1 Samuel 25
New American Standard Bible
Samuel’s Death
25 (A)Then Samuel died; and all Israel assembled and (B)mourned for him, and they (C)buried him at his house in Ramah. And David set out and went down to the (D)wilderness of Paran.
Nabal and Abigail
2 Now there was a man in (E)Maon whose business was in (F)Carmel; and the man was very [a]rich, and he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And it came about while (G)he was shearing his sheep in Carmel 3 (now the man’s name was Nabal, and his (H)wife’s name was Abigail. And the woman was [b]intelligent and beautiful in appearance, but the man was harsh and evil in his dealings, and he was (I)a Calebite), 4 that David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep. 5 So David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel and [c]visit Nabal, and greet him in my name; 6 and this is what you shall say: ‘[d]Have a long life, (J)peace to you, and peace to your house, and peace to all that you have! 7 Now then, I have heard (K)that you have shearers. Now, your shepherds have been with us; we have not harmed them, (L)nor has anything of theirs gone missing all the days they were in Carmel. 8 Ask your young men and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we have come on (M)a [e]festive day. Please give whatever you find at hand to your servants and to your son David.’”
9 When David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal in accordance with all these words in David’s name; then they waited. 10 But Nabal answered David’s servants and said, “(N)Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants today who are each breaking away from his master. 11 Shall I then (O)take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men [f]whose origin I do not know?” 12 So David’s young men made their way back and returned; and they came and informed him in accordance with all these words. 13 Then David said to his men, “Each of you strap on his sword.” So each man strapped on his sword. And David also strapped on his sword, and about (P)four hundred men went up behind David, while two hundred (Q)stayed with the baggage.
14 Now one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers from the wilderness to [g](R)greet our master, and he spoke to them in anger. 15 Yet the men were very good to us, and we were not (S)harmed, nor did anything go missing [h]as long as we went with them, while we were in the fields. 16 (T)They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the time we were with them tending the sheep. 17 Now then, be aware and [i]consider what you should do, because harm is plotted against our master and against all his household; and he is such a [j]worthless man that no one can speak to him.”
Abigail Intercedes
18 Then Abigail hurried and (U)took two hundred loaves of bread and two jugs of wine, and five sheep already prepared and five measures of roasted grain, and a hundred cakes of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and she loaded them on donkeys. 19 Then she said to her young men, “(V)Go on ahead of me; behold, I am coming after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal. 20 And it happened as she was riding on her donkey and coming down by the hidden part of the mountain, that behold, David and his men were coming down toward her; so she met them. 21 Now David had said, “It is certainly for nothing that I have guarded everything that this man has in the wilderness, so that nothing has gone missing of all that belonged to him! For he has (W)returned me evil for good. 22 (X)May God do so to the enemies of David, and more so, (Y)if by morning I leave alive as much as one [k]male of any who belong to him.”
23 When Abigail saw David, she hurried and dismounted from her donkey, and fell on her face in front of David (Z)and bowed herself to the ground. 24 She fell at his feet and said, “On me [l]alone, my lord, be the blame. And please let your slave speak [m]to you, and listen to the words of your slave. 25 Please do not let my lord [n]pay attention to this [o]worthless man, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. [p]Nabal is his name, and stupidity is with him; but I your slave did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.
26 “Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, since the Lord has restrained you from [q]shedding blood, and (AA)from [r]avenging yourself by your own hand, now then, (AB)may your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord, be like Nabal. 27 And now let (AC)this [s]gift which your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who [t]accompany my lord. 28 Please forgive (AD)the offense of your slave; for (AE)the Lord will certainly make for my lord an [u]enduring house, because my lord is (AF)fighting the battles of the Lord, and (AG)evil will not be found in you all your days. 29 Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your [v]life, then the [w]life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God; but the [x]lives of your enemies (AH)He will sling out [y]as from the hollow of a sling. 30 And when the Lord does for my lord in accordance with all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and (AI)appoints you ruler over Israel, 31 this will not become an obstacle to you, or a [z]troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord’s having [aa]avenged himself. (AJ)When the Lord deals well with my lord, then remember your slave.”
32 Then David said to Abigail, “(AK)Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me, 33 and blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, (AL)who have kept me this day from [ab]bloodshed and from [ac]avenging myself by my own hand. 34 Nevertheless, as the Lord God of Israel lives, (AM)who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, there certainly would not have been left to Nabal until the morning light as much as one [ad]male.” 35 So David accepted from her hand what she had brought him, and said to her, “(AN)Go up to your house in peace. See, I have listened to [ae]you and [af](AO)granted your request.”
36 Then Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was having (AP)a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was cheerful within him, (AQ)for he was very drunk; so (AR)she did not tell him anything [ag]at all until the morning light. 37 But in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him so that he became like a stone. 38 About ten days later, (AS)the Lord struck Nabal and he died.
David Marries Abigail
39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord, who has (AT)pleaded the cause of the shame inflicted on me by the hand of Nabal, and (AU)has kept back His servant from evil. The Lord has also returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.” Then David sent [ah](AV)a proposal to Abigail, to take her as his wife. 40 When the servants of David came to Abigail at Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, “David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.” 41 And she got up (AW)and bowed with her face to the ground, and said, “Behold, your slave is a servant (AX)to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.” 42 Then (AY)Abigail got up quickly, and rode on a donkey, with her five female attendants who [ai]accompanied her; and she followed the messengers of David and became his wife.
43 David had also taken Ahinoam of (AZ)Jezreel, and (BA)they both became his wives.
44 But Saul had given his daughter (BB)Michal, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was from (BC)Gallim.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 25:2 Lit great
- 1 Samuel 25:3 Lit of good understanding
- 1 Samuel 25:5 Lit come to
- 1 Samuel 25:6 Lit To life
- 1 Samuel 25:8 Lit good
- 1 Samuel 25:11 Lit from where they are
- 1 Samuel 25:14 Lit bless
- 1 Samuel 25:15 Lit all the days
- 1 Samuel 25:17 Lit see
- 1 Samuel 25:17 Lit son of Belial
- 1 Samuel 25:22 Lit who urinates against the wall
- 1 Samuel 25:24 Lit myself
- 1 Samuel 25:24 Lit in your ears
- 1 Samuel 25:25 Lit set his heart to
- 1 Samuel 25:25 Lit man of Belial
- 1 Samuel 25:25 I.e., fool
- 1 Samuel 25:26 Lit coming in with blood
- 1 Samuel 25:26 Lit helping
- 1 Samuel 25:27 Lit blessing
- 1 Samuel 25:27 Lit walk at the feet of
- 1 Samuel 25:28 Or permanent
- 1 Samuel 25:29 Lit soul
- 1 Samuel 25:29 Lit soul
- 1 Samuel 25:29 Lit soul
- 1 Samuel 25:29 Lit in the midst of
- 1 Samuel 25:31 Lit stumbling of heart
- 1 Samuel 25:31 Lit helped
- 1 Samuel 25:33 Lit coming into blood
- 1 Samuel 25:33 Lit helping
- 1 Samuel 25:34 Lit who urinates against the wall
- 1 Samuel 25:35 Lit your voice
- 1 Samuel 25:35 Lit lifted up your face
- 1 Samuel 25:36 Lit small or large
- 1 Samuel 25:39 Lit and spoke
- 1 Samuel 25:42 Lit walked at her feet
1 Samuel 25
New King James Version
Death of Samuel
25 Then (A)Samuel died; and the Israelites gathered together and (B)lamented for him, and buried him at his home in Ramah. And David arose and went down (C)to the Wilderness of [a]Paran.
David and the Wife of Nabal
2 Now there was a man (D)in Maon whose business was in (E)Carmel, and the man was very rich. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. 3 The name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. And she was a woman of good understanding and beautiful appearance; but the man was harsh and evil in his doings. He was of the house of (F)Caleb.
4 When David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was (G)shearing his sheep, 5 David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, go to Nabal, and greet him in my name. 6 And thus you shall say to him who lives in prosperity: (H)‘Peace be to you, peace to your house, and peace to all that you have! 7 Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds were with us, and we did not hurt them, (I)nor was there anything missing from them all the while they were in Carmel. 8 Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore [b]let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we come on (J)a feast day. Please give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son David.’ ”
9 So when David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in the name of David, and waited.
10 Then Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, (K)“Who is David, and who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants nowadays who break away each one from his master. 11 (L)Shall I then take my bread and my water and my [c]meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men when I do not know where they are from?”
12 So David’s young men turned on their heels and went back; and they came and told him all these words. 13 Then David said to his men, “Every man gird on his sword.” So every man girded on his sword, and David also girded on his sword. And about four hundred men went with David, and two hundred (M)stayed with the supplies.
14 Now one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master; and he [d]reviled them. 15 But the men were very good to us, and (N)we were not hurt, nor did we miss anything as long as we accompanied them, when we were in the fields. 16 They were (O)a wall to us both by night and day, all the time we were with them keeping the sheep. 17 Now therefore, know and consider what you will do, for (P)harm is determined against our master and against all his household. For he is such a (Q)scoundrel[e] that one cannot speak to him.”
18 Then Abigail made haste and (R)took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five sheep already dressed, five seahs of roasted grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded them on donkeys. 19 And she said to her servants, (S)“Go on before me; see, I am coming after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
20 So it was, as she rode on the donkey, that she went down under cover of the hill; and there were David and his men, coming down toward her, and she met them. 21 Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belongs to him. And he has (T)repaid me evil for good. 22 (U)May God do so, and more also, to the enemies of David, if I (V)leave (W)one male of all who belong to him by morning light.”
23 Now when Abigail saw David, she (X)dismounted quickly from the donkey, fell on her face before David, and bowed down to the ground. 24 So she fell at his feet and said: “On me, my lord, on me let this iniquity be! And please let your maidservant [f]speak in your ears, and hear the words of your maidservant. 25 Please, let not my lord [g]regard this scoundrel Nabal. For as his name is, so is he: [h]Nabal is his name, and folly is with him! But I, your maidservant, did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent. 26 Now therefore, my lord, (Y)as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, since the Lord has (Z)held you back from coming to bloodshed and from (AA)avenging[i] yourself with your own hand, now then, (AB)let your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be as Nabal. 27 And now (AC)this present which your maidservant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord. 28 Please forgive the trespass of your maidservant. For (AD)the Lord will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord (AE)fights the battles of the Lord, (AF)and evil is not found in you throughout your days. 29 Yet a man has risen to pursue you and seek your life, but the life of my lord shall be (AG)bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God; and the lives of your enemies He shall (AH)sling out, as from the pocket of a sling. 30 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord has done for my lord according to all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you (AI)ruler over Israel, 31 that this will be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. But when the Lord has dealt well with my lord, then remember your maidservant.”
32 Then David said to Abigail: (AJ)“Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! 33 And blessed is your advice and blessed are you, because you have (AK)kept me this day from coming to bloodshed and from avenging myself with my own hand. 34 For indeed, as the Lord God of Israel lives, who has (AL)kept me back from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely (AM)by morning light no males would have been left to Nabal!” 35 So David received from her hand what she had brought him, and said to her, (AN)“Go up in peace to your house. See, I have heeded your voice and (AO)respected your person.”
36 Now Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was, (AP)holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; therefore she told him nothing, little or much, until morning light. 37 So it was, in the morning, when the wine had gone from Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became like a stone. 38 Then it happened, after about ten days, that the Lord (AQ)struck Nabal, and he died.
39 So when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, (AR)“Blessed be the Lord, who has (AS)pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has (AT)kept His servant from evil! For the Lord has (AU)returned the wickedness of Nabal on his own head.”
And David sent and proposed to Abigail, to take her as his wife. 40 When the servants of David had come to Abigail at Carmel, they spoke to her saying, “David sent us to you, to ask you to become his wife.”
41 Then she arose, bowed her face to the earth, and said, “Here is your maidservant, a servant to (AV)wash the feet of the servants of my lord.” 42 So Abigail rose in haste and rode on a donkey, [j]attended by five of her maidens; and she followed the messengers of David, and became his wife. 43 David also took Ahinoam (AW)of Jezreel, (AX)and so both of them were his wives.
44 But Saul had given (AY)Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to [k]Palti the son of Laish, who was from (AZ)Gallim.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 25:1 So with MT, Syr., Tg., Vg.; LXX Maon
- 1 Samuel 25:8 be gracious to the young men
- 1 Samuel 25:11 Lit. slaughter
- 1 Samuel 25:14 scolded or scorned at
- 1 Samuel 25:17 Lit. son of Belial
- 1 Samuel 25:24 speak to you
- 1 Samuel 25:25 pay attention to
- 1 Samuel 25:25 Lit. Fool
- 1 Samuel 25:26 Lit. saving yourself
- 1 Samuel 25:42 Lit. with five of her maidens at her feet
- 1 Samuel 25:44 Paltiel, 2 Sam. 3:15
Shmuel Alef 25
Orthodox Jewish Bible
25 And Shmuel died; and kol Yisroel were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him at his bais at Ramah. And Dovid arose, and went down to the midbar Paran.
2 And there was an ish in Ma’on, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the ish was gadol me’od, and he had three thousand tzon, and a thousand izzim (goats); and he was shearing his tzon in Carmel.
3 Now the shem of the ish was Naval; and the shem of his isha Avigal; and she was an isha of tovat seichel, and beautiful; but the ish was kasheh (churlish, difficult) and rah (mean) in his doings; and he was a descendent of Kalev.
4 And Dovid heard in the midbar that Naval did shear his tzon.
5 And Dovid sent out ten ne’arim, and Dovid said unto the ne’arim, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Naval, and give him a shalom greeting in my shem (name);
6 And thus shall ye say to him, Koh lechai (good fortune to you), shalom to thee, shalom to thine bais, shalom unto all that thou hast.
7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers; now thy ro’im (shepherds) which were with us, we hurt them not, and nothing was missing by them, all the while they were in Carmel.
8 Ask thy ne’arim, and they will show thee. Wherefore let the ne’arim find chen (favor, grace) in thine eyes; for we come on yom tov; give, now, whatsoever cometh to thine yad unto thy avadim, and to thy ben, Dovid.
9 And when the naarei Dovid came, they spoke to Naval according to all those devarim b’shem Dovid, and ceased.
10 And Naval answered the avadim of Dovid, and said, Who is Dovid? And who is Ben Yishai? There be many avadim nowadays who break away every ish from his adon.
11 Shall I then take my lechem, and my mayim, and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it unto anashim who come from I know not where?
12 So the ne’arim of Dovid turned to their derech, and went back, and came and told him all those devarim.
13 And Dovid said unto his anashim, Gird ye on every ish his cherev. And they girded on every ish his cherev; and Dovid also girded on his cherev; and there went up after Dovid about arba me’ot ish; and two hundred stayed by the kelim (supplies).
14 But one of the ne’arim told Avigal, eshet Naval, saying, Hinei, Dovid sent malachim out of the midbar to put a brocha on adoneinu; and he drove them off.
15 But the anashim were tovim unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we accompanied them, when we were in the sadeh;
16 They were a chomah (wall) unto us both by lailah gam yomam (night and day), all the while we were with them shepherding hatzon.
17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for ra’ah is determined against adoneinu, and against all his bais; for he is such a ben Beliyaal, that a man cannot speak to him.
18 Then Avigal made haste, and took two hundred lechem, and two skins of yayin, and five tzon ready cooked, and five measures of roasted grain, and a hundred raisin cakes, and two hundred pressed figs, and laid them on chamorim (donkeys).
19 And she said unto her ne’arim, Go on ahead of me; hineni, I come after you. But she told not her ish Naval.
20 And it was so, as she rode on the chamor, that she came down by the covert on the har, hinei, Dovid and his anashim came down toward her; and she met them.
21 Now Dovid had said, Surely for sheker have I been shomer over all that this one hath in the midbar, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him; and he hath requited me ra’ah for tovah.
22 So and more also do Elohim unto the oyvei Dovid, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the boker any that urinate against the wall.
23 And when Avigal saw Dovid, she hasted, dismounted the chamor, and fell before Dovid on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
24 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, adoni, upon me let this avon be; and let now thine handmaid speak in thine audience, and hear the devarim of thine handmaid.
25 Let now not adoni regard this ish of Beliyaal, even Naval; for as shmo is, so is he; Naval (fool) is shmo, and nevalah (folly) is with him; but I thine handmaid saw not the ne’arim of adoni, whom thou didst send.
26 Now therefore, adoni, as Hashem liveth, and as thy nefesh liveth, seeing Hashem hath held thee back from coming to shed dahm, and from avenging thyself with thine own yad, now let thine oyevim, and they that seek ra’ah for adoni, be as Naval.
27 And now this brocha which thine shifchah (maidservant) hath brought unto adoni, let it even be given unto the ne’arim that follow at the feet of adoni.
28 Forgive now the peysha of thine handmaid; for Hashem will certainly make adoni a bais ne’eman; because adoni fighteth the milchamot of Hashem, and ra’ah hath not been found in thee all thy yamim.
29 Yet adam is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy nefesh; but the nefesh of adoni shall be bound in the bundle of chayyim with Hashem Eloheicha; and the nefesh of thine oyevim, them shall He hurl away, as out of the hollow of a kela (slingshot).
30 And it shall come to pass, when Hashem shall have done to adoni according to all the tovah that He hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee Nagid over Yisroel,
31 There shall be no grief unto thee, nor michshol lev (downfall of conscience) unto adoni, either that thou hast committed shefach dahm chinom, or that adoni hath avenged himself; but when Hashem shall have dealt well with adoni, then remember thine handmaid.
32 And Dovid said to Avigal, Baruch Hashem Elohei Yisroel, Who sent thee today to meet me;
33 And baruch be thy good sense, and berukhah be thou, who hast kept me this yom from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own yad.
34 For in very deed, as Hashem Elohei Yisroel liveth, Who hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Naval by ohr haboker any that urinates against the wall.
35 So Dovid received of her yad that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in shalom to thine bais; see, I have paid heed to thy voice, and have granted thy request.
36 And Avigal came to Naval; and, hinei, he held a mishteh (feast) in his bais, like the mishteh of a melech; and lev Naval was tov within him, for he was shikkor ad me’od; wherefore she told him nothing, katan or gadol, until the ohr haboker.
37 But it came to pass in the boker, when the yayin was gone out of Naval, and his isha had told him these things, that his lev died within him, and he became like even (stone).
38 It came to pass about ten yamim later, Hashem struck Naval, that he died.
39 And when Dovid heard that Naval was dead, he said, Baruch Hashem, that hath upheld the cause of my cherpah (reproach) from the yad of Naval, and hath kept his eved from ra’ah; for Hashem hath returned the ra’ah (wickedness) of Naval upon his own rosh. And Dovid sent and communed with Avigal, to take her to him as isha.
40 And when the avadim of Dovid were come to Avigal to Carmel, they spoke unto her, saying, Dovid sent us unto thee, to take thee to him as isha.
41 And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the ground, and said, Hinei, let thine handmaid be for a shifchah to wash the feet of the avadim of adoni.
42 And Avigal hasted, and arose and rode upon a chamor, with five na’arot of hers that attended her; and she went after the malachim of Dovid, and became his isha.
43 Dovid also took Achinoam of Yizre’el; and they were also both of them his nashim (wives).
44 But Sha’ul had given Michal bitto (his daughter), Dovid’s isha, to Phalti Ben Layish, who was from Gallim.
Fyrri Samúelsbók 25
Icelandic Bible
25 Samúel dó, og allur Ísrael safnaðist saman og syrgði hann, og var hann grafinn hjá húsi sínu í Rama. Davíð tók sig upp og fór ofan í Maoneyðimörk.
2 En í Maon var maður, er bú átti í Karmel. Hann var auðugur mjög og átti þrjú þúsund sauðfjár og eitt þúsund geitur. Hann var þá að klippa sauði sína í Karmel.
3 Maður þessi hét Nabal og kona hans Abígail. Hún var kona vitur og fríð sýnum, en hann maður harður og illur viðureignar. Hann var af ætt Kalebs.
4 Og Davíð frétti í eyðimörkinni, að Nabal væri að klippa sauði sína.
5 Þá sendi Davíð tíu sveina. Og Davíð sagði við sveinana: "Farið til Karmel og gangið á fund Nabals og berið honum kveðju mína
6 og mælið svo við bróður minn: Heill sért þú og heill sé húsi þínu og heill sé öllu, sem þú átt.
7 Nú hefi ég heyrt, að verið sé að klippa sauði þína. Fjárhirðar þínir hafa með oss verið og vér höfum þeim ekkert mein gjört, enda hefir þeim einskis vant orðið allan þann tíma, er þeir hafa verið í Karmel.
8 Spyr þú sveina þína, og munu þeir segja þér hið sanna. Lát því sveinana finna náð í augum þínum, því að á hátíðardegi erum vér komnir. Gef því þjónum þínum og Davíð syni þínum það, sem þú hefir fyrir hendi."
9 Þegar sveinar Davíðs komu á fund Nabals, fluttu þeir honum öll þessi orð í nafni Davíðs og þögnuðu síðan.
10 En Nabal svaraði þjónum Davíðs og mælti: "Hver er Davíð? Og hver er Ísaíson? Margir gjörast þeir nú þrælarnir, sem strjúka frá húsbændum sínum.
11 Á ég að taka brauð mitt og vín og sláturfé mitt, sem ég hefi slátrað handa sauðaklippurum mínum, og gefa það mönnum, sem ég ekki einu sinni veit hvaðan eru?"
12 Þá sneru sveinar Davíðs á leið og hurfu aftur og komu og fluttu honum öll þessi orð.
13 Þá mælti Davíð til sinna manna: "Gyrðið yður nú, hver sínu sverði!" Og þeir gyrtu sig, hver sínu sverði. Síðan gyrtist og Davíð sínu sverði, og lögðu þeir nú af stað undir forystu Davíðs, um fjögur hundruð manns, en tvö hundruð urðu eftir hjá farangrinum.
14 Einn af sveinum Nabals sagði Abígail, konu Nabals, frá þessu og mælti: "Sjá, Davíð gjörði sendimenn úr eyðimörkinni með kveðju til húsbónda vors, en hann jós yfir þá fáryrðum.
15 Og menn þessir hafa þó verið mjög góðir við oss. Oss hefir ekkert mein verið gjört og oss hefir einskis vant orðið allan þann tíma, er vér héldum oss nálægt þeim, meðan vér vorum í haganum.
16 Þeir voru sem varnargarður í kringum oss bæði um nætur og daga allan þann tíma, er vér héldum fénu til haga nálægt þeim.
17 Hygg nú að og sjá til, hvað þú skalt gjöra, því að ógæfa er búin húsbónda vorum og öllu húsi hans, en hann er slíkt hrakmenni, að ekki má við hann mæla."
18 Þá brá Abígail við og tók tvö hundruð brauð og tvo vínlegla, fimm tilreidda sauði og fimm mæla af bökuðu korni, hundrað rúsínukökur og tvö hundruð fíkjukökur og klyfjaði með asna
19 og sagði við sveina sína: "Farið á undan mér, sjá, ég kem á eftir yður." En Nabal manni sínum sagði hún ekki frá þessu.
20 Og er hún kom ríðandi á asna ofan fjallið og var í hvarfi, sjá, þá kom Davíð með menn sína ofan í móti henni, og rakst hún þar á þá.
21 En Davíð hafði sagt: "Já, til einskis hefi ég varðveitt allt, sem sá maður átti á eyðimörkinni, svo að einskis varð vant af öllu, sem hann átti. Hann hefir launað mér gott með illu.
22 Guð láti Davíð gjalda þess nú og síðar, ef ég læt eftir verða einn karlmann af öllu því, sem hann á, þegar birtir á morgun."
23 En er Abígail sá Davíð, sté hún sem skjótast niður af asnanum og féll fram á ásjónu sína fyrir Davíð og laut til jarðar.
24 Og hún féll honum til fóta og mælti: "Sökin hvílir á mér, herra minn! Leyf ambátt þinni að tala við þig og hlýð á orð ambáttar þinnar.
25 Skeyt eigi, herra minn, um hrakmenni þetta, hann Nabal, því að hann ber nafn með réttu. Heimskingi heitir hann og heimskur er hann. En ég, ambátt þín, hefi ekki séð sveinana, er þú, herra minn, sendir.
26 Og nú, herra minn, svo sannarlega sem Drottinn lifir, og svo sannarlega sem þú lifir og Drottinn hefir aftrað þér frá að úthella blóði og hefna þín sjálfur, þá verði nú óvinir þínir sem Nabal og allir þeir, sem sitja um að gjöra þér illt, herra!
27 Og gáfu þessa, sem þerna þín hefir fært þér, herra minn, lát nú gefa hana sveinunum, sem eru í fylgd með þér, herra minn!
28 Fyrirgef afbrot ambáttar þinnar, því að veita mun Drottinn herra mínum staðfast hús, af því að herra minn heyir bardaga Drottins, og illt mun ekki finnast í fari þínu meðan þú lifir.
29 Og rísi einhver maður upp til þess að ofsækja þig og sitja um líf þitt, þá sé líf herra míns bundið í bundini lifandi manna hjá Drottni, Guði þínum, en lífi óvina þinna þeyti hann burt úr slöngvunni.
30 Og þegar Drottinn veitir þér, herra minn, öll þau gæði, er hann hefir þér heitið, og hefir skipað þig höfðingja yfir Ísrael,
31 þá mun það ekki verða þér til ásteytingar né herra mínum að samviskubiti, að herra minn hafi úthellt blóði að orsakalausu og hefnt sín sjálfur. En þegar Drottinn gjörir vel við þig, herra minn, þá minnstu ambáttar þinnar."
32 Þá mælti Davíð til Abígail: "Lofaður veri Drottinn, Ísraels Guð, sem sendi þig í dag á minn fund.
33 Og blessuð séu hyggindi þín og blessuð sért þú sjálf, sem aftrað hefir mér í dag frá að baka mér blóðskuld og að hefna mín sjálfur.
34 En svo sannarlega sem Drottinn, Ísraels Guð, lifir, sem varðveitt hefir mig frá að gjöra þér illt, hefðir þú eigi hraðað þér svo á minn fund, þá myndi eigi nokkur af mönnum Nabals hafa beðið morguns ódrepinn."
35 Og Davíð tók við því af henni, sem hún færði honum, og sagði við hana: "Far þú í friði heim til þín. Sjá, ég hefi hlýtt á mál þitt og veitt þér bæn þína."
36 Þegar Abígail kom til Nabals, þá hafði hann veislu í húsi sínu, sem konungsveisla væri. Var Nabal hinn kátasti og drukkinn mjög. Sagði hún honum ekkert, hvorki smátt né stórt, fyrr en birti morguninn eftir.
37 En um morguninn, þá er víman var runnin af Nabal, sagði kona hans honum öll þessi tíðindi. Þá dó hjartað í brjósti honum og hann varð sem steinn.
38 Og að eitthvað tíu dögum liðnum laust Drottinn Nabal, svo að hann dó.
39 Þegar Davíð frétti, að Nabal væri dáinn, mælti hann: "Lofaður sé Drottinn, sem hefnt hefir svívirðu minnar á Nabal og haldið hefir þjóni sínum frá illu. En illsku Nabals hefir Drottinn látið honum sjálfum í koll koma." Sendi þá Davíð menn til Abígail þess erindis, að hann vill fá hennar sér til eiginkonu.
40 Þjónar Davíðs komu til Abígail í Karmel og mæltu svo til hennar: "Davíð hefir sent oss á þinn fund þess erindis, að hann vill fá þín sér til eiginkonu."
41 Þá stóð hún upp og hneigði andlit sitt til jarðar og mælti: "Sjá, ambátt þín er þess albúin að gjörast þerna til þess að þvo fætur þjóna herra míns."
42 Síðan bjó Abígail sig í skyndi og steig á bak asna sínum, svo og meyjar hennar fimm, þær er með henni fóru. Hún fór með sendimönnum Davíðs og varð kona hans.
43 Akínóam frá Jesreel hafði Davíð fengið sér til eiginkonu, og báðar urðu þær konur hans.
44 En Sál hafði gefið Míkal dóttur sína, konu Davíðs, Paltí Laíssyni frá Gallím.
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