1 Samuel 29

1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek; and the Israelites encamped by the spring which is in Jezreel. 2 The lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds and by thousands; and David and his men passed on in the rear with Achish.

3 Then the princes of the Philistines said, "What about these Hebrews?"

Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, "Isn’t this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather these years? I have found no fault in him since he fell away until today."

4 But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, "Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where you have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For with what should this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Should it not be with the heads of these men? 5 Isn’t this David, of whom people sang to one another in dances, saying,

‘Saul has slain his thousands,

and David his ten thousands’?"

6 Then Achish called David and said to him, "As Yahweh lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, the lords don’t favor you. 7 Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you not displease the lords of the Philistines."

8 David said to Achish, "But what have I done? What have you found in your servant so long as I have been before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?"

9 Achish answered David, "I know that you are good in my sight, as an angel of God. Notwithstanding, the princes of the Philistines have said, ‘He shall not go up with us to the battle.’ 10 Therefore now rise up early in the morning with the servants of your lord who have come with you; and as soon as you are up early in the morning and have light, depart."

11 So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines; and the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

Ka Whakahoea a Rāwiri e ngā Pirihitini

1 Nā, ka huihuia e ngā Pirihitini ā rātou taua katoa ki Apeke, i te noho hoki a Īharaira ki te puna i Ietereere. 2 Ā, ka haere ngā rangatira o ngā Pirihitini me ō rātou rau, me ō rātou mano, ka haere atu anō a Rāwiri rātou ko āna tāngata, me Ākihi, i te hiku. 3 Kātahi ngā rangatira o ngā Pirihitini ka mea, "He aha tā ēnei Hiperu i konei?"

Anō rā ko Ākihi ki ngā rangatira o ngā Pirihitini, "Ehara ianei tēnei i a Rāwiri, i te tangata a Haora kīngi o Īharaira i noho nei ki ahau i ēnei rā, i ēnei tau rānei, ā, kāhore ahau i kite i tētahi hē ōna, o te rā anō i riro mai ai ia ki ahau ā mohoa noa nei?"

4 Otiia, ka riri ngā rangatira o ngā Pirihitini ki a ia, ā, ka mea ngā rangatira o ngā Pirihitini ki a ia, "Whakahokia tēnei tangata kia hoki ki te wāhi i whakaritea e koe mōna; ā, kaua ia e haere tahi tātou ki te whawhai; kei whawhai ia ki a tātou i te tatauranga; he aha hoki tāna mea hei whakamārie mō tōna rangatira? He teka ianei ko ngā upoko o ēnei tāngata? 5 Ehara ianei tēnei i a Rāwiri i waiata rā rātou tētahi ki tētahi, i ngā kanikani, i mea rā,

‘Nā Haora āna mano i patu,

nā Rāwiri ko āna tekau mano’?"

6 Kātahi a Ākihi ka karanga ki a Rāwiri, ka mea ki a ia, "E ora ana a Ihowā, tika tonu tāu, pai tonu hoki ki tāku titiro tōu haerenga atu me tōu haerenga mai i a tāua nei i te ope. Kāhore nei hoki i mau i ahau tētahi hē ōu, o te rā anō i haere mai ai koe ki ahau ā taea noatia tēnei rā. Otiia ki te titiro a ngā rangatira kāhore ōu pai. 7 Nā, hoki atu āianei, haere hoki i runga i te rangimārie; kei kino tāu mahi ki te titiro a ngā rangatira o ngā Pirihitini."

8 Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri ki a Ākihi, "I aha hoki ahau? Ko te aha hoki a tāu pononga i kitea e koe, o te rā i noho ai ahau ki tōu aroaro ā taea noatia tēnei rā, ka kore ai ahau e haere ki te whawhai ki ngā hoariri o tōku ariki, o te kīngi?"

9 Nā, ka whakahoki a Ākihi, ka mea ki a Rāwiri, "E mōhio ana anō ahau he pai koe ki tāku titiro, rite tonu anō ki te anahera a te Atua. Otiia, ko ngā rangatira o ngā Pirihitini hei kī mai, ‘Kaua tēnei e haere tahi tātou ki te whawhai.’ 10 Heoi, maranga wawe i te ata, me ngā tāngata anō a tōu ariki i haere tahi mai nei koutou, ā, ka maranga wawe koutou i te ata, ka mārama, haere."

11 Heoi, ka maranga wawe a Rāwiri, rātou ko āna tāngata, ā, haere ana i te ata, hoki ana ki te whenua o ngā Pirihitini. Ko ngā Pirihitini ia i haere ki runga, ki Ietereere.