1 Samuel 25

1 Entonces Samuel murió. Todo Israel se reunió para lamentar por él, y lo sepultaron en su casa en Ramá. Y David se levantó y bajó a la región despoblada de Parán.

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.

2 Había entonces un hombre en Maón que tenía posesiones en la montaña Carmelo. Aquel hombre era muy pudiente, pues tenía 3.000 ovejas y 1.000 cabras. Esquilaba sus ovejas en la montaña Carmelo.

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.

3 Aquel hombre se llamaba Nabal, y su esposa, Abigail. La esposa tenía buen entendimiento y hermoso semblante, pero el hombre era cruel y malo en sus tratos. Él era del linaje de Caleb.

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 Cuando David estaba en la región despoblada, supo que Nabal esquilaba su rebaño.

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

5 David envió a diez jóvenes y les mandó: Suban a la montaña Carmelo, vayan a Nabal y salúdenlo en mi nombre.

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

6 Y le dirán así: La paz sea contigo. Paz a tu casa y paz a todo cuanto tienes.

And thus shall you say to him that lives in prosperity, Peace be both to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.

7 Ya oí decir que tienes esquiladores. Ahora, tus pastores estuvieron con nosotros. Nunca los maltratamos ni les faltó algo en todo el tiempo que estuvimos en la montaña Carmelo.

And now I have heard that you have shearers: now your shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there anything missing to them, all the while they were in Carmel.

8 Pregunta a tus jóvenes y te lo dirán. Por tanto, hallen favor mis jóvenes ante ti, porque en buen día vinimos. Te ruego que des a tus esclavos y a tu hijo David lo que tengas a mano.

Ask your young men, and they will show you. Why let the young men find favor in your eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray you, whatever comes to your hand to your servants, and to your son David.

9 Cuando los jóvenes de David llegaron, hablaron a Nabal todas estas palabras en nombre de David y esperaron.

And when David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

10 Nabal respondió a los esclavos de David: ¿Quién es David y quién es el hijo de Isaí? ¡Hay muchos esclavos que huyen de sus ʼadón!

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.

11 ¿Tomaré yo ahora mi pan, agua, y carne que sacrifiqué para mis esquiladores y los daré a hombres que no sé de dónde son?

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

12 Entonces los jóvenes de David regresaron por su camino. Llegaron y dijeron a David todas esas palabras.

So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.

13 Entonces David dijo a sus hombres: ¡Átese cada uno su espada! Y cada hombre se la ató, y también David. Como 400 hombres subieron tras David y 200 se quedaron con el equipo militar.

And David said to his men, Gird you 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 stayed by the stuff.

14 Pero uno de los esclavos informó a Abigail, esposa de Nabal: Mira, David envió mensajeros desde la región despoblada para saludar a nuestro ʼadón, y él los despreció.

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.

15 Pero los hombres fueron muy buenos con nosotros. Nunca nos perjudicaron, ni algo nos faltó cuando estuvimos con ellos en el campo.

But the men were very good to 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:

16 Todos los días que estuvimos con ellos y apacentábamos las ovejas fueron para nosotros como un muro tanto de día como de noche.

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

17 Ahora pues, considera lo que debes hacer, porque el mal está decidido contra nuestro ʼadón y contra toda su casa, pues él es tan perverso que nadie le puede hablar.

Now therefore know and consider what you will 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.

18 Entonces Abigail se apresuró, tomó 200 panes, dos odres de vino, cinco ovejas ya preparadas, cinco medidas de grano tostado, 100 racimos de uvas pasas y 200 tortas de higos secos. Ordenó cargar todo sobre asnos

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.

19 y dijo a sus esclavos: Vayan adelante de mí. Miren, yo los seguiré luego. Pero no informó a su esposo Nabal.

And she said to her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.

20 Sucedió que ella montó sobre un asno y descendió por la parte encubierta de la región montañosa. Aconteció que David y sus hombres se encontraron con ella.

And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert on the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.

21 David dijo: Ciertamente en vano cuidé todo lo que éste tiene en la región despoblada, sin que nada falte de todo cuanto es suyo. Él me devolvió mal por bien.

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: and he has requited me evil for good.

22 ¡Así haga ʼElohim a los enemigos de David, y aun añada si de aquí a mañana dejo de los suyos un solo meante a la pared!

So and more also do God to the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that urinates against the wall.

23 Cuando Abigail vio a David, se apresuró a bajar de su asno, cayó sobre su rostro ante David y se postró en tierra.

And when Abigail saw David, she hurried, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,

24 Al postrarse dijo: ʼAdón mío, recaiga la iniquidad sobre mí. Permite que tu esclava hable a tus oídos, y escucha las palabras de tu esclava.

And fell at his feet, and said, On me, my lord, on me let this iniquity be: and let your handmaid, I pray you, speak in your audience, and hear the words of your handmaid.

25 Te ruego, ʼadón mío, no prestes atención a Nabal, ese hombre perverso, porque según su nombre, así es. Nabal es su nombre, y la necedad está con él. Pero yo, tu esclava, no vi a los jóvenes que enviaste, mi ʼadón.

Let not my lord, I pray you, 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 your handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom you did send.

26 Ahora, ʼadón mío, vive Yavé y vive tu alma. Puesto que Yavé te impidió derramar sangre y vengarte por tu propia mano, sean como Nabal tus enemigos y los que procuran el mal de mi ʼadón.

Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, seeing the LORD has withheld you from coming to shed blood, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now let your enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

27 Y ahora, este presente que tu esclava trajo a mi ʼadón sea dado a los jóvenes que acompañan a mi ʼadón.

And now this blessing which your handmaid has brought to my lord, let it even be given to the young men that follow my lord.

28 Te ruego que perdones la transgresión de tu esclava, por cuanto Yavé ciertamente dará una casa segura a mi ʼadón. Porque mi ʼadón pelea las batallas de Yavé, y la iniquidad no se hallará en ti en todos tus días.

I pray you, forgive the trespass of your handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fights the battles of the LORD, and evil has not been found in you all your days.

29 Aunque un hombre se levantó para perseguirte y buscar tu vida, la vida de mi ʼadón está bien atada en el manojo de la vida junto a Yavé tu ʼElohim, mientras Él quita la vida a tus enemigos como por medio de una honda.

Yet a man is risen to pursue you, and to seek your soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD your God; and the souls of your enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.

30 Acontecerá que cuando Yavé haga a mi ʼadón todo el bien que te dijo y te constituya como soberano de Israel,

And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and shall have appointed you ruler over Israel;

31 esto no causará pesar ni remordimiento a mi ʼadón por haber derramado sangre sin causa, o que mi ʼadón se vengó por él mismo. Y cuando Yavé favorezca a mi ʼadón, acuérdate de tu esclava.

That this shall be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood causeless, or that my lord has avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember your handmaid.

32 Entonces David dijo a Abigail: ¡Bendito sea Yavé ʼElohim de Israel, que te envió hoy a encontrarme!

And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent you this day to meet me:

33 ¡Bendito tu razonamiento y bendita tú, que hoy me impediste derramar sangre y vengarme por mi propia mano!

And blessed be your advice, and blessed be you, which have kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with my own hand.

34 Porque, vive Yavé ʼElohim de Israel, que me detuvo de hacerte mal a ti, porque si no te hubieras apresurado a venir a encontrarte conmigo, a la luz del alba no le iba a quedar a Nabal ni un meante a la pared.

For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel lives, which has kept me back from hurting you, except you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there had not been left to Nabal by the morning light any that urinates against the wall.

35 David recibió de mano de ella lo que le llevó y le dijo: Sube a tu casa en paz. Ciertamente atendí tu voz y acepté tu petición.

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

36 Abigail volvió a Nabal, y miró que celebraba un banquete en su casa, como el banquete de un rey. El corazón de Nabal estaba alegre y estaba muy borracho, por lo cual ella no le informó, ni poco ni mucho, hasta que amaneció.

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: why she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

37 Aconteció que por la mañana, cuando el efecto del vino había pasado de Nabal, su esposa le informó estas cosas. Su corazón desmayó en él y se quedó como una piedra.

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.

38 Cuando pasaron como diez días, Yavé hirió a Nabal, y éste murió.

And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.

39 Cuando David oyó que Nabal murió, dijo: ¡Bendito sea Yavé, Quien juzgó la causa de la afrenta que Nabal me hizo, y preservó del mal a su esclavo! Yavé devolvió así la maldad de Nabal sobre su propia cabeza. Y David envió a hablar con Abigail para tomarla como esposa.

And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept his servant from evil: for the LORD has returned the wickedness of Nabal on his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

40 Cuando los esclavos de David fueron a Abigail en la montaña Carmelo, le dijeron: David nos envió a ti, porque quiere tomarte como esposa.

And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, David sent us to you, to take you to him to wife.

41 Ella se levantó, se postró rostro en tierra y dijo: Aquí está tu esclava, para ser la esclava que lave los pies de los esclavos de mi ʼadón.

And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let your handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

42 Luego Abigail se levantó rápidamente y montó en un asno, y llevó cinco doncellas que la atendían. Siguió a los mensajeros de David y fue su esposa.

And Abigail hurried, and arose and rode on an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

43 David tomó también a Ahinoam de Jezreel, y las dos fueron esposas suyas.

David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.

44 Por su parte, Saúl dio a su hija Mical, esposa de David, a Palti, hijo de Lais, natural de Galim.

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