1 Samuel 25
1 Y murió Samuel, y juntóse todo Israel, y endecháronle, y sepultáronle en su casa en Rama. Y David se levantó, y se fue al desierto de Farán.
Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Maon.
2 Y en Maón había un hombre que tenía su hacienda en el Carmelo, el cual era muy rico: que tenía tres mil ovejas, y mil cabras. Y aconteció, que este trasquilaba sus ovejas en el Carmelo.
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 El nombre de aquel varón era Nabal: y el nombre de su mujer, Abigail: Y era aquella mujer de buen entendimiento, y de buena gracia; mas el hombre era duro, y de malos hechos: y era del linaje de Caleb.
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail. And the woman was intelligent and beautiful, but the man was harsh and evil in his dealings; and the man was a Calebite.
4 Y David oyó en el desierto, que Nabal trasquilaba sus ovejas.
David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
5 Y envió David diez criados, y díjoles: Subíd al Carmelo, y veníd a Nabal, y demandádle en mi nombre de paz.
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.
6 Y decídle así: Que vivas, y hayas paz, y tu familia haya paz; y todo lo que a ti pertenece haya paz.
Thus you are to say to my brother, 'Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.
7 Ahora he entendido que tienes trasquiladores. Ahora, los pastores que tienes han estado con nosotros, a los cuales nunca hicimos fuerza, ni les faltó cosa en todo el tiempo que han estado en el Carmelo.
And now, look, I have heard that you have shearers. Now your shepherds have been with us in the wilderness, and we did not hurt them, neither was there anything missing from them, all the while they were in Carmel.
8 Pregunta a tus criados, que ellos te lo dirán. Hallen por tanto estos criados gracia en tus ojos, pues que venimos en buen día: ruégote que des lo que tuvieres a mano a tus siervos, y a tu hijo David.
Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes; for we come in a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand, to your servants, and to your son David.'"
9 Y como llegaron los criados de David, dijeron a Nabal todas estas palabras en nombre de David; y callaron.
And David's young men came and spoke to Nabal according to all those words, in the name of David. But he became arrogant.
10 Y Nabal respondió a los criados de David, y dijo: ¿Quién es David? ¿Y quién es el hijo de Isaí? Muchos siervos hay hoy, que se huyen de sus señores.
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.
11 ¿Qué tome yo ahora mi pan, mi agua, y mi víctima que he aparejado para mis trasquiladores, y que la dé a hombres que no sé de donde son?
Shall I then take my bread, and my wine, and my meat that I have slaughtered for the shearers of my sheep, and give it to men who I do not know where they come from?"
12 Y tornándose los criados de David, volviéronse por su camino. Y viniendo dijeron a David todas estas palabras.
So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.
13 Entonces David dijo a sus hombres: Ciñase cada uno su espada. Y ciñóse cada uno su espada: también David ciñó su espada; y subieron tras David como cuatrocientos hombres; y dejaron doscientos con el bagaje.
David said to his men, "Every man put on his sword." So 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.
14 Y uno de los criados dio aviso a Abigail mujer de Nabal, diciendo: He aquí, David ha enviado mensajeros del desierto que saludasen a nuestro amo; y él los ha reprendido.
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, "Look, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master; and he railed at them.
15 Y aquellos hombres nos han sido muy buenos, y nunca nos han hecho fuerza: y ninguna cosa nos ha faltado en todo el tiempo que con ellos hemos conversado, mientras hemos estado en el campo.
But the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, nor did we miss anything as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields.
16 Nos han sido por muro de día y de noche, todos los días que hemos apacentado las ovejas con ellos.
They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
17 Ahora pues entiende y mira lo que has de hacer, porque el mal está del todo resuelto contra nuestro amo, y contra todo su casa, que él es un hombre tan malo, que no hay quien le pueda hablar.
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 can't speak to him."
18 Entonces Abigail tomó luego doscientos panes, y dos cueros de vino, y cinco ovejas guisadas, y cinco medidas de harina tostada, y cien hilos de uvas pasadas, y doscientas masas de higos pasados, y cargólo en asnos;
Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two bottles of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five measures of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.
19 Y dijo a sus criados: Id delante de mí, que yo os seguiré luego. Y nada declaró a su marido Nabal.
She said to her young men, "Go on before me. Look, I come after you." But she did not tell her husband, Nabal.
20 Y sentándose sobre un asno, descendió por una parte secreta del monte, y, he aquí David y los suyos que venían delante de ella, y ella los encontró.
It was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that look, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.
21 Y David había dicho: Ciertamente en vano he guardado todo lo que aquel tiene en el desierto, que nada le haya faltado de todo cuanto tiene; y él me ha dado mal pago por el bien.
Now David had said, "Surely in vain have I 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.
22 Así haga Dios, y así añada a los enemigos de David, que no tengo de dejar de todo lo que fuere suyo de aquí a mañana meante a la pared.
God do so to 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."
23 Y como Abigail vio a David, descendió prestamente del asno, y postrándose delante de David sobre su rostro, inclinóse a tierra:
When Abigail saw David, she hurried, and got off from her donkey, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.
24 Y echándose a sus pies, dijo: Señor mío, en mí sea este pecado: por tanto ahora hable tu sierva en tus oídos, y oye las palabras de tu sierva.
She fell at his feet, and said, "On me, my lord, on me be the iniquity; and please let your handmaid speak in your ears. Hear the words of your handmaid.
25 No ponga ahora mi señor su corazón a aquel hombre impío, a Nabal; porque conforme a su nombre, así es. El se llama Nabal, y la locura está con él; porque yo tu sierva no ví a los criados de mi señor, que enviaste.
Please do not let my lord regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your handmaid, did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.
26 Ahora pues, señor mío, vive Jehová, y viva tu alma, que Jehová te ha vedado, que vengas contra sangre, y que tu mano te salve. Tus enemigos pues sean como Nabal, y todos los que procuran mal contra mi señor.
Now therefore, my lord, as Jehovah lives, and as your soul lives, since Jehovah 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.
27 Ahora pues esta bendición que tu sierva ha traído a mi señor, dése a los criados que siguen a mi señor:
Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
28 Y yo te ruego que perdones a tu sierva esta maldad; porque Jehová hará casa firme a mi señor, por cuanto mi señor hace las guerras de Jehová, y mal no se ha hallado en ti en tus días.
Please forgive the trespass of your handmaid. For Jehovah will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of Jehovah; and evil shall not be found in you all your days.
29 Aunque alguien se haya levantado a perseguirte, y buscar tu alma; mas el alma de mi señor será ligada en el haz de los que viven con Jehová Dios tuyo, el cual arrojará el alma de tus enemigos puesta en medio de la palma de la honda.
Though men may rise up to pursue you, and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies, as from the hollow of a sling.
30 Y acontecerá que cuando Jehová hiciere con mi señor conforme a todo el bien que ha hablado de ti, y te mandare que seas capitán sobre Israel,
It shall come to pass, when Jehovah has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and shall have appointed you prince over Israel,
31 Entonces esto no te será, señor mío, en tropezón y escrúpulo de corazón, que hayas derramado sangre sin causa, y que haya mi señor salvádose a sí. Guárdese pues mi señor, y cuando Jehová hiciere bien a mi señor, acuérdate de tu sierva.
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 Jehovah has dealt well with my lord, then remember your handmaid."
32 Entonces David dijo a Abigail: Bendito sea Jehová Dios de Israel, que te envió para que hoy me encontrases.
David said to Abigail, "Blessed is Jehovah, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me.
33 Y bendito sea tu razonamiento, y bendita seas tú, que me has estorbado hoy de ir a derramar sangres, y que mi mano me salvase.
Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, that have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
34 Porque vive Jehová Dios de Israel, que me ha defendido de hacerte mal, que si no te hubieras dado priesa a venirme al encuentro, de aquí a mañana no le quedara a Nabal meante a la pared.
For indeed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, lives, who has withheld me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there wouldn't have been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall."
35 Y recibió David de su mano lo que le había traído, y díjole: Sube en paz a tu casa, y mira que yo he oído tu voz, y tenídote respeto.
So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he said to her, "Go up in peace to your house. Look, I have listened to your voice, and have granted your request."
36 Y Abigail se vino a Nabal; y he aquí que él tenía banquete en su casa como banquete de rey; y el corazón de Nabal estaba ya alegre en él; y estaba muy borracho; y ella no le declaró poco ni mucho, hasta que vino el día siguiente.
Abigail came to Nabal; and look, 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, less or more, until the morning light.
37 Y a la mañana, cuando ya el vino había salido de Nabal, su mujer le declaró los negocios; y el corazón se le murió en sí, y se volvió como una piedra.
It happened in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
38 Y pasados diez días Jehová hirió a Nabal, y murió.
It happened about ten days after, that Jehovah struck Nabal, so that he died.
39 Y como David oyó que Nabal era muerto, dijo: Bendito sea Jehová, que juzgó la causa de mi afrenta de la mano de Nabal, y detuvo del mal a su siervo, y Jehová tornó la malicia de Nabal sobre su cabeza. Y envió David a hablar con Abigail para tomarla por su mujer.
When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, "Blessed is Jehovah, who has taken my side in the matter of Nabal's insult, and has kept back his servant from evil. Jehovah has returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head." David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to him as wife.
40 Y los criados de David vinieron a Abigail en el Carmelo, y hablaron con ella, diciendo: David nos ha enviado a ti para tomarte por su mujer.
When the servants of David had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, "David has sent us to you, to take you to him as wife."
41 Y ella se levantó, e inclinó su rostro a tierra, diciendo: He aquí tu sierva, para que sea sierva que lave los pies de los siervos de mi señor.
She arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, "Look, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord."
42 Y levantándose luego Abigail, sentóse en un asno, con cinco mozas que la seguían; y siguió los mensajeros de David, y fue su mujer.
Abigail hurried, and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five female servants of hers who followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
43 También tomó David a Aquinoam de Jezrael, las cuales ambas fueron sus mujeres.
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they both became his wives.
44 Porque Saul había dado a Micol su hija, la mujer de David, a Falti, hijo de Lais, que era de Gallim.
Now Saul had given Mikal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.
