1 N a ka korerotia te korero ki a Rawiri, Nana, kei te whawhai nga Pirihitini ki Keira, a e pahua ana i nga patunga witi.

Then they told David, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are robbing the threshing floors.

2 N a reira i ui ai a Rawiri ki a Ihowa, i mea ai, Me haere ranei ahau ki te patu i enei Pirihitini? Na ka mea a Ihowa ki a Rawiri, Haere, patua nga Pirihitini, whakaorangia hoki a Keira.

So David inquired of the Lord, Shall I go and attack these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go, smite the Philistines and save Keilah.

3 N a ka mea nga tangata a Rawiri ki a ia, Nana, e wehi nei tatou i konei i Hura, a tera noa ake ki te haere ki Keira, ki nga taua a nga Pirihitini.

David’s men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more, then, if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

4 K atahi a Rawiri ka ui ano ki a Ihowa; a ka whakahokia mai te korero e Ihowa ki a ia, Whakatika, haere ki raro, ki Keira; kua hoatu hoki nga Pirihitini e ahau ki tou ringa.

Then David inquired of the Lord again. And the Lord answered him, Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.

5 N a haere ana a Rawiri ratou ko ana tangata ki Keira, a whawhai ana ki nga Pirihitini, a aia mai ana e ia a ratou kararehe, patua iho hoki ratou, he nui te parekura. Na whakaorangia ana nga tangata o Keira e Rawiri.

So David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines with a great slaughter and brought away their cattle. So David delivered the people of Keilah.

6 N a i te rerenga o Apiatara tama a Ahimerereke ki a Rawiri ki Keira, i maua mai e ia tetahi epora i tona ringa.

When Abiathar son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, he came with an ephod in his hand.

7 A ka korerotia ki a Haora, kua tae a Rawiri ki Keira, a ka mea a Haora, Kua tukua mai ia e te Atua ki toku ringa; ka tutakina nei hoki ia ki roto, i a ia ka tomo nei ki te pa whai tatau, whai tutaki.

Now it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. Saul said, God has delivered him into my hand, for he is shut in by going into a town that has gates and bars.

8 N a ka karangatia te iwi katoa e Haora ki te whawhai, kia haere ki raro, ki Keira, ki te whakapae i a Rawiri ratou ko ana tangata.

Saul summoned all the men for war, to go to Keilah to besiege David and his men.

9 N a kua mohio a Rawiri e whakatakoto puku ana a Haora i te kino mona; a ka mea ia ki a Apiatara tohunga, Kawea mai te epora.

David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod here.

10 K atahi a Rawiri ka mea, E Ihowa, e te Atua o Iharaira, kua tino rongo tau pononga e mea ana a Haora kia haere mai ki Keira ki te whakangaro i te pa, he mea moku.

Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, Your servant has surely heard that Saul intends to come and destroy the city of Keilah on my account.

11 T era ranei e tukua ahau e nga tangata o Keira ki tona ringa? e haere mai ranei a Haora, e pera ranei me ta tau pononga i rongo ai? E Ihowa, e te Atua o Iharaira, tena ra, whakaaturia mai ki tau pononga. Na ka mea a Ihowa, Ka haere mai ano ia.

Will the men of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O Lord, God of Israel, I beseech You, tell Your servant. And the Lord said, He will come down.

12 A no ra ko Rawiri, Tera ranei nga tangata o Keira e tuku i a matou ko aku tangata ki te ringa o Haora? Na ka mea a Ihowa, Ka tuku ano.

Then David asked, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into Saul’s hand? The Lord said, They will deliver you up.

13 K atahi a Rawiri ka whakatika, ratou ko ana tangata me te mea e ono rau a haere atu ana i Keira; i haere ratou i ta ratou haere noa atu. A ka korerotia ki a Haora kua rere atu a Rawiri i Keira, na kihai ia i haere atu.

Then David and his men, about 600, arose and left Keilah, going wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up going there.

14 N a ka noho a Rawiri ki te koraha, ki nga pourewa, ka noho ki te whenua pukepuke i te koraha o Tiwhi. A rapua ana ia e Haora i nga ra katoa; otiia kihai ia i tukua e te Atua ki tona ringa.

David remained in the wilderness strongholds in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hands.

15 N a kua kite a Rawiri kua puta mai a Haora, e whai ana kia whakamatea ia; i te koraha ano hoki o Tiwhi a Rawiri, i roto i te ngahere.

David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the Wilderness of Ziph in the wood.

16 N a ka whakatika a Honatana tama a Haora, a haere ana ki a Rawiri ki te ngahere, a whakakahangia ana e ia tona ringa i roto i te Atua.

And Jonathan, Saul’s son, rose and went into the wood to David and strengthened his hand in God.

17 I mea hoki ia ki a ia, Kaua e wehi; e kore hoki te ringa o Haora, o toku papa e pono ki a koe; a ko koe ano hei kingi mo Iharaira, ko ahau hoki ki muri i a koe; e mohiotia ana ano tenei e Haora, e toku papa.

He said to him, Fear not; the hand of Saul my father shall not find you. You shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you. Saul my father knows that too.

18 N a whakarite kawenata ana raua i te aroaro o Ihowa: a noho ana a Rawiri i te ngahere, ko Honatana hoki i haere ki tona whare.

And the two of them made a covenant before the Lord. And David remained in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

19 K atahi nga Tiwhi ka haere ki a Haora ki Kipea, ka mea, He teka ianei kei te piri a Rawiri i roto i a matou, i nga pourewa i te ngahere i Maunga Hakira, i te taha ki te tonga o Hehimono?

Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the wood, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of Jeshimon?

20 N a, tena ra, e te kingi, kua hiahia rawa nei hoki tou ngakau ki te haere ki raro; haere ake, a ma matou te tuku i a ia ki te ringa o te kingi.

Now come down, O king, according to all your heart’s desire to come down, and our part shall be to deliver him into the king’s hands.

21 N a ka mea a Haora, Kia manaakitia koutou e Ihowa; mo koutou i aroha ki ahau.

And Saul said, The Lord bless you, for you have compassion on me.

22 N a haere, whakatikaia rawatia, kia mohiotia, kia kitea, tona wahi e haereere ai, i kitea hoki ia e wai ki reira; e korerotia ana hoki ki ahau he tupato rawa ia.

Go, make yet more sure; and know and see where his haunt is and who has seen him there; for I am told he deals very craftily.

23 T irohia iho, kia mohio hoki ki nga piringa katoa e piri ai ia, ka hoki mai ai ki ahau ina tino tika, a ka haere tahi atu tatou. Na ki te mea kei te whenua nei ia, maku ia e rapu atu i roto i nga mano katoa o Hura.

See and take note of all his hiding places and come back to me with the certain facts, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.

24 N a whakatika ana ratou, haere ana ki Tiwhi ki mua i a Haora: i te koraha ia o Maono a Rawiri ratou ko ana tangata, i te mania i te ronga o Hehimono.

So they arose and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah south of Jeshimon.

25 N a ka haere a Haora ratou ko ana tangata ki te rapu i a ia. A ka korerotia ki a Rawiri, na ka haere atu ia ki raro, ki tetahi kamaka, a noho ana i te koraha o Maono. A ka rongo a Haora, na ka whaia e ia a Rawiri i te koraha o Maono.

Saul and his men went to seek him. And David was told; so he went down to the rock in the Wilderness of Maon and stayed. When Saul heard that, he pursued David in the Wilderness of Maon.

26 N a i tenei taha o te maunga a Haora e haere ana, i tera taha hoki o te maunga a Rawiri ratou ko ana tangata: a ka hohoro a Rawiri te haere atu i te wehi a Haora; e karapotia ana hoki a Rawiri ratou ko ana tangata e Haora ratou ko ana tangata, ki a hopukia.

And Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain. And David made haste to get away for fear of Saul, for Saul and his men were surrounding and his men to capture them.

27 O tiia ko te taenga mai o te karere ki a Haora hei mea, Kia hohoro te haere mai; kua huaki mai hoki nga Pirihitini ki te whenua.

But a messenger came to Saul, saying, Make haste and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land.

28 H eoi ka hoki atu a Haora i te whai i a Rawiri, a haere ana ki te whawhai ki nga Pirihitini; na reira i huaina ai te ingoa o tera wahi, ko te Kohatu o nga wehewehenga.

So Saul returned from pursuing David and went against the Philistines. So they called that place the Rock of Escape.

29 N a haere atu ana a Rawiri i reira, a noho ana i nga pourewa i Enekeri.

David went up from there and dwelt in the strongholds of En-gedi.