1Dawuda yi keli a siga, Yonatan yi xɛtɛ taani.
2Dawuda yi siga Nobi yi saraxarali Aximeleki konni. Aximeleki yi fa xuruxurunɲɛ gaxuni a ralandeni, a naxa, “Nanfera i keden na a ra? Nanfera muxe mi faxi i matideni?”
3Dawuda yi saraxarali Aximeleki yabi, a naxa, “Mangan yamarin fixi n ma nɛn, a naxa, ‘Muxu yo nama feni ito kolon e nun n xɛraan naxan soxi i yii.’ Nanara, n yi a fala n sigati bonne xa, a e xa naralan n na yire gbɛtɛ yi.
4Awa, nanse i yii be? Buru suulun so n yii hanma i nɔɛ naxan gbɛtɛ sɔtɛ.”
5Saraxaraliin yi Dawuda yabi, a naxa, “Buru gbɛtɛ mi n yii, koni buru ralixin be. Anu a mi nɔɛ donɲɛ xa i ya muxune mi e yɛtɛ suxi waxati danguxini ito yi, e mi e maso ɲaxanle ra.”
6Dawuda yi a yabi, a naxa, “Ɔn yati, nxu danxin na a ra ɲaxanle ma alo n darixi a ligɛ kii naxan yi n na siga yɛngɛni. N fɔxɔrabirane yɛngɛ so seene rasariɲanxin na a ra, hali nxu mi Alaa wanla ra. To daxin sariɲan dangu na ra pon!”
7Nayi, saraxaraliin yi buru ralixine so Dawuda yii. Amasɔtɔ gbɛtɛ mi yi na fɔ Buru Rasariɲanxin naxan bata yi fɛriɲɛn Alatala yɛtagi a batu banxini, a yi masara buru nɛnɛn na.
8Na lɔxɔni, Sɔli a yɛxɛɛ kantanne kuntigin naxan yi xili Dowegi Edɔn kaana, na yi na yi Alatalaa wanla ra.
9Dawuda mɔn yi a fala Aximeleki xa, a naxa, “Tanba mi i yii be hanma silanfanna? Bayo mangana xɛrayaan yi mafuraxi han, n mi nɔxi waxati sɔtɛ n yi n ma silanfanna tongo hanma yɛngɛ so se gbɛtɛ.”
10Saraxaraliin yi a yabi, a naxa, “Goliyati a silanfanna be, i Filisiti sofaan naxan faxa Ela lanbanni. A saxi saraxarali domaan xanbi ra, a mafilinxi dugina nde yi. A tongo xa i wama a xɔn, na kedenna nan nxu yii be.” Dawuda yi a yabi, a naxa, “A ɲɔxɔn mi na. A so n yii.”
11Na lɔxɔni, Dawuda yi a gi Sɔli ma. A siga Akisi konni, Gati mangana.
12Koni Akisi a walikɛne yi a fala a xa, e naxa, “Yamanan mangan Dawuda xa mi ito ra ba? Ɲaxanle mi yi sigin sama ito xan xili xunna ba, e yi e bodon? E naxa, ‘Sɔli bata muxu wuli keden faxa, Dawuda tan wuli fu?’ ”
13Dawuda yi falan ne sa a bɔɲɛni, a gaxu gbeen ti Akisi yɛɛ ra Gati mangana.
14A yi a yɛtɛ findi fatɔɔn na e yɛtagi. A yi e taani waxatin naxan yi, a yi fatɔyaan nan maligama, a sɛbɛnle ti dɛɛne ma, a a dɛ igen namini a dɛ xabene yi.
15Akisi yi a fala a walikɛne xa, a naxa, “Ɛ a mato! Xɛmɛni ito xunna mi dɔxi! Nanfera ɛ faxi a ra n fɛma?
16Daxune nan dasaxi n ma ba, ɛ to faxi ito ra n fɛma, a yi n findi a daxuyaan sereyaan na? A mi soma n konni de!”