1 Samuel 25

1 Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Maon.

Murió Samuel, y se reunió todo Israel. Lo lloraron y lo enterraron en su casa, en Ramá. Se levantó entonces David y bajó al desierto de Farán.

2 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.

Y había un hombre en Maón, que tenía sus posesiones en Carmel. Este hombre era muy rico, tenía tres mil ovejas y mil cabras. Hallábase en Carmel para el esquileo de sus ovejas.

3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail. And the woman was intelligent and beautiful, but the man was harsh and evil in his dealings; and the man was a Calebite.

Este hombre se llamaba Nabal, y su mujer Abigail. La mujer era de gran prudencia y hermosura; el marido, al contrario, era duro y de malas costumbres y descendía del linaje de Caleb.

4 David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

Al oír David en el desierto que Nabal esquilaba sus ovejas,

5 So David sent ten young men, and said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.

envió diez mozos, a los que dijo: “Subid a Carmel, y llegados a Nabal saludadle en mi nombre,

6 Thus you are to say to my brother, 'Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.

y diréis así: ¡Tengas (larga) vida! ¡Paz a ti, y paz a tu casa, y paz a cuanto tienes!

7 And now, look, I have heard that you have shearers. Now your shepherds have been with us in the wilderness, and we did not hurt them, neither was there anything missing from them, all the while they were in Carmel.

Acabo de saber que los esquiladores están contigo. Ahora bien, cuando tus pastores estaban con nosotros, no los hemos tratado mal y nada les ha faltado durante el tiempo que han estado en Carmel.

8 Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes; for we come in a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand, to your servants, and to your son David.'"

Pregunta a tus criados y te lo dirán. Hallen, pues, estos mozos gracia a tus ojos, porque venimos en un día de fiesta. Te ruego que des a tus siervos y a tu hijo David lo que encuentre tu mano.”

9 So the young men came and spoke to Nabal according to all those words on David's behalf, but he behaved arrogantly.

Fueron, pues, los mozos de David, y repitieron a Nabal todas estas palabras de parte de David, y se quedaron esperando.

10 Nabal answered David's servants, and said, "Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days.

Pero Nabal respondió a los siervos de David, y dijo: “¿Quién es David, y quién el hijo de Isaí? Hoy día son muchos los siervos que andan fugitivos de sus amos.

11 Shall I then take my bread, and my wine, and my meat that I have slaughtered for the shearers of my sheep, and give it to men who I do not know where they come from?"

¿He de tomar yo mi pan y mi agua y mis animales que he degollado para mis esquiladores, y lo daré a hombres que no sé de dónde son?”

12 So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.

Con esto retomaron los mozos de David el camino y volvieron; y habiendo llegado le dijeron todas estas palabras.

13 David said to his men, "Every man put on his sword." So every man put on his sword. David also put on his sword. About four hundred men followed David; and two hundred stayed by the baggage.

Entonces dijo David a su gente: “Cíñase cada uno su espada.” Y se ciñó cada uno su espada, ciñéndose también David la suya; y subieron tras David unos cuatrocientos hombres, quedándose doscientos para custodiar el bagaje.

14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, "Look, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master; and he railed at them.

Uno de los criados dio noticia a Abigail, mujer de Nabal, diciendo: “Mira que David ha enviado desde el desierto mensajeros a saludar a nuestro señor, mas él se precipitó sobre ellos.

15 But the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, nor did we miss anything as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields.

Esos hombres han sido muy buenos con nosotros, no nos molestaron, ni echamos de menos cosa alguna en todo el tiempo que anduvimos con ellos mientras estábamos en el campo.

16 They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

Nos servían de muro tanto de noche como de día, todo el tiempo que estuvimos con ellos, apacentando los rebaños.

17 Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house; for he is such a worthless fellow that one can't speak to him."

Reflexiona ahora tú y mira lo que has de hacer; porque la ruina de nuestro señor y de toda su casa es cosa resuelta, y él es tan malo, que nadie le puede hablar.”

18 Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two bottles of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five measures of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.

Tomó, pues, Abigail a toda prisa doscientos panes, dos pellejos de vino, cinco ovejas aderezadas, cinco medidas de grano tostado, cien atados de pasas y doscientas tortas de higos secos, y poniéndolos sobre los asnos,

19 She said to her young men, "Go on before me. Look, I come after you." But she did not tell her husband.

dijo a sus criados: “Adelantaos, y he aquí que yo os sigo.” Mas a su marido Nabal no le dijo nada.

20 It was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that look, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.

Cuando ella montada sobre el asno bajaba por la falda del monte, he aquí que David y sus hombres venían bajando frente a ella, de modo que dio con ellos.

21 Now David had said, "Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good.

Decía David: “A la verdad que en balde he guardado todo lo que este tenía en el desierto, sin que haya perdido nada de cuanto tenía; pero él me ha devuelto mal por bien.

22 God do so to David, and more also, if I leave of all that belongs to him by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall."

¡Así haga Dios con los enemigos de David, y aún más, si yo hasta la luz del alba dejare con vida uno solo de todos sus hombres!”

23 When Abigail saw David, she hurried, and got off from her donkey, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground at his feet.

Tan pronto como vio Abigail a David, bajó a toda prisa del asno y cayó ante David sobre el rostro postrándose a tierra.

24 And she said, "On me, my lord, be the guilt; and please let your servant speak to you directly, and hear the words of your servant.

Y postrada a sus pies, dijo: “Caiga sobre mí, señor mío, esta culpa. Permite, te ruego, que hable tu sierva a tus oídos, y escucha lo que dice tu sierva.

25 Please do not let my lord regard this worthless fellow, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your servant, did not see the young men whom you sent.

Te ruego, señor mío, no hagas caso de Nabal, ese hombre de Belial, porque él es lo que significa su nombre. Se llama Insensato y de veras está poseído de insensatez. Yo, tu sierva, no vi a los mozos de mi señor, que tú enviaste.

26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, since the LORD has withheld you from blood guiltiness, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

Ahora, señor mío, ¡por la vida de Yahvé, y por la vida de tu alma! que es Yahvé quien te ha preservado de derramar sangre, y hacerte justicia por tu propia mano. ¡Sean como Nabal tus enemigos y los que maquinan el mal contra mi señor!

27 Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.

Y ahora (acepta) este regalo que tu sierva ha traído a mi señor, y que sea dado a los mozos que siguen a mi señor.

28 Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of the LORD; and evil shall not be found in you all your days.

Perdona, te ruego, la falta de tu sierva; pues seguramente va a hacer Yahvé para mi señor una casa estable, puesto que mi señor combate los combates de Yahvé, y nunca en (todos) tus días se halle en ti maldad alguna.

29 Though men may rise up to pursue you, and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies, as from the hollow of a sling.

Y si alguno se levantare para perseguirte y quitarte la vida, será la vida de mi señor guardada en el haz de los vivos junto a Yahvé tu Dios. Pero la vida de tus enemigos la arrojará como una piedra tirada de la cavidad de la honda.

30 It shall come to pass, when the LORD has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and shall have appointed you prince over Israel,

Entonces, cuando haga Yahvé a mi señor todo el bien que tiene prometido en orden a ti, y te ponga por príncipe sobre Israel,

31 that this will have no cause of grief or a troubled conscience for my lord, that blood was shed without cause and that my lord has gained victory by his own hand. And when the LORD has done well with my lord, then remember your servant."

no tendrá mi señor remordimiento y pesar de corazón por haber derramado sangre inocente, ni por haberse vengado mi señor por propia cuenta. Y cuando Yahvé haga bien a mi señor, acuérdate de tu sierva.”

32 David said to Abigail, "Blessed is the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me.

Respondió David a Abigail: “¡Bendito sea Yahvé, el Dios de Israel, que te ha enviado hoy a mi encuentro!

33 Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, that have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.

¡Y bendita sea tu prudencia, y bendita seas tú misma, que hoy me has impedido derramar sangre y vengarme por mi propia cuenta!

34 For indeed, as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has withheld me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there wouldn't have been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall."

Pues —vive Yahvé, el Dios de Israel, que me ha impedido hacerte mal— si tú no te hubieras apresurado a venir a mi encuentro, antes de romper el alba no le habría quedado vivo a Nabal ni un solo hombre.”

35 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he said to her, "Go up in peace to your house. Look, I have listened to your voice, and have granted your request."

Luego recibió David de mano de (Abigail) lo que ella había traído; y le dijo: “Sube en paz a tu casa; ya ves que he oído tu petición y he aceptado tu persona.”

36 Abigail came to Nabal; and look, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

Abigail se volvió a Nabal; y he aquí que celebraban en su casa un banquete como banquete de rey. Y el corazón de Nabal rebosaba de alegría. Estaba él completamente borracho, por lo cual ella no le dijo nada, ni poco ni mucho, hasta la luz de la mañana.

37 It happened in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

Pero a la mañana, cuando Nabal ya había digerido el vino, su mujer le contó estas cosas, y se le paralizó el corazón en el cuerpo, de modo que quedó como una piedra.

38 It happened about ten days after, that the LORD struck Nabal, so that he died.

Así al cabo de unos diez días, Yahvé hirió a Nabal, y este murió.

39 And David heard, and he said, "Blessed is the LORD, who has taken my side in the matter of Nabal's insult, and has kept back his servant from evil. The LORD has returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head." David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to him as wife.

Cuando David supo que Nabal había muerto, dijo: “¡Bendito sea Yahvé que ha defendido mi causa (vengándome) de la afrenta que me hizo Nabal, y ha impedido a su siervo obrar mal! Yahvé ha hecho recaer la maldad de Nabal sobre su misma cabeza.” Después mandó David a decir a Abigail que quería tomarla por mujer.

40 When the servants of David had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, "David has sent us to you, to take you to be his wife."

Fueron los siervos de David a Carmel, a Abigail, y hablaron con ella, diciendo: “David nos ha enviado a ti para tomarte por mujer suya.”

41 She got up and bowed herself with her face to the ground, and said, "Look, your servant is a lowly servant to wash the feet of your servants."

Con lo cual ella se levantó, e inclinando su rostro hasta la tierra, dijo: “Tu sierva no es más que una sirvienta para lavar los pies de los siervos de mi señor.”

42 Then Abigail got up quickly and rode on a donkey, and with five female servants following her; and she followed the messengers of David, and became his wife.

Y levantándose Abigail apresuradamente, montó en un asno, y acompañada de cinco criadas suyas que estaban a sus órdenes, siguió a los mensajeros de David, y fue su mujer.

43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they both became his wives.

David tomó también a Ahinoam, de Jesreel, y ambas fueron mujeres suyas.

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

Saúl había dado Micol, su hija, mujer de David, a Faltí, hijo de Laís, de Gallim.