1 Samuel 19
1 Sọl gwara ndị ohu ya na ọkpara ya, Jonatan, ka ha gbuo Devid. Ma nʼihi na ihe banyere Devid masịrị Jonatan,
And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, to kill David.
2 ọ dọrọ ya aka na ntị, “Nna m Sọl na-achọ ohere igbu gị. Lezie anya chee ndụ gị nche, ụtụtụ echi, gaa nʼebe ị ga-ezo onwe gị nọdụ nʼebe ahụ.
And Jonathan, Saul's son, loved David much: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul seeks to kill you: take heed to yourself therefore to-morrow morning, and hide yourself, and dwell in secret.
3 Mụ na nna m ga-eso bịa nʼakụkụ ọhịa ebe ahụ i zoro onwe gị. Aga m agwa ya okwu banyere gị. Ihe ọbụla m chọpụtara, aga m agwa gị.”
And I will go forth, and stand near my father in the field where you shall be, and I will speak concerning you to my father; and I will see what his answer may be, and I will tell you.
4 Jonatan kwuru okwu ọma banyere Devid nye Sọl nna ya sị ya, “Ka eze ghara ime ihe ọjọọ megide Devid bụ ohu ya. O nwebeghị ihe ọjọọ o mere gị. Nʼezie, ihe niile o mere bụ ihe baara gị uru nke ukwuu.
And Jonathan spoke favorably concerning David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against your servant David, for he has not sinned against you, and his deeds [are] very good.
5 Ọ kpọrọ ndụ ya asị mgbe o gburu onye Filistia ahụ. Onyenwe anyị nyekwara ndị Izrel niile mmeri dị ukwuu. Obi dịkwa gị ụtọ mgbe ị hụrụ nke a. Gịnị mekwaranụ i ga-eji mejọọ nwoke aka ya dị ọcha dịka Devid, site nʼigbu ya ebe ọ bụ na ikpe amaghị ya?”
And he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great deliverance; and all Israel saw, and rejoined: why then do you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?
6 Sọl ṅara Jonatan ntị ṅụọkwa iyi sị, “Dịka Onyenwe anyị na-adị ndụ, agaghị egbu ya.”
And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore, saying, [As] the Lord lives, he shall not die.
7 Emesịa, Jonatan kpọrọ Devid gwa ya ihe mere. Jonatan duuru Devid gaa nʼihu Sọl. Ihe niile dizikwara dịka ọ dị na mbụ.
And Jonathan called David, and told him all these words; and Jonathan brought David in to Saul, and he was before him as in former times.
8 Agha ọzọ dakwara. Nʼoge a, Devid duuru ndị agha ya pụọ ibuso ndị Filistia agha. O gburu ọtụtụ nʼime ha, chụọkwa ndị agha Filistia ọsọ.
And there was again war against Saul; and David did valiantly, and fought against the Philistines, and struck them with a very great slaughter, and they fled from before him.
9 Ma mmụọ ọjọọ Onyenwe anyị zitere bịakwasịrị Sọl dịka ọ nọ nʼime ụlọ ya, ùbe ya dịkwa ya nʼaka. Mgbe Devid na-akpọ nʼụbọ akwara,
And an evil spirit from God was upon Saul, and he was resting in his house, and a spear [was] in his hand, and David was playing on the harp with his hands.
10 Sọl tụrụ ùbe ahụ ka ọ tugbuo Devid nʼahụ aja, ma ọ gbapụrụ site nʼihu Sọl, ma ùbe ahụ manyere nʼaja ụlọ ahụ. Devid gbapụrụ ọsọ zoo onwe ya nʼabalị ahụ.
And Saul sought to strike David with the spear; and David withdrew [suddenly] from the presence of Saul; and he drove the spear into the wall; and David retreated and escaped.
11 Sọl zipụrụ ndị agha ka ha chee ụlọ Devid nche, gbuo ya mgbe ọ pụtara nʼụtụtụ. Ma Mikal nwunye Devid gwara ya sị, “Ọ bụrụ na ị gbapụghị, zoo onwe gị nʼabalị a, onye nwụrụ anwụ ka ị ga-abụ nʼụtụtụ echi.”
And it came to pass in that night, that Saul sent messengers to the house of David to watch him, in order to kill him in the morning; and Melchol David's wife told him, saying, Unless you save your life this night, to-morrow you shall be slain.
12 Ya mere, Mikal sitere na oghereikuku wetuo Devid, ebe o si gbapụ.
So Melchol lets David down by the window, and he departed, and fled, and escaped.
13 Emesịa, Mikal kwagharịrị ihe ndina Devid, were ihe a kpụrụ akpụ tụkwasị nʼelu ya, werekwa akwa kpuchie ya, tinye ihe ajị ewu nʼebe isi ya.
And Melchol took images, and laid them on the bed, and she put the liver of a goat by his head, and covered them with clothes.
14 Mgbe ndị agha ahụ bịaruru ijide Devid na ịkpụgara ya Sọl, Mikal gwara ha sị, “Ahụ esighị ya ike.”
And Saul sent messengers to take David; and they say that he is sick.
15 Mgbe ahụ, Sọl zighachiri ndị ahụ azụ nʼebe Devid nọ si ha, “Bute ya na ihe ndina o dina nʼelu ya, ka m gbuo ya.”
And he sends to David, saying, Bring him to me on the bed, that I may kill him.
16 Mgbe ndị ikom ahụ batara, ha hụrụ ihe a kpụrụ akpụ ka ọ dị nʼelu ihe ndina, hụkwa ajị ewu ka ọ dị nʼakụkụ ebe isi nke ihe ndina ahụ.
And the messengers come, and, behold, the images [were] on the bed, and the goat's liver at his head.
17 Sọl jụrụ Mikal sị, “Gịnị mere i ji ghọgbuo m otu a, mee ka onye iro m gbalaga?” Mikal zara, “Ọ bụ ya sịrị m, ‘Hapụ m ka m pụọ, nʼihi gịnị ka m ga-eji gbuo gị?’”
And Saul said to Melchol, Why have you thus deceived me, and suffered my enemy to depart, and he has escaped? and Melchol said to Saul, He said, let me go, and if not, I will kill you.
18 Mgbe Devid gbara ọsọ gbalaga, ọ gakwuru Samuel na Rema, kọrọ ya ihe niile Sọl mere ya. Ya na Samuel gara biri na Naịọt.
So David fled, and escaped, and comes to Samuel to Armathaim, and tells him all that Saul had done to him: and Samuel and David went, and lived in Navath in Rama.
19 Ozi ruru Sọl ntị, “Devid nọ na Naịọt nʼime Rema,”
And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David [is] in Navath in Rama.
20 ya mere, o zipụrụ ndị ikom ka ha gaa jide ya. Ma mgbe ha rutere, ha hụrụ otu ndị amụma ka ha na-ebu amụma, hụkwa Samuel ka ọ na-eguzo nʼebe ahụ dịka onyeisi ha. Mmụọ nke Chineke bịakwasịrị ndị ozi Sọl ahụ, mee ka ha malitekwa ibu amụma.
And Saul sent messengers to take David, and they saw the assembly of the prophets, and Samuel stood [as] appointed over them; and the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they prophesy.
21 Mgbe Sọl nụrụ ihe mere, o zipụkwara ndị agha ọzọ, ma ha onwe ha bukwara amụma! Otu ihe ahụ mekwara ndị o zipụrụ nke ugboro atọ.
And it was told Saul, and he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied: and Saul sent again a third set of messengers, and they also prophesied.
22 Nʼikpeazụ ya onwe ya pụrụ gaa Rema, ruo nʼolulu mmiri Seku. Ọ jụrụ, “Ebee ka Samuel na Devid nọ?” Ha sịrị, “Ha nọ na Naịọt nke Rema.”
And Saul was very angry, and went himself also to Armathaim, and he comes as far as the well of the threshing floor that is in Sephi; and he asked and said, Where [are] Samuel and David? And they said, Behold, in Navath in Rama.
23 Ya mere, Sọl gara Naịọt nke dị na Rema. Ma Mmụọ nke Chineke bịakwasịrị ya, dịka ọ na-aga nʼụzọ ọ malitere ibu amụma tutu ruo mgbe ọ bịaruru Naịọt.
And he went thence to Navath in Rama: and there came the Spirit of God upon him also, and he went on prophesying till he came to Navath in Rama.
24 O yipụrụ uwe ya buo amụma nʼihu Samuel. Ọ gba ọtọ dinara ala nʼebe ahụ ehihie ahụ, na abalị ahụ niile. Ọ bụ nke a mere ndị mmadụ ji sị, “Sọl ọ ghọọla otu nʼime ndị amụma?”
And he took off his clothes, and prophesied before them; and lay down naked all that day and all that night: therefore they said, [Is] Saul also among the prophets?
