१ शमूएल 26

1 जीपीहरू गिबामा शाऊलकहाँ आए र भने, “के दाऊद यशीमोन सामुन्‍नेको हकीलाहको पहाडमा लुकिरहेका छैनन्?”

And the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, and said, Is not David waiting secretly near us in the hill of Hachilah, before the waste land?

2 तब शाऊल उठे र इस्राएलका चुनिएका तिन हजार मानिसलाई आफूसित लिएर जीपको उजाड-स्‍थानमा दाऊदलाई खोज्न तल गए ।

Then Saul went down to the waste land of Ziph, taking with him three thousand of the best men of Israel, to make search for David in the waste land of Ziph.

3 शाऊलले हकीलाहको पहाडमा छाउनी हाले, जुन यशीमोनको अगाडीतिर बाटोको छेउमा छ । तर दाऊदचाहिं उजाड-स्‍थानमा बसिरहेका थिए र शाऊल तिनको पछिपछि उजाड-स्‍थानमा आएको तिनले देखे ।

And Saul put up his tents on the hill of Hachilah, which is in front of the waste land on the road. But David was in the waste land, and he saw that Saul was coming after him.

4 त्यसैले शाऊल साँच्‍चै नै आएका थिए भनी थाहा पाउनलाई दाऊदले गुप्‍तचरहरू पठाए ।

And so David sent out watchers, and got word from them that Saul was certainly coming.

5 दाऊद उठे र शाऊलले छाउनी हालेको ठाउँमा गए । शाऊल र तिनका फौजका सेनापति नेरका छोरा अबनेर कहाँ सुतेका ठाउँ देखे । शाऊल छाउनीमा सुते र मानिसहरूले तिनका वरिपरि छाउनी हालेका थिए र सबै मस्‍त निद्रामा थिए ।

And David got up and came to the place where Saul's tents were: and David had a view of the place where Saul was sleeping with Abner, the son of Ner, the captain of his army: and Saul was sleeping inside the ring of carts, and the tents of the people were all round him.

6 तब दाऊदले हित्ती अहीमेलेक, योआबका भाइ सरूयाहका छोरा अबीशैलाई भने, “शाऊलको छाउनीमा तल मसँग को जानेछ?” अबीशैले भने, “म! म तपाईंसँग जानेछु ।”

Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, Who will go down with me to the tents of Saul? And Abishai said, I will go down with you.

7 त्यसैले दाऊद र अबीशै राती फौज भएको ठाउँतिर गए । शाऊल आफ्नो भाला आफ्नो शिर नजिकै भूइँमा गाडेर छाउनीभित्र सुतिरहेका थिए । अबनेर र तिनका सिपाहीहरू तिनको वरिपरि सुतेका थिए ।

So David and Abishai came down to the army by night: and Saul was sleeping inside the ring of carts with his spear planted in the earth by his head: and Abner and the people were sleeping round him.

8 अबीशैले दाऊदलाई भने, “परमेश्‍वरले आज तपाईंको शत्रुलाई तपाइईंको हातमा दिनुभएको छ । कृपया, तिनलाई एकै प्रहारमा भालाले भूइँमा रोप्‍न मलाई दिनुहोस् । म तिनलाई दोस्रो पटक प्रहार गर्दिनँ ।”

Then Abishai said to David, God has given up your hater into your hands today; now let me give him one blow through to the earth with his spear, and there will be no need to give him a second.

9 दाऊदले अबीशैलाई भने, “तिनलाई नाश नगर । किनकि परमप्रभुको अभिषिक्‍त जनमाथि हात उठाएर कोचाहिं दोषरहित हुन सक्छ?”

And David said to Abishai Do not put him to death; for who, without sin, may put out his hand against the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil?

10 दाऊदले भने, “जस्तो परमप्रभु जीवित हुनुहुन्छ, परमप्रभुले नै तिनलाई मार्नुहुनेछ वा मर्नलाई तिनको दिन आउनेछ वा तिनी युद्धमा जानेछन् र नाश हुनेछन् ।

And David said, By the living Lord, the Lord will send destruction on him; the natural day of his death will come, or he will go into the fight and come to his end.

11 परमप्रभुको अभिषिक्‍त जनामाथि मैले आफ्‍नो हात उठाउने कुरा उहाँले दूर गर्नुभएको होस् । तर अब म तिमीलाई अनुरोध गर्छु, तिनको शिरमा भएको भाला र पानीको सुराही लेऊ र हामी जाऔं ।”

Never will my hand be stretched out against the man marked with the holy oil; but take the spear which is by his head and the vessel of water, and let us go.

12 त्यसैले दाऊदले भाला र पानीको सुराही शाऊलको शिरनेरबाट लिए र तिनीहरू गए । तिनीहरूलाई कसैले देखेन वा यो कसैले थाहा पाएन, न त कोही ब्युँझिए, किनकि तिनीहरू सबै मस्‍त निदाएका थिए, किनकि परमप्रभुबाट आएको गहिरो निद्रा तिनीहरूमाथि परेको थियो ।

So David took the spear and the vessel of water from Saul's head; and they got away without any man seeing them, or being conscious of their coming, or awaking; for they were all sleeping because a deep sleep from the Lord had come on them.

13 तब दाऊद पारिपट्टि गए र टाढा पहाडको टाकुरमा खडा भए । तिनीहरू बिच लामो दूरी थियो ।

Then David went over to the other side, and took his place on the top of a mountain some distance away, with a great space between them;

14 दाऊदले मानिसहरू र नेरका छोरा अबनेरलाई कराए । तिनले भने, “ए अबनेर के तिमीले जवाफ दिंदैनौ?” तब अबनेरले जवाफ दिए र भने, “राजामाथि कराउने तिमी को हौ?”

And crying out to the people and to Abner, the son of Ner, David said, Have you no answer to give, Abner? Then Abner said, Who is that crying out to the king?

15 दाऊदले अबनेरलाई भने, “के तिमी साहसी मानिस होइनौ? इस्राएलमा तिमी जस्तो को छ? तिमीले आफ्नो मालिक राजाको किन हेरचाह गरेनौ? किनकि तिम्रो मालिक राजालाई मार्न कोही आयो ।

And David said to Abner, Are you not a man of war? is there any other like you in Israel? why then have you not kept watch over your lord the king? for one of the people came in to put the king your lord to death.

16 तिमीले गरेको यो कुरा ठीक छैन । जस्‍तो परमप्रभु जीवित हुनुहुन्छ, तिमी मर्न योग्‍यका छौ किनभने तिमीले परमप्रभुका अभिषिक्‍त जन तिम्रो मालिकको हेरचाह गरेका छैनौ । राजाको शिरनेर भएको भाला र पानीको सुराही कहाँ छ, हेर!”

What you have done is not good. By the living Lord, death is the right fate for you, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil. Now see, where is the king's spear, and the vessel of water which was by his head?

17 शाऊलले दाऊदको सोर चिने र भने, “ए मेरो छोरा दाऊद, के यो तिम्रो सोर हो?” दाऊदले भने, “हो मेरो मालिक, राजा, यो मेरो सोर हो ।”

And Saul, conscious that the voice was David's, said, Is that your voice, David, my son? And David said, It is my voice, O my lord king.

18 तिनले भने, “मेरो मालिकले आफ्नो दासको किन खेदो गर्नुहुन्छ? मैले के गरेको छु? मेरो हातमा के खराबी छ?

And he said, Why does my lord go armed against his servant? what have I done? or what evil is there in me?

19 यसकारण अब, म तपाईंलाई बिन्ती गर्छु, मेरो मालिक राजाले आफ्नो दासको कुरा सुन्‍नुहोस् । परमप्रभुले नै तपाईंलाई मेरो विरुद्धमा उक्साउनुभएको हो भने, उहाँले बलिदान ग्रहण गर्नुभएको होस् । तर यो मानवजाति हो भने, तिनीहरू परमप्रभुको सामु श्रापित होऊन्, किनकि तिनीहरूले मलाई आज बाहिर धपाएका छन्, ताकि म परमप्रभुको उत्तराधिकारमा रहन नसकौं । तिनीहरूले मलाई भनेका छन्, 'अरू देवताहरूको पुजा गर्न जाऊ ।'

Let my lord the king give ear now to the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who is moving you against me, let him take an offering: but if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for driving me out today and keeping me from my place in the heritage of the Lord, saying, Go, be the servant of other gods.

20 यसकारण अभ, मेरो रगत परमप्रभुको उपस्थितिबाट टाढा पृथ्वीमा नबगोस् । किनभने इस्राएलका राजा शिकारीले तित्रालाई पहाडहरूमा खेदेझैं एउटा उपियाँलाई खोज्‍न निस्केर आएका छन् ।”

Then do not let my blood be drained out on the earth away from the face of the Lord: for the king of Israel has come out to take my life, like one going after birds in the mountains.

21 तब शाऊलले भने, “मैले पाप गरेको छु । ए मेरा छोरा दाऊद फर्क । किनकि अब तिम्रो हानि गर्नेछैन, किनभने तिम्रो दृष्‍टिमा मेरो जीवन बहुमूल्य थियो । हेर, मैले मूर्खता गरेको छु र धेरै ठुलो गल्ती गरेको छु ।”

Then Saul said, I have done wrong: come back to me, David my son: I will do you no more wrong, because my life was dear to you today truly, I have been foolish and my error is very great.

22 दाऊदले जवाफ दिए र भने, “हेर्नुहोस्, हे राजा, तपाईंको भाला यहाँ छ! जवान मानिसमध्ये एक जना यता आओस् र यसलाई तपाईंकहाँ लैजाओस् ।

Then David said, Here is the king's spear! let one of the young men come over and get it.

23 हरेक मानिसलाई आफ्‍नो धार्मिकता र विश्‍वस्‍तताको निम्ति परमप्रभुले नै इनाम दिनुभएको होस् । किनभने परमप्रभुले तपाईंलाई आज मेरो हातमा दिनुभयो, तर मैले उहाँको अभिषिक्‍त जनलाई प्रहार गरिनँ ।

And the Lord will give to every man the reward of his righteousness and his faith: because the Lord gave you into my hands today, and I would not put out my hand against the man who has been marked with the holy oil.

24 हेर्नुहोस्, आज मेरो दृष्‍टिमा जसरी तपाईंको जीवन बहुमूल्य थियो, त्यसरी नै मेरो जीवन परमप्रभुको दृष्‍टिमा धेरै मूल्यवान होस् र उहाँले नै मलाई मेरा सबै कष्‍टहरूबाट छुटकारा दिनुभएको होस् ।

And so, as your life was dear to me today, may my life be dear to the Lord, and may he make me free from all my troubles.

25 तब शाऊलले दाऊदलाई भने, “ए मेरा छोरा दाऊद, तिमीलाई आशिष् मिलोस्! तिमीले निश्‍चय नै ठुला कुराहरू गर्नेछौ र तिनमा तिमी सफल हुनेछौ ।” त्यसैले दाऊद आफ्नो बाटो लागे र शाऊल आफ्नै ठाउँतिर फर्के ।

Then Saul said to David, May a blessing be on you, David, my son; you will do great things and without doubt you will overcome. Then David went on his way, and Saul went back to his place.