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1 Poco después murió Samuel. Todo Israel se reunió para su funeral y lo sepultaron en la propiedad de su familia en Ramá. Mientras tanto, David, descendió al desierto de Parán.
1 Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together and mourned for him, and buried him at his house at Ramah. Then David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
2 Un hombre rico de Maón criaba ovejas allí, junto al pueblo del Carmelo. Tenía tres mil ovejas y mil cabras, y se hallaba en su rancho para esquilar las ovejas.
2 There was a man in Maon whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats; and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
3 Su nombre era Nabal. Su esposa, que se llamaba Abigaíl, era una mujer hermosa e inteligente. Él, que era descendiente de Caleb, en cambio, era duro y soberbio, y de modales rudos.
3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail. This woman was intelligent and had a beautiful face; but the man was surly and evil in his doings. He was of the house of Caleb.
4 Cuando David supo que Nabal estaba esquilando sus ovejas,
4 David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
5 envió a diez de sus hombres a Carmelo con este mensaje:
5 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 «Que Dios te dé prosperidad a ti y a tu familia y te multiplique en todo.
6 Tell him, ‘Long life to you! Peace be to you! Peace be to your house! Peace be to all that you have!
7 Se me ha dicho que estás esquilando tus ovejas y cabras. Últimamente tus pastores han vivido entre nosotros; no les hemos hecho daño ni les hemos robado nada en todo el tiempo que ellos han estado en Carmelo.
7 Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds have now been with us, and we didn’t harm them. Nothing was missing from them all the time they were in Carmel.
8 Pregunta a tus hombres y ellos te dirán si esto es cierto o no. He enviado a mis hombres a pedirte una contribución, pues hemos venido en buen día; danos un presente de lo que tengas a mano».
8 Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes, for we come on a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son David.’”
9 Los jóvenes entregaron a Nabal el mensaje de David y esperaron la respuesta:
9 When David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal all those words in the name of David, and waited.
10 ―¿Quién es este David? ¿Quién se cree que es este hijo de Isaí? Hay muchos esclavos en estos días que huyen de sus amos.
10 Nabal answered David’s servants and said, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days.
11 ¿Es que debo tomar pan, agua y carne, que he preparado para los esquiladores, y dársela a una banda que repentinamente aparece de quién sabe dónde?
11 Shall I then take my bread, my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don’t know where they come from?”
12 Los mensajeros de David regresaron y le dijeron lo que Nabal les había dicho.
12 So David’s young men turned on their way and went back, and came and told him all these words.
13 «Cíñanse las espadas», fue la respuesta de David, mientras se ceñía la suya. Cuatrocientos fueron con David y doscientos se quedaron para cuidar el campamento.
13 David said to his men, “Every man put on his sword!” Every man put on his sword. David also put on his sword. About four hundred men followed David, and two hundred stayed by the baggage.
14 Mientras tanto, uno de los siervos de Nabal fue y le dijo a Abigail: «David envió desde el desierto a unos hombres a hablar con nuestro amo; pero él los insultó y los despidió.
14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master; and he insulted them.
15 Sin embargo, los hombres de David han sido muy bondadosos con nosotros y nunca sufrimos nada de parte de ellos. Es más, día y noche fueron como un muro protector para nosotros y para nuestras ovejas y nada nos fue robado en todo el tiempo en que ellos estuvieron con nosotros.
15 But the men were very good to us, and we were not harmed, and we didn’t miss anything as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields.
16 Not in this translation
16 They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
17 Será bueno que pienses algo, porque habrá dificultades para nuestro amo y para toda su familia, pues es tan obstinado que nadie puede conversar con él».
17 Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master and against all his house, for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.”
18 Abigaíl, con prontitud, tomó doscientos panes, dos odres de vino, cinco ovejas guisadas, cuarenta kilos de grano tostado, cien racimos de pasas y doscientos panes.
18 Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two containers of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five seahs of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.
19 «Vayan —dijo a sus criados— y yo iré tras ustedes». Pero no le dijo a su marido lo que estaba haciendo.
19 She said to her young men, “Go on before me. Behold, I am coming after you.” But she didn’t tell her husband, Nabal.
20 Mientras descendía por el camino montada en su burro, se encontró con David que venía hacia ella.
20 As she rode on her donkey, and came down hidden by the mountain, behold, David and his men came down toward her, and she met them.
21 David había estado pensando: «En vano le hicimos bien a este individuo. Protegimos sus ganados en el desierto para que nada se le perdiera ni le fuera robado, pero él me ha pagado mal por bien.
21 Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good.
22 ¡Que Dios me maldiga si uno de sus hombres queda vivo mañana por la mañana!».
22 God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that belongs to him by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.”
23 Cuando Abigaíl vio a David, se desmontó e hizo una reverencia delante de él.
23 When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got off her donkey, and fell before David on her face and bowed herself to the ground.
24 ―Señor, yo cargo con toda la culpa en esto —dijo postrada a sus pies—. Te ruego que escuches lo que quiero decirte.
24 She fell at his feet and said, “On me, my lord, on me be the blame! Please let your servant speak in your ears. Hear the words of your servant.
25 Nabal es hombre de mal temperamento; pero no le hagas caso. Es un necio, que es exactamente lo que significa su nombre. Pero yo no vi a los mensajeros que enviaste.
25 Please don’t let my lord pay attention to this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your servant, didn’t see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
26 Señor, puesto que el Señor te ha impedido cometer un asesinato y tomar venganza por tus propias manos, te ruego por el Señor y por tu propia vida también que sean malditos como Nabal todos tus enemigos.
26 Now therefore, my lord, as Yahweh lives and as your soul lives, since Yahweh has withheld you from blood guiltiness and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies and those who seek evil to my lord be as Nabal.
27 Mira, este presente lo he traído para ti y tus hombres.
27 Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
28 Perdona mi atrevimiento al venir hasta aquí. El Señor ciertamente te recompensará haciendo que tú y tus descendientes tengan el reino, porque tú peleas las batallas del Señor y jamás se hallará maldad en ti.
28 Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights Yahweh’s battles. Evil will not be found in you all your days.
29 Aun cuando te persigan los que quieren arrancarte la vida, tú estás seguro bajo el cuidado del Señor tu Dios. Pero la vida de tus enemigos desaparecerá como piedras lanzadas con honda.
29 Though men may rise up to pursue you and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord will be bound in the bundle of life with Yahweh your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies as from a sling’s pocket.
30 Cuando el Señor haya cumplido todas las promesas que te ha hecho y te haya investido rey de Israel,
30 It will come to pass, when Yahweh has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you prince over Israel,
31 no querrás tener en tu conciencia una masacre y el haber tomado la ley en tus propias manos. Y cuando el Señor haya hecho estas grandes cosas por ti, acuérdate de mí».
31 that this shall be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. When Yahweh has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant.”
32 David entonces respondió a Abigaíl: ―Bendito sea el Señor Dios de Israel, que te ha enviado a encontrarme en este día.
32 David said to Abigail, “Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you today to meet me!
33 Gracias a Dios por tus buenos razonamientos. Bendita seas, por haberme impedido derramar sangre y hacerme justicia por mis propias manos.
33 Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, who have kept me today from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
34 Porque juro por el Señor Dios de Israel que ha impedido que te haga daño, que si no hubieras venido a mi encuentro, ninguno de los hombres de la casa de Nabal estaría vivo mañana por la mañana.
34 For indeed, as Yahweh the God of Israel lives, who has withheld me from harming you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there wouldn’t have been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.”
35 David aceptó los regalos de ella y le dijo que regresara a su casa sin temor porque él nada le haría a su marido.
35 So David received from her hand that which she had brought him. Then he said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. Behold, I have listened to your voice and have granted your request.”
36 Cuando ella llegó a su casa, encontró que Nabal estaba celebrando un gran festín. Como estaba completamente ebrio, ella decidió no hablarle de su encuentro con David hasta el día siguiente.
36 Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king. Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing until the morning light.
37 Cuando él recobró la sobriedad, su esposa le dijo lo ocurrido,
37 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 y Nabal tuvo un ataque que lo dejó paralizado por diez días. Luego murió porque el Señor lo hirió, y Nabal murió.
38 About ten days later, Yahweh struck Nabal, so that he died.
39 Cuando David oyó que Nabal había muerto, dijo: «Alabado sea el Señor, porque ha pagado a Nabal por su insulto y ha impedido que yo lo haga por mí mismo. Ya ha recibido su castigo por sus pecados». David no perdió tiempo y envió mensajeros a Abigaíl pidiéndole que fuera su esposa.
39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed is Yahweh, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil. Yahweh has returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.” David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to himself as wife.
40 Cuando los mensajeros llegaron al Carmelo y le dijeron a qué habían venido,
40 When David’s servants had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, “David has sent us to you, to take you to him as wife.”
41 ella prontamente accedió a la petición y dijo: «Estoy dispuesta a servirle a David e incluso lavarle los pies a sus sirvientes».
41 She arose and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, “Behold, your servant is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”
42 Se preparó con prontitud, tomó consigo a cinco de sus doncellas, montó en su burro, y siguió a los hombres hasta la presencia de David, y fue su esposa.
42 Abigail hurriedly arose and rode on a donkey with her five maids who followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
43 David también se había casado con Ajinoán de Jezrel,
43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they both became his wives.
44 pues Saúl había obligado a Mical, esposa de David e hija suya, a que se casara con un hombre de Galín que se llamaba Paltiel, hijo de Lais.
44 Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.

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  • Abigail

    Wise widow who married David

    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

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  • Ahinoam

    Wife of David, mother of Amnon

    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

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  • David

    King of Israel

    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

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  • Laish

    Father of Palti

    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

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  • Nabal

    Wealthy, harsh Calebite

    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

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  • Paltiel

    Michal's second husband

    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

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Cross references (43)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 1 Samuel 28:3; Numbers 20:29; Deuteronomy 34:8; 2 Chronicles 33:20; Acts 8:2
  2. 2 Joshua 15:55; 1 Samuel 23:24; Genesis 38:13; Luke 16:19–25; Job 42:12
  3. 3 Proverbs 14:1; Proverbs 31:10; Isaiah 32:5–7; Psalm 10:3; Proverbs 31:30–31
  4. 4 2 Samuel 13:23; Genesis 38:13
  5. 5 Genesis 43:23; 1 Samuel 17:22
  6. 6 1 Chronicles 12:18; Psalm 122:7; 1 Timothy 5:6; Luke 10:5; 2 Thessalonians 3:16
  7. 7 1 Samuel 25:21; 1 Samuel 25:15–16; Isaiah 11:6–9; Philippians 2:15; Luke 3:14
  8. 8 Esther 9:19; Nehemiah 8:10–12; Ecclesiastes 11:2; 1 Samuel 24:11; 1 Samuel 3:6
  9. 9 2 Chronicles 14:7; Genesis 8:4; 2 Kings 2:15
  10. 10 Judges 9:28; Psalm 73:7–8; 2 Samuel 20:1; Isaiah 32:7; Isaiah 32:5
  11. 11 Judges 8:6; Galatians 6:10; Deuteronomy 8:17; 1 Samuel 24:13; 1 Samuel 25:14–15
  12. 12 2 Samuel 24:13; Hebrews 13:17; Isaiah 36:21–22
  13. 13 1 Samuel 23:13; Proverbs 19:2; 1 Samuel 30:21–24; Romans 12:19–21; Proverbs 19:11
  14. 14 1 Samuel 13:10; Mark 15:29
  15. 15 1 Samuel 25:7; 1 Samuel 25:21; Philippians 2:15
  16. 17 Deuteronomy 13:13; 1 Samuel 20:7; 1 Samuel 25:25; 1 Samuel 20:9; 1 Samuel 2:12
  17. 18 2 Samuel 16:1; Proverbs 18:16; Proverbs 6:4–5; Matthew 5:25; Genesis 43:11–14
  18. 19 Genesis 32:20; Genesis 32:16; Proverbs 31:11–12; Proverbs 31:27
  19. 20 2 Kings 4:24
  20. 21 Proverbs 17:13; Ephesians 4:26; Romans 12:21; Ephesians 4:31; 1 Peter 2:20–23
  21. 22 1 Kings 14:10; 1 Samuel 20:13; 1 Samuel 3:17; 1 Kings 21:21; 2 Kings 9:8
  22. 23 1 Samuel 20:41; Joshua 15:18; Judges 1:14; 1 Samuel 24:8
  23. 24 2 Samuel 14:9; Esther 8:3; 1 Samuel 25:28; Philemon 18–19; 2 Kings 4:37
  24. 25 1 Samuel 25:17; Malachi 2:2; 2 Samuel 13:33; Isaiah 42:25; 1 Samuel 25:26
  25. 26 2 Samuel 18:32; Romans 12:19–20; Genesis 20:6; Psalm 18:47–48; Hebrews 10:30
  26. 27 1 Samuel 30:26; Genesis 33:11; 2 Kings 5:15; 2 Samuel 16:2; 2 Corinthians 9:5
  27. 28 1 Samuel 18:17; 2 Samuel 7:11; 1 Chronicles 17:25; 1 Samuel 24:11; 1 Chronicles 17:10
  28. 29 John 17:21; Malachi 3:17; Matthew 10:29–30; Jeremiah 10:18; Psalm 116:15
  29. 30 1 Samuel 13:14; 1 Samuel 23:17; Psalm 89:20; 1 Samuel 15:28
  30. 31 Genesis 40:14; 1 Samuel 25:33; Romans 12:19; Luke 23:42; Psalm 94:1
  31. 32 Luke 1:68; Psalm 72:18; Genesis 24:27; Exodus 18:10; Ezra 7:27
  32. 33 1 Samuel 25:26; Proverbs 28:23; Proverbs 27:21; Proverbs 9:9; Proverbs 17:10
  33. 34 Joshua 10:6; 1 Samuel 11:11; 1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Samuel 25:26; Joshua 10:9
  34. 35 1 Samuel 20:42; 2 Kings 5:19; Genesis 19:21; Luke 8:48; Job 34:19
  35. 36 2 Samuel 13:23; 1 Thessalonians 5:7–8; 2 Samuel 13:28; Proverbs 20:1; 1 Samuel 25:19
  36. 37 Job 15:21–22; Proverbs 23:29–35; 1 Samuel 25:34; 1 Samuel 25:22; Deuteronomy 28:28
  37. 38 1 Samuel 25:33; 2 Samuel 6:7; 1 Samuel 26:10; 2 Chronicles 10:15; 2 Kings 19:35
  38. 39 1 Samuel 25:34; Proverbs 22:23; 1 Samuel 25:26; Psalm 7:16; 1 Samuel 25:32
  39. 40 Genesis 24:51; Genesis 24:37–38
  40. 41 1 Timothy 5:10; Ruth 2:10; John 13:3–5; Genesis 18:4; Proverbs 18:12
  41. 42 Genesis 24:61–67; Psalm 45:10–11
  42. 43 1 Samuel 27:3; 1 Samuel 30:5; Joshua 15:56; 2 Samuel 3:2; Matthew 19:8
  43. 44 1 Samuel 18:27; 2 Samuel 3:14; Isaiah 10:30; 1 Samuel 18:20

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