1 Samuel · Majority Standard Bible
1 Samuel 25 Majority Standard Bible
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1 When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness 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 Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.
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 His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.
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 While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.
4 Y oyó David en el desierto que Nabal esquilaba sus ovejas.
5 So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name
5 Entonces envió David diez criados, y díjoles: Subid al Carmelo, é id á Nabal, y saludadle en mi nombre,
6 and say to him, ‘Long life to you, and peace to you and to your house and to all that belongs to you.
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 hear that it is time for shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole 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 Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can spare to your servants and to your son 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 When David’s young men arrived, they relayed all these words to Nabal on behalf of David. Then they waited.
9 Y como llegaron los criados de David, dijeron á Nabal todas estas palabras en nombre de David, y callaron.
10 But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away 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 my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”
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, and they relayed to him all these words.
12 Y tornándose los criados de David, volviéronse por su camino, y vinieron y dijeron á David todas estas palabras.
13 And David said to his men, “Strap on your swords!” So David and all his men strapped on their swords, and about four hundred men followed David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.
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 Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife Abigail, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he screamed at 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 Yet these men were very good to us. When we were in the field, we were not harassed, and nothing of ours went missing the whole time we lived among them.
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 a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.
16 Hannos sido por muro de día y de noche, todos los días que hemos estado con ellos apacentando las ovejas.
17 Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to 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 Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them 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 and said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell 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 came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming down toward 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 Now David had just said, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid 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 David, and ever so severely, if I let one male belonging to Nabal survive until 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, fell facedown, and bowed before him.
23 Y como Abigail vió á David, apeóse prestamente del asno, y postrándose delante de David sobre su rostro, inclinóse á tierra;
24 She fell at his feet and said, “My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant.
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 My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom 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, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has held you back from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, may your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord 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 Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.
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 your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil 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 And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling 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 When the LORD has done for my lord all the good He promised, and when He has appointed 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 then my lord will have no remorse or guilt of conscience over needless bloodshed and revenge. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, may you remember your servant.”
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, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me this day!
32 Y dijo David á Abigail: Bendito sea Jehová Dios de Israel, que te envió para que hoy me encontrases;
33 Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.
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 Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
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 Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him, and he said to her, “Go home in peace. See, I have heeded your voice and granted 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 returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
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 In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him, and he became like a stone.
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 dead.
38 Y pasados diez días Jehová hirió á Nabal, y murió.
39 On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.
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 his servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said, “David has sent us to take you as 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 arose, bowed facedown, and said, “Here is your servant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lord’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 So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers 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 she and Abigail were both his wives.
43 También tomó David á Ahinoam de Jezreel, y ambas á dos fueron sus mujeres.
44 But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who 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
Cross references (44)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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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