1 Samoela 25
1 Ary maty Samoela; ary nivory ny Isiraely rehetra ka nisaona azy sy nandevina azy tao amin’ ny fonenany tao Rama. Ary Davida niainga ka nidina nankany an-efitra Parana.
Samuel died. Everyone in Israel gathered to mourn for him, and they buried him at his home in Ramah. David left and went to the Desert of Paran.
2 Ary nisy lehilahy tao Maona, ary tao Karmela ny fananany; mpanjatobe ralehilahy ka nanana ondry telo arivo sy osy arivo, ary nanety ny ondriny tao Karmela izy.
A man from Maon was very wealthy. He had property in Carmel and owned one thousand goats and three thousand sheep. He was in Carmel shearing them.
3 Nabala no anaran-dralehilahy; ary Abigaila no anaran’ ny vavy; vehivavy hendry sady tsara tarehy izy; fa ny lahy kosa saro-po sy ratsy amin’ izay ataony; ary isan’ ny taranak’ i Kaleba izy.
The man's name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail. She was a wise and beautiful woman, but her husband was cruel and treated people badly. He was a descendant of Caleb.
4 Ary ren’ i Davida tany an-efitra fa Nabala manety ny ondriny.
David was in the wilderness, and he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.
5 Dia naniraka zatovo folo lahy Davida ka nanao taminy hoe: Miakara any Karmela ianareo, ary mankanesa any amin’ i Nabala, ka miarahabà azy amin’ ny anarako.
So David sent ten of his young men and told them, “Go and see Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name, and say hello from me.
6 Ary izao no holazainareo aminy: trarantitra ianao, fiadanana anie ho anao, ary fiadanana ho amin’ ny ankohonanao, ary fiadanana ho amin’ izay anananao rehetra.
Tell him, ‘I wish you a long life! Peace to you and your family, and may everything you do prosper.
7 Ary ankehitriny efa reko fa manety ondry ianao; koa ny mpiandry ondrinao, izay tao aminay, tsy nasianay ratsy, ary tsy nisy very na inona na inona tamin’ ny andro rehetra nitoerany tao Karmela.
Now I've heard that you are busy shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we didn't mistreat them, and nothing belonging to them was stolen all the time they were in Carmel.
8 Anontanio ny zatovonao, fa hilaza aminao izy. Koa aoka hahita fitia eo imasonao ny zatovo (fa andro fifaliana no ihavianay); masìna ianao, mba omeo amin’ izay azon’ ny tananao ireto mpanomponao sy Davida zanakao.
Check with your men and they'll confirm it. Please be kind to my men, especially since we've come on this day of celebration. Please give whatever food you can to us and to your good friend David.’”
9 Ary rehefa tonga ny zatovon’ i Davida, dia niteny tamin’ i Nabala tamin’ ny anaran’ i Davida araka izany teny rehetra Izany izy, ka dia nipetraka.
David's young men arrived, gave Nabal this message from David, and waited for his reply.
10 Fa Nabala namaly ny mpanompon’ i Davida hoe: Inona moa Davida? Ary inona moa ny zanak’ i Jese? Misy mpanompo maro ankehitriny izay milefa miala amin’ ny tompony.
“Who does this ‘David, son of Jesse’ think he is?” Nabal replied. “Nowadays there are many servants on the run from their masters!
11 Koa halaiko va ny mofoko sy ny ranoko ary ny zavatra izay efa novonoiko ho an’ ny mpanety ondriko, ka homeko izay olona tsy fantatro nihaviana akory?
Why should I take the bread and water I've supplied, and the meat I've slaughtered for my shearers, and hand it over to these strangers? I don't even know where they're from!”
12 Dia nihodina ny zatovon’ i Davida ka nankany amin’ izay nalehany; ary dia nody tany aminy indray izy ka nanambara izany teny rehetra izany taminy.
So David's men turned around and went back the way they came. When they got back they told David everything Nabal had said.
13 Ary hoy Davida tamin’ ny olony: Samia manao ny sabatrareo eo amin’ ny fehin-tsabany avy ianareo; ka dia samy nanao ny sabany teo amin’ ny fehin-tsabany avy ny olona, ary dia mba nanao ny sabany teo amin’ ny fehin-tsabany koa Davida; ary nisy tokony ho efa-jato lahy niakatra nanaraka an’ i Davida, ary roan-jato lahy kosa nipetraka teo amin’ ny entana.
“Everyone, put on your swords!” David ordered. They all put on their swords, and David did too. About four hundred followed David, while two hundred remained behind to guard their gear.
14 Ary Abigaila, vadin’ i Nabala, dia nilazan’ ny anankiray tamin’ ny zatovony hoe: Indro, Davida naniraka olona avy tany an-efitra mba hiarahaba ny tompontsika, nefa nisafoaka tamin’ ireny izy.
In the meantime one of Nabal's men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, “David sent some messengers from the wilderness to bring greetings to our master, but he only insulted them.
15 Fa ireo lehilahy ireo dia nanao tsara tokoa taminay, ka tsy naninona tsy naninona izahay, ary tsy nisy zavatra very tamin’ izay andro nitoeranay tao aminy, fony tany an-tsaha izahay.
David's men were always very good to us and they never mistreated us. All the time we were out in the fields with them nothing was stolen from us.
16 Izy no mandanay andro aman’ alina tamin’ ny andro rehetra nitoeranay niandry ondry tao aminy.
They were like a protective wall to us, both day and night, during the whole time we were with them looking after the sheep.
17 Koa dia fantaro sy hevero ankehitriny izay hataonao; fa ratsy no ifofoan’ ny tompontsika mbamin’ ny ankohonany rehetra; fa Nabala dia tena ratsy fanahy, ka tsy misy olona mahazo miteny aminy.
You should know what happened and consider what you should do about it. Disaster is about to strike our master and his whole family, but he's so obnoxious no one can talk sense into him!”
18 Dia nandeha faingana Abigaila ka naka mofo roan-jato sy divay eran’ ny tavoara roa sy ondry dimy voavoatra sy lango indimin’ ny vata sy takela-boaloboka maina zato ary ampempan’ aviavy roan-jato, dia nasampiny tamin’ ny boriky izany.
Abigail quickly gathered together two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five sheep already slaughtered, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred raisin cakes, and two hundred fig cakes, and then loaded everything on donkeys.
19 Ary hoy izy tamin’ ny zatovony: Mandehana eo alohako, indro, izaho hanaraka anareo; nefa Nabala vadiny tsy mba nilazany.
She told her men, “Go on ahead. I'll follow you.” But she didn't say anything to her husband Nabal.
20 Ary tamin’ izany, nony nitaingina ny borikiny izy ka nidina tao amin’ ny takon’ ny havoana, dia indro, Davida sy ny olony nidina nanatona azy, ary izy nifanena taminy.
As Abigail was riding her donkey through a mountain valley, she saw David and his men descending towards her, and she met them.
21 Ary Davida efa nilaza hoe: Foana tokoa ny an-efitra, ka tsy nisy very na inona na inona; fa novaliany ratsy ny soa nataoko.
David had just been complaining, “So much for my protecting everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness! Nothing at all was stolen from him, and yet what does he do? Pay me back evil for good!
22 Mba hataon’ Andriamanitra toy izany anie ny fahavalon’ i Davida, eny, mihoatra noho izany aza, raha dia havelako hisy miangana na dia lehilahy iray aza izay mety ho azy ambara-pahazavan’ ny andro.
May God punish me very severely if I leave even a single one of his men alive by morning!”
23 Ary Abigaila, raha nahita an’ i Davida, dia niala faingana tamin’ ny boriky ary niankohoka teo anatrehan’ i Davida ka nitsaoka azy.
When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, and bowed before him, her face to the ground.
24 Dia niankohoka tamin’ ny tongony izy ka nanao hoe: Aoka ho ahy dia ho ahy ity heloka ity, tompokolahy; masìna ianao, avelao ny ankizivavinao hiteny eto anatrehanao, ka henoy ny tenin’ ny ankizivavinao.
Falling at his feet in respect, she said, “Sir, I accept full responsibility for what's happened. Please listen to what I, your servant, have to say.
25 Masìna ianao, aoka ny tompoko tsy hisaina io Nabala lehilahy tena ratsy fanahy io, fa araka ny anarany ihany no toeny; Nabala no anarany, ary hadalana no ao aminy; fa izaho ankizivavinao, tompoko, tsy mba nahita ny zatovo nirahinao.
Please don't concern yourself with this worthless man Nabal. His name means ‘fool,’ and he is really foolish! As for me, your servant, I didn't even see the men you sent.
26 Koa ankehitriny, tompoko, raha velona koa Jehovah, ary raha velona koa ny fanahinao, Jehovah efa niaro anao tsy hahazo heloka amin’ ny fandatsahan-drà ary tsy hamaly ho an’ ny tenanao; ary avelao ny fahavalonao sy izay mitady hanisy ratsy anao, tompoko, ho tahaka an’ i Nabala.
Now, sir, as the Lord lives and as you live, the Lord has kept you from shedding blood and from taking your own revenge. Sir, may your enemies and those who want to do you harm be like Nabal.
27 Ary izao saotra nentin’ ny ankizivavinao aminao izao, tompoko, dia aoka homena ny zatovo manaraka ny Tompoko.
Please accept this present that I, your servant, have brought to you, sir, and give it to your men.
28 Masìna ianao, mamelà ny fahadisoan’ ny ankizivavinao, fa Jehovah hampaharitra ny taranaky ny tompoko tokoa; fa ny tompoko miady ny adin’ i Jehovah, ary tsy misy ratsy ho hita aminao amin’ ny andro rehetra iainanao.
Please forgive any offense that I, your servant, have committed, for the Lord is sure to set up a dynasty for you that will last for a long time, because you, sir, fight the battles of the Lord. Wickedness should not be found in you as long as you live.
29 Nefa raha misy olona mitsangana hanenjika anao ka mitady ny ainao, dia hofehezina amin’ ny fehin’ aina ao amin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitra ny fanahin’ ny tompoko, fa ny fanahin’ ny fahavalonao kosa dia hatorany toy ny eo amin’ ny foitran’ antsamotady.
If anyone pursues you and tries to kill you, then your life will remain bound up with those the Lord your God looks after, safe in his care. But he will throw away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
30 Ary amin’ izany, raha Jehovah mahavita amin’ ny tompoko araka ny soa rehetra nilazany anao ka manendry anao ho mpanapaka ny Isiraely,
So when the Lord has done for you, sir, everything good he promised, and has made you ruler over Israel,
31 dia tsy ho alahelo na ho nenina amin’ ny fon’ ny tompoko izany, fa tsy nandatsa-drà foana ianao, na namaly ho an’ ny tenanao, tompoko; fa rehefa asian’ i Jehovah soa ny tompoko, dia mba tsarovy aho ankizivavinao.
you won't have feelings of remorse or a guilty conscience over unnecessary bloodshed or of taking your own revenge. And when the Lord has done these good things for you, sir, please remember me, your maidservant.”
32 Ary hoy Davida tamin’ i Abigaila: Isaorana anie Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely, Izay naniraka anao hihaona amiko androany.
Then David said to Abigail, “Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me today!
33 Ary hotahiny anie ny fahendrenao, ary hotahiny anie ianao, izay niaro ahy androany tsy hahazo heloka amin’ ny fandatsahan-drà ary tsy hamaly ho an’ ny tenako.
May you be rewarded for your wise decisions, for preventing me from shedding blood today and taking my own revenge.
34 Kanefa, raha velona koa Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely, Izay niaro ahy tsy hanisy ratsy anao, raha tsy avy faingana hitsena ahy ianao toy izay, dia efa tsy nasiako niangana na dia lehilahy iray aza amin’ i Nabala ambara-pahazavan’ ny andro.
On the contrary, as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you hadn't rushed to meet me, then definitely not a single one of Nabal's men would have been left alive by dawn.”
35 Ka dia noraisin’ i Davida teny an-tànany ilay zavatra nentiny, ary hoy izy taminy: Miakara soa aman-tsara ho any an-tranonao ianao; indro, efa nohenoiko ny feonao, ary nankasitrahako ianao.
David accepted from Abigail what she had brought him, and told her, “You may go home in peace, because I agree with your advice and grant your request.”
36 Ary Abigaila dia tonga tao amin’ i Nabala; kanjo, indro, nanao fanasana tao an-tranony izy tahaka ny fanasan’ ny mpanjaka, ary faly ny fon’ i Nabala tamin’ izany, ary mamo loatra izy, ka dia tsy nisy nambaran’ ny vavy taminy, na kely na be mandra-pahazavan’ ny andro.
When Abigail got back home to Nabal, he was in the house, partying like a king. He was feeling very merry, and he was very drunk. So she didn't tell him anything until the morning.
37 Ary nony maraina, ka afaka ny hamamoan’ i Nabala, dia nambaran’ ny vavy taminy izany zavatra izany, ka dia matihena ny fony ka tonga tahaka ny vato.
When Nabal had sobered up the next morning, his wife told him what had happened. When he heard what she had to say he had a heart attack and was paralyzed.
38 Ary nony afaka hafoloana, dia nasian’ i Jehovah Nabala, ka dia maty izy.
About ten days later the Lord struck Nabal down and he died.
39 Ary nony ren’ i Davida fa maty Nabala, dia hoy izy: Isaorana anie Jehovah izay niady ho ahy ka nahafa-tondromaso ahy tamin’ i Nabala sy niaro ny mpanompony tsy hahatanteraka ny ratsy; fa ny ratsy nataon’ i Nabala dia nampodin’ i Jehovah ho eo an-dohany ihany. Ary Davida naniraka hiresaka amin’ i Abigaila hila azy ho vady.
When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise the Lord who has supported me against Nabal's insult and has kept me from doing evil. For the Lord made Nabal's wickedness fall back on himself.” Then David sent a message to Abigail, asking for her to marry him.
40 Ary nony tonga tany amin’ i Abigaila teo Karmela ny mpanompon’ i Davida, dia hoy izy: Davida naniraka anay hankatỳ aminao hila anao ho vadiny.
When David's men arrived at Carmel, they said to Abigail, “David has sent us to you to bring you back to become his wife.”
41 Dia nitsangana izy ary niankohoka tamin’ ny tany ka nanao hoe: Indro, aoka ny ankizivavinao ho mpanompo hanasa ny tongotry ny mpanompon’ itompokolahy.
She stood up, then bowed down low, and said, “I am David's maidservant. I am prepared to serve and to wash the feet of my master's servants.”
42 Ary Abigaila nitsangana faingana ka nitaingina boriky, ary ankizivaviny dimy no nanaraka azy; dia nanaraka ny irak’ i Davida izy, ka dia novadiny.
Abigail quickly got on a donkey and, with her five female servants, went back with David's men and became his wife.
43 Ary Davida efa nanambady an’ i Ahinoama avy any Jezirela koa; ary samy novadiny avokoa izy roa vavy.
David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So they both were his wives.
44 Fa Saoly efa nanome an’ i Mikala, zananivavy, vadin’ i Davida, ho vadin’ i Palty, zanak’ i Laisy, avy any Galima.
However, Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Paltiel, son of Laish. He was from Gallim.
