1 Samuel 25
1 Afei, Samuel wuiɛ na Israel nyinaa hyia yɛɛ no ayie. Na wɔsiee no wɔ ne kurom Rama. Na Dawid tu kɔɔ Maon ɛserɛ so.
Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together and mourned for him, and buried him at his house at Ramah. Then David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
2 Na ɔbarima ɔdefoɔ bi a ɔfiri Maon a na ɔwɔ agyapadeɛ wɔ baabi a ɛbɛn akuraa Karmel. Na ɔwɔ mmirekyie apem ne nnwan mpensa. Na ɛyɛ mmoa ho nwi twitwa berɛ.
There was a man in Maon whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats; and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
3 Saa ɔbarima no din de Nabal. Ne yere nso din de Abigail. Na ɔyɛ ɔbaa a ɔnim nyansa na ne ho nso yɛ fɛ. Nanso, na ne kunu a ɔyɛ Kalebni no mpɔeɛ, na ne suban nso nyɛ fɛ.
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail. This woman was intelligent and had a beautiful face; but the man was surly and evil in his doings. He was of the house of Caleb.
4 Ɛberɛ a Dawid tee sɛ Nabal retwitwa ne mmoa ho nwi no,
David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
5 ɔsomaa mmarima mmabunu edu kɔɔ ne nkyɛn. Ɔde nkra maa wɔn sɛ,
David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.
6 “Wo nkwa so! Wo ne wo fiefoɔ nyinaa nnya ahoɔden! Na wʼagyapadeɛ nyinaa nso nyɛ nhyira.
Tell him, ‘Long life to you! Peace be to you! Peace be to your house! Peace be to all that you have!
7 “Mate sɛ woretwitwa wo nnwan ne mmirekyie ho nwi. Ɛberɛ a na mo nnwanhwɛfoɔ wɔ yɛn nkyɛn ha no, yɛanyɛ wɔn basabasa. Na mmerɛ dodoɔ a wɔdii wɔ Karmel no nso, wɔn biribiara annyera.
Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds have now been with us, and we didn’t harm them. Nothing was missing from them all the time they were in Carmel.
8 Bisa wo ara wʼasomfoɔ na wɔbɛka akyerɛ wo. Yɛaba ha wɔ afahyɛ ɛda, ɛno enti, mesrɛ wo, ma yɛn aduane biara a wo nsa bɛso so.”
Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let the young men find favour in your eyes, for we come on a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son David.’”
9 Dawid mmeranteɛ no de nkra no maa Nabal na wɔtwɛnee ne mmuaeɛ.
When David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal all those words in the name of David, and waited.
10 Nabal buaa Dawid asomfoɔ no sɛ, “Hwan ne saa Dawid yi? Saa Yisai babarima yi dwene sɛ ɔne hwan? Nnansa yi, asomfoɔ bebree retete wɔn ho afiri wɔn wuranom ho.
Nabal answered David’s servants and said, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days.
11 Adɛn enti na ɛsɛ sɛ mede me burodo ne me nsuo ne mʼaboa a makum no ɛnam a mede rebɛma me nwitwitwafoɔ no ma akwanmukafoɔ a obi nnim baabi a wɔfiri?”
Shall I then take my bread, my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don’t know where they come from?”
12 Na Dawid mmarima no sane kɔeɛ, kɔkaa deɛ Nabal kaeɛ no kyerɛɛ no.
So David’s young men turned on their way and went back, and came and told him all these words.
13 Dawid ka kyerɛɛ ne mmarima no sɛ, “Momfa mo akofena.” Na Dawid nso faa ne deɛ. Mmarima bɛyɛ sɛ ahanan na wɔkaa Dawid ho kɔeɛ, ɛnna mmarima ahanu nso tena wɛnee akodeɛ no.
David said to his men, “Every man put on his sword!” Every man put on his sword. David also put on his sword. About four hundred men followed David, and two hundred stayed by the baggage.
14 Nabal asomfoɔ no mu baako kɔka kyerɛɛ Nabal yere Abigail sɛ, “Dawid somaa abɔfoɔ firi ɛserɛ no so sɛ wɔ ne yɛn wura mmɛkasa, nanso ɔdidii wɔn atɛm.
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master; and he insulted them.
15 Nanso Dawid nnipa no yɛ ma yɛn. Wɔannyɛ yɛn bɔne biara. Ɛberɛ a yɛne wɔn wɔ hɔ no, wɔamfa yɛn biribiara.
But the men were very good to us, and we were not harmed, and we didn’t miss anything as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields.
16 Anadwo ne awia nyinaa, na wɔbɔ yɛn ne nnwan no ho ban.
They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
17 Enti, dwene ho yie, anyɛ saa a asɛm bɛto yɛn wura ne nʼabusua nyinaa. Ɔyɛ obi a ne bo ha no na obiara ntumi nkasa nkyerɛ no.”
Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master and against all his house, for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.”
18 Abigail ansɛe berɛ koraa. Ɔfaa burodo mua ahanu, nsã aboa nwoma mmienu, nnwan enum a wɔakum wɔn asiesie wɔn, nkyeweɛ susudeɛ enum, bobe ɔfam ɔha ne bobe aba a wɔabɔ no ntowantowa ahanu de soaa mfunumu.
Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two containers of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five seahs of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.
19 Na ɔka kyerɛɛ nʼasomfoɔ sɛ, “Monni ɛkan nkɔ. Mɛti mo.” Nanso, wanka deɛ na ɔreyɛ no ankyerɛ ne kunu Nabal.
She said to her young men, “Go on before me. Behold, I am coming after you.” But she didn’t tell her husband, Nabal.
20 Ɔte nʼafunumu so nam ara kɔsii bepɔ bi nsiane mu no, ɔhunuu Dawid nso ne ne mmarima sɛ wɔresiane hyia no.
As she rode on her donkey, and came down hidden by the mountain, behold, David and his men came down towards her, and she met them.
21 Na Dawid aka sɛ, “Mfasoɔ biara nni so sɛ mahwɛ saa onipa yi agyapadeɛ so wɔ ɛserɛ so a ne biribiara annyera. Ɔde bɔne atua me papa a meyɛɛ no no so ka.
Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good.
22 Sɛ ɛba sɛ ɔkyena ne fieni bi da so te ase a, Onyankopɔn ne me nni no denden so pa ara.”
God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that belongs to him by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.”
23 Abigail hunuu Dawid no, ntɛm ara, ɔhuri firii nʼafunumu no so sii fam, bɔɔ ne mu ase wɔ nʼanim.
When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got off her donkey, and fell before David on her face and bowed herself to the ground.
24 Ɔhwee ne nan ase kaa sɛ, “Me wura, megye saa asɛm yi ho afɔdie nyinaa to me ho so. Mesrɛ wo sɛ, tie asɛm a mewɔ ka.
She fell at his feet and said, “On me, my lord, on me be the blame! Please let your servant speak in your ears. Hear the words of your servant.
25 Menim sɛ Nabal yɛ otirimuɔdenfoɔ a ne bo nso ha no; mesrɛ wo, ntie no. Ɔyɛ ɔkwasea sɛdeɛ ne din kyerɛ no. Na mpo, abɔfoɔ a wosomaa wɔn no, manhunu wɔn.
Please don’t let my lord pay attention to this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your servant, didn’t see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
26 Afei, me wura, mpɛn dodoɔ a Awurade te ase, na wo nso wote ase na Awurade amma woamfa awudie ne aweretɔ anhyɛ wo nsam yi, ma mmusuo mmra wʼatamfoɔ nyinaa so, sɛdeɛ ebi aba Nabal so yi.
Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, since the LORD has withheld you from blood guiltiness and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies and those who seek evil to my lord be as Nabal.
27 Akyɛdeɛ a mede abrɛ wo ne wo mmeranteɛ no nie.
Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
28 “Mesrɛ wo, sɛ mafom a, fa kyɛ me. Akyinnyeɛ biara nni ho sɛ Awurade de efie a nʼahennie ase bɛtim bɛdom wo, ɛfiri sɛ, woreko Awurade ko. Na wonyɛɛ bɔne biara nso wɔ wʼasetena mu.
Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the LORD’s battles. Evil will not be found in you all your days.
29 Na sɛ ɛba sɛ wɔn a wɔpɛ wo kra no taataa wo so a, Awurade, wo Onyankopɔn, bɛgye wo, abɔ wo ho ban sɛdeɛ wɔbɔ ademudeɛ ho ban. Na wʼatamfoɔ nkwa deɛ, ɛbɛyera te sɛ aboɔ a wɔato firi ahwimmoɔ mu.
Though men may rise up to pursue you and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord will be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies as from a sling’s pocket.
30 Sɛ Awurade di ɛbɔ a ɔhyɛɛ wo no nyinaa so ma wo, na ɔde wo di Israelhene a,
It will come to pass, when the LORD has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you prince over Israel,
31 mma yei nnyɛ nkekaawa wɔ wʼabrabɔ mu. Na worensoa wʼahonim adesoa duruduru a ɛfiri mogyakaguo ne aweretɔ a ɛho nni mfasoɔ ho. Na sɛ Awurade yɛ saa nneɛma akɛseɛ yi ma wo a, mesrɛ wo, kae me!”
that this shall be no grief to you, nor offence of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. When the LORD has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant.”
32 Dawid buaa Abigail sɛ, “Nhyira nka Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn a wama woabɛhyia me ɛnnɛ.
David said to Abigail, “Blessed is the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you today to meet me!
33 Ɛda Awurade ase wɔ wʼadwene pa ho. Nhyira nka wo sɛ woamma me ankum ɔbarima no, na woamma mamfa me nsa antɔ wedeɛ.
Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, who have kept me today from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
34 Na meka Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn a wamma me manyɛ wo bɔne no ntam sɛ, sɛ woanka wo ho ammɛhyia me a, anka ɛbɛduru ɔkyena anɔpa no, na Nabal mmarima no mu baako koraa nte ase.”
For indeed, as the LORD the God of Israel lives, who has withheld me from harming you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there wouldn’t have been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.”
35 Na Dawid gyee nʼakyɛdeɛ no, ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Sane kɔ efie asomdwoeɛ mu. Yɛrenkum wo kunu no.”
So David received from her hand that which she had brought him. Then he said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. Behold, I have listened to your voice and have granted your request.”
36 Ɛberɛ a Abigail duruu fie no, ɔhunuu sɛ Nabal ato ɛpono kɛseɛ sɛ ɔhene. Na waboro nsã enti, wanka biribiara a ɛfa ɔne Dawid nhyiamu no ho ankyerɛ no kɔsii adekyeeɛ.
Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king. Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing until the morning light.
37 Adeɛ kyeeɛ a nʼani so ada hɔ no, Abigail kaa nsɛm a asisi no kyerɛɛ no. Nabal tee nsɛm no, ɔbubu kaa mpa so.
In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
38 Dadu akyi no, Awurade bɔɔ no ma ɔwuiɛ.
About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal, so that he died.
39 Dawid tee sɛ Nabal awu no, ɔkaa sɛ, “Nhyira nka Awurade a watua Nabal ka na wamma mankum no. Nabal anya ne bɔne so akatua.” Na Dawid yɛɛ ntɛm soma kɔɔ Abigail nkyɛn, maa wɔkɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, ɔbɛware no.
When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed is the LORD, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil. The LORD has returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.” David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to himself as wife.
40 Asomfoɔ no kɔɔ Karmel kɔka kyerɛɛ Abigail sɛ, “Dawid asoma yɛn sɛ yɛmmra mmɛbisa wo sɛ wobɛware no anaa?”
When David’s servants had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, “David has sent us to you, to take you to him as wife.”
41 Ɔbɔɔ ne mu ase de nʼanim kyerɛɛ fam kaa sɛ, “Aane, masiesie me ho sɛ mɛsom Dawid asomfoɔ mpo.”
She arose and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, “Behold, your servant is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”
42 Ntɛm ara, Abigail huri tenaa nʼafunumu so, faa ne mmaawa baanum kaa ne ho, na ɔne Dawid asomfoɔ no kɔeɛ, na ɔbɛyɛɛ Dawid yere.
Abigail hurriedly arose and rode on a donkey with her five maids who followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
43 Dawid waree Ahinoam a ɔfiri Yesreel, na wɔn baanu bɛyɛɛ ne yerenom.
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they both became his wives.
44 Na Saulo de ne babaa Mikal, Dawid yere, ama ɔbarima bi a ɔfiri Galim a ne din de Palti a na ɔyɛ Lais babarima.
Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.
