1 Samuel 25
1 Emesịa Samuel nwụrụ. Izrel niile chịkọtara onwe ha ọnụ zukọta ruo ụjụ nʼihi ọnwụ ya. Ha liri ya nʼụlọ ya dị na Rema. Emesịa, Devid gara nʼọzara Paran biri nʼebe ahụ.
Then Samuel died, and all of Israel gathered together, and they mourned him. And they buried him at his house in Ramah. And David, rising up, descended to the desert of Paran.
2 Otu nwoke dị, onye obodo Maon, onye ikwu Kaleb, nke nwere akụnụba. O nwere igwe atụrụ dị puku atọ, na otu puku ewu, ndị ọ nọ nʼubi nʼoge a na-akpụchapụ ajị ha nʼobodo Kamel.
Now there was a certain man in the wilderness of Maon, and his possessions were at Carmel. And this man was exceedingly great. And three thousand sheep, and one thousand goats were his. And it happened that he was shearing his sheep at Carmel.
3 Aha nwoke a bụ Nebal. Nwunye ya kwa, onye bụ nwanyị mara mma, na onye nwere akọnuche, ka a na-akpọ Abigel. Nwoke a nwere omume ọjọọ; ọ kwara obi nʼazụ, afọ takwara ya mmiri.
Now the name of this man was Nabal. And the name of his wife was Abigail. And she was a very prudent and beautiful woman. But her husband was hard-hearted, and very wicked, and malicious. And he was of the stock of Caleb.
4 Mgbe Devid nọ nʼọzara nụ na Nebal na-akpụcha ajị igwe ewu na atụrụ ya,
Therefore, when David, in the desert, had heard that Nabal was shearing his sheep,
5 o zipụrụ ndị ikom iri sị ha. “Jekwurunụ Nebal nʼobodo Kamel, jụọ ya otu ihe si aga nʼaha m.
he sent ten young men, and he said to them: “Ascend to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name peacefully.
6 Sịnụ ya, ndụ gị, ndụ ogologo, udo na ahụ ike nye gị na ezinaụlọ gị, udo na ahụ ike nye ihe niile i nwere.
And you shall say: ‘Peace be to my brothers and to you, and peace to your house, and peace to whatever you have.
7 “‘Anụla m na ị na-akpacha ajị igwe ewu na atụrụ gị. Oge ndị ọzụzụ atụrụ gị nọ nʼetiti anyị, anyị emejọghị ha, o nweghị ihe ọbụla funarịrị ha oge ahụ niile ha nọrọ nʼobodo Kamel.
I have heard that your shepherds, who were with us in the desert, were shearing. We have never troubled them, nor was anything from the flock missing to them at any time, during the entire time that they have been with us in Carmel.
8 Jụọkwa ndị ikom gị, ha ga-agwa gị ma ihe m kwuru ọ bụ eziokwu. Ya mere gosi ụmụ okorobịa ndị a ihuọma, ebe ọ bụ na ha na-abịakwute gị nʼoge mmemme. Biko, nyetụ ndị ohu gị ndị a, na mụ bụ Devid nwa gị, ihe ọbụla aka gị ruru.’”
Question your servants, and they will tell you. Now therefore, may your servants find favor in your eyes. For we have arrived on a good day. Whatever your hand will find, give it to your servants and to your son David.’”
9 Ụmụ okorobịa Devid zipụrụ bịarutere zie Nebal ozi Devid ziri ha. Ha nọgidekwara chere ka onye ha ọsịsa.
And when the servants of David had arrived, they spoke to Nabal all these words in the name of David. And then they were silent.
10 Ma Nebal jụrụ ha sị, “Onye bụ Devid? Onye bụkwa nwa Jesi a? Ọtụtụ ndị ohu dị taa bụ ndị na-esi nʼaka nna ha ukwu na-agbapụ.
But Nabal, responding to the servants of David, said: “Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? Today, servants who are fleeing from their lords are increasing.
11 M ga-ewere achịcha m, na mmiri m, na anụ m gburu nʼihi ndị na-akpachara m ajị anụ nye ndị m na-amaghị ebe ha sị pụta?”
Therefore, shall I take my bread, and my water, and the meat of the cattle that I have slain for my shearers, and give it to men, when I do not know where they are from?”
12 Ndị ikom Devid tụgharịrị azụ laghachi ebe ha si bịa. Mgbe ha bịarutere, ha kọrọ akụkọ banyere okwu niile Nebal kwuru.
And so the servants of David traveled back along their way. And returning, they went and reported to him all the words that he had said.
13 Devid sịrị ndị ikom ya, “Onye ọbụla nyara mma agha!” Ha mere ihe o kwuru. Devid nʼonwe ya nyanyekwara mma agha nke ya. Ihe dị ka narị ndị ikom anọ sooro Devid pụọ, ebe narị mmadụ abụọ ndị ọzọ nọdụrụ na-eche ụlọ ha nche.
Then David said to his servants, “Let each one gird his sword.” And each one girded his sword. And David also girded his sword. And about four hundred men followed David. But two hundred remained behind with the supplies.
14 Ma otu nʼime ndị ikom Nebal gara kọọrọ Abigel, nwunye Nebal sị ya, “Lee, Devid esitela nʼọzara zite ndị ozi ka ha nye onyenwe anyị ekele ya, ma ọ kparịrị ha, baakwara ha mba.
Then it was reported to Abigail, the wife of Nabal, by one of his servants, saying: “Behold, David has sent messengers from the desert, so that they might speak kindly to our lord. But he turned them away.
15 Ma ndị ikom ndị a mesoro anyị mmeso ọma, ha emejọghị anyị. Oge ahụ niile anyị nọ ha nso nʼọhịa ọ dịghị ihe funarịrị anyị.
These men were good enough to us, and were not troublesome. Neither did we ever lose anything, during the entire time that we conversed with them in the desert.
16 Ehihie na abalị, ha bụụrụ anyị mgbidi, ichebe anyị na atụrụ anyị, mgbe ha na-akpa nri nʼakụkụ ebe ha nọ.
They were a wall to us, as much in the night as in the day, during all the days that we were with them, pasturing the sheep.
17 Ọ dị mma ka ị mata ma marakwa ihe ị ga-eme ngwangwa; nʼihi nsogbu dị njọ nke na-aga ịdịrị nna anyị ukwu na ezinaụlọ ya niile. Nʼihi ọ bụ nwoke jọgburu onwe ya, na ọ dịghị onye pụrụ ịgwa ya okwu.”
For this reason, consider and realize what you should do. For evil has been decided against your husband and against your house. And he is a son of Belial, so that no one is able to speak to him.”
18 Abigel mere ngwangwa chịkọta narị ogbe achịcha abụọ, karama akpụkpọ mmanya abụọ, atụrụ ise e doziri edozi, otu bushel ọka e ghere eghe, otu narị ụyọkọ mkpụrụ vaịnị a mịkpọrọ amịkpọ na narị achịcha fiig abụọ, bukwasị ihe ndị a niile nʼelu ịnyịnya ibu.
And so Abigail hurried, and she took two hundred loaves, and two vessels of wine, and five cooked sheep, and five measures of cooked grain, and one hundred clusters of dried grapes, and two hundred masses of dried figs, and she set them upon donkeys.
19 Ọ sịrị ụmụ okorobịa na-ejere ya ozi, “Na-aganụ nʼihu, ana m abịa nʼazụ.” Ma ọ gwaghị di ya Nebal ihe ọ na-aga ime.
And she said to her servants: “Go before me. Behold, I will follow after your back.” But she did not reveal it to her husband, Nabal.
20 Mgbe ọ nọ nʼelu ịnyịnya ibu na-agbada ụzọ nke ugwu ahụ ọ hụrụ Devid na ndị agha ya ka ha na-abịa. O zutere ha
And when she had climbed on a donkey, and was descending to the base of the mountain, David and his men were descending to meet her. And she met them.
21 ma Devid nọrịị na-ekwu na-asị, “Ọ bụ nʼefu ka anyị nyeere nwoke a aka. Anyị chebere igwe ewu na atụrụ ya nʼọzara; ọ dịkwaghị otu furu efu, ọ dịkwaghị otu nke e zuru ezu, ma o jirila ajọ omume kwụghachi m ihe ọma m meere ya.
And David said: “Truly, in vain have I preserved all that was his in the wilderness, so that nothing perished out of all that belonged to him. And he has repaid evil to me for good.
22 Ka Chineke mesoo Devid mmeso, otu ọbụla mmeso ahụ si dị njọ, ma ọ bụrụ na m ahapụ otu mkpụrụ nwoke ndụ nʼetiti ihe niile o nwere na-eku ume, mgbe chi echi bọrọ.”
May God do these things, by the enemies of David, and may he add these other things, if I leave behind until morning, out of all that belongs to him, anything that urinates against a wall.”
23 Mgbe Abigel hụrụ Devid, o mere ngwangwa si nʼelu ịnyịnya ibu ya rịda, kpuo ihu nʼala, kpọọ isiala nye Devid.
Then, when Abigail had seen David, she hurried and descended from the donkey. And she fell upon her face before David, and she reverenced on the ground.
24 Ọ dara nʼala nʼụkwụ ya, sị, “Ka ajọ omume ahụ dịkwasị nʼisi ohu gị, onyenwe m. Biko, kwere ka ohu gị gwa gị okwu, gekwaa ntị nʼihe ohu gị nwere ikwu.
And she fell at his feet, and she said: “May this iniquity be upon me, my lord. I beg you, let your handmaid speak to your ears, and listen to the words of your servant.
25 Nebal bụ nwoke nwere obi ọjọọ, biko ka onyenwe m ghara ịgụ ihe ọbụla o kwuru nʼihe. Ọ bụ onye nzuzu, dịka aha ya na-egosi. Aha ya pụtara nzuzu, nzuzu na-esokwa ya. Ma ahụghị m ndị ozi ahụ i zitere, nʼezie ohu gị ahụghị ndị ikom onyenwe m zitere.
Let not my lord, the king, I beseech you, set his heart upon this iniquitous man, Nabal. For in accord with his name, he is senseless, and foolishness is with him. But I, your handmaid, did not see your servants, my lord, whom you had sent.
26 Ugbu a, onyenwe m, dịka Onyenwe anyị na-adị ndụ ma gị onwe gị na-adịkwa ndụ, ebe ọ bụ na Onyenwe anyị gbochiri gị ka ị ghara ịba nʼikpe ọmụma nke igbu mmadụ, na iji aka gị bọrọ onwe gị ọbọ, ka ndụ ndị iro gị na ndị niile na-achọ ime onyenwe m ihe ọjọọ, dịka Nebal.
Now therefore, my lord, as your soul lives, and as the Lord lives, who has kept your hand to yourself, and has prevented you from coming to blood: now, let your enemies be like Nabal, and like all those who are seeking evil for my lord.
27 Ma kwerekwa ka onyinye a, nke ohu gị nwanyị wetaara nna m ukwu, bụrụ nke a ga-enye ndị ikom na-eso gị.
Because of this, accept this blessing, which your handmaid has brought to you, my lord. And give it to the young men who follow you, my lord.
28 “Biko, gbaghara njehie ohu gị nwanyị, nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị aghaghị imere onyenwe m alaeze nke ga-adịgide, nʼihi na ọ bụ agha Onyenwe anyị ka ị na-alụ, agaghị ahụta ajọ omume nʼime gị ogologo ụbọchị ndụ gị niile.
Forgive the iniquity of your handmaid. For the Lord will surely make for you, my lord, a faithful house, because you, my lord, fight the battles of the Lord. Therefore, let no evil be found in you all the days of your life.
29 Ọ bụ ezie na mmadụ pụrụ ị na-achụ gị ịnapụ gị ndụ gị, ma ndụ onyenwe m ga-abụ ihe Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị ga-ekechi na ngwungwu ndị dị ndụ. Ma ndụ ndị iro gị ka ọ ga-atụfu dịka nkume esi nʼakpa e ji efe ebe.
For if a man, at any time, will rise up, pursuing you and seeking your life, the life of my lord will be preserved, as if in the sheave of the living, with the Lord your God. But the lives of your enemies will be spun around, as if with the force of a whirling sling.
30 Mgbe Onyenwe anyị mezuru nye onyenwe m ihe ọma niile nke o kwere na nkwa, meekwa ya onyendu ndị Izrel,
Therefore, when the Lord will have done for you, my lord, all the good that he has spoken about you, and when he will have appointed you as leader over Israel,
31 onyenwe m agaghị enwe akọnuche nke ga na-esogbu ya nʼihi na o ji aka ya bọọrọ onwe ya ọbọ, maọbụ nke iwufu ọbara. Mgbe Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị mere ka ihe gaara onyenwe m nke ọma, chetakwa ohu gị nwanyị.”
this will not be for you a regret or a scruple of the heart, my lord, that you had shed innocent blood, or had taken revenge for yourself. And when the Lord will have done well for my lord, you shall remember your handmaid.”
32 Devid zara Abigel sị ya, “Otuto dịrị Onyenwe anyị, Chineke nke Izrel onye zitere gị taa ka ị bịa zute m.
And David said to Abigail: “Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me. And blessed is your eloquence.
33 Ka ngọzị dịrị gị nʼihi ezi uche gị, na nʼihi na i gbochiri m iwufu ọbara taa, gbochiekwa m iji aka m bọrọ onwe m ọbọ.
And blessed are you, who prevented me today from going to blood, and from taking revenge for myself with my own hand.
34 Ma ọ bụghị otu a, dịka Onyenwe anyị Chineke nke Izrel na-adị ndụ, bụ onye jidere m site nʼimerụ gị ahụ, ọ bụrụ na ị pụtaghị ngwa izute m, ọ dịghị otu nwoke gaara adị ndụ nʼụlọ Nebal nʼìhè ụtụtụ echi.”
But instead, as the Lord God of Israel lives, he has prevented me from doing evil to you. But if you had not come quickly to meet me, there would not have been left to Nabal by the morning light, anything that urinates against a wall.”
35 Devid naara ya ihe ndị ahụ niile o wetara sị ya, “Laghachi nʼụlọ gị nʼudo. Anụla m ihe i kwuru ma meekwa ihe ị rịọrọ.”
Then David received from her hand all that she had brought to him. And he said to her: “Go in peace to your own house. Behold, I have heeded your voice, and I have honored your face.”
36 Mgbe Abigel batara nʼụlọ, o jekwuru Nebal ebe ọ nọ nʼoriri ọ kpọrọ, oriri dịka oriri a na-enwe nʼụlọeze. Ọ ṅụọkwala mmanya ṅụbigakwa ya oke; nʼihi ya ọ gwaghị ya ihe ọbụla tutu ruo nʼụtụtụ.
Then Abigail went to Nabal. And behold, he was holding a feast for himself in his house, like the feast of a king. And the heart of Nabal was cheerful. For he was greatly inebriated. And she did not reveal a word to him, small or great, until morning.
37 Nʼụtụtụ, mgbe mmanya pụrụ Nebal nʼanya, nwunye ya gwara ya ihe ndị a niile. Nke a mere ka obi ya nwụọ, ka ọ tọgbọrọ dịka nkume.
Then, at first light, when Nabal had digested his wine, his wife revealed to him these words, and his heart died within himself, and he became like a stone.
38 Mgbe abalị iri gafere, Onyenwe anyị tiri Nebal ihe otiti, nke mere ka ọ nwụọ.
And after ten days had passed, the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.
39 Mgbe Devid nụrụ na Nebal anwụọla, ọ sịrị, “Otuto dịrị Onyenwe anyị, onye kpechitere m okwu m megide Nebal nʼihi nlelị anya o leliri m. O gbochiela ohu ya site nʼime ihe ezighị ezi, ma kwụghachi Nebal ụgwọ mmehie ya.” Mgbe ahụ Devid zigara ndị ozi ka ha gaa jụọ Abigel ma ọ ga-ekwe ị ghọọ nwunye ya.
And when David had heard that Nabal was dead, he said: “Blessed is the Lord, who has judged the case of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and who has preserved his servant from evil. And the Lord has repaid the malice of Nabal upon his own head.” Then David sent and he spoke with Abigail, so that he might take her to himself as wife.
40 Ndị ozi Devid bịakwutere Abigel na Kamel zie ya ozi sị, “Devid zitere anyị bịakwute gị ịlụta gị ka ị ghọọ nwunye ya.”
And David’s servants went to Abigail at Carmel, and they spoke to her, saying, “David has sent us to you, so that he might take you to himself as wife.”
41 Abigel kpuru ihu nʼala sị ya, “Lee ohu gị nwanyị, ejikeere m ijere gị ozi, na ịsacha ụkwụ ndị na-ejere onyenwe m ozi.”
And rising up, she reverenced prone on the ground, and she said, “Behold, let your servant be a handmaid, to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”
42 Abigel mere ngwangwa jikere, kpọrọ ụmụ agbọghọ ise na-ejere ya ozi, nọkwasị nʼelu ịnyịnya ibu, soro ndị ahụ Devid zitere lakwuru Devid. Otu a ka Abigel sị ghọọ nwunye Devid.
And Abigail rose up and hurried, and she climbed upon a donkey, and five girls went with her, her attendants. And she followed the messengers of David, and she became his wife.
43 Devid lụkwara nwanyị ọzọ aha ya bụ Ahinoam, onye Jezril. Ha abụọ bụkwa ndị nwunye ya.
Moreover, David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel. And both of them were his wives.
44 Nʼoge a, Sọl ewerela nwa ya nwanyị Mikal, onye bụ nwunye Devid kpọnye Palti, nwa Laish, onye obodo Galim, dịka nwunye.
Then Saul gave his daughter Michal, the wife of David, to Palti, the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
