1 Na dangi xanbi, Dawuda naxa siga Nobo, Yonatan naxa gbilen taa kui. 2 Dawuda to Nobo li, a naxa siga sɛrɛxɛdubɛ Aximeleki xɔnyi. A to Dawuda to, a naxa gaaxu, a fa a maxɔrin, «I keren nan a ra? Mixi yo mu na i fɔxɔ ra?» 3 Dawuda naxa Aximeleki yaabi, a naxɛ, «Mangɛ nan n xɛɛxi, kɔnɔ a a fala n bɛ, a mixi yo naxa a kolon a n xɛɛxi fe naxan ma. N bara a fala n ma sɔɔrie bɛ, e xa n naralan yire nde. 4 Donse nde na na? Taami suuli so n yi ra, xa na mu donse gbɛtɛ.» 5 Sɛrɛxɛdubɛ naxa a yaabi, «Taami yo mu na n yi ra, fo taami sɛniyɛnxi naxan baxi sɛrɛxɛ ra. I xa sɔɔrie nɔma na donde xa a sa li e nun ginɛe mu saxi yire keren yi saxanyi.»

6 Dawuda naxa a fala a bɛ, «Tɔnyi ɲan dɔxɔxi muxu ma ginɛ fe rabafe ma muxu sigama gere sode tɛmui naxɛ. N ma sɔɔrie marasɛniyɛnyi rabama e nɛ sigama dɛdɛ. Yi biyaasi tide to gbo biyaasi gbɛtɛe bɛ, e birin sɛniyɛnxi ki fanyi ra.» 7 Na kui sɛrɛxɛdubɛ naxa sɛrɛxɛ taami so a yi ra, barima taami gbɛtɛ yo mu nu na. Na sɛrɛxɛ taami nu masarama taami nɛɛnɛ ra lɔxɔɛ birin Alatala ya i. 8 Na lɔxɔɛ Sɔlu xa mixi nde nu na mɛnni sali xa fe ra. Edonka nan nu a ra, naxan xili Dowege, naxan findixi Sɔlu xa xuruse kantɛe xunyi ra.

9 Dawuda naxa a fala Aximeleki bɛ, a naxɛ, «Tanbɛ yo mu na i yi ra, xa na mu santidɛgɛma? N to gbataxi mangɛ xa xɛɛraya xa fe ra, n mu faxi n ma santidɛgɛma nun n ma geresose ra.» 10 Sɛrɛxɛdubɛ naxa a yaabi, «Goliyati Filisitaka xa santidɛgɛma na be, i naxan faxa Ela gulunba kui. A mafilinxi dugi nde kui, a saxi sɛrɛxɛdubɛe xa donma xanbi ra. Xa i wama a xɔn, a tongo. Gbɛtɛ mu na be.» Dawuda naxa a fala, «A so n yi ra, a maniyɛ yo mu na.»

11 Na lɔxɔɛ Dawuda naxa keli, a a gi Sɔlu ya ra. A naxa siga Gati mangɛ Akisi xɔnyi. 12 Akisi xa mixie naxa a fala a bɛ, «Isirayila mangɛ Dawuda xa mu yi ki, naxan xa fe falama, ‹Sɔlu bara mixi wulu wulu faxa. Dawuda tan bara mixi wulu wulu dɔxɔ fu faxa›?»

13 Dawuda to na fe mɛ, a naxa gaaxu ki fanyi Gati mangɛ Akisi ya ra. 14 Na kui a naxa a niya ɲama xa a maɲɔxun daxui ra. A naxa daxuɲa raba e tagi, a se korin naadɛ ma, a dɛye nu goro a dɛ xabe ma. 15 Akisi naxa a fala a xa mixie bɛ, a naxɛ, «Wo mu a toxi a findixi daxui nan na yi ki. Wo faxi yi xɛmɛ ra n xɔn ma munfe ra? 16 N hayi na daxui ma n xɔnyi? Yi mixi mɔɔli xa so n ma banxi kui?»

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