1 Samuel 22

Te Patunga o ngā Tohunga

1 Nā, ka haere atu a Rāwiri i reira, ā, rere ana ki te ana o Aturama. Ā, ka rongo ōna tuākana, me te whare katoa o tōna pāpā, nā, ka haere ki reira, ki a ia. 2 I huihui anō ki a ia ngā tāngata katoa e pēhia ana e te aha, e te aha, me ngā tāngata i a rātou nei ētahi taonga tārewa, me ngā tāngata katoa e mamae ana te ngākau. Ā, ko ia hei rangatira mō rātou, tata tonu ki te whā rau ngā tāngata i piri ki a ia.

3 Nā, ka haere atu a Rāwiri i reira ki Mihipa o Moapa, ka mea ki te kīngi o Moapa, "Tukua tōku pāpā me tōku whaea kia haere mai ki a koutou, kia mōhio rā anō ahau ki tā te Atua e mea ai ki ahau." 4 Nā, ka kawea rāua e ia ki te aroaro o te kīngi o Moapa, ā, noho ana rāua ki a ia i ngā rā katoa i noho ai a Rāwiri i te pourewa.

5 Nā, ka mea a Kara poropiti ki a Rāwiri, "Kaua e noho ki te pourewa, whakatika, haere ki te whenua o Hūrā." Nā, ka haere a Rāwiri, ā, noho ana i te nehenehe i Harete.

Ka Patua e Haora ngā Tohunga o Nopo

6 Ā, nō te rongonga o Haora kua kitea a Rāwiri rātou ko ōna hoa, nā, i Kipea a Haora e noho ana, i raro i tētahi rākau, i Rama, me tāna tao i tōna ringa, me te tū āna tāngata katoa i tōna taha. 7 Ka mea a Haora ki āna tāngata e tū ana i tōna taha, "Whakarongo mai ki ahau, e ngā Pineamini; e hōmai rānei e te tama a Hehe he māra ki a koutou katoa, he kāri wāina, e meinga rānei koutou katoa e ia hei rangatira mano, hei rangatira rau. 8 I whakatenetene mai ai koutou ki ahau; ā, kāhore tētahi hei whakaatu ki ahau i te whakaritenga kawenata a tāku tama rāua ko te tama a Hehe. Kāhore tētahi o koutou e pōuri mōku, e whāki rānei ki ahau, nā tāku tama i whakatūtehu tāku tangata ki ahau, kia whanga puku, pēnei me tēnei ināianei?"

9 Kātahi ka oho mai ko Roeke Ēromi, he kaitohutohu nō ngā tāngata a Haora, ka mea, "I kite ahau i te tama a Hehe e haere ana ki Nopo, ki a Ahimereke tama a Ahitupu. 10 Nā, uia ana e tērā he tikanga māna i a Ihowā; i hoatu anō e ia he ō mōna; ko te hoari hoki a Koriata Pirihitini i hoatu anō e ia ki a ia."

11 Kātahi te kīngi ka unga tāngata atu hei karanga i te tohunga, i a Ahimereke tama a Ahitupu rātou ko te whare katoa o tōna pāpā, i ngā tohunga e noho ana i Nopo, ā, ka haere katoa mai rātou ki te kīngi.

12 Nā, ka mea a Haora, "Whakarongo mai, e te tama a Ahitupu."

Ā, ka mea tērā, "Tēnei ahau, e tōku ariki."

13 Anō rā ko Haora ki a ia, "He aha kōrua ko te tama a Hehe i whakatenetene mai ai ki ahau, ā, hoatu ana e koe he taro māna, he hoari, uia ana anō e koe he tikanga māna i te Atua, kia whakatika mai ai ia ki ahau whanga ai; koia anō tēnei ināianei?"

14 Nā, ka utu a Ahimereke ki te kīngi, ka mea, "Ha, ko wai o āu tāngata katoa hei rite mō Rāwiri te pono? Ko te hunaonga hoki ia a te kīngi, e haere ana i tāu ngare, e whakahōnoretia ana hoki i roto i tōu whare? 15 Nō tēnei rā koia i tīmata ai ahau ki te ui mea māna i te Atua? Kāhore rāpea! Kaua tētahi mea e whakairia mai e te kīngi ki tāna pononga, ki tētahi rānei o te whare o tōku pāpā. Kāhore hoki tāu pononga i mōhio ki tētahi aha o tēnei, ahakoa iti, ahakoa rahi."

16 Nā, ka mea te kīngi, "Ko te mate anake mōu, e Ahimereke, mōu, mō te whare katoa anō o tōu pāpā."

17 Nā, ka mea te kīngi ki ngā kaitiaki e tū ana i tōna taha, "Tahuri atu, whakamatea ngā tohunga a Ihowā; he mea ko ō rātou ringa anō kei a Rāwiri; i mōhio hoki rātou e rere ana ia, ā, kīhai i whakaatu mai ki ahau."

Otiia kīhai i pai ngā tāngata a te kīngi kia totoro atu ō rātou ringa, kia rere ki runga ki ngā tohunga a Ihowā.

18 Nā, ka mea te kīngi ki a Roeke, "Tahuri atu, e rere ki runga ki ngā tohunga." Nā, tahuri ana a Roeke Ēromi, ā, rere ana ki runga ki ngā tohunga, ā, e waru tekau mā rima ngā tāngata i patua e ia i taua rā, he hunga kākahu i te epora rīnena. 19 I patua anō hoki e ia a Nopo, te pā o ngā tohunga, ki te mata o te hoari, te tāne, te wāhine, ngā tamariki, ngā mea ngote ū, ngā kau, ngā kāihe, ngā hipi, ki te mata o te hoari.

20 Nā, i mawhiti tētahi o ngā tama a Ahimereke tama a Ahitupu, tōna ingoa ko Apiātara; ā, rere ana ki te whai i a Rāwiri. 21 Ā, nā Apiātara i kōrero ki a Rāwiri tā Haora patunga i ngā tohunga a Ihowā. 22 Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri ki a Apiātara, "I mōhio anō ahau i taua rā i a Roeke Ēromi i konā, ka whakaaturia e ia ki a Haora. Nāku i mate ai ngā tāngata katoa o te whare o tōu pāpā. 23 E noho koe ki ahau, kaua e wehi; ko te tangata hoki e whai ana i te mate mōku, e whai ana i te mate mōu; nā, kei ahau nei koe, ka tiakina koe."

1 David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him. 2 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me. 4 And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold. 5 And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the stronghold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.

6 And Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him: now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk-tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him. 7 And Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, 8 that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that discloseth to me when my son maketh a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or discloseth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? 9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. 10 And he inquired of Jehovah for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king. 12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord. 13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? 14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who among all thy servants is so faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, and is taken into thy council, and is honorable in thy house? 15 Have I to-day begun to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute anything unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for thy servant knoweth nothing of all this, less or more. 16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house. 17 And the king said unto the guard that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of Jehovah; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and did not disclose it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of Jehovah. 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and he slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen and asses and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

20 And one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. 21 And Abiathar told David that Saul had slain Jehovah’s priests. 22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father’s house. 23 Abide thou with me, fear not; for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: for with me thou shalt be in safeguard.