1 Samuel 25

1 AND Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

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 And there 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.

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 the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.

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

5 And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:

ia menyuruh sepuluh pemuda pergi ke Karmel,

6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.

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

7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the 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 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy 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 spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

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

10 And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.

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 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?

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 turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.

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

13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.

"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 told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.

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 the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were 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 They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

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

17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak 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 made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid 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 unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.

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

20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met 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, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me 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 So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

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 hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,

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

24 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.

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

25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.

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 Now therefore, my lord, as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the Lord hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as 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 now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.

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

28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy 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 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.

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 it shall come to pass, when the Lord shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;

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

31 That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the Lord shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.

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, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:

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

33 And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

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

34 For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

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 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.

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

36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

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 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a 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 it came to pass about ten days after, that the Lord smote Nabal, that he died.

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

39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to 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 the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to 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 arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash 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 And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his 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 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.

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

44 But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.

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