1 Samuel 25

1 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.

1 撒母耳死了，以色列人都聚在一起哀悼他，把他安葬在拉玛他自己的坟地里。之后，大卫到了巴兰的旷野。

2 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.

2 玛云有个富翁拥有三千只绵羊和一千只山羊，他的产业在迦密。当时他正在迦密剪羊毛。

3 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.

3 他名叫拿八，是迦勒族人，妻子名叫亚比该，既聪慧又漂亮。拿八粗暴凶恶。

4 While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.

4 大卫在旷野得知拿八正在剪羊毛，

5 So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name

5 就派十个部下到迦密去见拿八，吩咐他们以他的名义向拿八问安，

6 and say to him, ‘Long life to you, and peace to you and to your house and to all that belongs to you.

6 对拿八说：“愿你和你全家平安，愿你一切顺利！

7 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.

7 我听说你正在剪羊毛。你的牧人与我们在迦密的时候，我们没有欺负过他们，他们没有丢过任何东西。

8 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.’”

8 你问问你的仆人就知道了。请你恩待我的部下，因为今天是好日子，求你随手赏一点东西给仆人们和晚辈我。”

9 When David’s young men arrived, they relayed all these words to Nabal on behalf of David. Then they waited.

9 大卫的部下就去把大卫的话告诉拿八，等候他的答复。

10 But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.

10 拿八说：“大卫是谁？耶西的儿子是谁？这些日子有很多仆人逃离主人，

11 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?”

11 我怎能把饼、水和为剪羊毛者预备的肉分给一群来历不明的人呢？”

12 So David’s men turned around and went back, and they relayed to him all these words.

12 大卫的部下回去把拿八的话禀告大卫。

13 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.

13 大卫听了，就吩咐众人备刀，他自己也带了刀去拿八那里。大卫带了四百人去，留下二百人看守辎重。

14 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.

14 拿八的一个仆人告诉拿八的妻子亚比该说：“大卫从旷野派人来向我们主人问安，主人却辱骂他们。

15 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.

15 那些人对我们很好，从来不欺负我们。我们跟他们一起在田野的时候，从来没有丢过任何东西。

16 They were a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.

16 我们在他们附近牧羊的时候，他们昼夜不断地保护我们。

17 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!”

17 所以，请你赶快想个法子，不然主人和他全家恐怕都会大难临头。主人是个凶暴的人，没有人敢跟他说话。”

18 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

18 亚比该连忙用驴驮上二百块饼、两皮袋酒、五只宰好了的羊、三十七升烤麦、一百块葡萄饼和二百块无花果饼，

19 and said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

19 又吩咐仆人说：“你们先去吧！我随后就来。”她没有把这事告诉丈夫拿八。

20 As Abigail came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming down toward her, and she met them.

20 她骑着驴下山的时候，就看见大卫和他的部下迎面而来。

21 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.

21 大卫曾说：“我在旷野保护这人的羊群，使它们不致丢失，真是枉费功夫。他竟以怨报德。

22 May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one male belonging to Nabal survive until morning.”

22 如果我让他家里一个男子活到明早，愿上帝重重地惩罚我！”

23 When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.

23 亚比该看见大卫，连忙下驴俯伏下拜。

24 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.

24 她俯伏在大卫脚前说：“我主啊，我愿意承担一切罪过，请听婢女说。

25 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.

25 请不要理会拿八那个恶徒，他人如其名 ，是个名符其实的蠢人。当时婢女没有见到你派来的使者。

26 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.

26 我主啊，既然耶和华阻止你亲手杀人报仇，我就凭永活的耶和华和你的性命起誓，愿你的仇敌和伤害你的人都像拿八一样没有好下场。

27 Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.

27 现在，请把婢女带来的礼物分给你的部下吧。

28 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.

28 请饶恕婢女的罪过，耶和华必使你的子孙世代做王，因为你是在为耶和华而战，愿你一生没有过错。

29 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.

29 你就是被人追杀，也会在你的上帝耶和华的保护下安然无恙。你敌人的性命却要像石头一样被耶和华用投石器抛出去。

30 When the LORD has done for my lord all the good He promised, and when He has appointed you ruler over Israel,

30–31 如果你现在没有杀人报仇，伤害无辜，到了耶和华照应许赐福给你、立你做以色列王的时候，你就不会心里不安了。我主啊，耶和华赐福给你的时候，求你不要忘了婢女。”

31 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 Then David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me this day!

32 大卫对亚比该说：“以色列的上帝耶和华当受称颂！祂今天派你来见我。

33 Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.

33 你很有见识，你今天拦阻我亲手杀人复仇，值得称赞。

34 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.”

34 我凭阻止我杀你的以色列的上帝——永活的耶和华起誓，若不是你赶来迎接我，拿八家中不会有一个男子活到明天早上。”

35 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.”

35 大卫接受了亚比该的礼物，对她说：“安心回家吧，我答应你的请求。”

36 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.

36 她回到家时，拿八正在大摆宴席，排场如御宴。她见拿八心情愉快，喝得酩酊大醉，就什么也没告诉他，等第二天早上再说。

37 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.

37 次日清晨，拿八酒醒以后，他妻子把发生的一切告诉他，他吓得昏死过去，身体僵硬如石。

38 About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.

38 过了十天，耶和华击打拿八，他就死了。

39 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.

39 大卫听见拿八的死讯，就说：“赞美耶和华！拿八羞辱我，祂为我申了冤，又阻止仆人行恶。祂使拿八得到了报应。”后来，大卫差遣使者去向亚比该求婚。

40 When his servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said, “David has sent us to take you as his wife.”

40 他的使者就启程到迦密去向亚比该传达大卫的心意。

41 She arose, bowed facedown, and said, “Here is your servant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”

41 亚比该听了，立刻俯伏在地上说：“婢女愿意效劳，为我主的仆人洗脚。”

42 So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife.

42 她连忙骑上驴，带了五个侍女，跟随大卫的使者前去，做了大卫的妻子。

43 David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So she and Abigail were both his wives.

43 大卫已经娶了耶斯列人亚希暖，她们二人就同做大卫的妻子。

44 But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.

44 扫罗已经把自己的女儿、大卫的妻子米甲嫁给了迦琳人拉亿的儿子帕提。