1 Samuel 25 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And Shemu’ĕ

² Now there was a man in Maʽ

³ And the name of the man was Naḇ

⁴ And Dawiḏ

⁵ And Dawiḏ

⁶ and say this, ‘Long life and peace to you! And peace to your house, and peace to all that you have!

⁷ ‘And now, I have heard that you have shearers. Now your shepherds have been with us. We did not put them to shame, and not a speck of theirs was missing all the days they were in Karmel.

⁸ ‘Ask your young men, and let them inform you. So let my young men find favour in your eyes, for we come on a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son Dawiḏ

⁹ And the young men of Dawiḏ

¹⁰ But Naḇ

¹¹ “And shall I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men coming from who knows where?”

¹² And the young men of Dawiḏ

¹³ And Dawiḏ

¹⁴ And one of the young men informed Aḇ

¹⁵ “But the men were very good to us, and did not put us to shame, nor did we miss any item all the days we accompanied them, when we were in the fields.

¹⁶ “They were a wall to us both by night and day, all the days we were with them tending the sheep.

¹⁷ “And now, know and see what you should do, for evil has been resolved against our master, and against all his household, and he is too much of a son of Beliyaʽ

¹⁸ Then Aḇ

¹⁹ And she said to her servants, “Pass over before me. See, I am coming after you.” But she did not inform her husband Naḇ

²⁰ And it came to be, as she rode on the donkey, that she went down under cover of the hill, and there were Dawiḏ

²¹ And Dawiḏ

²² “Let Elohim do so, and more also, to the enemies of Dawiḏ

²³ And Aḇ

²⁴ and fell at his feet and said, “On me, my master, let this crookedness be on me! And please let your female servant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your female servant.

²⁵ “Please, let not my master regard this man of Beliyaʽ

²⁶ “And now my master, as יהוה  lives and as your being lives, since יהוה  has withheld you from coming to bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now then, let your enemies be as Naḇ

²⁷ “And now this present which your female servant has brought to my master, let it be given to the young men who follow my master.

²⁸ “Please forgive the transgression of your female servant. For יהוה  is certainly making a steadfast house for my master, because my master fights the battles of יהוה, and evil is not found in you in all your days.

²⁹ “And if a man rises to pursue you and seek your life, and the life of my master has been bound in the bundle of the living with יהוה  your Elohim, then the lives of your enemies He shall sling out, as from the pocket of a sling.

³⁰ “And it shall be, when יהוה  has done for my master according to all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you ruler over Yisra’ĕ

³¹ do not let this be a staggering and stumbling of heart to my master, that you have shed blood without cause, or that my master has saved himself. And when יהוה  has done good to my master, then remember your female servant.”

³² And Dawiḏ

³³ “And blessed is your good taste, and blessed are you, because you have kept me this day from coming to bloodshed and from avenging myself with my own hand.

³⁴ “Nevertheless, as יהוה  Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

³⁵ And Dawiḏ

³⁶ And Aḇ

³⁷ And it came to be, in the morning, when the wine had gone from Naḇ

³⁸ And it came to be in about ten days, that יהוה  smote Naḇ

³⁹ And Dawiḏ

⁴⁰ And when the servants of Dawiḏ

⁴¹ And she arose, bowed her face to the earth, and said, “Here is your female servant, a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my master.”

⁴² And Aḇ

⁴³ Dawiḏ

⁴⁴ But Sha’ul had given Miḵ