1 Samweli 25

1 Basi Samweli akafariki. Waisraeli wote wakakusanyika pamoja na kumwomboleza, na wakamzika nyumbani kwake huko Rama. Kisha Daudi akainuka na akashuka hadi jangwa la Parani.

And Samuel dies, and all Israel is gathered, and mourns for him, and buries him in his house, in Ramah; and David rises and goes down to the wilderness of Paran.

2 Kulikuwa na mtu mmoja huko Maoni, na mali zake zilikuwa huko Karmali. Mtu huyo alikuwa tajiri sana. Alikuwa na kondoo elfu tatu na mbuzi elfu moja. Naye alikuwa akiwakata manyoya kondoo wake huko Karmeli.

And [there is] a man in Maon, and his work [is] in Carmel; and the man [is] very great, and he has three thousand sheep and one thousand goats; and he is shearing his flock in Carmel.

3 Na mtu huyo aliitwa Nabali, na jina la mke wake aliitwa Abigaili. Mwanamke huyo alikuwa mwenye busara na mzuri kwa sura. Lakini mwanaume alikwa mkaidi na mwovu katika mambo yake. Alikuwa wa uzao wa nyumba ya Kalebu.

And the name of the man [is] Nabal, and the name of his wife [is] Abigail, and the woman [is] of good understanding, and of beautiful form, and the man [is] hard and evil [in his] doings; and he [is] a Calebite.

4 Daudi akasikia akiwa jangwani kwamba Nabali alikuwa akiwakata manyoya kondoo wake.

And David hears in the wilderness that Nabal is shearing his flock,

5 Hivyo Daudi aliwatuma kwake vijana kumi. Akawaambia wale vijana, “Pandeni kwanda Karmeli, mwendeeni Nabali, na mkamsalimie kwa jina langu.

and David sends ten young men, and David says to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and you have come to Nabal, and asked of him in my name of welfare,

6 Mtamwambia, 'Uishi katika baraka, Uwe na amani na nyumba yako iwe na amani, na wote ulionao wawe na amani.

and said thus to the living: And peace to you, and peace to your house, and peace to all that you have!

7 Nasikia kwamba unao wakata manyoya. Wachungaji wako walikuwa pamoja nasi, na hatukuwafanyia ubaya, na muda wote wakiwa Karmeli hawakupotelewa kitu chochote.

And now, I have heard that you have shearers; now, the shepherds whom you have have been with us, we have not put them to shame, nor has anything been looked after by them, all the days of their being in Carmel.

8 Waulize vijana wako, nao watakuambia. Basi vijana wangu wapate kibali machoni pako, maana tumefika siku ya sherehe. Tafadhali utoe cho chote ulicho nacho mkononi kwa watumishi wako na kwa Daudi mwanao.'”

Ask your young men, and they declare [it] to you, and the young men find grace in your eyes, for we have come on a good day; please give that which your hand finds to your servants and to your son, to David.”

9 Vijana wa Daudi walipofika, walimwambia Nabali yote haya kwa niaba ya Daudi na kisha wakasubiri.

And the young men of David come in, and speak to Nabal according to all these words, in the name of David—and rest.

10 Nabali akawajibu watumishi wa Daudi, “Daudi ni nani? Na ni nani mwana wa Yese? Siku hizi wapo watumishi wengi wanaotoroka bwana zao.

And Nabal answers the servants of David and says, “Who [is] David, and who [is] the son of Jesse? Have servants been multiplied today who are each breaking away from his master?

11 Je, nichukue mkate wangu na maji yangu na nyama yangu ambayo nimewachinjia wakata manyoya wangu, na niwape watu wanaotoka nisikokujua?”

And have I taken my bread, and my water, and my flesh, which I slaughtered for my shearers, and have given [it] to men whom I have not known where they [are] from?”

12 Hivyo vijana wa Daudi waligeuka na kurudi, nakumwambia kila kitu kilichosemwa.

And the young men of David turn on their way, and turn back, and come in, and declare to him according to all these words.

13 Daudi akawaambia watu wake, “Kila mtu ajifunge upanga wake.” Kila mtu akajifunga upanga wake. Daudi naye pia akajifunga upanga wake. Yapata kama watu mia nne wakafuatana na Daudi, na wengine mia mbili walibaki kulinda mizigo yao.

And David says to his men, “Each gird on his sword”; and they each gird on his sword, and David also girds on his sword, and about four hundred men go up after David, and two hundred have remained by the vessels.

14 Lakini kijana mmojawapo alimwambia Abigaili, mke wa Nabali akasema, “Daudi aliwatuma wajumbe kutoka jangwani waje wamsalimu bwana wetu, na yeye akawatukana.

And one young man of the youths has declared [it] to Abigail wife of Nabal, saying, “Behold, David has sent messengers out of the wilderness to bless our lord, and he flies on them;

15 Bado watu hawa walitutendea mema. Hatukudhurika na hatukupoteza chochote wakati wote tulipotembea nao tulipokuwa mbugani.

and the men [are] very good to us, and have not put us to shame, and we have not looked after anything all the days we have gone up and down with them, in our being in the field;

16 Walikuwa ukuta wetu usiku na mchana, wakati wote tulikuwa pamoja nao tukichunga kondoo.

they have been a wall to us both by night and by day, all the days of our being with them, feeding the flock.

17 Kwa hiyo tambua hili na zingatia utafanya nini, maana ubaya unamvizia bwana wetu, na utakuwa juu ya nyumba yake yote. Yeye ni mtu asiyefaa na hakuna awezaye kushauriana naye.”

And now, know and consider what you do; for evil has been determined against our lord, and against all his house, and he [is] too much a son of worthlessness to be spoken to.”

18 Ndipo Abigaili akaharakisha na akachukuwa mikate mia mbili, chupa mbili za divai, kondoo watano waliokwisha andaliwa, vipimo vitano vya bisi, vishada mia moja vya zabibu, na mikate mia mbili ya tini na akavipakia juu ya punda.

And Abigail hurries, and takes two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep, prepared, and five measures of roasted grain, and one hundred bunches of raisins, and two hundred bunches of figs, and sets [them] on the donkeys.

19 Akamwambia kijana wake, “Tangulia mbele yangu, nami nitakuja nyuma yako.” Lakini hakumwambia mmewe Nabali.

And she says to her young men, “Pass over before me; behold, I am coming after you”; and she has not declared [it] to her husband Nabal;

20 Alipokuwa akienda juu ya punda wake na kutelemka penye kificho cha mlima, Daudi na watu wake walishuka chini wakimwelekea Abigaili, naye akakutana nao.

and it has come to pass, she is riding on the donkey and is coming down in the secret part of the hill-country, and behold, David and his men are coming down to meet her, and she meets them.

21 Basi Daudi alikuwa amesema, “Hakika nimelinda bure vyote alivyonavyo mtu huyu huko nyikani, na vyote alivyonavyo hakuna kilichopotea, pamoja na hayo amenilipa mabaya badala ya mema.

And David said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this [one] has in the wilderness, and nothing has been looked after of all that he has, and he turns back to me evil for good;

22 Mungu na anitendee hivyo mimi, Daudi, pia iwe zaidi, iwapo nitamwacha hata mtu mmoja wa kwake akiwa hai ifikapo kesho asubuhi.

thus God does to the enemies of David, and thus He adds, if I leave of all that he has until the morning light—of those sitting on the wall.”

23 Abigaili alipomwona Daudi, aliharakisha na kushuka chini ya punda wake, akalala kifudifudi na kujiinamisha hadi chini.

And Abigail sees David, and hurries and comes down from off the donkey, and falls on her face before David, and bows herself to the earth,

24 Akamwangukia miguuni pake na kusema, “Juu yangu tu, bwana wangu, na uwe uovu. Tafadhali acha mjakazi wako aseme nawe, tena uyasikilize maneno ya mjakazi wako.

and falls at his feet and says, “On me, my lord, the iniquity; and please let your handmaid speak in your ear, and hear the words of your handmaid.

25 Nakusihi bwana wangu usimjali mtu huyu asiyefaa, Nabali, kwa maana kama jina lake lilivyo, ndivyo alivyo. Jina lake ni Nabali, na upumbavu uko pamoja naye. Lakini mimi mjakazi wako sikuwaona vijana wa bwana wangu, uliowatuma.

Please do not let my lord set his heart to this man of worthlessness, on Nabal, for as his name [is] so [is] he; Nabal [is] his name, and folly [is] with him; and I, your handmaid, did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent;

26 Sasa basi, bwana wangu, kama BWANA aishivyo, na kama unavyoishi, kwa kuwa BWANA amekuondoa kutoka kumwaga damu, na kuacha kulipiza kisasi kwa mkono mwenyewe, basi adui zako, na wale ambao wanatafuta kumfanyia uovu bwana wangu, wawe kama Nabali

and now, my lord, YHWH lives, and your soul lives, in that YHWH has withheld you from coming in with blood, and to save your hand from yourself—now let your enemies be as Nabal, even those seeking evil toward my lord.

27 Na sasa zawadi hii ambayo mjakazi wako ameileta kwa bwana wangu, na wapewe vijana ambao wanamfuata bwana wangu.

And now, this blessing which your maidservant has brought to my lord—it has been given to the young men who are going up and down at the feet of my lord.

28 Tafadhali ulisamehe kosa la mjakazi wako, maana BWANA hakika atamfanyia bwana wangu nyumba imara, kwa sababu bwana wangu anapigana vita vya BWANA; na uovu hautaonekana ndani yako maadamu unaishi.

Please bear with the transgression of your handmaid, for YHWH certainly makes a steadfast house for my lord; for my lord has fought the battles of YHWH, and evil is not found in you [all] your days.

29 Na ingawa watu wangeinuka na kukuandama ili wakuue, bado uhai wa bwana wangu utafungwa katika furushi la walio hai na BWANA Mungu wako; na atayatupa maisha ya adui zako mbali, kama vile kutoka katika mfuko wa kombeo.

And man rises to pursue you and to seek your soul, and the soul of my lord has been bound in the bundle of life with your God YHWH; as for the soul of your enemies, He slings them out in the midst of the hollow of the sling.

30 Na itakuwa, BWANA atakapokuwa amemtimizia bwana wangu mambo yote mazuri ambayo amekuahidi, na alivyokufanya kiongozi juu ya Israeli,

And it has been, when YHWH does to my lord according to all the good which He has spoken concerning you, and appointed you for leader over Israel,

31 jambo hili halitakuwa huzuni kwako, wala chukizo moyoni kwa bwana wangu, kwa sababu hukumwaga damu bila sababu, na hujajilipizia kisasi. Na BWANA akikuletea mafanikio, umkumbuke mjakazi wako.”

that this is not to you for a stumbling-block, and for an offense of heart to my lord—either to shed blood for nothing, or my lord’s restraining himself; and YHWH has done good to my lord, and you have remembered your handmaid.”

32 Ndipo Daudi akamwambia Abigaili, “BWANA, Mungu wa Israeli, abarikiwe, aliyekutuma uonane na mimi leo.

And David says to Abigail, “Blessed [is] YHWH, God of Israel, who has sent you to meet me this day,

33 Na hekima yako ibarikiwe, nawe umebarikiwa, kwa sababu leo umenizuia nisiwe na hatia ya kumwaga damu, na kutojilipizia kisasi kwa mkono wangu mwenyewe.

and blessed [is] your discretion, and blessed [are] you in that you have restrained me this day from coming in with blood, and to restrain my hand to myself.

34 Kwa kweli, kama BWANA, Mungu wa Israeli, aishivyo, ambaye amenizuia nisikuumize, kama usinge harakisha kuja ukutane nami, kwa hakika kesho asubuhi asinge salia hata mtoto mmoja wa kiume kwa Nabali.”

And yet, YHWH lives, God of Israel, who has kept me back from doing evil with you, for unless you had hurried, and come to meet me, surely there had not been left to Nabal until the morning light, of those sitting on the wall.”

35 Kwa hiyo Daudi akavipokea kutoka mkononi mwake vile alivyokuwa amemletea; akamwambia, “Nenda kwa amani hadi nyumbani kwako; tazama, nimeisikiliza sauti yako na nimekubali.”

And David receives from her hand that which she has brought to him, and he has said to her, “Go up in peace to your house; see, I have listened to your voice, and accept your face.”

36 Abigaili akarudi kwa Nabali; tazama, alikuwa akifanya sherehe katika mji wake, kama sherehe ya mfalme; na moyo wa Nabali ulifurahi ndani yake, kwa sababu alikwa amelewa sana. Kwa hiyo hakumwambia chochote kabisa hadi kulipopambazuka

And Abigail comes to Nabal, and behold, he has a banquet in his house, like a banquet of the king, and the heart of Nabal [is] glad within him, and he [is] drunk to excess, and she has not declared anything to him, little or much, until the morning light.

37 Ikawa asubuhi, divai ilipokuwa imemtoka Nabali, basi mkewe akamwambia mambo hayo; moyo wake ukafa ndani yake, na akawa kama jiwe.

And it comes to pass in the morning, when the wine is gone out from Nabal, that his wife declares these things to him, and his heart dies within him, and he has been as a stone.

38 Ikawa baada ya siku kumi BWANA alimpiga Nabali naye akafa.

And it comes to pass [in] about ten days, that YHWH strikes Nabal and he dies,

39 Naye Daudi aliposikia kwamba Nabali amekufa, akasema, “BWANA abarikiwe, aliyenichukulia hatua ya shutuma yangu kutoka mkono wa Nabali, na kumzuia mtumishi wake asifanye maovu. Na amemrudishia Nabali tendo la uovu juu ya kichwa chake mwenyewe.” Ndipo Daudi akawatuma watu wakaongee na Abigaili, ili amchukue awe mke wake.

and David hears that Nabal [is] dead and says, “Blessed [is] YHWH who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and His servant has kept back from evil, and YHWH has turned back the wickedness of Nabal on his own head”; and David sends and speaks with Abigail, to take her to himself for a wife.

40 Watumishi wake Daudi walipofika kwa Abigaili huko Karmeli, wakaongea naye na kusema, “Daudi ametutuma kwako tukuchukue hadi kwake uwe mke wake.”

And the servants of David come to Abigail at Carmel, and speak to her, saying, “David has sent us to you to take you to himself for a wife.”

41 Abigaili aliinuka, akainamisha uso chini, na akasema, “Tazama, mjakazi wako ni mtumwa aoshaye miguu ya watumishi wa bwana wangu.”

And she rises and bows herself—face to the earth—and says, “Behold, your handmaid [is] for a maidservant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”

42 Akaharakisha na kuamka, akapanda punda akiwa na vijakazi wake watano waliofuatana naye; akawafuata wajumbe wa Daudi, na akawa mke wake.

And Abigail hurries and rises, and rides on the donkey; and [there are] five of her young women who are going at her feet; and she goes after the messengers of David, and is to him for a wife.

43 Daudi pia alimchukua Ahinoamu wa Yezreeli akamwoa; wote wawili wakawa wake zake.

And David has taken Ahinoam from Jezreel, and they are—even both of them—for wives to him;

44 Wakati huo Sauli alikuwa amempa Palti, mwana wa Laishi mtu wa Galimu, Mikali, binti yake, aliyekuwa mke wa Daudi.

and Saul gave his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Phalti son of Laish, who [is] of Gallim.