1 Samuel 25

1 And death came to Samuel; and all Israel came together, weeping for him, and put his body in its resting-place in his house at Ramah. Then David went down to the waste land of Maon.

Tak 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.

2 Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel; he was a great man and had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats: and he was cutting the wool of his sheep in Carmel.

Di 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.

3 Now this man was named Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail: she was a woman of good sense and pleasing looks: but the man was cruel and evil in his ways; he was of the family of Caleb.

4 And David had word in the waste land that Nabal was cutting the wool of his sheep.

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

5 And David sent ten young men, and said to them, Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal, and say kind words to him in my name;

ia menyuruh sepuluh pemuda pergi ke Karmel,

6 And say this to my brother, May all be well for you: peace be to you and your house and all you have.

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

7 I have had word that you have wool-cutters: now the keepers of your sheep have been with us, and we have done them no evil, and taken nothing of theirs while they were in Carmel.

Aku 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.

8 If your young men are questioned they will say the same thing. So now, let my young men have grace in your eyes, for we are come at a good time; please give anything you may have by you to your servants and to your son David.

Coba 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."

9 And when David's young men came, they said all this to Nabal, in David's name, and said nothing more.

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

10 And Nabal gave them his answer and said, Who is David? who is the son of Jesse? there are a number of servants in these days running away from their masters.

Tetapi 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!

11 Am I to take my bread and my wine and the meat I have got ready for my wool-cutters and give it to men coming from I have no idea where?

Mana 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!"

12 So David's young men, turning away, went back and gave him an account of everything he had said.

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

13 And David said to his men, Put on your swords, every one of you. And every man put on his sword; and David did the same; and about four hundred men went up with David, and two hundred kept watch over their goods.

"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.

14 But one of the young men said to Nabal's wife Abigail, David sent men from the waste land to say kind words to our master, and he gave them a rough answer.

Sementara 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.

15 But these men have been very good to us; they did us no wrong and nothing of ours was touched while we were with them in the fields:

Padahal 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.

16 But day and night they were like a wall round us while we were with them, looking after the sheep.

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

17 So now, give thought to what you are going to do; for evil is in store for our master and all his house: for he is such a good-for-nothing person that it is not possible to say anything to him.

Sebab 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!"

18 Then Abigail quickly took two hundred cakes of bread and two skins full of wine and five sheep ready for cooking and five measures of dry grain and a hundred parcels of dry grapes and two hundred cakes of figs, and put them on asses.

Lalu 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.

19 And she said to her young men, Go on in front of me and I will come after you. But she said nothing to her husband Nabal.

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

20 Now while she was going down under cover of the mountain on her ass, David and his men came down against her, and suddenly she came face to face with them.

Abigail 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.

21 Now David had said, What was the use of my taking care of this man's goods in the waste land, so that there was no loss of anything which was his? he has only given me back evil for good.

Pada 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!

22 May God's punishment be on David, if when morning comes there is so much as one male of his people still living.

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

23 And when Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her ass, falling down on her face before him.

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

24 And falling at his feet she said, May the wrong be on me, my lord, on me: let your servant say a word to you, and give ear to the words of your servant.

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

25 Let my lord give no attention to Nabal, that good-for-nothing: for as his name is, so is he, a man without sense: but I, your servant, did not see the young men whom my lord sent.

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

26 So now, my lord, by the living God and by your living soul, seeing that the Lord has kept you from the crime of blood and from taking into your hands the punishment for your wrongs, may all your haters, and those who would do evil to my lord, be like Nabal.

Allah 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.

27 And let this offering, which your servant gives to my lord, be given to the young men who are with my lord.

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

28 And may the sin of your servant have forgiveness: for the Lord will certainly make your family strong, because my lord is fighting in the Lord's war; and no evil will be seen in you all your days.

Maafkanlah 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.

29 And though a man has taken up arms against you, putting your life in danger, still the soul of my lord will be kept safe among the band of the living with the Lord your God; and the souls of those who are against you he will send violently away from him, like stones from a bag.

Seandainya 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.

30 And when the Lord has done for my lord all those good things which he has said he will do for you, and has made you a ruler over Israel;

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

31 Then you will have no cause for grief, and my lord's heart will not be troubled because you have taken life without cause and have yourself given punishment for your wrongs: and when the Lord has been good to you, then give a thought to your servant.

Pada 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."

32 And David said to Abigail, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised, who sent you to me today:

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

33 A blessing on your good sense and on you, who have kept me today from the crime of blood and from taking into my hands the punishment for my wrongs.

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

34 For truly, by the living Lord, the God of Israel, who has kept me from doing you evil, if you had not been so quick in coming to me and meeting me, by dawn there would not have been in Nabal's house so much as one male living.

TUHAN 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!"

35 Then David took from her hands her offering: and he said to her, Go back to your house in peace; see, I have given ear to your voice, and taken your offering with respect.

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

36 And Abigail went back to Nabal; and he was feasting in his house like a king; and Nabal's heart was full of joy, for he had taken much wine; so she said nothing to him till dawn came.

Ketika 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.

37 And in the morning, when the effect of the wine was gone, Nabal's wife gave him an account of all these things, and all the heart went out of him, and he became like stone.

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

38 And about ten days after, the Lord sent disease on Nabal and death came to him.

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

39 And David, hearing that Nabal was dead, said, May the Lord be praised, who has taken up my cause against Nabal for the shame which he put on me, and has kept back his servant from evil, and has sent on Nabal's head the reward of his evil-doing. And David sent word to Abigail, desiring to take her as his wife.

Ketika 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.

40 And when David's servants came to Carmel, to Abigail, they said to her, David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.

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

41 And she got up, and going down on her face to the earth, said, See, I am ready to be a servant-girl, washing the feet of the servants of my lord.

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

42 Then Abigail got up quickly and went on her ass, with five of her young women, after the men whom David had sent; and she became David's wife.

Kemudian 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.

43 And David had taken Ahinoam of Jezreel, to be his wife; these two were his wives.

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

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

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