1 Samuela 25
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Pea naʻe pekia ʻa Samuela; pea naʻe kātoa fakataha ai ʻae kakai ʻIsileli kotoa pē, ʻonau tēngihia ia, pea naʻe tanu ia ʻi hono fale ʻi Lama. Pea naʻe hiki ʻa Tevita ʻo ʻalu hifo ki he toafa ʻo Palani.
1And 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.
2Pea naʻe ai ʻae tangata ʻi Maoni, ka naʻe ʻi Kameli ʻa hono tofiʻa; pea ko e tangata lahi ia, pea naʻe tolu afe ʻene fanga sipi, pea mo e kosi ʻe taha afe: pea naʻe kosi ʻe ia ʻa ʻene fanga sipi ʻi Kameli.
2And 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.
3Pea ko hono hingoa ʻoe tangata ko Napale; pea ko e hingoa ʻo hono uaifi ko ʻApikale: pea ko e fefine loto fakapotopoto, mo mata hoihoifua ia: ka naʻe angakovi ʻae tangata, pea kovi ʻi heʻene faianga; pea naʻe ʻoe fale ʻo Kelepi ia.
3Now 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 form; but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
4¶ Pea naʻe fanongo ʻa Tevita ʻi he toafa ʻoku fai ʻene kosi sipi ʻe Napale.
4And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
5Pea naʻe fekau ʻe Tevita ʻae kau talavou ʻe toko hongofulu, ʻo ne pehē ki he kau talavou, “Mou ʻalu hake ki Kameli, pea ʻalu kia Napale, ʻo lea ʻofa kiate ia ʻi hoku hingoa:
5And 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;
6pea mou lea pehē kiate ia ʻoku moʻui monūʻia, Ke ʻiate koe ʻae fiemālie, ke ʻi ho fale ʻae fiemālie, pea ke ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ke maʻu ʻae fiemālie,
6and thus ye shall say: All hail! and peace be both unto thee, and peace be to thy house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
7pea ko eni, kuo u fanongo, ʻoku ke maʻu ʻae kau kosi sipi: pea ko eni naʻe ʻiate kimautolu ʻa hoʻo kau tauhi sipi, naʻe ʻikai te mau fai ha meʻa kovi kiate kinautolu, pea naʻe ʻikai ha meʻa naʻe mole ʻiate kinautolu, ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho kotoa pē ʻo ʻemau nofo ʻi Kameli.
7And 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.
8Ke ke fehuʻi ki hoʻo kau talavou, pea tenau fakahā kiate koe. Ko ia, tuku ke maʻu ʻe he kau talavou ʻae ʻofa ʻi ho ʻao: he ʻoku mau hoko ʻi he ʻaho lelei: ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, foaki mai ʻaia kotoa pē ʻoku faʻa ʻomi ʻe ho nima ki hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki, pea ki ho foha ko Tevita.”
8Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee; wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes; for we come on a good day; give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thy hand, unto thy servants, and to thy son David.'
9Pea ʻi he hoko atu ʻae kau talavou ʻa Tevita, naʻa nau lea kia Napale ʻi he hingoa ʻo Tevita ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi lea ni kotoa pē, pea ngata.
9And when David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
10¶ Pea naʻe lea ʻa Napale ki he kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Tevita, ʻo ne pehē, “Ko hai ʻa Tevita? Pea ko hai ʻae foha ʻo Sese? ʻOku ai ʻae kau tamaioʻeiki tokolahi ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ni ʻoku motuhi mo hola taki taha mei heʻene ʻeiki.
10And 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;
11Pea ʻe pehē koā ʻa ʻeku toʻo ʻeku mā mo ʻeku vai, mo ʻeku fanga manu kuo tāmateʻi maʻa ʻeku kau kosi sipi, pea foaki ia ki he kau tangata ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai te u ʻilo pē ʻoku mei fē ʻakinautolu?”
11shall 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?'
12Ko ia naʻe tafoki ai ʻae kau talavou ʻa Tevita ʻo toe ʻalu ʻi honau hala, ʻo hoko ʻo fakahā kiate ia ʻae ngaahi tala ni kotoa pē.
12So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.
13Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita ki hono kau tangata, “Mou nonoʻo taki taha ʻae tangata ʻene heletā.” Pea naʻa nau nonoʻo taki taha ʻae tangata ʻene heletā: pea naʻe nonoʻo foki mo Tevita ʻene heletā: pea naʻa nau ʻalu hake ʻo muimui ʻia Tevita, ko e kau tangata ʻe toko fāngeau; pea naʻe nofo ʻae toko uangeau mo ʻenau ngaʻotoʻota.
13And 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¶ Ka naʻe tala kia ʻApikale ko e uaifi ʻo Napale ʻe he talavou ʻe taha, ʻo pehē, “Vakai, naʻe fekau ʻe Tevita ʻae kau talavou mei he toafa mo e lea ʻofa ki homau ʻeiki; ka naʻa ne taukae ʻakinautolu.
14But 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 flew upon them.
15Ka naʻe fai angalelei lahi ʻae kau tangata kiate kimautolu, pea naʻe ʻikai hamau lavea ʻiate kinautolu, pea naʻe ʻikai haʻamau meʻa ʻe mole ʻi he ʻemau nonofo mo kinautolu, ʻi heʻemau ʻi he ngaahi vao:
15But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields;
16Ko e ā ʻakinautolu kiate kimautolu ʻi he pō mo e ʻaho, ʻi he kuonga kotoa pē naʻa mau ʻiate kinautolu ʻi he tauhi ʻae fanga sipi.
16they were a wall unto us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
17Pea ko eni, ke ke ʻilo, pea fifili pe ko e hā ia te ke fai; he kuo tuʻutuʻuni ʻae kovi ki hotau ʻeiki, pea ki hono fale kotoa pē: he ʻoku pehē fau ʻa ʻene angakovi, ʻoku ʻikai faʻa lea ha tangata kiate ia.”
17Now 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 base fellow, that one cannot speak to him.'
18Ko ia naʻe fai fakatoʻotoʻo ai ʻe ʻApikale, ʻo ne toʻo ʻae mā kotoa ʻe uangeau, mo e hina uaine ʻe ua, mo e sipi ʻe nima kuo ngaohi, mo e fua uite tunu ʻe nima, mo e fuhi kālepi ʻe teau, mo e mā fiki ʻe uangeau, pea naʻa ne fakaheka ia ki he fanga ʻasi.
18Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
19Pea pehē ʻe ia ki heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki, “Mou ʻalu ʻo muʻomuʻa ʻiate au: vakai te u muimui atu.” Ka naʻe ʻikai te ne tala ki hono husepāniti ko Napale.
19And she said unto her young men: 'Go on before me; behold, I come after you.' But she told not her husband Nabal.
20Pea naʻe pehē, ʻi heʻene heka ʻi he ʻasi, pea hoko atu ia ki he malumalu ʻoe moʻunga, vakai, ko Tevita mo hono kau tangata ʻoku ʻalu hifo fakahangatonu mai kiate ia; pea naʻe fakafetaulaki atu ia kiate kinautolu.
20And 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 towards her; and she met them. —
21Ka kuo ʻosi ʻene lau ʻe Tevita, ʻo pehē, “Ko e moʻoni kuo taʻeʻaonga ʻeku leʻohi ʻae koloa kotoa pē ʻae siana ni ʻi he toafa, ko ia naʻe ʻikai ha meʻa ʻe taha ʻe mole ʻi heʻene ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē, pea kuo ne totongi kovi ʻe ia kiate au ʻi he lelei.
21Now 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.
22Ke fai pehē mo lahi hake foki ʻe he ʻOtua ki he ngaahi fili ʻo Tevita, ʻo kapau te u tuku ʻo feʻunga mo e maʻa hake ʻae ʻaho ʻapongipongi ha tamasiʻi tangata ʻe tokotaha.”
22God 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 male.' —
23Pea ʻi he mamata ʻa ʻApikale kia Tevita, naʻe fakatoʻotoʻo ia, pea hifo mei he ʻasi, pea fakatōmapeʻe ia kia Tevita ʻi hono mata, ʻo ne punou hifo ki he kelekele,
23And when Abigail saw David, she made haste, and alighted from her ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed down to the ground.
24Pea naʻe fakatōmapeʻe ia ki hono vaʻe, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻE hoku ʻeiki, tuku kiate au, tuku kiate au ʻae hia ni: pea ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, tuku ke lea ʻa hoʻo kaunanga ʻi ho ʻao, pea ke fanongo ki he lea ʻa hoʻo kaunanga.
24And 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.
25ʻOku ou kole kiate koe, ke ʻoua naʻa tokanga ʻe hoku ʻeiki ki he tangata angakovi ni ko Napale; he ʻoku hangē ko hono hingoa, ʻoku pehē pe ia; ko Napale hono hingoa, pea ʻoku ʻiate ia ʻae vale: ka ko au ko hoʻo kaunanga naʻe ʻikai te u mamata ki he kau talavou ʻa hoku ʻeiki, ʻaia naʻa ke fekau.
25Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this base fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and churlishness is with him; but I thy handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
26Pea ko eni, ʻE hoku ʻeiki, ʻoku moʻui ʻa Sihova, pea moʻui mo ho laumālie, ko e meʻa ʻi he taʻofi koe ʻe Sihova, mei he haʻu ke lingi ʻae toto, pea mei he fai totongi ʻe koe ʻaki ho nima ʻoʻou, ko ia, ke hoko ho ngaahi fili mo kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku kumi ke fai kovi ki hoku ʻeiki, ke hangē ko Napale.
26Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from bloodguiltiness, and from finding redress for thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and them that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
27Pea ko eni, ko e meʻaʻofa ni ʻaia kuo ʻomi ʻe hoʻo kaunanga ki hoku ʻeiki, ke ʻatu ia ki he kau talavou ʻoku muimui ki hoku ʻeiki.
27And now this present which thy servant hath brought unto my lord, let it be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
28ʻOku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke fakamolemole ʻae hala ʻa hoʻo kaunanga: he ko e moʻoni ʻe ngaohi ʻe Sihova ki hoku ʻeiki ʻae fale tuʻumaʻu; koeʻuhi ʻoku fai ʻe hoku ʻeiki ʻae ngaahi tau ʻa Sihova, pea naʻe ʻikai ʻilo ha kovi ʻiate koe ʻi ho ngaahi ʻaho kotoa pē.
28Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid; for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD; and evil is not found in thee all thy days.
29Ka kuo tuʻu hake ʻae tangata ke tuli koe, pea ke kumi ho laumālie: ka ko e laumālie ʻo hoku ʻeiki ʻe fakataha ia ʻi he ū moʻui ʻa Sihova ko ho ʻOtua; ka ko e laumālie ʻo ho ngaahi fili ʻe lisingi ʻe ia ʻakinautolu kituaʻā, ʻo hangē ko e lisingi mei he loto makatā.
29And though man 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 the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.
30Pea ʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻoka hili hono fai ʻe Sihova ki ai kiate koe, mo ne fokotuʻu koe ko e pule ki ʻIsileli;
30And it shall come to pass, when the LORD 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;
31ʻE ʻikai hoko ai ʻae meʻa ni ko e meʻa te ke koviʻia ai, pe fakamamahi ki he loto ʻo hoku ʻeiki, koeʻuhi ʻi hoʻo lingi taʻetotonu ʻae toto, pe ko e langomakiʻi ia, ʻa hoku ʻeiki: ka ʻoka hili ʻene fai lelei ʻa Sihova ki hoku ʻeiki, pea ke toki manatuʻi ai hoʻo kaunanga.
31that this shall be no stumbling-block unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood without cause, or that my lord hath found redress for himself. And when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid.'
32Pea naʻe pehē ʻa Tevita kia ʻApikale, “Fakafetaʻi kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻaia naʻa ne fekau koe he ʻaho ni ke fakafetaulaki kiate au:
32And David said to Abigail: 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me;
33Pea fakafetaʻi koeʻuhi ko hoʻo tokoni, pea ke monūʻia pe koe, ʻa koe kuo ke taʻofi au he ʻaho ni ke ʻoua naʻaku ʻalu atu ʻo lingi ʻae toto, pea mei he langomakiʻi au ʻaki hoku nima.
33and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, that hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from finding redress for myself with mine own hand.
34He ko e moʻoni ʻaupito, hangē ʻoku moʻui ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻaia kuo ne taʻofi au ke ʻoua naʻaku fai ha kovi kiate koe, ka ne taʻeʻoua hoʻo fakatoʻotoʻo pea ke haʻu ke fakafetaulaki kiate au, ko e moʻoni ʻe ʻikai toe kia Napale ʻo feʻunga mo e maʻa hake ʻae ʻaho ʻapongipongi ha tangata ʻe tokotaha.”
34For in very deed, as the LORD, the God of Israel, liveth, who hath withholden me from hurting thee, except thou hadst made haste and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light so much as one male.'
35Ko ia naʻe maʻu ʻe Tevita mei hono nima ʻaia naʻa ne ʻomi kiate ia, pea pehē ʻe ia kiate ia, “ʻAlu fiemālie ki ho fale, vakai kuo u tokanga ki ho leʻo, pea kuo u leleiʻia ʻiate koe.”
35So 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¶ Pea naʻe haʻu ʻa ʻApikale kia Napale; pea vakai, naʻe fai ʻe ia ʻae kātoanga ʻi hono fale, ʻo hangē ko e kātoanga ʻae tuʻi; pea naʻe fiefia lahi ʻae loto ʻo Napale, he naʻe kona lahi ia: ko ia naʻe ʻikai te ne tala ai ha meʻa siʻi pe ha meʻa lahi, kaeʻoua ke ʻaho hake.
36And 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.
37Pea pongipongi ai ʻi he ʻalu ʻae uaine meia Napale, pea ʻi he ʻosi hono tala ʻe hono uaifi ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni, naʻe pongia hono loto ʻiate ia, pea naʻe hoko ia ʻo hangē ko e maka.
37And 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.
38Pea hili ia ko e ʻaho ʻe hongofulu nai, naʻe taaʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa Napale, pea naʻe mate ai ia.
38And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, so that he died.
39¶ Pea kuo fanongo ʻa Tevita kuo mate ʻa Napale, pea pehē ʻe ia, “Fakafetaʻi kia Sihova ʻaia kuo langomekina ʻe ia ʻa hoku manukiʻi mei he nima ʻo Napale, pea kuo ne taʻofi ʻene tamaioʻeiki mei he kovi: he kuo fakahoko ʻe Sihova ʻae angakovi ʻa Napale ki hono ʻulu ʻoʻona.” Pea naʻe ʻave ʻae lea ʻa Tevita kia ʻApikale koeʻuhi ke ne maʻu ia ko hono uaifi.
39And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said: 'Blessed be the LORD, 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 the LORD returned upon his own head.' And David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
40Pea ʻi he hoko atu ʻae kau tamaioʻeiki kia ʻApikale ki Kameli naʻa nau lea kiate ia ʻo pehē, “Kuo fekau mai ʻakimautolu ʻa Tevita kiate koe, ke mau ʻave koe kiate ia ko hono uaifi.”
40And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke unto her, saying: 'David hath sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.'
41Pea naʻe tuʻu hake ia, ʻo ne fakapunou hifo hono mata ki he kelekele, ʻo ne pehē, “Vakai, ke hoko ʻa hoʻomou kaunanga ko e kaunanga ke kaukau ʻae vaʻe ʻoe kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa hoku ʻeiki.”
41And she arose, and bowed down with her face to the earth, and said: 'Behold, thy handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.'
42Pea naʻe fakatoʻotoʻo ʻe ʻApikale, pea naʻe tuʻu hake pea heka ia ʻi he ʻasi, mo ʻene kau taʻahine ʻe toko nima naʻe muimui ʻiate ia; pea naʻa ne ʻalu ʻo muimui atu ʻi he kau tangata fekau ʻa Tevita, pea naʻe hoko ia ko hono uaifi.
42And Abigail hastened, 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.
43Pea naʻe ʻomi ʻe Tevita ʻa ʻAhinoami mei Sesilili, pea naʻa na hoko fakatouʻosi pē ko hono ongo uaifi.
43David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both of them his wives.
44¶ Ka kuo foaki ʻe Saula hono ʻofefine ko Mikale, ko e uaifi ʻo Tevita, kia Faliteli ko e foha ʻo Leisi, ʻaia naʻe ʻo Kalimi.
44Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.
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