1 शमूएल 27:1
तर दाऊदले आफैं सोचे, “शाऊलले मलाई एक दिन पक्रिएर मार्ने छ। सबभन्दा राम्रो मलाई यो हुन्छ पलिश्तीहरू भएकोमा भागेर जानु त्यसपछि शाऊलले मलाई इस्राएलमा खोज्न छोड्ने छ। त्यसरी म शाऊलबाट उम्कन सक्नेछु।”
| And David | וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | wayyōʾmer | va-YOH-mer |
| said | דָּוִד֙ | dāwid | da-VEED |
| in | אֶל | ʾel | el |
| his heart, | לִבּ֔וֹ | libbô | LEE-boh |
| now shall I | עַתָּ֛ה | ʿattâ | ah-TA |
| perish | אֶסָּפֶ֥ה | ʾessāpe | eh-sa-FEH |
| one | יוֹם | yôm | yome |
| day | אֶחָ֖ד | ʾeḥād | eh-HAHD |
| hand the by | בְּיַד | bĕyad | beh-YAHD |
| of Saul: | שָׁא֑וּל | šāʾûl | sha-OOL |
| there is nothing | אֵֽין | ʾên | ane |
| better | לִ֨י | lî | lee |
| that than me for | ט֜וֹב | ṭôb | tove |
| I should speedily | כִּ֣י | kî | kee |
| escape | הִמָּלֵ֥ט | himmālēṭ | hee-ma-LATE |
| into | אִמָּלֵ֣ט׀ | ʾimmālēṭ | ee-ma-LATE |
| the land | אֶל | ʾel | el |
| of the Philistines; | אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾereṣ | EH-rets |
| and Saul | פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים | pĕlištîm | peh-leesh-TEEM |
| despair shall | וְנוֹאַ֨שׁ | wĕnôʾaš | veh-noh-ASH |
| of | מִמֶּ֤נִּי | mimmennî | mee-MEH-nee |
| me, to seek | שָׁאוּל֙ | šāʾûl | sha-OOL |
| more any me | לְבַקְשֵׁ֤נִי | lĕbaqšēnî | leh-vahk-SHAY-nee |
| in any | עוֹד֙ | ʿôd | ode |
| coast | בְּכָל | bĕkāl | beh-HAHL |
| of Israel: | גְּב֣וּל | gĕbûl | ɡeh-VOOL |
| escape I shall so | יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yiśrāʾēl | yees-ra-ALE |
| out of his hand. | וְנִמְלַטְתִּ֖י | wĕnimlaṭtî | veh-neem-laht-TEE |
| מִיָּדֽוֹ׃ | miyyādô | mee-ya-DOH |