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.

¹撒母耳逝世撒母耳死了，以色列眾人都聚集起來，為他哀哭，把他埋葬在拉瑪他自己的家裡。大衛起身，下到巴蘭的曠野去。

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.

²大衛遣僕求拿八餽贈在瑪雲有一個人，他的產業在迦密。他是一個很富有的人，有綿羊三千隻，山羊一千隻，那時他正在迦密剪羊毛。

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.

³那人名叫拿八，他的妻子名叫亞比該。這女人既聰明，又美麗。但那男人為人粗暴，又行事兇惡。他是個迦密族的人。

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

⁴大衛在曠野聽說拿八正在剪羊毛，

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.

⁵就差派十個僕人，對他們說：“你們上迦密去見拿八，以我的名義向他問安。

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.

⁶你們要這樣說：‘願你長壽！願你平安！願你的家平安！願你所有的一切都平安！

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.

⁷現在我聽說有人為你剪羊毛。你的牧人與我們在一起的時候，我們都沒有侮辱他們；他們在迦密的日子，也從沒有遺失過甚麼。

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.’”

⁸你可以問問你的僕人，他們必會告訴你。願我派來的這些僕人在你眼前蒙恩，因為我們是在好日子來的，請你把手中所有的，隨便賞賜一點給你的僕人和你的兒子大衛。’”

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

⁹大衛的僕人到了，就以大衛的名義，把這些話都對拿八說了，然後等候答覆。

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.

¹⁰拿八辱罵僕人拿八回答大衛的僕人說：“大衛是誰？耶西的兒子是誰？現在離開主人逃走的僕人太多了。

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?”

¹¹我怎能把我的餅、我的水，和我為剪羊毛的人宰殺的肉，給那些我不知道從哪裡來的人呢？”

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

¹²於是大衛的僕人轉回原路，回去了。他們到了以後，就把這一切話都告訴大衛。

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.

¹³大衛對跟隨他的人說：“你們各人都佩上刀。”他們各人就佩上自己的刀，大衛也佩上自己的刀。跟隨大衛上去的約有四百人，有二百人留下來看守器具。

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.

¹⁴拿八的一個僕人告訴拿八的妻子亞比該說：“大衛從曠野派遣使者來向我們的主人問候，主人卻辱罵了他們。

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.

¹⁵但是，那些人對我們很好。我們在田野與他們往來的時候，他們都沒有侮辱我們，我們也從沒有遺失過甚麼。

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

¹⁶我們與他們在一起牧羊的日子，他們日夜都作保護我們的牆。

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.”

¹⁷現在，你要想一想，看看你該怎麼辦，因為災禍必定臨到我們的主人和他的全家。他是一個性情兇惡的人，沒有人敢對他說話。”

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.

¹⁸亞比該急忙拿了兩百個餅、兩皮袋酒、五隻預備好了的羊、十七公斤烘好了的穗子、一百個葡萄餅、兩百個無花果餅，都馱在驢背上，

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

¹⁹然後對她的僕人說：“你們先去，我隨著你們來。”這事她卻沒有告訴她的丈夫拿八。

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.

²⁰亞比該騎著驢，正從山坡下來，忽見大衛和跟隨他的人也正從對面迎著她走下來，亞比該就與他相遇了。

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.

²¹大衛曾經說過：“我在曠野看守這人一切所有的，使他一切所有的一樣也沒有失落，實在是白費心機了。他竟然對我以惡報善。

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. ”

²²如果我讓這人一切所有的，就是一個男丁，留到明天早晨，　神怎樣懲罰大衛的仇敵，願他也怎樣加倍懲罰我。”

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

²³亞比該求大衛饒恕亞比該見了大衛，就急忙從驢背下來，俯伏在大衛面前，臉伏於地，向他叩拜。

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.

²⁴她又俯伏在大衛的腳前，說：“我王啊，願這罪孽歸我。求你容婢女向你講話，求你聽婢女所說的話。

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.

²⁵請我主不要把這個性情兇惡的人拿八放在心上。因為他的名字怎樣，他的為人也怎樣。他名叫拿八，他也真是愚笨。我主派來的僕人，你的婢女並沒有看見。

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.

²⁶我主啊，現在我指著永活的耶和華，又在你面前起誓，耶和華既然阻止了你流人的血，又阻止了你親手報仇，願你的仇敵和那些謀害我主的人，都像拿八一樣。

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

²⁷現在，請把你婢女給我主帶來的這禮物，賜給跟隨我主的僕人。

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.

²⁸求你饒恕你婢女的過犯。耶和華必為我主建立一個堅固的家，因為我主為耶和華爭戰；在你一生的日子裡，在你身上也找不到甚麼過錯。

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.

²⁹雖然有人起來追趕你，尋索你的命，我主的性命必得保全在耶和華你的　神生命的囊中。至於你仇敵的命，耶和華卻要甩去，像從甩石機甩出去一樣。

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,

³⁰將來耶和華照著他應許的一切善待了你，立了你作以色列的領袖的時候，

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.”

³¹我主就不致因為無緣無故流人的血或親自報仇而良心不安，心裡有愧了。耶和華恩待了我主以後，求你記念你的婢女。”

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

³²大衛息怒大衛對亞比該說：“耶和華以色列的　神是應當稱頌的！他今天差派你來迎接我。

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.

³³你的智慧和你的為人也是應當稱讚的，因為你今天阻止了我流人的血，又阻止了我親手報仇。

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. ”

³⁴我指著那攔阻了我加害你的永活的耶和華以色列的　神起誓，如果你不及時來迎見我，到明天早晨，拿八所有的男丁必不留一個。”

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.”

³⁵大衛從亞比該手中接受了她帶來給他的東西，就對她說：“你平平安安回家去吧！你看，我已經聽了你的話，也答應了你的請求。”

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.

³⁶拿八之死亞比該到了拿八那裡，他正在家中擺設筵席，好像帝王的筵席一樣。拿八心裡暢快，喝得爛醉如泥，所以無論大事小事亞比該都沒有告訴他，直到第二天早晨。

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.

³⁷到了早晨，拿八酒醒了，他的妻子才把這些事告訴他，他就嚇得魂不附體，立刻中風癱瘓了。

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

³⁸大約過了十天，耶和華擊打拿八，他就死了。

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.

³⁹大衛娶亞比該為妻大衛聽見拿八死了，就說：“耶和華是應當稱頌的，因為他為我伸了拿八羞辱我的冤，又阻止了僕人行惡，也使拿八的惡歸到他自己的頭上。”於是大衛派人去對亞比該說要娶她作他的妻子。

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.”

⁴⁰大衛的僕人到了迦密去見亞比該，對她說：“大衛差派我們到你這裡來，要娶你作他的妻子。”

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.”

⁴¹亞比該就起來，面伏於地叩拜，說：“婢女願意作女僕，洗我主人的腳！”

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.

⁴²亞比該急忙起來，騎上驢，帶著五個跟隨她的女僕，跟從大衛的使者去了，就作了大衛的妻子。

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

⁴³大衛先娶了耶斯列人亞希暖，她們二人都作了他的妻子。

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

⁴⁴掃羅已經把他的女兒米甲，就是大衛的妻子，賜給了迦琳人拉億的兒子帕提作妻子。