1 Samuel 25 Free Bible Version
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
1 Samuel died. Everyone in Israel gathered to mourn for him, and they buried him at his home in Ramah. David left and went to the Desert of Paran.
1 Y MURIÓ Samuel, y juntóse todo Israel, y lo lloraron, y lo sepultaron en su casa en Rama. Y levantóse David, y se fué al desierto de Parán.
2 A man from Maon was very wealthy. He had property in Carmel and owned one thousand goats and three thousand sheep. He was in Carmel shearing them.
2 Y en Maón había un hombre que tenía su hacienda en el Carmelo, el cual era muy rico, que tenía tres mil ovejas y mil cabras. Y aconteció hallarse esquilando sus ovejas en el Carmelo.
3 The man's name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail. She was a wise and beautiful woman, but her husband was cruel and treated people badly. He was a descendant of Caleb.
3 El nombre de aquel varón era Nabal, y el nombre de su mujer, Abigail. Y era aquella mujer de buen entendimiento y de buena gracia; mas el hombre era duro y de malos hechos; y era del linaje de Caleb.
4 David was in the wilderness, and he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.
4 Y oyó David en el desierto que Nabal esquilaba sus ovejas.
5 So David sent ten of his young men and told them, “Go and see Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name, and say hello from me.
5 Entonces envió David diez criados, y díjoles: Subid al Carmelo, é id á Nabal, y saludadle en mi nombre,
6 Tell him, ‘I wish you a long life! Peace to you and your family, and may everything you do prosper.
6 Y decidle así: Que vivas y sea paz á ti, y paz á tu familia, y paz á todo cuanto tienes.
7 Now I've heard that you are busy shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we didn't mistreat them, and nothing belonging to them was stolen all the time they were in Carmel.
7 Ha poco supe que tienes esquiladores. Ahora, á los pastores tuyos que han estado con nosotros, nunca les hicimos fuerza, ni les faltó algo en todo el tiempo que han estado en el Carmelo.
8 Check with your men and they'll confirm it. Please be kind to my men, especially since we've come on this day of celebration. Please give whatever food you can to us and to your good friend David.’”
8 Pregunta á tus criados, que ellos te lo dirán. Hallen por tanto estos criados gracia en tus ojos, pues que venimos en buen día: ruégote que des lo que tuvieres á mano á tus siervos, y á tu hijo David.
9 David's young men arrived, gave Nabal this message from David, and waited for his reply.
9 Y como llegaron los criados de David, dijeron á Nabal todas estas palabras en nombre de David, y callaron.
10 “Who does this ‘David, son of Jesse’ think he is?” Nabal replied. “Nowadays there are many servants on the run from their masters!
10 Y Nabal respondió á los criados de David, y dijo: ¿Quién es David? ¿y quién es el hijo de Isaí? Muchos siervos hay hoy que se huyen de sus señores.
11 Why should I take the bread and water I've supplied, and the meat I've slaughtered for my shearers, and hand it over to these strangers? I don't even know where they're from!”
11 ¿He de tomar yo ahora mi pan, mi agua, y mi víctima que he preparado para mis esquiladores, y la daré á hombres que no sé de dónde son?
12 So David's men turned around and went back the way they came. When they got back they told David everything Nabal had said.
12 Y tornándose los criados de David, volviéronse por su camino, y vinieron y dijeron á David todas estas palabras.
13 “Everyone, put on your swords!” David ordered. They all put on their swords, and David did too. About four hundred followed David, while two hundred remained behind to guard their gear.
13 Entonces David dijo á sus hombres: Cíñase cada uno su espada. Y ciñóse cada uno su espada: también David ciñó su espada; y subieron tras David como cuatrocientos hombres, y dejaron doscientos con el bagaje.
14 In the meantime one of Nabal's men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, “David sent some messengers from the wilderness to bring greetings to our master, but he only insulted them.
14 Y uno de los criados dió aviso á Abigail mujer de Nabal, diciendo: He aquí David envió mensajeros del desierto que saludasen á nuestro amo, y él los ha zaherido.
15 David's men were always very good to us and they never mistreated us. All the time we were out in the fields with them nothing was stolen from us.
15 Mas aquellos hombres nos han sido muy buenos, y nunca nos han hecho fuerza, ni ninguna cosa nos ha faltado en todo el tiempo que hemos conversado con ellos, mientras hemos estado en el campo.
16 They were like a protective wall to us, both day and night, during the whole time we were with them looking after the sheep.
16 Hannos sido por muro de día y de noche, todos los días que hemos estado con ellos apacentando las ovejas.
17 You should know what happened and consider what you should do about it. Disaster is about to strike our master and his whole family, but he's so obnoxious no one can talk sense into him!”
17 Ahora pues, entiende y mira lo que has de hacer, porque el mal está del todo resuelto contra nuestro amo y contra toda su casa: pues él es un hombre tan malo, que no hay quien pueda hablarle.
18 Abigail quickly gathered together two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five sheep already slaughtered, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred raisin cakes, and two hundred fig cakes, and then loaded everything on donkeys.
18 Entonces Abigail tomó luego doscientos panes, y dos cueros de vino, y cinco ovejas guisadas, y cinco medidas de grano tostado, y cien hilos de uvas pasas, y doscientos panes de higos secos, y cargólo en asnos;
19 She told her men, “Go on ahead. I'll follow you.” But she didn't say anything to her husband Nabal.
19 Y dijo á sus criados: Id delante de mí, que yo os seguiré luego. Y nada declaró á su marido Nabal.
20 As Abigail was riding her donkey through a mountain valley, she saw David and his men descending towards her, and she met them.
20 Y sentándose sobre un asno descendió por una parte secreta del monte, y he aquí David y los suyos que venían frente á ella, y ella les fué al encuentro.
21 David had just been complaining, “So much for my protecting everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness! Nothing at all was stolen from him, and yet what does he do? Pay me back evil for good!
21 Y David había dicho: Ciertamente en vano he guardado todo lo que éste tiene en el desierto, sin que nada le haya faltado de todo cuanto es suyo; y él me ha vuelto mal por bien.
22 May God punish me very severely if I leave even a single one of his men alive by morning!”
22 Así haga Dios, y así añada á los enemigos de David, que de aquí á mañana no tengo de dejar de todo lo que fuere suyo ni aun meante á la pared.
23 When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, and bowed before him, her face to the ground.
23 Y como Abigail vió á David, apeóse prestamente del asno, y postrándose delante de David sobre su rostro, inclinóse á tierra;
24 Falling at his feet in respect, she said, “Sir, I accept full responsibility for what's happened. Please listen to what I, your servant, have to say.
24 Y echóse á sus pies, y dijo: Señor mío, sobre mí sea el pecado; mas ruégote hable tu sierva en tus oídos, y oye las palabras de tu sierva.
25 Please don't concern yourself with this worthless man Nabal. His name means ‘fool,’ and he is really foolish! As for me, your servant, I didn't even see the men you sent.
25 No ponga ahora mi señor su corazón á aquel hombre brusco, á Nabal; porque conforme á su nombre, así es. El se llama Nabal, y la locura está con él: mas yo tu sierva no vi los criados de mi señor, los cuales tú enviaste.
26 Now, sir, as the Lord lives and as you live, the Lord has kept you from shedding blood and from taking your own revenge. Sir, may your enemies and those who want to do you harm be like Nabal.
26 Ahora pues, señor mío, vive Jehová y vive tu alma, que Jehová te ha estorbado que vinieses á [derramar] sangre, y vengarte por tu propia mano. Sean pues como Nabal tus enemigos, y todos los que procuran mal contra mi señor.
27 Please accept this present that I, your servant, have brought to you, sir, and give it to your men.
27 Y ahora esta bendición que tu sierva ha traído á mi señor, dése á los criados que siguen á mi señor.
28 Please forgive any offense that I, your servant, have committed, for the Lord is sure to set up a dynasty for you that will last for a long time, because you, sir, fight the battles of the Lord. Wickedness should not be found in you as long as you live.
28 Y yo te ruego que perdones á tu sierva [esta] ofensa; pues Jehová de cierto hará casa firme á mi señor, por cuanto mi señor hace las guerras de Jehová, y mal no se ha hallado en ti en tus días.
29 If anyone pursues you and tries to kill you, then your life will remain bound up with those the Lord your God looks after, safe in his care. But he will throw away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
29 Bien que alguien se haya levantado á perseguirte y atentar á tu vida, con todo, el alma de mi señor será ligada en el haz de los que viven con Jehová Dios tuyo, y él arrojará el alma de tus enemigos como de en medio de la palma de una honda.
30 So when the Lord has done for you, sir, everything good he promised, and has made you ruler over Israel,
30 Y acontecerá que cuando Jehová hiciere con mi señor conforme á todo el bien que ha hablado de ti, y te mandare que seas caudillo sobre Israel,
31 you won't have feelings of remorse or a guilty conscience over unnecessary bloodshed or of taking your own revenge. And when the Lord has done these good things for you, sir, please remember me, your maidservant.”
31 Entonces, señor mío, no te será esto en tropiezo y turbación de corazón, el que hayas derramado sangre sin causa, ó que mi señor se haya vengado por sí mismo. Guárdese pues mi señor, y cuando Jehová hiciere bien á mi señor, acuérdate de tu sierva.
32 Then David said to Abigail, “Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me today!
32 Y dijo David á Abigail: Bendito sea Jehová Dios de Israel, que te envió para que hoy me encontrases;
33 May you be rewarded for your wise decisions, for preventing me from shedding blood today and taking my own revenge.
33 Y bendito sea tu razonamiento, y bendita tú, que me has estorbado hoy el ir á [derramar] sangre, y á vengarme por mi propia mano:
34 On the contrary, as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you hadn't rushed to meet me, then definitely not a single one of Nabal's men would have been left alive by dawn.”
34 Porque, vive Jehová Dios de Israel que me ha defendido de hacerte mal, que si no te hubieras dado priesa en venirme al encuentro, de aquí á mañana no le quedara á Nabal meante á la pared.
35 David accepted from Abigail what she had brought him, and told her, “You may go home in peace, because I agree with your advice and grant your request.”
35 Y recibió David de su mano lo que le había traído, y díjole: Sube en paz á tu casa, y mira que he oído tu voz, y tenídote respeto.
36 When Abigail got back home to Nabal, he was in the house, partying like a king. He was feeling very merry, and he was very drunk. So she didn't tell him anything until the morning.
36 Y Abigail se vino á Nabal, y he aquí que él tenía banquete en su casa como banquete de rey: y el corazón de Nabal estaba alegre en él, y estaba muy borracho; por lo que ella no le declaró poco ni mucho, hasta que vino el día siguiente.
37 When Nabal had sobered up the next morning, his wife told him what had happened. When he heard what she had to say he had a heart attack and was paralyzed.
37 Pero á la mañana, cuando el vino había salido de Nabal, refirióle su mujer aquestas cosas; y se le amorteció el corazón, y quedóse como una piedra.
38 About ten days later the Lord struck Nabal down and he died.
38 Y pasados diez días Jehová hirió á Nabal, y murió.
39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise the Lord who has supported me against Nabal's insult and has kept me from doing evil. For the Lord made Nabal's wickedness fall back on himself.” Then David sent a message to Abigail, asking for her to marry him.
39 Y luego que David oyó que Nabal era muerto, dijo: Bendito sea Jehová que juzgó la causa de mi afrenta [recibida] de la mano de Nabal, y ha preservado del mal á su siervo; y Jehová ha tornado la malicia de Nabal sobre su propia cabeza. Después envió David á hablar á Abigail, para tomarla por su mujer.
40 When David's men arrived at Carmel, they said to Abigail, “David has sent us to you to bring you back to become his wife.”
40 Y los criados de David vinieron á Abigail en el Carmelo, y hablaron con ella, diciendo: David nos ha enviado á ti, para tomarte por su mujer.
41 She stood up, then bowed down low, and said, “I am David's maidservant. I am prepared to serve and to wash the feet of my master's servants.”
41 Y ella se levantó, é inclinó su rostro á tierra, diciendo: He aquí tu sierva, para que sea sierva que lave los pies de los siervos de mi señor.
42 Abigail quickly got on a donkey and, with her five female servants, went back with David's men and became his wife.
42 Y levantándose luego Abigail con cinco mozas que la seguían, montóse en un asno, y siguió los mensajeros de David, y fué su mujer.
43 David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So they both were his wives.
43 También tomó David á Ahinoam de Jezreel, y ambas á dos fueron sus mujeres.
44 However, Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Paltiel, son of Laish. He was from Gallim.
44 Porque Saúl había dado su hija Michâl mujer de David, á Palti hijo de Lais, que era de Gallim.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abigail
The intelligent and beautiful wife of Nabal, who met David with provisions and turned aside his vengeance, then became his wife after Nabal's death and bore Chileab.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 25:3; 1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Samuel 25:42
Ahinoam
A woman of Jezreel whom David married; she went with him to Gath, was captured by the Amalekites at Ziklag and rescued, and bore his firstborn Amnon in Hebron.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 25:43; 1 Samuel 27:3; 1 Samuel 30:5
David
The shepherd who became Israel's greatest king and a man after God's own heart.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6
Laish
Named as the father of Palti (Paltiel), to whom Saul gave Michal; Palti is described as being from Gallim.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 25:44; 2 Samuel 3:15
Nabal
A very wealthy Calebite of Maon with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, who insulted David's men and died about ten days after the LORD struck him.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 25:3; 1 Samuel 25:10; 1 Samuel 25:38
Paltiel
Palti son of Laish, from Gallim, to whom Saul gave his daughter Michal; he followed her weeping to Bahurim when Ish-bosheth took her from him for David.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 25:44; 2 Samuel 3:15
Cross references (44)
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- 1 1 Samuel 28:3; Numbers 20:29; Deuteronomy 34:8; 2 Chronicles 33:20; Acts 8:2
- 2 Joshua 15:55; 1 Samuel 23:24; Genesis 38:13; Luke 16:19–25; Job 42:12
- 3 Proverbs 14:1; Proverbs 31:10; Isaiah 32:5–7; Psalm 10:3; Proverbs 31:30–31
- 4 2 Samuel 13:23; Genesis 38:13
- 5 Genesis 43:23; 1 Samuel 17:22
- 6 1 Chronicles 12:18; Psalm 122:7; 1 Timothy 5:6; Luke 10:5; 2 Thessalonians 3:16
- 7 1 Samuel 25:21; 1 Samuel 25:15–16; Isaiah 11:6–9; Philippians 2:15; Luke 3:14
- 8 Esther 9:19; Nehemiah 8:10–12; Ecclesiastes 11:2; 1 Samuel 24:11; 1 Samuel 3:6
- 9 2 Chronicles 14:7; Genesis 8:4; 2 Kings 2:15
- 10 Judges 9:28; Psalm 73:7–8; 2 Samuel 20:1; Isaiah 32:7; Isaiah 32:5
- 11 Judges 8:6; Galatians 6:10; Deuteronomy 8:17; 1 Samuel 24:13; 1 Samuel 25:14–15
- 12 2 Samuel 24:13; Hebrews 13:17; Isaiah 36:21–22
- 13 1 Samuel 23:13; Proverbs 19:2; 1 Samuel 30:21–24; Romans 12:19–21; Proverbs 19:11
- 14 1 Samuel 13:10; Mark 15:29
- 15 1 Samuel 25:7; 1 Samuel 25:21; Philippians 2:15
- 16 Job 1:10; Exodus 14:22; Zechariah 2:5; Jeremiah 15:20
- 17 Deuteronomy 13:13; 1 Samuel 20:7; 1 Samuel 25:25; 1 Samuel 20:9; 1 Samuel 2:12
- 18 2 Samuel 16:1; Proverbs 18:16; Proverbs 6:4–5; Matthew 5:25; Genesis 43:11–14
- 19 Genesis 32:20; Genesis 32:16; Proverbs 31:11–12; Proverbs 31:27
- 20 2 Kings 4:24
- 21 Proverbs 17:13; Ephesians 4:26; Romans 12:21; Ephesians 4:31; 1 Peter 2:20–23
- 22 1 Kings 14:10; 1 Samuel 20:13; 1 Samuel 3:17; 1 Kings 21:21; 2 Kings 9:8
- 23 1 Samuel 20:41; Joshua 15:18; Judges 1:14; 1 Samuel 24:8
- 24 2 Samuel 14:9; Esther 8:3; 1 Samuel 25:28; Philemon 18–19; 2 Kings 4:37
- 25 1 Samuel 25:17; Malachi 2:2; 2 Samuel 13:33; Isaiah 42:25; 1 Samuel 25:26
- 26 2 Samuel 18:32; Romans 12:19–20; Genesis 20:6; Psalm 18:47–48; Hebrews 10:30
- 27 1 Samuel 30:26; Genesis 33:11; 2 Kings 5:15; 2 Samuel 16:2; 2 Corinthians 9:5
- 28 1 Samuel 18:17; 2 Samuel 7:11; 1 Chronicles 17:25; 1 Samuel 24:11; 1 Chronicles 17:10
- 29 John 17:21; Malachi 3:17; Matthew 10:29–30; Jeremiah 10:18; Psalm 116:15
- 30 1 Samuel 13:14; 1 Samuel 23:17; Psalm 89:20; 1 Samuel 15:28
- 31 Genesis 40:14; 1 Samuel 25:33; Romans 12:19; Luke 23:42; Psalm 94:1
- 32 Luke 1:68; Psalm 72:18; Genesis 24:27; Exodus 18:10; Ezra 7:27
- 33 1 Samuel 25:26; Proverbs 28:23; Proverbs 27:21; Proverbs 9:9; Proverbs 17:10
- 34 Joshua 10:6; 1 Samuel 11:11; 1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Samuel 25:26; Joshua 10:9
- 35 1 Samuel 20:42; 2 Kings 5:19; Genesis 19:21; Luke 8:48; Job 34:19
- 36 2 Samuel 13:23; 1 Thessalonians 5:7–8; 2 Samuel 13:28; Proverbs 20:1; 1 Samuel 25:19
- 37 Job 15:21–22; Proverbs 23:29–35; 1 Samuel 25:34; 1 Samuel 25:22; Deuteronomy 28:28
- 38 1 Samuel 25:33; 2 Samuel 6:7; 1 Samuel 26:10; 2 Chronicles 10:15; 2 Kings 19:35
- 39 1 Samuel 25:34; Proverbs 22:23; 1 Samuel 25:26; Psalm 7:16; 1 Samuel 25:32
- 40 Genesis 24:51; Genesis 24:37–38
- 41 1 Timothy 5:10; Ruth 2:10; John 13:3–5; Genesis 18:4; Proverbs 18:12
- 42 Genesis 24:61–67; Psalm 45:10–11
- 43 1 Samuel 27:3; 1 Samuel 30:5; Joshua 15:56; 2 Samuel 3:2; Matthew 19:8
- 44 1 Samuel 18:27; 2 Samuel 3:14; Isaiah 10:30; 1 Samuel 18:20
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