1 Samuel 25 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Samuel's Death

1Sa 25:1And Samuel dieth, and all Israel are gathered, and mourn for him, and bury him in his house, in Ramah; and David riseth and goeth down unto the wilderness of Paran.

Nabal and Abigail

1Sa 25:2

1Sa 25:2And there is a man in Maon, and his work is in Carmel; and the man is very great, and he hath three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats; and he is shearing his flock in Carmel.

1Sa 25:3

1Sa 25:3And the name of the man is Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail, and the woman is of good understanding, and of fair form, and the man is hard and evil in doings; and he is a Calebite.

1Sa 25:4

1Sa 25:4And David heareth in the wilderness that Nabal is shearing his flock,

1Sa 25:5

1Sa 25:5and David sendeth ten young men, and David saith to the young men, 'Go ye up to Carmel, and ye have come in unto Nabal, and asked of him in my name of welfare,

1Sa 25:6

1Sa 25:6and said thus: To life! and thou, peace; and thy house, peace; and all that thou hast -- peace!

1Sa 25:7

1Sa 25:7and, now, I have heard that thou hast shearers; now, the shepherds whom thou hast have been with us, we have not put them to shame, nor hath anything been looked after by them, all the days of their being in Carmel.

1Sa 25:8

1Sa 25:8'Ask thy young men, and they declare to thee, and the young men find grace in thine eyes, for on a good day we have come; give, I pray thee, that which thy hand findeth, to thy servants, and to thy son, to David.'

1Sa 25:9

1Sa 25:9And the young men of David come in, and speak unto Nabal according to all these words, in the name of David -- and rest.

1Sa 25:10

1Sa 25:10And Nabal answereth the servants of David and saith, 'Who is David, and who the son of Jesse? to-day have servants been multiplied who are breaking away each from his master;

1Sa 25:11

1Sa 25:11and I have taken my bread, and my water, and my flesh, which I slaughtered for my shearers, and have given it to men whom I have not known whence they are!'

1Sa 25:12

1Sa 25:12And the young men of David turn on their way, and turn back, and come in, and declare to him according to all these words.

1Sa 25:13

1Sa 25:13And David saith to his men, 'Gird ye on each his sword;' and they gird on each his sword, and David also girdeth on his sword, and there go up after David about four hundred men, and two hundred have remained by the vessels.

1Sa 25:14

1Sa 25:14And to Abigail wife of Nabal hath one young man of the youths declared, saying, 'Lo, David hath sent messengers out of the wilderness to bless our lord, and he flieth upon them;

1Sa 25:15

1Sa 25:15and the men are very good to us, and have not put us to shame, and we have not looked after anything all the days we have gone up and down with them, in our being in the field;

1Sa 25:16

1Sa 25:16a wall they have been unto us both by night and by day, all the days of our being with them, feeding the flock.

1Sa 25:17

1Sa 25:17'And, now, know and consider what thou dost; for evil hath been determined against our lord, and against all his house, and he is too much a son of worthlessness to be spoken to.'

Abigail Intercedes

1Sa 25:18

1Sa 25:18And Abigail hasteth, and taketh two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep, prepared, and five measures of roasted corn, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and two hundred bunches of figs, and setteth them on the asses.

1Sa 25:19

1Sa 25:19And she saith to her young men, 'Pass over before me; lo, after you I am coming;' and to her husband Nabal she hath not declared it;

1Sa 25:20

1Sa 25:20and it hath come to pass, she is riding on the ass and is coming down in the secret part of the hill-country, and lo, David and his men are coming down to meet her, and she meeteth them.

1Sa 25:21

1Sa 25:21And David said, 'Only, in vain I have kept all that this one hath in the wilderness, and nothing hath been looked after of all that he hath, and he turneth back to me evil for good;

1Sa 25:22

1Sa 25:22thus doth God do to the enemies of David, and thus He doth add, if I leave of all that he hath till the light of the morning -- of those sitting on the wall.'

1Sa 25:23

1Sa 25:23And Abigail seeth David, and hasteth and cometh down from off the ass, and falleth before David on her face, and boweth herself to the earth,

1Sa 25:24

1Sa 25:24and falleth at his feet and saith, 'On me, my lord, the iniquity; and let, I pray thee, thy handmaid speak in thine ear, and hear the words of thy handmaid.

1Sa 25:25

1Sa 25:25'Let not, I pray thee, my lord set his heart to this man of worthlessness, on Nabal, for as his name is so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; and I, thine handmaid, did not see the young men of my lord whom thou didst send;

1Sa 25:26

1Sa 25:26and now, my lord, Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, in that Jehovah hath withheld thee from coming in with blood, and to save thy hand to thee -- now let thine enemies be as Nabal, even those seeking evil unto my lord.

1Sa 25:27

1Sa 25:27'And, now, this blessing which thy maid-servant hath brought to my lord -- it hath been given to the young men who are going up and down at the feet of my lord.

1Sa 25:28

1Sa 25:28'Bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy handmaid, for Jehovah doth certainly make to my lord a stedfast house; for the battles of Jehovah hath my lord fought, and evil is not found in thee all thy days.

1Sa 25:29

1Sa 25:29And man riseth to pursue thee and to seek thy soul, and the soul of my lord hath been bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah thy God; as to the soul of thine enemies, He doth sling them out in the midst of the hollow of the sling.

1Sa 25:30

1Sa 25:30'And it hath been, when Jehovah doth to my lord according to all the good which He hath spoken concerning thee, and appointed thee for leader over Israel,

1Sa 25:31

1Sa 25:31that this is not to thee for a stumbling-block, and for an offence of heart to my lord -- either to shed blood for nought, or my lord's restraining himself; and Jehovah hath done good to my lord, and thou hast remembered thy handmaid.'

1Sa 25:32

1Sa 25:32And David saith to Abigail, 'Blessed is Jehovah, God of Israel, who hath sent thee this day to meet me,

1Sa 25:33

1Sa 25:33and blessed is thy discretion, and blessed art thou in that thou hast restrained me this day from coming in with blood, and to restrain my hand to myself.

1Sa 25:34

1Sa 25:34And yet, Jehovah liveth, God of Israel, who hath kept me back from doing evil with thee, for unless thou hadst hasted, and dost come to meet me, surely there had not been left to Nabal till the light of the morning, of those sitting on the wall.'

1Sa 25:35

1Sa 25:35And David receiveth from her hand that which she hath brought to him, and to her he hath said, 'Go up in peace to thy house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and accept thy face.'

1Sa 25:36

1Sa 25:36And Abigail cometh in unto Nabal, and lo, he hath a banquet in his house, like a banquet of the king, and the heart of Nabal is glad within him, and he is drunk unto excess, and she hath not declared to him anything, less or more, till the light of the morning.

1Sa 25:37

1Sa 25:37And it cometh to pass in the morning, when the wine is gone out from Nabal, that his wife declareth to him these things, and his heart dieth within him, and he hath been as a stone.

1Sa 25:38

1Sa 25:38And it cometh to pass, in about ten days, that Jehovah smiteth Nabal, and he dieth,

David Marries Abigail

1Sa 25:39

1Sa 25:39and David heareth that Nabal is dead, and saith, 'Blessed is Jehovah who hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and His servant hath kept back from evil, and the wickedness of Nabal hath Jehovah turned back on his own head;' and David sendeth and speaketh with Abigail, to take her to him for a wife.

1Sa 25:40

1Sa 25:40And the servants of David come in unto Abigail at Carmel, and speak unto her, saying, 'David hath sent us unto thee to take thee to him for a wife.'

1Sa 25:41

1Sa 25:41And she riseth and boweth herself -- face to the earth -- and saith, 'Lo, thy handmaid is for a maid-servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.'

1Sa 25:42

1Sa 25:42And Abigail hasteth and riseth, and rideth on the ass; and five of her young women who are going at her feet; and she goeth after the messengers of David, and is to him for a wife.

1Sa 25:43

1Sa 25:43And Ahinoam hath David taken from Jezreel, and they are -- even both of them -- to him for wives;

1Sa 25:44

1Sa 25:44and Saul gave Michal his daughter, wife to David, to Phalti son of Laish, who is of Gallim.

The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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