1 Samuel
24 Benɛ Saul kpale kɛ je Filisti bi ɔmɛ a se fieemi kɛ ba pɛ ɔ, a de lɛ ke: “Hyɛ! David ngɛ Engedi nga a nɔ.”
2 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, Saul ngɔ nyumuhi 3,000 nɛ́ a hla mɛ kɛ je Israel tsuo, nɛ e kɛ mɛ ho konɛ a ya hla David kɛ e nyumu ɔmɛ ngɛ yoku nɔ apletsihi a tɛ sa amɛ a nɔ. 3 Saul ba su to tsuhi nɛ a kɛ tɛ pee nɛ a ngɛ gbɛjegbɛ ɔ he ɔ a he ngɛ he nɛ tɛ puɔ ko ngɛ ɔ, nɛ e sɛ mi kaa e maa ya niase* be mi nɛ David kɛ e nyumu ɔmɛ hu hii si ngɛ tɛ puɔ ɔ mi ngɛ se blɔ tsitsaa. 4 David nyumu ɔmɛ de lɛ ke: “Mwɔnɛ ɔ ji ligbi nɛ Yehowa ngɛ mo dee ke, ‘Hyɛ! I kɛ o he nyɛlɔ ɔ ngɛ o dɛ mi woe, nɛ o ma nyɛ maa pee lɛ nɔ́ fɛɛ nɔ́ nɛ hi ngɛ o hɛ mi.’” Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, David te si nɛ e ya po Saul tade klɔii nɛ kɔni be he ɔ nya nigii. 5 Se pee se ɔ, David he nile* ya nɔ nɛ e bu lɛ fɔ akɛnɛ e po Saul tade klɔii nɛ kɔni be he ɔ nya a he je. 6 E de e nyumu ɔmɛ ke: “Kpaoo, ngɛ Yehowa hɛ mi ɔ, e sɛ nɛ ma pee ye nyɔmtsɛ ɔ, nɔ nɛ Yehowa pɔ lɛ nu ɔ nɔ́ ko kaa kikɛ, kaa ma wo ye nine nɔ ngɛ e nɔ, ejakaa e ji nɔ nɛ Yehowa pɔ lɛ nu.” 7 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, David kɛ munyu nɛ ɔmɛ tsi e nyumu ɔmɛ a nya,* nɛ e ngmɛ́ mɛ blɔ nɛ a ya tua Saul. Saul lɛɛ e te si kɛ je tɛ puɔ ɔ mi, nɛ e ma e blɔ nɔ.
8 Kɛkɛ nɛ David te si nɛ e je kpo ngɛ tɛ puɔ ɔ mi nɛ e kpa ngmlaa ngɛ Saul se ke: “Ye nyɔmtsɛ matsɛ!” Benɛ Saul hyɛ e se ɔ, David kplã si, nɛ e ngɔ e hɛ mi kɛ bu zugba, nɛ e je bumi kpo ha lɛ. 9 David de Saul ke: “Mɛni he je nɛ o buɔ adesahi nɛ a deɔ ke, ‘Hyɛ! David ngɛ hlae nɛ e ye mo awi’ ɔ tue ɔ? 10 Mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ, mo nitsɛ o hɛngmɛ na bɔ nɛ Yehowa ngɔ mo kɛ wo ye dɛ mi ngɛ tɛ puɔ ɔ mi ha. Se benɛ nɔ ko de ke a gbe mo ɔ, o he pee mi mɔbɔ nɛ i de ke, ‘I be ye nine nɔ woe ngɛ ye nyɔmtsɛ ɔ nɔ, ejakaa e ji nɔ nɛ Yehowa pɔ lɛ nu.’ 11 Nɛ ye tsɛ, hyɛ, ee, moo hyɛ o tade klɔii nɛ kɔni be he ɔ nya ngɛ ye dɛ mi; benɛ i po o tade klɔii nɛ kɔni be he ɔ nya a, i gbi mo. Piɔ lɛɛ tse o na, nɛ o nu sisi kaa i tui ye yi mi kaa ma ye mo awi, aloo ma tsɔ atuã, nɛ i pee we mo yayami ko, se moo lɛɛ o ngɛ mi dae nɛ o gbe mi.* 12 Yehowa nɛ kojo i kɛ mo wa kpɛti, nɛ Yehowa nɛ ye ye he lue ngɛ o nɔ, se i be ye nine nɔ woe ngɛ o nɔ. 13 Kaa bɔ nɛ blema abɛ ko de ɔ, ‘Yayami peeli a dɛ mi nɛ yayami jeɔ kɛ baa,’ se i be ye nine nɔ woe ngɛ o nɔ. 14 Mɛnɔ se nɛ Israel matsɛ ɔ je kpo kɛ ya ngɛ nyɛɛe ɔ? Mɛnɔ se o ngɛ fiee ɔ? Gbe gbogboe ko lo? Malɛɛ kake ngmelu lo? 15 Yehowa nɛ pee kojolɔ. E maa kojo i kɛ mo wa kpɛti, nɛ e maa na, nɛ e maa ye ye sane ha mi, nɛ e maa kojo mi, nɛ e ma kpɔ̃ mi kɛ je o dɛ mi.”
16 Benɛ David tu munyu nɛ ɔmɛ kɛ tsɔɔ lɛ ta pɛ ɔ, Saul de ke: “Ye binyumu David, o gbi ji nɛ ɔ lo?” Kɛkɛ nɛ Saul bɔni ya fomi boboobo. 17 E de David ke: “O da pe mi, ejakaa o kɛ mi hi si saminya, se imi lɛɛ, i ngɔ yayami kɛ wo mo hiɔ. 18 Ee, mwɔnɛ ɔ, o de mi kpakpa nɛ o pee kaa o gbi mi be mi nɛ Yehowa je mi kɛ wo o dɛ mi ɔ. 19 Ejakaa mɛnɔ lɛ e maa na e he nyɛlɔ nɛ e ma ha nɛ e je slɔkee? Yehowa maa ngɔ kpakpa kɛ wo mo hiɔ ngɛ nɔ́ nɛ o pee ha mi mwɔnɛ ɔ he je. 20 Jehanɛ ɔ, hyɛ! I le kaa bɔ fɛɛ bɔ nɛ ji ɔ, o maa ye matsɛ, nɛ Israel matsɛ yemi ɔ maa da si ngɛ o dɛ mi. 21 Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, ngɔɔ Yehowa kɛ kã mi kita kaa o be ye sisi bimɛ* nɛ a maa ba ngɛ ye se ɔ hɛ mi kpatae, nɛ o be hae nɛ ye biɛ nɛ laa ngɛ ye tsɛ we ɔ.” 22 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, David kã Saul kita, nɛ lɔ ɔ se ɔ, Saul je kɛ ho we mi ya. Se David kɛ e nyumu ɔmɛ kuɔ kɛ ho he piɛ pomi he ɔ ya.