1 Samũeli 25

1 Na rĩrĩ, Samũeli agĩkua, nao andũ othe a Isiraeli makĩũngana makĩmũrĩrĩra; makĩmũthika mũciĩ gwake kũu Rama. Nake Daudi agĩikũrũka agĩthiĩ Werũ wa Maoni.

And Samuel died, and all Israel was gathered together, and they mourned for him, and buried him in his house in Ramatha. And David rose and went down into the wilderness of Pharan.

2 Mũndũ ũmwe wa kũu Maoni, ũrĩa warĩ na indo kũu Karimeli, aarĩ mũtongu mũno. Aarĩ na mbũri ngiri ĩmwe na ngʼondu ngiri ithatũ, iria aamuraga guoya kũu Karimeli.

Now there was a certain man in the wilderness of Maon, and his possessions were in Carmel, and the man was very great: and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and it happened that he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

3 Nake eetagwo Nabali, na mũtumia wake eetagwo Abigaili. Aarĩ mũtumia mũũgĩ na mũthaka, no mũthuuriwe, ũrĩa warĩ Mũkalebu, aarĩ mũũru na mũkarĩ maũndũ-inĩ make.

Now the name of the man was Nabal: and the name of his wife was Abigail. And she was a prudent and very comely woman, but her husband was churlish, and very bad and ill natured: and he was of the house of Caleb.

4 Daudi arĩ werũ-inĩ nĩaiguire atĩ Nabali nĩ ngʼondu aramura guoya.

And when David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

5 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio agĩtũma aanake ikũmi akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Ambatai mũthiĩ kũrĩ Nabali kũu Karimeli na mũmũgeithie mwĩĩtanĩtie na niĩ.

He sent ten young men, and said to them: Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and salute him in my name with peace.

6 Mwĩrei atĩrĩ; ‘Ũrotũũra mĩaka mĩingĩ! Ũrogĩa na ũgima, wee na nyũmba yaku! O na kĩrĩa gĩothe ũrĩ nakĩo kĩroogĩa na ũhooreri!

And you shall say: Peace be to my brethren, and to thee, and peace to thy house, and peace to all that thou hast.

7 “‘Na rĩrĩ, ndĩraigua atĩ nĩ hĩndĩ ya kũmura ngʼondu guoya. Rĩrĩa arĩithi aku maarĩ hamwe na ithuĩ, tũtiamekire ũũru, na ihinda rĩrĩa rĩothe maarĩ Karimeli gũtirĩ kĩndũ o na kĩmwe kĩao kĩorire.

I heard that thy shepherds that were with us in the desert were shearing: we never molested them, neither was there ought missing to them of the flock at any time, all the while they were with us in Carmel.

8 Ũria ndungata ciaku na nĩigũkwĩra. Nĩ ũndũ wa ũguo ĩka aanake acio akwa maũndũ mega, nĩgũkorwo tũũkĩte hĩndĩ ya gĩkeno. Ndagũthaitha ũhe ndungata ciaku na mũrũguo Daudi kĩrĩa gĩothe ũngĩmoonera.’”

Ask thy servants, and they will tell thee. Now therefore let thy servants find favour in thy eyes: for we are come in a good day, whatsoever thy hand shall find give to thy servants, and to thy son David.

9 Rĩrĩa andũ a Daudi maakinyire-rĩ, makĩhe Nabali ndũmĩrĩri ĩyo ya Daudi. Nao magĩcooka magĩeterera.

And when David’s servants came, they spoke to Nabal all these words in David’s name: and then held their peace.

10 Nabali agĩcookeria ndungata cia Daudi atĩrĩ, “Daudi nũũ? Mũrũ wa Jesii ũyũ nĩ ũrĩkũ? Ndungata nyingĩ nĩiroora ikoima kũrĩ aathani acio matukũ maya.

But Nabal answering the servants of David, said: Who is David? and what is the son of Isai? servants are multiplied now a days who flee from their masters.

11 Nĩ kĩĩ kĩngĩtũma njoe mĩgate yakwa, na maaĩ, na nyama iria thĩnjĩire andũ akwa a kũmura ngʼondu guoya, ndĩcihe andũ itooĩ kũrĩa moimĩte?”

Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and the flesh of my cattle, which I have killed for my shearers, and give to men whom I know not whence they are?

12 Andũ acio a Daudi makĩhũndũka, magĩcooka na thuutha. Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa maakinyire, makĩheana ũhoro ũcio wothe.

So the servants of David went back their way, and returning came and told him all the words that he said.

13 Daudi akĩĩra andũ ake atĩrĩ, “Mwĩohei hiũ cianyu cia njora!” Nao makĩĩoha hiũ ciao cia njora, o nake Daudi akĩĩoha rwake. Andũ ta magana mana makĩambata hamwe na Daudi, nao andũ magana meerĩ magĩtigwo maikarĩtie indo.

Then David said to his young men: Let every man gird on his sword. And they girded on every man his sword. And David also girded on his sword: and there followed David about four hundred men: and two hundred remained with the baggage.

14 Na rĩrĩ, ũmwe wa ndungata cia Nabali akĩĩra Abigaili mũtumia wa Nabali atĩrĩ, “Daudi nĩaratũmĩte ndungata ciake kuuma werũ-inĩ irehere mwathi witũ ngeithi, nake araciruma.

But one of the servants told Abigail the wife of Nabal, saying: Behold David sent messengers out of the wilderness, to salute our master: and he rejected them.

15 No andũ acio nĩmatwĩkire wega. Matiatwĩkire ũũru, ihinda rĩothe rĩrĩa twarĩ kũu mĩgũnda-inĩ hakuhĩ nao, na gũtirĩ kĩndũ kĩorire.

These men were very good to us, and gave us no trouble: neither did we ever lose any thing all the time that we conversed with them in the desert.

16 Ũtukũ na mũthenya maarĩ ta rũthingo rwatũrigiicĩirie hĩndĩ ciothe rĩrĩa twarĩithagia ngʼondu ciitũ gũkuhĩ nao.

They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

17 Rĩu-rĩ, wĩciirie wone ũrĩa wagĩrĩirwo nĩ gwĩka, nĩ ũndũ mwanangĩko nĩũkuhĩrĩirie mwathi witũ na nyũmba yake yothe. Nĩ mũndũ mwaganu ũũ atĩ gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩmwarĩria.”

Wherefore consider, and think what thou hast to do: for evil is determined against thy husband, and against thy house, and he is a son of Belial, so that no man can speak to him.

18 Abigaili ndaateire ihinda. Akĩoya mĩgate magana meerĩ, na mondo igĩrĩ cia ndibei, na ngʼondu ithano ĩrĩ thĩnje, na ibaba ithano cia ngano hĩhie, na imanjĩka igana cia thabibũ nyũmũ, na ikũmba magana meerĩ cia ngũyũ, agĩciigĩrĩra ndigiri igũrũ.

Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves, and two vessels of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of dry figs, and laid them upon asses:

19 Ningĩ akĩĩra ndungata ciake atĩrĩ, “Thiiagai mbere; nĩngũmũrũmĩrĩra.” No ndeerire mũthuuriwe Nabali ũhoro ũcio.

And she said to her servants: Go before me: behold I will follow after you: but she told not her husband Nabal.

20 Na rĩrĩa aathiiaga ahaicĩte ndigiri yake agereire mũkuru warĩ kĩrĩma-inĩ, Daudi na andũ ake magĩũka maikũrũkĩte na kũrĩa aarĩ, agĩcemania nao.

And when she had gotten upon an ass, and was coming down to the foot of the mountain, David and his men came down over against her, and she met them.

21 Daudi aakoretwo oiga atĩrĩ, “Warĩ wĩra wa tũhũ, niĩ ngarorera mũndũ ũcio indo ciake kũu werũ-inĩ, nĩgeetha gũtikagĩe kĩndũ o na kĩmwe gĩake gĩkũũra. Nake andĩhĩte wega na ũũru.

And David said: Truly in vain have I kept all that belonged to this man in the wilderness, and nothing was lost of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned me evil for good.

22 Ngai aroherithia Daudi, na amwĩke ũũru makĩria, ingĩgaatigia mũndũ mũrũme o na ũmwe muoyo ũrĩa ũmũkoniĩ rũciũ rũciinĩ!”

May God do so and so, and add more to the foes of David, if I leave of all that belong to him till the morning, any that pisseth against the wall.

23 Rĩrĩa Abigaili onire Daudi, akĩhiũha kuuma igũrũ rĩa ndigiri yake na akĩinamĩrĩra mbere ya Daudi aturumithĩtie ũthiũ thĩ.

And when Abigail saw David she made haste and lighted off the ass, and fell before David, on her face, and adored upon the ground.

24 Akĩĩgũithia magũrũ-inĩ make, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Mwathi wakwa, reke ũũru ũyũ ũnjookerere ndĩ nyiki. Ndagũthaitha, reke ndungata yaku ĩkwarĩrie; ũthikĩrĩrie ũrĩa ndungata yaku ĩrenda kuuga.

And she fell at his feet, and said: Upon me let this iniquity be, my lord: let thy handmaid speak, I beseech thee, in thy ears: and hear the words of thy servant.

25 Mwathi wakwa aroaga kũrũmbũiya mũndũ ũcio mwaganu ti Nabali. Ahaana o ta rĩĩtwa rĩake, rĩĩtwa rĩake riugĩte mũndũ mũkĩĩgu, na akoragwo arĩ o mũkĩĩgu. No niĩ ndungata yaku-rĩ, ndionire andũ acio mwathi wakwa aatũmĩte.

Let not my lord the king, I pray, regard this naughty man Nabal: for according to his name, he is a fool, and folly is with him: but I thy handmaid did not see thy servants, my lord, whom thou sentest.

26 “Na rĩrĩ, kuona atĩ wee mwathi wakwa, Jehova nĩakweheranĩirie na ũiti wa thakame, na kwaga kwĩrĩhĩria na moko maku-rĩ, ti-itherũ o ta ũrĩa Jehova atũũraga muoyo na ũrĩa wee ũtũũraga muoyo-rĩ, thũ ciaku na arĩa othe mangĩenda gwĩka mwathi wakwa ũũru marohaana ta Nabali.

Now therefore, my lord, the Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, who hath withholden thee from coming to blood, and hath saved thy hand to thee: and now let thy enemies be as Nabal, and all they that seek evil to my lord.

27 Na ũreke kĩheo gĩkĩ, kĩrĩa ndungata yaku ĩreheire mwathi wakwa, kĩnengerwo andũ arĩa makũrũmĩrĩire.

Wherefore receive this blessing, which thy handmaid hath brought to thee, my lord: and give it to the young men that follow thee, my lord.

28 Ndagũthaitha ũrekere ndungata yaku ihĩtia rĩayo, nĩgũkorwo no nginya Jehova agaatũma nyũmba ya mwathi wakwa ĩtuĩke ya ũthamaki wa gũtũũra, tondũ arũaga mbaara cia Jehova. Gũtikanoneke ũndũ mũũru thĩinĩ waku hĩndĩ ĩrĩa yothe ũgũtũũra muoyo.

Forgive the iniquity of thy handmaid: for the Lord will surely make for my lord a faithful house, because thou, my lord, fightest the battles of the Lord: let not evil therefore be found in thee all the days of thy life.

29 O na kũngĩkorwo kũrĩ mũndũ ũgũthingatĩte akũrute muoyo-rĩ, muoyo wa mwathi wakwa nĩũgakorwo wohanĩtio wega na kĩohe kĩa arĩa marĩ muoyo nĩ Jehova Ngai waku. No mĩoyo ya thũ ciaku nĩakamĩikia kũraihu ta ĩikĩtio na kĩgũtha.

For if a man at any time shall rise, and persecute thee, and seek thy life, the soul of my lord shall be kept, as in the bundle of the living, with the Lord thy God: but the souls of thy enemies shall be whirled, as with the violence and whirling of a sling.

30 Rĩrĩa Jehova agaakorwo ekĩte mwathi wakwa maũndũ mothe mega marĩa eeranĩire mamũkoniĩ, na akorwo agũtuĩte mũtongoria wa gũtongoragia Isiraeli-rĩ,

And when the Lord shall have done to thee, my lord, all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have made thee prince over Israel,

31 mwathi wakwa ndakanakorwo arĩ na mũrigo wa kũmũritũhĩra thĩinĩ wa thamiri yake nĩ ũndũ wa gũitithia thakame hatarĩ na gĩtũmi kana akorwo erĩhĩirie. Na hĩndĩ ĩrĩa Jehova akaarehera mwathi wakwa ũhootani-rĩ, ũkaaririkana ndungata yaku.”

This shall not be an occasion of grief to thee, and a scruple of heart to my lord, that thou hast shed innocent blood, or hast revenged thyself: and when the Lord shall have done well by my lord, thou shalt remember thy handmaid.

32 Daudi akĩĩra Abigaili atĩrĩ, “Jehova, Ngai wa Isiraeli, arogoocwo, ũcio ũgũtũmire ũmũthĩ ũũke ũcemanie na niĩ.

And David said to Abigail: Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me, and blessed be thy speech:

33 Ũrorathimwo nĩ ũndũ wa itua rĩaku rĩega na kũngiria ndigaite thakame ũmũthĩ, na ndikerĩhĩrie na moko makwa.

And blessed be thou, who hast kept me today, from coming to blood, and revenging me with my own hand.

34 Tiga nĩ ũguo-rĩ, ti-itherũ o ta ũrĩa Jehova, Ngai wa Isiraeli, atũũraga muoyo, ũcio ũgiririe ngũgere ngero, korwo ndũnooka na ihenya kũndũnga-rĩ, gũtirĩ mũndũ mũrũme o na ũmwe ũkoniĩ Nabali ũngĩakorwo arĩ muoyo gũgĩkĩa.”

Otherwise as the Lord liveth the God of Israel, who hath withholden me from doing thee any evil: if thou hadst not quickly come to meet me, there had not been left to Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

35 Ningĩ Daudi akĩamũkĩra kĩrĩa aamũreheire kuuma guoko-inĩ gwake, na akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Inũka na thayũ. Nĩndaigua ũhoro waku na nĩndetĩkĩra ihooya rĩaku.”

And David received at her hand all that she had brought him, and said to her: Go in peace into thy house, behold I have heard thy voice, and have honoured thy face.

36 Rĩrĩa Abigaili aathiire kũrĩ Nabali, akĩmũkora arĩ nyũmba thĩinĩ arugithĩtie iruga ta rĩa mũthamaki. Ngoro yake yarĩ njanjamũku na aarĩ mũrĩĩu mũno. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ndarĩ ũndũ aamwĩrire nginya rĩrĩa gwakĩire.

And Abigail came to Nabal: and behold he had a feast in his house, like the feast of a king, and Nabal’s heart was merry: for he was very drunk: and she told him nothing less or more until morning.

37 Ningĩ rũciinĩ gwakĩa, rĩrĩa Nabali aarĩĩũkirwo, mũtumia wake akĩmwĩra maũndũ macio mothe; ngoro yake ĩgĩkira, akĩhaana ta ihiga.

But early in the morning when Nabal had digested his wine, his wife told him these words, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

38 Thuutha wa mĩthenya ta ikũmi, Jehova akĩgũtha Nabali, nake agĩkua.

And after ten days had passed, the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.

39 Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa Daudi aaiguire atĩ Nabali nĩakuĩte, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Jehova arogoocwo, ũrĩa ũndũĩrĩire mbaara iitũ na Nabali nĩ ũndũ wa kũũnyarara. Nĩagirĩrĩirie ndungata yake ndĩgeeke ũũru, na agacookereria Nabali ũũru wake we mwene.” Daudi agĩcooka agĩtũmanĩra Abigaili, akĩmũũria atuĩke mũtumia wake.

And when David had heard that Nabal was dead, he said: Blessed be the Lord, who hath judged the cause of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil, and the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his head. Then David sent and treated with Abigail, that he might take her to himself for a wife.

40 Ndungata ciake igĩthiĩ Karimeli, ikĩĩra Abigaili atĩrĩ, “Daudi nĩatũtũmĩte kũrĩ we tũgũtware ũgatuĩke mũtumia wake.”

And David’s servants came to Abigail to Carmel, and spoke to her, saying: David hath sent us to thee, to take thee to himself for a wife.

41 Akĩinamĩrĩra, agĩturumithia ũthiũ thĩ, akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Niĩ ndungata yanyu ya mũndũ-wa-nja ndĩ haha, nĩndĩhaarĩirie gũtungatĩra na gũthambia magũrũ ma ndungata cia mwathi wakwa.”

And she arose and bowed herself down with her face to the earth, and said: Behold, let thy servant be a handmaid, to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

42 Abigaili akĩhaica ndigiri na ihenya, agĩthiĩ na airĩtu ake atano a kũmũtungataga, agĩtwarana hamwe na andũ acio maatũmĩtwo nĩ Daudi, agĩtuĩka mũtumia wake.

And Abigail arose, and made haste, and got upon an ass, and five damsels went with her, her waiting maids, and she followed the messengers of David, and became his wife.

43 Daudi nĩahikĩtie Ahinoamu wa Jezireeli, nao eerĩ maarĩ atumia ake.

Moreover David took also Achinoam of Jezrahel: and they were both of them his wives.

44 No Saũlũ nĩaheanĩte mwarĩ Mikali, mũtumia wa Daudi, kũrĩ Palitieli wa Laishi, ũrĩa warĩ wa kuuma Galimu.

But Saul gave Michol his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti, the son of Lais, who was of Gallium.