1 Samuel 25

1 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 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 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 David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep. 5 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 Tell him, ‘Long life to you! Peace be to you! Peace be to your house! Peace be to all that you have! 7 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 Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let the young men find favor 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 When David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal all those words in the name of David, and waited.

10 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 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 So David’s young men turned on their way and went back, and came and told him all these words.

13 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 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 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 They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. 17 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 Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two containers of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five seahs*25:18 1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys. 19 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 As she rode on her donkey, and came down hidden by the mountain, behold, David and his men came down toward her, and she met them.

21 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 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."*25:22 or, male.

23 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 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 Please don’t let my lord pay attention to this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal*25:25 "Nabal" means "foolish". is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your servant, didn’t see my lord’s young men whom you sent. 26 Now therefore, my lord, as Yahweh lives and as your soul lives, since Yahweh 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 Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord. 28 Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights Yahweh’s battles. Evil will not be found in you all your days. 29 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 Yahweh your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies as from a sling’s pocket. 30 It will come to pass, when Yahweh has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you prince over Israel, 31 that this shall be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. When Yahweh has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant."

32 David said to Abigail, "Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you today to meet me! 33 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 For indeed, as Yahweh 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."*25:34 or, one male.

35 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 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 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 About ten days later, Yahweh struck Nabal, so that he died. 39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, "Blessed is Yahweh, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil. Yahweh has returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head."

David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to himself as wife. 40 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 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 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 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they both became his wives.

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

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.