1 Samuel 25
La Bible du Semeur
La mort de Samuel
25 A cette époque, Samuel mourut, et tout Israël se rassembla pour célébrer son deuil. On l’enterra chez lui à Rama.
Nabal ne veut rien donner à David
David se mit en route et se retira au désert de Parân. 2 A Maôn vivait un homme très riche qui avait des propriétés dans le village de Karmel[a]. Il possédait trois mille moutons et mille chèvres. A cette époque, il se trouvait à Karmel pour la tonte de ses moutons. 3 Cet homme, un descendant de Caleb, s’appelait Nabal. Sa femme, Abigaïl, était très intelligente et belle, tandis que son mari était dur et méchant. 4 David apprit au désert que Nabal tondait ses moutons. 5 Il chargea dix de ses hommes d’aller le trouver à Karmel et de le saluer de sa part.
6 – Voici comment vous lui parlerez, leur dit-il : « Longue vie à toi ! Que la paix soit avec toi et avec ta maison ! Que toutes tes affaires prospèrent ! 7 J’apprends qu’on fait la tonte de tes moutons. Tant que tes bergers ont été avec nous, nous ne leur avons fait aucun tort. Rien n’a été dérobé de leur troupeau pendant tout leur séjour à Karmel. 8 Interroge tes serviteurs, ils te le confirmeront. Puissent donc mes serviteurs trouver également bon accueil auprès de toi, puisque nous arrivons en ce jour de fête ! Donne-leur donc, je te prie, ce que tu auras sous la main pour tes serviteurs et ton fils David. »
9 Les jeunes compagnons de David allèrent et répétèrent à Nabal toutes ces paroles au nom de David, puis ils attendirent.
10 Nabal leur répondit : Qui est David, et qui est le fils d’Isaï ? De nos jours il y a trop de serviteurs qui s’enfuient de chez leurs maîtres. 11 Et vous croyez que je vais prendre de mon pain, de mon eau et de ma viande, que j’ai fait débiter pour mes tondeurs, pour les donner à des gens venus de je ne sais où ?
12 Les serviteurs de David repartirent et rentrèrent. Ils rapportèrent intégralement à David la réponse de Nabal. 13 Alors David ordonna à ses hommes : Que chacun prenne son épée !
Et chacun mit son épée à sa ceinture. David aussi ceignit la sienne et partit avec environ quatre cents hommes, laissant les deux cents autres pour garder leurs affaires.
L’intervention d’Abigaïl auprès de David
14 L’un des serviteurs de Nabal alla informer Abigaïl de ce qui s’était passé. Il lui dit : Voici que David a envoyé des messagers depuis le désert pour saluer notre maître, mais celui-ci les a mal reçus. 15 Pourtant ces gens ont été très bons pour nous, ils ne nous ont jamais fait aucun mal et rien n’a disparu pendant tout le temps que nous étions auprès d’eux dans la campagne. 16 Ils nous ont protégés comme un rempart, nuit et jour, pendant tout le temps que nous avons passé avec eux auprès des moutons. 17 Maintenant, réfléchis bien et vois ce que tu peux faire. Car si tu ne fais rien, certainement il arrivera malheur à notre maître et à toute sa famille. Quant à lui, il a si mauvais caractère qu’on ne peut rien lui dire.
18 Abigaïl prit en toute hâte deux cents pains, deux outres de vin et cinq moutons déjà préparés, cinq mesures de blé grillé, cent paquets de raisins secs et deux cents gâteaux de figues sèches. Elle chargea le tout sur des ânes 19 et elle ordonna à ses serviteurs : « Passez devant, je vous suis. » Son mari Nabal ne savait rien de tout cela. 20 Installée sur son âne, elle descendait, cachée par la montagne. En même temps, David et ses hommes descendaient le versant opposé dans sa direction, et elle se trouva bientôt face à eux. 21 David venait justement de se dire : C’est donc en vain que j’ai protégé tous les biens de cet homme dans la steppe pour qu’il ne perde rien de ce qu’il possède ! Il me rend le mal pour le bien ! 22 Que Dieu fortifie tous mes ennemis[b] et même qu’il les bénisse si d’ici demain matin au lever du jour, je laisse subsister un seul homme dans sa famille !
23 Quand Abigaïl aperçut David, elle se hâta de descendre de son âne et, s’inclinant la face contre terre, se prosterna devant lui. 24 Puis elle se jeta à ses pieds et lui dit : Mon seigneur, fais comme si tout cela était ma faute ! Permets à ta servante de t’adresser quelques mots d’explication, et daigne écouter ses paroles. 25 Que mon seigneur ne fasse donc pas attention à ce bon à rien de Nabal, car vraiment, il porte bien son nom : il s’appelle Nabal (l’insensé), et c’est bien vrai qu’il est insensé ! Moi, ta servante, je n’ai pas vu les serviteurs que mon seigneur a envoyés. 26 Mais maintenant, mon seigneur, aussi vrai que l’Eternel est vivant et que tu l’es toi-même, c’est l’Eternel qui t’a empêché de t’engager dans la voie du meurtre et de te venger toi-même. Que les ennemis de mon seigneur et ceux qui lui veulent du mal deviennent comme Nabal ! 27 A présent, veuille accepter ces présents que moi, ta servante, j’apporte à mon seigneur, et les distribuer aux jeunes gens qui suivent mon seigneur. 28 Veuille aussi pardonner la faute de ta servante. Certainement, l’Eternel ne manquera pas d’accorder à mon seigneur une dynastie stable, car mon seigneur livre les guerres de l’Eternel et, si l’on considère toute la durée de ta vie, on ne te trouve coupable d’aucun mal. 29 Si quelqu’un s’avise de te poursuivre pour t’ôter la vie, l’Eternel ton Dieu gardera la vie de mon seigneur pour que tu restes au nombre des vivants. Mais il jettera la vie de tes ennemis au loin comme avec une fronde. 30 Lorsque l’Eternel aura accompli pour mon seigneur tous les bienfaits qu’il t’a promis, et qu’il t’aura institué comme chef d’Israël, 31 alors mon seigneur n’aura ni remords ni trouble de conscience pour avoir tué quelqu’un inutilement et s’être vengé lui-même. L’Eternel fera du bien à mon seigneur et tu te souviendras de ta servante.
32 David répondit à Abigaïl : Béni soit l’Eternel, le Dieu d’Israël, de t’avoir envoyée aujourd’hui sur ma route. 33 Bénie sois-tu pour ton bon sens. Bénie sois-tu de m’avoir préservé d’en venir au meurtre et de me venger moi-même. 34 Vraiment, l’Eternel, le Dieu d’Israël, m’a empêché de vous faire du mal. Car je te le jure, aussi vrai qu’il est vivant, si tu n’étais pas venue me trouver si rapidement, il ne serait pas resté un seul homme à Nabal d’ici demain matin.
35 David accepta les présents qu’elle lui avait apportés et lui dit : Rentre chez toi en paix. Je t’ai entendue et j’agirai comme tu me l’as demandé.
La mort de Nabal – David épouse Abigaïl
36 Lorsque Abigaïl arriva à la maison, elle y trouva Nabal en train de festoyer comme un roi. Il était tout joyeux et complètement ivre. Aussi ne le mit-elle au courant de rien avant le lendemain matin. 37 Alors, au matin, quand son ivresse fut dissipée, elle lui raconta ce qui s’était passé. Il en eut une attaque et resta paralysé. 38 Environ dix jours plus tard, l’Eternel le frappa de nouveau, et il mourut.
39 Quand David apprit que Nabal était mort, il s’écria : Béni soit l’Eternel qui a pris ma cause en main. Il a lui-même lavé l’affront que Nabal m’avait fait, et l’a puni pour sa méchanceté, tout en me préservant de commettre le mal.
Puis David envoya des messagers vers Abigaïl pour lui proposer de devenir sa femme.
40 En arrivant chez elle à Karmel, ils lui parlèrent ainsi : David nous a envoyés vers toi parce qu’il désire que tu deviennes sa femme.
41 Aussitôt, elle se prosterna le visage contre terre et dit : Je suis prête à être une esclave pour laver les pieds des serviteurs de mon seigneur.
42 Puis elle se mit promptement en route à dos d’âne et suivit les messagers de David, accompagnée par cinq de ses servantes. C’est ainsi qu’elle devint la femme de David. 43 Comme il avait déjà épousé Ahinoam[c] de Jizréel[d], il les eut toutes les deux pour femmes. 44 Saül avait donné sa fille Mikal, femme de David, à Palti, fils de Laïsh de Gallim.
Footnotes
- 25.2 Dans les monts de Judée (15.12).
- 25.22 L’ancienne version grecque a : que Dieu inflige à David un châtiment sévère.
- 25.43 Ahinoam: Première femme de David après Mikal, que Saül avait mariée à un autre homme après la fuite de David (27.3 ; 30.5 ; 2 S 2.2). Ahinoam a donné à David son fils aîné, Amnôn (2 S 3.2).
- 25.43 Jizréel de Juda (Jos 15.56) près de Karmel (v. 2) et non de la ville de même nom au nord du pays (29.1, 11 ; 1 R 18.45).
1 Samuel 25
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Ang Pagkamatay ni Samuel
25 Namatay si Samuel, at ang buong sambayanang Israel ay nagtipon upang magluksa. Inilibing nila ang kanyang bangkay sa kanyang tahanan sa Rama.
Si David, si Nabal, at si Abigail
Si David naman ay lumipat sa ilang ng Paran. 2 Sa Maon ay may isang taong mayaman. Malaki ang kanyang kawan sa Carmel. Mayroon siyang tatlong libong tupa at sanlibong kambing. 3 Nabal[a] ang kanyang pangalan at buhat sa angkan ni Caleb. Ang asawa niya'y si Abigail. Ang babaing ito'y maganda at matalino ngunit si Nabal ay masungit at magaspang ang pag-uugali.
4 Minsan, nabalitaan ni David na ginugupitan ni Nabal ang kanyang mga tupa. 5 Pinapunta ni David sa Carmel ang sampu sa kanyang tauhan 6 at ipinasabi ang ganito: “Sumainyo ang kapayapaan at sa buo ninyong sambahayan. 7 Nabalitaan naming ikaw ay naggugupit ng balahibo ng tupa. Ang mga pastol mo ay nakasama namin at hindi namin sila ginambala; sa halip ay tinulungan namin sila at hindi naligalig sa buong panahon ng pagpapastol nila rito sa Carmel. 8 Ito'y mapapatunayan nila sa inyo. Dahil dito, tanggapin mo ang aking mga tauhan at ipinapakiusap kong tulungan mo ako. Bigyan mo ako ng anumang maibibigay mo para maihanda sa aming pista.”
9 Sumunod naman ang mga inutusan ni David. Sinabi nila kay Nabal ang lahat ng ipinapasabi sa kanila at naghintay ng sagot. 10 Sinabi ni Nabal, “Sino ba si David? Sinong anak ni Jesse? Talagang maraming alipin ngayon na lumalayas sa kanilang mga amo. 11 Ang tinapay, inumin at pagkain para sa aking mga manggugupit ay hindi ko maibibigay sa mga taong hindi ko alam kung saang lupalop nanggaling!”
12 Nang marinig ito, nagbalik sila kay David at sinabing lahat ang sinabi ni Nabal. 13 Dahil dito, sinabi ni David sa kanyang mga tauhan, “Ihanda ninyo ang mga tabak ninyo!” Humanda naman ang apatnaraan sa kanyang mga tauhan at sumama sa kanya; naiwan ang dalawandaan upang magbantay sa kanilang mga dala-dalahan.
14 Sinabi ng isang pastol kay Abigail, “Si David po ay nagpadala ng sugo sa inyong asawa at magalang na nakipag-usap ngunit sila'y ininsulto ng inyong asawa. 15 Mababait ang mga taong iyon. Tinulungan nila kami at wala silang kinuhang anuman sa amin sa buong panahong kasama namin sila sa parang. 16 Binantayan po nila kami araw-gabi sa aming pagpapastol. 17 Pag-isipan po ninyo kung ano ang mabuting gawin ngayon, sapagkat ang nangyari ay tiyak na magbubunga ng masama sa aming panginoon at sa buo niyang sambahayan. Hindi naman namin masabi sa kanya ito sapagkat matigas ang ulo niya; tiyak na hindi niya kami papakinggan.”
18 Dali-daling naghanda si Abigail ng dalawandaang tinapay. Pinuno niya ng alak ang dalawang sisidlan, nagpapatay ng limang tupa, nagpakuha ng limang takal ng sinangag na trigo, sandaang kumpol ng pasas at dalawandaang tinapay na igos; lahat ng ito'y ikinarga niya sa mga asno. 19 Pagkatapos, sinabi niya sa ilan niyang tauhan, “Mauna kayo sa akin, at susunod ako.” Hindi niya ito ipinaalam kay Nabal na kanyang asawa.
20 Habang pababa si Abigail sa isang burol, dumarating naman sina David mula sa kabila. 21 Sa galit ni David kay Nabal ay nasabi niya, “Sayang lamang ang pangangalaga natin sa ari-arian ng Nabal na iyon. Tinulungan natin siya at walang nabawas sa kanyang kawan, ngunit ito pa ang iginanti sa atin. 22 Parusahan sana ako ng Diyos kapag hindi ko pinatay bukas ang lahat ng lalaki sa kanyang sambahayan.”
23 Nang makita ni Abigail si David, nagmamadali siyang bumabâ sa kanyang asno at nagpatirapa sa harapan ni David. 24 Sinabi niya, “Ako na po ang inyong sisihin. Pakinggan po muna sana ninyo ang aking sasabihin. 25 Huwag po ninyong pansinin si Nabal. Wala pong kuwentang tao iyon. Tamang-tama po sa kanya ang kanyang pangalan, siya po'y luku-luko. Hindi ko po kasi nakita ang mga tauhan ninyong pinapunta sa amin. 26 Ngayon po'y niloob ni Yahweh na huwag matuloy ang inyong paghihiganti upang hindi mabahiran ng dugo ang inyong mga kamay. Saksi si Yahweh, ang Diyos na buháy,[b] lahat ng naghahangad ng masama laban sa inyo ay mapapahamak, tulad ni Nabal. 27 Narito po, tanggapin po ninyo ang nakayanan ng inyong lingkod at ipamigay ninyo sa inyong mga tauhan. 28 At patawarin po ninyo ang anumang pagkakamali ko. Sigurado kong loloobin ni Yahweh na kayo'y maging hari, pati ng inyong lahi sapagkat nakikipaglaban kayo para sa kanya, at hindi kayo gagawa ng anumang kasamaan habang kayo'y nabubuhay. 29 Kung may magtatangka man sa inyong buhay, iingatan kayo ni Yahweh na inyong Diyos. Ang mga kaaway naman ninyo ay ihahagis na parang bato ng tirador. 30 At kung loobin ni Yahweh na maging hari na kayo sa Israel tulad ng kanyang ipinangako, 31 wala kayong pagsisisihan. Hindi kayo uusigin ng inyong budhi sapagkat hindi kayo pumatay nang walang sapat na dahilan o kaya'y naghiganti sa inyong kaaway. At sana'y maalala ninyo ako sa sandaling marapatin na ni Yahweh na maitatag na ang inyong sambahayan.”
32 Sinabi ni David kay Abigail, “Purihin si Yahweh na nagpapunta sa iyo rito. 33 Salamat sa kanya dahil sa iyong kabutihan, sapagkat sa ginawa mo'y nakaiwas ako sa pagpatay ng tao at magsagawa ng sariling paghihiganti. 34 Niloob niyang huwag ko kayong pagbuhatan ng kamay. Saksi si Yahweh, ang Diyos na buháy,[c] kung hindi ka naparito ngayon, bukas ng umaga ay patay na sanang lahat ang lalaki sa inyong sambahayan.” 35 Tinanggap ni David ang mga dala ni Abigail. Pagkatapos, sinabi niya rito, “Umuwi ka na. Huwag ka nang mag-alala at gagawin ko ang kahilingan mo.”
36 At umuwi na si Abigail. Pagdating ng bahay, nakita niya ang handaan ni Nabal, walang iniwan sa papista ng isang hari. Naratnan niyang lasing na lasing ito kaya't wala siyang sinabing anuman nang gabing iyon. 37 Kinabukasan, nang wala na ang pagkalasing nito, isinalaysay niya ang buong pangyayari. Nang marinig ni Nabal ang lahat, inatake siya sa puso at nanigas ang buong katawan. 38 Pagkaraan pa ng sampung araw, pinarusahan ni Yahweh si Nabal at ito'y namatay.
39 Nang mabalitaan ni David ang nangyari kay Nabal, sinabi niya, “Purihin si Yahweh. Ipinaghiganti niya ako sa paghamak na ginawa sa akin ni Nabal at inilayo niya ako sa pagkakasala. Pinagbayad ni Yahweh si Nabal sa kanyang kasamaan.”
Si David ay nagpasugo kay Abigail at ipinasabing nais niya itong maging asawa. 40 Nang dumating sa Carmel ang mga inutusan ni David, sinabi nila, “Ipinapasabi po ni David na nais niya kayong mapangasawa.”
41 Yumukod si Abigail, ang mukha'y halos sayad sa lupa, at sinabi, “Narito ang inyong lingkod, handa po akong maghugas ng paa ng inyong mga tauhan.” 42 Nagmamadali siyang tumayo, sumakay sa asno at sumama sa mga tauhan ni David, kasama ang lima sa kanyang mga katulong. At siya'y naging asawa ni David.
43 Asawa na noon ni David si Ahinoam na taga-Jezreel, at ngayo'y naging asawa rin niya si Abigail. 44 Si(A) Mical naman na asawa ni David ay ibinigay ni Saul kay Palti na anak ni Lais ng Gallim.
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
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