1 Samuel 25
1 And Samuel died. And all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
Awo Samwiri n’afa, Isirayiri yenna ne bakuŋŋaana okumukungubagira. Ne bamuziika ewuwe e Laama. Awo Dawudi n’avaayo n’aserengeta mu ddungu Palani.
2 And there was a man in Maon whose possessions were in Carmel. And the man was very great in goods, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats. And he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
Mu biro ebyo waaliwo omusajja omugagga ennyo mu Mawoni eyalina eby’obugagga e Kalumeeri. Yalina endiga enkumi ssatu n’embuzi lukumi. Byali biseera bya kusala byoya eby’endiga ze, e Kalumeeri.
3 Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. And the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance, but the man was churlish and evil in his doings, and he was of the house of Caleb.
Erinnya ly’omusajja ye yali Nabali, ne mukyala we nga ye Abbigayiri. Yali mukyala mutegeevu era nga mulungi, nga bw’omutunuulira alabika bulungi, naye bba Omukalebu, nga wa kkabyo kyokka nga mukalabakalaba mu mirimu gye.
4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
Nabali yali ng’asala ebyoya by’endiga ze, Dawudi n’akiwulira.
5 And David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.
Dawudi n’atuma abavubuka kkumi, n’abagamba nti, “Mwambuke e Kalumeeri eri Nabali mumulamuse mu linnya lyange.
6 And thus ye shall say to him who lives in prosperity, Peace be to thee, and peace be to thy house, and peace be to all that thou have.
Mumugambe nti, Emirembe gibeere ku ggwe n’ennyumba yo, ne ku bintu byo byonna.
7 And now I have heard that thou have shearers. Thy shepherds have now been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there anything missing to them all the while they were in Carmel.
“Mpulira nti ekiseera eky’okusala ebyoya by’endiga kituuse. Abasumba bo bwe baabeeranga awamu naffe, tetwabayisanga bubi, era n’ebbanga lyonna lye baamala e Kalumeeri tewali na kimu ku bintu byabwe ekyabula.
8 Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee. Therefore let the young men find favor in thine eyes, for we come in a good day. Give, I pray thee, whatever comes to thy hand to thy servants, and to thy son David.
Buuza abaweereza bo, be bajulirwa. Noolwekyo abavubuka bange balabe ekisa mu maaso go kubanga bazze mu kiseera eky’okukwatiramu embaga. Nkusaba obawe kyonna ky’olinawo, oweerezeeko ne mutabani wo Dawudi.”
9 And when David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
Awo abasajja ba Dawudi bwe baatuuka, ne bawa Nabali obubaka obwo mu linnya lya Dawudi, ne balindirira.
10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants now-a-days who break away every man from his master.
Nabali n’addamu abaweereza ba Dawudi nti, “Dawudi oyo ye ani? Mutabani wa Yese oyo ye ani? Ennaku zino abaweereza bangi badduka ku bakama baabwe.
11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men of whom I know not from where they are?
Nnyinza ntya okuddira emigaati gyange, n’amazzi, n’ennyama bye ntekeddeteekedde abasajja bange abasala ebyoya ne mbiwa be sirina kye mbamanyiiko?”
12 So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.
Awo abasajja ba Dawudi ne bakyuka ne baddayo ne bamutegeeza buli kigambo nga bwe bategeezebbwa.
13 And David said to his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword, and David also girded on his sword. And there went up after David about four hundred men, and two hundred abode by the baggage.
Dawudi n’agamba abasajja be nti, “Mwesibe buli muntu ekitala kye!” Buli omu ku bo ne yeesiba ekitala kye, ne Dawudi ne yeesiba ekikye, abasajja nga bikumi bina ne bayambuka ne Dawudi, ebikumi bibiri ne basigala nga bakuuma eby’okukozesa.
14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master, and he railed at them.
Omu ku baddu ba Nabali n’agamba Abbigayiri mukyala wa Nabali nti, “Dawudi yatuma ababaka ng’ali mu ddungu okulamusa mukama waffe naye n’abavuma;
15 But the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither did we miss anything as long as we went with them when we were in the fields.
ate nga abasajja abo baali ba kisa nnyo gye tuli, era tebalina kabi ke baatukola newaakubadde okubuza ekintu n’ekimu ku bintu byaffe bwe twali mu ddungu nabo.
16 They were a wall to us both by night and by day all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
Baaberanga ng’ekisenge okutwetooloola emisana n’ekiro, ekiseera kyonna kye twamala nabo nga tulunda endiga.
17 Now therefore know and consider what thou will do, for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house. For he is such a worthless fellow that a man cannot speak to him.
Kaakano kifumiitirizeeko, olabe ky’oyinza okukola, kubanga akabi kajjidde mukama waffe n’ennyumba ye yonna. Musajja atabuulirirwa.”
18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.
Awo amangwago Abbigayiri n’ayanguwa n’addira emigaati ebikumi bibiri, n’ebita bibiri ebya wayini, n’ennyama ey’endiga ttaano ennongoose obulungi, n’ebigero bitaano eby’eŋŋaano ensiike, n’ebitole kikumi eby’ezabbibu enkalu, n’ebitole ebikumi bibiri eby’ettiini, n’abiteeka ku ndogoyi.
19 And she said to her young men, Go on before me, behold, I come after you. But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
N’agamba abaweereza be nti, “Munkulemberemu, nange nzija.” Naye n’atabuulirako bba Nabali.
20 And it was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that, behold, David and his men came down toward her, and she met them.
Awo bwe yali yeebagadde endogoyi ye, n’ayita kumpi n’olusozi nga lumukweka. N’asisinkana Dawudi n’abasajja be nabo nga baserengeta okumwolekera.
21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him, and he has returned me evil for good.
Dawudi yali yakamala okwogera nti, “Nakuumira bwereere ebintu byonna eby’omusajja ono bwe byali mu ddungu ne wataba na kimu ekyabula; bw’atyo bw’ansasudde, obubi olw’obulungi.
22 God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that pertains to him by the morning light so much as one man-child.
Kale Katonda akole bw’atyo abalabe ba Dawudi n’okukirawo, enkeera bwe wanaabaawo omusajja we n’omu anaasigala nga mulamu.”
23 And when Abigail saw David, she hastened, and alighted from her donkey, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.
Awo Abbigayiri bwe yalengera Dawudi, n’ayanguwa okuva ku ndogoyi ye, n’avuunama mu maaso ga Dawudi.
24 And she fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity, and let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy handmaid.
N’agwa ku bigere bye n’ayogera nti, “Mukama wange omusango gubeere ku nze nzekka. Nkwegayiridde leka omuweereza wo ayogere naawe; wuliriza omuweereza wo ky’anaayogera.
25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him. But I thy handmaid saw not the young men of my lord whom thou sent.
Mukama wange aleme okussa omwoyo ku musajja omusirusiru oyo Nabali, kubanga n’erinnya lye litegeeza musirusiru, atambulira mu busirusiru bwe. Naye nze omuweereza wo, ssaalabye bavubuka mukama wange be watumye.
26 Now therefore, my lord, as Jehovah lives, and as thy soul lives, since Jehovah has withheld thee from blood guiltiness, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
“Kale nno mukama wange, nga Mukama bw’ali omulamu, akubedde obutayiwa musaayi newaakubadde obutawalana ggwanga n’omukono gwo, era naawe bw’oli omulamu, abalabe bo, n’abo abakuyigganya bonna mukama wange babeere nga Nabali.
27 And now this present which thy servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
Era n’ekirabo kino omuweereza wo ky’aleetedde mukama wange kiweebwe abavubuka abatambula ne mukama wange.
28 Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid. For Jehovah will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of Jehovah, and evil shall not be found in thee all thy days.
Nkwegayiridde osonyiwe ekyonoono kw’omuweereza wo, era Mukama talirema kuzimbira mukama wange obwakabaka obw’enkalakkalira, kubanga mukama wange alwana entalo za Mukama. Waleme okulabika ekikolwa ekikyamu kyonna mu ggwe ennaku zonna ez’obulamu bwo.
29 And though men be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah thy God. And the souls of thine enemies, them he shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling.
Ne bwe walibaawo omuntu yenna alikulumba okukuyigganya okutwala obulamu bwo, obulamu bwa mukama wange bukuumibwenga Mukama Katonda wo mu lulyo olw’abalamu. Naye obulamu bw’abalabe bo alibuvuumuula ng’ejjinja bwe liva mu nvuumuulo.
30 And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee prince over Israel,
Awo Mukama bw’alikolera mukama wange ebirungi byonna bye yamusuubiza, era n’amufuula okuba omukulembeze wa Isirayiri,
31 that this shall be no grief to thee, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that thou have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. And when Jehovah shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid.
mukama wange talibeera na kulumirizibwa mu mutima olw’okuyiwa omusaayi awatali nsonga, wadde okwewalanira eggwanga. Era Mukama bw’alikukolera ebirungi mukama wange, ojjukiranga omuweereza wo.”
32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me,
Awo Dawudi n’agamba Abbigayiri nti, “Mukama Katonda wa Isirayiri atenderezebwe, akutumye okujja okunsisinkana leero.
33 and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, who have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
Akuwe omukisa oyo akubedde okusalawo obulungi, era akubedde okundabula obutayiwa musaayi leero n’obuteewalanira ggwanga.
34 For in very deed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, lives, who has withheld me from hurting thee, unless thou had hastened and come to meet me, surely there had not been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one man-child.
Kubanga mazima ddala nga Mukama Katonda wa Isirayiri bw’ali omulamu, ambedde obutakukolako kabi, singa toyanguye kujja kunsisinkana, tewandibadde musajja n’omu owa Nabali eyandiwonyeewo, obudde we bwandikeeredde enkya.”
35 So David received from her hand that which she had brought him. And he said to her, Go up in peace to thy house. See, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
Awo Dawudi n’akkiriza okutwala Abbigayiri bye yaleeta, n’ayogera nti, “Genda ewuwo mirembe. Mpulidde ebigambo byo, era nzikkirizza okwegayirira kwo.”
36 And Abigail came to Nabal, and, behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
Awo Abbigayiri bwe yaddayo eri Nabali, n’amusanga ng’ali mu nnyumba, era ng’akoze embaga, ng’eya kabaka. Yali asanyuukiridde nnyo, era ng’atamidde, kyeyava tamunyega ku olwo, okutuusa enkeera.
37 And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
Awo bwe bwakya, Nabali omwenge nga gumuweddeko, mukyala we n’amutegeeza ebigambo ebyo byonna, naye omutima gwe ne gukakanyala, ne guba ng’ejjinja.
38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that Jehovah smote Nabal, so that he died.
Oluvannyuma lw’ennaku nga kkumi, Nabali n’afa ekikutuko.
39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Jehovah, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil, and the evil-doing of Nabal Jehovah has returned upon his own head. And David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
Awo Dawudi bwe yawulira Nabali ng’afudde, n’ayogera nti, “Mukama yeebazibwe anwaniridde, Nabali olw’obubi bwe yankola. Mukama ambedde, era akuumye omuweereza we obutakola kikyamu, n’ateeka ebikolwa bya Nabali ebibi ku mutwe ggwe.” Awo Dawudi n’atumira Abbigayiri, n’amusaba afuuke mukazi we ng’amusaba okumuwasa.
40 And when the servants of David came to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, David has sent us to thee, to take thee to him to wife.
Abaweereza ba Dawudi ne bagenda e Kalumeeri ne bagamba Abbigayiri nti, “Dawudi atutumye tukutwale omufumbirwe.”
41 And she arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, thy handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
N’avuunama amaaso ge n’ayogera nti, “Laba omuweereza wo mweteefuteefu okunaazanga ebigere by’abaweereza ba mukama wange.”
42 And Abigail hastened, and arose, and rode upon a donkey, with five of her damsels who followed her. And she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
Awo Abbigayiri n’ayanguwa okwebagala endogoyi, ng’awerekeddwako abaweereza bataano, n’agenda n’ababaka ba Dawudi, n’amufumbirwa.
43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they became his wives, both of them.
Dawudi yali awasizza ne Akinoamu ow’e Yezuleeri, era bombi ne baba bakyala be.
44 Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.
Kyokka Sawulo yali agabidde muwala we Mikali, eyali mukyala wa Dawudi, Paluti mutabani wa Layisi ow’e Galimu.
