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Y-Đawit Dôk Mbĭt Hŏng Phung Philistin
1Y-Đawit lač hlăm ai tiê ñu, “Sa hruê kâo srăng rai tuč hŏng kngan Y-Sôl. Amâo mâo klei jăk hĭn kơ kâo ôh knŏng tơdah kâo đuĕ dăp hlăm čar phung Philistin. Snăn Y-Sôl srăng êdu ai duah kâo hlăm čar Israel, leh anăn kâo srăng tlaih mơ̆ng kngan ñu.”
2Y-Đawit kgŭ găn nao leh anăn năm êtuh čô kahan dôk mbĭt hŏng ñu kơ Y-Akis anak êkei Y-Maôk, mtao ƀuôn Gat.
3Y-Đawit dôk mbĭt hŏng Y-Akis ti ƀuôn Gat, ñu leh anăn phung kahan ñu, grăp čô êkei wăt mô̆ anak gơ̆, Y-Đawit wăt dua čô mô̆ ñu, H'Ahinôam mơ̆ng ƀuôn Jesrêel leh anăn H'Abigêl mơ̆ng čư̆ Karmel, mô̆ ayang Y-Nabal.
4Tơdah arăng hưn leh kơ Y-Sôl klei Y-Đawit đuĕ leh kơ ƀuôn Gat ñu amâo lŏ duah gơ̆ ôh.
5Y-Đawit lač kơ Y-Akis, “Tơdah kâo mâo leh klei pap ti anăp ală ih, brei kơ kâo sa bĭt anôk hlăm sa boh ƀuôn điêt hlăm čar, čiăng kơ kâo dưi dôk tinăn. Kyuadah si dĭng buăl ih srăng dôk hlăm ƀuôn mtao mbĭt hŏng ih?”
6Snăn hruê anăn Y-Akis brei kơ ñu ƀuôn Siklak. Kyuanăn ƀuôn Siklak jing dŏ phung mtao Yuđa truh kơ hruê anei.
7Ênuk Y-Đawit dôk hlăm čar phung Philistin mâo sa thŭn leh anăn pă mlan.
8Y-Đawit leh anăn phung kahan ñu đĭ nao ngă kơ phung Gêsurit, phung Girsit, leh anăn phung Amalek; kyuadah phung anăn dôk hlăm čar mơ̆ng sui leh, dơ̆ng mơ̆ng kdrăn tač Sur truh ti čar Êjip.
9Y-Đawit bi rai jih čar anăn, leh anăn amâo lui hdĭp ôh êkei wăt mniê, ƀiădah ñu mă ba biăp, êmô, aseh dliê, aseh samô, leh anăn čhiăm ao, lŏ nao kơ Y-Akis.
10Tơdah Y-Akis êmuh, “Kơ hlei phung ih ngă leh hruê anei?” Y-Đawit lač, “Hmei ngă kơ čar dhŭng hlăm čar Yuđa,” amâodah “Kơ čar dhŭng phung Jêrahmêlit,” amâodah “Kơ čar dhŭng phung Kênit.”
11Leh anăn Y-Đawit amâo lui hdĭp ôh êkei wăt mniê dưi hưn kơ ƀuôn Gat, kyuadah ñu mĭn, “Huĭdah digơ̆ yăl dliê klei drei ngă leh anăn lač, ‘Msĕ snăn Y-Đawit ngă leh.’ ” Msĕ snăn yơh klei ñu khăng ngă êjai ñu dôk hlăm čar Philistin.
12Y-Akis knang kơ Y-Đawit êjai mĭn, “Ñu mjing ñu pô mnơ̆ng phung ƀuôn sang ñu Israel bi êmut snăk. Kyuanăn ñu srăng jing dĭng buăl kâo nanao.”
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David Among the Philistines
1But David thought to himself, “One of these days I will be destroyed by the hand of Saul. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me anywhere in Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
2So David and the six hundred men with him left and went over to Achish son of Maok king of Gath.
3David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.
4When Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
5Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let a place be assigned to me in one of the country towns, that I may live there. Why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
6So on that day Achish gave him Ziklag, and it has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since.
7David lived in Philistine territory a year and four months.
8Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these peoples had lived in the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
9Whenever David attacked an area, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but took sheep and cattle, donkeys and camels, and clothes. Then he returned to Achish.
10When Achish asked, “Where did you go raiding today?” David would say, “Against the Negev of Judah” or “Against the Negev of Jerahmeel” or “Against the Negev of the Kenites.”
11He did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he thought, “They might inform on us and say, ‘This is what David did.’ ” And such was his practice as long as he lived in Philistine territory.
12Achish trusted David and said to himself, “He has become so obnoxious to his people, the Israelites, that he will be my servant for life.”