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.

Y murió Samuel, y juntóse todo Israel, y endecháronle, y sepultáronle en su casa en Rama. Y David se levantó, y se fue al desierto de Farán.

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.

Y en Maón había un hombre que tenía su hacienda en el Carmelo, el cual era muy rico: que tenía tres mil ovejas, y mil cabras. Y aconteció, que este trasquilaba sus ovejas en el Carmelo.

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.

El nombre de aquel varón era Nabal: y el nombre de su mujer, Abigail: Y era aquella mujer de buen entendimiento, y de buena gracia; mas el hombre era duro, y de malos hechos: y era del linaje de Caleb.

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

Y David oyó en el desierto, que Nabal trasquilaba sus ovejas.

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;

Y envió David diez criados, y díjoles: Subíd al Carmelo, y veníd a Nabal, y demandádle en mi nombre de paz.

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

Y decídle así: Que vivas, y hayas paz, y tu familia haya paz; y todo lo que a ti pertenece haya paz.

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.

Ahora he entendido que tienes trasquiladores. Ahora, los pastores que tienes han estado con nosotros, a los cuales nunca hicimos fuerza, ni les faltó cosa en todo el tiempo que han estado en el Carmelo.

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.

Pregunta a tus criados, que ellos te lo dirán. Hallen por tanto estos criados gracia en tus ojos, pues que venimos en buen día: ruégote que des lo que tuvieres a mano a tus siervos, y a tu hijo David.

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

Y como llegaron los criados de David, dijeron a Nabal todas estas palabras en nombre de David; y callaron.

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.

Y Nabal respondió a los criados de David, y dijo: ¿Quién es David? ¿Y quién es el hijo de Isaí? Muchos siervos hay hoy, que se huyen de sus señores.

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?

¿Qué tome yo ahora mi pan, mi agua, y mi víctima que he aparejado para mis trasquiladores, y que la dé a hombres que no sé de donde son?

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

Y tornándose los criados de David, volviéronse por su camino. Y viniendo dijeron a David todas estas palabras.

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.

Entonces David dijo a sus hombres: Ciñase cada uno su espada. Y ciñóse cada uno su espada: también David ciñó su espada; y subieron tras David como cuatrocientos hombres; y dejaron doscientos con el bagaje.

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.

Y uno de los criados dio aviso a Abigail mujer de Nabal, diciendo: He aquí, David ha enviado mensajeros del desierto que saludasen a nuestro amo; y él los ha reprendido.

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:

Y aquellos hombres nos han sido muy buenos, y nunca nos han hecho fuerza: y ninguna cosa nos ha faltado en todo el tiempo que con ellos hemos conversado, mientras hemos estado en el campo.

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

Nos han sido por muro de día y de noche, todos los días que hemos apacentado las ovejas con ellos.

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.

Ahora pues entiende y mira lo que has de hacer, porque el mal está del todo resuelto contra nuestro amo, y contra todo su casa, que él es un hombre tan malo, que no hay quien le pueda hablar.

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.

Entonces Abigail tomó luego doscientos panes, y dos cueros de vino, y cinco ovejas guisadas, y cinco medidas de harina tostada, y cien hilos de uvas pasadas, y doscientas masas de higos pasados, y cargólo en asnos;

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.

Y dijo a sus criados: Id delante de mí, que yo os seguiré luego. Y nada declaró a su marido 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.

Y sentándose sobre un asno, descendió por una parte secreta del monte, y, he aquí David y los suyos que venían delante de ella, y ella los encontró.

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.

Y David había dicho: Ciertamente en vano he guardado todo lo que aquel tiene en el desierto, que nada le haya faltado de todo cuanto tiene; y él me ha dado mal pago por el bien.

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

Así haga Dios, y así añada a los enemigos de David, que no tengo de dejar de todo lo que fuere suyo de aquí a mañana meante a la pared.

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

Y como Abigail vio a David, descendió prestamente del asno, y postrándose delante de David sobre su rostro, inclinóse a tierra:

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.

Y echándose a sus pies, dijo: Señor mío, en mí sea este pecado: por tanto ahora hable tu sierva en tus oídos, y oye las palabras de tu sierva.

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.

No ponga ahora mi señor su corazón a aquel hombre impío, a Nabal; porque conforme a su nombre, así es. El se llama Nabal, y la locura está con él; porque yo tu sierva no ví a los criados de mi señor, que enviaste.

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.

Ahora pues, señor mío, vive Jehová, y viva tu alma, que Jehová te ha vedado, que vengas contra sangre, y que tu mano te salve. Tus enemigos pues sean como Nabal, y todos los que procuran mal contra mi señor.

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

Ahora pues esta bendición que tu sierva ha traído a mi señor, dése a los criados que siguen a mi señor:

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.

Y yo te ruego que perdones a tu sierva esta maldad; porque Jehová hará casa firme a mi señor, por cuanto mi señor hace las guerras de Jehová, y mal no se ha hallado en ti en tus días.

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.

Aunque alguien se haya levantado a perseguirte, y buscar tu alma; mas el alma de mi señor será ligada en el haz de los que viven con Jehová Dios tuyo, el cual arrojará el alma de tus enemigos puesta en medio de la palma de la honda.

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;

Y acontecerá que cuando Jehová hiciere con mi señor conforme a todo el bien que ha hablado de ti, y te mandare que seas capitán sobre 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.

Entonces esto no te será, señor mío, en tropezón y escrúpulo de corazón, que hayas derramado sangre sin causa, y que haya mi señor salvádose a sí. Guárdese pues mi señor, y cuando Jehová hiciere bien a mi señor, acuérdate de tu sierva.

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

Entonces David dijo a Abigail: Bendito sea Jehová Dios de Israel, que te envió para que hoy me encontrases.

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.

Y bendito sea tu razonamiento, y bendita seas tú, que me has estorbado hoy de ir a derramar sangres, y que mi mano me salvase.

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.

Porque vive Jehová Dios de Israel, que me ha defendido de hacerte mal, que si no te hubieras dado priesa a venirme al encuentro, de aquí a mañana no le quedara a Nabal meante a la pared.

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.

Y recibió David de su mano lo que le había traído, y díjole: Sube en paz a tu casa, y mira que yo he oído tu voz, y tenídote respeto.

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.

Y Abigail se vino a Nabal; y he aquí que él tenía banquete en su casa como banquete de rey; y el corazón de Nabal estaba ya alegre en él; y estaba muy borracho; y ella no le declaró poco ni mucho, hasta que vino el día siguiente.

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.

Y a la mañana, cuando ya el vino había salido de Nabal, su mujer le declaró los negocios; y el corazón se le murió en sí, y se volvió como una piedra.

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

Y pasados diez días Jehová hirió a Nabal, y murió.

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.

Y como David oyó que Nabal era muerto, dijo: Bendito sea Jehová, que juzgó la causa de mi afrenta de la mano de Nabal, y detuvo del mal a su siervo, y Jehová tornó la malicia de Nabal sobre su cabeza. Y envió David a hablar con Abigail para tomarla por su mujer.

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.

Y los criados de David vinieron a Abigail en el Carmelo, y hablaron con ella, diciendo: David nos ha enviado a ti para tomarte por su mujer.

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.

Y ella se levantó, e inclinó su rostro a tierra, diciendo: He aquí tu sierva, para que sea sierva que lave los pies de los siervos de mi señor.

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.

Y levantándose luego Abigail, sentóse en un asno, con cinco mozas que la seguían; y siguió los mensajeros de David, y fue su mujer.

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

También tomó David a Aquinoam de Jezrael, las cuales ambas fueron sus mujeres.

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

Porque Saul había dado a Micol su hija, la mujer de David, a Falti, hijo de Lais, que era de Gallim.