Samuel 1 25

1 Le ɣeyiɣi kpui aɖe megbe la, Samuel ku eye Israel blibo la ƒo ƒu hena kunu la wɔwɔ. Woɖii ɖe eƒe ƒometɔwo ƒe anyigba dzi le Rama. Le ɣeyiɣi sia me la, David yi gbedzi le Paran.

And Samuel dieth, and all Israel are gathered, and mourn for him, and bury him in his house, in Ramah; and David riseth and goeth down unto the wilderness of Paran.

2 Lãnyiƒe nɔ kesinɔtɔ aɖe si tso Maon la si le afi ma te ɖe Karmel ŋu. Alẽ akpe etɔ̃ kple gbɔ̃ akpe ɖeka nɔ esi. Kesinɔtɔ sia va eƒe lãnyiƒe le ɣeyiɣi sia me hena fukoko na eƒe alẽwo.

And [there is] a man in Maon, and his work [is] in Carmel; and the man [is] very great, and he hath three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats; and he is shearing his flock in Carmel.

3 Eŋkɔe nye Nabal. Srɔ̃a nye nyɔnu dzetugbe aɖe si ƒe tagbɔ kɔ; eŋkɔe nye Abigail. Nabal nye Kaleb ƒe dzidzimevi, enye ame si meɖɔ ʋu kura o eye wòganye ŋlɔmitɔ kple kɔlialiatɔ hã.

And the name of the man [is] Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail, and the woman [is] of good understanding, and of fair form, and the man [is] hard and evil [in] doings; and he [is] a Calebite.

4 Esi David se be Nabal nɔ fu kom na eƒe alẽwo la,

And David heareth in the wilderness that Nabal is shearing his flock,

5 eɖo eƒe ɖekakpui ewo ɖe Karmel be woado gbe na Nabal eye woagblɔ nɛ be,

and David sendeth ten young men, and David saith to the young men, 'Go ye up to Carmel, and ye have come in unto Nabal, and asked of him in my name of welfare,

6 “Mawu nana wò kple wò ƒometɔwo miakpɔ dzidzedze eye nu sia nu si nye mia tɔ la nadzi ɖe edzi na mi.

and said thus: To life! and thou, peace; and thy house, peace; and all that thou hast — peace!

7 Wogblɔ nam be èle fu kom na wò alẽwo kple gbɔ̃wo. Le ɣeyiɣi si me wò alẽkplɔlawo nɔ mía dome la, míewɔ nuvevi aɖeke wo kpɔ o eye míefi woƒe naneke kpɔ hã o.

and, now, I have heard that thou hast shearers; now, the shepherds whom thou hast have been with us, we have not put them to shame, nor hath anything been looked after by them, all the days of their being in Carmel.

8 Wò ɖekakpuiwo ate ŋu aɖi ɖase le nya sia ŋu na wò. Mele nye amewo ɖom ɖa be woabia nunana aɖe tso gbɔwò elabena ŋkekenyui aɖe va tu mí. Míeɖe kuku, na nu sia nu si dze ŋuwò ko la mí.”

'Ask thy young men, and they declare to thee, and the young men find grace in thine eyes, for on a good day we have come; give, I pray thee, that which thy hand findeth, to thy servants, and to thy son, to David.'

9 Ɖekakpuiawo va gblɔ David ƒe nya la na Nabal.

And the young men of David come in, and speak unto Nabal according to all these words, in the name of David — and rest.

10 Ke Nabal bia be, “Ame kae nye David eye ame ka tututue Yese vi sia bu be yenye? Subɔla geɖewo li le ŋkeke siawo me, ame siwo si dzo le woƒe aƒetɔwo gbɔ.

And Nabal answereth the servants of David and saith, 'Who [is] David, and who the son of Jesse? to-day have servants been multiplied who are breaking away each from his master;

11 Ɖe matsɔ nye abolo kple nye tsi kple lã si mewu na nye fukolawo la ana ameha aɖe si tso afi si nyemenya oa?”

and I have taken my bread, and my water, and my flesh, which I slaughtered for my shearers, and have given [it] to men whom I have not known whence they [are]!'

12 Ale David ƒe ɖekakpuiawo trɔ gbɔ va gblɔ nya siwo Nabal gblɔ la nɛ.

And the young men of David turn on their way, and turn back, and come in, and declare to him according to all these words.

13 David ŋutɔ tsɔ eƒe yi eye wòɖe gbe na eƒe amewo hã be woatsɔ woƒe yiwo. Ame alafa ene dze mɔ kple David eye ame alafa eve tsi anyi henɔ woƒe nuwo ŋu dzɔm.

And David saith to his men, 'Gird ye on each his sword;' and they gird on each his sword, and David also girdeth on his sword, and there go up after David about four hundred men, and two hundred have remained by the vessels.

14 Nabal ƒe amewo dometɔ ɖeka yi ɖagblɔ na Nabal srɔ̃, Abigail, be, “David ɖo amewo ɖa tso gbedzi be woaƒo nu kple míaƒe aƒetɔ ke míaƒe aƒetɔ dzu wo eye wòblu ɖe wo.

And to Abigail wife of Nabal hath one young man of the youths declared, saying, 'Lo, David hath sent messengers out of the wilderness to bless our lord, and he flieth upon them;

15 Ke ame siawo wɔ nyui na mí. Womewɔ nuvevi aɖeke mi o. Le ɣeyiɣi si katã míenɔ gbegbea kpli wo la, míaƒe naneke mebu o.

and the men [are] very good to us, and have not put us to shame, and we have not looked after anything all the days we have gone up and down with them, in our being in the field;

16 Wonye kpɔtɔtɔ ƒo xlã mí zã kple keli esime míenɔ míaƒe alẽhawo dzi kpɔm le wo gbɔ.

a wall they have been unto us both by night and by day, all the days of our being with them, feeding the flock.

17 Anyo be nàbu ta me kaba, elabena nya sesẽ aɖe le dzɔdzɔ ge ɖe míaƒe aƒetɔ kple ƒome blibo la dzi. Míaƒe aƒetɔ nye kɔlialiatɔ ale gbegbe be ame aɖeke maƒo nu nɛ wòase o.”

'And, now, know and consider what thou dost; for evil hath been determined against our lord, and against all his house, and he [is] too much a son of worthlessness to be spoken to.'

18 Abigail ɖe abla enumake, tsɔ abolo alafa eve, wain atigo eve, alẽ atɔ̃ siwo wowu la ƒe lã, bli tɔtɔ agba eve, abolo alafa ɖeka si wowɔ kple waintsetse ƒuƒu kple abolo alafa eve siwo wowɔ kple gbotsetse. Etsɔ nu siawo ɖo tedziwo dzi.

And Abigail hasteth, and taketh two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep, prepared, and five measures of roasted corn, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and two hundred bunches of figs, and setteth [them] on the asses.

19 Egblɔ na eƒe dɔlawo be, “Midze mɔ, madze mia yome” Ke megblɔ nya aɖeke na srɔ̃a, Nabal, o.

And she saith to her young men, 'Pass over before me; lo, after you I am coming;' and to her husband Nabal she hath not declared [it];

20 Esi wònɔ eƒe tedzia dom va ɖo to aɖe ƒe balime la, David kple eƒe ameawoe nye ekem ɖiɖi gbɔna egbɔ eye wòyi ɖado go wo.

and it hath come to pass, she is riding on the ass and is coming down in the secret part of the hill-country, and lo, David and his men are coming down to meet her, and she meeteth them.

21 Fifi laa ko David gblɔ be, “Nye ame sia ƒe nuwo dzi kpɔkpɔ nɛ le gbea dzi be womefi eƒe naneke o nye dzodzro. Etsɔ vɔ̃ ɖo nyui si mewɔ nɛ la teƒe nam.

And David said, 'Only, in vain I have kept all that this [one] hath in the wilderness, and nothing hath been looked after of all that he hath, and he turneth back to me evil for good;

22 Mawu nefia David eye wòagafiae ɖe edzi ɖaa ne hafi etsɔ ŋdi naɖo la, magblẽ ŋutsu aɖe ɖi nɛ agbagbe!”

thus doth God do to the enemies of David, and thus He doth add, if I leave of all that he hath till the light of the morning — of those sitting on the wall.'

23 Esi Abigail kpɔ David la, eɖi le eƒe tedzi dzi enumake eye wòde ta agu ɖe David ŋgɔ.

And Abigail seeth David, and hasteth and cometh down from off the ass, and falleth before David on her face, and boweth herself to the earth,

24 Edze klo ɖe eƒe afɔ nu hegblɔ nɛ be, “Nye aƒetɔ, na be vodada sia nanɔ nye ko dzi. Meɖe kuku, na wò dɔla naƒo nu kpli wò eye nàɖo to nya si le wò dɔla si.

and falleth at his feet and saith, 'On me, my lord, the iniquity; and let, I pray thee, thy handmaid speak in thine ear, and hear the words of thy handmaid.

25 Nye aƒetɔ, megaɖo to Nabal ŋutsu vɔ̃ɖi ma o. Ɖe ko wòle abe aƒe ŋkɔ ene. Eƒe ŋkɔ gɔmee nye Bometsila. Eya ta bometsitsi nɔ eŋu ɖo. Ke nye, wò dɔla, ya la, nyemekpɔ ŋutsu siwo nye aƒetɔ dɔ ɖa la o.

'Let not, I pray thee, my lord set his heart to this man of worthlessness, on Nabal, for as his name [is] so [is] he; Nabal [is] his name, and folly [is] with him; and I, thine handmaid, did not see the young men of my lord whom thou didst send;

26 Aƒetɔ, zi ale si Yehowa ɖe wò tso amewuwu kple hlɔ̃biabia me ta la, metsɔ Yehowa ƒe agbe kple wò ŋutɔ wò agbe le kuku ɖem be fiƒode naɖi wò futɔwo katã, abe Nabal ene, ŋu.

and now, my lord, Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, in that Jehovah hath withheld thee from coming in with blood, and to save thy hand to thee — now let thine enemies be as Nabal, even those seeking evil unto my lord.

27 Azɔ la, xɔ nunana siwo metsɔ vɛ na nye aƒetɔ la, na wò kple ɖekakpuiawo.

'And, now, this blessing which thy maid-servant hath brought to my lord — it hath been given to the young men who are going up and down at the feet of my lord.

28 Tsɔ vo si meda be medo dzi heva afi sia la kem. Yehowa aɖo eteƒe na wò kokoko, ana wò fiaɖuƒe nasu wò dzidzimeviwo si eye enu matso akpɔakpɔ o elabena Yehowa ƒe aʋawo wɔm nèle eye dzɔgbevɔ̃e madzɔ ɖe dziwò le wò agbemeŋkekewo katã me o.

'Bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy handmaid, for Jehovah doth certainly make to my lord a stedfast house; for the battles of Jehovah hath my lord fought, and evil is not found in thee [all] thy days.

29 Ne amewo ati wò agbe yome hã la, ànɔ dedie le Yehowa, wò Mawu la ƒe dzikpɔkpɔ te, abe ale si ga nɔa dedie le gatɔ ƒe gakotoku me ene! Ke wò futɔwo ƒe agbe abu abe kpe si woda le aŋetu me ene.

And man riseth to pursue thee and to seek thy soul, and the soul of my lord hath been bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah thy God; as to the soul of thine enemies, He doth sling them out in the midst of the hollow of the sling.

30 Ne Yehowa wɔ nyui siwo katã ŋugbe wòdo na wò eye nèzu Israel Fia la,

'And it hath been, when Jehovah doth to my lord according to all the good which He hath spoken concerning thee, and appointed thee for leader over Israel,

31 ekema, nye aƒetɔ, màxa nu be yewu ame aɖewo dzodzro alo be yebia hlɔ̃ na ye ɖokui o. Gawu la, ne Yehowa yra wò la, nye aƒetɔ, meɖe kuku, ɖo ŋku dzinye!”

that this is not to thee for a stumbling-block, and for an offence of heart to my lord — either to shed blood for nought, or my lord's restraining himself; and Jehovah hath done good to my lord, and thou hast remembered thy handmaid.'

32 David ɖo eŋu na Abigail be, “Woakafu Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu, ame si dɔ wò ɖa nèva do gom egbe!

And David saith to Abigail, 'Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, who hath sent thee this day to meet me,

33 Míada akpe na Mawu le susu nyui si wòna wò la ta! Meda akpe na wò be nèɖem tso amewo ƒe ʋukɔkɔɖi kple nye asitsɔtsɔ bia hlɔ̃e la me,

and blessed [is] thy discretion, and blessed [art] thou in that thou hast restrained me this day from coming in with blood, and to restrain my hand to myself.

34 elabena metsɔ Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu, ame si na nyemewɔ nuvevi wò o la, ka atam be ne menye ɖe nèva do gom o la, Nabal ƒe amewo dometɔ ɖeka pɛ gɔ̃ hã maganɔ agbe etsɔ ŋdi o.”

And yet, Jehovah liveth, God of Israel, who hath kept me back from doing evil with thee, for unless thou hadst hasted, and dost come to meet me, surely there had not been left to Nabal till the light of the morning, of those sitting on the wall.'

35 David xɔ Abigail ƒe nunana la eye wògblɔ nɛ be wòatrɔ ayi aƒe eye megavɔ̃ o elabena yemawu srɔ̃a o.

And David receiveth from her hand that which she hath brought to him, and to her he hath said, 'Go up in peace to thy house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and accept thy face.'

36 Esi Abigail ɖo aƒe me la, ekpɔ be ye srɔ̃ ɖo kplɔ̃ gã aɖe eye wòmu aha, eya ta megblɔ nya aɖeke nɛ tso eƒe gododo David ŋu o, va se ɖe esime ŋu ke.

And Abigail cometh in unto Nabal, and lo, he hath a banquet in his house, like a banquet of the king, and the heart of Nabal [is] glad within him, and he [is] drunk unto excess, and she hath not declared to him anything, less or more, till the light of the morning.

37 Esi aha la kɔ le mo nɛ la, Abigail gblɔ nya sia nya nɛ. Tete eƒe dzi fa ɖe eƒe dɔ me eye wòtsi maʋamaʋã abe kpe ene.

And it cometh to pass in the morning, when the wine is gone out from Nabal, that his wife declareth to him these things, and his heart dieth within him, and he hath been as a stone.

38 Le ŋkeke ewo megbe la, Yehowa na Nabal ku.

And it cometh to pass, [in] about ten days, that Jehovah smiteth Nabal, and he dieth,

39 Esi David se be Nabal ku la, egblɔ be, “Woakafu Yehowa! Mawu ɖo eteƒe na Nabal eye wòkpe ɖe ŋunye be nye ŋutɔ nyemebia hlɔ̃e o. Exɔ eƒe tohehe le eƒe nu vɔ̃ ta!” David dɔ eƒe dɔlawo ɖe Abigail gbɔ enumake be woagblɔ nɛ be yedi be wòazu ye srɔ̃.

and David heareth that Nabal [is] dead, and saith, 'Blessed [is] Jehovah who hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and His servant hath kept back from evil, and the wickedness of Nabal hath Jehovah turned back on his own head;' and David sendeth and speaketh with Abigail, to take her to him for a wife.

40 Esi dɔlawo va ɖo Karmel eye wogblɔ nu si ta wova na Abigail la,

And the servants of David come in unto Abigail at Carmel, and speak unto her, saying, 'David hath sent us unto thee to take thee to him for a wife.'

41 elɔ̃ ɖe eƒe biabia la dzi enumake. Tete wòtsi tre, eye wòtsyɔ mo anyi gblɔ be, “Wò dɔlanyɔnu aklɔ eƒe aƒetɔ ƒe dɔlawo ƒe afɔ ŋu abe kosi ene.”

And she riseth and boweth herself — face to the earth — and saith, 'Lo, thy handmaid [is] for a maid-servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.'

42 Edzra ɖo kaba, kplɔ nyɔnudɔla atɔ̃ ɖe asi, lia eƒe tedzi dzi eye wòdze dɔlawo yome yi David gbɔ. Ale Abigail zu David srɔ̃.

And Abigail hasteth and riseth, and rideth on the ass; and five of her young women who are going at her feet; and she goeth after the messengers of David, and is to him for a wife.

43 David ɖe srɔ̃ bubu, Ahinoam, tso Yezreel hã.

And Ahinoam hath David taken from Jezreel, and they are — even both of them — to him for wives;

44 Ke Fia Saul zi via nyɔnu Mixal, ame si nye David srɔ̃ la, dzi wòɖe Palti, Lais vi, tso Galim.

and Saul gave Michal his daughter, wife to David, to Phalti son of Laish, who [is] of Gallim.