²⁴ And she fell at his feet and said, “On me ^[a]alone, my lord, be the blame. And please let your maidservant speak in your ears, and listen to the words of your maidservant. ²⁵ Please do not let my lord ^[b]pay attention to this ^[c]vile man, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. ^[d]Nabal is his name, and wicked foolishness is with him; but I your maidservant did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.

²⁶ “So now, my lord, as Yahweh lives and as your soul lives, since Yahweh has restrained you from ^[e]shedding blood, and ^(A)from saving yourself by your own hand, so now, ^(B)let your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord, be as Nabal. ²⁷ So now let ^(C)this ^[f]gift which your servant-woman has brought to my lord be given to the young men who ^[g]went about with my lord. ²⁸ Please forgive ^(D)the transgression of your maidservant; for ^(E)Yahweh will certainly make for my lord an enduring house because my lord is ^(F)fighting the battles of Yahweh, and ^(G)evil will not be found in you all your days. ²⁹ And should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your ^[h]life, then the ^[i]life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with Yahweh your God; but the ^[j]lives of your enemies ^(H)He will sling out ^[k]as from the hollow of a sling. ³⁰ And it will be that when Yahweh does for my lord according to all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and ^(I)appoints you ruler over Israel, ³¹ then this will not ^[l]cause stumbling or a troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord having saved himself. ^(J)When Yahweh deals well with my lord, then remember your maidservant.”

³² Then David said to Abigail, “^(K)Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me, ³³ and blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, ^(L)who have kept me this day from ^[m]bloodshed and from saving myself by my own hand.