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.
[Soon after that], Samuel died, and all the Israeli people gathered and mourned for him. They buried his body outside his home in Ramah. Then David and his men moved to the Maon Desert.
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.
In Maon [town] there was a man who owned land in Carmel, [a nearby village]. He was very rich; he owned 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats.
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.
His name was Nabal; he was a descendant of Caleb. His wife Abigail was a wise and beautiful woman, but Nabal was very cruel and treated people very unkindly [IDM].
4 Cuando David estaba en la región despoblada, supo que Nabal esquilaba su rebaño.
One day while David [and his men] were in the desert, someone told him that Nabal was cutting the wool from his sheep.
5 David envió a diez jóvenes y les mandó: Suban a la montaña Carmelo, vayan a Nabal y salúdenlo en mi nombre.
So David told ten of his men, “Go to Nabal at Carmel and greet him for me.
6 Y le dirán así: La paz sea contigo. Paz a tu casa y paz a todo cuanto tienes.
Then tell to him this message from me, ‘I wish/desire that things will go well for you and your family and for everything that you possess.
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.
‘heard people say that you are cutting the wool from your sheep. Previously, when your shepherds were among us, we did not harm them. All the time that your shepherds were among us at Camel, we did not steal any sheep from them.
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.
You can ask your servants if this is true, and they will tell you [that it is true]. We have come here at a time when you are celebrating, so I ask you to please be kind to us and give these men whatever extra food you have, for me, David, and my men to eat.’”
9 Cuando los jóvenes de David llegaron, hablaron a Nabal todas estas palabras en nombre de David y esperaron.
When David’s men arrived where Nabal was, they gave David’s message to him, and they waited [for him to reply]. But Nabal spoke harshly to them.
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!
He said to them, “Who [does] this man, this son of Jesse, [think that he] is? [DOU, RHQ] There are many slaves who are running away from their masters at the present time, [and it seems to me that he is just one of them].
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?
I give bread and water to the men who are cutting the wool from my sheep, and I give them meat from animals that I have slaughtered. Why should I take some of those things and give them to a group of outlaws [RHQ]? (Who knows where they have come from?/I do not even know where they have come from.)” [RHQ]
12 Entonces los jóvenes de David regresaron por su camino. Llegaron y dijeron a David todas esas palabras.
Then David’s men returned and told him what Nabal had said.
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.
When David heard that, he told his men, “[We are going to kill Nabal; ] fasten your swords!” So he fastened on his sword and about 400 men fastened on their swords and went with David. There were 200 of his men who stayed with their supplies.
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.
One of Nabal’s servants [found out what David and his men were planning to do, so he] went to Nabal’s wife Abigail and said to her, “David sent some messengers from the desert to greet our master Nabal, but Nabal only yelled at them.
15 Pero los hombres fueron muy buenos con nosotros. Nunca nos perjudicaron, ni algo nos faltó cuando estuvimos con ellos en el campo.
All the time that we were in the fields close to them, those men of David were very kind to us. They did not harm us. They did not steal anything from us.
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 protected us during the daytime and during the night. They were like a wall [MET] around us to protect us while we were taking care of our 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.
So now you should think about it and decide what you can do. [If you do not do something, ] terrible things will happen to our master and to all his family. Nabal is an extremely wicked man, with the result that [he will not heed anyone when] that person tries to tell him anything [that he should do].”
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
[When] Abigail [heard that, she] very quickly gathered 200 loaves [of bread], and also got two leather bags full of wine, the meat from five sheep, a bushel of roasted grain, 100 packs of raisins, and 200 packs of dried figs. She put all those things on donkeys.
19 y dijo a sus esclavos: Vayan adelante de mí. Miren, yo los seguiré luego. Pero no informó a su esposo Nabal.
Then she told her servants, “Go ahead of me. I will follow you.” But she did not tell her husband [what she was going to do].
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.
David and his men [had left the place where they were staying and were on the road to Nabal’s property. They] were coming down a hill when they met Abigail.
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.
David had been saying to his men, “It was useless for us to protect that man and all his possessions here in this desert. We did not steal anything that belonged to him, but he has done evil to me in return for our good [things we did for him].
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!
I hope/desire that God will strike me and kill me [IDM] if he or even one of his men [IDM] is still alive tomorrow morning!”
23 Cuando Abigail vio a David, se apresuró a bajar de su asno, cayó sobre su rostro ante David y se postró en tierra.
When Abigail saw David, she quickly got down from her donkey and bowed before him, with her face touching 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.
Then she prostrated herself at David’s feet and said to him, “Sir, I deserve to be punished [for what my husband has done]. Please listen to what I say to you.
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.
Please do not pay attention to [IDM] what this worthless man Nabal has said. His name means ‘fool’, and he surely is a foolish man. But I, who am [willing to be] your servant, did not see the messengers whom you sent to him.
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.
Yahweh has prevented you from getting revenge on anyone and killing anyone. I hope/desire that as surely as Yahweh lives and as surely as you live, your enemies will be [cursed] like Nabal will be.
27 Y ahora, este presente que tu esclava trajo a mi ʼadón sea dado a los jóvenes que acompañan a mi ʼadón.
I have brought a gift for you and for the men who are with you.
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.
Please forgive me if I have done anything wrong to you. Yahweh will surely [reward you by] allowing many of your descendants to become kings of Israel, because you are fighting the battles that Yahweh [wants you to fight]. And [I know that] throughout all your life you have not done anything wrong.
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.
Even when those who are trying to kill you pursue you, you are safe, because Yahweh your God takes care of you. You will be [protected as though you were] [MET] a bundle that he has safely tied up. But your enemies will [disappear as fast as stones] that are hurled from a sling.
30 Acontecerá que cuando Yavé haga a mi ʼadón todo el bien que te dijo y te constituya como soberano de Israel,
Yahweh has promised to do good things for you, and he will do what he has promised. And he will cause you to become the ruler of the Israeli people.
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.
When that happens, [you will be glad that you did not kill any] people in Nabal’s household. You will not think that you deserve to be punished for having taken revenge yourself and killed innocent people. And when Yahweh enables you to successfully [become the king], please do not forget [to be kind to] me.”
32 Entonces David dijo a Abigail: ¡Bendito sea Yavé ʼElohim de Israel, que te envió hoy a encontrarme!
David replied to Abigail, “I praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], because he sent you to [talk with] me.
33 ¡Bendito tu razonamiento y bendita tú, que hoy me impediste derramar sangre y vengarme por mi propia mano!
I hope/desire that Yahweh will bless you for being very wise. You have prevented me from taking revenge myself and killing many people [MTY] today.
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.
Just as surely as Yahweh the God whom we Israelis [worship] is alive, he has prevented me from harming you. If you had not come quickly to talk to me, neither Nabal nor even one of Nabal’s men [IDM] would be still alive tomorrow morning.”
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.
Then David accepted the gifts that Abigail had brought to him. He said to her, “I hope/desire that things will go well for you. I have heard what you said, and I will do what you have requested.”
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.
When Abigail returned to Nabal, he was in his house, having a big celebration like kings have. He was very drunk and feeling very happy. So Abigail did not say anything to him that night [about her meeting with David].
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.
The next morning, when he was no longer drunk, she told him everything [that had happened when she talked with David]. [Immediately] (he had a stroke/a blood vessel burst in his brain) and he became paralyzed [MET].
38 Cuando pasaron como diez días, Yavé hirió a Nabal, y éste murió.
About ten days later Yahweh struck him [again] and 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.
After David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise Yahweh! Nabal insulted me, but Yahweh (vindicated me/got revenge for me). He has prevented me from [doing anything] wrong. And he has punished Nabal for the wrong that he did.” Then David sent [messengers] to Abigail, to ask her if she would become his 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.
His servants went to Carmel and said to Abigail, “David sent us to take you to become his 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.
Abigail bowed down with her face touching the ground. Then she told [the messengers to tell David], “[I am happy to become your wife]. I will be your servant. And I am willing to wash the feet of your slaves.”
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.
Abigail quickly got on her donkey and went with David’s messengers. Five of her maids went with her. [When she arrived where David was, ] she became his wife.
43 David tomó también a Ahinoam de Jezreel, y las dos fueron esposas suyas.
David had previously married Ahinoam, a woman from Jezreel [town near Carmel]. So both Abigail and Ahinoam were now David’s wives.
44 Por su parte, Saúl dio a su hija Mical, esposa de David, a Palti, hijo de Lais, natural de Galim.
King Saul’s daughter Michal was also David’s wife, but Saul had given her to Laish’s son Paltiel, who was from Gallim [town].
