Samuel dieth and is mourned. 2. David requesting, 10. and not obtaining victuals of Nabal, 13. threateneth to kill him 14. but his wife Abigail prudently presenteth the corn, 18. by sending victuals, 23. and giving good words. 37. All which when Nabal understandeth, he fainteth, and after ten days dieth 39. David marrieth Abigail: 43. also Achinoam: 44. and his wife Michol is given to another.Samuel dieth and is mourned. 2. Dauid requesting, 10. and not obtaining victuals of Nabal, 13. threatneth to kil him 14. but his wife Abigail prudently presenteth the corne, 18. by sending victuals, 23. and giuing good wordes. 37. Al which when Nabal vnderstandeth, he fainteth, and after tenne dayes dieth 39. Dauid marieth Abigail: 43. also Achinoam: 44. and his wife Michol is giuen to an other.✦
And Samuel died, and all Israel was gathered together, and they mourned for him, and buried him in his house in Ramatha. And David rising went down into the desert of Pharan.AND Samuel died, and al Israel was gathered together, and they mourned for him, and buried him in his house in Ramatha. And Dauid rising went downe into the desert of Pharan.✦Mortuus est autem Samuel, et congregatus est universus Israël, et planxerunt eum, et sepelierunt eum in domo sua in Ramatha. Consurgensque David descendit in desertum Pharan.
2And there was a certain man in the wilderness of Maon, and his possession in Carmel, and that man was exceeding great: and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and it chanced that his flock was shorn in Carmel.And there was a certaine man in the wildernes of Maon, and his possession in Carmel, and that man was exceeding great: and he had three thousand sheepe, & a thousand goates: and it chanced that his flocke was shorne in Carmel.Erat autem vir quispiam in solitudine Maon, et possessio ejus in Carmelo, et homo ille magnus nimis : erantque ei oves tria millia, et mille capræ : et accidit ut tonderetur grex ejus in Carmelo.
3And the name of that man was Nabal: and the name of his wife Abigail, and that woman was very wise and beautiful: moreover her husband durus: harsh, churlish, and very pessimus: wicked, very bad, and malicious: and he was of the kindred of Caleb.And the name of that man was Nabal: and the name of his wife Abigail, and that woman was very wise and beutiful: moreouer her husband hard, and very il, and malicious: and he was of the kindred of Caleb.Nomen autem viri illius erat Nabal. Et nomen uxoris ejus Abigail : eratque mulier illa prudentissima, et speciosa : porro vir ejus durus, et pessimus, et malitiosus : erat autem de genere Caleb.
4When David therefore heard in the desert, that Nabal sheared his flock,When Dauid therefore heard in the desert, that Nabal sheared his flocke,Cum ergo audisset David in deserto quod tonderet Nabal gregem suum,
5he sent ten young men, and said to them: Go up into Carmel, and you shall come to Nabal, and shall salute him in my name peaceably.he sent tenne yong men, and sayd to them: Goe vp into Carmel, and you shal come to Nabal, and shal salute him in my name peaceably.misit decem juvenes, et dixit eis : Ascendite in Carmelum, et venietis ad Nabal, et salutabitis eum ex nomine meo pacifice.
6And you shall say: Peace be to my brethren, and to thee, and peace to thy house, and to all whatsoever thou hast be peace.And you shal say: Peace be to my brethren, and to thee, and peace to thy house, and to al whatsoeuer thou hast be peace.✦Et dicetis : Sit fratribus meis et tibi pax, et domui tuæ pax, et omnibus, quæcumque habes, sit pax.
7I have heard, that thy shepherds which were with us in the desert, did shear: we have never molested them, neither hath ought been wanting to them at any time of the flock, all the time that they were with us in Carmel.I haue heard, that thy shephards which were with vs in the desert, did sheare: we haue neuer molested them, neither hath ought beene wanting to them at any time of the flocke, al the time that they were with vs in Carmel.Audivi quod tonderent pastores tui, qui erant nobiscum in deserto : numquam eis molesti fuimus, nec aliquando defuit quidquam eis de grege, omni tempore quo fuerunt nobiscum in Carmelo.
8Ask thy servants, and they will tell thee. Now therefore let thy servants find grace in thine eyes: for we are come in a good day, whatsoever thy hand shall find, give to thy servants, and to thy son David.Aske thy seruantes, and they wil tel thee. Now therefore let thy seruantes finde grace in thyne eies: for we are come in a good day, whatsoeuer thy hand shal finde, geue to thy seruantes, and to thy sonne Dauid.✦Interroga pueros tuos, et indicabunt tibi. Nunc ergo inveniant pueri tui gratiam in oculis tuis : in die enim bona venimus : quodcumque invenerit manus tua, da servis tuis, et filio tuo David.
9And when David's servants were come, they spoke to Nabal all these words in David's name: and so held their peace.And when Dauids seruantes were come, they spoke to Nabal al these wordes in Dauids name: and so held their peace.Cumque venissent pueri David, locuti sunt ad Nabal omnia verba hæc ex nomine David : et siluerunt.
10But Nabal answering the servants of David, said: Who is David? and what is the son of Isai? There servants multiplied nowadays which flee from their masters.But Nabal answering the seruantes of Dauid, said: Who is Dauid? and what is the sonne of Isai? There seruantes multiplied now adaies which flee from their masters.✦Respondens autem Nabal pueris David, ait : Quis est David ? et quis est filius Isai ? hodie increverunt servi qui fugiunt dominos suos.
11Shall I then take my breads, and my waters, and the flesh of my cattle, which I have killed for my shearers, and give to men whom I know not whence they are?Shal I then take my breades, and my waters, and the flesh of my cattel, which I haue killed for my sheares, and geue to men whom I know not whence they are?Tollam ergo panes meos, et aquas meas, et carnes pecorum quæ occidi tonsoribus meis, et dabo viris quos nescio unde sint ?
12Therefore the servants of David returned by their way, and returning came and told him all the words that he had said.Therefore the seruantes of Dauid returned by their way, and returning came and told him al the wordes that he had said.Regressi sunt itaque pueri David per viam suam, et reversi venerunt, et nuntiaverunt ei omnia verba quæ dixerat.
13Then said David to his servants: Every man gird him with his sword. And they were every one girded with their swords. And David also was girded with his sword: and there followed David about four hundred men: moreover two hundred remained at the baggage.Then sayd Dauid to his seruantes: Euery man gird him with his sworde. And they were euery one girded with their swordes. And Dauid also was girded with his sworde: and there folowed Dauid about foure hundred men: moreouer two hundred remayned at the baggage.Tunc ait David pueris suis : Accingatur unusquisque gladio suo. Et accincti sunt singuli gladiis suis, accinctusque est et David ense suo : et secuti sunt David quasi quadringenti viri : porro ducenti remanserunt ad sarcinas.
14But to Abigail the wife of Nabal one of their servants told, saying: Behold David hath sent messengers from the desert, to bless our master, and he disdained them:But to Abigail the wife of Nabal one of their seruantes told, saying: Behold Dauid hath sent messengers from the desert, to blesse our maister, & he disdayned them:✦Abigail autem uxori Nabal nuntiavit unus de pueris suis, dicens : Ecce David misit nuntios de deserto, ut benedicerent domino nostro : et aversatus est eos.
15these men were good enough to us, and not troublesome: neither did ever any thing perish all the time, that we have conversed with them in the desert:these men were good ynough to vs, and not troublesome: neither did euer any thing perish al the time, that we haue conuersed with them in the desert:Homines isti boni satis fuerunt nobis, et non molesti : nec quidquam aliquando periit omni tempore quo fuimus conversati cum eis in deserto :
16they were instead of a wall to us both in the day and in the night, all the days that we fed the flocks with them.they were in steed of a wal to vs both in the day and in the night, al the dayes that we fed the flockes with them.✦pro muro erant nobis tam in nocte quam in die, omnibus diebus quibus pavimus apud eos greges.
17Wherefore consider, and think what thou hast to do, for malice is accomplished against thy husband, and against thy house, and he is the son of Belial, so that no man can speak to him.Wherefore consider, & thinke what thou hast to doe, for malice is accomplished against thy husband, and against thy house, and he is the sonne of Belial, so that no man can speake to him.✦Quam ob rem considera, et recogita quid facias : quoniam completa est malitia adversum virum tuum, et adversum domum tuam, et ipse est filius Belial, ita ut nemo possit ei loqui.
18Abigail therefore made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five arietes: rams, sheep dressed for eating ready dressed, and five measures of polentæ: parched grain, meal, and a hundred ligaturas: clusters, bundles of raisins, and two hundred massas: cakes, pressed lumps of dry figs, and laid them upon asses:Abigail therefore made hast, and tooke two hundred loaues, and two bottels of wine, and fiue muttons ready drest, and fiue measures of polent, and a hundred branches of raysens, and two hundred mases of drie figges, and laid them vpon asses:✦Festinavit igitur Abigail, et tulit ducentos panes, et duos utres vini, et quinque arietes coctos, et quinque sata polentæ, et centum ligaturas uvæ passæ, et ducentas massas caricarum, et posuit super asinos :
19and said to her servants: Go before me: lo, I will follow you at your back: but she told not her husband Nabal.and said to her seruantes: Goe before me: loe, I wil folow you at your backe: but she told not her husband Nabal.dixitque pueris suis : Præcedite me : ecce ego post tergum sequar vos : viro autem suo Nabal non indicavit.
20When she therefore had gotten upon an ass, and came down to the foot of the mountain, David and his men came down meeting her, whom she also met.When she therefore had gotten vpon an asse, and came downe to the foote of the mountaine, Dauid and his men came downe meeting her, whom she also mette.Cum ergo ascendisset asinum, et descenderet ad radices montis, David et viri ejus descendebant in occursum ejus : quibus et illa occurrit.
21And David said: In vain verily have I preserved all things that were this man's in the desert, and there perished nothing of all that pertained to him: and he hath rendered me evil for good.And Dauid said: In vaine veryly haue I preserued al thinges that were this mans in the desert, and there perished nothing of al that perteined to him: and he hath rendred me euil for good.Et ait David : Vere frustra servavi omnia quæ hujus erant in deserto, et non periit quidquam de cunctis quæ ad eum pertinebant : et reddidit mihi malum pro bono.
22These things do God to the enemies of David, and these things add he, if I shall leave of all things that pertain to him until morning, any thing pissing against the wall.These thinges doe God to the enemies of Dauid, and these thinges adde he, if I shal leaue of al thinges that perteine to him vntil morning, any thing pissing against the wal.✦Hæc faciat Deus inimicis David, et hæc addat, si reliquero de omnibus quæ ad ipsum pertinent usque mane mingentem ad parietem.
23And when Abigail had seen David, she made haste, and lighted from her ass, and fell down before David upon her face, and adored upon the earth,And when Abigail had seene Dauid, she made hast, and light from her asse, and fel downe before Dauid vpon her face, and adored vpon the earth,Cum autem vidisset Abigail David, festinavit, et descendit de asino, et procidit coram David super faciem suam, et adoravit super terram,
24and fell at his feet, and said: In me my lord be this iniquity: let thy handmaid speak I beseech thee in thine ears: and hear the words of thy servant.and fel at his feete, and sayd: In me my lord be this iniquitie: let thy handmayde speake I beseech thee in thine eares: and heare the wordes of thy seruant.✦et cecidit ad pedes ejus, et dixit : In me sit, domine mi, hæc iniquitas : loquatur, obsecro, ancilla tua in auribus tuis, et audi verba famulæ tuæ.
25Let not my lord the king I pray thee, set his heart upon this iniquum: mischievous (modern weak sense); wicked, worthless man Nabal: because according to his name, he is a fool, and folly is with him: but I thy handmaid saw not thy servants my lord, whom thou didst send.Let not my lord the king I pray thee, set his hart vpon this naughtie man Nabal: because according to his name, he is a foole, and follie is with him: but I thy handmaide saw not thy seruantes my lord, whom thou didst send.✦Ne ponat, oro, dominus meus rex cor suum super virum istum iniquum Nabal : quoniam secundum nomen suum stultus est, et stultitia est cum eo : ego autem ancilla tua non vidi pueros tuos, domine mi, quos misisti.
26Now therefore my lord, our Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, who hath stayed thee that thou shouldest not come unto blood, and hath saved thy hand to thee: and now be thine enemies as Nabal, and they that seek evil to my lord.Now therfore my lord, our Lord liueth, and thy soule liueth, who hath stayed thee that thou shouldest not come vnto blood, and hath saued thy hand to thee: and now be thine enemies as Nabal, and they that seeke euil to my lord.✦Nunc ergo, domine mi, vivit Dominus, et vivit anima tua, qui prohibuit te ne venires in sanguinem, et salvavit manum tuam tibi : et nunc fiant sicut Nabal inimici tui, et qui quærunt domino meo malum.
27Wherefore receive this benediction, which thy handmaid hath brought to thee my lord: and give to thy servants that follow thee my lord.Wherefore receiue this benediction, which thy handmaide hath brought to thee my lord: and geue to thy seruantes that folow thee my lord.✦Quapropter suscipe benedictionem hanc, quam attulit ancilla tua tibi domino meo, et da pueris qui sequuntur te dominum meum.
28Take away the iniquity of thy handmaid: for our Lord making will make to my lord a faithful house, because thou my lord dost fight the battles of our Lord: let not malice therefore be found in thee all the days of thy life.Take away the iniquitie of thy handmaide: for our Lord making wil make to my lord a faithful house, because thou my lord doest fight the battels of our Lord: let not malice therefore be found in thee al the dayes of thy life.✦Aufer iniquitatem famulæ tuæ : faciens enim faciet Dominus tibi domino meo domum fidelem, quia prælia Domini, domine mi, tu præliaris : malitia ergo non inveniatur in te omnibus diebus vitæ tuæ.
29For if a man shall rise, persecuting thee, and seeking thy life, the life of my lord shall be kept, as in the bundle of the living, with our Lord thy God: Moreover the life of thine enemies shall be whirled, and as it were in the violence, and whirl of a sling, shall be whirled.For if a man shal rise, persecuting thee, and seeking thy life, the life of my lord shal be kept, as in the bundel of the liuing, with our Lord thy God: Moreouer the life of thine enemies shal be whirled, and as it were in the violence, and whurle of a sling, shal be whurled.✦Si enim surrexerit aliquando homo persequens te, et quærens animam tuam, erit anima domini mei custodita quasi in fasciculo viventium apud Dominum Deum tuum : porro inimicorum tuorum anima rotabitur, quasi in impetu et circulo fundæ.
30When therefore our Lord shall have done to thee, my lord, all these good things, which he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall constitute thee prince over Israel,When therfore our Lord shal haue done to thee, my lord, al these good thinges, which he hath spoken concerning thee, and shal constitute thee prince ouer Israel,Cum ergo fecerit Dominus tibi domino meo omnia quæ locutus est bona de te, et constituerit te ducem super Israël,
31this shall not be an occasion of sobbing to thee, and a scruple of heart to my lord, that thou hast shed innocent blood, or thyself hast revenged thyself: and when our Lord hath bestowed these benefits upon my lord, thou shalt remember thy handmaid.this shal not be an occasion of sobbing to thee, and a scruple of hart to my lord, that thou hast shed innocent blood, or thy selfe hast reuenged thy selfe: and when our Lord hath bestowed these benefites vpon my lord, thou shalt remember thy handmaide.non erit tibi hoc in singultum, et in scrupulum cordis domino meo, quod effuderis sanguinem innoxium, aut ipse te ultus fueris : et cum benefecerit Dominus domino meo, recordaberis ancillæ tuæ.
32And David said to Abigail: Blessed be our Lord the God of Israel, who hath sent thee this day to meet me, and blessed be thy speech,And Dauid sayd to Abigail: Blessed be our Lord the God of Israel, who hath sent thee this day to meete me, and blessed be thy speach,Et ait David ad Abigail : Benedictus Dominus Deus Israël, qui misit hodie te in occursum meum, et benedictum eloquium tuum,
33and blessed be thou, which hast stayed me to day, that I might not go to blood, and revenge me with mine own hand.and blessed be thou, which hast stayed me to day, that I might not goe to blood, and reuenge me with myn owne hand.et benedicta tu, quæ prohibuisti me hodie ne irem ad sanguinem, et ulciscerer me manu mea.
34Otherwise our Lord liveth the God of Israel, who hath stayed me, that I should not do thee any evil: unless thou hadst quickly come to meet me, there had not remained to Nabal until morning light, any thing pissing against a wall.Otherwise our Lord liueth the God of Israel, who hath staied me, that I should not doe thee any euil: vnles thou hadst quickely come to meete me, there had not remained to Nabal vntil morning light, any thing pissing against a wal.✦Alioquin vivit Dominus Deus Israël, qui prohibuit me ne malum facerem tibi : nisi cito venisses in occursum mihi, non remansisset Nabal usque ad lucem matutinam mingens ad parietem.
35And David took of her hand all things which he had brought him, and said to her: Go peaceable into thy house, behold I have heard thy voice, and have honoured thy face.And Dauid tooke of her hand al thinges which he had brought him, and said to her: Goe peaceable into thy house, behold I haue heard thy voice, and haue honoured thy face.Suscepit ergo David de manu ejus omnia quæ attulerat ei, dixitque ei : Vade pacifice in domum tuam : ecce audivi vocem tuam, et honoravi faciem tuam.
36And Abigail came to Nabal: and behold he had a feast in his house, as it were the feast of a king, and Nabal's heart was pleasant: for he was drunk exceedingly: and he told him not a word little or great until morning.And Abigail came to Nabal: and behold he had a feast in his house, as it were the feast of a king, and Nabals hart was pleasant: for he was drunke exceedingly: and he told him not a word litle or great vntil morning.Venit autem Abigail ad Nabal : et ecce erat ei convivium in domo ejus quasi convivium regis, et cor Nabal jucundum : erat enim ebrius nimis : et non indicavit ei verbum pusillum aut grande usque mane.
37But early when Nabal had digested his wine, his wife told him these words, and his heart was dead inwardly, and he became as a stone.But early when Nabal had digested his wine, his wife told him these wordes, and his hart was dead inwardly, and he became as a stone.✦Diluculo autem cum digessisset vinum Nabal, indicavit ei uxor sua verba hæc : et emortuum est cor ejus intrinsecus, et factus est quasi lapis.
38And when ten days had passed, our Lord struck Nabal, and he died.And when ten dayes had passed, our Lord strooke Nabal, and he died.✦Cumque pertransissent decem dies, percussit Dominus Nabal, et mortuus est.
39Which when David had heard that Nabal was dead, he said: Blessed be our Lord, who hath judged the cause of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil, and the malice of Nabal hath our Lord rendered upon his head. David therefore sent and spake to Abigail, that he might take her to himself to wife.Which when Dauid had heard that Nabal was dead, he sayd: Blessed be our Lord, who hath iudged the cause of my reproch at the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his seruant from euil, and the malice of Nabal hath our Lord rendred vpon his head. Dauid therfore sent and spake to Abigail, that he might take her to himselfe to wife.✦Quod cum audisset David mortuum Nabal, ait : Benedictus Dominus, qui judicavit causam opprobrii mei de manu Nabal, et servum suum custodivit a malo, et malitiam Nabal reddidit Dominus in caput ejus. Misit ergo David, et locutus est ad Abigail, ut sumeret eam sibi in uxorem.
40And David's servants came to Abigail into Carmel, and spake to her, saying: David hath sent us unto thee, to take thee to his wife.And Dauids seruantes came to Abigail into Carmel, and spake to her, saying: Dauid hath sent vs vnto thee, to take thee to his wife.Et venerunt pueri David ad Abigail in Carmelum, et locuti sunt ad eam, dicentes : David misit nos ad te, ut accipiat te sibi in uxorem.
41Who arising adored flat toward the earth, and said: Lo let thy servant be as an handmaid, to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.Who arising adored flat toward the earth, and sayd: Loe let thy seruant be as an handmaide, to wash the feete of the seruantes of my lord.✦Quæ consurgens, adoravit prona in terram, et ait : Ecce famula tua sit in ancillam, ut lavet pedes servorum domini mei.
42And Abigail arose, and made haste, and got upon an ass, and five women went with her waiting maids, and followed the messengers of David, and became his wife.And Abigail arose, and made hast, and gatte vpon an asse, and fiue wemen went with her waiting maides, and folowed the messengers of Dauid, and became his wife.Et festinavit, et surrexit Abigail, et ascendit super asinum, et quinque puellæ ierunt cum ea, pedissequæ ejus, et secuta est nuntios David : et facta est illi uxor.
43Yea and Achinoam also did David take of Jezrahel: and both were his wives.Yea and Achinoam also did Dauid take of Iezrahel: and both were his wiues.Sed et Achinoam accepit David de Jezraël : et fuit utraque uxor ejus.
44But Saul gave Michol his daughter David's wife to Phalti, the son of Lais, who was of Gallim.But Saul gaue Michol his daughter Dauids wife to Phalti, the sonne of Lais, who was of Gallim.✦Saul autem dedit Michol filiam suam, uxorem David, Phalti filio Lais, qui erat de Gallim.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.