1 Samuel 20
1 Devid sitere na Naịọt nʼime Rema gbapụ ọsọ, chọta Jonatan, sị ya, “Ọ bụ gịnị ka m mere? Gịnị bụkwa ihe ọjọọ m mere? Olee ụzọ m si mejọọ nna gị, mere o ji na-achọsi ike ka ọ napụ m ndụ m?”
Then David fled from Naioth, which is in Ramah, and he went and said before Jonathan: “What have I done? What is my iniquity, or what is my sin, against your father, so that he would seek my life?”
2 Jonatan sịrị ya, “Nke a abụghị eziokwu. Ị gaghị anwụ! Ihe dị otu a adịghị nna m nʼobi, nʼihi na ọ na-agwa m ihe ọbụla ọ na-ezube ime, ọ bụladị ihe ukwu maọbụ ihe ntakịrị. Amakwaara m na ọ gaghị ezonarị m ihe dị otu a. Mba, ọ bụghị eziokwu.”
And he said to him: “May this not be! You shall not die. For my father will not do anything, great or small, without first revealing it to me. Therefore, has my father concealed this word solely from me? By no means shall this be!”
3 Devid ṅụrụ iyi sị, “Nna gị maara nke ọma na m anatala amara nʼebe ị nọ, nʼihi ya, o kwuola nʼime onwe ya sị, ‘Agaghị m agwa Jonatan, ka ọ ghara iwute ya.’ Ma eji m Onyenwe anyị na mkpụrụobi gị na-aṅụ iyi na-asị na ọ bụ naanị otu nzọ ụkwụ dị ugbu a nʼetiti mụ na ọnwụ.”
And he swore again to David. And David said: “Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your sight, and so he will say, ‘Let Jonathan not know this, lest he be saddened.’ So truly, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, there is only one step (if I may say it) separating me from death.”
4 Jonatan sịrị Devid, “Ihe ọbụla ị chọrọ ka m mee, aga m emere gị ya.”
And Jonathan said to David, “Whatever your soul will tell me, I will do for you.”
5 Devid sịrị ya, “Lee echi ga-abụ mmemme ọnwa ọhụrụ, e kwesiri m iso eze rie nri. Ma hapụ m ka m ga zoo onwe m nʼọhịa tutu ruo uhuruchi nke nwanne echi.
Then David said to Jonathan: “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I am accustomed to sit in a seat beside the king to eat. Therefore, permit me that I may be hidden in the field, until the evening of the third day.
6 Ọ bụrụ na nna gị ajụọ ase m, sị ya, ‘Devid rịọsiri m arịrịọ ike ka m hapụ ya ka ọ gbaga Betlehem, bụ obodo ya, nʼihi a na-achụ aja nke dịrị agbụrụ ya kwa afọ.’
If your father, looking around, will seek me, you shall respond to him: ‘David asked me if he may hurry to Bethlehem, his own city. For there are solemn sacrifices in that place for all of his tribe together.’
7 Ọ bụrụ na ọ sị, ‘Ọ dị mma,’ mgbe ahụ, udo ga-adịrị ohu gị. Ma ọ bụrụ na o wee iwe nke ukwuu, mara nʼezie na o zubere ime m ihe ọjọọ.
If he will say, ‘It is well,’ then your servant will have peace. But if he will be angry, know that his malice has reached its height.
8 Ma gị onwe gị, meere ohu gị ebere, nʼihi na i meela ka o sooro gị baa nʼọgbụgba ndụ nʼihu Onyenwe anyị. Ọ bụrụ na ikpe mara m, gị onwe gị gbuo m. Nʼihi gịnị ka ị ga-eji nyefee m nʼaka nna gị?”
Therefore, show mercy to your servant. For you have brought me, your servant, into a covenant of the Lord with you. But if there is any iniquity in me, you may kill me, and you shall not lead me in to your father.”
9 Jonatan sịrị, “Agaghị m eme ya, lee, a sịkwa na m maara na nna m na-achọ igbu gị, ọ bụ na m agaghị agwa gị?”
And Jonathan said: “May this be far from you. For certainly, if I ever realized that any wickedness was determined by my father against you, I would not be able to do anything other than report it to you.”
10 Devid jụrụ ya, “Onye ga-agwa m ma ọ bụrụ na nna gị aza gị okwu ike ike?”
And David responded to Jonathan, “Who will repeat it to me, if your father may perhaps answer you harshly about me?”
11 Jonatan sịrị ya, “Bịa ka anyị pụọ gaa nʼọhịa.” Ya mere, ha abụọ pụrụ jee nʼọhịa.
And Jonathan said to David, “Come, and let us go out into the field.” And when they both had gone out into the field,
12 Jonatan gwara Devid sị, “Eji m aha Onyenwe anyị, Chineke Izrel na-ekwe nkwa na-asị gị, nʼoge ugbu a echi, maọbụ nwanne echi, aga m akpanyere nna m ụka banyere gị, meekwa ka ị mata ihe ọ na-eche banyere gị. Ọ bụrụ na obi dị ya mma nʼebe ị nọ, aga m eme ka ị mata.
Jonathan said before David: “O Lord, God of Israel, if I will discover a decision by my father, tomorrow, or the day after, and if there will be anything good concerning David, and yet I do not immediately send to you and make it known to you,
13 Ma ọ bụrụ na nna m na-achọ imerụ gị ahụ, ka Onyenwe anyị mesoo Jonatan mmeso, otu ọbụla o si dị njọ, ma ọ bụrụ na m abịaghị gwa gị, zilaga gị ka ị laa nʼudo. Ka Onyenwe anyị nọnyere gị dịka o si nọnyere nna m.
may the Lord do these things to Jonathan, and may he add these other things. But if my father will have persevered in malice against you, I will reveal it to your ear, and I will send you away, so that you may go in peace, and so that the Lord may be with you, just as he was with my father.
14 Chetakwa, i ghaghị igosi m ịhụnanya na obi ebere Onyenwe anyị, ma ọ bụrụ na m anwụọ.
And if I live, you shall show the mercy of the Lord to me. Yet truly, if I die,
15 E wezugakwala ịhụnanya gị na obi ebere gị site nʼebe ezinaụlọ m dị, ọ bụladị mgbe Onyenwe anyị bipụchara ndị iro Devid niile site nʼelu ụwa.”
you shall not take away your mercy from my house, even forever, when the Lord will have rooted out the enemies of David, each and every one of them, from the earth. May he take Jonathan from his house, and may the Lord require it from the hands of the enemies of David.”
16 Jonatan na ụlọ Devid gbara ndụ. O kwuru sị, “Ka Onyenwe anyị kpee ndị iro Devid niile ikpe.”
Therefore, Jonathan formed a covenant with the house of David. And the Lord required it from the hands of the enemies of David.
17 Jonatan mere ka Devid site nʼịhụnanya ọ hụrụ ya ṅụọra ya iyi. Nʼihi na Jonatan hụrụ Devid nʼanya dịka ọ hụrụ onwe ya.
And Jonathan continued to swear to David, because he loved him. For he loved him like his own soul.
18 Mgbe ahụ, Jonatan sịrị Devid, “Echi bụ mmemme ọnwa ọhụrụ. A ga-ele anya gị, nʼihi na ọnọdụ gị ga-atọgbọrọ nʼefu.
And Jonathan said to him: “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be sought.
19 Nwanne echi ya, nʼoge uhuruchi, gaa nʼebe ahụ i zoro onwe gị mgbe nsogbu a malitere, chere nʼebe ahụ, nʼakụkụ nkume Ezel.
For your seat will be empty until the day after tomorrow. Therefore, you shall descend quickly, and you shall go to the place where you are to be hidden, on a day when it is lawful to work, and you shall remain beside the stone that is called Ezel.
20 Aga m abịa gbaa àkụ atọ nʼakụkụ ya dịka a ga-asị na o nwere ihe m chọrọ iji ụta m gbata.
And I will shoot three arrows near it, and I will cast them as if I were practicing for myself toward a mark.
21 Emesịa, aga m ezipu otu nwantakịrị sị ya, ‘Gaa chọta àkụ ndị ahụ.’ Ọ bụrụ na ị nụ ka m na-agwa ya okwu sị, ‘Lee àkụ ndị a dị nʼakụkụ azụ gị, chita ha ebe a,’ mgbe ahụ, pụta nʼihi, dịka Onyenwe anyị na-adị ndụ, udo dịrị gị, egwu ọbụla adịghị.
Also, I will send a boy, saying to him, ‘Go and bring the arrows to me.’
22 Ma ọ bụrụ na m agwa nwantakịrị ahụ okwu sị ya, ‘Lee, àkụ ahụ dị nʼihu gị,’ ọ pụtara na ị ghaghị isi nʼebe a pụọ, nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị ezipụla gị.
If I will say to the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are before you, take them up,’ you shall approach before me, because there is peace for you, and there is nothing evil, as the Lord lives. But if I will have spoken to the boy in this way, ‘Behold, the arrows are away from you,’ then you shall go away in peace, for the Lord has released you.
23 Ma ihe banyere okwu ahụ anyị kwuru, cheta na Onyenwe anyị bụ onye akaebe, nʼetiti mụ na gị ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.”
Now about the word that you and I have spoken, may the Lord be between you and me, even forever.”
24 Ya mere, Devid gara zoo onwe ya nʼọhịa. Mgbe oge mmemme ọnwa ọhụrụ ruru, eze Sọl nọdụrụ ala iri nri.
Therefore, David was hidden in the field. And the new moon came, and the king sat down to eat bread.
25 Ọ nọdụrụ ọdụ nʼakụkụ aja ụlọ, bụ ebe ọ dị mbụ anọ, na ncherita ihu Jonatan. Abna nọdụrụ nʼakụkụ Sọl, ma oche Devid na-anọ enweghị onye nọ ya.
And when the king had sat down on his chair, (according to custom) which was beside the wall, Jonathan rose up, and Abner sat beside Saul, and David’s place appeared empty.
26 Sọl ekwughị ihe ọbụla banyere ya nʼụbọchị ahụ, nʼihi na o chere na ọ dị ihe ndaba mere, nke tinyere Devid nʼọnọdụ adịghị ọcha. Sọl kwuru nʼobi ya sị, “E, ọ ghaghị ịbụ ihe kpatara ya.”
And Saul did not say anything on that day. For he was thinking that perhaps something happened to him, so that he was not clean, or not purified.
27 Ma nʼechi ya, bụ abalị nke abụọ nke ọnwa ọhụrụ, ọnọdụ Devid tọgbọrọ nʼefu ọzọ. Mgbe ahụ, Sọl sịrị nwa ya Jonatan, “Gịnị mere nwa Jesi abịaghị iso rie nri, ma ụnyaahụ ma taa?”
And when the second day after the new moon had begun to dawn, David’s place again appeared empty. And Saul said to Jonathan, his son, “Why has the son of Jesse not arrived to eat, neither yesterday, nor today?”
28 Jonatan zara sị, “Devid rịọrọ sị m nye ya ike ka ọ gaa Betlehem.
And Jonathan responded to Saul, “He petitioned me earnestly that he might go to Bethlehem,
29 Ọ sịrị m, ‘Kwere ka m gaa nʼihi na ndị ezinaụlọ anyị nwere aja mmemme ha na-eme nʼobodo. Nwanne m nwoke nyere m iwu sị m na m aghaghị ịbịa. Ọ bụrụ na m ahụta amara nʼebe ị nọ, biko kwere ka m gaa hụ ụmụnne m.’ Ọ bụ nke a mere ọ bịaghị na tebul eze.”
and he said: ‘Permit me. For there is a solemn sacrifice in the city. One of my brothers has summoned me. Now therefore, if I have found favor in your eyes, I will go quickly, and I will see my brothers.’ For this reason, he has not come to the table of the king.”
30 Iwe were Sọl nke ukwuu. Ọ gwara Jonatan okwu nʼiwe sị ya, “Gị nwa nke nwanyị na-enupu isi, nke uche ya gbagọrọ agbagọ. Ị na-eche na m amaghị na i dịnyere nwa Jesi si otu a wetara onwe gị na nne gị ihe ihere?
Then Saul, becoming angry against Jonathan, said to him: “You son of a woman wantonly seizing a man! Could I be ignorant that you love the son of Jesse, to your own shame, and to the shame of your disgraceful mother?
31 Nʼihi na ụbọchị niile nwa Jesi dị ndụ nʼụwa a, ọnọdụ gị na alaeze gị agaghị eguzosi ike. Ugbu a, pụọ, zipụ ozi kpọtara m ya ka m gbuo ya!”
For all the days that the son of Jesse moves upon earth, neither you, nor your kingdom, will be secure. And so, send and bring him to me, here and now. For he is a son of death.”
32 Jonatan jụrụ nna ya Sọl sị, “Gịnị ka o mere? Nʼihi gịnị ka a ga-eji mee ka ọ nwụọ?”
Then Jonathan, answering his father Saul, said: “Why should he die? What has he done?”
33 Ma Sọl tụrụ ùbe o ji nʼaka ya ka o jiri ya tugbuo Jonatan, ma Jonatan zere ya. Nke a mere ka Jonatan mata nʼezie na nna ya na-achọ igbu Devid.
And Saul picked up a lance, so that he might strike him. And Jonathan understood that it had been decided by his father that David be put to death.
34 Jonatan si na tebul ahụ bilie nʼoke iwe pụọ, o righịkwa nri nʼụbọchị nke abụọ nke mmemme ahụ, nʼihi na omume ihere nna ya mesoro Devid wutere ya hie nne.
Therefore, Jonathan rose up from the table in a rage of anger. And he did not eat bread on the second day after the new moon. For he was saddened over David, because his father had confounded him.
35 Nʼụtụtụ echi ya, dịka ha kara aka, Jonatan gara nʼọhịa, ya na nwantakịrị nwoke so gaa.
And when the morning had begun to dawn, Jonathan went into the field according to the agreement with David, and a young boy was with him.
36 Ọ sịrị nwantakịrị nwoke ahụ, “Gbara ọsọ gaa chọta àkụ ndị ahụ niile m na-agba.” Mgbe nwantakịrị ahụ na-agba ọsọ na-aga, Jonatan gbapụrụ àkụ, gbafee ya nʼihu nwantakịrị ahụ.
And he said to his boy, “Go, and bring to me the arrows that I shoot.” And when the boy had run, he shot another arrow away from the boy.
37 Mgbe nwokorobịa ahụ na-ejeru nso ebe àkụ ahụ Jonatan gbara dị, Jonatan kpọkuru ya sị ya, “Àkụ ahụ dị nʼihu gị.”
And so, the boy went to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot. And Jonathan cried out, from behind the back of boy, and said: “Behold, the arrow is there, farther away from you.”
38 Mgbe ahụ, o tiri mkpu sị, “Mee ngwangwa! Gawa ọsịịsọ! Eguzokwala!” Nwokorobịa ahụ chịkọtara àkụ ndị ahụ niile gbaghachikwute nna ya ukwu.
And Jonathan cried out again, from behind the back of the boy, saying, “Go quickly! Do not stand still!” Then Jonathan’s boy collected the arrows, and he brought them to his lord.
39 Ma nwantakịrị nwoke ahụ aghọtaghị ihe Jonatan mere; ma Jonatan na Devid maara ihe gara.
And he did not understand at all what was happening. For only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
40 Jonatan nyere nwokorobịa ahụ ụta ya na àkụ ndị ahụ ka ọ chighachi ha nʼobodo.
Then Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy, and he said to him, “Go, and carry them into the city.”
41 Mgbe nwokorobịa ahụ lara, Devid biliri site nʼakụkụ ndịda nkume ahụ ebe o zoro onwe kpuo ihu ya nʼala, kpọọ isiala ugboro atọ, nʼihu Jonatan. Ha suritere onwe ha ọnụ, bekọkwaa akwa. Ma Devid kwara akwa karịa.
And when the boy had gone away, David rose up from his place, which turned toward the south, and falling prone on the ground, he reverenced three times. And kissing one another, they wept together, but David more so.
42 Nʼikpeazụ, Jonatan gwara Devid okwu sị, “Gaa nʼudo, nʼihi na anyị ejirila aha Onyenwe anyị ṅụọ iyi ịbụ enyi nʼetiti onwe anyị, na-asị, ‘Onyenwe anyị bụ onye akaebe nʼebe mụ na gị, na nʼebe ụmụ ụmụ m, na ụmụ ụmụ gị nọ ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.’” Ha kewara. Devid malitere ịpụ, ma Jonatan tụgharịrị baa nʼobodo.
Then Jonathan said to David: “Go in peace. And let us both keep all that we have ever sworn in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘May the Lord be between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, even forever.’” And David rose up and went away. But Jonathan entered into the city.
