I Livro de Samuel 25

SAGRADA BIBLIA	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Samuel morreu. Todo o Israel se juntou para chorá-lo. Sepultaram-no na sua propriedade em Ramá. E Davi retirou-se para o deserto de Farã.	1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
2 Havia um homem em Maon cujas propriedades estavam em Carmelo. Era um homem muito rico: possuía três mil ovelhas e mil cabras. Ele encontrava-se então em Carmelo para a tosquia de suas ovelhas.	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 Chamava-se Nabal, e sua esposa Abigail, mulher de grande inteligência e formosura. Ele, porém, era grosseiro e mau; descendia de Caleb.	3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
4 Davi, no deserto, sabendo que Nabal tosquiava o seu rebanho,	4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
5 mandou-lhe dez homens com esta ordem: Subi a Carmelo e dirigi-vos a Nabal,	5 And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
6 saudando-o em meu nome e dizendo-lhe: Pela vida! A paz seja contigo! Paz à tua casa e paz a todos os teus bens!	6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
7 Soube que há tosquia em tua casa. Ora, os teus pastores estiveram perto de nós e nunca lhes fizemos mal algum. Nada lhes faltou durante todo o tempo que ficaram em Carmelo.	7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.
8 Pergunta-o aos teus servos e eles to dirão. Que os meus encontrem agora graça aos teus olhos, porque chegamos em um dia de festa. Rogo-te que dês aos teus servos e ao teu filho Davi o que tiveres à mão.	8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.
9 Os homens de Davi foram e repetiram a Nabal todas estas palavras em nome de Davi, e ficaram esperando.	9 And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
10 Nabal, porém, respondeu-lhes: Quem é Davi? E quem é o filho de Isaí? Há hoje muitos escravos que fogem da casa de seus senhores!	10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
11 Irei eu tomar meu pão, minha água e a carne que preparei para os meus tosquiadores, e dá-los a homens que vêm não se sabe de onde?	11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
12 Os servos de Davi retomaram o caminho e voltaram. Ao chegarem, contaram tudo ao seu senhor.	12 So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
13 Então disse Davi aos seus homens: Cinja cada um a sua espada! Todos o fizeram, inclusive Davi. Cerca de quatrocentos homens seguiram Davi, ficando duzentos com as bagagens.	13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye 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 abode by the stuff.
14 Mas Abigail, mulher de Nabal, fora informada por um dos servos de seu marido: Davi mandou, do deserto, mensageiros para saudar o nosso amo, mas ele os recebeu mal.	14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
15 No entanto, esses homens nos trataram sempre muito bem, e jamais nos fizeram mal algum, nem nos causaram prejuízo durante todo o tempo que estivemos com eles no campo.	15 But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:
16 Pelo contrário, serviram-nos de defesa, dia e noite, durante todo o tempo em que estivemos com eles apascentando os rebanhos.	16 They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
17 Vê, pois, o que tens a fazer, porque nosso amo e toda a sua casa está ameaçada de ruína, e ele é um malvado com quem não se pode falar.	17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
18 Apressou-se então Abigail, e tomou duzentos pães, dois odres de vinho, cinco cordeiros preparados, cinco medidas de grão torrado, cem tortas de uvas secas, duzentas de figos secos, colocando tudo em cima de jumentos.	18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
19 E disse aos seus servos: Ide adiante de mim; eu vos seguirei. Mas não disse nada a Nabal, seu marido.	19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
20 Quando descia por um caminho secreto da montanha, montada num jumento, encontrou Davi com os seus homens que vinham em sentido inverso.	20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.
21 Ora, Davi dissera: Em vão, pois, guardei tudo o que esse homem possuía no deserto, sem que lhe fosse tirada coisa alguma! E ele paga-me o bem com o mal.	21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
22 Deus trate com todo o seu rigor os inimigos de Davi! E que ele não me poupe, se de hoje até amanhã eu deixar vivo um só homem de tudo o que pertence a Nabal!	22 So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
23 Quando Abigail avistou Davi, desceu prontamente do jumento e prostrou-se com o rosto por terra diante dele.	23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
24 Assim prostrada aos seus pés, disse-lhe: Sobre mim, meu senhor, caia a culpa! Deixa falar a tua serva e ouve suas palavras.	24 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.
25 Que o meu senhor não faça caso desse malvado Nabal, pois ele é bem o que o seu nome indica: Nabal, louco; e ele o é. Mas eu, tua escrava, não vi os homens que o meu senhor mandou.	25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
26 Agora, por Deus e por tua vida: foi o Senhor quem te impediu de derramar sangue e de te vingar por tua mão. Sejam como Nabal os teus inimigos e os que procuram fazer mal ao meu senhor.	26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
27 Aceita, pois, este presente que tua serva trouxe ao meu senhor, e reparte-o entre os homens que te seguem.	27 And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
28 Rogo-te que perdoes a culpa de tua serva. Certamente o Senhor dará à casa de meu senhor uma existência durável, porque o meu senhor combate nas guerras de Deus, e nenhum mal te atingirá em todos os dias de tua vida.	28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
29 Se alguém te perseguir ou conspirar contra a tua vida, a alma de meu senhor será guardada no escrínio dos vivos junto do Senhor, teu Deus, enquanto a vida de teus inimigos será lançada pelo Senhor ao longe, como a pedra de uma funda.	29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
30 Quando o Senhor tiver feito ao meu senhor todo o bem que lhe prometeu, e te tiver estabelecido chefe sobre Israel,	30 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;
31 não terás no coração este pesar, nem este remorso de ter derramado sangue sem motivo e de se ter vingado por si mesmo! Quando o Senhor te tiver feito bem, ó meu Senhor, lembra-te de tua serva.	31 That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
32 Davi respondeu a Abigail: Bendito seja o Senhor, Deus de Israel, que te mandou hoje ao meu encontro!	32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
33 Bendita seja a tua prudência! E bendita sejas tu mesma, que me impediste hoje de derramar sangue e vingar-me pela minha mão!	33 And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
34 Mas, pelo Senhor, Deus de Israel, que me impediu de te fazer mal, se não tivesses vindo tão depressa ao meu encontro, nada teria ficado de Nabal até amanhã cedo, nem mesmo o último homem!	34 For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
35 Davi aceitou o que lhe trazia Abigail e ajuntou: Volta em paz para a tua casa. Vê que te ouvi e te fiz boa acolhida.	35 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
36 Quando Abigail chegou à casa de Nabal, havia em sua casa um grande banquete, um verdadeiro festim de rei. Nabal tinha o coração alegre e estava completamente ébrio. Por isso nada lhe disse, nem pouco nem muito, até ao amanhecer.	36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
37 Mas pela manhã, tendo Nabal curtido o seu vinho, sua mulher contou-lhe tudo. Seu coração gelou-se no peito e ele tornou-se como uma pedra.	37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
38 Dez dias depois Nabal, ferido pelo Senhor, morreu.	38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.
39 Tendo Davi notícia da morte de Nabal, exclamou: Bendito seja o Senhor que me fez justiça do ultraje recebido de sua mão, e impediu-me de fazer-lhe mal! O Senhor fez cair sobre sua cabeça a sua própria maldade! Depois disso Davi mandou propor a Abigail tornar-se sua mulher.	39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head, And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
40 Seus servos, chegando a Carmelo, disseram-lhe: Davi mandou-nos a ti, porque deseja tomar-te por mulher.	40 And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee to take thee to him to wife.
41 Levantou-se então Abigail e prostrou-se com o rosto por terra, dizendo: Eis a tua serva, que será uma escrava para lavar os pés dos servos de meu Senhor.	41 And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
42 Levantou-se depressa, montou num jumento e, seguida de cinco moças, partiu com os enviados de Davi para tornar-se sua mulher.	42 And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
43 Davi desposara também Aquinoã, de Jezrael, e ambas foram suas mulheres.	43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.
44 Quanto à sua mulher Micol, filha de Saul, este a tinha dado por esposa a Falti, de Galim, filho de Lais.	44 But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.