1 Samuel
23 Pee se ɔ, a de David ke: “Filisti bi ɔmɛ kɛ Keila bi ɔmɛ ngɛ ta hwue, nɛ a ngɛ ní hae ngɛ ngma* fiaami he ɔmɛ.” 2 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, David bi Yehowa ke: “Anɛ e sa nɛ ma ya nɛ ma ya gbe Filisti bi nɛ ɔmɛ lo?” Yehowa de David ke: “Yaa nɛ o ya gbe Filisti bi ɔmɛ, nɛ o kpɔ̃ Keila.” 3 Se David nyumu ɔmɛ de lɛ ke: “Hyɛ! Hiɛ ɔ nɛ wa ngɛ ngɛ Yuda a po wa ngɛ gbeye yee; nɛ wa pa maa ya Keila ya tua Filisti bi ɔmɛ a tabo ɔ!” 4 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, David bi Yehowa juɛmi ekohu. Nɛ Yehowa ha lɛ heto ke: “Tee si; kple kɛ ya Keila, ejakaa ma ngɔ Filisti bi ɔmɛ kɛ wo o dɛ mi.” 5 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, David kɛ e nyumu ɔmɛ ho Keila ya, nɛ e kɛ Filisti bi ɔmɛ ya hwu ta; e nuu a lohwe lɛlɛɛ ɔmɛ, nɛ e gbe nihi babauu pue si, nɛ David kpɔ̃ Keila bi ɔmɛ.
6 Jehanɛ ɔ, benɛ Ahimelek binyumu Abiatar tu fo kɛ ho David ngɔ ya ngɛ Keila a, e hɛɛ efɔd. 7 A de Saul ke: “David ba Keila.” Kɛkɛ nɛ Saul de ke: “Mawu ngɔ lɛ kɛ wo ye dɛ mi,* ejakaa e ya sɛ ma nɛ agbohi kɛ dadehi ngɛ nya a mi kɛ sa lɛ nitsɛ e yi.” 8 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Saul bua ni ɔmɛ tsuo a nya kɛ ha ta konɛ a kple kɛ ya Keila nɛ́ a ya sa David kɛ e nyumu ɔmɛ a yi. 9 Benɛ David ná le kaa Saul ngɛ e he ga toe ɔ, e de osɔfo Abiatar ke: “Ngɔɔ efɔd ɔ kɛ ba hiɛ ɔ.” 10 Kɛkɛ nɛ David de ke: “Oo Yehowa, Israel Mawu, ngɛ anɔkuale mi ɔ, o sɔmɔlɔ ɔ nu kaa Saul to e yi mi kaa e maa ba Keila konɛ e ba kpata ma a hɛ mi ngɛ ye he je. 11 Anɛ Keila ma nikɔtɔma amɛ* ma je mi kɛ wo e dɛ mi lo? Anɛ Saul ma kple kɛ ba kaa bɔ nɛ o sɔmɔlɔ ɔ nu he ɔ lo? Oo Yehowa, Israel Mawu, i kpa mo pɛɛ nɛ o de o sɔmɔlɔ ɔ.” Kɛkɛ nɛ Yehowa de ke: “E ma kple kɛ ba.” 12 David bi lɛ ke: “Anɛ Keila ma nikɔtɔma amɛ ma je i kɛ ye nyumu ɔmɛ kɛ wo Saul dɛ mi lo?” Yehowa ha heto ke: “A ma je nyɛ kɛ wo e dɛ mi.”
13 Amlɔ nɔuu nɛ David kɛ e nyumuhi nɛ́ a yibɔ maa pee 600 te si nɛ a je Keila, nɛ a ya he fɛɛ he nɛ a ma nyɛ maa ya. Benɛ a de Saul ke David tu fo kɛ je Keila a, e ji kpo kɛ ya nyɛɛ e se. 14 David hi nga a nɔ ngɛ hehi nɛ a yami yee ngɛ yoku ɔmɛ a nɔ ngɛ Zif nga a nɔ. Daa nɛ ɔ, Saul ngɛ lɛ hlae, se Yehowa ngɔɛ lɛ kɛ wui e dɛ mi. 15 Benɛ David ngɛ Zif nga a nɔ ngɛ Horesh ɔ, David le kaa* Saul je kpo kɛ ya ngɛ lɛ hlae konɛ e gbe lɛ.*
16 Jehanɛ ɔ, Saul binyumu Yonatan je kpo kɛ ho David ngɔ ya ngɛ Horesh, nɛ e ya ye bua lɛ konɛ e ná he wami* ngɛ Yehowa mi. 17 E de lɛ ke: “Koo ye gbeye, ejakaa ye tsɛ Saul nine be o nɔ sue; o maa ye Israel nɔ matsɛ, nɛ ma pee o se yelɔ; nɛ ye tsɛ Saul hu le enɛ ɔ.” 18 Kɛkɛ nɛ mɛ ni enyɔ ɔmɛ a so somi ko ngɛ Yehowa hɛ mi, nɛ David hi Horesh, nɛ Yonatan ho e we mi ya.
19 Pee se ɔ, Zif nyumu ɔmɛ kuɔ kɛ ho Saul ngɔ ya ngɛ Gibea, nɛ a ya de lɛ ke: “David laa e he ngɛ wa kasa nya ngɛ hehi nɛ a yami yee ngɛ Horesh, ngɛ Hakila kpongu ɔ nɛ ngɛ Yeshimon* woyi je* ɔ nɔ. 20 Oo matsɛ, be fɛɛ be nɛ o* maa suɔ kaa o kple kɛ ba a, moo ba, nɛ wa ma je lɛ kɛ wo matsɛ ɔ dɛ mi.” 21 Kɛkɛ nɛ Saul de ke: “Yehowa nɛ jɔɔ nyɛ, ejakaa nyɛ mi mi sã nyɛ ngɛ ye he. 22 I kpa nyɛ pɛɛ, nyɛɛ ya nɛ nyɛ ya hla he tutuutu nɛ e ngɛ, kɛ nɔ nɛ ya na lɛ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ, ejakaa a de mi ke e hɛ mi tɛ̃ saminya. 23 Nyɛ ya hla mi fitsofitso nɛ nyɛɛ le hehi tsuo nɛ e laa ngɛ ɔ, nɛ ke nyɛ na odase ko ɔ, nyɛ ba de mi. Kɛkɛ ɔ, i kɛ nyɛ maa ya, nɛ ke e ngɛ zugba a nɔ ɔ, ma hla lɛ ngɛ Yuda weku* ɔmɛ tsuo a kpɛti.”
24 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, a sɛ Saul hlami kɛ ho Zif ya be mi nɛ David kɛ e nyumu ɔmɛ ngɛ Maon nga a nɔ ngɛ Araba, ngɛ Yeshimon woyi je. 25 Kɛkɛ nɛ Saul kɛ e nyumu ɔmɛ ba nɛ a ba hla lɛ. Nɛ benɛ a ya bɔ David amaniɛ ɔ, e je amlɔ nɔuu kɛ ho tɛ sa a he ya, nɛ e ya hi Maon nga a nɔ. Benɛ Saul nu enɛ ɔ he ɔ, e fiee David se kɛ ho Maon nga a nɔ ya. 26 Benɛ Saul ba su yoku ɔ kasa kake ɔ, David kɛ e nyumu ɔmɛ hu ngɛ yoku ɔ kasa kake. David ngɛ esɔ yee nɛ́ e je Saul dɛ mi, se Saul kɛ e nyumu ɔmɛ ngɛ David kɛ e nyumu ɔmɛ a he sue konɛ a nu mɛ. 27 Se tsɔlɔ ko ba Saul ngɔ nɛ e ba de lɛ ke: “Moo ba esɔesɔ, ejakaa Filisti bi ɔmɛ ba tua zugba a!” 28 Kɛkɛ nɛ Saul jɔɔ David se fieemi, nɛ e ho konɛ e kɛ Filisti bi ɔmɛ nɛ ya kpe. Lɔ ɔ he je nɛ a wo lejɛ ɔ biɛ ke Mi Gbami Tɛ Sa a nɛ.
29 Kɛkɛ nɛ David je lejɛ ɔ, nɛ e ya hi hehi nɛ a yami yee ɔ ngɛ Engedi.