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,
Then Saul urged all his servants and his son Jonathan to kill David. But Jonathan liked David very much.
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.
So he warned David, “My father Saul is seeking for a way to kill you. So be careful. Tomorrow morning go and find a place to hide [in the field].
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.”
I will ask my father to go out there with me. [While we are out there], I will talk to him about you. Then I will tell you everything that he tells me.” [So David did what Jonathan told him to do].
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.
[The next morning], Jonathan spoke with his father, saying many good things about David. He said, “You should never do anything to harm your servant David! He has never done anything to harm you! Everything that he has done has helped you very much.
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?”
He was in danger of being killed when he fought against [Goliath, the champion of] the Philistia [army. By enabling David to kill him], Yahweh won a great victory for all the people of Israel. You were very happy when you saw that. Why would you want to do anything now to harm David [RHQ]? There is no reason for you to kill him, because he has not done anything wrong!”
6 Sọl ṅara Jonatan ntị ṅụọkwa iyi sị, “Dịka Onyenwe anyị na-adị ndụ, agaghị egbu ya.”
Saul listened to what Jonathan said. Then Saul said, “I solemnly promise that just as certain as Yahweh lives, I will not kill David.”
7 Emesịa, Jonatan kpọrọ Devid gwa ya ihe mere. Jonatan duuru Devid gaa nʼihu Sọl. Ihe niile dizikwara dịka ọ dị na mbụ.
Afterward, Jonathan summoned David and told him what he and Saul had said. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and David served Saul as he had done before.
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.
One day a war started again, and David [led his soldiers to] fight against the Philistia army. David’s [army] attacked them very furiously, with the result that the Philistia army ran away.
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,
But one day when sitting in his house, an evil spirit [sent] from Yahweh [suddenly] came upon Saul. While David was playing his harp [for Saul],
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.
Saul hurled his spear at David to try to fasten him to the wall. David (dodged/jumped to one side), and the spear did not hit him. The spear stuck in the wall, but that night David 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.”
Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house. He told them to watch the house and to kill David [while he was leaving the house] the following morning. But David’s wife Michal [saw them and] warned him, “To survive, you must run away tonight, because if you do not do that, you will be killed tomorrow!”
12 Ya mere, Mikal sitere na oghereikuku wetuo Devid, ebe o si gbapụ.
So she enabled David to climb out through a window, and he ran away 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.
Then Michal took an idol and put it in the bed. She covered it with some [of David’s] clothes, and put some goat’s hair on the head of the idol.
14 Mgbe ndị agha ahụ bịaruru ijide Devid na ịkpụgara ya Sọl, Mikal gwara ha sị, “Ahụ esighị ya ike.”
When the messengers came [to the house the next morning], she told them that David was sick [and could not get out of bed].
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.”
[When they reported that to] Saul, he told them to go back to David’s house. He said to them, “Bring him to me lying on his bed, in order that I can 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.
But when those men entered David’s house, they saw that there was only an idol in the bed, with goat’s hair on its 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?’”
[When they reported that to Saul, ] Saul [summoned] Michal [and] said to her, “Why did you trick me like that? You allowed my enemy to escape!” Michal replied to Saul, “David told me that if I did not help him escape, he would kill me!” [RHQ]
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.
After David had escaped from Saul, he went to Samuel, who was [at his home] at Ramah. He told Samuel everything that Saul had done to [try to kill] him. Then David and Samuel went to Naioth, [which was a section] of [Ramah city], and they stayed there.
19 Ozi ruru Sọl ntị, “Devid nọ na Naịọt nʼime Rema,”
Someone told Saul that David was in Naioth.
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.
So Saul sent some messengers to capture David. [When] those messengers [arrived in Ramah, they] met some men who were proclaiming ecstatic messages, and Samuel was there, as their leader. When Saul’s messengers met them, the Spirit of God took control of Saul’s men, and they also spoke ecstatically.
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.
When Saul heard about that, he sent messengers a third time, but they also started to speak ecstatically.
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.”
Finally, Saul himself went to Ramah. When he arrived at the well at [a place named] Secu, he asked people there, “Where are Samuel and David?” The people replied, “They are at Naioth in Ramah [city].”
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.
While Saul was walking toward Naioth, the Spirit of God also took control of him. [While he walked on], he continued speaking ecstatic messages until he came to Naioth.
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?”
There he took off his clothes, and he spoke messages from God in front of Samuel. He lay on the ground doing that all day and all night. That is the reason that [when people see someone doing something that is very unexpected, they think about what happened to Saul, and] they say, “We are surprised, like the people were surprised to see Saul [acting like] a prophet?” [RHQ]
