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.

¹Samuel 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 Paran.

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.

²There 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.

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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 face: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

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

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

⁵ia menyuruh sepuluh pemuda pergi ke Karmel,

⁵David 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.

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

⁶You shall tell him, ‘Long life to you! Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.

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.

⁷Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds have now been with us, and we didn’t hurt them, neither was there anything missing from them, all the while they were in Carmel.

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."

⁸Ask 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.’”

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

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

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!

¹⁰Nabal 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.

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!"

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

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

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

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.

¹³David 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.

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.

¹⁴But 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 railed at them.

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.

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

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

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

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!"

¹⁷Now 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.”

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.

¹⁸Then 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.

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

¹⁹She said to her young men, “Go on before me. Behold, I come after you.” But she didn’t tell her husband, Nabal.

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.

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

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!

²¹Now 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.

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

²²God 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. or, male. ”

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

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

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

²⁴She 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.

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.

²⁵Please don’t 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, didn’t see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.

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.

²⁶Now therefore, my lord, as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, since Yahweh 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.

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

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

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.

²⁸Please forgive the trespass of your handmaid. For Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of Yahweh; and evil shall not be found in you all your days.

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.

²⁹Though 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 Yahweh your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies, as from the hollow of a sling.

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

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

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."

³¹that 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 Yahweh has dealt well with my lord, then remember your handmaid.”

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

³²David said to Abigail, “Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me!

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

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

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!"

³⁴For indeed, as Yahweh, 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. or, male. ”

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

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

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.

³⁶Abigail 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 drunken. Therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

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

³⁷It 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.

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

³⁸It happened about ten days after, that Yahweh struck Nabal, so that he died.

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.

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

⁴⁰When 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.”

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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