1 Samuel 17
1 Nʼoge a, ndị Filistia chịkọtara ndị agha ha ọnụ, zukọtaa nʼobodo Sokoh nke dị na Juda maka ibu agha. Ha mara ụlọ ikwu ha nʼEfes Damim, nke dị nʼagbata Sokoh na Azeka.
Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.
2 Mgbe ahụ, Sọl na ndị Izrel niile zukọtara maa ụlọ ikwu nke ha na ndagwurugwu Ịla. Ha doro onwe ha nʼusoro agha izute ndị Filistia.
Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.
3 Ndị Filistia doro onwe ha nʼelu ugwu nʼotu akụkụ, ma ndị Izrel dokwara onwe ha nʼelu ugwu nʼakụkụ nke ọzọ. Ndagwurugwu dịkwa nʼetiti ha.
The Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them.
4 Mgbe ahụ, otu onye ọka agha aha ya bụ Golaịat, onye obodo Gat, sitere nʼetiti ụlọ ikwu ndị Filistia pụta. Nwoke a toro ogologo nke ukwuu; ịdị ogologo ya ga-erukwa mita atọ.
Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
5 O kpu okpu agha e ji bronz kpụọ, ma yiri uwe agha nke ịdị arọ bronz e ji kpụọ ya ga-erukwa iri kilogram ise na asaa.
and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,
6 O yikwa ihe agha o ji kpuchie ụkwụ ya abụọ nke e ji bronz kpụọ, nyakwasịkwa nʼubu ya ùbe e ji bronz kpụọ.
and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.
7 A kpụrụ ùbe ya ka ọ dịrị ka osisi e ji ekwe akwa, jiri igwe ịdị arọ ya ga-eru kilogram asaa kpụọ ọnụ ọnụ ùbe ahụ. Onye na-ebu ọta o ji ekpuchi obi ya nọkwa nʼihu ya.
The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.
8 Golaịat guzoro kpọkuo ndị agha Izrel sị ha, “Gịnị mere unu ga-eji pụta guzo nʼusoro ibu agha. Ọ bụ na m abụghị onye Filistia? Ọ bụkwa na unu onwe unu abụghị ndị ozi Sọl? Họpụtaranụ onwe unu otu nwoke, ka ọ bịakwute m.
And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.
9 Ọ bụrụ na onye ahụ unu họpụtara etigbuo m, anyị ga-abụrụ unu ndị ohu, ma ọ bụrụkwanụ na m etigbuo ya, unu ga-abụrụ anyị ndị ohu!”
If he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and labor for us.”
10 Mgbe ahụ, onye Filistia ahụ sịrị, “Taa, ana m ama usuu ndị agha Izrel aka nʼihu! Kpọpụtaranụ m otu nwoke ka mụ na ya lụọ ọgụ.”
Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!”
11 Mgbe Sọl na ndị agha Izrel nụrụ ihe onye Filistia a kwuru, ha mara jijiji tụọkwa oke egwu.
On hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.
12 Ma Devid bụ nwa Jesi, onye Efrat nke Betlehem dị na Juda. Jesi mụtara ndị ikom asatọ. Nʼoge nke Sọl, ọ ghọọla agadi nwoke.
Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons in the days of Saul. And Jesse was old and well along in years.
13 Atọ nʼime ụmụ ndị ikom Jesi, ndị bụ okenye, soro Sọl gaa agha. Aha ha bụ Eliab, ọkpara ya, Abinadab, nwa nke abụọ na Shama, nwa nke atọ.
The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
14 Devid bụ ọdụdụ nwa. Ụmụnne ya ndị okenye atọ na-eso Sọl.
And David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,
15 Ma Devid na-apụ jekwuru Sọl, ma na-alaghachikwa nʼụlọ ịzụ atụrụ nna ya na Betlehem.
but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.
16 Golaịat, onye Filistia na-abịaru nso ụtụtụ na uhuruchi, na-eguzo onwe ya otu a iri ụbọchị anọ.
For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.
17 Otu ụbọchị, Jesi gwara Devid okwu sị, “Bịa ka i wegara ụmụnne gị otu akpa ọka ndị a e ghere eghe. Chịrịkwa ogbe achịcha iri ndị a chịlara ha.
One day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.
18 Wegakwara onyeisi usuu ha, iri chiizi, ndị a. Chọpụta otu ihe si agara ụmụnne gị natakwa ha ihe ị ga-egosi anyị na ha dị ndụ.”
Take also these ten portions of cheese to the commander of their unit. Check on the welfare of your brothers and bring back an assurance from them.
19 Ha na Sọl na ndị ikom Izrel niile, nọ na ndagwurugwu Ịla, na-ebuso ndị Filistia agha.
They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”
20 Devid biliri njem nʼisi ụtụtụ, hapụ igwe atụrụ ya nʼaka onye na-elekọta atụrụ, buru onyinye ndị ahụ gawa dịka Jesi nyere ya nʼiwu. Ọ bịarutere ụlọ ikwu ndị Izrel mgbe ha na-apụ nʼihu agha, ha na-etikwa mkpu agha.
So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.
21 Ndị Izrel na ndị Filistia dokwara onwe ha nʼusoro izute onwe ha nʼagha, ndị agha megide ndị agha.
And Israel and the Philistines arrayed in formation against each other.
22 Devid hapụrụ ihe ndị ahụ nʼaka onye na-elekọta akpa niile, gbara ọsọ gaa nʼusoro ndị agha jụọ ụmụnne ya banyere udo ha.
Then David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.
23 Ma mgbe ha na ya nọ na-akparịta ụka, onye mmeri nʼọgbọ agha, onye Filistia nke Gat, Golaịat bụ aha ya, sitere nʼusoro ndị agha Filistia pụta, kwuokwa okwu niile ahụ dịka ọ na-ekwu na mbụ. Devid nụrụ ihe o kwuru.
And as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.
24 Mgbe ndị Izrel niile hụrụ nwoke a, ha gbara ọsọ pụọ nʼihu ya ma tụọkwa oke egwu.
When all the men of Israel saw Goliath, they fled from him in great fear.
25 Ndị Izrel sịrị, “Unu hụrụ nwoke a na-eguzo onwe ya? Ọ bụ ka ọ kparịa nnọọ ndị Izrel ka o ji apụta? Eze kwere nkwa inye onye ọbụla ga-etigbu ya akụ nʼebe ọ bara ụba. Ọ ga-akpọnyekwa ya nwa ya nwanyị ka ọ bụrụ nwunye ya, meekwa ka ndị ezinaụlọ onye ahụ gharakwa ịtụ ụtụ taks ọzọ nʼIzrel!”
Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see this man who keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”
26 Devid jụrụ ndị ikom nọ ya nso, “Gịnị ka a ga-emere nwoke ga-etigbu onye Filistia a, meekwa ka mkparị a ghara ịdịrị Izrel ọzọ? Onye ka onye Filistia a a na-ebighị ugwu bụ, na ọ ga-apụta na-akparị ndị agha Chineke dị ndụ?”
David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
27 Ha gwara ya otu ihe ahụ ha kwuru na mbụ sị ya na ọ bụ ihe ahụ ka a ga-emere onye gburu ya.
The people told him about the offer, saying, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”
28 Mgbe Eliab, nwanne Devid nke okenye, nụrụ ka ya na ndị ikom ahụ na-ekwu okwu, o were iwe dị ọkụ megide ya, jụọ ya sị, “Gịnị ka ị bịara ime nʼebe a? Onye kwa ka ị hapụrụ atụrụ ole na ole ndị ahụ nʼọzara? Amaara m ụdị nganga dị nʼime gị na echiche ọjọọ juru gị obi. Ihe ị ji bịa nʼebe a bụ naanị ka ịhụchata ihe na-eme nʼagha.”
Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”
29 Ma Devid zara sị ya, “Oleekwanụ ihe m mere ugbu a? Adara m iwu nʼihi na m jụrụ ajụjụ?”
“What have I done now?” said David. “Was it not just a question?”
30 Devid chigharịkwara jekwuru onye ọzọ jụọkwa ya otu ajụjụ ahụ. Ọ natakwara otu ụdị ọsịsa ahụ.
Then he turned from him toward another and asked about the offer, and those people answered him just as the first ones had answered.
31 Nʼikpeazụ, mgbe a matara ihe bụ uche Devid, e mere ka Sọl mara ihe banyere Devid. Sọl zikwara ozi ka a kpọọ ya.
Now David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, who called for him.
32 Devid sịrị Sọl, “Ka obi onye ọbụla ghara ịda mba nʼihi onye Filistia a; ohu gị ga-aga lụso ya ọgụ.”
And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail on account of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him!”
33 Ma Sọl zaghachiri, “Ị pụghị ibuso onye Filistia a agha, megide ya, nʼihi na i bụ naanị nwantakịrị, ma ya onwe ya bu onye na-ebu agha siterị na mgbe ọ bụ okorobịa.”
But Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”
34 Ma Devid gwara Sọl sị, “Ohu gị bụ onye na-elekọta atụrụ nna ya. Mgbe ọdụm maọbụ anụ ọhịa bịa bịara buru atụrụ site nʼigwe atụrụ ahụ,
David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,
35 achụụrụ m ya, tigbuo ya ma napụtakwa atụrụ ahụ site nʼọnụ ya. Mgbe o biliri imegide m, ejidere m ya nʼajị ya, tie ya ihe, gbuo ya.
I went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it.
36 Etigburu m ọdụm na anụ ọhịa bịa ahụ, ugbu a, apụkwara m ime onye Filistia a na-amaghị Chineke otu ihe ahụ, nʼihi na ọ kparịala usuu ndị agha Chineke dị ndụ!
Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”
37 Onyenwe anyị ahụ napụtara m site nʼaka ọdụm na anụ ọhịa bịa ga-anapụtakwa m site nʼaka onye Filistia a!” Nʼikpeazụ, Sọl sịrị Devid, “Gaa, ka Onyenwe anyị nọnyere gị.”
David added, “The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” “Go,” said Saul, “and may the LORD be with you.”
38 Mgbe ahụ, Sọl yinyere Devid uwe ime ahụ nke ya, yikwasịkwa ya uwe agha igwe, ma kpukwasị ya okpu bronz nʼisi.
Then Saul clothed David in his own tunic, put a bronze helmet on his head, and dressed him in armor.
39 Devid fanyere mma agha nʼime uwe ahụ, malite ijegharị ije, nʼihi na ọ maghị otu e si eyi uwe ndị ahụ ejegharị. Ọ dịghị anya, o gwara Sọl okwu sị, “Agaghị m eyi uwe ndị a nʼihi na o doghị m ahụ.” Ya mere, Devid yipụrụ ha.
David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.
40 Emesịa, o were mkpanaka ya nʼaka ya, site nʼiyi họpụta nkume ise dị mụrụmụrụ tinye ha nʼakpa nta dị nʼime akpa onye ọzụzụ atụrụ ya. O jidere ebe ya nʼaka ya, malite ịpụkwuru onye Filistia ahụ.
And David took his staff in his hand, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag. And with his sling in hand, he approached the Philistine.
41 Onye Filistia ahụ, na-abịa nso na-apụkwute Devid, onye ahụ na-ebu ọta ya na-agakwa nʼihu ya.
Now the Philistine came closer and closer to David, with his shield-bearer before him.
42 O lere Devid anya hụ na ọ bụ naanị nwantakịrị nwoke, onye ahụ dị mma, onye mara mma ile anya. Nʼihi ya, o ledara Devid anya.
When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a boy, ruddy and handsome.
43 Ọ sịrị Devid, “Abụ m nkịta, na i ji mkpanaka na-abịakwute m?” Onye Filistia ahụ ji aha chi niile ya bụọ Devid ọnụ.
“Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
44 Ọ sịrị, “Bịa nʼebe a ka m were anụ ahụ gị mere anụ ufe nke eluigwe na anụ ọhịa niile ihe oriri!”
“Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”
45 Ma Devid sịrị onye Filistia ahụ, “I ji mma agha na ùbe igwe na ùbe osisi, na-abịakwute m, ma eji m aha Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, Chineke nke usuu ndị agha Izrel ahụ ị kparịrị, na-abịakwute gị.
But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
46 Taa ka Onyenwe anyị ga-enyefe gị nʼaka m. Aga m etigbu gị, bepụkwa gị isi. Taa aga m ewere anụ ahụ ndị agha Filistia niile nyefee nʼaka ụmụ anụ ufe niile nke eluigwe, na ụmụ anụ ọhịa niile nke ụwa. Ụwa niile ga-amatakwa na Chineke nọ nʼIzrel.
This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
47 Ndị niile guzokwa nʼebe a ga-amata na Onyenwe anyị adịghị eji mma agha maọbụ ùbe azọpụta. Nʼihi na agha a bụ nke Onyenwe anyị, ọ ga-ewerekwa unu niile nyefee anyị nʼaka.”
And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”
48 Mgbe onye Filistia ahụ na-abịa nso ibuso ya agha, Devid jiri ọsọ gbara gaa nʼihu agha izute ya.
As the Philistine started forward to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.
49 Ọ manyere aka nʼime akpa ya wepụta otu nkume, maa ya mata onye Filistia ahụ nʼegedege ihu. Nkume ahụ mikpuru nʼegedege ihu ya, ọ dakwara kpuo ihu nʼala.
Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
50 Otu a ka Devid si jiri ebe na nkume merie onye Filistia ahụ. O gburu onye Filistia ahụ ma o jighị mma ọbụla nʼaka ya gbuo ya.
Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.
51 Devid gbaara ọsọ jeruo nʼebe Golaịat dara, mịịrị mma agha ya site nʼọbọ, jiri ya gbuo ya. O ji ya bepụkwa isi ya! Mgbe ndị Filistia hụrụ na onye ọka agha ha adaala nwụọ, ha tụgharịrị gbawa ọsọ.
David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword and pulled it from its sheath and killed him; and he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.
52 Mgbe ahụ, ndị agha Izrel na Juda tiri mkpu ọṅụ, biliekwa, malite ịchụ ndị Filistia ọsọ. Ha chụrụ ha ọsọ chụruo ha nʼọnụ ụzọ ama Gat, na nʼọnụ ụzọ ama Ekrọn. Ndị Filistia nwụrụ anwụ dara nnọọ aghara aghara nʼụzọ Shaaraim nke gawara Gat na Ekrọn.
Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.
53 Emesịa, ndị Izrel lọghachiri bịa kwakọrọ ihe niile dị nʼụlọ ikwu ndị Filistia, nke ha hapụrụ gbaa ọsọ.
When the Israelites returned from their pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.
54 Devid buuru isi onye Filistia bulata na Jerusalem. Ma dobe ngwa agha onye Filistia ahụ nʼime ụlọ ikwu nke ya.
David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.
55 Mgbe Sọl nọ na-ele Devid anya ka ọ na-apụ izute onye Filistia ahụ, ọ sịrị Abna, ọchịagha ya, “Abna, nwa onye ka nwokorobịa ahụ bụ?” Abna zara sị, “Dịka i si adị ndụ, eze, amaghị m.”
As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”
56 Eze zara sị, “Chọpụta onye mụrụ nwokorobịa a.”
“Find out whose son this young man is!” said the king.
57 Mgbe Devid si nʼigbu onye Filistia ahụ lọghachi, Abna duuru ya, dute ya nʼihu Sọl. Isi onye Filistia a dịkwa nʼaka Devid.
So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.
58 Sọl jụrụ ya sị, “Nwokorobịa, nwa onye ka ị bụ?” Devid zara sị, “Abụ m nwa ohu gị nwoke Jesi onye Betlehem.”
“Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.
