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.

Tidak lama kemudian Samuel meninggal, dan seluruh umat Israel berkumpul dan meratapi dia. Mereka menguburkannya di rumahnya di Rama. Sesudah itu Daud pindah lagi ke padang belantara di daerah Maon.

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.

Ada seorang laki-laki dari suku Kaleb, bernama Nabal, tinggal di daerah yang sama dan memiliki tanah dekat kota Karmel. Dia seorang yang sangat kaya, yang memiliki 3.000 ekor domba dan 1.000 ekor kambing. Pada saat itu dia sedang berada di Karmel mencukur bulu domba-dombanya. Nabal memiliki istri bernama Abigail. Abigail bijaksana dan cantik, sedangkan suaminya kasar dan perbuatannya jahat.

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 mendengar bahwa Nabal sedang menggunting bulu domba-dombanya,

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;

maka Daud mengirim sepuluh orang dari pasukannya dengan berkata, “Pergilah menemui Nabal di Karmel dan sampaikanlah salamku kepadanya.

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

Katakan begini kepadanya, ‘Saya berharap kemakmuran untuk Tuan, keluarga, dan semua milik Tuan.

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.

Saya mendengar bahwa para pekerjamu sedang menggunting bulu domba-dombamu. Ketika para gembalamu bersama dengan kami di Karmel, kami tidak pernah menyusahkan mereka, dan mereka tidak pernah kehilangan apa pun selama di sana.

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.

Tanyalah kepada mereka, karena mereka bisa menjadi saksi bagimu tentang kelakuan kami! Pada hari pesta ini, biarlah kami berkenan di matamu dan dianggap seperti para hambamu. Berikanlah kepada kami, para hambamu dan anakmu Daud, apa saja yang tersisa dari pestamu.’”

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

Maka para utusan Daud pergi menyampaikan semua pesan itu kepada Nabal, lalu menunggu jawaban darinya.

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.

Namun Nabal menjawab, “Memangnya Daud si anak Isai berpikir siapakah dirinya? Di zaman ini ada banyak orang seperti dia, yang hanyalah seorang budak yang memberontak melawan tuannya!

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?

Haruskah aku mengambil rotiku, airku, dan daging dombaku yang aku sembelih untuk memberi makan para pemotong bulu dombaku dan memberikannya kepada rombongan seperti kalian ini? Aku bahkan tidak mengetahui kalian datang dari mana!”

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

Maka para utusan itu kembali kepada Daud dan menyampaikan semua yang sudah dikatakan Nabal.

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.

Maka Daud berkata kepada seluruh pasukannya, “Kalian semua, siapkanlah pedang dan sarungkan di pinggang kalian masing-masing!” Maka Daud dan pasukannya menyiapkan dan membawa pedang mereka. Sekitar empat ratus orang pergi mengikuti Daud, sementara dua ratus orang lainnya tinggal untuk menjaga barang-barang mereka.

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.

Tetapi salah seorang dari gembala Nabal memberitahu Abigail, istri Nabal, “Daud mengutus pembawa pesan dari padang belantara untuk menyampaikan salam berkat kepada tuan Nabal, tetapi justru dia menghina 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:

Tetapi pasukan Daud itu sangat baik kepada kami. Mereka tidak mengganggu kami, dan tidak ada satu pun dari milik kami yang hilang selama kami bersama dengan mereka di padang.

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

Baik siang maupun malam, mereka seperti benteng yang menjaga kami selama kami menggembalakan domba.

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.

Berpikir dan bertindaklah segera. Karena malapetaka sedang mendekati Nabal dan bisa menghancurkan seluruh keluarganya. Tuan sangat menjengkelkan! Segala nasihat dari siapa pun pasti tidak akan didengarkannya!”

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.

Maka Abigail bergegas menyuruh para budaknya mengambil dua ratus potong roti, dua kantong anggur, lima ekor domba yang sudah disembelih, tiga puluh liter gandum bakar, seratus bungkus kismis, dan dua ratus kue ara. Mereka membungkus barang-barang itu, dan menaikkannya ke atas keledai-keledai.

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 Abigail berkata kepada mereka, “Pergilah mendahului saya. Saya akan menyusul kalian.” Tetapi dia tidak memberitahukan tindakannya ini kepada Nabal.

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 sedang menunggang keledai di jalan berliku-liku di perbukitan itu. Pada saat itu juga, di depannya, Daud dan pasukannya sedang berjalan turun melalui jalan yang sama, sehingga mereka bertemu.

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.

Daud baru saja berkata, “Sia-sialah aku melindungi segala kawanan orang ini di padang belantara! Tidak ada satu pun yang pasukanku curi darinya. Tetapi dia membalas perbuatan baikku 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.

Biarlah Allah menghukum aku, bahkan mencabut nyawaku, jika aku membiarkan seorang laki-laki yang tinggal di rumah Nabal masih hidup sampai besok pagi!”

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

Ketika Abigail melihat Daud, dengan segera turunlah dia dari keledainya, dan bersujud di hadapan 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.

Di depan kaki Daud, Abigail berkata, “Tuanku, biarlah saya saja yang menanggung kesalahan yang sudah terjadi! Karena itu, izinkanlah hambamu berbicara kepadamu! Tolong dengarkanlah perkataan hambamu ini!

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.

Tuanku, tidak usah pedulikan Nabal, si laki-laki jahat itu. Kelakuannya benar-benar sesuai dengan namanya, yaitu ‘orang bodoh.’ Dia memang sungguh-sungguh bodoh! Tetapi mohon maaf, hambamu ini tidak melihat para utusan Tuan tadi.

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.

“Karena itu, saya mengatakan di hadapan TUHAN yang hidup dan di hadapan Tuanku: TUHAN sendirilah yang menahan tangan Tuanku, sehingga Tuanku tidak membalas kejahatan Nabal atau membunuh orang, biarlah TUHAN saja yang menghukum Nabal! Dan biarlah semua musuh Tuan bernasib seperti Nabal!

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

Biarlah hadiah yang hamba bawa ini menyenangkan Tuanku dan semua orang yang mengikuti Tuan.

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.

Ampunilah kesalahan hambamu ini, karena TUHAN pastilah akan membangun keluarga Tuan dan menjadikan mereka keturunan yang kokoh, karena TUHAN sudah mengangkat Tuan untuk memimpin umat-Nya dalam peperangan terhadap musuh-musuh-Nya. Oleh karena itu, biarlah Tuan tidak bisa dituduh melakukan kejahatan apa pun selama hidupmu!

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.

“Apabila seseorang mengejar dan ingin membunuhmu, maka hidup Tuan akan senantiasa dilindungi oleh TUHAN Allahmu, seolah-olah Dia membungkus Tuan di tempat khusus. Tetapi biarlah nyawa musuh-musuhmu disingkirkan-Nya, seperti batu yang dilemparkan dengan umban!

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;

Dengan demikian, ketika TUHAN menepati setiap janji-Nya kepada Tuan, dan Tuanku diangkat-Nya menjadi raja 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.

hati nuranimu tidak akan dibebani dengan rasa bersalah karena tanganmu sendiri dengan cepat membalas dendam atau menumpahkan darah orang tanpa alasan jujur. Dan pada saat TUHAN sudah menggenapi semua hal baik itu bagi Tuan, tolong ingatlah kepada hambamu ini.”

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

Berkatalah Daud kepada Abigail, “Terpujilah TUHAN Allah Israel, yang sudah mengirimmu hari ini untuk menemui saya!

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 TUHAN karena hikmat yang diberikan kepadamu! Semoga kamu pun diberkati-Nya, karena hari ini kamu mencegah saya dari membalas dendam dan menumpahkan darah orang dengan tanganku 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.

Karena saya sudah bersumpah di hadapan TUHAN Allah Israel yang hidup, yang sudah mencegah saya untuk menyakitimu: Jika saja kamu tidak datang dengan cepat menemui saya, maka pada saat fajar tidak akan ada seorang pun laki-laki yang tinggal di rumah Nabal tetap hidup!”

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.

Maka Daud mengambil seluruh hadiah yang dibawa Abigail. Kata Daud kepadanya, “Kembalilah ke rumahmu dengan perasaan tenang. Yakinlah bahwa saya sudah mendengarkanmu dan sudah menyetujui permintaanmu.”

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.

Saat Abigail kembali kepada Nabal, Nabal sedang mengadakan pesta makan besar di rumahnya, yang kemewahannya seperti pesta yang diadakan oleh seorang raja. Nabal bersenang-senang dan sangat mabuk. Maka Abigail tidak memberitahu apa pun kepadanya sampai keesokan harinya.

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.

Pada pagi hari, saat Nabal sudah sadar dari mabuknya, Abigail memberitahukan kepadanya segala hal yang sudah terjadi. Nabal langsung terkena serangan jantung dan tubuhnya menjadi kaku.

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

Sekitar sepuluh hari sesudah kejadian itu, TUHAN menghukum Nabal dan dia pun 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.

Saat Daud mendengar bahwa Nabal sudah meninggal, dia berkata, “Terpujilah TUHAN yang sudah menghindarkan aku dari membalas dendam atas hinaan yang aku terima dari Nabal! TUHAN sudah membalas Nabal untuk dosanya.” Maka Daud mengirim utusan kepada Abigail untuk memohon kepadanya supaya dia 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.

Ketika para utusan tiba di Karmel, mereka berkata kepada Abigail, “Daud mengutus kami untuk memohon kepadamu supaya kamu 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.

Maka Abigail bersujud serta berkata, “Saya ini hambanya, dan saya bersedia membasuh kaki para hamba tuanku.”

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.

Abigail segera menyiapkan dirinya, dan naik ke atas keledainya, dengan diiringi oleh lima orang budak perempuannya. Dia mengikuti para utusan Daud itu. Lalu dia menjadi salah satu istri Daud.

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

Sebelum menikahi Abigail, Daud juga sudah menikahi Ahinoam dari Yisreel.

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

Sedangkan Mikal anak perempuan Saul, yang adalah istri Daud yang pertama, sudah diberikan Saul kepada orang Galim bernama Paltiel, anak Lais.