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David Stay Adullam An Mizpeh Side
1 ✡So David get outa Gat town, an go inside one big cave nea Adullam town. Wen his braddahs an all his faddah ohana guys find out wat wen happen, dey go down ova dea by him. 2 All da peopo dat stay bum out, o no can pay wat dey owe somebody, o no stay good inside, dey go by David, an he come dea leada. Get bout four hundred guys wit him!
3 From dea, David go Mizpeh town, Moab side. He tell da Moab king, “Try let my faddah an muddah go by you guys, an stay dea wit you, till I find out wat God goin do fo me.” Da king tell, “Shoots, right on!” 4 So David bring dem by da Moab king, an dey stay wit him, all da time David stay hide ova dea, inside da Adullam cave.
5 But one guy dat talk fo God, name Gad, tell David, “Mo betta you no stay ova hea! Go inside da Judah land!” So David go way, an go inside one place Heret side wea get plenny trees.
Saul Come Mo Pupule
6 One time, King Saul stay sit unda da tamarisk tree on top da Gibeah hill. He get his spear wit him an all his officer guys stan roun him. Somebody tell dat somebody wen find David an his guys. 7 Saul tell da officer guys, “Lissen, aah?! You, Benjamin ohana guys! You guys tink Jesse boy goin give you fields an grape farms?! You guys tink he goin make you da officer guys fo his army, jalike I wen do?! No way! 8 Az why all you guys gang up agains me, aah?! No mo nobody tell me wen my boy make one deal wit Jesse boy! No mo nobody from you guys even kea bout me, o tell me dat my boy wen make my officer guy David stay wait fo jump me, jalike David do today!”
Saul Kill Da Pries Guys Nob Side
9 ✡Get one guy Doeg from Edom stay stan wit Saul officer guys. He tell, “Wen I stay Nob side, I wen see Jesse boy come dea, go by Ahimelek, Ahitub boy. 10 Ahimelek aks Da One In Charge fo tell him wass goin happen wit David. He give David food, an give um da sword too dat Goliat da Filisha guy use.”
11 Den King Saul sen somebody fo tell Ahimelek fo come, an all his faddah ohana guys too. Dey da pries guys Nob side, an dey all come in front da king.
12 Saul tell, “Now lissen, Ahitub boy.”
Ahimelek tell, “Yeah, az me, boss.”
13 Saul aks him, “How come you pries guys all gang up agains me, you an Jesse boy? You give him food, an one sword, an aks God fo show him wass goin happen. So now he make war wit me, an stay wait fo jump me, jalike he make today.”
14 Ahimelek tell da king, “No mo nobody from all yoa officer guys mo solid fo you den David, yoa son-in-law! He da captain fo yoa bodyguard. Erybody inside yoa ohana get plenny respeck fo him. 15 You tink dat day was da firs time, o wat?! dat I wen aks God fo tell me wass goin happen fo David?! No way! You da king, but no way can poin finga me o my faddah ohana guys, cuz I neva know notting bout all dis kine stuff!”
16 But da king tell him, “Fo shua, Ahimelek! You goin mahke! You an all yoa faddah ohana!”
17 Den Saul tell da guys dat guard him: “Go all aroun da pries guys dat work fo Da One In Charge, an kill um! Cuz dey on da same side wit David. Dey know he stay run away from me, but dey neva tell me.”
But da army guys no like do notting fo attack da pries guys dat work fo Da One In Charge.
18 Den da king tell Doeg da Edom guy, “You! Go attack da pries guys!” So Doeg turn an attack dose guys. Dat day, he kill eighty-five guys dat wear da pries kine ves. 19 Doeg go Nob, da town wea da pries guys live, an wit his sword he kill da peopo dat still stay ova dea too. He kill da wahines, da kids, da bebes, da cows, donkeys, sheeps, an goats.
20 But get one a Ahimelek boys an Ahitub grankids, name Abiatar, dat get outa dea an run fo go by David. 21 Wen he get dea, he tell David dat Saul wen kill da pries guys dat work fo Da One In Charge. 22 Den David tell Abiatar: “Dat time, wen Doeg da Edom guy stay dea, I wen know fo shua he goin tell Saul. Cuz a me, Doeg wen trap all da peopo from yoa faddah ohana an he kill um. 23 You, stay wit me. No need come sked. Cuz da same guy dat like kill you, like kill me too. Stay ova hea wit me. Fo shua I goin proteck you an take kea you.”
✡ 22:1 22:1: Songs 57; 142 ✡ 22:9 22:9: 1Sam 21:7-9; Songs 52