1 Samuel 25

1 Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together and mourned for him, and buried him at his house at Ramah. Then David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

Tak lama kemudian Samuel meninggal. Seluruh Israel berkumpul untuk mengikuti upacara berkabung. Kemudian ia dikuburkan di rumahnya di Rama. Setelah itu Daud pergi ke padang gurun Paran.

2 There was a man in Maon whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats; and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

Di kota Maon ada seorang laki-laki dari kaum Kaleb, namanya Nabal. Ia mempunyai tanah peternakan di dekat kota Karmel. Ia sangat kaya dan memiliki 3.000 ekor domba dan 1.000 ekor kambing. Abigail istrinya, cerdas dan cantik, tetapi Nabal bertabiat kasar dan berkelakuan buruk. Pada suatu hari Nabal sedang menggunting bulu dombanya di Karmel.

3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail. This woman was intelligent and had a beautiful face; but the man was surly and evil in his doings. He was of the house of Caleb.

4 David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

Ketika Daud yang ada di padang gurun, mendengar hal itu,

5 David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.

ia menyuruh sepuluh pemuda pergi ke Karmel,

6 Tell him, ‘Long life to you! Peace be to you! Peace be to your house! Peace be to all that you have!

menemui Nabal untuk menyampaikan salam Daud kepadanya. Ia menyuruh mereka berkata begini kepada Nabal, "Salam sejahtera kepadamu dan keluargamu serta segala milikmu.

7 Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds have now been with us, and we did not harm them. Nothing was missing from them all the time they were in Carmel.

Aku mendengar bahwa engkau sedang menggunting bulu dombamu. Ketahuilah bahwa gembala-gembalamu yang ada di daerah kami, tidak pernah kami ganggu, dan juga belum pernah mereka kehilangan apa pun selama ada di Karmel.

8 Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes, for we come on a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son David.’”

Coba tanyakan saja kepada mereka, pasti mereka akan membenarkan hal itu. Sebab itu, kuharap agar anak buahku diterima dengan baik di rumahmu, karena kami datang pada hari besar ini. Berikanlah juga kepada hamba-hambamu ini dan kepadaku, Daud, teman baikmu, apa saja menurut kerelaanmu."

9 When David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal all those words in the name of David, and waited.

Setibanya di Karmel, anak buah Daud menyampaikan pesan itu kepada Nabal atas nama Daud, lalu mereka menunggu.

10 Nabal answered David’s servants and said, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days.

Tetapi Nabal menjawab, "Daud? Siapa dia? Siapa itu anak Isai? Belum pernah aku mendengar tentang dia! Akhir-akhir ini banyak hamba yang lari dari majikannya di negeri ini!

11 Shall I then take my bread, my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I do not know where they come from?”

Mana bisa aku mengambil roti dan air minumku, serta daging yang telah kusediakan bagi para pengguntingku, lalu kuberikan semua itu kepada orang yang tidak jelas asal usulnya!"

12 So David’s young men turned on their way and went back, and came and told him all these words.

Maka anak buah Daud itu kembali kepada Daud dan memberitahukan kepadanya kata-kata Nabal itu.

13 David said to his men, “Every man put on his sword!” Every man put on his sword. David also put on his sword. About four hundred men followed David, and two hundred stayed by the baggage.

"Ikatlah pedangmu di pinggang masing-masing!" perintah Daud. Segera anak buahnya mentaati perintah itu. Daud juga mengikat pedangnya di pinggangnya dan berangkat dengan kira-kira 400 orang, sedang 200 orang tinggal untuk menjaga barang-barang.

14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master; and he insulted them.

Sementara itu kepada Abigail istri Nabal, sudah diberitahukan oleh seorang pelayan Nabal, demikian, "Sudah dengarkah Nyonya? Daud telah menyuruh beberapa utusan dari padang gurun untuk memberi salam kepada tuan kita, tetapi beliau mencaci maki mereka.

15 But the men were very good to us, and we were not harmed, and we did not miss anything as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields.

Padahal mereka sangat baik kepada kami. Tidak pernah kami diganggu, dan juga belum pernah kami kehilangan apa pun ketika kami berteman dengan mereka di padang gurun.

16 They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

Siang malam mereka melindungi kami selama kami menggembalakan kambing domba di dekat mereka.

17 Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master and against all his house, for he is such a worthless fellow that one cannot speak to him.”

Sebab itu, pertimbangkanlah hal ini, dan putuskanlah apa yang dapat Nyonya perbuat. Sebab pastilah akan datang pembalasan terhadap tuan kita dan seluruh keluarganya. Tuan kita begitu keras kepala sehingga beliau tak dapat diajak bicara!"

18 Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two containers of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five seahs of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.

Lalu segera Abigail mengambil dua ratus roti, dan dua kantong kulit penuh berisi air anggur, lima domba panggang, tujuh belas kilogram gandum panggang, seratus rangkai buah anggur kering dan dua ratus kue ara. Semuanya itu dimuat di atas keledai-keledainya.

19 She said to her young men, “Go on before me. Behold, I am coming after you.” But she did not tell her husband, Nabal.

Lalu berkatalah ia kepada pelayan-pelayannya, "Kamu berjalan mendahuluiku; aku akan mengikutimu." Tetapi ia tidak mengatakan apa-apa kepada suaminya.

20 As she rode on her donkey, and came down hidden by the mountain, behold, David and his men came down toward her, and she met them.

Abigail menunggang keledainya, dan ketika ia sampai pada sebuah belokan di pinggir gunung, berpapasanlah ia dengan Daud dan anak buahnya yang sedang turun menuju ke arahnya.

21 Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good.

Pada saat itu Daud sedang berpikir, "Percuma saja aku menjaga milik orang itu di padang gurun! Tak ada sedikit pun yang hilang dari miliknya; dan sekarang dibalasnya kebaikanku dengan kejahatan!

22 God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that belongs to him by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.”

Kiranya Allah membunuh aku apabila tidak kubunuh semua orang laki-laki yang ada di sana sebelum matahari terbit!"

23 When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got off her donkey, and fell before David on her face and bowed herself to the ground.

Ketika Abigail melihat Daud, ia segera turun dari keledainya lalu sujud pada kaki Daud,

24 She fell at his feet and said, “On me, my lord, on me be the blame! Please let your servant speak in your ears. Hear the words of your servant.

serta berkata kepadanya, "Tuanku, sudilah mendengarkan! Biarlah kesalahan itu hamba tanggung sendiri!

25 Please do not let my lord pay attention to this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.

Janganlah Tuanku pikirkan Nabal, orang yang tanpa guna itu! Ia orang bodoh--sama dengan arti namanya. Hamba tidak melihat utusan-utusan yang Tuanku suruh itu.

26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, since the LORD has withheld you from blood guiltiness and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies and those who seek evil to my lord be as Nabal.

Allah telah mencegah Tuanku menuntut balas dan membunuh musuh-musuh Tuan. Dan sekarang Tuanku, demi TUHAN yang hidup, hamba bersumpah, kiranya nasib segala musuh Tuanku dan setiap orang yang ingin mencelakakan Tuanku sama seperti nasib Nabal.

27 Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.

Terimalah bingkisan yang hamba bawa ini untuk Tuanku, dan anak buah Tuanku.

28 Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the LORD’s battles. Evil will not be found in you all your days.

Maafkanlah kelalaian hamba. TUHAN pasti akan menjadikan Tuanku serta keturunan Tuanku raja atas Israel, sebab Tuanku berperang untuk TUHAN; dan Tuanku tidak akan melakukan kejahatan seumur hidup.

29 Though men may rise up to pursue you and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord will be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies as from a sling’s pocket.

Seandainya seorang menyerang Tuanku dan mencoba membunuh Tuanku, maka Tuanku pasti akan dilindungi TUHAN Allah seperti harta yang dijaga oleh pemiliknya. Tetapi musuh Tuanku akan dilemparkan jauh-jauh oleh TUHAN, dilemparkan oleh pengumban.

30 It will come to pass, when the LORD has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you prince over Israel,

TUHAN akan melakukan segala kebaikan yang dijanjikan-Nya kepada Tuanku, dan tak lama lagi Tuanku dijadikan-Nya raja atas Israel.

31 that this shall 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. When the LORD has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant.”

Pada waktu itu Tuanku akan mengingat bahwa Tuanku tidak membunuh tanpa alasan atau main hakim sendiri sehingga Tuanku tak perlu merasa sedih atau menyesal. Dan apabila TUHAN telah memberkati Tuanku, janganlah melupakan hamba Tuanku ini."

32 David said to Abigail, “Blessed is the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you today to meet me!

Lalu berkatalah Daud kepadanya, "Terpujilah TUHAN, Allah Israel, yang mengutus engkau menemuiku pada hari ini!

33 Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, who have kept me today from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.

Terpujilah kebijaksanaanmu dan terpujilah juga engkau sendiri karena telah menahan aku melakukan pembunuhan serta main hakim sendiri.

34 For indeed, as the LORD the God of Israel lives, who has withheld me from harming you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there would not have been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.”

TUHAN telah menahan aku berbuat jahat terhadapmu. Demi TUHAN, Allah Israel yang hidup, seandainya engkau tidak segera menemuiku, pastilah seluruh anak buah Nabal sudah mati pada waktu matahari terbit!"

35 So David received from her hand that which she had brought him. Then he said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. Behold, I have listened to your voice and have granted your request.”

Setelah itu Daud menerima apa yang dibawa oleh Abigail untuknya, lalu berkata kepadanya, "Pulanglah ke rumahmu dan jangan khawatir. Permintaanmu kukabulkan."

36 Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king. Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing until the morning light.

Ketika Abigail kembali kepada Nabal, ternyata ada pesta besar di rumahnya, seperti pesta raja. Dan karena Nabal mabuk dan bersukaria, kepadanya tidak diberitahu apa pun oleh istrinya sampai besoknya.

37 In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

Paginya, setelah Nabal tidak mabuk lagi, istrinya memberitahukan kepadanya tentang segala kejahatan itu. Lalu Nabal mendapat serangan jantung dan seluruh badannya menjadi lumpuh.

38 About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal, so that he died.

Kira-kira sepuluh hari kemudian Nabal mendapat serangan jantung lagi dari TUHAN sehingga ia meninggal.

39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed is the LORD, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil. The LORD has returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.” David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to himself as wife.

Ketika Daud mendengar bahwa Nabal sudah mati, berkatalah ia, "Terpujilah TUHAN! Ia telah membalas penghinaan yang dilakukan Nabal terhadap aku, dan telah mencegah hamba-Nya ini melakukan kejahatan. TUHAN telah menghukum Nabal karena kejahatannya." Kemudian Daud mengirim utusan kepada Abigail untuk melamarnya menjadi istrinya.

40 When David’s servants had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, “David has sent us to you, to take you to him as wife.”

Maka sampailah utusan Daud kepada wanita itu di Karmel dan berkata kepadanya, "Kami diutus oleh Daud menghadap Nyonya, sebab ia ingin melamar Nyonya menjadi istrinya."

41 She arose and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, “Behold, your servant is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”

Abigail pun bangkit dan sujud serta berkata, "Aku ini hamba Daud, aku bersedia membasuh kaki para hambanya."

42 Abigail hurriedly arose and rode on a donkey with her five maids who followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

Kemudian berkemas-kemaslah ia dengan segera. Ia naik ke atas keledainya dan diiringi oleh lima orang pelayan wanitanya, berangkatlah ia mengikuti utusan Daud, maka ia menjadi istri Daud.

43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they both became his wives.

Sebelum itu Daud telah menikah dengan Ahinoam dari Yizreel, dan kini Abigail juga menjadi istrinya.

44 Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.

Sementara itu Saul telah mengawinkan Mikhal putrinya, yaitu istri Daud, dengan Palti anak Lais dari kota Galim.