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’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
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 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’s 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’s 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’s 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’s wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.
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Шомуилнинг ўлими
1 Шу орада Шомуил оламдан ўтди. Бутун Исроил халқи йиғилишиб, Шомуилга аза тутди. Уни ўз она шаҳри Рамада дафн қилишди.
Довуд ва Обигайл
Шундан кейин Довуд Порон чўлига кетди. 2 Моюн шаҳрида бир бой–бадавлат одам яшар, мол–мулки Кармил шаҳри яқинидаги ерда бўлиб, уч мингта қўйи, мингта эчкиси бор эди. Бу пайтда у Кармилда қўйларининг жунини қирқаётган эди. 3 Ўша одамнинг исми Навол, хотинининг исми эса Обигайл эди. Аёл ақл–фаросатли ва чиройли эди. Эри Холиб уруғидан бўлиб, қўрс, феъл–атвори ёмон одам эди.
4 Довуд даштда юрганда, Навол қўйларининг жунини қирқяпти деган хабарни эшитиб қолди. 5 Довуд йигитларидан ўнтасини Кармилга — Наволнинг ҳузурига жўнатаётиб, уларга деди:
6 — Наволга мендан салом айтиб, шу гапларимни етказинглар: “Умринг узоқ бўлсин! Сенга, хонадонингга, қарамоғингдаги ҳар бир одамга тинчлик–омонлик бўлсин. 7 Қўйларингнинг жунини қирқаётганингни эшитдим. Чўпонларинг биз билан бирга эди. Уларни хафа қилмадик, Кармилда бўлган кунларида ҳеч нарсаси йўқолмади. 8 Хизматкорларингдан сўраб кўрсанг, ўзлари ҳам сенга айтиб беришади. Шунинг учун одамларимга илтифот кўрсат, сенинг ҳузурингга зиёфат куни келдик. Бу қулларингга ва ўғлинг Довудга қўлингдан келганча марҳамат қилиб, ёрдам кўрсат.”
9 Довуднинг одамлари Навол ҳузурига бориб, Довуднинг номидан унга шу гапларни етказишди ва жавоб кута бошлашди. 10 Навол эса Довуднинг одамларига шундай жавоб берди:
— Довуд дегани ким ўзи?! Эссайнинг ўғли бўлса, нима қипти?! Шу кунларда ўз хўжайинларидан қочиб кетаётган қуллар жуда кўпайиб кетди–да! 11 Нонимни, сувимни, жун қирқаётган одамларим учун сўйган қўйларимнинг гўштини олиб, аллақайдан келган одамларга берайми?!
12 Довуднинг одамлари келган йўлига қайтиб кетишди. Наволнинг ҳамма айтганларини Довудга етказишди.
13 — Ҳамма қиличини белига боғласин! — деб амр берди Довуд одамларига. Довуднинг ўзи ҳам, одамлари ҳам қиличларини белларига боғлашди. Тўрт юзга яқин одам Довуд билан бирга кетди. Икки юзтаси эса анжомлар ёнида қолди.
14 Наволнинг хизматкорларидан бири унинг хотини Обигайлга деди:
— Довуд хўжайинимиз Наволга салом йўллаб, даштдан хабарчилар жўнатган экан, лекин Навол уларни ҳақорат қилди. 15 У одамлар эса бизга кўп яхши муносабатда бўлишган эди. Даштда улар билан қолган пайтларимизда бизни ҳеч хафа қилишмасди, бирор нарсамиз ҳам йўқолмасди. 16 Қўйларимизни боқиб юрганимизда, ҳар доим — кечаю кундуз бизни ҳимоя қилишарди. 17 Энди нима қилиш лозимлигини ўзингиз яхшилаб ўйланг. Чунки хўжайинимизнинг ва унинг бутун хонадонининг бошига фалокат хавф солиб турибди. Хўжайинимиз эса шу қадар баджаҳлки, бирор кимса унга бир оғиз гап айта олмайди.
18 Обигайл вақтни бой бермай, икки юзта нон, икки меш шароб, бешта қўйнинг пиширилган гўштини, икки тоғора қовурилган буғдой, юз ҳовуч майиз ва икки юз ҳовуч анжир қоқини олиб эшакларга юклади. 19 Сўнг хизматкорларига:
— Сизлар мендан олдин юринглар, мен орқаларингиздан бораман, — деди. Эри Наволга эса ҳеч нарса демади. 20 Обигайл эшакка миниб, тоғнинг ёлғизоёқ йўлларидан тушиб келаётганда, унга томон келаётган Довуднинг одамларига дуч келиб қолди. 21 Довуд шу гапларни айтаётган экан:
— Бу одамнинг даштдаги мол–ҳолини беҳудага қўриқлабман–да. Унинг қўтонидан бирор қўй йўқолмади–ю, оқибатда у менинг яхшилигимга ёмонлик билан жавоб қайтарди. 22 Агар эрталабгача унга қарашли эркак зотидан бирортасини тирик қолдирсам, Худо менинг жазоимни берсин , ҳатто ундан баттарроғига дучор қилсин!
23 Обигайл Довудни кўрибоқ эшакдан тушди. Довудга таъзим қилиб, ерга мук тушди. 24 Унинг оёқларига бош уриб ёлворди:
— Тўрам, мен айбдорман, айб менда. Ижозат беринг, бу чўрингиз сизга бир оғиз гап айтсин, айтганларимга қулоқ солинг. 25 Ёлвораман, тўрам! Ўша баттол Наволга эътибор бермасинлар. Унинг феъл–атвори худди исмининг ўзи. Навол — ақлсиз дегани. Мен, чўрингиз, тўрам юборган одамларни кўрмабман. 26 Энди, тўрам, Эгамиз сизнинг қон тўкишингизга, ўз қўлингиз билан қасос олмоғингизга изн бермаган. Худо шоҳид! Тўғрисини айтай, ғанимларингиз, қолаверса, тўрамга қасд қилган ҳамманинг бошига Наволнинг куни тушсин. 27 Тўрам, мен, чўрингиз, сизга мана бу инъомларни келтирдим. Энди булар сизга эргашиб хизмат қилаётган одамларингизга берилсин. 28 Бу чўрингизнинг гуноҳидан ўтинг. Эгамиз албатта тўрамнинг хонадонини мустаҳкам қилади, чунки тўрам Эгамиз учун жанг қиляпти. Умрингиз охиригача сиз томондан бирон–бир ҳақсизлик бўлмасин. 29 Биронтаси ортингиздан тушиб, жонингизга қасд қилса, ҳаётингизни Эгангиз Худо Ўз паноҳида асрасин. Ғанимларингизни эса палахмондан отилган тошдай улоқтириб юборсин. 30 Эгамиз тўрамга ваъда қилган барча эзгуликларни бажо келтириб, сизни Исроилнинг йўлбошчиси қиладиган кун келади, албатта. 31 Ўшанда ўзим учун ўч олиб, беҳудага қон тўкдим, деб пушаймон бўлмагайсиз. Эгамиз тўрамга барака берганда, бу чўрисини унутмасин.
32 — Бугун сени мен билан учраштирган Исроил халқининг Худоси — Эгамизга ҳамду санолар бўлсин! — деди Довуд. 33 — Ақлингга балли, барака топ! Бугун мени қон тўкишдан, ўз қўлим билан ўч олишдан сақлаб қолдинг, бунинг учун сени Худо ёрлақасин. 34 Исроил халқининг Худоси — Эгамиз сенга ёмонлик қилишимнинг олдини олди. Агар сен мени тезда учратиб қолмаганингда, Худо ҳақи, кун чиққунча Наволга қарашли эркак зотидан бирортаси тирик қолмаган бўларди!
35 Довуд Обигайл олиб келган ҳадяларни олди. Кейин:
— Эсон–омон уйингга бор, билиб қўй, гапларингга қулоқ солиб, арзингга эътибор бердим, — деди.
36 Обигайл Наволнинг ёнига қайтиб келди. Навол уйида шоҳона зиёфат уюштирган, маст, жуда вақти чоғ эди. Обигайл эса эрталабгача унга бир оғиз гап айтмади. 37 Эртасига эрталаб Навол ўзига келгач, хотини унга бўлиб ўтган воқеаларни айтиб берди. Ўша заҳотиёқ Наволнинг юраги музлаб, шол бўлиб қолди. 38 Ўн кунлардан кейин Эгамиз Наволнинг жонини олди.
39 Худо Наволнинг жонини олганини Довуд эшитди.
— Навол мени ҳақорат қилган эди, Эгамизнинг Ўзи мени оқлади, бу қулини ёмонлик қилмоқдан асради. Эгамизга ҳамду санолар бўлсин! У Наволнинг ёмонлигини ўзининг бошига солибди, — деди.
Шундан сўнг Довуд Обигайлнинг олдига хабарчилар жўнатиб, унга уйланмоқчи эканлигини билдирди. 40 Довуд юборган хабарчилар Кармилга — Обигайлнинг ҳузурига бориб:
— Довуднинг сенга уйланиш истаги бор, шуни билдириш учун бизни юборди, — дедилар. 41 Обигайл ўрнидан турди, боши ерга теккудай бўлиб таъзим қилди–да:
— Мен тўрамга хизмат қилмоққа ва тўрамнинг хизматкорлари оёқларини ювишга тайёрман, — деб жавоб берди. 42 Обигайл тезда ўрнидан туриб, эшакка минди. Ёнига бешта чўрисини олиб, Довуднинг хабарчилари орқасидан йўлга тушди. Шундай қилиб, Обигайл Довудга турмушга чиқди.
43 Довуд Йизриллик Охинавамга ҳам уйланган эди. Шу тариқа Довуд икки хотинлик бўлди. 44 Довуднинг биринчи хотини Михални эса отаси Шоул Палтига бериб юборган эди. Палти Галимлик Лайиш деганнинг ўғли эди.
