1 Samuel 25
1 Then Samuel died, and all of Israel gathered together, and they mourned him. And they buried him at his house in Ramah. And David, rising up, descended to the desert of Paran.
Samuel murió. Todos en Israel se reunieron para llorar por él, y lo enterraron en su casa de Ramá. David partió y se fue al desierto de Parán.
2 Now there was a certain man in the wilderness of Maon, and his possessions were at Carmel. And this man was exceedingly great. And three thousand sheep, and one thousand goats were his. And it happened that he was shearing his sheep at Carmel.
Había un hombre de Maón que era muy rico. Tenía propiedades en el Carmelo y poseía mil cabras y tres mil ovejas. Estaba en el Carmelo esquilando las ovejas.
3 Now the name of this man was Nabal. And the name of his wife was Abigail. And she was a very prudent and beautiful woman. But her husband was hard-hearted, and very wicked, and malicious. And he was of the stock of Caleb.
El hombre se llamaba Nabal, y su esposa se llamaba Abigail. Era una mujer sabia y hermosa, pero su marido era cruel y trataba mal a la gente. Era descendiente de Caleb.
4 Therefore, when David, in the desert, had heard that Nabal was shearing his sheep,
David estaba en el desierto y se enteró de que Nabal estaba esquilando ovejas.
5 he sent ten young men, and he said to them: “Ascend to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name peacefully.
Entonces David envió a diez de sus jóvenes y les dijo: “Vayan a ver a Nabal al Carmelo. Salúdenlo en mi nombre y salúdenlo de mi parte.
6 And you shall say: ‘Peace be to my brothers and to you, and peace to your house, and peace to whatever you have.
Díganle: ‘¡Te deseo una larga vida! Paz a ti y a tu familia, y que todo lo que hagas prospere.
7 I have heard that your shepherds, who were with us in the desert, were shearing. We have never troubled them, nor was anything from the flock missing to them at any time, during the entire time that they have been with us in Carmel.
Me he enterado de que estás ocupado esquilando. Cuando tus pastores estuvieron con nosotros, no los maltratamos, y nada de lo que les pertenecía fue robado en todo el tiempo que estuvieron en el Carmelo.
8 Question your servants, and they will tell you. Now therefore, may your servants find favor in your eyes. For we have arrived on a good day. Whatever your hand will find, give it to your servants and to your son David.’”
Pregúntales a tus hombres y ellos te lo confirmarán. Por favor, sean amables con mis hombres, sobre todo porque hemos venido en este día de fiesta. Por favor, danos la comida que puedas a nosotros y a tu buen amigo David’”.
9 And when the servants of David had arrived, they spoke to Nabal all these words in the name of David. And then they were silent.
Los jóvenes de David llegaron, le dieron a Nabal este mensaje de parte de David y esperaron su respuesta.
10 But Nabal, responding to the servants of David, said: “Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? Today, servants who are fleeing from their lords are increasing.
“¿Quién se cree ese ‘David, hijo de Isaí’”? respondió Nabal. “¡Hoy en día hay muchos siervos que huyen de sus amos!
11 Therefore, shall I take my bread, and my water, and the meat of the cattle that I have slain for my shearers, and give it to men, when I do not know where they are from?”
¿Por qué habría de tomar el pan y el agua que he suministrado, y la carne que he sacrificado para mis esquiladores, y entregárselos a estos extraños? ¡Ni siquiera sé de dónde son!”.
12 And so the servants of David traveled back along their way. And returning, they went and reported to him all the words that he had said.
Así que los hombres de David se dieron la vuelta y regresaron por donde habían venido. Cuando regresaron, le contaron a David todo lo que Nabal había dicho.
13 Then David said to his servants, “Let each one gird his sword.” And each one girded his sword. And David also girded his sword. And about four hundred men followed David. But two hundred remained behind with the supplies.
“¡Todos, tomen las espadas!” ordenó David. Y todos se pusieron las espadas, y David también lo hizo. Unos cuatrocientos hombres siguieron a David, mientras que doscientos se quedaron atrás para custodiar sus pertrechos.
14 Then it was reported to Abigail, the wife of Nabal, by one of his servants, saying: “Behold, David has sent messengers from the desert, so that they might speak kindly to our lord. But he turned them away.
Mientras tanto, uno de los hombres de Nabal le dijo a Abigail, la esposa de Nabal: “David envió a unos mensajeros del desierto para que le trajeran saludos a nuestro amo, pero él sólo los insultó.
15 These men were good enough to us, and were not troublesome. Neither did we ever lose anything, during the entire time that we conversed with them in the desert.
Los hombres de David siempre fueron muy buenos con nosotros y nunca nos maltrataron. Todo el tiempo que estuvimos en el campo con ellos no nos robaron nada.
16 They were a wall to us, as much in the night as in the day, during all the days that we were with them, pasturing the sheep.
Fueron como un muro protector para nosotros, tanto de día como de noche, durante todo el tiempo que estuvimos con ellos cuidando las ovejas.
17 For this reason, consider and realize what you should do. For evil has been decided against your husband and against your house. And he is a son of Belial, so that no one is able to speak to him.”
Debes saber lo que ha pasado y pensar en lo que debes hacer al respecto. El desastre está a punto de golpear a nuestro amo y a toda su familia, ¡pero es tan odioso que nadie puede hacerlo entrar en razón!”
18 And so Abigail hurried, and she took two hundred loaves, and two vessels of wine, and five cooked sheep, and five measures of cooked grain, and one hundred clusters of dried grapes, and two hundred masses of dried figs, and she set them upon donkeys.
Abigail recolectó rápidamente doscientos panes, dos cueros de vino, cinco ovejas ya sacrificadas, cinco seahs de grano tostado, cien tortas de pasas y doscientas tortas de higos, y luego cargó todo en los asnos.
19 And she said to her servants: “Go before me. Behold, I will follow after your back.” But she did not reveal it to her husband, Nabal.
Entonces les dijo a sus hombres: “Vayan ustedes adelante. Yo los seguiré”. Pero no le dijo nada a su marido Nabal.
20 And when she had climbed on a donkey, and was descending to the base of the mountain, David and his men were descending to meet her. And she met them.
Mientras Abigail montaba en su asno por un valle de la montaña, vio que David y sus hombres bajaban hacia ella, y les salió al encuentro.
21 And David said: “Truly, in vain have I preserved all that was his in the wilderness, so that nothing perished out of all that belonged to him. And he has repaid evil to me for good.
David acababa de quejarse: “¡De nada sirvió proteger las pertenencias de este hombre en el desierto! No le han robado nada en absoluto y, sin embargo, ¿qué hace? ¡Me devuelve mal por bien!
22 May God do these things, by the enemies of David, and may he add these other things, if I leave behind until morning, out of all that belongs to him, anything that urinates against a wall.”
¡Que Dios me castigue muy severamente si dejo vivo a uno solo de sus hombres para la mañana!”
23 Then, when Abigail had seen David, she hurried and descended from the donkey. And she fell upon her face before David, and she reverenced on the ground.
Cuando Abigail vio a David, se bajó rápidamente del asno y se inclinó ante él, con el rostro en el suelo.
24 And she fell at his feet, and she said: “May this iniquity be upon me, my lord. I beg you, let your handmaid speak to your ears, and listen to the words of your servant.
Cayendo a sus pies en señal de respeto, le dijo: “Señor, acepto toda la responsabilidad por lo que ha sucedido. Por favor, escuche lo que yo, su sierva, tengo que decir.
25 Let not my lord, the king, I beseech you, set his heart upon this iniquitous man, Nabal. For in accord with his name, he is senseless, and foolishness is with him. But I, your handmaid, did not see your servants, my lord, whom you had sent.
Por favor, no te inquietes por ese despreciable de Nabal. Su nombre significa ‘tonto’, y él es realmente tonto. En cuanto a mí, tu siervo, ni siquiera vi a los hombres que enviaste.
26 Now therefore, my lord, as your soul lives, and as the Lord lives, who has kept your hand to yourself, and has prevented you from coming to blood: now, let your enemies be like Nabal, and like all those who are seeking evil for my lord.
“Ahora, señor, vive el Señor y vives tú, el Señor te ha impedido derramar sangre y tomar tu propia venganza. Señor, que tus enemigos y los que quieren hacerte daño sean como Nabal.
27 Because of this, accept this blessing, which your handmaid has brought to you, my lord. And give it to the young men who follow you, my lord.
Te ruego que aceptes este presente que yo, tu sierva, te he traído, señor, y se lo des a tus hombres.
28 Forgive the iniquity of your handmaid. For the Lord will surely make for you, my lord, a faithful house, because you, my lord, fight the battles of the Lord. Therefore, let no evil be found in you all the days of your life.
Por favor, perdona cualquier ofensa que yo, tu sierva, haya cometido, porque el Señor está seguro de establecer una dinastía para ti que durará mucho tiempo, porque tú, señor, peleas las batallas del Señor. La maldad no debe encontrarse en ti mientras vivas.
29 For if a man, at any time, will rise up, pursuing you and seeking your life, the life of my lord will be preserved, as if in the sheave of the living, with the Lord your God. But the lives of your enemies will be spun around, as if with the force of a whirling sling.
Si alguien te persigue y trata de matarte, tu vida quedará ligada a los que el Señor, tu Dios, cuida, a salvo en su cuidado. Pero él tirará las vidas de tus enemigos como piedras de una honda.
30 Therefore, when the Lord will have done for you, my lord, all the good that he has spoken about you, and when he will have appointed you as leader over Israel,
Así que cuando el Señor haya hecho por ti, señor, todo el bien que te prometió, y te haya hecho gobernar sobre Israel,
31 this will not be for you a regret or a scruple of the heart, my lord, that you had shed innocent blood, or had taken revenge for yourself. And when the Lord will have done well for my lord, you shall remember your handmaid.”
no tendrás sentimientos de remordimiento ni conciencia culpable por el derramamiento innecesario de sangre ni por tomar tu propia venganza. Y cuando el Señor haya hecho estas cosas buenas por ti, señor, por favor acuérdate de mí, tu sierva”.
32 And David said to Abigail: “Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me. And blessed is your eloquence.
Entonces David le dijo a Abigail: “¡Alabado sea el Señor, el Dios de Israel, que te ha enviado hoy a mi encuentro!
33 And blessed are you, who prevented me today from going to blood, and from taking revenge for myself with my own hand.
Que seas recompensada por tus sabias decisiones, por haber evitado que hoy derramara sangre y me vengara.
34 But instead, as the Lord God of Israel lives, he has prevented me from doing evil to you. But if you had not come quickly to meet me, there would not have been left to Nabal by the morning light, anything that urinates against a wall.”
Por el contrario, vive el Señor, el Dios de Israel, que me ha impedido hacerte daño, si no hubieras salido corriendo a mi encuentro, definitivamente no habría quedado vivo ni uno solo de los hombres de Nabal al amanecer”.
35 Then David received from her hand all that she had brought to him. And he said to her: “Go in peace to your own house. Behold, I have heeded your voice, and I have honored your face.”
David aceptó de Abigail lo que le había traído y le dijo: “Puedes irte a casa en paz, porque estoy de acuerdo con tu consejo y te concedo tu petición”.
36 Then Abigail went to Nabal. And behold, he was holding a feast for himself in his house, like the feast of a king. And the heart of Nabal was cheerful. For he was greatly inebriated. And she did not reveal a word to him, small or great, until morning.
Cuando Abigail volvió a casa de Nabal, éste estaba en la casa, de fiesta como un rey. Se sentía muy alegre y estaba muy borracho. Así que ella no le dijo nada hasta la mañana.
37 Then, at first light, when Nabal had digested his wine, his wife revealed to him these words, and his heart died within himself, and he became like a stone.
A la mañana siguiente, cuando Nabal estaba sobrio, su mujer le contó lo que había sucedido. Cuando él la escuchó, le dio un ataque al corazón y se quedó paralizado.
38 And after ten days had passed, the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.
Unos diez días después, el Señor abatió a Nabal y éste murió.
39 And when David had heard that Nabal was dead, he said: “Blessed is the Lord, who has judged the case of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and who has preserved his servant from evil. And the Lord has repaid the malice of Nabal upon his own head.” Then David sent and he spoke with Abigail, so that he might take her to himself as wife.
Cuando David se enteró de que Nabal había muerto, dijo: “Alabado sea el Señor, que me ha apoyado contra la injuria de Nabal y me ha impedido hacer el mal. Porque el Señor hizo que la maldad de Nabal recayera sobre él”. Entonces David envió un mensaje a Abigail, pidiéndole que se casara con él.
40 And David’s servants went to Abigail at Carmel, and they spoke to her, saying, “David has sent us to you, so that he might take you to himself as wife.”
Cuando los hombres de David llegaron al Carmelo, le dijeron a Abigail: “David nos ha enviado a traerte para que seas su esposa”.
41 And rising up, she reverenced prone on the ground, and she said, “Behold, let your servant be a handmaid, to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”
Ella se levantó, se inclinó y dijo: “Soy la sierva de David. Estoy dispuesta a servir y a lavar los pies de los siervos de mi señor”.
42 And Abigail rose up and hurried, and she climbed upon a donkey, and five girls went with her, her attendants. And she followed the messengers of David, and she became his wife.
Abigail subió rápidamente a un asno y, con sus cinco sirvientas, regresó con los hombres de David y se convirtió en su esposa.
43 Moreover, David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel. And both of them were his wives.
David también se había casado con Ahinoam de Jezreel. Así que ambas fueron sus esposas.
44 Then Saul gave his daughter Michal, the wife of David, to Palti, the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
Sin embargo, Saúl había dado a su hija Mical, esposa de David, a Paltiel, hijo de Laish. Él era de Galim.
