David and His Men
1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
Basi hao Wafilisti wakakusanya majeshi yao yote huko Afeki; nao Waisraeli wakafanya kambi karibu na chemchemi iliyoko Yezreeli.
2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.
Nao mashehe wa Wafilisti wakapita mbele, mia kwa mia, na elfu kwa elfu; naye Daudi na watu wake wakapita wa mwisho pamoja na Akishi.
3 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?
Ndipo wakuu wa Wafilisti wakasema, Waebrania hawa wafanyani hapa? Naye Akishi akawaambia wakuu wa Wafilisti, Je! Siye huyu Daudi, yule mtumishi wa Sauli, mfalme wa Israeli, ambaye amefuatana na mimi siku hizi, naam, miaka hii, wala mimi nisione hatia kwake, tangu hapo aliponiangukia mimi hata leo?
4 And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?
Lakini wakuu wa Wafilisti wakamkasirikia; nao wakuu wa Wafilisti wakamwambia, Mrudishe huyu, apate kurejea mahali pake ulipomwagiza, wala asiende pamoja nasi vitani, asije akawa adui wetu vitani; kwani mtu huyu angejipatanisha na bwana wake kwa njia gani? Je! Si kwa vichwa vya watu hawa?
5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying,
Saul slew his thousands,
And David his ten thousands?
Je! Siye huyo Daudi, ambaye waliimbiana habari zake katika michezo, wakisema, Sauli amewaua elfu zake, Na Daudi makumi elfu yake?
6 Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.
Ndipo Akishi akamwita Daudi, akamwambia, Aishivyo Bwana, wewe umekuwa mwenye adili, tena kutoka kwako na kuingia kwako pamoja nami katika jeshi ni kwema machoni pangu; kwa sababu mimi sikuona uovu ndani yako tangu siku ile uliponijia hata leo; walakini hao wakuu hawakuridhii.
7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
Basi sasa urudi, uende zako kwa amani, ili usiwachukize hao mashehe wa Wafilisti.
8 And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
Naye Daudi akamwambia Akishi, Lakini mimi nimefanyaje? Nawe umeona nini kwangu mimi mtumwa wako, muda wote niliokaa mbele yako hata leo, nisipate ruhusa niende na kupigana na adui za bwana wangu mfalme?
9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
Akishi akajibu, akamwambia Daudi, Mimi najua ya kuwa u mwema machoni pangu, kama malaika wa Mungu; ila hao wakuu wa Wafilisti wamesema, Huyu hatakwea pamoja nasi kwenda vitani.
10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.
Kwa hiyo sasa amka asubuhi na mapema, wewe na watumwa wa bwana wako waliokuja pamoja nawe; nanyi mtakapoamka asubuhi na mapema, na kupata mwanga, nendeni zenu.
11 So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
Basi Daudi akaamka asubuhi na mapema, yeye na watu wake, kwenda zao asubuhi, kuirudia nchi ya Wafilisti. Nao Wafilisti wakakwea kwenda Yezreeli.
