1 Samuele 25 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

25 ¹Samueli anamwalira, ndipo Aisiraeli onse anasonkhana kudzamlira, namuika ku nyumba kwake ku Rama. Ndipo Davide ananyamuka, natsikira ku chipululu cha Parani.

²Kunali munthu ku Maoni amene anali ndi chuma ku Karimeli. Iye anali wolemera kwambiri: anali ndi nkhosa 3,000 ndi mbuzi 1,000. Ndipo anali kumeta ubweya wa nkhosa zake ku Karimeli. ³Dzina la munthuyo linali Nabala, ndipo dzina la mkazi wake linali Abigayeli. Mkaziyo anali wanzeru ndi wokongola, koma mwamunayo anali wankhanza ndi woyipa pa zochita zake—anali wa fuko la Kalebi. ⁴Davide ali ku chipululu, anamva kuti Nabala anali kumeta ubweya wa nkhosa zake. ⁵Davide anatuma anyamata khumi, nati kwa iwo, “Pitani ku Karimeli. Kafikeni kwa Nabala ndi kumupatsa moni m'dzina langa. ⁶Muuzeni kuti: ‘Mukhale ndi moyo wautali. Mtendere ukhale ndi inu, mtendere ukhale pa banja lanu, ndi mtendere pa zonse zimene muli nazo.’ ⁷Ndamva kuti muli ndi anthu ometa nkhosa. Abusa anu anali nafe; ife sitinawachitire choyipa chilichonse, ndipo iwo sanasowe kanthu nthawi yonse imene anali ku Karimeli. ⁸Funsani anyamata anu ndipo adzakuuzani. Choncho anyamata anga apeze chisomo pamaso panu, pakuti tabwera pa tsiku la chikondwerero. Chonde patsani chilichonse chimene mungathe kwa atumiki anu ndi kwa mwana wanu Davide.”

⁹Anyamata a Davide anafika, nanena mau onsewa kwa Nabala m'dzina la Davide, ndipo anadikira.

¹⁰Nabala anayankha atumiki a Davide, nati, “Kodi Davide ndani? Nanga mwana wa Yese uyu ndani? Masiku ano atumiki ambiri akuthawa ambuye awo. ¹¹Nanga nditenge chifukwa chiyani buledi wanga, madzi anga, ndi nyama imene ndinaphera anthu anga ometa nkhosa, nazipereka kwa anthu amene sindidziwa kumene achokera?”

¹²Choncho anyamata a Davide anabwerera, ndipo atafika anamuuza mau onse.

¹³Davide anati kwa anthu ake, “Aliyense wa inu amangirire lupanga lake!” Choncho aliyense anamangirira lupanga lake, Davidenso anamangirira lake. Anthu pafupifupi 400 anatsatira Davide; 200 anatsala ndi katundu.

¹⁴Mmodzi wa anyamata anauza Abigayeli, mkazi wa Nabala, nati, “Davide anatuma amithenga kuchokera ku chipululu kudzapatsa moni mbuye wathu, koma iye anawatukwana. ¹⁵Anthuwa anali abwino kwambiri kwa ife. Iwo sanatichitirepo choyipa, ndipo sitinasowe kanthu nthawi yonse imene tinkayendayenda nawo kuminda. ¹⁶Iwo anali ngati linga lotizungulira usiku ndi usana, nthawi yonse imene tinali nawo kuweta nkhosa. ¹⁷Tsopano dziwani ndi kuona chimene muyenera kuchita, pakuti tsoka layandikira mbuye wathu ndi banja lake lonse. Iye ndi munthu wopanda pake kotero kuti palibe angathe kuyankhula naye.”

¹⁸Abigayeli anafulumira natenga malofu 200, zikopa ziwiri za vinyo, nkhosa zisanu zokonzedwa, mbewu zokazinga pafupifupi malita makumi atatu ndi asanu, maunjika a mphesa zowuma 100, ndi makeke a nkhuyu 200, nazikweza pa abulu. ¹⁹Iye anati kwa atumiki ake, “Tsogolani ine; ndikubwera pambuyo panu.” Koma sananene kalikonse kwa mwamuna wake Nabala. ²⁰Pamene anali kukwera bulu wake natsika njira yobisika ya m'phiri, anakumana ndi Davide pamodzi ndi anthu ake akutsika kulowera kwa iye.

²¹Tsopano Davide anali atanena kuti, “Ndinateteza pachabe zonse zimene munthuyu anali nazo ku chipululu—palibe chake chimene chinasowa—koma iye wandibwezera choyipa m'malo mwa chabwino. ²²Atate wathu achite izi kwa adani a Davide, ndi kuwonjezeranso, ngati nditasiya wamoyo mwamuna mmodzi mwa onse amene ali ake kufikira m'mawa.”

²³Pamene anaona Davide, Abigayeli anafulumira kutsika pa bulu wake, nadzigwetsa chafufumimba pamaso pake, nawerama pansi. ²⁴Anagwa pa mapazi ake, nati, “Mlandu ukhale wanga ndekha, mbuye wanga. Chonde lolani mdzakazi wanu ayankhule nanu; imvani mau a mdzakazi wanu. ²⁵Chonde, mbuye wanga, musasamale za munthu wopanda pake uyu Nabala, pakuti iye ali ngati dzina lake—Nabala kutanthauza Chitsiru, ndipo uchitsiru uli ndi iye. Ine, mdzakazi wanu, sindinaone anyamata amene mbuye wanga anawatuma. ²⁶Tsopano, mbuye wanga, pali Atate wathu wamoyo, ndiponso inu muli ndi moyo: popeza Atate wathu wakulepheretsani kukhetsa mwazi ndi kudzibwezera nokha ndi dzanja lanu, adani anu ndi onse amene akufuna kuvulaza mbuye wanga akhale ngati Nabala. ²⁷Tsopano mphatso iyi imene mdzakazi wanu wabweretsera mbuye wanga ipatsidwe kwa anyamata amene amatsatira mbuye wanga. ²⁸Khululukirani kulakwa kwa mdzakazi wanu, pakuti Atate wathu adzapanga ndithu mbuye wanga kukhala mzera wokhazikika, chifukwa mbuye wanga akumenya nkhondo za Atate wathu. Pasapezeke choyipa chilichonse mwa inu masiku onse a moyo wanu. ²⁹Ngati wina adzauka kuti akuthamangitseni ndi kufunafuna moyo wanu, moyo wa mbuye wanga udzamangidwa bwinobwino mu mtolo wa amoyo pamodzi ndi Atate wanu; koma miyoyo ya adani anu Iye adzaiponyera kutali ngati kuchokera m'thumba la legeni. ³⁰Pamene Atate wathu adzamuchitira mbuye wanga zabwino zonse zimene analonjeza za inu, ndi kukusankhani kukhala wolamulira wa Isiraeli, ³¹mbuye wanga sadzakhala ndi chisoni kapena kudzudzulika chifukwa cha kukhetsa mwazi popanda chifukwa kapena kudzibwezera yekha. Ndipo pamene Atate wathu adzachitira zabwino mbuye wanga, mukumbukire mdzakazi wanu.”

³²Davide anati kwa Abigayeli, “Atamandike Atate wathu, Mulungu wa Isiraeli, amene wakutuma lero kudzakumana nane. ³³Nzeru zanu zabwino zidalitsike, ndipo inu mudalitsike, amene mwandiletsa lero kukhetsa mwazi ndi kudzibwezera ndekha ndi dzanja langa. ³⁴Pali Atate wathu, Mulungu wa Isiraeli, wamoyo, amene wandiletsa kukuvulazani—mukanapanda kufulumira kudzakumana nane, palibe mwamuna mmodzi wa Nabala akanakhala wamoyo kufikira m'mawa.”

³⁵Davide anatenga m'dzanja lake zimene anabweretsa, nati kwa iye, “Pitani kwanu mu mtendere. Taonani, ndamva mau anu ndipo ndavomera pempho lanu.”

³⁶Pamene Abigayeli anafika kwa Nabala, iye anali ndi phwando m'nyumba mwake loyenera mfumu. Mtima wake unali wokondwa ndipo anali ataledzera kwambiri, choncho sanamuuze kanthu mpaka m'mawa. ³⁷M'mawa, pamene vinyo anamuchoka Nabala, mkazi wake anamuuza zonse. Mtima wake unafa mkati mwake, ndipo anakhala ngati mwala. ³⁸Patapita masiku pafupifupi khumi, Atate wathu anakantha Nabala, ndipo anamwalira.

³⁹Pamene Davide anamva kuti Nabala wamwalira, anati, “Atamandike Atate wathu, amene wanditeteza pa mlandu wanga pa chipongwe chimene ndinachitiridwa ndi Nabala, ndipo waletsa mtumiki wake ku choyipa. Atate wathu wabwezera choyipa cha Nabala pa mutu wake womwe.” Ndipo Davide anatumiza mau opempha Abigayeli kuti akhale mkazi wake.

⁴⁰Atumiki a Davide anafika kwa Abigayeli ku Karimeli, nati kwa iye, “Davide watituma kuti tidzakutengeni kuti mukhale mkazi wake.”

⁴¹Iye anaimirira, nawerama chafufumimba pansi, nati, “Nayu mdzakazi wanu, wokonzeka kutumikira ndi kutsuka mapazi a atumiki a mbuye wanga.” ⁴²Abigayeli anafulumira kudzikonza, nakwera bulu wake, ndipo pamodzi ndi adzakazi ake asanu anatsatira amithenga a Davide, nakhala mkazi wake. ⁴³Davide anakwatiranso Ahinoamu wa ku Yezireeli, choncho onse awiri anali akazi ake. ⁴⁴Sauli anali atapereka mwana wake wamkazi Mikala, mkazi wa Davide, kwa Palitieli mwana wa Laisi, wa ku Galimu.