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.
And Samuel died, and all Israel assembled, and bewailed him, and they bury him in his house in Armathaim: and David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Maon.
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.
And there was a man in Maon, and his flocks were in Carmel, and [he was] a very great man; and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand she-goats: and he happened to be shearing his flock in 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.
And the man's name [was] Nabal, and his wife's name [was] Abigaia: and his wife [was] of good understanding and very beautiful in person: but the man [was] harsh, and evil in his doings, and the man [was] churlish.
4 Mgbe Devid nọ nʼọzara nụ na Nebal na-akpụcha ajị igwe ewu na atụrụ ya,
And David heard in the wilderness, that Nabal the Carmelite was shearing his sheep.
5 o zipụrụ ndị ikom iri sị ha. “Jekwurunụ Nebal nʼobodo Kamel, jụọ ya otu ihe si aga nʼaha m.
And David sent ten young men, and he said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and ask him in my name how he is.
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 thus shall you say, May you and your house seasonably prosper, and all your be in prosperity.
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.
And now, behold, I have heard that your shepherds who were with is in the wilderness are shearing your sheep, and we hindered them not, neither did we demand any thing from them all the time they were 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.’”
Ask your servants, and they will tell you. Let then your servants find grace in your eyes, for we are come on a good day; give we pray you, whatever your hand may find, to your son David.
9 Ụmụ okorobịa Devid zipụrụ bịarutere zie Nebal ozi Devid ziri ha. Ha nọgidekwara chere ka onye ha ọsịsa.
So the servants come and speak these words to Nabal, according to all these words in the name of David.
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.
And Nabal sprang up, and answered the servants of David, and said, Who [is] David? and who [is] the son of Jessae? Now-a-days there is abundance of servants who depart every one from his master.
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?”
And shall I take my bread, and my wine, and my beasts that I have slain for my shearers, and shall I give them to men of whom I know not whence they are?
12 Ndị ikom Devid tụgharịrị azụ laghachi ebe ha si bịa. Mgbe ha bịarutere, ha kọrọ akụkọ banyere okwu niile Nebal kwuru.
So the servants of David turned back, and returned, and came and reported to David according to these words.
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.
And David said to his men, Gird on every man his sword. And they went up after David, about four hundred men: and two hundred abode with the stuff.
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.
And one of the servants reported to Abigaia the wife of Nabal, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our lord; but he turned away from them.
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.
And the men were very good to us; they did not hinder us, neither did they demand from us any thing all the days that we were with them.
16 Ehihie na abalị, ha bụụrụ anyị mgbidi, ichebe anyị na atụrụ anyị, mgbe ha na-akpa nri nʼakụkụ ebe ha nọ.
And when we were in the field, they were as a wall round about us, both by night and by day, all the days that we were with them feeding the flock.
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.”
And now do you consider, and see what you will do; for mischief is determined against our lord and against his house; and he [is] a vile character, and one can’t 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 Abigaia hasted, and took two hundred loaves, and two vessels of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five ephahs of fine flour, and one homer of dried grapes, and two hundred cakes of figs, and put them upon asses.
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 on before me, and behold I come after you: but she told not her husband.
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 it came to pass when she had mounted her ass and was going down by the covert of the mountain, behold, David and his men came down 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, Perhaps I have kept all his possessions in the wilderness that he should wrong me, and we did not order the taking anything of all his goods; yet he has rewarded me evil 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.”
So God do to David and more also, if I leave one male of all that belong to Nabal until the morning.
23 Mgbe Abigel hụrụ Devid, o mere ngwangwa si nʼelu ịnyịnya ibu ya rịda, kpuo ihu nʼala, kpọọ isiala nye Devid.
And Abigaia saw David, and she hasted and alighted from her ass; and she felt before David on her face, and did obeisance to him, [bowing] to 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.
[even] to his feet, and said, On me, my lord, be my wrong: let, I pray you, your servant speak in your ears, and hear you 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, I pray you, take to heart this pestilent man, for according to his name, so is he; Nabal [is] his name, and folly [is] with him: but I your handmaid saw not the servants of my lord whom you did send.
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.
And now, my lord, [as] the Lord lives, and your soul lives, as the Lord has kept you from coming against innocent blood, and from executing vengeance for yourself, now therefore let your enemies, and those that seek evil against my lord, become as Nabal.
27 Ma kwerekwa ka onyinye a, nke ohu gị nwanyị wetaara nna m ukwu, bụrụ nke a ga-enye ndị ikom na-eso gị.
And now accept this token of goodwill, which your servant has brought to my lord, and you shall give it to the servants that wait on 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.
Remove, I pray you, the trespass of your servant; for the Lord will surely make for my lord a sure house, for the Lord fights the battles of my lord, and there shall no evil be ever found in you.
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.
And [if] a man shall rise up persecuting you and seeking your life, yet shall the life of my lord be bound up in the bundle of life with the Lord God, and you shall whirl the life of your enemies [as] in the midst of a sling.
30 Mgbe Onyenwe anyị mezuru nye onyenwe m ihe ọma niile nke o kwere na nkwa, meekwa ya onyendu ndị Izrel,
And it shall be when the Lord shall have wrought for my lord all the good things he has spoken concerning you, and shall appoint you to be ruler 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.”
then this shall not be an abomination and offense to my lord, to have shed innocent blood without cause, and for my lord to have avenged himself: and so may the Lord do good to my lord, and you shall remember your handmaid to do her good.
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 Abigaia, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel, who sent you this very day to meet me:
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 [be] your conduct, and blessed [be] you, who have hindered me this very day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself.
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 surely as the Lord God of Israel lives, who hindered me this day from doing you harm, if you had not hasted and come to meet me, then I said, There shall [surely] not be left to Nabal till the morning one male.
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.”
And David took of her hand all that she brought to him, and said to her, Go in peace to your house: see, I have listened to your voice, and accepted your petition.
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.
And Abigaia came to Nabal: and, behold, he had a banquet in this house, as the banquet of a king, and the heart of Nabal [was] merry within him, and he [was] very drunken: and she told him nothing great or small till the morning light.
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.
And it came to pass in the morning, when Nabal recovered from his wine, his wife told him these words; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
38 Mgbe abalị iri gafere, Onyenwe anyị tiri Nebal ihe otiti, nke mere ka ọ nwụọ.
And it came to pass after about ten days, that 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 David heard it and said, Blessed [be] the Lord, who has judged the cause of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and has delivered his servant from the power of evil; and the Lord has returned the mischief of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and spoke concerning Abigaia, to take her to himself for a 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.”
So the servants of David came to Abigaia to Carmel, and spoke to her, saying, David has sent us to you, to take you to himself for a 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 she arose, and did reverence with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, your servant [is] for an handmaid to wash the feet of your servants.
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 Abigaia arose, and mounted her ass, and five damsels followed her: and she went after the servants of David, and became his wife.
43 Devid lụkwara nwanyị ọzọ aha ya bụ Ahinoam, onye Jezril. Ha abụọ bụkwa ndị nwunye ya.
And David took Achinaam out of Jezrael, and they were both his wives.
44 Nʼoge a, Sọl ewerela nwa ya nwanyị Mikal, onye bụ nwunye Devid kpọnye Palti, nwa Laish, onye obodo Galim, dịka nwunye.
And Saul gave Melchol his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Amis who was of Romma.
