1 Samuel 25
Schlachter 2000
Samuels Tod. David, Nabal und Abigail
25 Und Samuel starb, und ganz Israel versammelte sich und klagte um ihn und begrub ihn bei seinem Haus in Rama; David aber machte sich auf und zog hinab in die Wüste Paran.
2 Es war aber ein Mann in Maon, der hatte sein Gewerbe in Karmel[a]; und dieser Mann hatte ein sehr großes Vermögen, und er besaß 3 000 Schafe und 1 000 Ziegen; und er ließ gerade seine Schafe in Karmel scheren.
3 Und der Name dieses Mannes war Nabal[b]; der Name seiner Frau aber war Abigail[c]. Und sie war eine Frau von gesundem Verstand und von schöner Gestalt; der Mann aber war hart und boshaft in seinem Tun und war ein Kalebiter.
4 Als nun David in der Wüste hörte, dass Nabal seine Schafe scheren ließ,
5 da sandte er zehn Burschen aus und sprach zu ihnen: Geht hinauf nach Karmel; und wenn ihr zu Nabal kommt, so grüßt ihn freundlich in meinem Namen
6 und sagt: Mögest du lange leben! Friede sei mit dir, und Friede sei mit deinem Haus, und Friede mit allem, was du hast!
7 Ich habe eben gehört, dass du Schafscherer bei dir hast. Nun, deine Hirten sind bei uns gewesen; wir haben ihnen nichts zuleide getan, und nicht das Geringste haben sie vermisst, solange sie in Karmel waren;
8 frage deine Burschen deswegen, die werden dir"s sagen, und mögen meine Burschen vor deinen Augen Gnade finden; denn wir sind an einem guten Tag[d] gekommen; gib doch deinen Knechten und deinem Sohn David, was deine Hand findet!
9 Und die Burschen Davids kamen hin und redeten im Namen Davids nach allen diesen Worten mit Nabal; dann warteten sie schweigend.
10 Aber Nabal antwortete den Knechten Davids und sprach: Wer ist David? Und wer ist der Sohn Isais? Heutzutage gibt es immer mehr Knechte, die ihren Herren davonlaufen!
11 Sollte ich mein Brot und mein Wasser nehmen und mein Fleisch, das ich für meine Scherer geschlachtet habe, und es Leuten geben, von denen ich nicht weiß, woher sie sind?
12 Da kehrten die Burschen Davids wieder um auf ihren Weg, und als sie heimkamen, berichteten sie ihm alle diese Worte.
13 Da sprach David zu seinen Männern: Jeder gürte sein Schwert um! Und jeder gürtete sein Schwert um. Und auch David gürtete sein Schwert um; und es zogen etwa 400 Mann hinauf, dem David nach, 200 aber blieben bei dem Gepäck.
14 Aber einer der Burschen sagte es Abigail, der Frau Nabals, und sprach: Siehe, David hat Boten aus der Wüste gesandt, um unseren Herrn freundlich zu begrüßen[e]; er aber fuhr sie an.
15 Und doch sind die Leute sehr gut zu uns gewesen. Sie haben uns nichts zuleide getan, und wir haben nicht das Geringste vermisst, solange wir bei ihnen umhergezogen sind, als wir auf dem Feld waren;
16 sondern sie sind eine Mauer um uns gewesen bei Tag und bei Nacht, die ganze Zeit, in der wir bei ihnen die Schafe gehütet haben.
17 So bedenke nun und sieh, was du tun kannst; denn es ist gewiss ein Unglück beschlossen über unseren Herrn und über sein ganzes Haus! Und er ist ein solcher Sohn Belials[f], dass ihm niemand etwas sagen kann.
18 Da eilte Abigail und nahm 200 Brote und zwei Schläuche Wein und fünf zubereitete Schafe und fünf Scheffel gedörrtes Korn und 100 Rosinenkuchen und 200 Feigenkuchen und lud sie auf Esel,
19 und sie sprach zu ihren Burschen: Geht vor mir her, siehe, ich will euch nachkommen! Sie sagte aber ihrem Mann Nabal nichts davon.
20 Und es geschah, als sie auf dem Esel ritt und im Schutz des Berges hinabzog, siehe, da kamen David und seine Männer herab, ihr entgegen, und so begegnete sie ihnen.
21 David aber hatte gesagt: Fürwahr, ich habe alles, was diesem da in der Wüste gehört, umsonst behütet, sodass nicht das Geringste verlorengegangen ist von allem, was ihm gehört; und er vergilt mir Gutes mit Bösem!
22 Gott tue solches und füge noch mehr den Feinden Davids hinzu, wenn ich von allem, was dieser hat, bis zum hellen Morgen auch nur einen übrig lasse, der an die Wand pisst[g]!
23 Als nun Abigail David sah, stieg sie rasch vom Esel und fiel vor David auf ihr Angesicht und neigte sich zur Erde,
24 und sie fiel ihm zu Füßen und sprach: Ach, mein Herr, auf mir sei diese Schuld, und lass doch deine Magd vor deinen Ohren reden und höre die Worte deiner Magd!
25 Mein Herr, achte doch nicht auf diesen Mann Belials, den Nabal; denn er ist, wie sein Name heißt: »Narr« ist sein Name, und Narrheit ist bei ihm. Ich aber, deine Magd, habe die Burschen meines Herrn, die du gesandt hattest, nicht gesehen.
26 Nun aber, mein Herr, so wahr der Herr lebt, und so wahr deine Seele lebt, der Herr hat dich daran gehindert zu kommen, um Blut zu vergießen und dir mit eigener Hand zu helfen. So sollen nun deine Feinde und die, welche meinem Herrn übelwollen, werden wie Nabal!
27 Hier ist nun die Gabe[h], die deine Magd meinem Herrn hergebracht hat; gib sie den Burschen, die meinem Herrn nachfolgen!
28 Vergib doch deiner Magd die Übertretung; denn der Herr wird gewiss meinem Herrn ein beständiges Haus bauen, weil mein Herr die Kriege des Herrn führt, und nichts Böses soll an dir gefunden werden dein Leben lang.
29 Und wenn sich ein Mensch erheben wird, um dich zu verfolgen und nach deinem Leben zu trachten, so sei das Leben meines Herrn ins Bündel der Lebendigen eingebunden bei dem Herrn, deinem Gott; aber das Leben deiner Feinde schleudere er mitten aus der Schleuderpfanne!
30 Und es wird geschehen, wenn der Herr an meinem Herrn handeln wird nach all dem Guten, das er dir versprochen hat, und dich zum Fürsten über Israel bestellen wird,
31 so wird es dir nicht zum Anstoß sein, noch zum Herzensvorwurf für meinen Herrn, dass er ohne Ursache Blut vergossen und dass mein Herr sich selbst geholfen hat. Wenn nun der Herr meinem Herrn wohltun wird, so gedenke an deine Magd!
32 Da sprach David zu Abigail: Gelobt sei der Herr, der Gott Israels, der dich am heutigen Tag mir entgegengesandt hat!
33 Und gesegnet sei dein Verstand, und gesegnet seist du, dass du mich heute davon zurückgehalten hast, in Blutschuld zu geraten und mir mit eigener Hand zu helfen!
34 Denn so wahr der Herr lebt, der Gott Israels, der mich daran gehindert hat, dir Böses zu tun: Wenn du mir nicht so schnell entgegengekommen wärst, so wäre dem Nabal bis zum hellen Morgen nicht einer übrig geblieben, der an die Wand pisst!
35 So nahm David von ihrer Hand, was sie ihm gebracht hatte, und sprach zu ihr: Zieh wieder in Frieden in dein Haus hinauf! Siehe, ich habe auf deine Stimme gehört und deine Person angesehen[i].
36 Als aber Abigail zu Nabal kam, siehe, da hielt er in seinem Haus ein Mahl wie das Mahl eines Königs; und das Herz Nabals war guter Dinge, und er war schwer betrunken. Sie aber sagte ihm nichts, weder Kleines noch Großes, bis zum hellen Morgen.
37 Als es aber Tag geworden und der Weinrausch von Nabal gewichen war, da berichtete ihm seine Frau diese Dinge. Da erstarb sein Herz in seinem Innern, und er wurde wie ein Stein.
38 Und es geschah nach zehn Tagen, da schlug der Herr den Nabal, dass er starb.
39 Als nun David hörte, dass Nabal tot war, sprach er: Gelobt sei der Herr, der meine Schmach an Nabal gerächt und seinen Knecht vom Unrecht abgehalten hat! Und der Herr hat Nabals Unrecht auf seinen Kopf vergolten! Und David sandte hin und warb um Abigail, um sie sich zur Frau zu nehmen.
40 Und als die Knechte Davids zu Abigail nach Karmel kamen, redeten sie mit ihr und sprachen: David hat uns zu dir gesandt, um dich zu seiner Frau zu nehmen!
41 Da stand sie auf und verneigte sich mit ihrem Angesicht zur Erde und sprach: Siehe, hier ist deine Magd, dass sie diene und den Knechten meines Herrn die Füße wasche!
42 Und Abigail eilte und machte sich auf und ritt auf einem Esel, und mit ihr fünf Mägde, die ihr nachfolgten, und sie zog den Boten Davids nach und wurde seine Frau.
43 David hatte aber auch Achinoam aus Jesreel zur Frau genommen. So wurden die beiden seine Frauen.
44 Saul aber hatte Michal, seine Tochter, die Frau Davids, dem Phalti, dem Sohn des Lais aus Gallim, gegeben.
Footnotes
- (25,2) d.h. Karmel in Juda, in der Nähe von Maon und Siph.
- (25,3) bed. »Narr / Tor«, auch im Sinn von »gottloser, verkehrter Mensch«.
- (25,3) bed. »Mein Vater ist Freude«.
- (25,8) Andere Übersetzung: an einem Festtag.
- (25,14) od. unseren Herrn zu segnen.
- (25,17) d.h. böser, nichtswürdiger Mann.
- (25,22) od. der männlich ist.
- (25,27) w. der Segen.
- (25,35) d.h. deiner Bitte entsprochen.
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
1 Samuel 25
King James Version
25 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
5 And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.
8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.
9 And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
12 So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
15 But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:
16 They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert on the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.
21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
22 So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
24 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.
25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
26 Now therefore, my lord, as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the Lord hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
27 And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
30 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;
31 That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the Lord shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
33 And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
34 For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
35 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the Lord smote Nabal, that he died.
39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
40 And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.
41 And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
42 And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.
44 But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.
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