1 Samuel 25

Te Matenga o Hamuera

1 Nā, ka mate a Hamuera, ā, ka huihui a Īharaira katoa ki te tangi ki a ia, ā, tanumia iho ia ki tōna whare ki Rama. Nā, ka whakatika a Rāwiri, ā, haere ana ki te koraha o Parana.

Ko Rāwiri rāua ko Apikaira

2 Ā, i Maono tētahi tangata, kei Karamere ōna taonga; he nui rawa taua tangata, e toru mano āna hipi, kotahi mano ngā koati. Heoi, kei te kutikuti tērā i āna hipi ki Karamere. 3 Nā, ko te ingoa o taua tangata ko Nāpara, ko Apikaira hoki te ingoa o tāna wahine; ā, he pai ngā whakaaro o te wahine, he mata ātaahua anō hoki; he pakeke ia te tāne, i kino hoki āna mahi; nō te whare anō ia o Karepe.

4 Ā, ka rongo a Rāwiri i te koraha kei te kutikuti a Nāpara i āna hipi. 5 Ka ungā ētahi taitama e Rāwiri, kotahi tekau; i mea hoki a Rāwiri ki ngā taitama, "Haere ki runga ki Karamere, ā, ka tae ki a Nāpara ka oha ki a ia, me te whakahua anō i tōku ingoa. 6 Ā, kia pēnei tā koutou kī atu ki taua tangata e noho ora mai nei, ‘Kia mau te rongo ki a koe, kia mau te rongo ki tōu whare, kia mau te rongo ki āu mea katoa.

7 " ‘Nā, kua rongo nei ahau he kaikutikuti āu; nā, āu hēpara i a mātou rā, kīhai rātou i ahatia e mātou, kīhai rawa hoki tētahi o ā rātou mea i ngaro i ngā rā katoa o rātou ki Karamere. 8 Māu e ui ki āu taitama, ā, ka kōrerotia e rātou ki a koe. Nā, kia manakohia ngā taitama nā e koe; kua tae mai hoki mātou i te rā pai. Tēnā, hōmai tā tōu ringa i tūpono ai ki āu pononga, ki tāu tama hoki, ki a Rāwiri.’ "

9 Nā, i te taenga o ngā tāngata a Rāwiri, kōrerotia ana e rātou ēnei kupu katoa ki a Nāpara, me te whakahua anō i te ingoa o Rāwiri, ā, heoi anō tā rātou?

10 Nā, ka utu a Nāpara ki tā ngā tāngata a Rāwiri, ka mea, "Ko wai a Rāwiri? Ko wai hoki te tama a Hehe? He tini ngā pononga i ēnei rā e tahuti ana i ō rātou rangatira. 11 Me tango koia e ahau tāku taro, tōku wai, me āku mea hoki i patua nei e ahau mā āku kaikutikuti, me hoatu mā ngā tāngata kāhore nei e mōhiotia e ahau nō hea rānei rātou?"

12 Nā, ka tahuri ngā tāngata a Rāwiri ki tō rātou ara, ā, hoki ana, haere ana, kōrerotia ana e rātou ki a ia ēnei mea katoa. 13 Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri ki āna tāngata, "Whītikiria ā koutou hoari, e tēnei, e tēnei." Nā, whītikiria ana e rātou tāna hoari, tāna hoari; i whītiki anō a Rāwiri i tāna hoari. Nā, ka haere ki runga, ka whai i a Rāwiri; tata tonu aua tāngata ki te whā ngā rau; e rua hoki ngā rau i noho ki ngā taonga.

14 Otiia ka kōrero tētahi o ngā taitama ki a Apikaira wahine a Nāpara ka mea, "Nanā, i tonoa mai ētahi tāngata e Rāwiri i te koraha, ki te oha ki tō mātou rangatira; heoi whakatūpehupehu ana ia ki a rātou. 15 Otiia, pai rawa aua tāngata ki a mātou, kīhai hoki i aha ki a mātou, kīhai anō i ngaro tētahi mea a mātou i ngā rā katoa i hāereere tahi ai mātou me rātou, i ā mātou rā i te pārae. 16 He taiepa rātou ki a mātou i te pō, i te ao, i ngā rā katoa i tata ai mātou ki a rātou, i a mātou e tiaki ana i ngā hipi. 17 Tēnā rā, māu e whakaaro, e titiro ki tāu e mea ai; kua takoto hoki he kino mō tō mātou rangatira, rātou ko tōna whare katoa; koia rawa hoki kia tama ia nā Periara, kāhore tētahi e āhei te kōrero ki a ia."

18 Nā, hohoro tonu a Apikaira, maua atu ana e ia he taro e rua rau, he wāina e rua ngā ipu, he hipi e rima, he mea kua oti te taka, he kānga pāhūhū e rima ngā mēhua, he tautau karepe maroke kotahi rau, he papa piki e rua rau, he mea whakawaha ki te kāihe. 19 Nā, ka mea ia ki āna taitama, "Hoake ki mua i ahau; tēnā ahau te haere atu nā i muri i a koutou." Kīhai hoki i kōrerotia e ia ki tāna tahu, ki a Nāpara.

20 Nā, i a ia e haere atu ana i runga i tōna kāihe, ā, e heke atu ana i te wāhi ruru o te maunga, nā, ko Rāwiri rātou ko āna tāngata e heke mai ana, e tika mai ana ki a ia; nā, pono tonu atu ia ki a rātou. 21 Heoi, kua kī a Rāwiri, "Maumau tiaki noa ahau i ngā mea katoa a tēnei korokē i te koraha, kāhore rawa hoki tētahi o āna mea katoa i ngaro; nā, utua mai ana e ia te pai ki te kino. 22 Kia meatia tēnei e te Atua ki ngā hoariri o Rāwiri me ētahi mea anō hoki, ki te waiho e ahau o āna mea katoa i te aonga ake kia kotahi nei tamaiti tāne."

23 Nā, i te kitenga o Apikaira i a Rāwiri, hohoro tonu ia, marere ana ki raro i te kāihe, tāpapa ana i te aroaro o Rāwiri, me te piko anō ki te whenua. 24 Nā, ka takoto ia ki ōna waewae, ā, ka mea, "Hei runga i ahau, e tōku ariki, hei runga i ahau te kino; nā, kia kōrero tāu pononga wahine ki ōu taringa, whakarongo mai hoki ki ngā kupu a tāu pononga. 25 Kaua te ngākau o tōku ariki e mea ki tēnei tangata a Periara, ki a Nāpara; ko tōna ingoa hoki, ko ia, rite tahi; ko Nāpara tōna ingoa; kei a ia anō te wairangi. Ko ahau ia, ko tāu pononga wahine, kīhai i kite i ngā taitama a tōku ariki i tonoa ake rā e koe.

26 "Nā, e tōku ariki, e ora ana a Ihowā, e ora ana hoki tōu wairua, i a Ihowā kua pupuri nei i a koe i te hara o te whakaheke toto, kei pā tōu ringa ake ki te rapu utu, kia rite āianei ki a Nāpara ōu hoariri, me te hunga e rapu ana i te hē mō tōku ariki. 27 Nā, ko tēnei manaakitanga i kawea mai nei e tāu pononga ki tōku ariki, tukua kia hoatu ki ngā taitama i raro i ngā waewae o tōku ariki.

28 "Tēnā rā, whakarērea noatia iho te kino a tāu pononga wahine; he mea kua takoto rawa tā Ihowā whakapūmau i te whare o tōku ariki; e whawhai ana hoki tōku ariki i ngā whawhai a Ihowā; ā, e kore e mau tētahi hē ōu i ōu rā katoa. 29 Ahakoa whakatika mai tētahi tangata ki te whai i a koe, ki te rapu i tōu wairua, heoi ka paiherea te wairua o tōku ariki ki roto ki te paihere ora ki a Ihowā, ki tōu Atua; ko ngā wairua ia o ōu hoariri ka piua atu me te mea nō waenga pū i te kōtaha.

30 "Ā tēnei ake, kei tā Ihowā meatanga ki tōku ariki i ngā mea katoa i kōrerotia e ia hei pai mōu, ā, ka whakatūria koe e ia hei rangatira mō Īharaira. 31 Nā, e kore tēnei e waiho hei whakapōuri mōu, hei whakararu rānei mō te ngākau o tōku ariki, arā tāu whakaheke noa i te toto, te rapu rānei a tōku ariki i te utu mōna ake. E puta rāia tā Ihowā pai ki tōku ariki, nā, kia mahara ki tāu pononga wahine."

32 Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri ki a Apikaira, "Kia whakapaingia a Ihowā, te Atua o Īharaira, nāna nei koe i tono mai i tēnei rā ki te whakatau i ahau. 33 Kia whakapaingia anō tōu whakaaro tika, kia whakapaingia anō koe, mōu i pupuri i ahau i tēnei rā i te hara o te whakaheke toto, i te rapu utu hoki a tōku ringa ake. 34 Nā, e ora ana a Ihowā, te Atua o Īharaira, nāna nei ahau i pupuri kei kino ki a koe, me i kāhore koe i hohoro te haere mai ki te whakatau i ahau, inā, kīhai i toe ki te awatea āpōpō tētahi mea a Nāpara kia kotahi nei tamaiti tāne."

35 Heoi, ka tangohia e Rāwiri i tōna ringa ngā mea i kawea mai e ia ki a ia, ā, ka mea ki a ia, "Haere i runga i te rangimārie ki tōu whare; titiro, kua whakarongo nei ahau ki tōu reo, kua whakapai hoki ki a koe."

36 Nā, haere ana a Apikaira ki a Nāpara, ā, i te mea hākari tērā i roto i tōna whare, koia anō kei te hākari a te kīngi, ā, koa ana te ngākau o Nāpara i roto i a ia, he nui hoki tōna haurangi. Nā, kīhai i kōrerotia e ia tētahi mea ki a ia, ahakoa iti, ahakoa rahi, ā, mārama noa te ata. 37 Ā, i te ata i te mea ka kore atu te wāina i a Nāpara, nā, kōrerotia ana e tāna wahine ki a ia ēnei mea katoa; nā, mate iho tōna ngākau i roto i a ia, heoi kua rite ia ki te kōhatu. 38 Ā, ka tekau ngā rā, ka patua a Nāpara e Ihowā, ā, ka mate.

39 Ā, nō te rongonga o Rāwiri kua mate a Nāpara, ka mea ia, "Kia whakapaingia a Ihowā i tohe nei i te tohe ki a Nāpara mō tōku tāwainga; i pupuri nei i tāna pononga kei kino, ā, whakahokia atu ana e Ihowā te kino a Nāpara ki runga ki tōna mātenga ake."

Nā, ka tono tāngata a Rāwiri ki te kōrero ki a Apikaira, ki te tiki i a ia hei wahine māna. 40 Ā, i te taenga o ngā tāngata a Rāwiri ki a Apikaira ki Karamere, ka kōrero ki a ia, ka mea, "I tonoa mai mātou e Rāwiri ki te tiki mai i a koe hei wahine māna."

41 Nā, ka whakatika tērā, ā, piko ana tōna mata ki te whenua, ka mea, "Tēnei tāu pononga hei pononga wahine, hei horoi i ngā waewae o ngā tāngata a tōku ariki." 42 Nā, hohoro ana a Apikaira, ā, whakatika ana, eke ana ki te kāihe; tokorima hoki āna kōtiro i haere tahi me ia; nā, aru ana ia i ngā karere a Rāwiri, ā, ka waiho hei wahine māna.

43 I tangohia anō e Rāwiri a Ahinoama o Ietereere; ā, ka waiho rāua tokorua hei wāhine māna. 44 Heoi, kua hoatu e Haora a Mikara tāna tamāhine, te wahine a Rāwiri, ki a Parati tama a Raihi, o Karimi.

1 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 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 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 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep. 5 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 and thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be unto thee, and peace be to thy house, and peace be unto all that thou hast. 7 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 Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee: wherefore let the young men find favor in thine eyes; for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thy hand, unto thy servants, and to thy son David.

9 And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased. 10 And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master. 11 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 are? 12 So David’s young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words. 13 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 baggage.

14 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 railed at them. 15 But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields: 16 they were a wall unto us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. 17 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 worthless fellow, that one cannot speak to him.

18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. 19 And she said unto her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. 20 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 toward her; and she met them. 21 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 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 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and alighted from her ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground. 24 And she fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity; and let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy handmaid. 25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thy handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send. 26 Now therefore, my lord, as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing Jehovah 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 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 Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid: for Jehovah will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of Jehovah; and evil shall not be found in thee all thy days. 29 And though men 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 Jehovah thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling. 30 And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah 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 that this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood without cause, or that my lord hath avenged himself. And when Jehovah shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid.

32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me: 33 and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, that hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. 34 For in very deed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, who 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 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he said unto her, Go up in peace to thy house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.

36 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 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 And it came to pass about ten days after, that Jehovah smote Nabal, so that he died.

39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Jehovah, 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 Jehovah returned upon his own head. And David sent and spake concerning Abigail, to take her to him to wife. 40 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 And she arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, thy handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord. 42 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 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both of them his wives. 44 Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.