2 Samuel 12
1 Ya mere, Onyenwe anyị zigara Netan ka o jekwuru Devid. Mgbe Netan bịakwutere Devid, ọ kọọrọ ya akụkọ a, “E nwere ndị ikom abụọ bi nʼotu obodo, otu bụ ọgaranya ma nke ọzọ bụ ogbenye.
And the Lord sent Nathan to David. And Nathan came to him and said, There were two men in the same town: one a man of great wealth, and the other a poor man.
2 Onye ọgaranya a nwere ọtụtụ igwe atụrụ na igwe ehi.
The man of wealth had great numbers of flocks and herds;
3 Ma nwoke ogbenye ahụ enweghị ihe ọbụla karịa otu nwa nne atụrụ nta nke ọ zụtara. Ọ zụlitere ya, o tolite nʼetiti ya na ụmụ ya. Ọ na-eri nri site na ihe oriri ya, na-aṅụ mmiri site nʼiko mmiri ya, nʼobi ya ka ọ na-edinakwa. Ọ nọ ọnọdụ dịka nwa nwanyị nye ya.
But the poor man had only one little she-lamb, which he had got and taken care of: from its birth it had been with him like one of his children; his meat was its food, and from his cup it took its drink, resting in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.
4 “Otu ụbọchị, onye ọbịa bịara nʼụlọ onye ọgaranya ahụ. Ma kama ọgaranya ahụ ga-ewere otu atụrụ maọbụ ehi nke ya siere onye ọbịa ya nri, ọ gara were nne atụrụ ogbenye ahụ, gbuo ya, jiri ya siere ọbịa ya nri.”
Now a traveller came to the house of the man of wealth, but he would not take anything from his flock or his herd to make a meal for the traveller who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb and made it ready for the man who had come.
5 Devid were oke iwe megide nwoke ahụ, ọ sịrị Netan, “Ana m aṅụ iyi nʼaha Onyenwe anyị dị ndụ na onye mere ihe dị otu a aghaghị ịnwụ!
And David was full of wrath against that man; and he said to Nathan, By the living Lord, death is the right punishment for the man who has done this:
6 Ọ ga-ejikwa nwa atụrụ okpukpu anọ kwụghachi ogbenye ahụ ụgwọ otu atụrụ ahụ o weere, nʼihi na onye ọgaranya ahụ egosighị na o nwere obi ebere ọbụla.”
And he will have to give back four times the value of the lamb, because he has done this and because he had no pity.
7 Mgbe ahụ, Netan sịrị Devid, “Ọ bụ gị bụ nwoke ahụ! Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị, Chineke Izrel sịrị, ‘Mụ onwe m tere gị mmanụ ịbụ eze Izrel, mụ onwe m napụtakwara gị site nʼaka Sọl.
And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says, I made you king over Israel, putting holy oil on you, and I kept you safe from the hands of Saul;
8 Enyere m gị ụlọ nna gị ukwu, nyefekwa ndị inyom nna gị ukwu nʼaka gị, na alaeze Izrel na Juda, ka ha bụrụ nke gị. Ma ọ bụrụ na nke a ezughị, agaara m atụkwasịrị gị ihe ndị a niile okpukpu okpukpu.
I gave you your master's daughter and your master's wives for yourself, and I gave you the daughters of Israel and Judah; and if that had not been enough, I would have given you such and such things.
9 Gịnị mere i ji lelịa okwu Onyenwe anyị anya, mee ihe a jọgburu onwe ya? Nʼihi na i jirila mma agha gbuo Ụraya onye Het, zurukwa nwunye ya nʼohi. Ọ bụkwa mma agha ndị Amọn ka i ji gbuo ya.
Why then have you had no respect for the word of the Lord, doing what is evil in his eyes? You have put Uriah the Hittite to death with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife; you have put him to death with the sword of the children of Ammon.
10 Ya mere, nʼihi ihe a i mere, mma agha agaghị esi nʼezinaụlọ gị pụọ, nʼihi na i ledara m anya kpọrọ nwunye Ụraya onye Het ka ọ bụrụ nwunye gị.’
So now the sword will never be turned away from your family; because you have had no respect for me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.
11 “Ihe a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, ‘Aga m eme ka ihe ọjọọ si nʼezinaụlọ gị bilie megide gị. Nʼihu gị ka m ga-eduru ndị nwunye gị dunye otu onye dị gị nnọọ nso, ya na ha ga-edinakọ nʼehihie ọcha, nʼihu ndị Izrel niile.
The Lord says, From those of your family I will send evil against you, and before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to your neighbour, and he will take your wives to his bed by the light of this sun.
12 I mere mmehie gị na nzuzo, ma aga m eme nke a na mbara, nʼihu Izrel niile.’”
You did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel and in the light of the sun.
13 Mgbe ahụ, Devid sịrị Netan, “Emehiela m megide Onyenwe anyị.” Netan zara sị ya, “Onyenwe anyị nʼonwe ya agbagharakwala gị mmehie gị, ị gaghị anwụ.
And David said to Nathan, Great is my sin against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The Lord has put away your sin; death will not come on you.
14 Ma nʼihi na i meela ka ndị iro Onyenwe anyị nwe ohere ikwulu na ilelị ya anya, nwa nwoke ahụ amụụrụ gị ga-anwụ.”
But still, because you have had no respect for the Lord, death will certainly overtake the child who has newly come to birth.
15 Mgbe Netan lara, Onyenwe anyị mere ka nwantakịrị ahụ nwunye Ụraya mụụrụ Devid daa ọrịa.
Then Nathan went back to his house. And the hand of the Lord was on David's son, the child of Uriah's wife, and it became very ill.
16 Devid rịọrọ Chineke arịrịọ banyere nwantakịrị ahụ. O buru ọnụ, dinaa nʼala efu abalị ahụ niile nʼihu Onyenwe anyị.
So David made prayer to God for the child; and he took no food day after day, and went in and, stretching himself out on the earth, was there all night.
17 Emesịa, ndị okenye ụlọ ya rịọrọ Devid ka o bilie rie nri, ma ọ jụrụ iri ihe ọbụla.
And the chief men of his house got up and went to his side to make him get up from the earth, but he would not; and he would not take food with them.
18 Nʼụbọchị nke asaa, nwantakịrị ahụ nwụrụ. Mgbe ahụ, ndị na-ejere Devid ozi tụrụ egwu otu ha ga-esi gwa ya na nwantakịrị ahụ anwụọla. Nʼihi na ha kwuru nʼime onwe ha sị, “Mgbe nwantakịrị ahụ ka dị ndụ, anyị gwara ya okwu ma o geghị anyị ntị. Anyị ga-esi aṅaa gwa ya na nwantakịrị ahụ anwụọla? O nwere ike imerụ onwe ya ahụ.”
And then on the seventh day the child's death took place. And David's servants were in fear of giving him the news of the child's death: for they said, Truly, while the child was still living he gave no attention when we said anything to him: what will he do to himself if we give him word that the child is dead?
19 Mgbe Devid hụrụ na ha na-ekwurịta okwu nʼetiti onwe ha na nzuzo; ọ matara na nwa ahụ anwụọla. Ọ jụrụ ha sị, “Nwata ahụ ọ nwụọla?” Ha zara sị ya, “E, ọ nwụọla!”
But when David saw that his servants were talking together quietly, he was certain that the child was dead: and he said to his servants, Is the child dead? and they said, He is.
20 Mgbe ahụ, Devid sitere nʼala ebe o dina, bilie, saa ahụ, gbanwee uwe ya, baa nʼụlọ Onyenwe anyị, kpọọrọ ya isiala. Ọ lọghachiri nʼụlọ ya nye iwu ka e wetara ya ihe oriri. O rikwara nri.
Then David got up from the earth, and after washing and rubbing himself with oil and changing his clothing, he went into the house of the Lord and gave worship: then he went back to his house, and at his order they put food before him and he had a meal.
21 O juru ndị na-ejere ya ozi anya, nʼihi ya ha jụrụ ya ajụjụ si, “Gịnị mere i ji eme omume dị otu a? Mgbe nwantakịrị ahụ nọ ndụ, i buru ọnụ, kwaakwa akwa, ma ugbu a, nwa ahụ anwụọla, ị kwụsịla iru ụjụ. Ugbu a, ị biliela na-erikwa nri.”
Then his servants said to him, Why have you been acting in this way? you were weeping and going without food while the child was still living; but when the child was dead, you got up and had a meal.
22 Devid zara ha sị, “Eburu m ọnụ, kwaakwa akwa mgbe nwa ahụ nọ ndụ, nʼihi na ekwuru m sị, ‘ma eleghị anya, Onyenwe anyị ga-enwe ọmịiko nʼebe m nọ mee ka nwa ahụ dị ndụ.’
And he said, While the child was still living I went without food and gave myself up to weeping: for I said, Who is able to say that the Lord will not have mercy on me and give the child life?
23 Ma ugbu a ọ nwụrụ, gịnịkwa ka m nwere dịka uru ibu ọnụ ọzọ? M pụrụ ime ka ọ dị ndụ ọzọ? Aga m alakwuru ya, ma ọ gaghị alaghachikwutekwa m.”
But now that the child is dead there is no reason for me to go without food; am I able to make him come back to life? I will go to him, but he will never come back to me.
24 Devid kasiri Batsheba nwunye ya obi, emesịa, mgbe ya na ya dinakọrọ, ọ tụụrụ ime ọzọ mụọ nwa nwoke onye ha kpọrọ aha ya Solomọn. Ma Onyenwe anyị hụrụ nwantakịrị ahụ nʼanya.
And David gave comfort to his wife Bath-sheba, and he went in to her and had connection with her: and she had a son to whom she gave the name Solomon. And he was dear to the Lord.
25 O zigara ozi site nʼaka Netan, onye amụma, ka a gụọ ya Jedidaya nʼihi Onyenwe anyị.
And he sent word by Nathan the prophet, who gave him the name Jedidiah, by the word of the Lord.
26 Nʼoge a, Joab busoro Raba obodo ndị Amọn agha dọta isi obodo eze ha nʼagha.
Now Joab was fighting against Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon, and he took the water-town.
27 Joab zigara Devid ozi sị ya, “Ebuola m agha megide Raba dọta isi mmiri ọṅụṅụ ya nʼagha.
And Joab sent men to David, saying, I have made war against Rabbah and have taken the water-town.
28 Ugbu a chịkọtaa ndị agha fọdụrụ bịa lụpụchaa agha a, ka ị dọta obodo a nʼagha. Ọ bụrụ na i meghị otu a, aga m adọta obodo a nʼagha, a ga-akpọkwasịkwa ya aha m.”
So now, get the rest of the people together, and put them in position against the town and take it, for if I take it, it will be named after my name.
29 Nʼihi nke a, Devid duuru ndị agha Izrel jeruo Raba, buso ya agha, meriekwa ya.
Then David got all the people together and went to Rabbah and made war on it and took it.
30 Devid kpupuru okpueze nke dị nʼisi eze ha, e kpunye ya nʼisi nke ya onwe ya. Ịdị arọ nke okpueze ahụ ruru kilogram ọlaedo iri atọ na anọ, nke e ji nkume ndị dị oke ọnụahịa chọọ mma. Devid sitekwara nʼobodo ahụ kwakọrọ ọtụtụ ihe nkwata nʼagha.
And he took the crown of Milcom from his head; the weight of it was a talent of gold, and in it were stones of great price; and it was put on David's head. And he took a great store of goods from the town.
31 Ọ kpọpụtara ndị nọ nʼebe ahụ, manye ha nʼịrụ ọrụ nke e ji mma nkwọ e ji awa osisi, na igwe e ji egwu ala na anyụike nʼarụ. O mere ka ha rụọ ọrụ nʼebe a na-akpụ blọk brik. Devid mekwara otu ihe a nʼobodo niile nke ụmụ Amọn. Emesịa, ya na ndị agha ya niile laghachiri na Jerusalem.
And he took the people out of the town and put them to work with wood-cutting instruments, and iron grain-crushers, and iron axes, and at brick-making: this he did to all the towns of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people went back to Jerusalem.
