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.

And Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness 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.

And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

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.

Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

4 Ary ren’ i Davida tany an-efitra fa Nabala manety ny ondriny.

And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his 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.

And David sent ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:

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.

and thus shall ye say to him that liveth [in prosperity], Peace be both unto thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.

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.

And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: thy shepherds have now been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there aught missing unto them, all the while 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.

Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee: wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes; for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand, unto thy servants, and to thy son 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.

And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

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.

And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.

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?

Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men of whom I know not whence they be?

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 young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.

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.

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 stuff.

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.

But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he flew upon 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.

But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:

16 Izy no mandanay andro aman’ alina tamin’ ny andro rehetra nitoeranay niandry ondry tao aminy.

they were a wall unto us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping 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.

Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is such a son of Belial, that one cannot speak to 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.

Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

19 Ary hoy izy tamin’ ny zatovony: Mandehana eo alohako, indro, izaho hanaraka anareo; nefa Nabala vadiny tsy mba nilazany.

And she said unto her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not 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.

And it was so, as she rode on her ass, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that, behold, David and his men came down against 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.

Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned me 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.

God do so unto the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light so much as one man child.

23 Ary Abigaila, raha nahita an’ i Davida, dia niala faingana tamin’ ny boriky ary niankohoka teo anatrehan’ i Davida ka nitsaoka azy.

And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off her ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself 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.

And she fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thine handmaid.

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.

Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: hut I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.

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 therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and them that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

27 Ary izao saotra nentin’ ny ankizivavinao aminao izao, tompoko, dia aoka homena ny zatovo manaraka ny Tompoko.

And now this present which thy servant hath brought unto my lord, let it be given unto the young men that follow my lord.

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.

Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD; and evil shall not be found in thee all thy days.

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.

And though man be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of 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,

And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee prince 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.

that this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: and when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.

32 Ary hoy Davida tamin’ i Abigaila: Isaorana anie Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely, Izay naniraka anao hihaona amiko androany.

And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:

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.

and blessed be thy wisdom, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

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.

For in very deed, as the LORD, the God of Israel, liveth, which hath withholden me from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light so much as one man child.

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.

So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.

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.

And Abigail 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, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

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.

And it came to pass 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 Ary nony afaka hafoloana, dia nasian’ i Jehovah Nabala, ka dia maty izy.

And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that 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.

And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept back his servant from evil: and the evil-doing of Nabal hath the LORD returned upon his own head. And David sent and spake concerning Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

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.

And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David hath sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to 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.

And she arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, thine handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

42 Ary Abigaila nitsangana faingana ka nitaingina boriky, ary ankizivaviny dimy no nanaraka azy; dia nanaraka ny irak’ i Davida izy, ka dia novadiny.

And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

43 Ary Davida efa nanambady an’ i Ahinoama avy any Jezirela koa; ary samy novadiny avokoa izy roa vavy.

David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both of them his wives.

44 Fa Saoly efa nanome an’ i Mikala, zananivavy, vadin’ i Davida, ho vadin’ i Palty, zanak’ i Laisy, avy any Galima.

Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the Son of Laish, which was of Gallim.