1 Samuel 27

1 David said in his heart, "I will now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So I will escape out of his hand." 2 David arose and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath. 3 David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife. 4 Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped looking for him.

5 David said to Achish, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?" 6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day. 7 The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

8 David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land who were of old, on the way to Shur, even to the land of Egypt. 9 David struck the land, and saved no man or woman alive, and took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned, and came to Achish.

10 Achish said, "Against whom have you made a raid today?"

David said, "Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites." 11 David saved neither man nor woman alive to bring them to Gath, saying, "Lest they should tell about us, saying, ‘David did this, and this has been his way all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.’"

12 Achish believed David, saying, "He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he will be my servant forever."

Ko Rāwiri kei Waenganui i ngā Pirihitini

1 Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri i roto i tōna ngākau, "Kātahi ahau ka ngaro i te ringa o Haora a tētahi rā. Kāhore atu he mea pai mōku i te hohoro o tōku mawhiti atu ki te whenua o ngā Pirihitini, kia ngākaukore ai a Haora ki te rapu anō i ahau i ngā rohe katoa o Īharaira; pēnei ka mawhiti atu ahau i roto i tōna ringa."

2 Nā, whakatika ana a Rāwiri, ā, haere ana rātou ko ōna hoa e ono rau ki a Ākihi tama a Maoko, ki te kīngi o Kāta. 3 Nā, ka noho a Rāwiri ki a Ākihi ki Kāta, a ia me āna tāngata, me te whare anō o tēnei, o tēnei, a Rāwiri hoki rātou ko āna wāhine tokorua, ko Ahinoama o Ietereere, ko Apikaira o Karamere, wahine a Nāpara. 4 Ā, ka kōrerotia ki a Haora, kua rere a Rāwiri ki Kāta, nā, mutu ake tāna rapu i a ia.

5 Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri ki a Ākihi, "Ki te mea kua manakohia nei ahau e koe, kia hōmai e rātou tētahi wāhi ki ahau i roto i tētahi o ngā pā i te koraha, hei nohoanga mōku; he aha hoki tāu pononga i noho ai ki a koe i roto i te pā kīngi?"

6 Nā, ka hōmai e Ākihi ki a ia i taua rā a Tikiraka; nā reira ngā kīngi o Hūrā i whiwhi ai ki Tikiraka ā mohoa noa nei. 7 Nā, ko te maha o ngā rā i noho ai a Rāwiri ki te whenua o ngā Pirihitini, kotahi tau, e whā marama.

8 Kātahi a Rāwiri ka haere, rātou ko āna tāngata, ka whakaeke i ngā Kehuri, i ngā Kireti, i ngā Amareki; ko ērā hoki ngā iwi kua noho noa ake ki tērā whenua i tōu haerenga ki Huru ā te whenua o Īhipa atu ana. 9 Nā, patua iho e Rāwiri tērā whenua; kīhai hoki i whakaorangia tētahi tāne, wahine rānei; ā, tangohia ana e ia ngā hipi, ngā kau, ngā kāihe, ngā kāmera, me ngā kākahu, ā, hoki ana, haere ana ki a Ākihi.

10 Nā, ka mea a Ākihi, "Ko hea i whakaekea e koutou i tēnei rā?" Anō rā ko Rāwiri, "Ko te tonga o Hūrā, ko te tonga o ngā Ierameeri, ko te taha anō ki te tonga o ngā Keni. 11 Kīhai hoki i whakaorangia e Rāwiri tētahi tāne, wahine rānei, hei kawe i a rātou ki Kāta;" i mea hoki, "Kei kōrero rātou i tā tātou, kei mea, ‘I pēnei a Rāwiri.’ " Ā, ko tāna hanga anō tēnei i ngā rā katoa i noho ai ia ki te whenua o ngā Pirihitini. 12 Nā, whakapono tonu a Ākihi ki tā Rāwiri, ā, ka mea, "Kua tino mea rawa ia i a ia kia whakariharihangia e tōna iwi, e Īharaira; nā reira hei tangata tūturu ia māku, ake ake."