?
12ዳዊት እዚ ንግር ኣብ ልቡ ኣኪኖ፣ ካብ ኣኪሽ ንጉስ ጋት እጅግ ፈሪሐ።
17ሳውል ድምጺ ዳዊት ኣረፈሰ እና ኣለ፡ «ድምጺኻ ይኸውን ወዲይ ዳዊት?» ዳዊት መለሰ ኣለ፡ «እወ፣ ድምጺ የኔ እዩ ጌታይ ንጉሥ።»
18ኣሎ ድማ፡ «ስለ እንታይ ጌታይ ንባሪያኡ እንዲሕ ይከተሉ ኣሎ? እንታይ ገበርኩ? ወይ ክፉ ነገር ኣብ እጄ ኣለ?»
2ስለዚ ዳዊት እግዚኣብሔር ሓተተ እንዳ ኣለ፦ ‘ክሕዝ እወ እዞም ፍልስጥኤማን ክንቅስን እንግር?’ እግዚኣብሔር ንዳዊት መለሰዎ፦ ‘ሂው፣ ፍልስጥኤማን ንቅስን፣ ቄይላ ንሕልው.’
3እንዲ ሰባት ዳዊት ንሱ በሉ፦ ‘እዩ ኣብዚ ኣብ ይሁዳ ንፈርስ ኢና፤ ንእሽቶ እንተ ናብ ቄይላ ንመጽእ ላዕለ ሰራዊት ፍልስጥኤማን እንደ ምን ይብዛ ክንፈርስ?’
15ዳዊት ኣመለሰ፣ “ንዚ ጭፍራ ትኸትእኒ ትኽእል ኢኻ?” እሱ ድማ ኣመለሰ፣ “በኣምላክ ተማሕደርልኒ እየ ኣይትቅተለኒን ኣይትስጥኒን ንእጅ ጌታይ፤ እዚ ጭፍራ ኣምጽኦኻ” ኢሉ።
13ዳዊት ኣበለዎ፣ “ማን ዝሕብካ እየ? ከመይ ኢኻ?” እሱ ድማ ኣመለሰ፣ “ኣነ ግብፃዊ ወጣእ እየ፤ ዝቤ ኣማሌቃዊ ነበር። ሶስተ መዓልቲ ብፊት ሕማም ከም ዝተወለደለይ ጌታይ ተወኒ” ኢሉ።
14ኣኪሽ ንኣገልጋላቱ ኣለዎ፦ ሃይ፣ ትርኢኑ እዚ ሰብ ኣእምሮ የለዎ እዩ፤ ስለ ምንታይ ኣመጻኹሙዎ ናብየ?
8ዳዊት ንኣሂመሌክ እንታይ በለ፦ ኣብ እጅኻ ማእድ ወይ ሰይፍ የለ ዶ? ሰይፍናን መሳርሕታታናን ኣይኣመጽናን እዮም፣ እቲ ስራሕ ንጉስ ፈጥነት ይድልድል ነይሩ ስለዚ።
15ዳዊት ኣብነር ኣለዎ፡ «ዝበረታ ሰብ ኣይኮንካን? ኣብ እስራኤል ከምኻ ማን ኣለ? ስለዚ ጌታኻ ንጉስ ስንቱ ስለ ማዕበል ኣይጠቐምካን? ካብ ሕዝቡ ሓደ መጺኡ እዩ ንጉስ ጌታኻ ንምስንካእ።»
3ዳዊት ኣለዎ፣ ካበይ ተመጽእካ? እሱ ኣመለሰ፣ ካብ ሰፈር እስራኤል ሸሽነ ወጻእኩ።