26 Akyiri yi, Sif+ mmarima baa Saul nkyɛn wɔ Gibea+ bɛkae sɛ: “Dawid abehintaw wɔ Hakila bepɔw a ɛne Yesimon* di nhwɛanim no so.”+2 Ɛnna Saul ne Israel asraafo 3,000 a wɔapaw wɔn siim kɔɔ Sif sare so. Wɔkɔe sɛ wɔrekɔhwehwɛ Dawid wɔ Sif sare so.+3 Saul soɛɛ kwankyɛn wɔ Hakila bepɔw a ɛne Yesimon di nhwɛanim no so. Saa bere no, na Dawid te sare no so, na ɔtee sɛ Saul aba sare no so rebɛhwehwɛ no.4 Enti Dawid somaa nkurɔfo sɛ wɔnyɛ kodɛɛ nkɔhwɛ sɛ Saul aba hɔ ampa anaa.5 Akyiri yi, Dawid kɔɔ baabi a Saul akɔsoɛ no. Ná Saul ne Ner ba Abner+ a ɔyɛ ne sahene no ada, na Dawid kohuu baabi a wɔda; baabi a na Saul da no, na n’asraafo no atwa ne ho ahyia.6 Ɛnna Dawid bisaa Hitini+ Ahimelek ne Seruia+ ba Abisai+ a ɔyɛ Yoab nua no sɛ: “Hena na ɔne me bɛkɔ Saul nkyɛn wɔ asoɛe hɔ?” Abisai kae sɛ: “Me ne wo bɛkɔ.”7 Enti Dawid ne Abisai kɔɔ asraafo no mu anadwo, na wɔkɔtoo sɛ Saul ada wɔ asoɛe hɔ, na ne peaw si fam wɔ n’atifi. Ná Abner ne asraafo a wɔatwa ne ho ahyia no nyinaa adeda.8 Ɛnna Abisai ka kyerɛɛ Dawid sɛ: “Onyankopɔn de wo tamfo ahyɛ wo nsa nnɛ.+ Enti mesrɛ wo, ma memfa peaw nwɔ no baako pɛ nsi fam, meremfa nwɔ no mprenu.”9 Nanso Dawid ka kyerɛɛ Abisai sɛ: “Nyɛ no bɔne. Hena na obetumi de ne nsa aka nea Yehowa asra no+ afa ne ho adi?”+10 Dawid toaa so kae sɛ: “Sɛ́ Yehowa te ase yi, Yehowa ankasa bekum no;+ anyɛ saa nso a, ne bere bɛso+ ama wawu, anaa ɔbɛkɔ ɔko ama wɔakum no.+11 Ɛmpare me sɛ mɛhwɛ Yehowa anim ateɛ me nsa ayɛ nea Yehowa asra no bɔne!+ Enti mesrɛ wo, fa peaw a ɛwɔ n’atifi no ne nsu toa no ma yɛnkɔ.”12 Ɛnna Dawid faa peaw ne nsu toa no fii Saul atifi, na wosii kwan so kɔe. Obiara anhu wɔn,+ na obiara nso ante wɔn nka, na obiara annyan efisɛ na wɔn nyinaa adeda; Yehowa na ɔma wɔdaa hatee.13 Afei Dawid twaam kɔɔ ɔfã noho kogyinaa akyirikyiri wɔ bepɔw no so; ná ɔne wɔn ntam twe.14 Ɛnna Dawid teɛɛm frɛɛ asraafo no ne Ner ba Abner+ sɛ: “Abner, enti merefrɛ yi wonte?” Abner buae sɛ: “Ɛyɛ wo hena na worefrɛ ɔhene yi?”15 Dawid ka kyerɛɛ Abner sɛ: “Wonyɛ ɔbarima anaa? Hena na ɔte sɛ wo wɔ Israel? Ɛnde adɛn na woantumi anwɛn wo wura ɔhene? Asraafo no mu baako baa hɔ sɛ anka ɔrebekum wo wura ɔhene.+16 Moanyɛ ade koraa. Sɛ́ Yehowa te ase yi, mofata owu, efisɛ moantumi anwɛn mo wura a Yehowa asra no no.+ Afei monto mo ani nhwɛ! Ɔhene peaw ne ne nsu toa+ a na esi n’atifi no, ɛhe na ɛwɔ?”17 Ɛnna Saul hui sɛ ɛyɛ Dawid nne, na obisae sɛ: “Me ba Dawid, wo nne na mete yi anaa?”+ Dawid buae sɛ: “Me wura ɔhene, me nne na wote yi.”18 Ɔtoaa so kae sɛ: “Adɛn nti na me wura retaataa n’akoa yi?+ Dɛn na mayɛ, na me bɔne ne dɛn?+19 Enti afei, mesrɛ wo, me wura ɔhene, tie w’akoa asɛm a mereka yi: Sɛ Yehowa na ɔrepiapia wo tia me a, ma onnye* me nsam aduan afɔre. Na sɛ ɛyɛ nnipa nso na wɔrepiapia wo a,+ ɛnde wɔadome wɔn wɔ Yehowa anim, efisɛ nnɛ wɔapam me sɛ wɔremma minnya kyɛfa biara wɔ Yehowa agyapade mu,+ na wose, ‘Kɔ, kɔsom anyame foforo!’20 Na afei mma me mogya nnhwie nngu baabi a ɛnyɛ Yehowa anim, efisɛ sommɔre baako pɛ+ na Israel hene afi adi rehwehwɛ me sɛnea ɔrepam akokɔhwerew wɔ mmepɔw so.”21 Ɛnna Saul kae sɛ: “Mayɛ bɔne.+ Me ba Dawid, san bra na merenyɛ wo bɔne bio, efisɛ woama me nkwa* asom bo ama wo+ nnɛ. Hwɛ! madi nkwaseasɛm, na madi mfomso kɛse.”22 Dawid kae sɛ: “Ɔhene peaw no ni, ma mmerante no baako mmra mmegye.23 Yehowa na obetua obiara ka sɛnea onii no trenee ne ne nokwaredi te,+ efisɛ ɛnnɛ Yehowa de wo hyɛɛ me nsa, nanso mamfa me nsa anka nea Yehowa asra no.+24 Hwɛ! Sɛnea ɛnnɛ wo nkwa* asom bo wɔ m’ani so no, saa ara na ma me nkwa* nsom bo wɔ Yehowa ani so, na onnye me mfi ahohia nyinaa mu.”+25 Saul ka kyerɛɛ Dawid sɛ: “Nhyira nka wo, me ba Dawid. Nea ɛte biara wobɛyɛ nnwuma akɛse, na ɔkwan biara so wubedi nkonim.”+ Ɛnna Dawid siim kɔɔ ne kwan, na Saul nso san kɔɔ baabi a ofi bae.+
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