1 And Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.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.3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding and beautiful: but the man was harsh and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.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:6 and thus you{+} will say to him, To life! Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.7 And now I have heard that you have shearers: your shepherds have now been with us, and we did not hurt them, neither was there anything missing to them, all the while they were in Carmel.8 Ask your young men, and they will tell you: therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes; for we come in a good day: give, I pray you, whatever comes to your hand, to your slaves, and to your son David.9 And when David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.10 And Nabal answered David's slaves, and said, Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many slaves nowadays that break away every man from his master.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 of whom I don't know from where they are?12 So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.13 And David said to his men, Gird{+} 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 remained by the baggage.14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Look, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master; and he railed at them.15 But the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither did we miss anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields:16 they were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them shepherding the sheep.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 Then Abigail hurried, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five seahs of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.19 And she said to her young men, Go on before me; look, I come after you{+}. But she didn't tell her husband Nabal.20 And it was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that, look, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.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: and he has returned me evil for good.22 God do so to David, and more also, if I leave of all who pertain to him by the morning light so much as one urinating against a wall.23 And when Abigail saw David, she hurried, and dismounted from her donkey, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.24 And she fell at his feet, and said, On me, my lord, on me be the iniquity; and let your slave, I pray you, speak in your ears, and you hear the words of your slave.25 Don't let my lord, I pray you, regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I your slave didn't see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.26 Now therefore, my lord, as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, seeing Yahweh has withheld you from bloodguiltiness, 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 And now this present which your slave has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.28 Forgive, I pray you, the trespass of your slave: for Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of Yahweh; and evil will not be found in you all your days.29 And though man rises 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; and the souls of your enemies, he will sling them out, as from the hollow of a sling.30 And it will come to pass, when Yahweh will have done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and will have appointed you leader over Israel,31 that this will 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. And when Yahweh will have dealt well with my lord, then remember your slave.32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me:33 and blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, that have kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.34 For in very deed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, who has withheld me from hurting you, except you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there would not have been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one urinating against a wall.35 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he said to her, Go up in peace to your house; see, I have listened to your voice, and have accepted your person.36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, look, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry inside him, for he was very drunk: therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.37 And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things, and his heart died inside him, and he became as a stone.38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that Yahweh struck Nabal, so that he died.39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Yahweh, that has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his slave from evil: and the evildoing of Nabal Yahweh has returned on his own head. And David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to him as wife.40 And when the slaves of David 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 And she arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, Look, your slave is a slave to wash the feet of my lord's slaves.42 And Abigail hurried, and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five damsels of hers that followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both of them his wives.44 Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.

1 Samuel morreu, e todo o Israel se reuniu e o pranteou; e o sepultaram onde vivia, em Ramá. Depois Davi foi para o deserto de Maom.2 Certo homem de Maom, que tinha seus bens na cidade de Carmelo, era muito rico. Possuía mil cabras e três mil ovelhas, as quais estavam sendo tosquiadas em Carmelo.3 Seu nome era Nabal e o nome de sua mulher era Abigail, mulher inteligente e bonita; mas seu marido, descendente de Calebe, era rude e mau.4 No deserto, Davi ficou sabendo que Nabal estava tosquiando as ovelhas.5 Por isso, enviou dez rapazes e lhes disse: "Levem minha mensagem a Nabal, em Carmelo, e o cumprimentem em meu nome.6 Digam-lhe: ‘Longa vida para o senhor! Muita paz para o senhor e sua família! E muita prosperidade para tudo que é teu! ’7 ‘Sei que estás tosquiando tuas ovelhas. Quando os teus pastores estavam conosco, nós não os maltratamos, e durante todo o tempo em que estiveram em Carmelo não se perdeu nada que fosse deles.8 Pergunte a eles, e eles lhe dirão. Por isso, seja favorável, pois estamos vindo em época de festa. Por favor, dá a nós teus servos e a teu filho Davi o que puderes’ ".9 Os rapazes foram e deram a Nabal essa mensagem, em nome de Davi. E ficaram esperando.10 Nabal respondeu então aos servos de Davi: "Quem é Davi? Quem é esse filho de Jessé? Hoje em dia, muitos servos estão fugindo de seus senhores.11 Por que deveria eu pegar meu pão e minha água, e a carne do gado que abati para meus tosquiadores, e dá-los a homens que vêm não se sabe de onde? "12 Então, os mensageiros de Davi voltaram, e ao chegarem, relataram a ele cada uma dessas palavras.13 Davi ordenou a seus homens: "Ponham suas espadas na cintura! " Assim eles fizeram e também Davi. Cerca de quatrocentos homens acompanharam Davi, enquanto duzentos permaneceram com a bagagem.14 Um dos servos disse a Abigail, mulher de Nabal: "Do deserto, Davi enviou mensageiros para saudar o nosso senhor, mas ele os insultou.15 No entanto, aqueles homens foram muito bons para conosco. Não nos maltrataram, e, durante todo o tempo em que estivemos com eles nos campos, nada perdemos.16 Dia e noite eles eram como um muro ao nosso redor, durante todo o tempo em que estivemos com eles cuidando de nossas ovelhas.17 Agora, leve isso em consideração e veja o que a senhora pode fazer, pois a destruição paira sobre o nosso senhor e sobre toda a sua família. Ele é um homem tão mau que ninguém consegue conversar com ele".18 Imediatamente, Abigail pegou duzentos pães, duas vasilhas de couro cheias de vinho, cinco ovelhas preparadas, cinco medidas de grãos torrados, cem bolos de uvas passas e duzentos bolos de figos prensados, e os carregou em jumentos.19 E disse a seus servos: "Vocês vão na frente; eu os seguirei". Ela, porém, nada disse a Nabal, seu marido.20 Enquanto ela ia montada num jumento, encoberta pela montanha, Davi e seus soldados estavam descendo em sua direção, e ela os encontrou.21 Davi tinha dito: "De nada adiantou proteger os bens daquele homem no deserto, para que nada se perdesse. Ele me pagou o bem com o mal.22 Que Deus castigue a Davi, e o faça com muita severidade, caso até de manhã eu deixe vivo um só do sexo masculino de todos os que pertencem a Nabal! "23 Quando Abigail viu Davi, desceu depressa do jumento e prostrou-se perante Davi, rosto em terra.24 Ela caiu a seus pés e disse: "Meu senhor, a culpa é toda minha. Por favor, deixa a tua serva lhe falar; ouve o que ela tem a dizer.25 Meu senhor, não dês atenção àquele homem mau, Nabal. Ele é insensato, conforme o seu nome significa; e a insensatez o acompanha. Contudo, eu, tua serva, não vi os rapazes que meu senhor enviou.26 "Agora, meu senhor, juro pelo nome do Senhor e por tua vida que foi o Senhor que o impediu de derramar sangue e de vingar-se com tuas próprias mãos. Que teus inimigos e todos os que pretendem fazer-te mal sejam castigados como Nabal.27 E que este presente que esta tua serva trouxe ao meu senhor seja dado aos homens que o seguem.28 Esqueça, eu te suplico, a ofensa de tua serva, pois o Senhor certamente fará um reino duradouro para ti, que travas os combates do Senhor. E em toda a tua vida, nenhuma culpa se ache em ti.29 Mesmo que alguém te persiga para tirar-te a vida, a vida de meu senhor estará firmemente segura como a dos que são protegidos pelo Senhor teu Deus. Mas a vida de teus inimigos será atirada para longe como por uma atiradeira.30 Quando o Senhor tiver feito a meu senhor todo o bem que prometeu e te tiver nomeado líder sobre Israel,31 meu senhor não terá no coração o peso de ter derramado sangue desnecessariamente nem de ter feito justiça com as próprias mãos. E, quando o Senhor tiver abençoado a ti, lembra-te de tua serva".32 Davi disse a Abigail: "Bendito seja o Senhor, o Deus de Israel, que hoje a enviou ao meu encontro.33 Seja você abençoada pelo seu bom senso e por evitar que eu hoje derrame sangue e me vingue com minhas próprias mãos.34 De outro modo, juro pelo nome do Senhor, o Deus de Israel, que evitou que eu lhe fizesse mal, se você não tivesse vindo depressa encontrar-me, nem um só do sexo masculino pertencente a Nabal teria sido deixado vivo ao romper do dia".35 Então Davi aceitou o que ela havia lhe trazido e disse: "Vá para sua casa em paz. Ouvi o que você disse e atenderei o seu pedido".36 Quando Abigail retornou a Nabal, ele estava dando um banquete em casa, como um banquete de rei. Ele estava alegre e bastante bêbado, e ela nada lhe falou até o amanhecer.37 De manhã, quando Nabal estava sóbrio, sua mulher lhe contou todas essas coisas; ele sofreu um ataque e ficou paralisado como uma pedra.38 Cerca de dez dias depois, o Senhor feriu a Nabal, e ele morreu.39 Quando Davi soube que Nabal estava morto, disse: "Bendito seja o Senhor, que defendeu a minha causa contra Nabal, por ter me tratado com desprezo. O Senhor impediu seu servo de praticar o mal e fez com que a maldade de Nabal caísse sobre sua própria cabeça". Então Davi enviou uma mensagem a Abigail, pedindo-lhe que se tornasse sua mulher.40 Seus servos foram a Carmelo e disseram a Abigail: "Davi nos enviou a você para levá-la para tornar-se mulher dele".41 Ela se levantou, depois inclinou-se rosto em terra e disse: "Aqui está a sua serva, pronta para servi-los e lavar os pés dos servos de meu senhor".42 Abigail logo montou num jumento e, acompanhada por suas cinco servas, foi com os mensageiros de Davi e tornou-se sua mulher.43 Davi também casou-se com Ainoã de Jezreel; e as duas foram suas mulheres.44 Saul, porém, tinha dado sua filha Mical, mulher de Davi, a Paltiel, filho de Laís, de Galim.