1 Samuel 26

1 The Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, "Doesn’t David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?" 2 Then Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. 3 Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David stayed in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. 4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly come. 5 Then David arose and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David saw the place where Saul lay, with Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army. Saul lay within the place of the wagons, and the people were encamped around him.

6 Then David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, "Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp?"

Abishai said, "I will go down with you." 7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night; and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay around him. 8 Then Abishai said to David, "God has delivered up your enemy into your hand today. Now therefore please let me strike him with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time."

9 David said to Abishai, "Don’t destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against Yahweh’s anointed, and be guiltless?" 10 David said, "As Yahweh lives, Yahweh will strike him; or his day shall come to die, or he shall go down into battle and perish. 11 Yahweh forbid that I should stretch out my hand against Yahweh’s anointed; but now please take the spear that is at his head and the jar of water, and let’s go."

12 So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul’s head, and they went away. No man saw it, or knew it, nor did any awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from Yahweh had fallen on them. 13 Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mountain far away, a great space being between them; 14 and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, "Don’t you answer, Abner?"

Then Abner answered, "Who are you who calls to the king?"

15 David said to Abner, "Aren’t you a man? Who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not kept watch over your lord the king? For one of the people came in to destroy your lord the king. 16 This thing isn’t good that you have done. As Yahweh lives, you are worthy to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, Yahweh’s anointed. Now see where the king’s spear is, and the jar of water that was at his head."

17 Saul recognized David’s voice, and said, "Is this your voice, my son David?"

David said, "It is my voice, my lord, O king." 18 He said, "Why does my lord pursue his servant? For what have I done? What evil is in my hand? 19 Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is so that Yahweh has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, they are cursed before Yahweh; for they have driven me out today that I shouldn’t cling to Yahweh’s inheritance, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods!’ 20 Now therefore, don’t let my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Yahweh; for the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains."

21 Then Saul said, "I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes today. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly."

22 David answered, "Behold the spear, O king! Let one of the young men come over and get it. 23 Yahweh will give to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; because Yahweh delivered you into my hand today, and I wouldn’t stretch out my hand against Yahweh’s anointed. 24 Behold, as your life was respected today in my eyes, so let my life be respected in Yahweh’s eyes, and let him deliver me out of all oppression."

25 Then Saul said to David, "You are blessed, my son David. You will both do mightily, and will surely prevail."

So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

Ka Tohungia anō e Rāwiri a Haora, he mea Tuarua

1 Nā, ka haere ngā Tiwhi ki a Haora ki Kipea, ka mea, "He teka ianei kei te piri a Rāwiri ki Maunga Hakira, ki te wāhi e anga ana ki Hehimono?"

2 Kātahi a Haora ka whakatika, ā, haere ana ki raro, ki te koraha o Tiwhi, e toru hoki mano āna tāngata, he hunga whiriwhiri i roto i a Īharaira, ki te rapu i a Rāwiri i te koraha o Tiwhi. 3 Ā, i noho a Haora ki Maunga Hakira, ki tērā e anga ana ki Hehimono, ki te huarahi; ko Rāwiri ia i noho ki te koraha; ā, ka kite ia kua tae atu a Haora ki te koraha ki te whai i a ia, 4 nā, tonoa ana ētahi tūtei e Rāwiri, ā, ka mōhio ia he tino tika te haerenga mai o Haora.

5 Nā, ka whakatika a Rāwiri, ā, ka haere ki te wāhi i puni ai a Haora. Nā, ka titiro a Rāwiri ki te takotoranga o Haora rāua ko Āpanēre tama a Nere, ko te rangatira o tāna ope. Nā, kei te takoto a Haora i te parepare, i tētahi taha anō hoki ōna, i tētahi taha, te puninga o te iwi.

6 Nā, ka oho a Rāwiri ki a Ahimereke Hiti rāua ko Āpihai tama a Teruia, ko te teina o Ioapa, ka mea, "Ko wai e haere hei hoa mōku ki raro, ki a Haora ki te puni rā?"

Ka mea a Āpihai, "Ko tāua e haere."

7 Nā, ko te haerenga o Rāwiri rāua ko Āpihai ki te iwi i te pō; nā, kei te takoto tērā a Haora i te parepare me tāna tao pou rawa ki te whenua i te taha o tōna urunga; i tētahi taha ōna, i tētahi taha ko Āpanēre hoki rātou ko te iwi e takoto ana. 8 Kātahi a Āpihai ka mea ki a Rāwiri, "Kua tukua pūtia e te Atua tōu hoariri ināianei ki tōu ringa; nā, kia kotahi tāku werohanga i a ia āianei ki te tao, titi pū ki te whenua; e kore anō e tuaruatia."

9 Anō rā ko Rāwiri ki a Āpihai, "Kaua ia e whakangaromia; ko wai hoki e harakore ki te totoro tōna ringa ki tā Ihowā i whakawahi ai?" 10 I mea anō a Rāwiri, "E ora ana a Ihowā, mā Ihowā ia e patu; tērā e tae mai tōna rā e mate ai; ka uru rānei ia ki te whawhai, ā, ka ngaro. 11 Mā Ihowā e ārai kei totoro tōku ringa ki tā Ihowā i whakawahi ai. Engari, tangohia te tao i tōna urunga, me te ipu wai, ā, kia haere tāua." 12 Heoi, tangohia ana e Rāwiri te tao me te ipu wai i te urunga o Haora; ā, haere ana rāua; kīhai hoki tētahi i kite, kīhai i mōhio, kīhai hoki i oho, i te moe katoa hoki rātou; nā Ihowā hoki i mea kia au tā rātou moe.

13 Kātahi a Rāwiri ka haere ki tērā taha, ā, tū ana i runga i te tihi o tētahi puke i tawhiti; he nui te takiwā atu ki a rātou. 14 Nā, ka karanga a Rāwiri ki te iwi, ki a Āpanēre hoki tama a Nere, ka mea, "E kore rānei koe e ō mai e Āpanēre?"

Kātahi ka whakahokia e Āpanēre, "Ko wai koe e karanga mai nā ki te kīngi?"

15 Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri ki a Āpanēre, "He teka ianei he toa koe, ko wai hoki hei rite mōu i roto i a Īharaira? He aha koe tē tiaki ai i tōu ariki, i te kīngi? I haere atu hoki tētahi o te iwi ki te whakangaro i te kīngi, i tōu ariki. 16 Ehara tēnei i te mea pai i meatia nei e koe. E ora ana a Ihowā, ka tika te mate mō koutou, kīhai hoki i tiaki i tō koutou ariki, i tā Ihowā i whakawahi ai. Nā, tirohia kei hea te tao a te kīngi me te ipu wai i tōna urunga?"

17 Nā, kua mōhio a Haora ki te reo o Rāwiri, ā, ka mea, "Nōu tēnā reo, e tāku tama, e Rāwiri?"

Anō rā ko Rāwiri, "Nōku te reo, e tōku ariki, e te kīngi." 18 I mea anō ia, "Nā te aha tēnei whai a tōku ariki i tāna pononga, i aha hoki ahau? He aha hoki te hē o tōku ringa? 19 Tēnā rā, kia rongo mai tōku ariki te kīngi ki ngā kupu a tāna pononga. Ki te mea nā Ihowā koe i whakaoho kia tahuri mai ki ahau, kia manako mai ia ki te whakahere; tēnā ko tēnei, nā ngā tama a te tangata, kia kangā rātou i te aroaro o Ihowā; mō rātou i pei nei i ahau kei tata ki tō Ihowā wāhi tupu, mō te kī mai, ‘Haere, e mahi ki ngā atua kē.’ 20 Tēnā rā, kaua ōku toto e maringi ki te whenua i tawhiti atu i te aroaro o Ihowā; i haere mai hoki te kīngi o Īharaira ki te rapu i tētahi puruhi, me te mea ko tētahi e whai ana i te pātiri i runga i ngā maunga."

21 Nā, ka mea a Haora, "Kua hara ahau; hoki atu, e tāku tama, e Rāwiri; e kore hoki ahau e mahi i te kino ki a koe ā muri ake nei, nō te mea he taonga nui ki tōu whakaaro tōku wairua ināianei. Nanā, he mahi kūware tāku, nui atu tōku hē."

22 Nā, whakahoki a Rāwiri, ka mea, "Nanā, te tao nei, e te kīngi! Tukua mai nei tētahi o ngā taitamariki kia haere mai ki te tiki. 23 Ā, mā Ihowā e hoatu ki ia tangata, ki ia tangata tōna tika me tōna pono; kua hōmai nei hoki koe e Ihowā i tēnei rā ki tōku ringa, ā, kīhai ahau i pai kia totoro tōku ringa ki tā Ihowā i whakawahi ai. 24 Nanā, kua nui nei tōu ora ki tāku tirohanga atu i tēnei rā, kia pērā anō hoki te nui o tōku ora ki tā Ihowā titiro, ā, kia whakaorangia ahau e ia i ngā mate katoa."

25 Kātahi a Haora ka mea ki a Rāwiri, "Kia manaakitia koe, e tāku tama, e Rāwiri; ka oti rā i a koe ngā mahi nunui, ā, he pono ka puta tōu mana."

Heoi, haere ana a Rāwiri i tōna huarahi; ā, hoki ana a Haora ki tōna wāhi.