¹ Samueri wakatamika. Isiraeri yese yakaungana, yakamutchema uye yakamukotsa kunhunba yake, ku Rama. Nokudharo David wakapurumuka uye watchita ku thambe pa Para. ² Panaga pano mwanarume umwe ku Maom, naizvo mudziyo dzake dzanga dziri ku Carmelo. Ayena wanga wakapfuma zvikuru. Wanga ano zvuru zvitatu zvo mabhira uye no tchuru tcho nbudzi. Ayena wapfuya mabhira ake ku Carmelo. ³ Zina rake ranga riri Nabal uye romukadzi wake Abigail. Mwanakadzi wanga unoruziwo uye no unhu wakanaka. Asi mwanarume wanga anomakhuzi uye no kuchata pakutenderana. Ayena wanga ari wo dzindza ro nhunba ya Calebe. ⁴ Paakazvizwa David, mu thambe, kuti Nabal wapfuya mabhira ake, ⁵ wakatuma gumi ro madjaha uye akamubvundza:" Kwira mu Carmelo, enda kuna Nabal, uye mutchungamidzei muzina rangu. ⁶ Mubvundzei kuti:' Rarama pakubhurira, rugare kauri uye rugare pamnhunba yako uye rugare pazvese zvaunazvo. ⁷ Ndinosiya kutri uno apfuyi. Afundise ako anga anesu uye atizikuwachaichira. Awona anbozi kuruza tchiro panguwa yese paanga ari mu Carmelo. ⁸ Bvundzisa madjaha ako awona atchakubvundza. Zvino, siya madjaha angu awone nhacha pamadziso ako, naizvo, tauya pazuwa romabhiko. Ndapota tipasewo tchiro tchimwe tchaunatcho mu nhara kuno asendzi ako uye no mwana wako Daviud"'. ⁹ Madjaha a David paakaguma, akabuya zvese izvi mu zina ra Davidu uye akagarira. ¹⁰ Nabal wakadhaira kuno musendzi wa David:" Ndiani David? Uye ndiani ayena mwana wa Jesse? Pano asendzi akawanda anotiza pama dzi ishe awi. ¹¹ Inini ndaidhikana nditore pau yangu, nbvura yangu uye no nhama yo zvinhama zvangu zvandauraya ndipase anhakupfuya angu uye ndipase mwanarume wandisikasiyi kuti unobva ngakupi?". ¹² Nokudharo, madjaha a David akahwirira, uye akareketa zvese zvakabvuyndzwa. ¹³ David wakati kuno anarume ake:" Mwanarume wese nga Rodzere tarasadha yake Uye David wakarodzerawo yake. mazana marongomuna wo anarume akatera David uye mazana mairi akagara paduze no mutoro. ¹⁴ Asi djaha rimwe rakareketa kuna Abigail, mukadzi wa Nabal, wotchiti:" David wakatuma madjaha ake wokundza ko thambe kuti atchungamidze ishe wedhu, uye ayena wakaatuka. ¹⁵ Nokudharo mwanarume wakayita zvanaka nesu. Ayena anbozi kuti torera tchiro hatcho uye atizikuruza tcchiro panguwa yese yanga anesu panga tiri mumunda. ¹⁶ Awona akayita zvakanaka katiri kunhanha pazuwa uye no usiku, nguwa yese tanga tinawo tochiwonerera mabhira. ¹⁷ Nokudharo, ziyai izvoi uye ngaziye zvatchadha kuyita, nokuti warongerhwa kuchaicha kuno mufundisi wedhu uye no nhunba yake yese. Ayene imunhu usikatendi kupangirhwa no munhu". ¹⁸ Nokudharo, Abigail wakadzipingidzira uye wakatora mazana mairi wo pau, zvigubhu zviiri zvo vinhu, mabhira machanu akagadzirirhwa, mupimo michanu yo ndiro yakagadzirhwa kare, zana ro zviyandza zvo muzanbifringa, mazna mairi wo muikati dzo makobho uye wakazvikanda pamusoro po nbongoro. ¹⁹ Wakati kuno djaha rake:" Enda nberi kangu, nokuti nditchayenda kusure". Asi ayena azikubvundza mamuna wake Nabal. ²⁰ Panguwa yaipakira pa nbohiomgoro yake uye waiterera paku khona po dhunhu, David uye no anarume ake akauya ku dhirake uye ayena wakasongana naye. ²¹ David wakti:" Azvikusendza tchiro inini ndakawonerera pfuma yese yo mwanarume uyu muthambe. Pana tchakatsweteka zvese zvake, uye wandihwirindzira kunaka paku chat. ²² Kuti Mwari ngamuchubhe dzamara wapera kandir, David, no matchibhese, inini ndichasiya mwanarume umwe bhasi wake". ²³ Abigail paakasongana na David, nokusika ayena wakatchita, pa nbohongoro yake uye wakagodhama panberi pa David no hompe pasi. ²⁴ Mumurendje dzake uye wakati:" Bhasi iunini, ishe wangu, ndino nbohoiswa. Ndapota, siyai musendzi wenhu ndirekete uye purutanai musendzi wenhu. ²⁵ ishe wangu, musapurutane mwanarume uyu asina kuremekedzwa, Nabal. Hinga ripi zina renhu, naizvo ayena: nimunhu asikazwi. Asi musendzi wenhu wotchikadzi anbozi kuwona anarume enhu, aya amakatuma. ²⁶ Zvino, nokudharo, ishe wangu, hinha Ishe anorarama, uye hinga munorarama ishe wangu kubvira kuti Ishe wakamuranbidzai mudhurure ngazi, uye no chubha no nhara dzenhu mwega, muno ita hinga Nabal awengi ake uye unotswaga kuyita zvakachata. ²⁷ Uye, zvino, tendayi zvandinazvo kuti musendzi wenhu waundza kuno ishe wangu. Kuti ngazvipaswe madjaha, aya no perekedz ishe wangu. ²⁸ ndapota, rekererai kunpindira ko musendzi wenhu. Ishe zvirokwazvo utchayita nhunba yakasinba kuna ishe wangu, nokuti mufundisi wangu unosopondana pa hondo dza Ishe, uye kuchata akuzomugumiri motchirarama. ²⁹ Uye, pawoneka mwanarume umwe wokuti unomutera kuti abvise upenhu wenhu, upenhu wo mufindisi wangu utchazorukwa paya wokuti anorarama na Ishe, Mwari wedhu, uye Ayena utchakhandira kure upenhu wo awengi ake, hinga bhuwe rimwe raka khandirhwa. ³⁰ Uye zvikayitika kuti, Ishe akadzadzisa kuna ishe wangu zviro zvese zvakanaka zviya zvakamuwinbisa kamuri, uye, Ayena akayita imwimwi mutungamirir pamusoro po Isiraeri yese, ³¹ zviro izvi azvizoyiti zvakatsukwara kamuri. uyezve amuzoyigi ngazi pasina nhaya, uye pakuchuphwa kwenhu kamuri imwimwi. Uye , Ishe panozowundza kubhudhirira kuna ishe wangu, rangariraiwo musendzi wenhu". ³² David wakti kuna Abigail:" Ishe, Mwari wo Isiraeri, ngawe wakanaka! Ayena wakatiume usongane neni nhamasi. ³³ Uye kunaka kuyiti ruziwo rako, uye iwewe ropafadzwa, nokuti wandigurira pakutadeza pakudhururhwa ngazi, uye nokuchupha no nhara dzangu ndega. ³⁴ Zvirokwazvo, hinga Ishe anorarama, Mwari wo Isiraeri, wokuti wandiranbidza ndiku kuwadze, dhai usikazi kusika kuti wu uye kosongana neni, zvairokwazvo ndangasikadhi kusiya kana umwe wo Nabal hake, kana zviyana zvikumusana zvaidhakunborarama no matchibhese". ³⁵ Nokudharo, David wakatanbira no nharadzake zviya zvaanga waundzirhwa. Uye wakati:" Enda no rugare kunba kako. Una inini ndazwa tchikunbira tchako uye ndzazvitenda. ³⁶ Abigail wakahwirira kuna Nabal. Uye ayena waiyita tchokurhya pa nhunba yake. Mabhiko hinga a manbo umwe. Moyo wake wanga wadhakara, naizvo ayena wanga akararadza zvikuru. Nokudharo, ayena apana tchakaamubvundza dzamara kwaedza. ³⁷ Zvakayitika kuti, ngomatchibhese vinhu yakabhudha kuna Nabal, mukadzi wake wakamubvundza zviya zvangfa zvayitika. Moyo wake wakafa mukati make uye wakyita hinga bhuwe. ³⁸ Paku pinda ko gumi romazuwa, Ishe wakakuwadza Nabal uye ayena wakatamika. ³⁹ Uye, David paakazvizwa kuti Nabal wakanga watamika, wakati:" Ishe zvakanaka, kuti matora nhaya wokutukwa kwangu munhara ya Nabal, uye masunungura musendze wenhu paku chata. Uye makaundza pamusoro po musoro wake ega Nabal paku chaicha kwake". Nokudharo, David wakatuma musendzi wake kuti arekete na Abigail kuti waidha kumutora hinga mukadzi wake. ⁴⁰ Asendzi a David paakayenda kuna Abigail ku Carmelo, awona akamubvundza kuti:" David wati tuma kauri kuti ayena atore hinga mukadzi wake. ⁴¹ Ayena waka godhama, uye waka kotamisa hope pasi po nhika uye wakati:" Unayi ndiri musendzi. Musendzi umwe kuti asuke murendje dzo asendzi a ishe wangu". ⁴² Abigail, nokukasika, wakagadszirira nbohongor yake no madjaha ake machanu asendzi aizomuperekedza, uye aye ewaketera madjaha a David uye wakayita mukadzi wake. ⁴³ David wanga wakawakazve Anioa ku Jezreel, airi akayita akadzi ake, ⁴⁴ nokuti Sauro wanga wamupasa Mical, mwana wake, mukadzi wa David. kuti Palti, mwana wa Lais, kuti wanga ari Galim.