1. Samuel 25 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

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Nabal fornærmer David

1 Kort tid efter døde Samuel. Ved begravelsen samledes hele Israel i Rama, og man begravede ham i familiens jord. I mellemtiden var David taget tilbage til Maons^[1] ørken. 2 En velstående mand fra Maon havde masser af småkvæg på græs i nærheden af landsbyen Karmel. Han ejede 3000 får og 1000 geder, og det var midt i fåreklipningstiden. 3 Fåreavlerens navn var Nabal, og han var en efterkommer af Kaleb. I modsætning til sin kone Abigajil, der var både smuk og klog, var Nabal en ond og ubarmhjertig mand. 4 Da David hørte, at Nabal var i færd med at klippe sine får og derfor havde gjort klar til en stor fest, 5 sendte han ti af sine unge mænd til Karmel med følgende besked til Nabal: 6 „David, Isajs søn, siger: Må Herrens fred og velsignelse være over dig og din familie og alt, hvad du ejer. 7 Jeg har hørt, at du holder fåreklipningsfest. Dengang dine hyrder holdt til i nærheden af os i Karmel, gjorde vi dem aldrig fortræd, og der blev aldrig stjålet noget fra dem. 8 Spørg selv dine folk, for de kan fortælle dig, at det er sandt. Gør nu gengæld ved at tage vel imod mine unge mænd. Da I holder fest, kunne I måske dele med os?” 9 De unge mænd tog så hen til Nabal og overbragte Davids hilsen. 10 „Hvem er David?” snerrede Nabal. „Og hvem er Isaj? Nu om stunder er der mange slaver, der stikker af fra deres herre. 11 Skulle jeg tage mit brød og mit vand og mit kvæg, som jeg har slagtet, for at mine fåreklippere kan feste, og forære det hele til en flok omstrejfere? Ikke på vilkår!” 12 Så vendte de unge mænd tilbage til David og fortalte ham, hvad Nabal havde sagt. 13 „Tag jeres sværd!” svarede David, mens han spændte bæltet. Så tog han 400 bevæbnede mænd med sig og efterlod de øvrige 200 i lejren. 14 I mellemtiden skyndte en af fårehyrderne sig hen til Nabals kone, Abigajil, og sagde: „David sendte nogle mænd fra ørkenen med gode ønsker for vores herre. Men han fornærmede dem og skældte dem hæder og ære fra 15-16 på trods af, at Davids mænd aldrig har gjort os noget ondt. Tværtimod har de gjort alt, hvad de kunne, for at hjælpe os. Dag og nat var de som en mur omkring os og fårene og beskyttede os mod angreb udefra. Så længe de var i nærheden, blev der ikke stjålet noget fra os. 17 Du må gøre noget for at afværge den ulykke, som nu truer vores herre og hans familie. Nabal er jo så ondsindet, at det ikke nytter at sige noget til ham.” 18 Abigajil tog straks 200 brød, to skindsække med vin, fem slagtede og tilberedte får, en stor sæk^[2] ristet korn, 100 rosinkager og 200 figenkager og læssede det hele på nogle æsler. 19 „Skynd jer af sted,” sagde hun til sine folk, „jeg følger selv bagefter.” Hun sagde ikke noget til sin mand, 20 men red af sted på sit æsel ad vejen gennem bjergkløften. Der kom David og hans mænd ridende imod hende. 21 David havde netop sagt: „Det er al den tak, man får for at hjælpe sådan en mand. Vi beskyttede hans får i ørkenen, så intet blev stjålet. Alligevel gengælder han mig godt med ondt. 22 Må Gud ramme mig med både det ene og det andet, hvis ikke Nabal og alle de mænd og drenge, der er hos ham, er døde inden i morgen tidlig.”

Abigajil går i forbøn for Nabal

23 Da Abigajil fik øje på David, steg hun af æslet, bøjede sig til jorden for ham og sagde: 24 „Herre, jeg tager hele skylden på mig. Vær så venlig at høre efter, hvad jeg har at sige. 25 Nabal er ond og hidsig, men tag dig ikke af ham. Han lever helt op til sit navn—han er et stort fjols. Det ærgrer mig, at jeg ikke så de mænd, du sendte til os. 26 Herre, siden Gud har bevaret dig fra at tage sagen i din egen hånd og myrde Nabal, beder jeg af hjertet til, at det må gå dine fjender lige så elendigt, som det skulle have gået Nabal. 27 Tag nu imod denne gave til dig og dine mænd, 28 og tilgiv mig min dristighed. Herren skal lønne dig ved at sikre dit kongedømme, for det er ham, du kæmper for, og der skal ikke ske dig noget ondt, så længe du lever. 29 Selv når du jages af dine fjender, skal du være tryg i Herren, din Guds, hånd. Men dine fjender vil han slynge bort som sten fra en slynge. 30-31 Når Herren har opfyldt alle sine løfter til dig og har gjort dig til konge over Israel, skal du ikke plages af samvittighedskvaler over at have taget loven i din egen hånd og udgydt uskyldigt blod. Når Herren har opfyldt sine løfter til dig, vil jeg bede dig om at tænke på mig med velvilje.” 32 David svarede Abigajil: „Lovet være Herren, Israels Gud, som i dag har sendt dig til mig. 33 Jeg er dig dybt taknemmelig for din visdom, som har forhindret mig i at tage loven i min egen hånd og myrde et andet menneske. 34 Jeg sværger ved Herren, Israels Gud, at hvis du ikke var kommet mig i møde, ville alle af mandkøn hos Nabal have været døde inden i morgen tidlig. Nu har Herren afværget denne tragedie.” 35 Derefter tog David imod Abigajils gaver og sagde: „Vend du blot hjem. Du har intet at frygte. Jeg har valgt at følge dit råd.” 36-37 Da hun kom hjem, var Nabal ved at holde gilde. Han var fuld og i højt humør. Derfor fortalte hun ham ikke om sit møde med David før næste morgen, da han var ædru. Da han hørte historien, fik han et slagtilfælde og blev fuldstændig lammet. 38 Ti dage efter tog Herren hans liv. 39 Da David hørte om Nabals død, udbrød han: „Lovet være Herren! Gud har taget hævn over Nabal, fordi jeg undlod at gøre det selv. Nu har Nabal fået den straf, han fortjener.” Straks sendte David bud til Abigajil og spurgte, om hun ville blive hans kone. 40 Da sendebudene nåede frem til Karmel og overbragte hende Davids anmodning, 41 bøjede hun sig til jorden og sagde: „Jeg er parat til at være den ringeste tjener i Davids hus.” 42 Så sadlede hun sit æsel og tog fem tjenestepiger med sig. Mændene førte hende straks til David, og hun blev Davids kone. 43 David havde også giftet sig med Ahinoam fra Jizre’el, så nu havde han to koner. 44 Hans første kone, Sauls datter Mikal, var i mellemtiden blevet givet til Lajish’ søn, Palti, fra Gallim.

King James Version

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 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 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 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. 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 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 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 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 And when David' young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased. 10 And Nabal answered David' 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 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 So David' young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings. 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 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal' wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them. 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 They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. 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 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 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: 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 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 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 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal' heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. 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 And it came to pass about ten days after , that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died. 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 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 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 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 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives. 44 But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David' wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.