I Samuel, 25

1. Samuel murió. Todo Israel se congregó para llorarle y lo sepultaron en su heredad, en Ramá. David se levantó y bajó al desierto de Maón.

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. Había un hombre en Maón que tenía su hacienda en Carmelo. Era un hombre muy rico; poseía 3.000 ovejas y mil cabras. Estaba entonces en Carmelo, esquilando su rebaño.

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. El hombre se llamaba Nabal y su mujer se llamaba Abigaíl; ella era muy prudente y hermosa, pero el hombre era duro y de mala conducta. Era calebita.

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. Supo David en el desierto que Nabal estaba esquilando su rebaño

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

5. y mandó diez muchachos diciéndoles: «Subid a Carmelo y llegad donde Nabal y le saludáis en mi nombre,

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. y hablad así a mi hermano; Salud para tí, salud para tu casa y salud para todo lo tuyo.

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. He sabido que estás de esquileo; pues bien, tus pastores han estado con nosotros y nunca les hemos molestado ni han echado en falta nada de lo suyo mientras estuvieron en 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. Pregunta a tus criados y ellos te lo dirán. Que estos muchachos encuentren, pues gracia a tus ojos, ya que hemos venido en un día de fiesta, y dales lo que tengas a mano para tus siervos y tu hijo David."»

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. Llegaron los muchachos de David, dijeron a Nabal todas estas palabras en nombre de David y se quedaron esperando.

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

10. Pero Nabal respondió a los servidores de David: «¿Quién es David y quién es el hijo de Jesé? Abundan hoy en día los siervos que andan huídos de sus señores.

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. ¿Voy a tomar acaso mi pan y mi vino y las reses que he sacrificado para los esquiladores y se las voy a dar a unos hombres que no sé de dónde son?»

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. Los muchachos de David dieron la vuelta y se volvieron por su camino, y en llegando le conmunicaron todas estas palabras.

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

13. David dijo a sus hombres: «Que cada uno ciña su espada.» Todos ciñeron su espada. También David se ciñó su espada. Subieron detrás de David unos cuatrocientos hombres, quedándose doscientos con el bagaje.

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. Uno de los servidores avisó a Abigaíl, mujer de Nabal, diciendo: «Mira que David ha enviado mensajeros desde el desierto para saludar a nuestro amo, y se ha lanzado contra ellos.

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. Sin embargo, esos hombres han sido muy buenos con nosotros, y nada echamos en falta mientras anduvimos con ellos, cuando estábamos en el 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. Fueron nuestra defensa noche y día todo el tiempo que estuvimos con ellos guardando el ganado.

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

17. Date cuenta y mira lo que debes hacer, porque ya está decretada la ruina de nuestro amo y de toda la casa, y es un necio al que nada se puede decir.

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. Tomó Abigaíl a toda prisa doscientos panes y dos ordres de vino, cinco carneros ya preparados, cinco arrobas de trigo tostado, cien racimos de uvas pasas y doscientos panes de higos secos, y lo cargó sobre unos asnos,

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. diciendo a sus servidores: «Pasad delante de mí, que yo os sigo.» Pero nada dijo a su marido Nabal.

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. Cuando bajaba ella, montada en el asno, por lo cubierto de la montaña, David y sus hombres bajaban en dirección contraria y se tropezó con ellos.

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. David se decía: «Muy en vano he guardado en el desierto todo lo de este hombre para que nada de lo suyo le faltase, pues me devuelve mal por bien.

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. Esto haga Dios a David y esto otro añada si para el alba dejo con vida ni un solo varón de los de 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. Apenas vio a David, se apresuró Abigaíl a bajar del asno y cayendo ante David se postró en tierra, y

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. arrojándose a sus pies le dijo: «Caiga sobre mí la falta, señor. Deja que tu sierva hable a tus oídos y eschucha las palabras de tu sierva.

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. No haga caso mi señor de este necio de Nabal; porque le va bien el nombre: necio se llama y la necedad está con él; yo, tu sierva, no vi a los siervos que mi señor había enviado.

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. Ahora, mi señor, por Yahveh y por tu vida, por Yahveh que te ha impedido derramar sangre y tomarte la justicia por tu propia mano, que sean como Nabal tus enemigos y los que buscan la ruina de mi señor.

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. Cuanto a este presente que tu sierva ha hecho traer para mi señor, que sea entregado a los muchachos que marchan en pos de mi señor.

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. Perdona, por favor, la falta de tu sierva, ya que ciertamente hará Yahveh una casa permanente a mi señor, pues mi señor combate las batallas de Yahveh y no vendrá mal sobre ti en toda tu 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. Y aunque se alza un hombre para perseguirte y buscar tu vida, la vida de mi señor está encerrada en la bolsa de la vida, al lado de Yahveh tu Dios, mientras que la vida de los enemigos de mi señor la volteará en el hueco de la honda.

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. Cuando haga Yahveh a mi señor todo el bien que te ha prometido y te haya establecido como caudillo de 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. que no haya turbación ni remordimiento en el corazón de mi señor por haber derramado sangre inocente y haberse tomado mi señor la justicia por su mano; y cuando Yahveh haya favorecido a mi señor. acuérdase de tu sierva.»

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. David dijo a Abigaíl: «Bendito sea Yahveh, Dios de Israel, que te ha enviado hoy a mi encuentro.

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 sea tu prudencia y bendita tú misma que me has impedido derramar sangre y tomarme la justicia por mi mano.

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. Pero con todo, vive Yahveh, Dios de Israel, que me ha impedido hacerte mal, que de no haberte apresurado a venir a mi encuentro, no le hubiera quedado a Nabal, al romper el alba, ni un solo varón.»

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. Tomó David de mano de ella lo que le traía y le dijo: «Sube en paz a tu casa; mira, he escuchado tu voz y he accedido a tu petición.»

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. Cuando Abigaíl llegó donde Nabal, estaba celebrando en su casa un banquete regio; estaba alegre su corazón y completamente borracho. No le dijo una palabra, ni grande ni pequeña, hasta el lucir del día.

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. Pero a la mañana, cuando se le pasó el vino a Nabal, le contó su mujer lo sucedido; el corazón se le murió en el pecho y se le quedó como una piedra.

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. Al cabo de unos diez días hirió Yahveh a Nabal y murió.

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

39. Oyó David que Nabal había muerto y dijo: «Bendito sea Yahveh que ha defendido mi causa contra la injuria de Nabal y ha preservado a su siervo de hacer mal. Yahveh ha hecho caer la maldad de Nabal sobre su cabeza.» Envió David mensajeros para proponer a Abigaíl que fuera su mujer.

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. Llegaron los mensajeros de David a casa de Abigaíl en Carmelo y le hablaron diciendo: «David nos envía a ti para tomarte por mujer.»

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. Se levantó ella y se postró rostro en tierra diciendo: «Tu sierva es una esclava para lavar los pies de los siervos de mi señor.»

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. Se levantó Abigaíl apresuradamente, montó en su asno y, seguida de cinco de sus siervas, se fue tras los enviados de David y fue su mujer.

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. David había tomado también por mujer a Ajinoam de Yizreel y las dos fueron mujeres suyas.

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

44. Saúl había dado su hija Mikal, mujer de David, a Paltí, hijo de Layis, de Gallim.

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