1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
Ikawa, Daudi na watu wake walipokuwa wamefika Siklagi siku ya tatu, hao Waamaleki walikuwa wameshambulia Negebu, na Siklagi, nao wameupiga Siklagi, na kuuchoma moto;
2 and had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
nao wamewachukua mateka wanawake waliokuwamo wakubwa kwa wadogo; hawakuwaua wo wote, ila wakawachukua, wakaenda zao.
3 So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.
Basi Daudi na watu wake walipoufikilia mji, tazama, ulikuwa umechomwa moto; na wake zao, na watoto wao, waume kwa wake, wamechukuliwa mateka.
4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
Ndipo Daudi na watu waliokuwa pamoja naye wakainua sauti zao na kulia, hata walipokuwa hawana nguvu za kulia tena.
5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
Na hao wake wawili wa Daudi walikuwa wamechukuliwa mateka, Ahinoamu wa Yezreeli, na Abigaili, aliyekuwa mkewe Nabali, wa Karmeli.
6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
Naye Daudi akafadhaika sana; kwa sababu watu walikuwa wakisema kwamba apigwe kwa mawe, kwa maana nafsi za hao watu wote walisononeka, kila mtu kwa ajili ya wanawe na binti zake; lakini Daudi alijitia nguvu katika Bwana, Mungu wake.
7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
Kisha Daudi akamwambia Abiathari, kuhani, mwana wa Ahimeleki, Tafadhali niletee hapa hiyo naivera. Naye Abiathari akamletea Daudi naivera huko.
8 And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them , and without fail recover all .
Daudi akauliza kwa Bwana, akasema, Je! Nikiwafuata jeshi hili, nitawapata? Naye akamjibu, Fuata; kwa kuwa hakika utawapata, nawe hukosi utawapokonya wote.
9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
Basi Daudi akaenda, yeye na wale watu mia sita waliokuwa pamoja naye, nao wakakifikilia kijito Besori, ambapo wale walioachwa nyuma walikaa.
10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
Lakini Daudi akakaza kufuata, yeye na watu mia nne; kwa maana watu mia mbili walikaa nyuma, ambao walitaka kuzimia hata hawakuweza kukivuka hicho kijito Besori.
11 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
Nao wakamkuta Mmisri mavueni, wakamleta kwa Daudi, na kumpa chakula, naye akala; nao wakampa maji ya kunywa;
12 and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
kisha wakampa kipande cha mkate wa tini, na vishada viwili vya zabibu; naye akiisha kula roho yake ikamrudia; kwa maana alikuwa hakula chakula wala kunywa maji, siku tatu mchana na usiku.
13 And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.
Ndipo Daudi akamwuliza, Wewe u mtu wa nani; nawe umetoka wapi? Naye akasema, Mimi ni kijana wa Misri, mtumwa wa Mwamaleki mmoja; bwana wangu aliniacha, kwa sababu tangu siku hizi tatu nalishikwa na ugonjwa.
14 We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
Sisi tulishambulia Negebu ya Wakerethi, na ya milki ya Yuda, na Negebu ya Kalebu; na huo mji wa Siklagi tukauchoma moto.
15 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
Daudi akamwambia, Je! Wewe utaniongoza chini hata nilifikilie jeshi hilo? Naye akasema, Uniapie kwa Mungu, ya kwamba hutaniua, wala kunitia mikononi mwa huyo bwana wangu, nami nitakuongoza chini hata kulifikilia jeshi hilo.
16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
Na hapo alipokuwa amewaongoza chini, tazama, hao walikuwa wametawanyika juu ya nchi yote, wakila na kunywa, na kufanya karamu, kwa sababu ya hizo nyara kubwa walizochukua katika nchi ya Wafilisti, na katika nchi ya Yuda.
17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.
Naye Daudi akawapiga tangu ukungu wa jioni hata jioni ya siku ya pili; hakuna aliyeokoka, ila vijana mia nne waliopanda ngamia na kukimbia.
18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
Daudi akawapokonya wote waliokuwa wamechukuliwa na Waamaleki; naye Daudi akawaokoa wakeze wawili.
19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.
Wala hawakupotewa na kitu, mdogo wala mkubwa, wana wala binti, nyara wala cho chote walichojitwalia hao; Daudi akavirudisha vyote.
20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.
Naye Daudi akatwaa makundi yote ya kondoo na ng'ombe, ambao waliwatanguliza mbele ya wanyama wale wengine, wakasema, Hao ndio nyara za Daudi.
Dividing the Spoil
21 And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
Kisha Daudi aliwafikilia wale watu mia mbili, waliokuwa wametaka kuzimia, hata wasiweze kumfuata Daudi, wale waliowaacha wakae karibu na kijito cha Besori; nao wakatoka nje ili kumlaki Daudi, na kuwalaki hao watu waliokuwa pamoja naye, naye Daudi alipowakaribia hao watu, aliwasalimu.
22 Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.
Ndipo watu waovu wote na wale wasiofaa, miongoni mwa hao waliokwenda pamoja na Daudi, wakasema, Kwa kuwa watu hawa hawakuenda pamoja na sisi, hatutawapa kitu cho chote katika hizo nyara tulizozitwaa tena, isipokuwa kila mtu atapewa mkewe na watoto wake, wawachukue na kwenda zao.
23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.
Ndipo Daudi akasema, La, ndugu zangu, msitende hivyo katika hizo nyara alizotupa Bwana, ambaye ndiye aliyetuhifadhi, akalitia mikononi mwetu lile jeshi lililokuja kinyume chetu.
24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.
Tena ni nani atakayewasikiliza ninyi katika jambo hili? Kwa kuwa kama lilivyo fungu lake yeye ashukaye vitani, ndivyo litakavyokuwa na fungu lake huyo akaaye karibu na vyombo; watagawiwa sawasawa.
25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
Basi ikawa hivyo tangu siku ile na baadaye; akaiweka iwe amri na agizo la Israeli hata leo.
26 And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;
Basi Daudi alipofika Siklagi, aliwapelekea wazee wa Yuda, rafiki zake, sehemu ya nyara, akasema, Angalieni, zawadi yenu katika nyara za adui za Bwana;
27 to them which were in Beth-el, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
yaani, kwa hao wa Betheli, na kwa hao wa Ramoth-Negebu, na kwa hao wa Yatiri;
28 and to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,
na kwa hao wa Aroeri, na kwa hao wa Sifmothi, na kwa hao wa Eshtemoa;
29 and to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,
na kwa hao wa Rakali, na kwa hao wa miji ya Wayerameeli, na kwa hao wa miji ya Wakeni;
30 and to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chor-ashan, and to them which were in Athach,
na kwa hao wa Horma, na kwa hao wa Korashani, na kwa hao wa Athaki;
31 and to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.
na kwa hao wa Hebroni, na kwa hao wa kila mahali alipozoelea Daudi mwenyewe na watu wake.
