1 Samuel · Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
1 Samuel 25 Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
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1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites assembled, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, 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 And [there] was a man in Maon, whose possessions [were] in Carmel; and the man [was] very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep 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 Now the name of the man [was] Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and [she was] a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man [was] churlish and evil in his doings; and he [was] of the house 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 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
4 Y oyó David en el desierto que Nabal esquilaba sus ovejas.
5 And 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:
5 Entonces envió David diez criados, y díjoles: Subid al Carmelo, é id á Nabal, y saludadle en mi nombre,
6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth [in prosperity] , Peace [be] both to thee, and peace [be] to thy house, and peace [be] to all that thou hast.
6 Y decidle así: Que vivas y sea paz á ti, y paz á tu familia, y paz á todo cuanto tienes.
7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds who were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there aught missing to them, all the while 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 thy young men, and they will show thee. Wherefore let the young men find favor in thy eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatever cometh to thy hand, to thy servants, and to thy 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 And when David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal in the name of David, according to all these words, and ceased.
9 Y como llegaron los criados de David, dijeron á Nabal todas estas palabras en nombre de David, y callaron.
10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who [is] David? and who [is] the son of Jesse? there are many servants in these days that break away every man from his master.
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 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give [it] to men, whom I know not whence they [are] ?
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 young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all these sayings.
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, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the goods.
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 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers from the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed 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 But the men [were] very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:
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 to us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
16 Hannos sido por muro de día y de noche, todos los días que hemos estado con ellos apacentando las ovejas.
17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do: for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he [is such] a son of Belial, that [a man] cannot 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 made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched [corn] , and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid [them] on asses.
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 she said to her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not 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 And it was [so] , [as] she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and behold, David and his men came down over against 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 said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this [man] hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that [pertained] to him: and he hath requited me 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 So and more also do God to the enemies of David, if I leave of all that [pertain] to him by the morning light any male person.)
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 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself 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 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, [upon] me [let this] iniquity [be] : and let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thy audience, and hear the words of thy handmaid.
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 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, [even] Nabal; for as his name [is] , so [is] he; Nabal [is] his name, and folly [is] with him: but I thy handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
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 therefore, my lord, [as] the LORD liveth, and [as] thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withheld thee from coming to [shed] blood, and from avenging thyself with thy own hand, now let thy enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as 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 And now this blessing which thy handmaid hath brought to my lord, let it even be given to the young men that follow my lord.
27 Y ahora esta bendición que tu sierva ha traído á mi señor, dése á los criados que siguen á mi señor.
28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thy handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee [all] thy days.
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 Yet a man hath risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thy enemies, them shall he sling out, [as from] the middle of 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 And it will come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee 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 That this will be no grief to thee, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that thou hast shed blood without cause, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid.
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 And David said to Abigail, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me:
32 Y dijo David á Abigail: Bendito sea Jehová Dios de Israel, que te envió para que hoy me encontrases;
33 And blessed [be] thy advice, and blessed [be] thou, who hast kept me this day from coming to [shed] blood, and from avenging myself with 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 For in very deed, [as] the LORD God of Israel liveth, who hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left to Nabal by the morning light any male person.
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 So David received from her hand [that] which she had brought him, and said to her, Return in peace to thy house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
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 And Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart [was] merry within him, for he [was] very drunken: Therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the 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 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine had left Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became [as] 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 And it came to pass about ten days [after] , that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.
38 Y pasados diez días Jehová hirió á Nabal, y murió.
39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed [be] the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to himself for a 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 And when the servants of David had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, David hath sent us to thee, to take thee to him for a 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 And she arose, and bowed herself on [her] face to the earth, and said, Behold, [let] thy handmaid [be] a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
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 And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, 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 also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.
43 También tomó David á Ahinoam de Jezreel, y ambas á dos fueron sus mujeres.
44 But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, who [was] of 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)
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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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