1 Samuel 22

22 ¹David commot for there escape go di cave of Adullam; im brothers and all im papa house-people hear am, dem come down go meet am for there. ²Everybody wey dey for trouble, everybody wey owe debt, and everybody wey im belle sour gada come meet am; e become dem oga—like 400 men. ³From there David waka go Mizpeh for Moab come beg im king say, "Abeg make my papa and my mama come stay wit you sotay I go sabi wetin our Papa go do for me." ⁴E leave dem wit di king of Moab; dem stay wit am for di whole time wey David dey inside di strong place. ⁵Gad di prophet tell David say, "No stay for di strong place; commot, go enter di land of Judah." So David commot go Hereth Forest.

Saul Kill di Priests of our Papa

⁶Saul hear say dem don see David and im men. E dey sit down for Gibeah under di tamarisk tree wey dey for di high place, spear dey im hand, and all im servants dey stand round am. ⁷Saul tell im servants wey dey wait am say, "Una hear, una Benjaminite people! Abi Jesse im pikin go give all of una field and vineyard? Abi e go make all of una oga of thousand-thousand and oga of hundred-hundred, ⁸wey all of una come join hand plan bad against me? Nobody tell me say my own pikin cut Covenant wit Jesse im pikin. Nobody among una sorry for me abi tell me say my pikin don turn my servant against me make e hide wait to catch me, as e dey do today."

⁹Doeg di Edomite, wey dey stand wit Saul im servants, talk say, "I see Jesse im pikin wey come Nob, come meet Ahimelech pikin of Ahitub. ¹⁰Ahimelech ask Oga question for am, come give am food and di sword of Goliath di Philistine."

¹¹Di king call di priest Ahimelech pikin of Ahitub, and im papa whole family, di priests wey dey for Nob, and dem all come meet di king. ¹²Saul talk say, "Hear me now, pikin of Ahitub." E answer say, "I dey here, my oga."

¹³Saul ask am say, "Why you and Jesse im pikin come join hand plan bad against me? You give am bread and sword, you ask God question for am, so e go rise against me come hide wait, as e dey do today."

¹⁴Ahimelech answer di king say, "Who among all your servant dey faithful reach David, di king in-law, di oga of your guard, and person wey get honour for your house? ¹⁵Abi na today I start to dey ask our Papa question for am? E no go ever happen! Make di king no put anytin for im servant head—or for my papa whole house—because your servant no sabi anytin about all dis matter, whether small abi big."

¹⁶But di king talk say, "Ahimelech, you go surely die, you and all your papa house-people." ¹⁷Di king tell di guards wey dey stand near am say, "Turn, kill di priests of our Papa, because dem hand sef dey wit David; dem know say e dey run, but dem no tell me." But di king servants no gree raise hand against di priests of our Papa.

¹⁸Di king tell Doeg say, "You turn, strike di priests down." Doeg di Edomite turn strike dem down, e kill eighty-five men wey wear linen ephod for dat day.

¹⁹E strike Nob, di city of di priests, wit sword—men, women, pikin, small-small baby, cow, donkey, sheep—all of dem e finish wit sword. ²⁰But one pikin of Ahimelech pikin of Ahitub, wey dem dey call Abiathar, escape run go meet David. ²¹Abiathar tell David say Saul don kill di priests of our Papa.

²²David tell Abiathar say, "I bin know for dat day say Doeg di Edomite dey there—say e go tell Saul. Na me cause di death of everybody for your papa house. ²³Stay wit me; no fear. Anybody wey wan take my life, na your own e dey find too. Wit me you dey safe."