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 the Israelites assembled themselves together, and lamented for him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness 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.

And there was a man in Ma'on, whose business was in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was, while they were 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 the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigayil: and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful form; but the man was hard-hearted and evil in his deeds; and he was of the house of Caleb.

4 Mgbe Devid nọ nʼọzara nụ na Nebal na-akpụcha ajị igwe ewu na atụrụ ya,

And David heard in the wilderness 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.

And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and ask him in my name after his well-being.

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 ye shall say, May it thus be throughout thy life; and peace be to thee, and peace be to thy house, and unto all that thou hast be peace.

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 have I heard that thou hast sheep-shearers: now thy shepherds have been with us, we have not injured them, neither hath there aught been missing unto them, all the time they were at 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 thy young men, and they will tell it thee. Therefore let the young men find favor in thy eyes; for on a festive day are we come: give, I pray thee, whatsoever thy hand is capable of unto thy servants, and to thy son, to David.

9 Ụmụ okorobịa Devid zipụrụ bịarutere zie Nebal ozi Devid ziri ha. Ha nọgidekwara chere ka onye ha ọsịsa.

And David's young men came, and they spoke to Nabal in accordance with all these words in the name of David; and then they ceased.

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 answered the servants of David, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? now-a-days there are many servants that break away 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?”

Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my sheep-shearers, and give it unto men, 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.

And David's young men turned about on their way, and returned, and came and told him in accordance with all 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 unto his men, Gird ye on, every man, his sword. And they girded on, every man, his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men, and two hundred abode by the baggage.

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.

But one of the young men told Abigayil, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master; but he hath spoken rudely to 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.

Whereas the men have been very good unto us; and we have not been injured, neither have we missed any thing, all the time that we went about with them, while we were in the field:

16 Ehihie na abalị, ha bụụrụ anyị mgbidi, ichebe anyị na atụrụ anyị, mgbe ha na-akpa nri nʼakụkụ ebe ha nọ.

A wall were they around us both by night and by day, all the time we were with them, feeding the flocks.

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 know and consider what thou canst do; for evil is determined on against our master, and against all his household; and he is too greatly a worthless man for me 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 Abigayil made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on 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 unto her young men, Pass on before me: behold, I come after you. But to her husband Nabal she told nothing.

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 was so, as she was riding on the ass, and coming down by the covert of the mount, that, behold, David and his men came down toward 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.

Now David had said, Yea, for naught only have I guarded all that belongeth to this fellow in the wilderness, so that not the least was missed of all that pertained unto him; and he hath requited me evil instead of 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 may God do unto the enemies of David, and do so yet farther, if I leave of all that pertaineth to him by the morning light, as much as a dog.

23 Mgbe Abigel hụrụ Devid, o mere ngwangwa si nʼelu ịnyịnya ibu ya rịda, kpuo ihu nʼala, kpọọ isiala nye Devid.

And when Abigayil saw David, she hastened, and alighted off the ass, and fell down before David on her face, and bowed herself 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.

And she fell at his feet, and said, On me, me, my lord, is the fault: and let thy hand-maid, I pray thee, speak in thy hearing, and listen to the words of thy hand-maid.

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 thee, turn his heart unto this worthless man, unto Nabal; for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and meanness is with him; but I thy hand-maid did not see the young men of my Lord, whom thou didst 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 Eternal liveth, and as thy soul liveth, it is the Lord who hath withholden thee from coming to blood-guiltiness, and from helping thyself with thy own hand; and now may like Nabal be thy enemies, and those that seek [to do] my Lord evil.

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 this present which thy hand-maid hath brought unto my Lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow in the train 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.

Pardon, I pray thee, the trespass of thy hand-maid; for the Lord will certainly make for my lord an enduring house; because the battles of the Lord doth my lord fight, and evil will not be found in thee all thy days.

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 though a man is risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: yet will the soul of my Lord be bound in the bond of life with the Lord thy God; and the soul of thy enemies will he hurl away, as out of the middle of the 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 come to pass, when the Lord will do to my lord, in accordance with all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and will ordain thee as 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.”

That this shall not be unto thee as a cause of offense and as a reproach of heart unto my lord, both by having shed blood without cause, and by my lord having righted himself; and when the Lord will do good unto my lord, then do thou remember thy hand-maid.

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 Abigayil, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent thee this 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 thy intelligence, and blessed be thou, who hast prevented me this day from coming unto blood-guiltiness, and from helping 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 truly, as the Lord the God of Israel liveth, who hath withdrawn me from injuring thee, except thou hadst hastened and come to meet me, surely there would not have been left unto Nabal by the morning-light so much as a dog.

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 out of her hand that which she had brought him; and unto her he said, Go up in peace to thy house: see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have respected thy presence.

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 Abigayil came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, and he was exceedingly drunken; wherefore she told him not a word, either little or great, until 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.

But it happened in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things; 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 in about ten days thereafter, 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 when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, who hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath withheld his servant from evil; and the wickedness of Nabal hath the Lord returned upon his own head. And David sent and applied for Abigayil, to take her to himself for 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 the servants of David came to Abigayil to Carmel, and they spoke unto her, saying, David hath sent us unto thee, to take thee to himself for 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.”

Thereupon she arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thy hand-maid be a servant 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 Abigayil hastened, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with her five damsels that went in her train; and she went after 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.

David also took Achino'am of Yizre'el; and both of them became thus his wives.

44 Nʼoge a, Sọl ewerela nwa ya nwanyị Mikal, onye bụ nwunye Devid kpọnye Palti, nwa Laish, onye obodo Galim, dịka nwunye.

But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti, the son of Layish, who was of Gallim.