Followim Faith Bilong Olketa

Abigail Showimaot Gudfala Tingting

ABIGAIL lukim wei wea wanfala young man hem fraet tumas, and datwan barava fitim. Wanfala barava nogud samting klosap for happen. Long datfala taem, samting olsem 400 soldia nao kam and olketa plan for killim dae evri man long haos bilong Nabal, wea hem hasband bilong Abigail. Why nao olsem?

Nabal hem wanfala raf man wea startim disfala problem taem hem tok spoelem man wea hem no fit for tok long hem. Datfala man hem leader bilong olketa soldia wea savve tumas hao for faet wea olketa lovem and faithful long hem. Long datfala taem, wanfala young wakaman bilong Nabal, wea maet hem wanfala shepherd, kam long Abigail bikos hem trustim hao Abigail bae faendem wei for sevem olketa. Bat waswe, wanfala woman fit for stopem wanfala army?

“Nabal Tok Strong Long Olketa”

Nabal duim samting wea mekem laef bilong Abigail kamap hard go moa. David wea Nabal tok spoelem, hem wanfala important man. Hem datfala faithful wakaman bilong Jehovah wea profet Samuel anointim, wea showimaot God chusim David for changem King Saul. (1 Samuel 16:​1, 2, 11-​13) David stap long drae ples witim 600 soldia bilong hem bikos hem ranawe from King Saul wea jealous and wea laek killim hem dae.

Hem barava kros tumas! Datfala young man storyim long Abigail hao Nabal “hem tok strong long olketa.” Nabal selfish tumas and hem komplen abaotem bred, wata, and meat bilong hem. Hem tok daonem and tok spoelem David and sei David olsem slave wea ranawe. Maet tingting bilong Nabal hem olsem tingting bilong Saul wea les tumas long David. Tufala no garem tingting wea Jehovah garem. God lovem David and hem no tingim hem olsem bighed slave, bat olsem future king bilong Israel.​—⁠1 Samuel 25:​10, 11, 14.

Abigail duim firstfala samting for stretem datfala problem taem hem willing for lisin. Datfala young man talem olsem abaotem Nabal: “Hem wanfala iusles man wea iumi hard for tok witim.”c (1 Samuel 25:17) Sorre nao, wei wea Nabal tinghae tumas long hemseleva mekem hem for no lisin. Diskaen wei for bighed hem happen staka taem, kam kasem distaem. Bat datfala young man savve Abigail hem difren, dastawe hem storyim datfala problem long Abigail.