4. And when David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep,
5. He sent ten young men, and said to them: Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and salute him in my name with peace.
6. And you shall say: Peace be to my brethren, and to thee, and peace to thy house, and peace to all that thou hast.
7. I heard that thy shepherds that were with us in the desert were shearing: we never molested them, neither was there ought missing to them of the flock at any time, all the while they were with us in Carmel.
8. Ask thy servants, and they will tell thee. Now therefore let thy servants find favour in thy eyes: for we are come in a good day, whatsoever thy hand shall find give to thy servants, and to thy son David.
9. And when David's servants came, they spoke to Nabal all these words in David's name: and then held their peace.
10. But Nabal answering the servants of David, said: Who is David? and what is the son of Isai? servants are multiplied now a days who flee from their masters.
11. Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and the flesh of my cattle, which I have killed for my shearers, and give to men whom I know not whence they are?