DB1 | Death of Samuel. 1Sm.25.1 | KNSB Contents | notes| 25 | katapi NEW STUDY BIBLE | Passage | Biblia Hebraica |
| 25 1 | Now Samuel died; and all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah. Then David rose and went down to the wilderness of Paran. | Death of Samuel. 1Sm.25.1 | וַיָּמָת שְׁמוּאֵל וַיִּקָּבְצוּ כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּסְפְּדוּ־לֹו וַיִּקְבְּרֻהוּ בְּבֵיתֹו בָּרָמָה וַיָּקָם דָּוִד וַיֵּרֶד אֶל־מִדְבַּר פָּארָן׃ ס |
| 2 | And there was a man in Maon, whose business was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel. | David & Abigail. 1Sm.25.2-44 | וְאִישׁ בְּמָעֹון וּמַעֲשֵׂהוּ בַכַּרְמֶל וְהָאִישׁ גָּדֹול מְאֹד וְלֹו צֹאן שְׁלֹשֶׁת־אֲלָפִים וְאֶלֶף עִזִּים וַיְהִי בִּגְזֹז אֶת־צֹאנֹו בַּכַּרְמֶל׃ |
| 3 | Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was of good understanding and beautiful, but the man was churlish and ill-behaved; he was a Calebite. | וְשֵׁם הָאִישׁ נָבָל וְשֵׁם אִשְׁתֹּו אֲבִגָיִל וְהָאִשָּׁה טֹובַת־שֶׂכֶל וִיפַת תֹּאַר וְהָאִישׁ קָשֶׁה וְרַע מַעֲלָלִים וְהוּא כ= כָלֶבֹו ק= כָלִבִּי׃ | |
| 4 | David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep. | וַיִּשְׁמַע דָּוִד בַּמִּדְבָּר כִּי־גֹזֵז נָבָל אֶת־צֹאנֹו׃ | |
| 5 | So 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. | וַיִּשְׁלַח דָּוִד עֲשָׂרָה נְעָרִים וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד לַנְּעָרִים עֲלוּ כַרְמֶלָה וּבָאתֶם אֶל־נָבָל וּשְׁאֶלְתֶּם־לֹו בִשְׁמִי לְשָׁלֹום׃ | |
| 6 | And thus you shall salute him: 'Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have. | וַאֲמַרְתֶּם כֹּה לֶחָי וְאַתָּה שָׁלֹום וּבֵיתְךָ שָׁלֹום וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־לְךָ שָׁלֹום׃ | |
| 7 | I hear that you have shearers; now your shepherds have been with us, and we did them no harm, and they missed nothing, all the time they were in Carmel. | וְעַתָּה שָׁמַעְתִּי כִּי גֹזְזִים לָךְ עַתָּה הָרֹעִים אֲשֶׁר־לְךָ הָיוּ עִמָּנוּ לֹא הֶכְלַמְנוּם וְלֹא־נִפְקַד לָהֶם מְאוּמָה כָּל־יְמֵי הֱיֹותָם בַּכַּרְמֶל׃ | |
| 8 | Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favour in your eyes; for we come on a feast day. Pray, give whatever you have at hand to your servants and to your son David.' " | שְׁאַל אֶת־נְעָרֶיךָ וְיַגִּידוּ לָךְ וְיִמְצְאוּ הַנְּעָרִים חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ כִּי־עַל־יֹום טֹוב בָּנוּ תְּנָה־נָּא אֵת אֲשֶׁר תִּמְצָא יָדְךָ לַעֲבָדֶיךָ וּלְבִנְךָ לְדָוִד׃ | |
| 9 | When David's young men came, they said all this to Nabal in the name of David; and then they waited. | וַיָּבֹאוּ נַעֲרֵי דָוִד וַיְדַבְּרוּ אֶל־נָבָל כְּכָל־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה בְּשֵׁם דָּוִד וַיָּנוּחוּ׃ | |
| 10 | And Nabal answered David's servants, "Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants nowadays who are breaking away from their masters. | וַיַּעַן נָבָל אֶת־עַבְדֵי דָוִד וַיֹּאמֶר מִי דָוִד וּמִי בֶן־יִשָׁי הַיֹּום רַבּוּ עֲבָדִים הַמִּתְפָּרְצִים אִישׁ מִפְּנֵי אֲדֹנָיו׃ | |
| 11 | Shall I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who come from I do not know where?" | וְלָקַחְתִּי אֶת־לַחְמִי וְאֶת־מֵימַי וְאֵת טִבְחָתִי אֲשֶׁר טָבַחְתִּי לְגֹזְזָי וְנָתַתִּי לַאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר לֹא יָדַעְתִּי אֵי מִזֶּה הֵמָּה׃ | |
| 12 | So David's young men turned away, and came back and told him all this. | וַיַּהַפְכוּ נַעֲרֵי־דָוִד לְדַרְכָּם וַיָּשֻׁבוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ וַיַּגִּדוּ לֹו כְּכֹל הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה׃ | |
| 13 | And David said to his men, "Every man gird on his sword!" And every man of them girded on his sword; David also girded on his sword; and about four hundred men went up after David, while two hundred remained with the baggage. | וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד לַאֲנָשָׁיו חִגְרוּ אִישׁ אֶת־חַרְבֹּו וַיַּחְגְּרוּ אִישׁ אֶת־חַרְבֹּו וַיַּחְגֹּר גַּם־דָּוִד אֶת־חַרְבֹּו וַיַּעֲלוּ אַחֲרֵי דָוִד כְּאַרְבַּע מֵאֹות אִישׁ וּמָאתַיִם יָשְׁבוּ עַל־הַכֵּלִים׃ | |
| 14 | But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, "Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed at them. | וְלַאֲבִיגַיִל אֵשֶׁת נָבָל הִגִּיד נַעַר־אֶחָד מֵהַנְּעָרִים לֵאמֹר הִנֵּה שָׁלַח דָּוִד מַלְאָכִים מֵהַמִּדְבָּר לְבָרֵךְ אֶת־אֲדֹנֵינוּ וַיָּעַט בָּהֶם׃ | |
| 15 | Yet the men were very good to us, and we suffered no harm, and we did not miss anything when we were in the fields, as long as we went with them; | וְהָאֲנָשִׁים טֹבִים לָנוּ מְאֹד וְלֹא הָכְלַמְנוּ וְלֹא־פָקַדְנוּ מְאוּמָה כָּל־יְמֵי הִתְהַלַּכְנוּ אִתָּם בִּהְיֹותֵנוּ בַּשָּׂדֶה׃ | |
| 16 | they were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. | חֹומָה הָיוּ עָלֵינוּ גַּם־לַיְלָה גַּם־יֹוםָם כָּל־יְמֵי הֱיֹותֵנוּ עִםָּם רֹעִים הַצֹּאן׃ | |
| 17 | Now therefore know this and consider what you should do; for evil is determined against our master and against all his house, and he is so ill-natured that one cannot speak to him." | וְעַתָּה דְּעִי וּרְאִי מַה־תַּעֲשִׂי כִּי־כָלְתָה הָרָעָה אֶל־אֲדֹנֵינוּ וְעַל כָּל־בֵּיתֹו וְהוּא בֶּן־בְּלִיַּעַל מִדַּבֵּר אֵלָיו׃ | |
| 18 | Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two skins of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. | וַתְּמַהֵר כ= אֲבֹוגַיִל ק= אֲבִיגַיִל וַתִּקַּח מָאתַיִם לֶחֶם וּשְׁנַיִם נִבְלֵי־יַיִן וְחָמֵשׁ צֹאן כ= עֲשָׂוֹות ק= עֲשׂוּיֹת וְחָמֵשׁ סְאִים קָלִי וּמֵאָה צִמֻּקִים וּמָאתַיִם דְּבֵלִים וַתָּשֶׂם עַל־הַחֲמֹרִים׃ | |
| 19 | And she said to her young men, "Go on before me; behold, I come after you." But she did not tell her husband Nabal. | וַתֹּאמֶר לִנְעָרֶיהָ עִבְרוּ לְפָנַי הִנְנִי אַחֲרֵיכֶם בָּאָה וּלְאִישָׁהּ נָבָל לֹא הִגִּידָה׃ | |
| 20 | And as she rode on the ass, and came down under cover of the mountain, behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them. | וְהָיָה הִיא רֹכֶבֶת עַל־הַחֲמֹור וְיֹרֶדֶת בְּסֵתֶר הָהָר וְהִנֵּה דָוִד וַאֲנָשָׁיו יֹרְדִים לִקְרָאתָהּ וַתִּפְגֹּשׁ אֹתָם׃ | |
| 21 | Now David had said, "Surely in vain have I guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him; and he has returned me evil for good. | וְדָוִד אָמַר אַךְ לַשֶּׁקֶר שָׁמַרְתִּי אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר לָזֶה בַּמִּדְבָּר וְלֹא־נִפְקַד מִכָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לֹו מְאוּמָה וַיָּשֶׁב־לִי רָעָה תַּחַת טֹובָה׃ | |
| 22 | God do so to David and more also, if by morning I leave so much as one male of all who belong to him." | כֹּה־יַעֲשֶׂה אֱלֹהִים לְאֹיְבֵי דָוִד וְכֹה יֹסִיף אִם־אַשְׁאִיר מִכָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לֹו עַד־הַבֹּקֶר מַשְׁתִּין בְּקִיר׃ | |
| 23 | When Abigail saw David, she made haste, and alighted from the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed to the ground. | וַתֵּרֶא אֲבִיגַיִל אֶת־דָּוִד וַתְּמַהֵר וַתֵּרֶד מֵעַל הַחֲמֹור וַתִּפֹּל לְאַפֵּי דָוִד עַל־פָּנֶיהָ וַתִּשְׁתַּחוּ אָרֶץ׃ | |
| 24 | She fell at his feet and said, "Upon me alone, my lord, be the guilt; pray let your handmaid speak in your ears, and hear the words of your handmaid. | וַתִּפֹּל עַל־רַגְלָיו וַתֹּאמֶר בִּי־אֲנִי אֲדֹנִי הֶעָוֹן וּתְדַבֶּר־נָא אֲמָתְךָ בְּאָזְנֶיךָ וּשְׁמַע אֵת דִּבְרֵי אֲמָתֶךָ׃ | |
| 25 | Let not my lord regard this ill-natured fellow, Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I your handmaid did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent. | אַל־נָא יָשִׂים אֲדֹנִי אֶת־לִבֹּו אֶל־אִישׁ הַבְּלִיַּעַל הַזֶּה עַל־נָבָל כִּי כִשְׁמֹו כֶּן־הוּא נָבָל שְׁמֹו וּנְבָלָה עִמֹּו וַאֲנִי אֲמָתְךָ לֹא רָאִיתִי אֶת־נַעֲרֵי אֲדֹנִי אֲשֶׁר שָׁלָחְתָּ׃ | |
| 26 | Now then, my lord, as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, seeing Yahweh has restrained you from bloodguilt, and from taking vengeance with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal. | וְעַתָּה אֲדֹנִי חַי־יְהוָה וְחֵי־נַפְשְׁךָ אֲשֶׁר מְנָעֲךָ יְהוָה מִבֹּוא בְדָמִים וְהֹושֵׁעַ יָדְךָ לָךְ וְעַתָּה יִהְיוּ כְנָבָל אֹיְבֶיךָ וְהַמְבַקְשִׁים אֶל־אֲדֹנִי רָעָה׃ | |