1 Samuel 18:1-30
18 Benɛ David kɛ Saul tu munyu ta pɛ kɛkɛ nɛ Yonatan kɛ David nu huɛ gbagbanii nitsɛ,* nɛ Yonatan ba suɔ lɛ kaa bɔ nɛ e suɔ lɛ nitsɛ e he ɔ.*
2 Kɛ je jamɛ a ligbi ɔ, Saul ha nɛ David hi e ngɔ, nɛ e ha we nɛ e kpale kɛ ho e tsɛ we ɔ ya hu.
3 Nɛ Yonatan kɛ David so somi ko, ejakaa e suɔ lɛ kaa bɔ nɛ e suɔ lɛ nitsɛ e he ɔ.*
4 Yonatan je tade klɔii nɛ kɔni be he nɛ e wo ɔ kɛ piɛɛ e ta hwumi tade ɔ, kɛ e klaate ɔ, kɛ e kɛ̃ɛ̃ ɔ, kɛ e mlɛ mi fimi nɔ́ ɔ he kɛ ha David.
5 David jeɔ kpo kɛ yaa ta, nɛ he fɛɛ he nɛ Saul maa tsɔ lɛ kɛ ya a, e yeɔ manye.* Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, Saul ngɔ lɛ kɛ da nyumuhi nɛ a hwuɔ ta a a nya, nɛ enɛ ɔ sa ni ɔmɛ tsuo, kɛ Saul sɔmɔli ɔmɛ a hɛ mi.
6 Ke David kɛ ni kpa amɛ ya gbe Filisti bi ɔmɛ nɛ a kpale a se kɛ ma a, yi ɔmɛ kɛ la, kɛ domi, kɛ akasawa fiami, kɛ nyami, kɛ kpã etɛ saku fiami jeɔ kpo kɛ jeɔ Israel ma amɛ tsuo a mi, nɛ a kɛ ba kpeɔ Matsɛ Saul.
7 Yi ɔmɛ nɛ a ngɛ nyae ɔ laa ke:
“Saul gbe nihi akpehi,Nɛ David gbe nihi akpe nyɔngmahi.”
8 Saul mi mi fu wawɛɛ, nɛ la nɛ ɔ ngɔɛ e nya, ejakaa e de ke: “A kɛ akpe nyɔngmahi ha David, se imi lɛɛ a kɛ akpehi lɛ ha mi. E piɛ matsɛ yemi ɔ pɛ nɛ a kɛ ma ha lɛ!”
9 Kɛ je jamɛ a ligbi ɔ kɛ yaa a, Saul yi mi tɛ̃ lɛ ngɛ David he hu.
10 E nɔ jena a, mumi yayami ko nɛ je Mawu ngɔ ba Saul nɔ, nɛ e bɔni e ní peemi basabasa* ngɛ we ɔ mi, be mi nɛ David ngɔ saku kɛ ngɛ la fiae kaa bɔ nɛ e peeɔ daa a. Saul hɛɛ akplɔ ngɛ e dɛ mi,
11 nɛ e fɔ akplɔ ɔ, nɛ e de ngɛ e yi mi ke: ‘Ma gbɔ David kɛ wo gbogbo ɔ he!’ Se David je e dɛ si enyɔ.
12 Kɛkɛ nɛ Saul ye David gbeye, ejakaa Yehowa kɛ lɛ ngɛ, se Saul lɛɛ, e je e se.
13 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Saul je David ngɛ e hɛ mi, nɛ e ngɔ lɛ kɛ pee nimli akpe nya dalɔ, nɛ David nyɛɛɔ tabo ɔ hɛ mi kɛ yaa ta.*
14 David ya nɔ nɛ e ye manye* ngɛ níhi tsuo nɛ e pee ɔ mi, nɛ Yehowa kɛ lɛ ngɛ.
15 Benɛ Saul na kaa David ngɛ manye yee wawɛɛ ɔ, e ye lɛ gbeye.
16 Se Israel tsuo kɛ Yuda suɔ David, ejakaa e nyɛɛɔ a hɛ mi ngɛ a ta gbami ɔmɛ a mi.
17 Pee se ɔ, Saul de David ke: “Ye biyo nɔkɔtɔma Merab ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Ma ngɔ lɛ kɛ ha mo kaa o yo. Se e sa nɛ o ya nɔ nɛ o pee kã ha mi, nɛ o hwu Yehowa ta amɛ.” Ejakaa Saul de ngɛ e yi mi ke: ‘E sɛ nɛ ye nine nɛ ta e he. E sa nɛ e gbo ngɛ Filisti bi ɔmɛ a dɛ mi.’
18 Kɛkɛ nɛ David de Saul ke: “Mɛnɔ ji imi, nɛ mɛnɔ ji ye weku li, nɛ ji ye tsɛ weku li ɔmɛ ngɛ Israel nɛ ma ba pee matsɛ ɔ ngatsɛ?”
19 Se benɛ be ba su nɛ a maa ngɔ Saul biyo Merab kɛ ha David ɔ, a ngɔ lɛ kɛ ha Adriel, Mehola no ɔ momo kaa e yo.
20 Jehanɛ ɔ, Saul biyo Mikal suɔ David, nɛ a ya bɔ Saul amaniɛ, nɛ Saul bua jɔ he.
21 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Saul de ke: “Ma ngɔ lɛ kɛ ha lɛ, nɛ ma kɛ tsɔ̃ lɛ klama, konɛ Filisti bi ɔmɛ a nine nɛ su e nɔ.” Nɛ Saul de David si enyɔne ke: “O kɛ mi maa so gba si himi somi* mwɔnɛ ɔ.”
22 Jehanɛ hu ɔ, Saul fã e sɔmɔli ɔmɛ ke: “Nyɛ ya de David zaa ke, ‘Hyɛ! Matsɛ ɔ bua jɔ o he, nɛ e sɔmɔli ɔmɛ tsuo suɔ mo. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, o kɛ matsɛ ɔ nɛ so gba si himi somi.’”
23 Benɛ Saul sɔmɔli ɔmɛ de David ní nɛ ɔmɛ ɔ, David de ke: “Ke nyɛ hyɛ ɔ, imi ohiatsɛ nɛ ye he hia we tsɔ ko nɛ ɔ, ye he nɔ́ ji kaa i kɛ matsɛ ɔ maa so gba si himi somi lo?”
24 Kɛkɛ nɛ Saul sɔmɔli ɔmɛ ya bɔ Saul amaniɛ ke: “Munyuhi nɛ David tu ji nɛ ɔ nɛ.”
25 Kɛkɛ nɛ Saul de ke: “Nɔ́ nɛ nyɛ ya de David ji nɛ ɔ nɛ, ‘Matsɛ ɔ hla we yo he ní tsumi nya* sika ko pe Filisti bi ɔmɛ a mɔmlɔtɔ 100, konɛ a kɛ ye matsɛ ɔ he lue ngɛ e he nyɛli ɔmɛ a nɔ.’” Ejakaa Saul ngɛ ga toe konɛ e kɛ ha nɛ David nɛ gbo ngɛ Filisti bi ɔmɛ a dɛ mi.
26 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, e sɔmɔli ɔmɛ ya bɔ David munyu nɛ ɔmɛ, nɛ David bua jɔ he kaa e kɛ matsɛ ɔ maa so gba si himi somi. Loko be nɛ a to ɔ maa su ɔ,
27 David kɛ e nyumu ɔmɛ ho nɛ a ya gbe Filisti nyumuhi 200, nɛ David ngɔ a mɔmlɔtɔ ɔ yibɔ ɔ tsuo kɛ ba ha matsɛ ɔ konɛ e kɛ matsɛ ɔ nɛ so gba si himi somi. Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, Saul ngɔ e biyo Mikal kɛ ha lɛ kaa e yo.
28 Saul yɔse kaa Yehowa kɛ David ngɛ, nɛ e biyo Mikal hu suɔ David.
29 Enɛ ɔ ha nɛ Saul ye David gbeye po pe kekle ɔ, nɛ Saul ba pee David he nyɛlɔ e wami ligbi nɛ piɛ ɔ tsuo.
30 Filisti ma nikɔtɔma amɛ jeɔ kpo kɛ yaa ta, se be fɛɛ be nɛ a maa je kpo ɔ, David yeɔ manye* wawɛɛ pe Saul sɔmɔli kpa amɛ tsuo; nɛ a woɔ e biɛ ɔ hɛ mi nyami.
Sisi Ningmahi
^ Aloo “Yonatan klaa ba mɛtɛ David klaa he.”
^ Aloo “lɛ nitsɛ e klaa a.”
^ Aloo “lɛ nitsɛ e klaa a.”
^ Aloo “e kɛ juɛmi toɔ nɔ́ he.”
^ Aloo “ngɛ e ní pee kaa gbalɔ.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “nɛ e jeɔ kpo nɛ e baa mi ngɛ ni ɔmɛ a hɛ mi.”
^ Aloo “e kɛ juɛmi toɔ nɔ́ he.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “O ma ba pee ye ngatsɛ.”
^ Aloo “yo he ní peemi.”
^ Aloo “David kɛ e juɛmi toɔ nɔ́ he.”
