I Samuel, 25

1. Samuel morreu. Todo o Israel se juntou para chorá-lo. Sepultaram-no na sua propriedade em Ramá. E Davi retirou-se para o deserto de Farã.

1. Now Samuel died; and all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah. Then David rose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

2. Havia um homem em Maon, cujas propriedades estavam em Carmelo. Era um homem muito rico e possuía três mil ovelhas e mil cabras. Ele encontrava-se então em Carmelo para a tosquia de suas ovelhas.

2. And there was a man in Ma'on, whose business was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

3. Chamava-se Nabal e sua esposa Abigail, mulher de grande inteligência e formosura. Ele, porém, era grosseiro e mau; descendia de Caleb.

3. Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Ab'igail. The woman was of good understanding and beautiful, but the man was churlish and ill-behaved; he was a Calebite.

4. Davi, no deserto, sabendo que Nabal tosquiava o seu rebanho,

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

5. mandou-lhe dez homens com esta ordem: “Subi a Carmelo e dirigi-vos a Nabal,

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

6. saudando-o em meu nome e dizendo-lhe: Pela vida! A paz seja contigo! Paz à tua casa e paz a todos os teus bens!

6. And thus you shall salute him: `Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.

7. Soube que há tosquia em tua casa. Ora, os teus pastores estiveram perto de nós e nunca lhes fizemos mal algum. Nada lhes faltou durante todo o tempo que ficaram em Carmelo.

7. I hear that you have shearers; now your shepherds have been with us, and we did them no harm, and they missed nothing, all the time they were in Carmel.

8. Pergunta-o aos teus servos e eles o confirmarão. Que os meus encontrem agora graça aos teus olhos, porque chegamos em um dia de festa. Rogo-te que dês aos teus servos e ao teu filho Davi o que tiveres à mão”.

8. Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes; for we come on a feast day. Pray, give whatever you have at hand to your servants and to your son David.'"

9. Os homens de Davi foram e repetiram a Nabal todas essas palavras em nome de Davi e ficaram esperando.

9. When David's young men came, they said all this to Nabal in the name of David; and then they waited.

10. Nabal, porém, respondeu-lhes: “Quem é Davi? E quem é o filho de Jessé? Há hoje muitos escravos que fogem da casa de seus senhores!

10. And Nabal answered David's servants, "Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants nowadays who are breaking away from their masters.

11. Irei eu tomar meu pão, minha água e a carne que preparei para os meus tosquiadores e dá-los a homens que vêm não se sabe de onde?”.

11. Shall I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who come from I do not know where?"

12. Os servos de Davi retomaram o caminho e voltaram. Ao chegarem, contaram tudo ao seu senhor.

12. So David's young men turned away, and came back and told him all this.

13. Então disse Davi aos seus homens: “Cinja cada um a sua espada!”. Todos o fizeram, inclusive Davi. Cerca de quatrocentos homens seguiram Davi, ficando duzentos com as bagagens.

13. And David said to his men, "Every man gird on his sword!" And every man of them girded on his sword; David also girded on his sword; and about four hundred men went up after David, while two hundred remained with the baggage.

14. Mas Abigail, mulher de Nabal, fora informada por um dos servos de seu marido: “Davi mandou, do deserto, mensageiros para saudar o nosso amo, mas ele os recebeu mal.

14. But one of the young men told Ab'igail, Nabal's wife, "Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed at them.

15. No entanto, esses homens nos trataram sempre muito bem e jamais nos fizeram mal algum, nem nos causaram prejuízo durante todo o tempo que estivemos com eles no campo.

15. Yet the men were very good to us, and we suffered no harm, and we did not miss anything when we were in the fields, as long as we went with them;

16. Pelo contrário, serviram-nos de defesa, dia e noite, durante todo o tempo em que estivemos com eles apascentando os rebanhos.

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

17. Vê, pois, o que tens a fazer, porque nosso amo e toda a sua casa está ameaçada de ruína e ele é um malvado com quem não se pode falar”.

17. Now therefore know this and consider what you should do; for evil is determined against our master and against all his house, and he is so ill-natured that one cannot speak to him."

18. Apressou-se então Abigail e tomou duzentos pães, dois odres de vinho, cinco cordeiros preparados, cinco medidas de grão torrado, cem tortas de uvas secas, duzentas de figos secos, e os carregou nos jumentos.

18. Then Ab'igail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two skins of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

19. E disse aos seus servos: “Ide adiante de mim; eu vos seguirei”. Mas não disse nada a Nabal, seu marido.

19. And she said to her young men, "Go on before me; behold, I come after you." But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

20. Quando descia por um caminho secreto da montanha, montada num jumento, encontrou Davi com os seus homens que vinham em sentido inverso.

20. And as she rode on the ass, and came down under cover of the mountain, behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.

21. Ora, Davi dizia: “Em vão, pois, guardei tudo o que esse homem possuía no deserto, sem que lhe fosse tirada coisa alguma! E ele paga-me o bem com o mal.

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

22. Deus trate com todo o seu rigor os inimigos de Davi! E que ele não me poupe, se de hoje até amanhã eu deixar vivo um só homem de tudo o que pertence a Nabal!”.

22. God do so to David and more also, if by morning I leave so much as one male of all who belong to him."

23. Quando Abigail avistou Davi, desceu prontamente do jumento e prostrou-se com o rosto por terra diante dele.

23. When Ab'igail saw David, she made haste, and alighted from the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed to the ground.

24. Assim prostrada aos seus pés, disse-lhe: “Sobre mim, meu senhor, caia a culpa! Deixa falar a tua serva e ouve minhas palavras.

24. She fell at his feet and said, "Upon me alone, my lord, be the guilt; pray let your handmaid speak in your ears, and hear the words of your handmaid.

25. Que o meu senhor não faça caso desse malvado Nabal, pois ele é bem o que o seu nome indica: Nabal, louco; e ele o é. Mas eu, tua escrava, não vi os homens que o meu senhor mandou.

25. Let not my lord regard this ill-natured fellow, Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I your handmaid did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.

26. Agora, por Deus e por tua vida, foi o Senhor quem te impediu de derramar sangue e de te vingar por tua mão. Sejam como Nabal os teus inimigos e os que procuram fazer mal ao meu senhor.

26. Now then, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, seeing the LORD has restrained you from bloodguilt, and from taking vengeance with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.

27. Aceita, pois, este presente que tua serva trouxe ao meu senhor e reparte-o entre os homens que te seguem.

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

28. Rogo-te que perdoes a culpa de tua serva. Certamente o Senhor dará à casa de meu senhor uma existência durável, porque o meu senhor combate nas guerras de Deus e nenhum mal te atingirá em todos os dias de tua vida.

28. Pray forgive the trespass of your handmaid; for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD; and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live.

29. Se alguém te perseguir ou conspirar contra a tua vida, a alma de meu senhor será guardada no escrínio dos vivos junto do Senhor, teu Deus, enquanto a vida de teus inimigos será lançada pelo Senhor ao longe, como a pedra de uma funda.*

29. If men rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living in the care of the LORD your God; and the lives of your enemies he shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling.

30. Quando o Senhor tiver feito ao meu senhor todo o bem que lhe prometeu e te tiver estabelecido chefe sobre Israel,

30. And when the LORD has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you prince over Israel,

31. não terás no coração este pesar, nem este remorso de ter derramado sangue sem motivo e de se ter vingado por si mesmo! Quando o Senhor te tiver feito bem, ó meu Senhor, lembra-te de tua serva”.

31. my lord shall have no cause of grief, or pangs of conscience, for having shed blood without cause or for my lord taking vengeance himself. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, then remember your handmaid."

32. Davi respondeu a Abigail: “Bendito seja o Senhor, Deus de Israel, que te mandou hoje ao meu encontro!

32. And David said to Ab'igail, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me!

33. Bendita seja a tua prudência! E bendita sejas tu mesma, que me impediste hoje de derramar sangue e vingar-me pela minha mão!

33. Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from avenging myself with my own hand!

34. Mas, pelo Senhor, Deus de Israel, que me impediu de te fazer mal, se não tivesses vindo tão depressa ao meu encontro, nada teria ficado de Nabal até amanhã cedo, nem mesmo o último homem!”.

34. For as surely as the LORD the God of Israel lives, who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had made haste and come to meet me, truly by morning there had not been left to Nabal so much as one male."

35. Davi aceitou o que lhe trazia Abigail e ajuntou: “Volta em paz para a tua casa. Vê que te ouvi e te fiz boa acolhida”.

35. Then David received from her hand what she had brought him; and he said to her, "Go up in peace to your house; see, I have hearkened to your voice, and I have granted your petition."

36. Quando Abigail chegou à casa de Nabal, havia lá um grande banquete, um verdadeiro festim de rei. Nabal tinha o coração alegre e estava completamente ébrio. Por isso nada lhe disse, nem pouco nem muito, até o amanhecer.

36. And Ab'igail came to Nabal; and, lo, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; so she told him nothing at all until the morning light.

37. Mas pela manhã, tendo Nabal acordado de sua bebedeira, sua mulher contou-lhe tudo. Seu coração gelou-se no peito e ele tornou-se como uma pedra.

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

38. Dez dias depois Nabal, ferido pelo Senhor, morreu.

38. And about ten days later the LORD smote Nabal; and he died.

39. Tendo Davi notícia da morte de Nabal, exclamou: “Bendito seja o Senhor que me fez justiça do ultraje recebido de sua mão e impediu-me de fazer-lhe mal! O Senhor fez cair sobre sua cabeça a sua própria maldade!”. Depois disso, Davi mandou propor a Abigail tornar-se sua mulher.

39. When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, "Blessed be the LORD who has avenged the insult I received at the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil; the LORD has returned the evil-doing of Nabal upon his own head." Then David sent and wooed Ab'igail, to make her his wife.

40. Seus servos, chegando a Carmelo, disseram-lhe: “Davi mandou-nos a ti, porque deseja tomar-te por mulher”.

40. And when the servants of David came to Ab'igail at Carmel, they said to her, "David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife."

41. Levantou-se então Abigail e prostrou-se com o rosto por terra, dizendo: “Eis a tua serva, que será uma escrava para lavar os pés dos servos de meu Senhor”.

41. And she rose and bowed with her face to the ground, and said, "Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord."

42. Levantou-se depressa, montou num jumento e, seguida de cinco moças, partiu com os enviados de Davi para tornar-se sua mulher.

42. And Ab'igail made haste and rose and mounted on an ass, and her five maidens attended her; she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

43. Davi desposara também Aquinoam, de Jezrael e ambas foram suas mulheres.

43. David also took Ahin'o-am of Jezreel; and both of them became his wives.

44. Quanto à sua mulher Micol, filha de Saul, este a tinha dado por esposa a Falti, de Galim, filho de Lais.

44. Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of La'ish, who was of Gallim.