1 Samuel 18:17
Biblica® Open Igbo Contemporary Bible 2020
Sọl gwara Devid okwu sị ya, “Lee ada m nwanyị Merab. Aga m akpọnye gị ya, ka ị lụọ ya. Naanị jeere m ozi, lụọkwa agha Onyenwe anyị.” Nʼihi na Sọl kwuru nʼime obi ya sị, “Agaghị m ewelite aka m megide ya. Ka ndị Filistia mee nke ahụ.”
1 Samuel 18:17 in English
1 Samuel 18:17 · Berean Standard Bible
Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
Context
15Mgbe Sọl hụrụ na ọ bụ onye nwere uche nke ọma, ọ tụrụ ya ụjọ. 16Ma Izrel na Juda niile hụrụ Devid nʼanya, nʼihi na ọ na-edu ha nʼagha. 17Sọl gwara Devid okwu sị ya, “Lee ada m nwanyị Merab. Aga m akpọnye gị ya, ka ị lụọ ya. Naanị jeere m ozi, lụọkwa agha Onyenwe anyị.” Nʼihi na Sọl kwuru nʼime obi ya sị, “Agaghị m ewelite aka m megide ya. Ka ndị Filistia mee nke ahụ.” 18Ma Devid sịrị Sọl, “Onyekwanụ ka m bụ, gịnịkwa bụ ezinaụlọ m maọbụ agbụrụ m nʼIzrel, nke m ga-eji bụrụ ọgọ nwoke eze?” 19O ruo, na mgbe a ga-eduru Merab, ada Sọl dunye Devid, akpọrọ ya nye Adriel, onye Mehola ka ọ lụọ.
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