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
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
