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

¹Saamuel suri, ja kogu Iisrael kogunes kokku ja leinas teda, ja nad matsid tema ta kodupaika Raamasse. Aga Taavet võttis kätte ja läks alla Paarani kõrbe.

²And 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.

²Ja Maonis oli mees, kelle tööjärg oli Karmelis, ja see mees oli väga rikas: temal oli kolm tuhat lammast ja tuhat kitse; ta oli Karmelis oma lambaid niitmas.

³Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was 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.

³Mehe nimi oli Naabal, ja ta naise nimi Abigail; naisel oli hea mõistus ja ilus välimus, mees oli aga karm ja tegude poolest kuri; ta oli kaaleblane.

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

⁴Kui Taavet kõrbes kuulis, et Naabal niitis oma lambaid,

⁵And David sent 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:

⁵siis läkitas Taavet sinna kümme noort meest, öeldes neile: 'Minge üles Karmelisse, ja kui te jõuate Naabali juurde, siis küsige temalt minu nimel, kuidas ta käsi käib,

⁶and thus shall ye say to him that liveth [in prosperity], Peace be unto thee, and peace be to thy house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.

⁶ja öelge mu vennale nõnda: Tere! Rahu olgu sinule ja rahu su kojale ja rahu kõigele, mis sul on!

⁷And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: thy shepherds have now been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there aught missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.

⁷Ma olen nüüd kuulnud, et sul on lambaniitjad. Sinu karjased on ju olnud meie juures: me pole neid mõnitanud ega ole neilt midagi kadunud kõigel sel ajal, mis nad olid Karmelis.

⁸Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee: wherefore let the young men find favor in thine eyes; for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thy hand, unto thy servants, and to thy son David.

⁸Küsi oma poistelt, küll nad jutustavad sulle! Leidku siis need noored mehed armu sinu silmis, sest me oleme ju tulnud heal päeval! Anna nüüd oma sulastele ja oma pojale Taavetile, mis sul juhtub käepärast olema!'

⁹And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

⁹Ja Taaveti noored mehed tulid ning rääkisid Taaveti nimel Naabalile kõik needsamad sõnad ja jäid ootama.

¹⁰And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master.

¹⁰Aga Naabal kostis Taaveti sulastele ja ütles: 'Kes on Taavet, kes on Iisai poeg? Nüüdsel ajal on palju sulaseid, kes põgenevad oma isandate juurest.

¹¹Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men of whom I know not whence they are?

¹¹Kas peaksin võtma oma leiva ja vee ja tapetud loomad, mis ma olen tapnud oma niitjaile, ja andma meestele, kellest ma ei tea, kust nad pärit on?'

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

¹²Siis Taaveti noored mehed pöördusid ümber oma teekonnal ja läksid tagasi; ja nad tulid ning andsid temale edasi kõik need sõnad.

¹³And 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 baggage.

¹³Siis ütles Taavet oma meestele: 'Pange igaüks oma mõõk vööle!' Nad panid igaüks oma mõõga vööle ja Taavet ise pani ka oma mõõga vööle. Ja nad läksid Taaveti järel, ligi nelisada meest, kuna kakssada jäi asjade juurde.

¹⁴But 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 at them.

¹⁴Aga Abigailile, Naabali naisele, teatas üks poistest, öeldes: 'Vaata, Taavet läkitas käskjalad kõrbest meie isandat tervitama, aga tema kärkis nendega.

¹⁵But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields:

¹⁵Need mehed olid meie vastu väga head, nad ei mõnitanud meid ega kadunud meilt midagi kõigel sel ajal, mil väljal olles rändasime nende juures.

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

¹⁶Nagu müür olid nad meie ümber, niihästi öösel kui päeval, kõige selle aja, mil me olime nende juures lambaid ja kitsi karjatamas.

¹⁷Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt 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.

¹⁷Nüüd siis tea, ja vaata, mida sa saad teha, sest midagi kurja on otsustatud meie isanda ja kogu ta koja vastu; aga ta ise on ju paharetipoeg, tema enesega ei saa rääkida!'

¹⁸Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

¹⁸Siis Abigail ruttas ja võttis kakssada leiba, kaks lähkrit veini, viis valmistatud lammast, viis mõõtu kõrvetatud teri, sada rosinakakku ja kakssada viigimarjakakku ning pani need eeslite selga.

¹⁹And she said unto her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.

¹⁹Ja ta ütles oma poistele: 'Minge minu eel, vaata, ma tulen teie järel!' Aga oma mehele Naabalile ta sellest ei rääkinud.

²⁰And it was so, as she rode on her ass, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that, behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.

²⁰Ja kui ta siis sõitis eesli seljas ja läks mäe varjus alla, vaata, siis tulid Taavet ja tema mehed temale vastu ja ta kohtas neid.

²¹Now 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 returned me evil for good.

²¹Aga Taavet oli öelnud: 'Tõesti, ma olen asjatult hoidnud kõike seda, mis sel mehel kõrbes oli, nõnda et midagi ei kadunud kõigest sellest, mis tal oli; ja tema tasub mulle head kurjaga.

²²God do so unto the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light so much as one man-child.

²²Jumal tehku Taaveti vaenlastega ükskõik mida, kui ma kõigist, kes tal on, hommikuks alles jätan veel mõne meesolendi!'

²³And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and alighted from her ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.

²³Ja kui Abigail nägi Taavetit, siis ta hüppas kähku eesli seljast ja heitis Taaveti ette silmili ning kummardas maani.

²⁴And she fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity; and let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy handmaid.

²⁴Ta langes tema jalgade juurde ja ütles: 'Minu peal on süü, mu isand. Lase nüüd oma teenijat su kuuldes rääkida ja kuule oma teenija sõnu!

²⁵Let not my lord, I pray thee, 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 thy handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.

²⁵Ärgu mu isand ometi hooligu sellest kõlvatust mehest Naabalist; sest nagu nimi, nõnda on ta ise - Naabal on ta nimi ja rumal ta on! Aga mina, su teenija, ei näinud mu isanda noori mehi, keda sa olid läkitanud.

²⁶Now therefore, my lord, as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing Jehovah hath withholden thee from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and them that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

²⁶Ja nüüd, mu isand, nii tõesti kui Issand elab ja nii tõesti kui sa ise elad, Issand on takistanud sind sattumast veresüüsse ja aitamast iseennast oma käega: nüüd saagu Naabali sarnaseks su vaenlased ja need, kes püüavad teha kurja mu isandale!

²⁷And now this present which thy servant hath brought unto my lord, let it be given unto the young men that follow my lord.

²⁷Ja nüüd antagu see and, mis su teenija on toonud mu isandale, noortele meestele, kes käivad mu isanda kannul!

²⁸Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid: for Jehovah will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of Jehovah; and evil shall not be found in thee all thy days.

²⁸Anna siis andeks oma teenija üleastumine! Sest Issand teeb tõesti mu isandale ühe kindla koja, sellepärast et mu isand võitleb Issanda võitlusi. Ja kurja ei leita sinus kogu su eluajal.

²⁹And though men be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.

²⁹Ja kui keegi tõuseks sind taga ajama ja su hinge püüdma, siis on mu isanda hing seotud elavate kimpu Issanda, su Jumala juures; aga su vaenlaste hinged ta lingutab lingupesast välja.

³⁰And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee prince over Israel,

³⁰Ja kui Issand teeb mu isandale kõike seda head, millest ta sulle on rääkinud, ja määrab sind Iisraelile vürstiks,

³¹that this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood without cause, or that my lord hath avenged himself. And when Jehovah shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid.

³¹siis ärgu saagu see sulle komistuseks ega mu isandale südametunnistuse piinaks, et oleksid põhjuseta valanud verd ja mu isand oleks aidanud iseennast! Ja kui Issand teeb mu isandale head, siis mõtle oma teenijale!'

³²And David said to Abigail, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me:

³²Ja Taavet ütles Abigailile: 'Õnnistatud olgu Issand, Iisraeli Jumal, kes sellel päeval on sind mulle vastu läkitanud!

³³and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, that hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

³³Õnnistatud olgu su mõistus ja õnnistatud ole sa ise, et sa täna mind oled takistanud veresüüsse sattumast ja iseennast oma käega aitamast!

³⁴For in very deed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, who hath withholden me from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light so much as one man-child.

³⁴Aga tõepoolest, nii tõesti kui elab Issand, Iisraeli Jumal, kes mind on keelanud sulle kurja tegemast, kui sa mitte poleks rutanud ja mulle vastu tulnud, ei oleks Naabalile koiduajaks alles jäänud ühtegi meesolendit.'

³⁵So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he said unto her, Go up in peace to thy house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.

³⁵Siis võttis Taavet naise käest vastu, mis too temale oli toonud, ja ütles: 'Mine rahuga koju! Vaata, ma olen kuulnud su häält ja olen tõstnud üles su palge.'

³⁶And 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.

³⁶Kui Abigail tuli Naabali juurde, vaata, siis oli temal oma kojas pidu, otse kuninglik pidu. Naabali süda oli rõõmus ja ta oli väga joobnud, seepärast ei jutustanud Abigail talle midagi, ei vähemat ega rohkemat, enne kui hommik koitis.

³⁷And it came to pass 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.

³⁷Aga hommikul, kui Naabalist oli vein haihtunud, jutustas ta naine temale neist asjust; siis suri tal süda rinnus ja ta otsekui kivines.

³⁸And it came to pass about ten days after, that Jehovah smote Nabal, so that he died.

³⁸Ja ligi kümne päeva pärast lõi Issand Naabalit, nõnda et ta suri.

³⁹And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Jehovah, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept back his servant from evil: and the evil-doing of Nabal hath Jehovah returned upon his own head. And David sent and spake concerning Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

³⁹Kui Taavet kuulis, et Naabal oli surnud, ütles ta: 'Õnnistatud olgu Issand, kes on lahendanud minu teotuse riiuasja, mille Naabal põhjustas, ja kes on hoidnud oma sulast kurja tegemast! Naabali kurjuse tasus aga Issand ta enese pea peale.' Siis Taavet läkitas käskjalad ja käskis Abigailile öelda, et ta tahab võtta teda enesele naiseks.

⁴⁰And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David hath sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.

⁴⁰Ja Taaveti sulased tulid Abigaili juurde Karmelisse ja rääkisid temaga ning ütlesid: 'Taavet läkitas meid sinu juurde, et võtta sind enesele naiseks.'

⁴¹And she arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, thy handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

⁴¹Siis ta tõusis ja kummardas silmili maha ning ütles: 'Vaata, su teenija on valmis saama orjaks, kes peseb oma isanda sulaste jalgu.'

⁴²And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

⁴²Ja Abigail tõusis kiiresti ning sõitis eesli seljas, samuti tema viis teenijatüdrukut, kes käisid ta kannul; ta järgnes Taaveti käskjalgadele ja sai tema naiseks.

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

⁴³Ahinoami võttis Taavet Jisreelist ja nõnda said need mõlemad tema naisteks.

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

⁴⁴Aga Saul oli andnud oma tütre Miikali, Taaveti naise, Paltile, Laisi pojale, kes oli pärit Gallimist.