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.

¹Tak 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.

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.

²Di 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.

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.

³(25:2)

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

⁴Ketika Daud yang ada di padang gurun, mendengar hal itu,

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:

⁵ia menyuruh sepuluh pemuda pergi ke Karmel,

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.

⁶menemui Nabal untuk menyampaikan salam Daud kepadanya. Ia menyuruh mereka berkata begini kepada Nabal, "Salam sejahtera kepadamu dan keluargamu serta segala milikmu.

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.

⁷Aku 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.

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.

⁸Coba 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."

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

⁹Setibanya di Karmel, anak buah Daud menyampaikan pesan itu kepada Nabal atas nama Daud, lalu mereka menunggu.

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.

¹⁰Tetapi 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!

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?

¹¹Mana 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!"

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

¹²Maka anak buah Daud itu kembali kepada Daud dan memberitahukan kepadanya kata-kata Nabal itu.

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.

¹³"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.

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.

¹⁴Sementara 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.

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:

¹⁵Padahal 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.

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

¹⁶Siang malam mereka melindungi kami selama kami menggembalakan kambing domba di dekat mereka.

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.

¹⁷Sebab 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!"

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.

¹⁸Lalu 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.

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

¹⁹Lalu berkatalah ia kepada pelayan-pelayannya, "Kamu berjalan mendahuluiku; aku akan mengikutimu." Tetapi ia tidak mengatakan apa-apa kepada suaminya.

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.

²⁰Abigail 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.

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.

²¹Pada 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!

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.

²²Kiranya Allah membunuh aku apabila tidak kubunuh semua orang laki-laki yang ada di sana sebelum matahari terbit!"

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.

²³Ketika Abigail melihat Daud, ia segera turun dari keledainya lalu sujud pada kaki Daud,

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.

²⁴serta berkata kepadanya, "Tuanku, sudilah mendengarkan! Biarlah kesalahan itu hamba tanggung sendiri!

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.

²⁵Janganlah Tuanku pikirkan Nabal, orang yang tanpa guna itu! Ia orang bodoh--sama dengan arti namanya. Hamba tidak melihat utusan-utusan yang Tuanku suruh itu.

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.

²⁶Allah 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.

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

²⁷Terimalah bingkisan yang hamba bawa ini untuk Tuanku, dan anak buah Tuanku.

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.

²⁸Maafkanlah 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.

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.

²⁹Seandainya 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.

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,

³⁰TUHAN akan melakukan segala kebaikan yang dijanjikan-Nya kepada Tuanku, dan tak lama lagi Tuanku dijadikan-Nya raja atas Israel.

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.

³¹Pada 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."

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

³²Lalu berkatalah Daud kepadanya, "Terpujilah TUHAN, Allah Israel, yang mengutus engkau menemuiku pada hari ini!

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.

³³Terpujilah kebijaksanaanmu dan terpujilah juga engkau sendiri karena telah menahan aku melakukan pembunuhan serta main hakim sendiri.

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.

³⁴TUHAN 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!"

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.

³⁵Setelah itu Daud menerima apa yang dibawa oleh Abigail untuknya, lalu berkata kepadanya, "Pulanglah ke rumahmu dan jangan khawatir. Permintaanmu kukabulkan."

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.

³⁶Ketika 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.

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.

³⁷Paginya, setelah Nabal tidak mabuk lagi, istrinya memberitahukan kepadanya tentang segala kejahatan itu. Lalu Nabal mendapat serangan jantung dan seluruh badannya menjadi lumpuh.

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

³⁸Kira-kira sepuluh hari kemudian Nabal mendapat serangan jantung lagi dari TUHAN sehingga ia meninggal.

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.

³⁹Ketika 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.

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.

⁴⁰Maka sampailah utusan Daud kepada wanita itu di Karmel dan berkata kepadanya, "Kami diutus oleh Daud menghadap Nyonya, sebab ia ingin melamar Nyonya menjadi istrinya."

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.

⁴¹Abigail pun bangkit dan sujud serta berkata, "Aku ini hamba Daud, aku bersedia membasuh kaki para hambanya."

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.

⁴²Kemudian 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.

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

⁴³Sebelum itu Daud telah menikah dengan Ahinoam dari Yizreel, dan kini Abigail juga menjadi istrinya.

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

⁴⁴Sementara itu Saul telah mengawinkan Mikhal putrinya, yaitu istri Daud, dengan Palti anak Lais dari kota Galim.