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1死了，以色列众人聚集，为他哀哭，将他葬在拉玛—他自己的坟墓（原文是房屋）里。大卫起身，下到巴兰的旷野。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.
2在玛云有一个人，他的产业在迦密，是一个大富户，有三千绵羊，一千山羊；他正在迦密。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.
3那人名叫，是迦勒族的人；他的妻名叫，是聪明俊美的妇人。拿八为人凶恶。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.
4大卫在旷野听见说拿八剪羊毛，While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.
5大卫就打发十个仆人，吩咐他们说：“你们上迦密去见拿八，提我的名问他安。So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name
6要对那富户如此说：‘愿你平安，愿你家平安，愿你一切所有的都平安。and say to him, ‘Long life to you, and peace to you and to your house and to all that belongs to you.
7现在我听说有人为你剪羊毛，你的牧人在迦密的时候和我们在一处，我们没有欺负他们，他们也未曾失落什么。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.
8可以问你的仆人，他们必告诉你。所以愿我的仆人在你眼前蒙恩，因为是在好日子来的。求你随手取点赐与仆人和你儿子大卫。’”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.’”
9大卫的仆人到了，将这话提大卫的名都告诉了拿八，就住了口。When David’s young men arrived, they relayed all these words to Nabal on behalf of David. Then they waited.
10拿八回答大卫的仆人说：“大卫是谁？耶西的儿子是谁？近来悖逆主人奔逃的仆人甚多，But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.
11我岂可将饮食和为我剪羊毛人所宰的肉给我不知道从哪里来的人呢？”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?”
12大卫的仆人就转身从原路回去，照这话告诉大卫。So David’s men turned around and went back, and they relayed to him all these words.
13大卫向跟随他的人说：“你们各人都要带上刀！”众人就都带上刀，大卫也带上刀。跟随大卫上去的约有四百人，留下二百人看守器具。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.
14有拿八的一个仆人告诉拿八的妻亚比该说：“大卫从旷野打发使者来问我主人的安，主人却辱骂他们。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.
15但是那些人待我们甚好；我们在田野与他们来往的时候，没有受他们的欺负，也未曾失落什么。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.
16我们在他们那里牧羊的时候，他们昼夜作我们的。They were a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.
17所以你当筹划，看怎样行才好；不然，祸患定要临到我主人和他全家。他性情凶暴，无人敢与他说话。”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!”
18亚比该急忙将二百饼，两皮袋酒，五只收拾好了的羊，五细亚烘好了的穗子，一百葡萄饼，二百无花果饼，都驮在驴上，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
19对仆人说：“你们前头走，我随着你们去。”这事她却没有告诉丈夫拿八。and said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
20亚比该骑着驴，正下山坡，见大卫和跟随他的人从对面下来，亚比该就迎接他们。As Abigail came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming down toward her, and she met them.
21大卫曾说：“我在旷野为那人看守所有的，以致他一样不失落，实在是徒然了！他向我以恶报善。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.
22凡属拿八的男丁，我若留一个到明日早晨，愿 神重重降罚与我！”May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one male belonging to Nabal survive until morning.”
23亚比该见大卫，便急忙下驴，在大卫面前脸伏于地叩拜，When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.
24俯伏在大卫的脚前，说：“我主啊，愿这罪归我！求你容婢女向你进言，更求你听婢女的话。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.
25我主不要理这坏人拿八，他的性情与他的名相称；他名叫拿八（就是愚顽的意思），他为人果然愚顽。但我主所打发的仆人，婢女并没有看见。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.
26我主啊，耶和华既然阻止你亲手报仇，取流血的罪，所以我指着永生的耶和华、又敢在你面前起誓说：‘愿你的仇敌和谋害你的人都像拿八一样。’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.
27如今求你将婢女送来的礼物给跟随你的仆人。Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.
28求你饶恕婢女的罪过。耶和华必为我主建立坚固的家，因我主为耶和华争战；并且在你平生的日子查不出有什么过来。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.
29虽有人起来追逼你，寻索你的性命，你的性命却在耶和华—你的 神那里蒙保护，；你仇敌的性命，耶和华必抛去，如用机弦甩石一样。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.
30–31我主现在若不亲手报仇流无辜人的血，到了耶和华照所应许你的话赐福与你，立你作以色列的王，那时我主必不致心里不安，觉得良心有亏。耶和华赐福与我主的时候，求你记念婢女。”When the LORD has done for my lord all the good He promised, and when He has appointed you ruler over Israel, 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.”
32大卫对亚比该说：“耶和华—以色列的 神是应当称颂的，因为他今日使你来迎接我。Then David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me this day!
33你和你的见识也当称赞；因为你今日拦阻我亲手报仇、流人的血。Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.
34我指着阻止我加害于你的耶和华—以色列永生的 神起誓，你若不速速地来迎接我，到明日早晨，凡属拿八的男丁必定不留一个。”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.”
35大卫受了亚比该送来的礼物，就对她说：“我听了你的话，准了你的情面，你可以平平安安地回家吧！”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.”
36亚比该到拿八那里，见他在家里设摆筵席，如同王的筵席；拿八快乐大醉。亚比该无论大小事都没有告诉他，就等到次日早晨。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.
37到了早晨，拿八醒了酒，他的妻将这些事都告诉他，他就魂不附体，。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.
38过了十天，耶和华击打拿八，他就死了。About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.
39大卫听见拿八死了，就说：“应当称颂耶和华，因他伸了拿八羞辱我的冤，又阻止仆人行恶；也使拿八的恶归到拿八的头上。”于是大卫打发人去，与亚比该说，要娶她为妻。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.
40大卫的仆人到了迦密见亚比该，对她说：“大卫打发我们来见你，想要娶你为妻。”When his servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said, “David has sent us to take you as his wife.”
41亚比该就起来，俯伏在地，说：“我情愿作婢女，洗我主仆人的脚。”She arose, bowed facedown, and said, “Here is your servant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”
42亚比该立刻起身，骑上驴，带着五个使女，跟从大卫的使者去了，就作了大卫的妻。So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife.
43大卫先娶了耶斯列人亚希暖，她们二人都作了他的妻。David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So she and Abigail were both his wives.
44扫罗已将他的女儿米甲，就是大卫的妻，给了迦琳人拉亿的儿子帕提为妻。But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.